Opening Report

Database: HUGE_B (1,550,207 games)
Report: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ (25209 games)
ECO: B51a [Sicilian: 3.Bb5+]
Generated by Scid 4.2.2, 2011.01.12

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
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 All report games  25209    8722    8621    7609    52.2%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: =-=(37) Gligoric -- Reshevsky, Helsinki olm 1952.08 [33]
2: 0-1(46) Taimanov -- Gligoric, Zurich SUI 1953.09.29 [123]
3: =-=(32) Suetin -- Tal, USSR 1955 [76]
4: 0-1(59) Gurgenidze -- Tal, Riga ch-URS 1958.01 [54]
5: =-=(30) Gurgenidze -- Petrosian, Riga ch-URS 1958.01 [51]

1.3 Newest games

1: =-=(56) Anand 2798 -- Carlsen 2775, Mainz GER 2008.08.03 [75]
2: =-=(35) Tiviakov 2645 -- Kuzubov 2578, Bornholm DEN 2008.08.01 [15]
3: =-=(38) Sandipan 2588 -- Pavlovic 2515, Dieren NED 2008.07.29 [100]
4: =-=(24) Malakhov 2689 -- Kuzubov 2578, Helsingor DEN 2008.07.25 [15]
5: =-=(19) Hansen 2542 -- Berg 2592, Helsingor DEN 2008.07.22 [79]
6: 1-0(53) Malakhov 2689 -- Evdokimov 2555, Helsingor DEN 2008.07.21 [101]
7: =-=(41) Bologan 2686 -- Wang 2691, Poikovsky RUS 2008.07.16 [15]
8: 0-1(27) Amin 2561 -- Grigoryan 2537, Martuni ARM 2008.07.14 [101]
9: 0-1(44) Chernyshov 2565 -- Korobov 2590, Pardubice CZE 2008.07.12 [55]
10: =-=(21) Bojkov 2498 -- Miroshnichenko 2593, Kallithea Halkidiki GRE 2008.07.10 [1]

1.4 Current popularity

Year               1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09

Once every X games   ---     236     82      49      68      66      56

Frequency in all years: once every 61 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 54 games (up 13% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 47 games (up 30% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 0 games (no change from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1:	230		50%		? [1,2,3,6,7,8,14,15,...]
2:	145	1995-2006	71%	2687	Rublevsky, Sergei [2,3,4,19,25,29,33,35,...]
3:	47	1997-2006	79%	2658	Zhang, Zhong [7,15,17,42,49,58,65,74,...]
4:	43	1992-2008	78%	2647	Baklan, Vladimir [2,3,5,23,24,33,36,42,...]
5:	35	1994-2005	79%	2745	Morozevich, Alexander [22,59,76,101,105,115,123]
6:	34	1986-2008	41%	2625	Rozentalis, Eduardas [2,3,7,8,15,24,33,42,...]
7:	33	1998-2007	41%	2590	Glek, Igor [17,21,49,58,61,66,90,105,...]
8:	31	1989-2003	61%	2670	Tkachiev, Vladislav [1,16,42,45,68,70,76,86,...]
9:	30	1990-2006	72%	2586	Ulibin, Mikhail [2,6,7,33,45,75,104,111,...]
10:	29	1991-2008	64%	2686	Bologan, Viktor [2,15,17,23,29,30,35,36,...]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1:	230		50%		? [1,2,3,6,7,8,14,15,...]
2:	49	1988-2007	72%	2733	Gelfand, Boris [3,8,20,23,47,51,66,71,...]
3:	45	1976-2004	50%	2851	Kasparov, Garry [14,32,35,38,45,47,66,71,...]
4:	37	1988-2007	36%	2669	Tiviakov, Sergei [1,2,3,6,7,8,9,10,...]
5:	32	1998-2008	63%	2677	Najer, Evgeniy [7,9,78,89,95,123,129,130,...]
6:	28	1996-2007	30%	2651	Movsesian, Sergei [1,3,6,8,10,15,19,21]
7:	26	1996-2003	42%	2715	Polgar, Judit [2,75,83,103,104,123,129]
8:	23	1993-2005	39%	2788	Topalov, Veselin [7,8,10,43,48,76,104,110,...]
9:	23	2003-2005	11%	2611	Naiditsch, Arkadij [80,95,111,114]
10:	22	1997-2005	66%	2627	Kozul, Zdenko [43,47,49,108,118]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2597 (1608 games); White performance: 2655 (57% vs 2605)
Black rating: 2605 (1618 games); Black performance: 2547 (43% vs 2597)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: =-=(14) Morozevich 2745 -- Kasparov 2849, Wijk aan Zee NED 2001 [123]
2: 0-1(48) Leko 2725 -- Kasparov 2851, Frankfurt GER 2000 [118]
3: =-=(56) Anand 2798 -- Carlsen 2775, Mainz GER 2008 [75]
4: =-=(62) Leon -- Ferret, BR 2 5 6/7 1996 [2]
5: =-=(23) Adams 2744 -- Anand 2794, Dortmund GER 2001 [123]
6: =-=(24) Akopian 2689 -- Kasparov 2838, Bled SLO 2002 [92]
7: =-=(23) Ivanchuk 2730 -- Kasparov 2785, Las Palmas ESP 1996 [71]
8: =-=(23) Ivanchuk 2730 -- Kasparov 2785, Las Palmas ESP 1996 [71]
9: =-=(23) Ivanchuk 2730 -- Kasparov 2785, Las Palmas ESP 1996 [71]
10: =-=(23) Ivanchuk 2730 -- Kasparov 2785, Las Palmas ESP 1996 [71]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    52.2%     41     33     44   34.5%   34.1%   30.1% 
 All games       52.7%     38     38     40   38.9%   26.6%   33.5%

3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1-0(17) Titov -- Novikov, USSR 1982 [73]
2: 1-0(17) Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005 [107]
3: 1-0(17) Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005 [107]
4: 1-0(17) Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005 [107]
5: 1-0(17) Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005 [107]
6: 1-0(17) Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005 [107]
7: 1-0(17) Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005 [107]
8: 1-0(17) Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005 [107]
9: 1-0(18) Bologan 2679 -- Sakaev 2656, Sochi RUS 2004 [66]
10: 1-0(18) Chekhov -- Mihalcisin, Lvov UKR 1974 [43]

3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0-1(19) Kasimdzhanov -- Kayumov 2410, ? 1993 [92]
2: 0-1(20) Strikovic 2550 -- Kolev 2550, Seville ESP 1999 [132]
3: 0-1(23) Gurgenidze -- Tal, Gori 1968 [112]
4: 0-1(24) Glek 2553 -- Novikov 2611, Korinthos GRE 2000 [61]
5: 0-1(24) Neelotpal 2486 -- Sasikiran 2677, Visakhpatnam IND 2008 [1]
6: 0-1(25) Nijboer 2580 -- Van Wely 2605, Wijk aan Zee NED 1998 [118]
7: 0-1(25) Oral -- Kulaots, Duisburg Wch U16m 1992 [2]
8: 0-1(25) Popovic 2460 -- Sutovsky 2679, playchess.com INT 2004 [111]
9: 0-1(25) Rublevsky 2585 -- Maksimenko 2525, Tivat YUG 1995 [65]
10: 0-1(26) Kaidanov 2600 -- Zvjaginsev 2635, Groningen NED 1997 [1]

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 4 move orders reaching this position:
1: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ (24998)
2: 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.Bb5+ (184)
3: 1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 c5 3.Bb5+ (23)
4: 1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Bb5+ (4)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
 1: Bd7    B52a    15708: 62.3%   53.9%  2299  2275  1996   36%
 2: Nd7    B51a     5669: 22.4%   48.1%  2362  2340  1996   31%
 3: Nc6    B51k     3831: 15.1%   50.9%  2358  2313  1995   30%
 4: Qd7                1:  0.0%  100.0%              2007    0%
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TOTAL:             25209:100.0%   52.2%  2324  2298  1996   34%

4.3 Positional Themes

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

Same-side castling:	76%	White Isolated Queen Pawn:	7%
Opposite castling:	7%	Black Isolated Queen Pawn:	6%
Kingside pawn storm:	12%	White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank:	45%
Queens exchanged:	28%	Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank:	20%
Only one side has Bishop pair:	3%	Open c/d/e file:	50%

4.4 Endgames

Material at the end of each game:

	P	BN	R	R,BN	Q	Q,BN	Q,R	Q,R,BN
Report games	3%	9%	10%	22%	3%	5%	6%	41%
All games	3%	9%	9%	26%	2%	4%	5%	43%

5. Theory Table

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ (X 3...Qd7): +8721 =8621 -7609 (13031.5/25208: 52%)

	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Bb5+ Nc6	Bxc6+¹ bxc6	OO Bg4²	c3³ e6⁴	d4 Bxf3	Qxf3 d5	dxc5 Bxc5	Qg3 Bf8⁵	93: 51%
2	... ...	OO Bd7⁶	Re1⁷ Nf6⁸	h3⁹ a6¹⁰	Bf1 e5¹¹	c3 Be7	d4 OO¹²	d5 Na7¹³	148: 56%
3	... ...	... ...	... ...	c3 a6¹⁴	Bf1¹⁵ Bg4¹⁶	d3¹⁷ e6¹⁸	Nbd2¹⁹ Be7²⁰	h3 Bh5²¹	133: 54%
4	... Nd7	OO²² Nf6²³	Re1²⁴ a6²⁵	Bf1²⁶ b6²⁷	d4²⁸ cxd4	Nxd4 Bb7	f3²⁹ e6³⁰	a4³¹ Be7³²	94: 51%
5	... ...	d4 Nf6³³	OO³⁴ cxd4³⁵	Qxd4 a6³⁶	Bxd7+ Bxd7	Bg5³⁷ e6³⁸	Nbd2³⁹ Bc6	Rad1⁴⁰ Be7⁴¹	136: 64%
6	... ...	... ...	Nc3 cxd4⁴²	Qxd4 e5⁴³	Qd3 h6⁴⁴	Be3⁴⁵ Be7⁴⁶	Bc4⁴⁷ a6⁴⁸	a4 Qa5⁴⁹	159: 49%
7	... Bd7	a4⁵⁰ Nc6⁵¹	OO Nf6⁵²	Re1⁵³ e6⁵⁴	d4⁵⁵ cxd4	Nxd4 Be7	Nc3 Rc8	Bxc6 Bxc6⁵⁶	53: 42%
8	... ...	Bxd7+ Nxd7	OO⁵⁷ Ngf6⁵⁸	Re1⁵⁹ e6⁶⁰	d3⁶¹ Be7	Nbd2⁶² OO⁶³	h3 b5	Nf1 c4⁶⁴	109: 49%
9	... ...	... ...	... ...	Qe2 e6⁶⁵	d4⁶⁶ cxd4	Nxd4 Be7⁶⁷	c4 OO⁶⁸	b3⁶⁹ Qb6⁷⁰	86: 51%
10	... ...	... ...	... ...	... ...	b3 Be7⁷¹	Bb2⁷² OO	c4⁷³ a6⁷⁴	d4 cxd4⁷⁵	75: 50%
11	... ...	... Qxd7	c4 Nf6⁷⁶	Nc3 g6⁷⁷	d4⁷⁸ cxd4	Nxd4 Bg7	f3⁷⁹ OO	Be3⁸⁰ Nc6⁸¹	98: 61%
12	... ...	... ...	... ...	... Nc6	OO⁸² g6⁸³	d4 cxd4	Nxd4 Bg7	Nde2⁸⁴ OO⁸⁵	91: 60%
13	... ...	... ...	... Nc6	d4⁸⁶ cxd4⁸⁷	Nxd4 Nf6⁸⁸	Nc3 g6⁸⁹	f3⁹⁰ Bg7⁹¹	Nde2⁹² OO⁹³	94: 56%
14	... ...	... ...	... ...	Nc3 Nf6⁹⁴	OO⁹⁵ g6⁹⁶	d4 cxd4	Nxd4 Bg7	Nde2⁹⁷ OO⁹⁸	91: 62%
15	... ...	... ...	... ...	... g6	d4 cxd4⁹⁹	Nxd4 Bg7¹⁰⁰	Nde2¹⁰¹ Nf6	OO¹⁰² OO¹⁰³	69: 68%
16	... ...	... ...	OO Nf6¹⁰⁴	Qe2¹⁰⁵ Nc6¹⁰⁶	c3¹⁰⁷ e6¹⁰⁸	d4¹⁰⁹ cxd4	cxd4 d5	e5 Ne4¹¹⁰	90: 61%
17	... ...	... ...	... ...	e5 dxe5	Nxe5 Qc8¹¹¹	Qf3¹¹² e6¹¹³	d3¹¹⁴ Nbd7¹¹⁵	Nc4 Nb6¹¹⁶	72: 54%
18	... ...	... ...	... ...	Re1 Nc6¹¹⁷	c3¹¹⁸ e6¹¹⁹	d4¹²⁰ cxd4	cxd4¹²¹ d5	e5 Ne4¹²²	80: 58%
19	... ...	... ...	... Nc6	c4¹²³ Nf6¹²⁴	Nc3 g6¹²⁵	Rb1¹²⁶ Bg7	a3 OO	b4 Ng4¹²⁷	99: 54%
20	... ...	... ...	... ...	c3 Nf6¹²⁸	d4¹²⁹ Nxe4¹³⁰	d5 Ne5¹³¹	Re1¹³² Nxf3+¹³³	Qxf3 Nf6¹³⁴	130: 53%

Generated from the 5000 highest-rated games.

4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.OOO Be7 10.Rhe1 OO 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.Kb1 Qa6 13.Nd4 Rfc8 14.f3 b5 15.g4 b4 16.Nce2 Be8 17.Ng3 h6 18.Be3 Nd7 19.Bxh6 Bf8 20.Bg5 Ne5 0-1(31) Epishin 2590 -- Dvoirys 2555, Leningrad ch-URS 1990; 0-1(31) Epishin 2590 -- Dvoirys 2555, Leningrad RUS 1990; 0-1(31) Epishin 2590 -- Dvoirys 2555, Leningrad RUS 1990; 0-1(31) Epishin 2590 -- Dvoirys 2555, Leningrad RUS 1990; 0-1(31) Epishin 2590 -- Dvoirys 2555, Leningrad RUS 1990; 11...Qc7 12.Nd4 Rfd8 13.f4 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.g4 Qb6 16.Kb1 Rac8 17.f5 Bd7 18.Nce2 Ba4 19.Nc3 Bd7 20.Nce2 d5 0-1(54) Lautier 2655 -- Timman 2635, It \"Investbanka\" XI Belgrade (10 1995; 12...Rfc8 13.Kb1 a6 14.f3 b5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Qxd6 Qxd6 18.Rxd6 Be5 19.Rd7 Bxh2 20.a4 Be5 =-=(58) Yandemirov 2535 -- Ruban 2560, Moscow RUS 1994; 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qxd6 Qb6 13.e5 Rfd8 14.Qa3 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Bg5+ 16.Kb1 Bd2 17.Rh1 Bf4 18.Ne2 Bxe5 19.Nc1 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Bxh2 0-1(26) Muhutdinov -- Spassky, Moscow RUS 1965; 11.e5 dxe5 12.Qh4 Qc7 13.Nxe5 Rac8 14.Ng4 Nd5 15.Rxd5 f6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Rd3 Bxg5+ 18.Qxg5 Rxf2 19.g3 Rxh2 20.Rxe6 h6 0-1(52) Malisauskas 2489 -- Wang 2665, Reykjavik ISL 2008; 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qxd6 Qb6 14.Qd2 Rad8 15.Qe3 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Qxf2 18.Re1 Rd8 19.b3 h5 20.Kb2 a6 =-=(46) Sanduleac 2471 -- Tiviakov 2631, Bled SLO 2002; 10...Qa5 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.Qd2 h6 13.Bh4 b5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Re3 b4 16.Nd5 exd5 17.exd5 Bb5 18.a3 Kd8 19.axb4 Qb6 20.Nd4 f5 =-=(42) Timman 2625 -- Al-Modiahki 2570, Amsterdam NED 2005; 10.Qd3 OO 11.Nd4 Qa5 12.f4 Rac8 13.Kb1 Qa6 14.Qxa6 bxa6 15.Nxc6 Rxc6 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Bxg5 19.Nb4 Rb6 20.c3 a5 1-0(50) Naiditsch 2657 -- Petrosian 2558, Kusadasi TUR 2006; 10...Qa5 11.h4 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd4 Be5 14.g3 Qc5 15.f4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Qxd4 17.Rxd4 Ke7 18.Rhd1 Rad8 19.b4 b6 20.Kb2 g5 =-=(28) Belkhodja 2468 -- Timofeev 2661, Amsterdam NED 2005; 8...Qb6 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd4 Rg8 12.g3 e6 13.OOO f5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.exf5 exf5 16.Rhe1+ Kd7 17.Re5 f4 18.Rh5 fxg3 19.fxg3 h6 20.Rf5 Ke8 =-=(62) Vescovi 2519 -- Akopian 2656, Linares 2001; 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.Nc3 e6 9.OO Be7 10.Rad1 OO 11.Rfe1 Qc7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Rfd8 14.Qc4 Rxd1 15.Nxd1 Rc8 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Qxc6 Rxc6 18.Ne3 h6 19.Bh4 g5 20.Bg3 Ne4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 g6 9.OO Bg7 10.Bg5 OO 11.Qd3 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Rad1 Nxg3 15.hxg3 e6 16.Rfe1 Qb6 17.b3 Rfd8 18.Re2 a6 19.Red2 Qc5 20.Nd4 Rac8 =-=(21) Ni 2607 -- Dreev 2666, Ergun 2006; 6...bxc6 7.OO e5 8.Qd3 h6 9.c4 Qc7 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Be3 Be7 12.c5 dxc5 13.Na4 Rd8 14.Nxc5 Bg4 15.Qe2 OO 16.h3 Bh5 17.Rfc1 Rfe8 18.Rc4 Qb8 19.b3 Nh7 20.g4 Bg6 1-0(43) Diez Del Corral -- Kavalek, The Hague NED 1966; 5...Bg4 6.Qd3 Rc8 7.c4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.OO Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.Rd1 Nd7 12.Qh3 OO 13.Bh6 f5 14.Nd5 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 fxe4 16.Qh3 Kh8 17.Re1 Nc5 18.b4 Nd3 19.Rxe4 Nxf2 20.Qc3+ e5 0-1(26) Kaidanov 2600 -- Zvjaginsev 2635, Groningen NED 1997; 0-1(26) Kaidanov 2600 -- Zvjaginsev 2635, Groningen NED 1997; 0-1(26) Kaidanov 2600 -- Zvjaginsev 2635, Groningen NED 1997; 0-1(26) Kaidanov 2600 -- Zvjaginsev 2635, WCC Knock Out Tournament Groningen NED 0; 0-1(26) Kaidanov 2600 -- Zvjaginsev 2635, Groningen NED 1997; 0-1(26) Kaidanov 2600 -- Zvjaginsev 2635, Groningen NED 1997; 6...Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Nd4 Nc5 9.Qg3 Bd7 10.Be3 Nxd4 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Bxd4 Ne6 13.OOO Nxd4 14.Rxd4 g6 15.Nd5 Rc8 16.Rd3 Bg7 17.Qh4 h6 18.Kb1 Kf8 19.Rhd1 Rc4 20.f3 Be5 1-0(35) Malisauskas 2530 -- Oll 2625, Tallinn rapid 1997; 5...Qd7 6.Qd3 Nf6 7.OO e6 8.c4 Be7 9.Nc3 a6 10.Bxc6 Qxc6 11.Bf4 OO 12.Rfd1 Ne8 13.b4 f6 14.Be3 Bd7 15.Nd4 Qc7 16.Nf5 Rf7 17.Nxe7+ Rxe7 18.Bf4 Rf7 19.c5 e5 20.Nd5 Qc6 =-=(36) Lalic 2550 -- Tiviakov 2611, Port Erin HUN 1999.
4.c3 Qb6 5.Na3 Bg4 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 a6 8.Ba4 d5 9.OO Qd8 10.Qc2 Rc8 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Nxd7 b5 13.Nxf8 bxa4 14.Nxh7 f6 15.e5 Kf7 16.Qf5 Nh6 17.e6+ Kg8 18.Bxh6 Rxh7 19.Be3 Qc7 20.h3 1-0 Hracek 2607 -- Movsesian 2651, GER 2003; 1-0 Hracek 2607 -- Movsesian 2651, GER 2003; 1-0 Hracek 2607 -- Movsesian 2651, GER 2003; 1-0 Hracek 2607 -- Movsesian 2651, GER 2003; 1-0 Hracek 2607 -- Movsesian 2651, GER 2003; 1-0 Hracek 2607 -- Movsesian 2651, GER 2003; 1-0 Hracek 2607 -- Movsesian 2651, GER 2003; 1-0 Hracek 2607 -- Movsesian 2651, GER 2003; 1-0 Hracek 2607 -- Movsesian 2651, GER 2003; 1-0 Hracek 2607 -- Movsesian 2651, GER 2003; 1-0 Hracek 2607 -- Movsesian 2651, GER 2003; 1-0 Hracek 2607 -- Movsesian 2651, GER 2003; 4...Nf6 5.Qe2 e5 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.OO Be7 11.Nc3 OO 12.Qf3 Qb6 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.Qxf5 Rfe8 15.b3 =-= Tkachiev 2575 -- Xu 2560, Singapore SIN 1995; =-= Tkachiev 2600 -- Xu 2550, Singapore;Asia tt 1996; 5...Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nd7 8.OO g6 9.Rd1 Bg7 10.Na3 OO 11.Nc2 Qb6 12.Bf1 e6 13.Rb1 Rac8 14.d3 Bxc3 15.h4 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.h5 f5 18.hxg6 Ne5 19.gxh7+ Kh8 20.Qg3 Ng4 0-1(24) Neelotpal 2486 -- Sasikiran 2677, Visakhpatnam IND 2008; 5.e5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Qd5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 Bf5 9.d3 Rd8 10.OO Bxd3 11.Bxd3 Qxd3 12.Qa4 Qd7 13.Be3 e6 14.Na3 Nd5 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Qg4 h5 17.Qe2 Be7 18.Nc4 g6 19.Bc1 OO 20.Qe5 Rc8 =-=(42) Cicak 2517 -- Hracek 2602, CZE 2001; 5.d3 e5 6.OO Be7 7.Nbd2 OO 8.Re1 Bd7 9.Ba4 Rb8 10.Nf1 b5 11.Bc2 Re8 12.h3 Bf8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Ne3 g6 16.a4 b4 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Nd2 Bg7 19.a5 Ne7 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 =-=(21) Bojkov 2498 -- Miroshnichenko 2593, Kallithea Halkidiki GRE 2008.
5...e5 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Qc7 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.h3 Bh5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nc4 Rd8 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Qe3 Nd7 16.Bd2 Bc5 17.Qd3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 OO 19.Red1 Bd4 20.Qg3 Qd8 =-=(31) Rublevsky 2657 -- Leitao 2587, Poikovsky 2001; 9...exd4 10.Qxd4 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Be7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 Qd7 14.Bg5 Kf8 15.Bf4 Nd5 16.Nc3 f6 17.Qd4 Kf7 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Red1 g5 20.Bg3 Rhd8 =-=(37) Salmensuu 2434 -- Akopian 2656, Linares 2001; 8.h3 Bh5 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nd7 11.Be3 Be7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.Bxd4 OO 14.Qc2 c5 15.Bc3 Re8 16.Qd3 Bf8 17.Nc4 Nb6 18.Nfd2 Bg6 19.f4 f6 20.Ne3 Qe7 0-1(40) Shaposhnikov 2553 -- Alekseev 2634, Moscow RUS 2006; 7...Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Nc3 OO 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Qd2 Nh5 14.Be3 Nf6 15.f3 Kh8 16.Rad1 d5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Nde2 Bb4 19.Nf4 Ba4 20.b3 Bc6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.d4 Nxe4 8.Re1 f5 9.dxe5 d5 10.Qa4 Qb6 11.c4 Qa6 12.Qxa6 Bxa6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nh4 Be7 15.Nxf5 Nxf2 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.exd6+ Ne4 18.Nc3 Kd7 19.Nxd5 Raf8 20.Bf4 Bd3 1-0(43) Hracek 2629 -- Dvoirys 2590, Koszalin POL 1999; 8.Qa4 Qb6 9.dxe5 d5 10.Nbd2 Qa6 11.Qxa6 Bxa6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ng5 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 Be7 15.Nxe4 Kd7 16.Ke2 Ke6 17.f4 f6 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Be3 Rhb8 20.Rb1 c4 =-=(41) Komliakov 2510 -- Dvoirys 2585, Nizhnij Novgorod RUS 1998; 7...cxd4 8.cxd4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Qf3 Rc8 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Qxf5 Qd7 14.Qa5 OO 15.Be3 Ra8 16.Rfd1 Qe6 17.Qa4 Rfc8 18.h3 h6 19.Rac1 Bf8 20.Rc2 Qe8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 6...g5 7.d4 g4 8.Nfd2 cxd4 9.cxd4 exd4 10.Nc4 c5 11.Re1 Be6 12.Nba3 Be7 13.e5 d5 14.Nd6+ Kf8 15.Bf4 h5 16.b4 c4 17.Qxd4 h4 18.Nab5 Rh5 19.Qe3 Qd7 20.Nd4 Bd8 1-0(51) Kasparov 2838 -- Polgar 2677, Prague CZE 2002; 1-0(51) Kasparov 2838 -- Polgar 2677, Prague CZE 2002; 1-0(51) Kasparov 2838 -- Polgar 2677, Prague CZE 2002; 1-0(51) Kasparov 2838 -- Polgar 2677, Prague CZE 2002; 7.d3 h6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.Na3 Ne7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.dxe5 dxe4 13.Nd2 Bxe5 14.Nac4 Bg7 15.Nxe4 Be6 16.Qxd8+ Kxd8 17.Rac1 Bd5 18.Rfd1 Kc7 19.Nc5 Rad8 20.Bd2 Nc8 =-=(25) Belikov 2502 -- Degraeve 2589, Cappelle la Grande FRA 2001; 6...f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 e4 10.Qc2 Rc8 11.Ng5 Ne7 12.f3 exf3 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Qf7+ Kd7 15.Nxf3 Be6 16.Qf4 Nd5 17.Qg3 g5 18.Bxg5 h6 19.Bh4 Ne3 20.Re1 Rg8 0-1(51) Ovetchkin 2554 -- Tiviakov 2663, Dresden GER 2007; 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.Bg5 Rc8 12.Nh4 Bd7 13.Nc3 Be7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qxe4+ Qe7 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.Qxf5 OO 18.Qd3 Rfe8 19.b4 d5 20.Rab1 a6 =-=(38) Solak 2630 -- Aveskulov 2535, Plovdiv BUL 2008; 10.Nfd2 Nf6 11.f3 Be7 12.fxe4 Bg6 13.Nc3 OO 14.Qe2 Qd7 15.Nf3 Rae8 16.Bg5 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Bxg5 19.Qd3 Re3 20.Qc4+ d5 0-1(74) Delgado Ramirez 2562 -- Hernandez Carmenates 2543, Santa Clara CUB 2007; 7...Nf6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 e4 10.Ng5 d5 11.f3 h6 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.fxe6 Bd6 14.Nc3 OO 15.f4 Qc7 16.h3 g6 17.f5 Nh5 18.Qg4 Bh2+ 19.Kh1 Ng3+ 20.Kxh2 Nxf1+ 0-1(36) Vallejo Pons 2679 -- Predojevic 2587, Moscow RUS 2007; 8...e4 9.Ng5 d5 10.f3 h6 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.fxe6 Bd6 13.fxe4 dxe4 14.Be3 OO 15.Nd2 Qe7 16.Qe2 Rae8 17.Rae1 Kh8 18.g3 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Bc5 20.Qc4 Bxd4+ 1-0(41) Marciano 2529 -- Lautier 2638, Besancon FRA 1999; 6...Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.Rd1 Be7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 exd4 12.Rxd4 Qb6 13.Rd1 OO 14.Nc3 Rfe8 15.b3 Bf8 16.Bg5 Re6 17.Rac1 Rae8 18.Na4 Qa6 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Qg3 Rfe6 =-=(48) Leko 2555 -- Ruban 2590, Tilburg NED 1993; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.d3 Be7 10.Qe2 OO 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 d5 13.Nd2 a5 14.Rae1 Ra7 15.e5 Ne8 16.e6 f6 17.Qf2 a4 18.Be3 Rb7 19.b3 Qa5 20.c4 a3 =-=(35) Ulibin 2489 -- Roiz 2611, Biel SUI 2006; 7...Bh5 8.d3 Be7 9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Rc8 14.Nf5 OO 15.b3 Rfe8 16.Bb2 Bg6 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Rfe1 Nh5 19.Qd4 c5 20.Qc3 Qf8 0-1(37) Bologan 2535 -- Akopian 2590, Mamaia wch-jr 1991; 6.Re1 Ne7 7.c3 Ng6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 f6 10.Qc2 Bd7 11.b3 Be7 12.Nbd2 OO 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Rad1 Qe8 15.Nf1 Bg4 16.Re3 c5 17.dxc5 Rxc5 18.Qd2 Qc6 19.Ba3 Rc2 20.Qd5+ Qxd5 0-1(62) Hernandez Guerrero 2554 -- Nakamura 2686, Chicago, IL USA 2008; 6...g5 7.d3 g4 8.Nfd2 Bg7 9.Nf1 Ne7 10.Na3 h5 11.Nc4 Be6 12.c3 f5 13.exf5 Nxf5 14.a3 a5 15.f4 OO 16.Qe2 Ra7 17.fxe5 Bxc4 18.dxc4 Bxe5 19.Be3 Qf6 20.Bf2 Re7 0-1(27) Rozentalis 2567 -- Vachier-Lagrave 2637, Gonfreville FRA 2008.
5...a6 6.Re1 e5 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Nf6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.h3 Bd7 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 exd4 13.Nxd4 OO 14.b3 Re8 15.Bb2 c5 16.N4f3 Bc6 17.Rc1 h6 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Ne2 a5 20.Nc3 Rb8 =-=(62) Leon -- Ferret, BR 2 5 6/7 1996.
5...e6 6.d3 Ne7 7.b3 Ng6 8.Bb2 e5 9.c3 f5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.d4 Be7 12.dxe5 OO 13.Nbd2 dxe5 14.c4 e4 15.Ne5 Bg5 16.Nxg6 Bxg6 17.Bc3 Qd3 18.Ba5 Bd8 19.b4 Bf6 20.Rc1 Bb2 0-1(25) Oral -- Kulaots, Duisburg Wch U16m 1992.
5...g6 6.e5 d5 7.h3 Bg7 8.Re1 c4 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Nh6 11.d4 OO 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.Bc5 a6 16.g4 Be6 17.Ng5 Bd7 18.Qe2 f6 19.e6 Bc8 20.Nf3 g5 1-0(32) Baklan 2615 -- Zubov 2510, Alushta UKR 2004.
6.h3 Bh5 7.e5 e6 8.d3 d5 9.Re1 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Nc8 11.Nf1 Be7 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.Ne2 Nb6 14.Nf4 OO 15.b3 d4 16.Nd2 Nd5 17.Nxg6 fxg6 18.Ne4 Rf5 19.Qg4 Rxe5 20.Bd2 Qd7 =-=(83) Meier 2570 -- Motylev 2644, Moscow RUS 2008; 7...dxe5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nxe5 e6 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qf3 Ne7 13.d3 Nd5 14.Be3 Qf6 15.Qxf6 gxf6 16.Kg2 f5 17.Rh1 Kd7 18.Kf3 Rh7 19.gxf5 gxf5 20.Na4 Nxe3 0-1(33) Laznicka 2551 -- Wang 2598, Turin ITA 2006; 7.d3 e5 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Nc4 Nf6 10.Ne3 Nd7 11.Nf5 OO 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Kh1 Nf8 14.g4 Bg6 15.Rg1 Ne6 16.h4 f6 17.Bd2 Qd7 18.Rg2 d5 19.Rag1 Rad8 20.b3 Bf8 0-1(36) Rozentalis 2582 -- Movsesian 2637, Tegernsee GER 2007; 7...Nf6 8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.Re1 e6 10.Nf1 Be7 11.Ng3 =-= Oral 2521 -- Babula 2584, Prague CZE 2007; 7.Re1 Nf6 8.d3 e6 9.Nbd2 d5 10.c3 Nd7 11.Nf1 Be7 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.Qa4 dxe4 14.dxe4 Qc7 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...Nd7 10.Nf1 Be7 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Bd2 h5 13.Ne2 h4 14.Nf4 Bh7 15.e5 d5 16.g4 hxg3 17.fxg3 Qb8 18.b3 g5 19.Ng2 Bg8 20.Bxg5 Bxg5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 6...Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6 8.c3 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nf6 11.Nc3 d5 12.Be3 OO 13.b3 Bb4 14.Bg5 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Nxe4 16.Bxd8 Nxc3 17.Be7 Rfe8 18.Bc5 a5 19.f3 a4 20.Kf2 Ra6 0-1(42) Leko 2545 -- Gelfand 2685, Munich GER 1994.
6.d3 Nf6 7.c3 e6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nbd2 OO 10.Qa4 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Qc7 12.Rfe1 Rfb8 13.Re2 e5 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 Rb4 16.Qa3 Rab8 17.Rd1 cxd4 18.Nxd4 d5 19.Nf5 Rd4 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 =-=(37) Rublevsky 2645 -- Tiviakov 2615, Elista ch-RUS 1996; =-=(37) Rublevsky 2645 -- Tiviakov 2615, Elista RUS 1996; 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.h3 Bh5 9.b3 e6 10.Bb2 f6 11.Qe1 Be7 12.Nh2 Bf7 13.f4 d5 14.Qg3 OO 15.Ng4 Bh5 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Rfe1 Qb6 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Qh4 Be8 20.Qg4 c4+ 0-1(42) Magem Badals 2506 -- Tiviakov 2631, Bled SLO 2002; 7...e5 8.h3 Bh5 9.c3 Be7 10.Qa4 Qc7 11.Re1 OO 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Nd7 14.b3 a5 15.Qc4 Rfe8 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Ba3 Ne6 18.Bb2 Qb7 19.Rac1 Rec8 20.Nd4 Nxd4 =-=(36) Oral 2546 -- Stefansson 2566, Selfoss 2002; 7.h3 Bh5 8.Bg5 e5 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.Nc4 OO 11.Ne3 Ne8 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nf5 Qe6 14.c3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 g6 16.Ne3 Ng7 17.Rfe1 Rac8 18.Qd1 f5 19.Qb3 =-= Baklan 2615 -- Kovchan 2498, Alushta UKR 2004.
6...Nf6 7.d3 e5 8.h3 Bh5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nbd2 OO 11.Re1 h6 12.Bh4 Nh7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qa4 Rab8 15.b3 Rb5 16.d4 Ng5 17.Nxg5 Qxg5 18.Nf1 exd4 19.cxd4 f5 20.Ng3 f4 =-=(52) Rublevsky 2665 -- Shirov 2709, Poikovsky RUS 2006; 11...Rb8 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 c5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.b3 Rb4 20.Rad1 Re8 =-=(40) Rublevsky 2658 -- Smirin 2676, Moscow RUS 2002; 7...Nd7 8.Be3 Qb8 9.Nbd2 Qxb2 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 g6 12.Qa4 Qb5 13.Qa3 Nb6 14.Rfc1 Bg7 15.Rab1 Qa4 16.Qxa4 Nxa4 17.Rxc6 Rc8 18.d5 Nc3 19.Rb7 a5 20.a3 h6 =-=(42) Rublevsky 2685 -- Ivanchuk 2730, Polanica Zdroj POL 1998; =-=(42) Rublevsky -- Ivanchuk 2730, Rubinstein mem, Polanica Zdroj POL 0; 7.Re1 e6 8.d3 Nd7 9.Nbd2 Bh5 10.Nf1 Be7 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Qa4 Qc7 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 OO 15.d4 d5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 c5 19.Qa4 Nb6 20.Qb5 Rac8 0-1(36) Ghaem Maghami 2591 -- Akopian 2713, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007.
11.c4 Nf6 12.Nc3 d4 13.e5 Nd7 14.Ne4 c5 15.Bf4 g6 16.Bg5 Qb6 17.Rab1 Rc8 18.Rfd1 Rc6 19.Bf6 Nxf6 20.Nxf6+ Kd8 1-0(39) Baklan 2600 -- Kovchan 2561, Noyabrsk 2003; 1-0(39) Baklan 2600 -- Kovchan 2561, Noyabrsk 2003; 1-0(39) Baklan 2600 -- Kovchan 2561, Noyabrsk 2003; 1-0(39) Baklan 2600 -- Kovchan 2561, Noyabrsk 2003; 1-0(39) Baklan 2600 -- Kovchan 2561, Noyabrsk 2003; 1-0(39) Baklan 2600 -- Kovchan 2561, Noyabrsk 2003; 1-0(39) Baklan 2600 -- Kovchan 2561, Noyabrsk 2003; 1-0(39) Baklan 2600 -- Kovchan 2561, Noyabrsk 2003.
4...Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.c3 Qb6 7.Na3 a6 8.Ba4 Qc7 9.d4 b5 10.Nxb5 axb5 11.Bxb5 OOO 12.b4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nb8 14.Qa4 c4 15.d5 Nf6 16.Be3 Nfd7 17.Bc6 e6 18.b5 exd5 19.exd5 Nb6 20.Qb4 Be7 1-0(25) Adams 2660 -- Tiviakov 2630, New York-cq (m/02) PCA 1994; 1-0(25) Adams 2660 -- Tiviakov 2630, New York, NY USA 1994; 1-0(25) Adams 2660 -- Tiviakov 2630, New York, NY USA 1994; 1-0(25) Adams 2660 -- Tiviakov 2630, New York, NY USA 1994; 1-0(25) Adams 2660 -- Tiviakov 2630, New York, NY USA 1994; 6...a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nf6 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Rc1 e6 13.d5 cxd5 14.exd5 e5 15.Rc6 Qb5 16.Qc2 f6 17.Be3 Be7 18.Rc8+ Rxc8 19.Qxc8+ Bd8 20.Qc6 Bf7 0-1(58) Ulibin 2555 -- Oll 2625, Vilnius LTU 1997; 9...e6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.b3 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.Bb2 c5 14.Qe2 Be7 15.Qe3 OO 16.Rfc1 Rc8 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Bd4 Ba3 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Ne1 Bg6 0-1(72) Kalinitschew 2515 -- Movsesian 2635, GER 1996; 6...e6 7.d4 Qa5 8.Na3 a6 9.Be2 Nf6 10.d5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Qb3 Kf7 14.Be2 b5 15.f4 c4 16.Qd1 Qb6+ 17.Kh2 Ned7 18.Nc2 Be7 19.Nd4 Rhe8 20.Bh5+ g6 =-=(30) Fuchs -- Tal, Kislovodsk 1966; 6.Re1 e6 7.c3 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nf6 11.Nc3 Be7 12.b3 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.Na4 OO 15.Re3 f6 16.exf6 Rxf6 17.g4 Bg6 18.Qe2 Bd6 19.Bb2 h5 20.Ng5 Nf8 0-1(51) Andersson 2555 -- Larsen, Hastings ENG 1973; 0-1(51) Andersson 2535 -- Larsen 2625, Hastings ENG 1972; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d3 Nf6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Rxe5 c4 11.Rxh5 Nxh5 12.Ne5 Nf6 13.Nxc4 Be7 14.Nbd2 OO 15.Nb3 Nd5 16.Bd2 Bb4 17.Bxb4 Nxb4 18.a3 Nd5 19.Qd2 Nb6 20.Nba5 Qc7 0-1(45) Damjanovic -- Larsen, Monte Carlo MNC 1968; 5...Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.d3 Ne7 8.Bg5 Qd7 9.c3 a6 10.Ba4 Ng6 11.Nd2 b5 12.Bc2 Be7 13.Be3 OO 14.Qh5 d5 15.exd5 exd5 16.d4 c4 17.f4 Rfe8 18.Nf3 f6 19.Bf5 Qd6 20.Bxg6 hxg6 1-0(61) Larsen -- Bronstein, Moscow RUS 1962; 5.c3 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 e6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.Nd2 d5 12.Re1 c5 * ? -- ?, ? 0.
5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bc2 e5 9.a4 Be7 10.Na3 OO 11.d3 Rb8 12.axb5 axb5 13.h3 Qc7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Bb3 Ne7 17.Nc2 Bc6 18.Ne3 g6 19.h4 Bg7 20.h5 g5 1-0(35) Psakhis 2599 -- Gallagher 2558, Pula CRO 2000; 1-0(35) Psakhis 2599 -- Gallagher 2558, Pula CRO 2000; 1-0(35) Psakhis 2599 -- Gallagher 2558, Pula CRO 2000; 1-0(35) Psakhis 2599 -- Gallagher 2558, Pula CRO 2000; 9...b4 10.h3 Be7 11.d4 bxc3 12.bxc3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.Nbd2 Qc7 15.Ba3 exd4 16.Nb3 OO 17.Nbxd4 Rfe8 18.Nxc6 Qxc6 19.Bb3 Be6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 1-0(42) Tseitlin -- Dvoirys 2550, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1994; 9.h3 g6 10.d4 Bg7 11.Be3 cxd4 12.cxd4 exd4 13.Nxd4 OO 14.Nc3 b4 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bb5 18.Rb1 Re8 19.Qd2 Rc8 20.Rec1 Qh4 =-=(49) Zhang 2632 -- Xu 2655, Shanghai CHN 2001; 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.a4 OO 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Qd6 Rc8 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Qxe5 Bc6 18.Qf4 Re8 19.Nd2 c4 20.Qe3 h5 =-=(55) Chebotarev 2505 -- Najer 2677, Tomsk RUS 2006; 9...Be7 10.d3 OO 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Nf1 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Ng5 h6 15.Ne4 f5 16.Neg3 Kh8 17.Qf3 Be6 18.a4 Rad8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nh2 Bd6 =-=(22) Zhang 2611 -- Wang 2495, CHN 2000; 8...Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 g6 11.a4 Rb8 12.axb5 axb5 13.Na3 Nd7 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Bd3 c4 16.Bc2 Bg7 17.d3 cxd3 18.Bxd3 b4 19.Be3 Qd8 20.Nb5 bxc3 1-0(47) Minasian 2450 -- Tiviakov 2655, Linares ESP 1999; 9.d3 e6 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nf1 d5 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Nh4 dxe4 15.dxe4 Nd7 16.Nhf5 OO 17.a4 b4 18.Bf4 bxc3 19.bxc3 Bf6 20.Qd2 Nde5 1-0(31) Peters -- Quinteros 2545, Lone Pine open 1979; 7...c4 8.d4 cxd3 9.Qxd3 g6 10.h3 Bg7 11.Bf4 OO 12.Bb3 Rc8 13.Nbd2 b5 14.a3 Qc7 15.Qe3 e5 16.Bh6 Na5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Ba2 Nc4 19.Nxc4 bxc4 20.Rad1 Rb8 1-0(37) David 2591 -- Brkic 2506, Cannes FRA 2006; 10.Bg5 Bg7 11.Nbd2 OO 12.h3 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxa4 14.Nef3 h6 15.Bh4 Qc7 16.Qe3 Kh7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Rad8 19.c4 Nh5 20.Ndf3 g5 1-0(31) Condie -- Hjartarson, Viborg DEN 1979; 9.Bg5 Ne5 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Nd4 e6 12.f4 Nc6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qxd3 OOO 15.Nd2 d5 16.e5 Bh6 17.g3 Rhg8 18.Kh1 fxe5 19.fxe5 Bxd2 20.Qxd2 h5 0-1(59) Psakhis 2599 -- Avrukh 2620, ISR 2000; 8.Bc2 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.b3 cxb3 11.axb3 e5 12.d3 Be7 13.Nbd2 OO 14.Bb2 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Ne4 Nf4 17.Bc1 Nd5 18.Bd2 Qc7 19.b4 Rfe8 20.Ng3 Bg6 0-1(48) Suetin -- Balashov, USSR 1970; 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 e5 11.h3 Bh5 12.d3 Be7 13.Nbd2 OO 14.b4 d5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Bb2 dxe4 17.dxe4 h5 18.Nh4 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Ng6 fxg6 =-=(47) Quezada Perez 2567 -- Hernandez Carmenates 2568, Santa Clara CUB 2008; 8...g6 9.Na3 b5 10.b3 cxb3 11.Bxb3 Bg7 12.d4 OO 13.e5 dxe5 14.dxe5 Ne8 15.Nc2 Nc7 16.Ncd4 Na5 17.Bg5 Rc8 18.Qd2 Nc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Re4 Ne6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 Bxe4 9.Bg5 Bd5 10.c4 Bxc4 11.Nc3 e6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.d5 e5 14.Nh4 Bb5 15.Ne4 Bd7 16.Qh5 h6 17.f4 Qe7 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.d6 Qe6 20.Rf1 OOO *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Be6 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Qa4+ b5 14.Qh4 Qb6 15.a4 Rd8 16.axb5 axb5 17.Be3 Nd5 18.Ng5 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 Bc8 20.Nxh7 Rg8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10.Nbd2 e6 11.c4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 cxd4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qxb7 Bg7 15.Qc6+ Ke7 16.Qe4 Qb6 17.Nf3 Rhc8 18.Qxh7 Kf8 19.b3 f5 20.Ng5 Qd8 1-0(55) Kalegin -- Tiviakov, USSR 1988; 16...Kf8 17.Qxd4 f5 18.Qd3 Bxb2 19.Rab1 Bf6 20.Rb7 Rg8 =-=(42) Kalegin -- Dvoirys, Kharkov UKR 1987; 9...Bc6 10.c4 cxd4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nxd4 Rg8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Nc3 Bh6 15.Qf3 Kf8 16.Rad1 Qd7 17.h3 Rb8 18.b3 Rg6 19.Ne2 c5 20.Ng3 Kg8 1-0(87) Ulibin 2585 -- Dvoirys 2515, Chelyabinsk RUS 1992; 1-0(87) Ulibin 2565 -- Dvoirys 2525, Chelyabinsk RUS 1991; 9...Bxb1 10.Rxb1 e6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.d5 Qd7 13.b4 OOO 14.Qd3 Bg7 15.Nd2 exd5 16.Qxd5 f5 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.Qxf5+ Kb8 20.Na5 Rhe8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...d5 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Nxd4 Qd5 14.Qa4+ b5 15.Qa5 e6 16.a4 b4 17.Qxd5 exd5 18.c4 OOO 19.cxd5 Rxd5 20.Rxe4 Kd7 0-1(41) Zarnicki 2455 -- Smirin 2640, Oviedo rapid 1993; 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 g6 10.Qd1 Bh6 11.Na3 OO 12.d4 Bxc1 13.Rxc1 cxd4 14.cxd4 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.Re3 Qb6 17.Qb3 Qxd4 18.Rd1 Qxe5 19.f3 Nc5 20.Rxe5 Nxb3 0-1(52) Sax 2565 -- Polugaevsky 2620, Moskou etc 1977; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.a4 OO 12.Na3 Rb8 13.Nc2 e5 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 d5 16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 Na5 18.Ba3 Re8 19.Bb4 b6 20.d3 Bg7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...e5 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.Bxd4 Be7 12.Bc3 OO 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nh4 Bxe4 16.g5 Bxb1 17.Rxe7 Ne4 18.Rxb7 Nc5 19.Rxb1 Qxg5+ 20.Bg2 Nxb7 =-=(41) Romanishin 2485 -- Tal 2645, Erevan ch-URS 1975; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bc2 Bg4 10.Be3 e6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nc3 Be7 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 OO 15.Nf4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Re8 17.Bb3 Rc8 18.Rad1 Ne5 19.Qe2 Ned7 20.f3 Qc7 1-0(80) Novikov 2562 -- Korotylev 2616, Krasnoyarsk RUS 2007; 5...a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Re1 Nf6 8.d4 Bxe4 9.Bg5 d5 10.Nbd2 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 cxd4 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qxf6 Rg8 14.Qxd4 Qd7 15.Rad1 OOO 16.Qd3 Qg4 17.g3 h5 18.Nf3 h4 19.Ne5 Qh5 20.Qe3 e6 =-=(43) Ulibin 2565 -- Yudasin 2595, Moscow RUS 1991; =-=(43) Ulibin 2565 -- Yudasin 2595, Moskou ch-URS 1991; =-=(41) Ulibin 2565 -- Yudasin 2645, Moscow ch-SU 1991; =-=(43) Ulibin 2565 -- Yudasin 2595, Moscow RUS 1991; =-=(41) Ulibin 2565 -- Yudasin 2645, 11, Moscow 1991; =-=(43) Ulibin 2565 -- Yudasin 2595, Moscow RUS 1991; =-=(39) Ulibin 2520 -- Yudasin 2645, 11 Moscow ch-URS 1991; =-=(43) Ulibin 2565 -- Yudasin 2595, Moscow RUS 1991; =-=(43) Ulibin 2565 -- Yudasin 2595, Moscow RUS 1991; =-=(43) Ulibin 2565 -- Yudasin 2595, Moscow RUS 1991; =-=(43) Ulibin 2565 -- Yudasin 2595, Moscow RUS 1991; 9...Bd5 10.Nbd2 c4 11.b3 b5 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.a4 e6 14.axb5 axb5 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Ra5 Be7 17.Rxb5 cxb3 18.c4 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 OO 20.Rxb3 Qf4 =-=(39) Brynell -- Rogers 2535, Londen open 1990; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...e6 8.d4 d5 9.e5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Qg4 Ne7 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.N2f3 h6 14.h4 Qc7 15.h5 Ne7 16.Bd2 OOO 17.a4 Kb8 18.b4 Qc4 19.Qf4 Be8 20.b5 a5 1-0(42) Ulibin 2560 -- Smirin 2640, Las Palmas ESP 1993; 1-0(42) Ulibin 2560 -- Smirin 2640, Las Palmas ESP 1993; 1-0(42) Ulibin 2560 -- Smirin 2640, Las Palmas ESP 1993; 1-0(42) Ulibin 2560 -- Smirin 2640, Las Palmas ESP 1993; 1-0(42) Ulibin 2560 -- Smirin 2640, Las Palmas ESP 1993; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8...cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.Bg5 f6 11.exd5 Bxd5 12.Bf4 Ne7 13.Nc3 Kf7 14.Rc1 Ng6 15.Bg3 Be7 16.Nd2 Rc8 17.a3 b5 18.Nf1 b4 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Ne3 Qd7 0-1(42) Illescas Cordoba 2595 -- Tiviakov 2625, Linares 1995; 0-1(42) Illescas Cordoba 2595 -- Tiviakov 2625, Linares SuperGM Tournament Linares ESP 1995; 6.Ba4 Nf6 7.Re1 c4 8.d4 cxd3 9.Qxd3 g6 10.Bb3 Bg7 11.Nbd2 OO 12.Nc4 Be6 13.Ne3 Bd7 14.Nd5 Na5 15.Be3 Nxb3 16.axb3 Bc6 17.Bb6 Qd7 18.Rad1 Ng4 19.h3 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.Bg5 b5 10.Bb3 e6 11.Qxd3 Be7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nd4 OO 14.f4 Qb6 15.Kh1 Kh8 16.f5 Na5 17.Nd2 Nxb3 18.axb3 Rg8 19.b4 a5 20.bxa5 Rxa5 0-1(42) Kindermann 2541 -- Sadler 2668, GER 1999; 7...b5 8.Bc2 e5 9.h3 Qc7 10.d3 Be7 11.Nbd2 g5 12.Nh2 Rg8 13.Ndf1 g4 14.h4 d5 15.Bg5 d4 16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Ne3 Qd6 18.a4 h6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.axb5 Qxh4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8...Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 g6 11.d3 Bg7 12.Nd2 OO 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Nf3 b4 15.Ba4 Qc7 16.Bd2 bxc3 17.bxc3 Rab8 18.Rab1 e6 19.g3 Nb6 20.Bc2 Nd7 =-=(62) Ponomariov 2616 -- Topalov 2690, Las Vegas, NV USA 1999; 6...b5 7.Bc2 Nf6 8.Re1 e5 9.h3 Be7 10.d4 OO 11.d5 Na5 12.Nbd2 g6 13.b4 Nb7 14.Rb1 a5 15.a3 Nh5 16.Nf1 Qc7 17.Bh6 Rfc8 18.Bd3 axb4 19.axb4 Ra3 20.Qd2 Rca8 0-1(60) Lupulescu 2546 -- Kobalia 2644, Warsaw POL 2005; 8.d4 e5 9.h3 Be7 10.d5 Na5 11.b3 OO 12.Nh2 c4 13.f4 Nb7 14.Be3 Qc7 15.b4 a5 16.a3 Ra6 17.f5 h6 18.g4 Nh7 19.Nf3 Ng5 20.Kh2 Rfa8 =-=(24) Lobron 2493 -- Van Wely 2680, Amsterdam NED 2004; 6...c4 7.Bc2 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Ne5 11.g4 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Bg6 13.d4 Nf6 14.c4 e6 15.Nc3 Be7 16.Bd3 h5 17.g5 Nd7 18.h4 f6 19.Qg3 fxg5 20.Bxg5 Bxg5 1-0(52) Smyslov 2540 -- Ehlvest 2615, Moskou rapid 1995.
5.h3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Bf1 e6 8.c3 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Na5 14.Rc1 Bb5 15.Bxa5 Qxa5 16.Qb3 OO 17.Re3 Rfb8 18.Bxb5 axb5 19.a3 Rc8 20.Qd1 Rc4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
5.d3 g6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.d4 Bg7 10.d5 Bd7 11.h3 OO 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Nbd2 b5 14.Qc2 Qb6 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Nf1 e6 17.dxe6 Bxe6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Ne3 Bg7 =-=(65) Rozentalis 2584 -- Inarkiev 2602, Athens GRE 2005.
5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Re1 e6 8.c4 Be7 9.Nc3 OO 10.b3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 a6 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.Bb2 Rac8 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.h3 Ne8 17.a4 Bf6 18.Qe3 Qa5 19.Re2 h6 20.Red2 Qc7 =-=(59) Vasiukov 2505 -- Akopian 2605, Erevan ARM 1994.
5...a6 6.Bf1 g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.h3 e5 9.Na3 Nge7 10.Nc4 Be6 11.Ng5 OO 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.d3 d5 14.Nd2 Qd6 15.g3 Rad8 16.Bg2 d4 17.c4 Bh6 18.a3 Rb8 19.h4 Kg7 20.Bh3 Rf6 1-0(48) Arkhipov 2495 -- Tiviakov 2640, Elista RUS 1994; 1-0(48) Arkhipov 2495 -- Tiviakov 2640, Elista RUS 1994; 1-0(48) Arkhipov 2495 -- Tiviakov 2640, Elista RUS 1994; 1-0(48) Arkhipov 2495 -- Tiviakov 2640, Elista RUS 1994; 10.Nc2 OO 11.d4 Qc7 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Ne3 Rad8 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bd2 Be6 16.Bc4 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 b5 18.Ne3 f5 19.Rad1 f4 20.Nd5 Nxd5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Be6 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 OO 18.Qh5 Rc8 19.Bb3 Rc5 20.Rad1 Nc6 1-0(54) Kosashvili 2560 -- Yudasin 2615, Haifa ISR 1995; 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bg4 10.d5 Ne5 11.Qb3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Qc7 13.Bg5 Nf6 14.Nd2 OO 15.f4 Ned7 16.Rac1 Qb8 17.Bh3 Nc5 18.Qf3 Kh8 19.Nc4 e6 20.Nb6 exd5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...Bg4 8.d3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Bg7 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Qd1 Nf6 12.Nd2 OO 13.a3 e5 14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 d5 16.Nb3 Re8 17.Bd2 Bf8 18.Na5 Rc7 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Ra2 b5 1-0(72) Gelfand 2680 -- Karpov 2780, Cap d'Agde FRA 1994; 1-0(72) Gelfand 2680 -- Karpov 2780, Cap d'Agde FRA 1994; 1-0(72) Gelfand 2680 -- Karpov 2780, Cap d'Agde FRA 1994; 1-0(72) Gelfand 2680 -- Karpov 2780, Cap d'Agde FRA 1994; 1-0(72) Gelfand 2680 -- Karpov 2780, Cap d'Agde FRA 1994; 1-0(72) Gelfand 2680 -- Karpov 2780, Cap d'Agde FRA 1994; 1-0(72) Gelfand 2680 -- Karpov 2780, Cap d'Agde FRA 1994; 7.h3 Bg7 8.c3 e5 9.Na3 Nge7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Be6 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 OO 18.Qh5 Rc8 19.Bb3 Rc5 20.Rad1 Nc6 1-0(54) Kosashvili 2560 -- Yudasin 2615, Haifa ISR 1995; 6...Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 g6 9.a4 Bg7 10.Na3 e6 11.c3 Nge7 12.d3 OO 13.Bg5 Rb8 14.Bf6 Ne5 15.Qf4 Bxf6 16.Qxf6 N7c6 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.Nc2 Na5 19.f4 Nd7 20.Be2 Rbc8 =-=(65) Kishnev 2495 -- Georgiev 2650, GER 2000; 10...Rb8 11.c3 Nf6 12.Nc4 Nd7 13.a5 OO 14.Qd1 Qc7 15.d3 Nde5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Qa4 b5 18.axb6 Rxb6 19.Ra2 Rfb8 20.Re2 a5 0-1(53) Casper 2435 -- Georgiev 2659, GER 1999; 9.c3 Bg7 10.Qd1 e6 11.d3 Nge7 12.Nd2 b5 13.Nf3 Qb6 14.Be3 OO 15.Qd2 d5 16.Bf4 d4 17.e5 dxc3 18.bxc3 b4 19.cxb4 cxb4 20.Be3 Qb7 0-1(45) Ponomariov 2616 -- Topalov 2690, Las Vegas, NV USA 1999; 7.c3 g6 8.d3 Bg7 9.Nbd2 b5 10.h3 Bd7 11.Nb3 e5 12.Bg5 Nge7 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Nbxd4 OO 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Rc1 Bb7 18.e5 d5 19.Nd4 Re8 20.Bf6 Qb6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 6...Nf6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.d3 e6 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.Qe2 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.g4 Bg6 14.Bg2 h5 15.Nf1 hxg4 16.hxg4 Qc7 17.Bd2 OOO 18.a3 f6 19.Bf4 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Ndxe5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8.d3 e6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g3 OO 12.Bg2 d5 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Nf1 d4 15.g4 Bg6 16.Ng3 Rc8 17.a3 h6 18.Bf4 b5 19.cxd4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 cxd4 0-1(35) Spangenberg 2530 -- Ehlvest 2600, Moskou olm 1994; 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e6 9.Nc3 Rc8 10.Nxc6 Rxc6 11.Be3 Nf6 12.Bd4 Be7 13.Qf3 OO 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.a3 b5 16.Rd3 Rc8 17.Red1 Nd7 18.Qg3 Bf8 19.f4 Qb7 20.f5 a5 1-0(55) Ni 2614 -- Movsesian 2632, Internet Chess Club INT 2006; 9...Nf6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qd3 OO 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Qh3 Qa5 14.f4 Bd7 15.Kh1 h6 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Be7 20.Rd3 Rfd8 0-1(65) Xu 2478 -- Georgiev 2666, Dubai UAE 2005; 9.c4 Be7 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.b3 OO 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 e5 15.Nf5 Rfe8 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.d6 Bxd6 18.Qxd6 Qxd6 19.Nxd6 Re7 20.Rad1 Kf8 =-=(41) Pavasovic 2564 -- Movsesian 2637, Sibenik 2006; 8...Nf6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Rxe5 e6 13.Re1 Bd6 14.g3 OO 15.Nd2 Nd7 16.Qe2 Nb6 17.b3 a5 18.Bb2 a4 19.Qg4 e5 20.Nc4 Nxc4 1-0(60) Adams 2715 -- Topalov 2702, Frankfurt GER 2000; 9.Bg5 e6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qf3 e5 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qc3 c5 14.Nd2 Be7 15.Nc4 OO 16.Rad1 Qe6 17.Qd3 Rad8 18.Qd5 g6 19.Qxe6 fxe6 20.Re3 d5 1-0(45) Timman 2620 -- Cifuentes Parada 2490, Amsterdam ch-NED 1996; 8...g6 9.c4 Bg7 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 OO 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.Kh1 Qc5 16.b3 Bd7 17.f4 b5 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Ng4 20.Nd5 Nxe5 0-1(38) Har-Zvi 2503 -- Gelfand 2691, Tel Aviv ISR 1999; 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Bg5 e6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Rad1 Rc8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bxg5 14.dxc6 Rxc6 15.Qxg7 Bf6 16.Qh6 Bxb2 17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Rxc2 19.Qg7 Rf8 20.Qxh7 Rxa2 1-0(29) Kobalia 2620 -- Kovchan 2507, Kharkov UKR 2002; 7.c3 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.Ne5 dxe4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nc3 Nf6 13.Qa4 Qb6 =-= Dzhumaev 2507 -- Tiviakov 2635, Dhaka BAN 2003; 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 g6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bg7 11.b3 OO 12.Bb2 Qa5 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Bxf6 exf6 17.Qd4 Qe7 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.Qb6 c5 20.Qa5 Rd7 =-=(46) Rozentalis 2591 -- Gajewski 2515, Warsaw POL 2006.
5...Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 e5 11.Nxd4 Ne7 12.Ne2 Ng6 13.c4 Qc7 14.b3 Be7 15.Ng3 OO 16.Qg4 Nh4 17.Bh6 Ng6 18.Be3 Nh4 19.Bh6 Ng6 20.Be3 Nh4 =-=(21) Kholmov -- Korchnoi, Leningrad RUS 1963; =-=(21) Kholmov -- Korchnoi, Leningrad ch-SU 1963.
5...e5 6.c3 a6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.a4 Rd8 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.c4 g6 15.Nc3 Bg7 16.a5 OO 17.Nd5 Qd7 18.Rad1 Qe6 19.Ng5 Qe8 20.Qc3 f6 0-1(51) Milos 2605 -- Polgar 2665, Sao Paulo m 1996.
6.d3 e5 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.c3 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 exd4 11.Qxd4 OO 12.Nc3 Bg4 13.Qd3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 d5 15.Bg5 Nxe4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qxe4 Qxe4 19.Rxe4 Rfd8 =-= Solak 2630 -- Vuckovic 2556, Plovdiv BUL 2008; 6...g6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Qd5 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Nd2 Bg7 12.Nc4 Nd5 13.a4 OO 14.Qf3 e6 15.Qh3 Rae8 16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 f6 18.f4 Nb4 19.Re2 Qd7 20.a5 Nc6 =-=(23) Becerra Rivero 2544 -- Najer 2624, King of Prussia USA 2007; 6...Rc8 7.Nbd2 g6 8.a4 Bg7 9.Nc4 OO 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.e5 Nd5 12.Bg5 f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Nfd2 Qd7 15.a5 Rf7 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.c3 Bh4 18.Rf1 Rcf8 19.f3 Qf5 20.Qe2 Qh5 1-0(40) Gonzalez 2483 -- Ehlvest 2614, Las Vegas, NV USA 2005.
6.b3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6 9.h3 Bh5 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Nbd2 OO 12.g3 Nd7 13.Bg2 Bf6 14.c3 b5 15.g4 Bg6 16.d4 Rc8 17.a3 Nb6 18.Nf1 a5 19.Ng3 a4 20.Bf1 Na5 0-1(49) Blatny 2560 -- Babula 2555, CZE 1998; 0-1(49) Blatny 2560 -- Babula 2555, Team Championships, CZE 0.
6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Rc8 9.Na3 e6 10.Nxc6 Rxc6 11.Nc4 Be7 12.a4 Nd5 13.Ra3 OO 14.Rd3 Bf6 15.b3 Qc7 16.Qg4 Nb4 17.Rh3 g6 18.Qd1 Nd5 19.Rf3 Bg7 20.Qe2 Ne7 0-1(40) Georgiev -- Smirin 2545, Komotini 1992; 9.d3 e6 10.Nxc6 Rxc6 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Nc4 OO 13.Bg5 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.a4 b6 16.Qf3 Rc7 17.Na3 Qd7 18.Qf4 Nc6 19.Nb5 Rcc8 20.Qd6 Rfd8 0-1(66) Skripchenko 2501 -- Tiviakov 2635, Saint Vincent ITA 2003.
6.Nc3 e6 7.d3 Be7 8.Bf4 OO 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Nd4 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.a4 Nb6 13.a5 Nxb5 14.Nxb5 Nd5 15.Be5 Qd7 16.Nc3 Nb4 17.Ne4 Nc6 18.Bc3 Nd4 19.Nd2 b5 20.axb6 axb6 =-=(36) Kavalek 2590 -- Portisch 2630, Turin ITA 1982.
6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 e6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bf1 Be7 10.b3 OO 11.Ba3 c5 12.Nd2 Bc6 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Qf3 Rad8 15.Qg3 Nh5 16.Qg4 Nf6 17.Qg3 Nh5 18.Qg4 Nf6 19.Qg3 Nh5 =-= Kurajica 2505 -- Balashov 2600, Malta olm 1980.
6...e6 7.c3 a6 8.Bf1 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Rc8 14.Qb3 b5 15.Rac1 OO 16.Qe3 Qb6 17.Bd3 f5 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qxe3 0-1(61) Pierrot 2427 -- Topalov 2733, Moscow RUS 2001; 0-1(61) Pierrot 2427 -- Topalov 2733, Moscow RUS 2001; 0-1(61) Pierrot 2427 -- Topalov 2733, Moscow RUS 2001; 0-1(61) Pierrot 2427 -- Topalov 2733, Moscow RUS 2001; 7...Ne5 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.d4 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nd2 cxd4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 =-= Kurajica 2555 -- Movsesian 2637, Solin CRO 2006; 12...Nxd2 13.Bxd2 cxd4 14.cxd4 =-= Cabrera 2478 -- Tiviakov 2635, Malaga ESP 2003; 10...cxd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Qb3 Be7 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 OO 16.Rac1 Rfc8 17.g3 Bd8 18.Be3 b5 19.Rc5 a6 20.Rec1 Be7 =-=(40) Palac 2568 -- Cheparinov 2646, Dresden GER 2007; 9.d3 Be7 10.Bf4 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 OO 12.Nd2 b5 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rfc8 15.Qd3 Qb7 16.Rec1 d5 17.e5 Nd7 18.Nb3 Qb6 19.Be3 a5 20.Rc2 Rc4 =-=(45) Cabrera 2478 -- Tiviakov 2635, Seville ESP 2003; 7.Bf1 Be7 8.c3 OO 9.a3 Qc7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Bd3 Rac8 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Na5 16.Bg5 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Qb1 a6 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Ne5 Qd6 =-=(23) Wu 2548 -- Movsesian 2639, Moscow RUS 2004.
6...Ne5 7.a4 Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 a6 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.b3 g6 11.Bb2 e5 12.Qd3 Be7 13.Nc3 OO 14.a5 Nf6 15.Rf1 Rc8 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qc7 18.f4 Bf6 19.d3 Kg7 20.Qc4 Qd8 =-=(23) Adams 2746 -- Topalov 2718, Wijk aan Zee NED 2001; 7.Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.Na3 g6 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.c3 Nd3 11.Re3 Nxc1 12.Rxc1 Bg7 13.b4 OO 14.bxc5 dxc5 15.Rb1 Qd7 16.Qb3 Rab8 17.Qd5 Rfd8 18.Qxd7 Rxd7 19.Re2 a6 20.Rb6 Be5 =-=(26) Zvjaginsev 2675 -- Bu 2664, Ergun 2006.
6...g6 7.c3 Ne5 8.Bxd7+ Nfxd7 9.d4 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Bg7 11.Be3 OO 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.a4 Qd7 15.Qe2 Rad8 16.Qb5 Qc7 17.Na3 Rd7 18.Nc4 Rfd8 19.g3 Be5 20.Re3 g5 =-=(23) Oratovsky 2557 -- Tiviakov 2601, Bastia FRA 2003.
7...g5 8.d4 g4 9.d5 gxf3 10.dxc6 Bxc6 11.Qxf3 Bg7 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Nd5 Ne5 14.Qh5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qd7 16.c3 OOO 17.Be3 Kb8 18.b4 cxb4 19.Rab1 Ng6 20.cxb4 Qa4 =-=(59) Chadaev 2471 -- Akopian 2700, Moscow RUS 2008; 9...Ne5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.hxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Qd2 h5 15.Qf2 Rc8 16.Qh4 Bh6 17.Nd2 Bxe3+ 18.Rxe3 b5 19.c4 b4 20.Nb3 Rb8 =-=(36) Vasiukov 2560 -- Gutman, Tbilisi GEO 1979.
7...e6 8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 OO 10.d3 b5 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bc6 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Bb2 Bf6 16.Qc1 Rc8 17.Ne4 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 Qc7 19.a3 Rfd8 20.Rad1 Bd5 =-=(25) Stefansson 2588 -- Tiviakov 2628, Esbjerg DEN 2002; 8.c3 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Rxe4 h5 15.Nc3 Bc6 16.Re3 g5 17.d5 Bxd5 18.a3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nc6 20.b4 g4 =-=(47) Yu 2542 -- Bu 2640, Wuxi 2006.
7...Ne5 8.c3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 e5 10.a4 g6 11.a5 Bg7 12.Bc4 OO 13.d3 h6 14.Be3 Bc6 15.Nd2 Kh7 16.g4 Ne8 17.Qg2 f5 18.f3 Qe7 19.Bb3 =-= Janovsky 2496 -- Khalifman 2624, Kirishi RUS 2007.
9...Qc7 10.d5 Na5 11.Nbd2 b5 12.b4 Nb7 13.Rb1 c4 14.g3 OO 15.Bg2 a5 16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 Ra2 18.Nf1 g6 19.Bh6 Rfa8 20.N3d2 Nh5 =-=(24) Sorokin 2578 -- Cheparinov 2572, Linares ESP 2005; 10.Nbd2 b5 11.a4 Rb8 12.axb5 axb5 13.d5 Na5 14.b4 Nb7 15.Ba3 c4 16.Bb2 OO 17.Ra6 Qc8 18.Qc2 Nh5 19.Bc1 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 1-0(54) Shirazi 2448 -- Fedorchuk 2671, Paris FRA 2008.
11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.d6 Bc6 13.dxe7 Qxe7 14.Qc2 Nb5 15.Nd2 Nd6 16.b3 Nfe8 17.Ba3 b6 18.b4 Nc7 19.bxc5 Ndb5 20.Bc1 bxc5 =-=(36) McShane 2546 -- Hracek 2607, Selfoss 2002; =-=(36) McShane 2546 -- Hracek 2607, Selfoss 2002; =-=(36) McShane 2546 -- Hracek 2607, Selfoss 2002; =-=(36) McShane 2546 -- Hracek 2607, Selfoss 2002; =-=(36) McShane 2546 -- Hracek 2607, Selfoss 2002; =-=(36) McShane 2546 -- Hracek 2607, Selfoss 2002; =-=(36) McShane 2546 -- Hracek 2607, Selfoss 2002; =-=(36) McShane 2546 -- Hracek 2607, Selfoss 2002; =-=(36) McShane 2546 -- Hracek 2607, Selfoss 2002; =-=(36) McShane 2546 -- Hracek 2607, Selfoss 2002; =-=(36) McShane 2546 -- Hracek 2607, Selfoss 2002; =-=(36) McShane 2546 -- Hracek 2607, Selfoss 2002.
6...e6 7.d4 a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.d5 Bd7 10.e5 Nxd5 11.Bg5 Qb8 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Na3 Nb6 14.Qe2 f6 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Bh4 Be7 17.Bg3 Qc6 18.Nh4 OO 19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 g6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...g6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 e5 10.Be3 exd4 11.Bxd4 Be7 12.Nc3 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 OO 14.Be2 Re8 15.h3 Be6 16.Nb5 Bd7 17.Bc4 Qa5 18.Nc3 Qc5 19.Bb3 Qxd4 20.Nxd4 =-= Sax 2560 -- Kasparov 2813, Izmir TUR 2004.
7.Ba4 c4 8.Na3 b5 9.Bc2 e5 10.b3 Na5 11.d4 cxd3 12.Bxd3 Be7 13.c4 b4 14.Nc2 Nc6 15.a3 a5 16.axb4 axb4 17.Bd2 Rb8 18.Ne3 Be6 19.Ra6 Na5 20.Nd5 Bxd5 =-=(82) Fressinet 2633 -- Nakamura 2664, Turin ITA 2006; =-=(82) Fressinet 2633 -- Nakamura 2664, Turin ITA 2006; =-=(82) Fressinet 2633 -- Nakamura 2664, Turin ITA 2006; =-=(82) Fressinet 2633 -- Nakamura 2664, Turin ITA 2006; =-=(82) Fressinet 2633 -- Nakamura 2664, Turin ITA 2006; =-=(82) Fressinet 2633 -- Nakamura 2664, Turin ITA 2006; =-=(82) Fressinet 2633 -- Nakamura 2664, Turin ITA 2006; 9...e6 10.b3 cxb3 11.axb3 Be7 12.d4 b4 13.d5 bxa3 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Bxa3 Qc7 16.e5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Bb7 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Qd4 a5 20.c4 Rhd8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.b3 cxb3 12.axb3 e5 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Be7 16.d5 Ne5 17.f4 Ng6 18.e5 dxe5 19.d6 Qxd6 20.Qxd6 Bxd6 1-0(36) Svetushkin 2588 -- Smirin 2654, Moscow RUS 2007; 8.d4 cxd3 9.Bg5 e6 10.Qxd3 Be7 11.Nbd2 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxa4 13.Nec4 Qc7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne3 OOO 16.c4 Rhg8 17.b3 Bd7 18.b4 Kb8 19.a4 Rc8 20.Reb1 d5 =-=(34) Nijboer 2505 -- Akopian 2615, Wijk aan Zee NED 1993; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10...Qc7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.c4 Rc8 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Nbd2 Bg7 15.Nd4 Qb6 16.N2f3 OO 17.b3 Rfe8 18.Rad1 Rcd8 19.Ne2 Bc8 20.Nf4 Qc5 0-1(73) Fressinet 2625 -- Palac 2561, Cannes FRA 2006; 9...Ne5 10.Nbd2 Bxa4 11.Qxa4+ Qd7 12.Qd4 h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Rad1 Rg8 15.Nxe5 fxe5 16.Qxd3 e6 17.Nc4 Rd8 18.Qf3 Qc6 19.b3 b5 20.Nd2 Be7 1-0(53) Fressinet 2625 -- Brkic 2506, Cannes FRA 2006; 8.Bc2 Rc8 9.Na3 b5 10.b3 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.bxc4 bxc4 13.d4 cxd3 14.Qxd3 e6 15.Rb1 Bc5 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Qg3 OO 18.Bh6 Nh5 19.Qxe5 gxh6 20.Qxh5 Bxf2+ 0-1(32) Plaskett 2495 -- Olafsson, Copenhagen DEN 1985; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8...Bg4 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 e6 11.d4 d5 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Be4 Qd6 16.Nbd2 OO 17.Qc2 h5 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Nfe5 Qc7 =-=(41) Bologan 2686 -- Wang 2691, Poikovsky RUS 2008; 7...b5 8.Bc2 Bg4 9.d3 e6 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nf1 OO 13.Ng3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 b4 15.Ne2 Qa5 16.Rd1 Rfc8 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Qg3 Rab8 19.Rab1 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 =-=(24) Malakhov 2689 -- Kuzubov 2578, Helsingor DEN 2008; 13...Bg6 14.Nh4 d5 15.exd5 Qxd5 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Qe2 Rfd8 18.a3 Rac8 19.Be3 Qe5 20.Qf3 Qc7 0-1(63) Godena 2535 -- Caruana 2594, Martina Franca ITA 2007; 12...d5 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Nh4 OO 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Ne4 Nf6 18.Qf3 Qd7 19.Be3 Ne5 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 =-=(29) Pavasovic 2567 -- Movsesian 2642, Dresden GER 2007; 10...Nd7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nf1 Be7 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.d4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Rc8 17.Bd3 OO 18.a4 Qb6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Be3 d5 1-0(56) Fressinet 2627 -- Babula 2604, Goteborg SWE 2005; 9...Nd7 10.Nbd2 e6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nf1 Rc8 13.Ng3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 g6 15.Bf4 h5 16.Be3 Bg7 17.a3 OO 18.Qd1 Re8 19.f4 d5 20.Bf2 Qc7 1-0(42) Iordachescu 2563 -- Vallejo Pons 2679, Moscow RUS 2007; 9.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 e5 13.d5 Nd4 14.Nbd2 Be7 15.h3 Nxc2 16.Qxc2 Bd7 17.Nb3 OO 18.Na5 Rc8 19.Qb3 Qc7 20.Bd2 Qc2 =-=(35) Tiviakov 2645 -- Kuzubov 2578, Bornholm DEN 2008; 8...e5 9.h3 Be7 10.d4 OO 11.d5 Na5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.d6 Bc6 14.dxe7 Qxe7 15.Nd2 Nb7 16.Qe2 Nd6 =-= Zhang 2530 -- Tiviakov 2640, Beijing CHN 1998; =-= Zhang Zhong 2530 -- Tiviakov 2640, Tan Chin Nam, Beijing CHN 0; 10...Qc7 11.d5 Na5 12.b3 OO 13.Nbd2 Nb7 14.c4 g6 15.Nh2 Nh5 16.Ndf1 bxc4 17.bxc4 Na5 18.Ne3 Bg5 19.Nhf1 Ng7 20.Ba4 Bc8 =-=(27) Ni 2703 -- Wang 2684, Dagomys RUS 2008; 9...g6 10.d4 Bg7 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.a4 Rb8 13.axb5 axb5 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Nbd2 OO 16.Nb3 c4 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.b4 Rd8 19.Qc1 Nh5 20.Ra3 Qc7 =-=(45) Zhang 2530 -- Ehlvest 2610, Beijing CHN 1998; =-=(45) Zhang Zhong 2530 -- Ehlvest 2610, Tan Chin Nam, Beijing CHN 0; 7...e5 8.h3 c4 9.Bc2 Be7 10.b3 cxb3 11.axb3 OO 12.Ba3 Re8 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 d5 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 16.e5 Ne4 17.Rxe4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Rc8 19.Nbd2 Be6 20.Nc4 Rd7 =-=(35) Ovetchkin 2556 -- Dreev 2657, Dagomys RUS 2008.
7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 Bxe4 9.Bg5 Bd5 10.Nbd2 e6 11.c4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 cxd4 13.Qxb7 Qc8 14.Qb6 Qc5 15.Qb7 Qc8 16.Qb6 Qc5 17.Qb7 Qa7 18.Qc6+ Kd8 19.Nb3 Rc8 20.Na5 Rc7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Bc6 12.d5 Bd7 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.Qa4+ Qd7 17.Qa5 Qc6 18.Rad1 Rg8 19.b3 Rg4 20.Ng3 b6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10.c4 Bxc4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.d5 Bb5 13.Nc3 f5 14.Nh4 Bd7 15.Qh5 Qb6 16.Nxf5 OOO 17.Qxf7 Kb8 18.Re2 Be8 19.Qe6 Bd7 20.Qf7 Be8 =-=(21) Rozentalis 2619 -- Hansen 2635, Copenhagen DEN 2004; 9...d5 10.Nbd2 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 e6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxd5 Qe7 14.Qe5 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qd6 16.Qe4 Qb4 17.Nf3 Be7 18.Re3 Qxb2 19.Rb1 Qxa2 20.Rxb7 Rc8 =-=(64) Giorgadze 2535 -- Tal 2625, Tbilisi ch-URS 1978; 11...cxd4 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.c4 dxc4 14.Nxc4 e6 15.Qxb7 Rb8 16.Qxa6 Qd5 17.Qa4+ Qb5 18.Qxb5+ Rxb5 19.Rad1 Rd5 20.Kf1 Rg8 =-=(29) Leitao 2587 -- Morovic Fernandez 2565, Poikovsky RUS 2001; 9...Bc6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.d5 Bd7 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.a4 OOO 14.b4 e6 15.Nc4 cxb4 16.cxb4 Kb8 17.Ne3 Rc8 18.b5 e5 19.bxa6 bxa6 20.Re2 Ka7 =-=(37) Orlov 2447 -- Areshchenko 2647, Dresden GER 2007; 8...cxd4 9.cxd4 Bxe4 10.Nc3 d5 11.Bg5 e6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Rxe4 Be7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.d5 Bxb2 16.Rb1 Bf6 17.dxe6 Qxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rb1 b5 20.Rc1 Rd6 =-=(24) Wang 2593 -- Dreev 2697, Moscow RUS 2006; 11.Ne5 e6 12.Qb3 Be7 13.Qxb7 Qc8 14.Qb3 OO 15.Bf4 Nh5 16.Be3 Rb8 17.Qd1 Bg6 18.Rc1 Qb7 19.g4 Nf6 20.h4 h5 0-1(34) Hamdouchi 2555 -- Dreev 2704, Caleta ENG 2005; 10.Bg5 Qa5 11.Nc3 =-= Felgaer 2509 -- Tiviakov 2628, Copenhagen DEN 2002.
7...e5 8.h3 h6 9.d4 Qc7 10.a4 g6 11.Na3 Bg7 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Nc4 Rb8 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 Be6 16.Nd6+ Ke7 17.Ba3 Ne8 18.Nxb7 Qxb7 19.b5+ Kf6 20.bxc6 Qc7 1-0(21) Andersson 2535 -- Portisch 2640, Skopje olm 1972; * ? -- ?, ? 0; 8...Be7 9.d4 Qc7 10.d5 Nd8 11.a4 OO 12.a5 Ne8 13.Nbd2 f5 14.Bd3 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nf7 16.c4 Nf6 17.Qc2 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 h6 19.Qe2 Qc8 20.Rb1 Rb8 1-0(37) Tkachiev 2654 -- Dvoirys 2555, Biel SUI 2003; 10.Na3 OO 11.Bg5 cxd4 12.cxd4 exd4 13.Rc1 Rfe8 14.Nxd4 Nxe4 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 16.f3 Qb6 17.Rxc6 Bxc6 18.fxe4 Bxe4 19.Nc4 Qc5 20.Qd2 d5 0-1(36) Van der Wiel 2531 -- Dvoirys 2562, Dieren NED 2000.
8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 g6 10.d3 Bg7 11.g3 OO 12.Bg2 Rc8 13.Qd1 b5 14.Be3 b4 15.Nd2 Nd7 16.Rc1 Rb8 17.Qa4 Nce5 18.Bf1 Nb6 19.Qxa6 Ra8 20.Qb7 Rxa2 =-=(42) Adorjan 2530 -- Tal 2620, Las Palmas ESP 1977; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.Nc4 b5 13.Ne3 b4 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.Nc4 OO 16.Qd1 Nb6 17.Ne3 a5 18.a4 e6 19.g3 d5 20.exd5 exd5 1-0(63) Hernandez Guerrero 2525 -- Ruban 2575, Santa Clara CUB 1991; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.Qd1 OO 12.Nd2 b5 13.Nf3 b4 14.d4 bxc3 15.bxc3 d5 16.e5 Ne4 17.c4 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxe5 19.cxd5 Qxd5 20.Bb2 Rfd8 =-=(78) Bologan 2666 -- Grischuk 2719, Foros 2006; 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Nd2 OO 13.Qd1 b5 14.a3 Rc8 15.f4 Nb6 16.Nf3 Qd7 17.Bf2 e5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Rc1 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 f5 0-1(27) Wang 2624 -- Cheparinov 2657, Taiyuan CHN 2007; 10.Qd1 Bh6 11.Na3 OO 12.Nc2 Rc8 13.Rb1 e5 14.b4 cxb4 15.Nxb4 Ne7 16.a4 Qc7 17.Ba3 Rfd8 18.c4 Nd7 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Nc5 =-=(41) Dreev -- Romero Holmes, Kiljava 1984; 12...e5 13.d4 Bxc1 14.Rxc1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rc8 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Qf3 Kg7 18.Bc4 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.b3 b5 0-1(51) Glek 2543 -- Vachier-Lagrave 2634, Katernberg GER 2007; 10...Qb6 11.Na3 Bg7 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.d3 OO 14.Bg5 b5 15.Ne3 e6 16.Rc1 Rab8 17.a3 a5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.d4 cxd4 20.cxd4 Qb6 =-=(26) Belkhodja 2506 -- Tiviakov 2614, Doha QAT 2002; 10.Rd1 d5 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Nxd5 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bg7 15.Nc3 Rd8 16.Be3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 e6 18.Ne4 Ke7 19.Nc5 Bh6 20.Kf2 Nb4 1-0(43) Tal 2615 -- Kupreichik 2490, Moskou ch-URS 1976; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10.Na3 Nd7 11.Nc2 Bg7 12.Qd1 Qb6 13.a3 Na5 14.Ne3 Qb3 15.a4 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Nb3 17.Ra3 Nxc1 18.Rxc1 Bh6 19.Nc4 Rb8 20.a5 OO =-=(32) Zvjaginsev 2670 -- Grischuk 2719, Sochi RUS 2006; 8...Bh5 9.d3 e6 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Nbd2 OO 12.a3 b5 13.Be2 d5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bg6 16.Bf3 Rc8 17.d4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Qd5 =-=(39) Hernandez Guerrero 2536 -- Hernandez Carmenates 2566, Merida MEX 2007; 11...d5 12.Qb3 b5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bh2 OO 15.a4 b4 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 f6 18.Bg3 Bf7 19.Nc4 e5 20.a5 Qd7 =-=(30) Dvalishvili 2500 -- Kazhgaleyev 2594, Moscow RUS 2008; 9.d4 Bxf3 10.gxf3 cxd4 11.cxd4 e5 12.d5 Nd4 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Nd2 Qf6 15.Bg2 g6 16.f4 Nb5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.a4 Nd6 19.Rc1 h5 20.Qb3 Bh6 0-1(35) Al-Modiahki 2572 -- Sasikiran 2661, Macau CHN 2007.
8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bxf3 10.gxf3 d5 11.e5 Nd7 12.e6 fxe6 13.Bh3 Qb6 14.Bxe6 Qxd4 15.Nc3 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Nc5 17.Bxd5 OOO 18.Be3 e6 19.Bc4 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Ne5 1-0(44) Zhang 2658 -- Ni 2533, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(44) Zhang 2658 -- Ni 2533, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(44) Zhang 2658 -- Ni 2533, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(44) Zhang 2658 -- Ni 2533, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(44) Zhang 2658 -- Ni 2533, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(44) Zhang 2658 -- Ni 2533, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(44) Zhang 2658 -- Ni 2533, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(44) Zhang 2658 -- Ni 2533, Yongchuan 2003; 9...d5 10.e5 Ng8 11.Be3 e6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nge7 14.g4 h5 15.gxh5 Nf5 16.Nc3 Nfxd4 17.Bxd4 Qg5+ 18.Qg4 Qxg4+ 19.hxg4 Nxd4 20.Red1 Bc5 0-1(41) Korchnoi 2650 -- Portisch 2605, Tilburg NED 1986; 12.a3 Nge7 13.Nbd2 Nf5 14.Bd3 Be7 15.Qb1 Nxe3 16.fxe3 g6 17.b4 OO 18.Rf1 a5 19.b5 Nb8 20.e4 Nd7 0-1(42) Andreev 2459 -- Areshchenko 2650, Alushta UKR 2008; 10...Nd7 11.Be3 e6 12.a3 Be7 13.Nbd2 OO 14.Bd3 Bh5 15.Qb1 Bg6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Qd3 b5 18.Rec1 Rc8 19.Rc2 Nb6 20.b3 Re8 =-=(36) Kuczynski 2510 -- Hracek 2595, GER 1995; 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc3 e6 12.h3 Bh5 13.Bc4 Be7 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bb3 OO 16.g4 Bg6 17.Ne5 Bf6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Be3 Qd6 20.g5 Bd8 0-1(44) Gausel -- Petursson, Gausdal Int 1987; 9...e6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Be2 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 =-= Sax 2568 -- Akopian 2705, Saint Vincent ITA 2005.
8...g6 9.Nbd2 Bg7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 OO 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.Qb3 Rc7 15.Bf4 Nd7 16.Rad1 Qb8 17.h4 e5 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Be3 Qe8 20.Qa3 Qe7 1-0(35) Adams 2680 -- Tiviakov 2590, Groningen NED 1997; 1-0(35) Adams 2680 -- Tiviakov 2590, Groningen NED 1997; 1-0(35) Adams 2680 -- Tiviakov 2590, Groningen NED 1997; 1-0(35) Adams 2680 -- Tiviakov 2590, Groningen NED 1997; 1-0(35) Adams 2680 -- Tiviakov 2590, Groningen NED 1997; 14...Na5 15.Qb4 Qc7 16.Bd2 Nc6 17.Qb3 Nd7 18.Be3 e5 19.dxe5 Ncxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 1-0(48) Radjabov 2673 -- Mamedov 2463, Baku AZE 2005; 13...Nd7 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Be3 Rc8 16.Rc1 Qa5 17.Qb3 b5 18.Red1 Qb4 19.Qxb4 Nxb4 20.Bd2 Nc6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Qb3 Rc7 =-= Kavalek 2545 -- Portisch 2625, New York, NY USA 1984; 11...Nd7 12.Bg5 OO 13.Qd2 b5 14.d4 b4 15.Rad1 bxc3 16.bxc3 Qa5 17.Bh6 Rfd8 18.Bc4 =-= Potkin 2552 -- Kobalia 2644, Sochi RUS 2005; 10...Bd7 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Rc8 13.d5 Nb4 14.Nc4 b5 15.Ne3 a5 16.a3 Na6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 OO 19.a4 Nc7 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 =-=(62) Anand 2765 -- Khalifman 2655, Groningen NED 1997; 9...Bh6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Bxc1 12.Rxc1 OO 13.d4 e5 14.Qd2 Kg7 15.Bc4 Qe7 16.Bd5 Rac8 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.Rcd1 b5 19.Qe3 Nb8 20.Qg5 Rfe8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 15.b4 cxd4 16.cxd4 Qb6 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.a3 Rad8 19.Qb2 Rfe8 20.Rc5 Nd7 =-=(29) David 2562 -- Vachier-Lagrave 2632, Paris FRA 2008; 12...e5 13.d4 OO 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.a4 Rac8 16.dxc5 dxc5 17.Qa3 Qe7 18.a5 Rfd8 19.Bc4 h6 20.Ra1 Kg7 * ? -- ?, ? 0.
8...Bxf3 9.Qxf3 g6 10.Na3 Bg7 11.Nc2 OO 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.Rad1 Qa5 14.a3 Nd7 15.Qh3 Nb6 16.Rb1 c4 17.Qh4 cxd3 18.Bxd3 Rfe8 19.Ne3 Ne5 20.Bc2 Rc7 =-=(43) McShane 2651 -- Hamdouchi 2588, France 2004; 10.Bg5 Bg7 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.Qh3 h6 13.Be3 b5 14.a3 a5 15.Nf3 e5 16.a4 b4 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Nd2 Qc7 19.Be2 Nb6 20.Ra1 Qd7 1-0(75) Iordachescu 2606 -- Tiviakov 2613, Vlissingen NED 2003.
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 d5 12.g5 Bh5 13.Qb3 c4 14.dxc4 Nxe4 15.cxd5 Nc5 16.Qc2 Qxd5 17.b4 Nd7 18.Bg2 Qd6 19.Qe4 Qe5 20.Bf4 Qxe4 =-=(29) Iordachescu 2634 -- Movsesian 2639, Bermuda BER 2004; =-=(29) Iordachescu 2634 -- Movsesian 2639, Bermuda BER 2004; =-=(29) Iordachescu 2634 -- Movsesian 2639, Bermuda BER 2004; =-=(29) Iordachescu 2634 -- Movsesian 2639, Bermuda BER 2004; =-=(29) Iordachescu 2634 -- Movsesian 2639, Bermuda BER 2004; =-=(29) Iordachescu 2634 -- Movsesian 2639, Bermuda BER 2004; =-=(29) Iordachescu 2634 -- Movsesian 2639, Bermuda BER 2004; =-=(29) Iordachescu 2634 -- Movsesian 2639, Bermuda BER 2004; 11...Qc7 12.f4 OOO 13.Nd2 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.Ndf3 Be7 16.Bg2 Kb8 17.Be3 f6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.d4 cxd4 20.cxd4 f5 0-1(35) Macieja 2592 -- Aronian 2724, Stepanakert 2005; 0-1(35) Macieja 2592 -- Aronian 2724, Stepanakert 2005; 0-1(35) Macieja 2592 -- Aronian 2724, Stepanakert 2005; 0-1(35) Macieja 2592 -- Aronian 2724, Stepanakert 2005; 0-1(35) Macieja 2592 -- Aronian 2724, Stepanakert 2005; 0-1(35) Macieja 2592 -- Aronian 2724, Stepanakert 2005; 0-1(35) Macieja 2592 -- Aronian 2724, Stepanakert 2005; 11...Nd7 12.Ng2 e5 13.Na3 Be7 14.Nc4 h5 15.Nce3 hxg4 16.hxg4 Bg5 17.Nd5 Bxc1 18.Rxc1 Kf8 19.Qf3 Qg5 20.Nge3 Ne7 =-=(21) Rublevsky 2649 -- Khalifman 2669, Izmir TUR 2004.
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nbd2 OO 11.Qb3 b5 12.d4 c4 13.Qc2 d5 14.exd5 Bf5 15.Qd1 exd5 16.Nh4 Be6 17.g3 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Ng6 Re8 20.Nf4 Qd6 =-=(34) Dreev 2580 -- Timoscenko, Moscow RUS 1992.
9...Nd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.a3 Be7 12.b4 OO 13.bxc5 dxc5 14.g4 Bg6 15.d4 cxd4 16.cxd4 h5 17.gxh5 Bxh5 18.Qb3 b5 19.Bb2 Rc8 20.Rac1 Nb6 1-0(34) Felgaer 2569 -- Cheparinov 2576, Elgoibar ESP 2004; 1-0(34) Felgaer 2569 -- Cheparinov 2576, Elgoibar ESP 2004; 1-0(34) Felgaer 2569 -- Cheparinov 2576, Elgoibar ESP 2004; 1-0(34) Felgaer 2569 -- Cheparinov 2576, Elgoibar ESP 2004; 1-0(34) Felgaer 2569 -- Cheparinov 2576, Elgoibar ESP 2004; 1-0(34) Felgaer 2569 -- Cheparinov 2576, Elgoibar ESP 2004; 1-0(34) Felgaer 2569 -- Cheparinov 2576, Elgoibar ESP 2004.
9...d5 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.a3 Be7 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 dxe4 15.dxe4 Nd7 16.Ndf3 Bd6 17.Bg2 OOO 18.b4 Nde5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Bd2 Rd7 0-1(30) Sadvakasov 2618 -- Gelfand 2733, Canada de Calatrava ESP 2007; 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Qa4 Bh5 12.Ne5 Nb6 13.Nxc6 Nxa4 14.Nxd8 Rxd8 15.Ne4 Bg6 16.b3 Nb6 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Bf4 Nf6 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Rad1 Bd6 =-=(52) Sandipan 2563 -- Bu 2685, Ottawa CAN 2007.
11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 Nd7 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.f4 e5 15.f5 Bg5 16.Nc4 Bxc1 17.Rxc1 Nb6 18.Ne3 gxf5 19.exf5 d5 20.Bg2 Kf8 1-0(31) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Xu 2617, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(31) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Xu 2617, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(31) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Xu 2617, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(31) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Xu 2617, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(31) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Xu 2617, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(31) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Xu 2617, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(31) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Xu 2617, Moscow RUS 2004; 14...Bh4 15.Re2 g5 16.Nf3 gxf4 17.Nxh4 Qxh4 18.Bxf4 e5 19.Bh2 Nf8 20.a3 Ne6 0-1(40) Sadvakasov 2635 -- Grischuk 2710, Poikovsky 2005; 0-1(40) Sadvakasov 2635 -- Grischuk 2710, Poikovsky 2005; 0-1(40) Sadvakasov 2635 -- Grischuk 2710, Poikovsky 2005; 0-1(40) Sadvakasov 2635 -- Grischuk 2710, Poikovsky 2005; 0-1(40) Sadvakasov 2635 -- Grischuk 2710, Poikovsky 2005; 0-1(40) Sadvakasov 2635 -- Grischuk 2710, Poikovsky 2005; 0-1(40) Sadvakasov 2635 -- Grischuk 2710, Poikovsky 2005; 14...g5 15.f5 Nde5 16.Nf3 Bf6 17.Be3 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qe7 19.Qf2 OO 20.Rad1 b5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 13.Ng2 e5 14.Nc4 h5 15.Be2 hxg4 16.Bxg4 Nf6 17.f4 b5 18.Nce3 exf4 19.Nxf4 Ne5 20.d4 =-= Glek 2555 -- Akopian 2684, Warsaw POL 2003; 15.f4 hxg4 16.f5 gxh3 17.fxg6 hxg2 18.gxf7+ Kf8 19.Bxg2 Bh4 20.Rf1 Nf6 =-=(104) Prokopchuk 2470 -- Hracek 2629, Koszalin POL 1999; 13...OO 14.f4 h6 15.Qf3 Bh7 16.Qg3 Kh8 17.Nf3 Qc7 18.Kh2 Rae8 19.Bd2 b5 20.Rad1 Qb7 =-=(32) Vescovi 2633 -- Movsesian 2639, Bermuda BER 2004; 13...h6 14.f4 Bh7 15.Nf3 OO 16.f5 Kh8 17.Be3 Nde5 18.d4 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 cxd4 20.cxd4 Bg5 0-1(77) Zarnicki 2499 -- Pigusov 2622, Santo Domingo 2002.
11.a3 OO 12.b4 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.bxc5 Ncxe5 15.g4 Nxf3+ 16.Nxf3 Bg6 17.d4 b6 18.c6 Nb8 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.c4 Bxe5 =-=(51) Sorokin -- Ruban, Norilsk 1987; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 e5 7.OO Be7 8.d4 b5 9.Bc2 OO 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.a4 Rb8 13.axb5 axb5 14.b3 Ne8 15.Nbd2 Nd6 16.Nf1 Bb7 17.Ne3 Nxe4 18.Ra7 Nef6 19.Nf5 Bxf3 20.Nxe7+ Kh8 1-0(53) Morozevich 2575 -- Marin 2520, Moscow RUS 1994; 1-0(53) Morozevich 2575 -- Marin 2520, Moscow RUS 1994; 1-0(53) Morozevich 2575 -- Marin 2520, Moscow RUS 1994; 1-0(53) Morozevich 2575 -- Marin 2520, Moscow RUS 1994; 1-0(53) Morozevich 2575 -- Marin 2520, Moskou olm 1994; 10.a4 Rb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.b3 b4 13.d5 Nh5 14.cxb4 cxb4 15.Be3 Ndf6 16.Nbd2 Ng4 17.Nc4 Bd7 18.Bd2 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.h3 Nf6 1-0(45) Miroshnichenko 2538 -- Ehlvest 2600, Tallinn EST 2003; 10...Bb7 11.Re1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qc7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Rfe8 15.axb5 exd4 16.Nxd4 Qb6 17.Nf5 axb5 18.Rxa8 Bxa8 19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 =-=(43) Kasparov 2491 -- Fedorov 2608, Minsk BLR 2006; 10.b3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb7 12.Bb2 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nd2 Bf8 15.N2f3 =-= Sandipan 2543 -- Ghaem Maghami 2558, Calcutta IND 2004; 8...OO 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Bg5 b5 12.Bc2 Bg4 13.f3 Be6 14.Nd2 c4 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Rfd1 Nd7 17.Nf1 Rfd8 18.Bf2 Nc5 19.Ne3 g6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 =-=(66) Vogt 2510 -- Razuvaev 2590, Valby 1991; =-=(66) Vogt 2510 -- Razuvaev 2585, GM TMT Copenhagen 1991; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...dxe5 10.c4 Nb6 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bb3 Bg4 13.Nc3 Rad8 14.Re1 Nh5 15.h3 Bc8 16.a4 Qd6 17.a5 Nd7 18.Nd5 Nhf6 19.Ba4 Nxd5 20.exd5 f6 1-0(41) Ehlvest 2630 -- Neverov 2562, Ohrid MKD 2001; 7.d4 b5 8.Bc2 Be7 9.OO OO 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 c4 13.Nbd2 Nc5 14.Bh4 Nh5 15.Bxe7 Nf4 16.Qe3 Qxe7 17.g3 Ng6 18.b4 Nd7 19.a4 Bb7 20.axb5 axb5 =-=(31) Hernandez 2555 -- Marin 2545, Linares open 1996; 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.OO OO 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.a4 Rb8 13.b3 Bb7 14.axb5 axb5 15.Na3 Bc6 16.c4 bxc4 17.Nxc4 Bb5 18.Bb2 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Rb4 20.Qc3 Nxe4 0-1(59) Assanov 2476 -- Ghaem Maghami 2623, Kish IRI 2005; 6...b5 7.Bc2 e5 8.d4 Be7 9.OO OO 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.a4 Bb7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Rxa8 15.Na3 b4 16.Nc4 h6 17.Bd2 Bf8 18.h3 Bc6 19.Rc1 Qb8 20.Bd3 Bb7 =-=(31) Delchev 2601 -- Svidler 2735, Mallorca 2004; 8.OO Be7 9.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.d4 OO 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.h3 Re8 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nbd2 c4 16.Nf1 Nc5 17.Ng3 g6 18.Bh6 Bb7 19.Nh2 Ra8 20.Ng4 Rxa1 =-=(38) Galego 2528 -- Spraggett 2577, Andorra 2006; 7...c4 8.b3 Qc7 9.OO Bb7 10.a4 cxb3 11.Bxb3 Nxe4 12.axb5 Nec5 13.Bc2 axb5 14.Rxa8+ Bxa8 15.d4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Na4 17.Bxa4 bxa4 18.Qa8+ Qb8 19.Qxb8+ Nxb8 20.Be3 d5 0-1(63) Miroshnichenko 2548 -- Popov 2568, Panormo GRE 2002; 7...Bb7 8.d4 e6 9.OO Be7 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qc7 12.Bd3 OO 13.b3 Rfc8 14.Bb2 Bc6 15.Rac1 Qb7 16.Rc2 Nf8 17.Rfc1 Bd7 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Ne1 Bd8 =-=(35) Rytshagov 2491 -- Efimenko 2599, Istanbul TUR 2003; 6...Qc7 7.OO c4 8.Bc2 e5 9.b4 Nb6 10.a4 Be6 11.h3 h6 12.Re1 Be7 13.a5 Nbd7 14.d4 cxd3 15.Bxd3 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Ra2 OO 18.Rc2 Rac8 19.Bd2 Rfd8 20.Na3 Bf8 0-1(59) Morozevich 2625 -- Salov 2670, Madrid ESP 1996; 8...e6 9.d4 cxd3 10.Bxd3 Be7 11.Bg5 OO 12.Nbd2 b6 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.Rae1 Rfe8 15.f4 h6 16.Bh4 b5 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bg3 Bf8 19.Bb1 b4 20.c4 Ne7 =-=(42) Delgado Ramirez 2547 -- Miton 2653, Havana CUB 2007; 6...b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb7 9.Bc2 e6 10.OO Be7 11.Nc3 OO 12.Re1 Re8 13.a4 Nf8 14.Bd2 Ng6 15.Rac1 Qd7 16.b3 Bc6 17.Bd3 Bb7 18.h3 Bf8 19.Rc2 Rec8 20.Rec1 Be7 1-0(57) Ehlvest 2600 -- Wojtkiewicz 2543, New York, NY USA 2003; 6...e6 7.OO Be7 8.d4 b5 9.Bc2 Bb7 10.Re1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.a3 OO 13.Nc3 Rc7 14.Bf4 Qa8 15.Rac1 Rfc8 16.Bd3 Nb6 17.Nd2 Nfd7 18.Na2 Nc4 19.Nxc4 bxc4 20.Rxc4 Rxc4 =-=(37) Turov 2526 -- Anastasian 2606, Ubeda ESP 2000; 5.d3 g6 6.OO Bg7 7.Re1 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bc2 OO 10.a4 Bb7 11.Na3 b4 12.Nb1 e5 13.a5 d5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 bxc3 16.Nxc3 g5 17.Bg3 d4 18.Nb1 Ne8 19.Ba4 Qxa5 20.Bxd7 Qxa1 1-0(39) Sokolov Andrei 2585 -- Istratescu 2550, Groningen NED 1997; 1-0(39) Sokolov 2585 -- Istratescu 2550, WCC Knock Out Tournament Groningen NED 0; 1-0(39) Sokolov 2585 -- Istratescu 2550, Groningen NED 1997; 1-0(39) Sokolov 2585 -- Istratescu 2550, Groningen NED 1997; 1-0(39) Sokolov 2585 -- Istratescu 2550, Groningen NED 1997; 1-0(39) Sokolov 2585 -- Istratescu 2550, Groningen NED 1997; 7.Nbd2 OO 8.Ba4 b6 9.Bc2 Bb7 10.Re1 Rc8 11.Qe2 b5 12.Nf1 Qc7 13.Bd2 a5 14.Rac1 b4 15.Ne3 Nb6 16.c4 a4 17.Rb1 e6 18.Nf1 Nfd7 19.Bf4 Rce8 20.Qe3 Ne5 0-1(52) Svetushkin -- Bakhtadze, Szeged HUN 1994; 4...a6 5.Ba4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Qc7 7.OO c4 8.Bc2 e5 9.a4 Rb8 10.Na3 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.d3 cxd3 13.Bxd3 b4 14.Nb5 Qd8 15.cxb4 Be7 16.Bg5 OO 17.Rfc1 h6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Na7 Bb7 20.b5 Ra8 1-0(66) Kindermann 2542 -- Boensch 2545, Austria 2003.
4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Be7 8.Ba4 OO 9.Bc2 a6 10.a4 b6 11.OO Bb7 12.b3 Qc7 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Rfe1 Rac8 15.h3 Bf8 16.Qe3 Nc5 17.Rad1 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Rxd5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 5...g6 6.OO Bg7 7.d3 OO 8.Ba4 Nb6 9.Bb3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Qd1 Nc6 14.Ba4 Nd7 15.Rb1 Rb8 16.Ne2 a6 17.d4 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Bc2 e5 20.dxc5 dxc5 =-=(52) Gurgenidze -- Stein, Moscow RUS 1967.
4.a4 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.a5 a6 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.Nbd2 b5 9.axb6 Nxb6 10.e5 Bg7 11.exd6 exd6 12.Qe2+ Be6 13.Ne4 OO 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Qd2 Bd5 16.OO f5 17.Nc3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qc6 19.Rfe1 Nd7 20.f4 Rab8 0-1(45) Visser 2480 -- Tiviakov 2669, Hilversum NED 2006.
4.Nc3 a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.d4 e6 7.OO Ne7 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Ne5 Nc6 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Qxd7+ Kxd7 12.Na4 Kc7 13.Bf4+ e5 14.Bg3 f6 15.Nc3 Nb4 16.Rac1 b5 17.Rfd1 c4 18.Nd5+ Nxd5 19.Rxd5 Be7 20.Rcd1 Rhd8 =-= Fontaine 2532 -- Bu 2606, Cannes FRA 2004.
4.Bxd7+ Bxd7 5.OO Bc6 6.c3 Qb6 7.Re1 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxd2 12.Nbxd2 Ne7 =-= Spassky 2550 -- Shneider 2570, Corsica 1997.
4...a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg4 8.Qd3 Nf6 9.c4 Rc8 10.b3 g6 11.Nc3 Bg7 12.Nd4 OO 13.f3 Bd7 14.Be3 Qa5 15.a4 e6 16.Nde2 d5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Bd4 Be6 19.e5 Nd7 20.Qe3 Rfe8 0-1(32) Oratovsky 2480 -- Gelfand 2691, Belgrade SCG 1999; 0-1(32) Oratovsky 2480 -- Gelfand 2691, Belgrade SCG 1999; 0-1(32) Oratovsky 2480 -- Gelfand 2691, Belgrade SCG 1999; 0-1(32) Oratovsky 2480 -- Gelfand 2691, Belgrade SCG 1999; 9...g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 OO 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.a4 Ng4 15.Rfe1 Qb6 16.h3 Ne5 17.Qe2 Rfe8 18.Ra2 e6 19.Qe3 d5 20.f4 Bh6 0-1(33) Wippermann 2446 -- Kasimdzhanov 2670, GER 2006; 8.Nc3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 e6 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.Bf4 Rc6 12.Rd3 f6 13.Qb4 Qb6 14.Qa4 Kf7 15.Rad1 g5 16.Be3 Qxb2 17.Rb1 b5 18.Rxb2 bxa4 19.Nxa4 Ne7 20.Rb6 Rxc2 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...e6 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bc6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Rad1 OO 12.Rfe1 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qxd6 Qxd6 15.Rxd6 Rfc8 16.Rd3 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.a3 Rab8 19.Nd4 b4 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 =-=(44) Bologan 2663 -- Van Wely 2680, playchess.com INT 2004; 7...Rc8 8.Nc3 e5 9.Qd3 h6 10.b3 Nf6 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Rac1 OO 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Qc7 15.c4 Be6 16.Qd3 b6 17.Rfe1 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Qd5+ Kh8 20.Rcd1 Rcd8 1-0(43) Baklan 2606 -- Pelletier 2587, playchess.com INT 2004; 7...e5 8.Qd3 Be7 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Bg5 OO 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nd5 Re8 13.Nh4 Kh8 14.Rad1 Bf8 15.Qf3 Re6 16.Nf5 Rc8 17.Qh5 Re8 18.Rd3 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Bg7 20.Rh3 h6 1-0(22) King -- Ernst, Eeklo 1979; 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 e5 9.Nb3 h6 10.Re1 Be7 11.a4 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.Qd3 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5 Qxd5 17.exd5 Bf5 18.c3 bxc3 19.bxc3 Kd7 20.Na5 Ra8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8...g6 9.h3 Bg7 10.Be3 OO 11.Qd2 Re8 12.Rae1 Rc8 13.f4 e5 14.Nb3 Bc6 15.fxe5 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Qxd6 Rxe5 18.Qxd8+ Rxd8 19.Bd4 Ree8 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 0-1(47) Karpov 2725 -- Ernst, European 1980; 6...Bg4 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8+ Rxd8 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nfd2 Rc8 11.a4 g6 12.f3 Be6 13.c4 Bg7 14.Nc3 Nd7 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 f5 17.Rab1 Kf7 18.Rfd1 Rhd8 19.Nf1 Ne5 20.b3 e6 =-=(39) Gallegos -- Milos 2633, Merida MEX 2000; 5.Bc4 e6 6.a4 b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ngf6 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Rd1 Nc5 12.f3 Be7 13.b4 Ncd7 14.Bb2 Ne5 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Nxe6 Qc4 17.Nxg7+ Kf7 18.Nf5 Qxe2 19.Nxe2 Nc4 20.Bd4 Rhe8 0-1(55) Galego 2488 -- Bologan 2673, Sanxenxo 2003.
5.d3 a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.b3 b6 8.Bb2 Bb7 9.Nbd2 e5 10.Nc4 Be7 11.Nfd2 OO 12.Ne3 g6 13.Qe2 Bg5 14.Ndc4 b5 15.Nxd6 Bc6 16.Ng4 h5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 f6 19.Bg3 h4 20.Bxh4 Bxh4 =-=(59) GM Eduard Rozentalis 2688 -- GM Walter Arencibia 2579, Reno USA 1999; =-=(59) GM Eduard Rozentalis 2688 -- GM Walter Arencibia 2579, Reno USA 1999; =-=(59) Rozentalis 2577 -- Arencibia Rodriguez 2520, Reno 1999; =-=(59) Rozentalis 2577 -- Arencibia Rodriguez 2520, Reno 1999.
5.d4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bg5 f6 9.Be3 Be7 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.a4 Qc7 12.Qe2 OO 13.Qc4 Qc6 14.Rfe1 Rf7 15.Rad1 Rb8 16.a5 b5 17.axb6 Rxb6 18.Qa2 Rb4 19.Nd2 =-= Baklan 2622 -- Fedorov 2617, Predeal 2006; 8...Qc7 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.a4 h6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.Qd4 Rb8 15.Nd2 Nd7 16.Nc4 Be7 17.Rfd1 OO 18.Nxd6 Bf6 19.Qc4 Qxc4 20.Nxc4 Rb4 =-=(43) Yu 2508 -- Bu 2588, Yongchuan 2003; 7...cxd4 8.Qxd4 e6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Rfd1 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Qa4+ Bd7 13.Qb3 Be7 14.Rd2 OO 15.Rad1 Be8 16.Na4 b5 17.Nb6 Rd8 18.Rxd8 Bxd8 19.c4 Bc6 20.f3 Be7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
5...e6 6.c3 Be7 7.d4 OO 8.e5 Nd5 9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nxd4 N7b6 13.Qf3 Bd7 14.Bd3 Rc8 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qh6 Nf6 17.Bg5 Nxe4 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Bxe4 Nc4 20.Nf3 Rc5 0-1(41) Kuzmin -- Ljubojevic 2615, Rovinj/Zagreb CRO 1975; 6...a6 7.Bf1 Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 b5 10.a4 bxa4 11.Rxa4 Nb6 12.Ra1 OO 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.Bd3 Re8 15.h3 =-= Mamedov 2561 -- Miroshnichenko 2616, Izmir TUR 2006.
5...e5 6.c3 Be7 7.d4 OO 8.h3 a6 9.Bf1 b5 10.d5 Ne8 11.a4 Rb8 12.b3 Nc7 13.Na3 Kh8 14.Nc2 g6 15.Bh6 Rg8 16.Ne3 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra7 Bb7 20.Qa1 Ra8 1-0(28) Rublevsky 2687 -- Harikrishna 2680, Foros 2006; 6...a6 7.Bf1 Be7 8.d4 OO 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.h3 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Be6 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Nd2 Qc6 14.Bc4 b5 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Bg3 e5 17.Qf5 Qd7 18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.Nf1 Nb6 =-= Chernyshov 2548 -- Ghaem Maghami 2603, Abudhabi UAE 2005.
5...g6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg7 8.d4 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.c4 OO 11.Nc3 Ne8 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Nc7 14.a3 b6 15.g3 Kh8 16.Bh3 Nb8 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.Bxc8 Rxc8 19.Na4 Nd7 20.Rad1 b5 =-=(32) Bologan -- Fedorov, Nikolaev UKR 1993.
6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.d4 e6 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Qd4 e5 10.Qe3 b5 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.Rxd5 Be7 15.b3 OO 16.Ba3 Nd7 17.Qd3 Rad8 18.Rd1 Nf6 19.Rxd6 Bxd6 20.Bxd6 Rxd6 0-1(44) Galego 2515 -- Nielsen 2663, Mallorca 2004; 7.a4 b6 8.Nc3 e6 9.d4 Be7 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.Bg3 OO 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Rd3 Ne5 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Nf3 Rfd8 18.Red1 f6 19.h3 Rxd3 20.cxd3 Rd8 0-1(55) Zhelnin 2484 -- Pigusov 2602, St Petersburg RUS 1999.
6...g6 7.c3 Ne5 8.d4 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bg7 11.Nc3 OO 12.e5 Ng4 13.Bf4 Nh6 14.h3 Nf5 15.Rad1 Qb6 16.Nd5 Qa5 17.b4 Qxa2 18.Rd2 Qa4 19.g4 e6 20.gxf5 exd5 =-=(53) Speelman 2625 -- Anand 2750, Geneva SUI 1996; =-=(53) Speelman 2625 -- Anand 2750, Geneva SUI 1996; =-=(53) Speelman 2625 -- Anand 2735, SUI Geneva 1996; =-=(53) Speelman 2625 -- Anand 2750, Geneva SUI 1996; =-=(53) Speelman 2625 -- Anand 2750, Geneva SUI 1996.
6...b5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d4 Nxe4 9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Bxa8 11.Bxb5 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Nf6 13.Qxd6 Bxf3 14.gxf3 e6 15.Qd3 Qc7 16.Rd1 Bc5 17.Bg5 Nd5 18.Bh4 f5 19.Nc3 Nb6 20.Na4 g6 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 20...OO * ? -- ?, ? 0; 1-0 Romanishin 2560 -- Anastasian, Erevan ARM 1986.
6...e5 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 OO 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.a4 b6 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc4 Ne8 13.Nf1 Nd6 14.Bd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Re8 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Qxd6 Be7 18.Qd3 Nf6 19.Qc4 Bf8 20.Rad1 Qb8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...Qc7 7.c3 e5 8.a4 b6 9.d4 Bb7 10.d5 g6 11.g3 Bg7 12.c4 OO 13.Nh4 Rae8 14.a5 Rb8 15.axb6 Qxb6 16.Nc3 Bc8 17.Qd3 Qd8 18.Ra2 Ne8 19.Qc2 Bf6 20.Ng2 Ng7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...e6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 OO 9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 b6 11.b3 Bb7 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Bd3 Rc7 14.Qe2 Qa8 15.Rac1 Rxc1 16.Rxc1 Rc8 =-= Lupulescu 2562 -- Jianu 2535, Predeal ROU 2007.
7.c4 Bb7 8.Nc3 e6 9.a3 Be7 10.b4 OO 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Qb3 Rab8 13.d3 Ng4 14.h3 Nge5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.b5 a5 17.Qd1 Bf6 18.Ne2 Rbd8 19.f4 Nd7 20.g3 g6 =-=(67) Campora 2550 -- Spraggett 2545, Manila olm 1992; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.f3 OO 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Rc1 Qc7 14.b4 Qb8 15.a3 Rfe8 16.Kh1 Bd8 17.Nb3 Bc7 18.Bg1 Kh8 19.a4 Ne5 20.a5 bxa5 =-=(36) Oratovsky 2486 -- Ftacnik 2608, Lisbon POR 2000; 8...Ne5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.d3 e6 11.a4 Bc6 12.Qf3 Nd7 13.Qg3 g6 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Bd2 h5 16.a5 h4 17.Qh3 b5 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 g5 20.Bd2 Bf6 0-1(36) Sandipan 2593 -- Sasikiran 2677, Kolkata IND 2008; 8...g6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bg7 11.f3 Rc8 12.a4 OO 13.Kh1 Nc5 14.Bg5 e5 15.Nc2 Nfxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxd8 Nf2+ 18.Kg1 Nxd1 19.Be7 Nxb2 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 0-1(38) Oratovsky -- Losev, Naberezhnie Chelni 1988.
7.c3 Bb7 8.d3 g6 9.Nbd2 Bg7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 OO 12.b3 b5 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.a4 b4 15.Bd3 Nh5 16.g3 Rc7 17.Rb1 e5 18.Qe2 Qa8 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Nc4 Nc5 1-0(45) Hracek 2625 -- Lautier 2620, Cap D'Agde rapid qf 1996; 8...e5 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.d4 OO 11.d5 Ne8 12.b4 Qc7 13.Nc4 g6 14.bxc5 Nxc5 15.a4 Nf6 16.Ncd2 Bc8 17.c4 Bd7 18.Bb2 Nh5 19.g3 Rae8 20.Ra3 Bf6 0-1(51) Kornev 2575 -- Kurnosov 2526, Sochi RUS 2006.
7.Nc3 Bb7 8.d3 g6 9.Ne2 Bg7 10.Ng3 OO 11.c3 e5 12.h3 d5 13.Nh2 Qc7 14.Ng4 h5 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.Qc2 Rad8 17.Bg5 Rd7 18.c4 d4 19.Rab1 Nh7 20.Bc1 f5 =-=(39) Khatanbaatar 2507 -- Shirov 2746, Istanbul TUR 2000.
9.c4 Nxe4 10.f3 Nef6 11.Nf5 e6 12.Nxd6+ Bxd6 13.Qxd6 Rc8 14.Nc3 Rc6 15.Qa3 Qe7 16.b3 Qxa3 17.Bxa3 Kd8 18.Rad1 Re8 19.g4 h6 20.h4 Kc8 1-0(30) Rublevsky 2687 -- Gajsin 2451, Internet INT 2006; 10...e5 11.fxe4 exd4 12.Qxd4 Qh4 13.g3 Qh5 14.Nc3 Ne5 15.Qxb6 Nf3+ 16.Kf2 Be7 17.Qxb7 OO 18.Nd5 Nxe1 19.Nxe7+ Kh8 20.Kxe1 Qxh2 1-0(41) Komliakov -- Losev, Moscow RUS 1990; 9...e6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.a4 OO 12.a5 bxa5 13.Nb3 Rb8 14.Nxa5 Ba8 15.Qc2 Re8 16.Bd2 Qc7 17.Bf4 Ne5 18.h3 Nfd7 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Bd2 Bf6 0-1(51) Bologan 2636 -- Roiz 2605, Dresden GER 2007.
9.Nc3 e6 10.g3 Be7 11.Bg2 Qc7 12.a4 Rd8 13.Qe2 Qb8 14.b3 Qa8 15.Bb2 OO 16.Rad1 Rfe8 17.f4 Bf8 18.e5 Bxg2 19.Qxg2 dxe5 20.Qxa8 Rxa8 =-=(67) Bologan 2617 -- Fedorov 2659, FRA 1999.
9...g6 10.c4 Bg7 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.a4 Ne5 13.b3 OO 14.Be3 e6 15.Rc1 Re8 16.h3 Qc7 17.Qd2 Qb8 18.Red1 Rcd8 19.Bg5 Ned7 20.Nde2 d5 =-=(38) Bologan 2673 -- Rowson 2541, Selfoss 2003.
10.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 OO 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Rc1 Qc7 14.g4 h6 15.Qd2 Ne5 16.h3 Qb8 17.b3 Ng6 18.Bg2 Nh4 19.Bh1 d5 20.Bf2 e5 0-1(61) Oral -- Ruck, Rimavska Sobota SVK 1992; 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Rac1 Qb8 15.Kh1 Bd8 16.Bg1 Ne5 17.b3 Re8 18.a4 h6 19.Red1 Bc7 20.Qa2 Bd8 0-1(40) Chuprov 2525 -- Khismatullin 2584, Voronezh RUS 2006.
11.a5 b5 12.c4 bxc4 13.Bxc4 OO 14.Nc3 Ne5 15.Bf1 Qc7 16.Be3 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Nf5 Bb4 20.Bb6 Qb8 =-=(29) Shirov 2705 -- Kasparov 2805, Linares 1994; =-=(29) Shirov 2705 -- Kasparov 2805, Linares 1994; =-=(29) Shirov 2705 -- Kasparov 2805, Linares 1994; =-=(29) Shirov 2705 -- Kasparov 2805, Linares 1994; =-=(29) Shirov 2705 -- Kasparov 2805, Linares 1994; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
4...cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.OO h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nc3 e6 11.Rad1 Be7 12.Qd3 Rc8 13.Nd4 Rc5 14.Kh1 Rg5 15.f4 Rg7 16.f5 Rhg8 17.Rd2 Qc8 18.Qh3 Rh7 19.Nce2 e5 20.Nb3 h5 1-0(36) Rublevsky 2650 -- Akhmadeev 2440, Kazan tt 1997; 1-0(36) Rublevsky 2650 -- Akhmadeev 2440, Kazan RUS 1997; 1-0(36) Rublevsky 2650 -- Akhmadeev 2440, Kazan RUS 1997; 1-0(36) Rublevsky 2650 -- Akhmadeev 2440, Kazan RUS 1997; 1-0(36) Rublevsky 2650 -- Akhmadeev 2440, Kazan RUS 1997; 1-0(36) Rublevsky 2650 -- Akhmadeev 2440, Eu Club Cup Finals, Kazan RUS 0; 7...Nxd7 8.c4 Qb6 9.Qxb6 Nxb6 10.b3 f5 11.Be3 fxe4 12.Ng5 Nd7 13.Ne6 Kf7 14.Nc7 Rb8 15.Ba7 e6 16.Nd2 Be7 17.Nxe4 b6 18.Bxb8 Nxb8 19.OOO Rd8 20.Rd3 Rd7 1-0(23) Ulibin 2552 -- Svidler 2713, Frankfurt GER 1999; 6...e6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bxd7+ Bxd7 9.OOO h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Rhe1 Qc7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Rd8 14.Bg3 Qc8 15.Qe3 OO 16.Qf3 Bc6 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Qxc6 bxc6 19.Na4 Nd5 20.a3 g5 1-0(40) Rublevsky 2595 -- Ruban 2535, Novosibirsk RUS 1995; 1-0(40) Rublevsky 2595 -- Ruban 2535, Novosibirsk RUS 1995; 1-0(40) Rublevsky 2595 -- Ruban 2535, Novosibirsk RUS 1995; 1-0(40) Rublevsky 2595 -- Ruban 2535, Novosibirsk RUS 1995; 1-0(40) Rublevsky 2585 -- Ruban 2550, Novosibirsk RUS 1995; 7...Be7 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.OOO OO 12.Bxd7 Bxd7 13.Ne4 Bxe5 14.Qxe5 Qe7 15.Qc7 Qb4 16.Nf6+ gxf6 17.Rxd7 Rac8 18.Qg3+ Kh8 19.Rhd1 Qe4 20.c3 b5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 6...h6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.c4 e6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.OO Rg8 11.Bxd7+ Bxd7 12.Rfd1 Bc6 =-= Bisguier -- Browne, Las Vegas, NV USA 1973; 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.Bg5 Qa5 9.OO Bg4 10.b4 Qd8 11.Nd2 Rc8 12.Nd5 e5 13.Qd3 Be7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nc4 Bg5 16.Nde3 d5 17.Nxe5 Be6 18.f4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 f5 20.Nxf5 OO *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8...Rc8 9.OOO h6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Rg8 12.Nb6 Rc6 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.g3 Qe6 15.Qd5 Qxd5 16.Rxd5 =-= Psakhis 2599 -- Anand 2769, ISR 2000; 7...Nxd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Qb6 10.Nd5 Qc6 11.OOO e6 12.Rhe1 f6 13.Qb4 Kf7 14.Nd4 Qc5 15.Qxc5 Nxc5 16.Nb6 Rb8 17.Bg3 Be7 18.Nb3 Nxb3+ 19.axb3 e5 20.f3 Be6 1-0(52) Svidler 2713 -- Van Wely 2636, Warsaw POL 1999; 6...e5 7.Qd3 h6 8.Be3 a6 9.Ba4 Be7 10.OO OO 11.Rad1 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Qc7 16.c3 Nf6 17.Qd3 d5 18.exd5 e4 19.d6 Qb7 20.Qc2 Bxd6 1-0(29) Zarnicki 2536 -- Sakaev 2645, Dos Hermanas ESP 2003; 7...Be7 8.OO OO 9.Bg5 Nc5 10.Qe2 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.c3 Bg5 15.Rad1 Rc8 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nxg5 hxg5 18.Bd3 f6 19.Bc2 Bf7 20.Ne3 g6 1-0(56) Yu 2520 -- Sakaev 2645, Dos Hermanas ESP 2003; 6...g6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bg7 9.Bf4 OO 10.OOO Qa5 11.Qa4 Qxa4 12.Nxa4 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Ne4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rhe1 Nd6 16.Bf1 Kf6 17.c4 Be6 18.b3 Rac8 19.Kb2 Rfd8 20.Nc3 h5 1-0(52) Ehlvest 2589 -- Neverov 2578, Reykjavik ISL 2002; 6...e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.OOO a6 9.Bxd7+ Bxd7 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Bc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qc5 Qc8 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Rxd6 OO 18.Qxc6 Qxc6 19.Rxc6 g5 20.Rd1 Kg7 1-0(23) Gurgenidze -- Gufeld, Tbilisi GEO 1969; 6.OO a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nc3 e6 11.Rad1 Be7 12.Nd2 b5 13.a4 Qc7 14.axb5 axb5 15.Nb3 OO 16.Rd2 Rfb8 17.Qe3 Kh7 18.Qf3 b4 19.Ne2 Rg8 20.Qd3 Bc6 0-1(41) Krogius -- Smyslov, Leningrad ch27-SU 1960; 5...a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Bg5 f6 8.Bd2 Qc7 9.Na3 Rc8 10.Rd1 g6 11.OO Nh6 12.Qd3 Ng4 13.h3 Ne5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Ba5 Qd6 16.Qb3 Qc6 17.Rd3 Be6 18.Qb4 Qc5 19.Rd8+ Kf7 20.Qxb7 Rxd8 0-1(35) Oral 2550 -- Stocek 2563, Luhacovice CZE 2003; 0-1(35) Oral 2550 -- Stocek 2563, Luhacovice CZE 2003; 0-1(35) Oral 2550 -- Stocek 2563, Luhacovice CZE 2003; 0-1(35) Oral 2550 -- Stocek 2563, Luhacovice CZE 2003; 0-1(35) Oral 2550 -- Stocek 2563, Luhacovice CZE 2003; 0-1(35) Oral 2550 -- Stocek 2563, Luhacovice CZE 2003; 0-1(35) Oral 2550 -- Stocek 2563, Luhacovice CZE 2003; 0-1(35) Oral 2550 -- Stocek 2563, Luhacovice CZE 2003; 8.Be3 e6 9.OO Ne7 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Qd3 b5 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.c4 Na5 14.cxb5 Bxb5 15.Qb1 Nc4 16.Nxc4 Bxc4 17.Nd2 Be2 18.Re1 Bb5 19.a4 Bc6 20.Qd3 d5 =-=(47) Jansa 2521 -- Stocek 2580, Brno CZE 2006; 7...h6 8.Bh4 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 e5 10.Qd3 Rc8 11.Nd2 g5 12.Bg3 Nf6 13.h4 Rg8 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.Nb3 Qc7 16.OOO b5 17.a3 Qc4 18.Qxc4 Rxc4 19.f3 Be6 20.Nd2 Rc6 =-=(26) Baklan 2595 -- Gallagher 2541, Port Erin IOM 2004; 10.Qd5 Qb4 11.Nxe5 Be6 12.Nd3 Qxc3+ 13.bxc3 Bxd5 14.exd5 Be7 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.c4 Kd7 17.c5 Nxd5 18.cxd6 Rhe8+ 19.Kd2 Nb6 20.Nc5+ Kc6 =-=(25) Hasangatin 2515 -- Babula 2594, Czech Rep CZE 2004; 7...Rc8 8.Nc3 h6 9.Bh4 e5 10.Qd3 g5 11.Bg3 Nf6 =-= Baklan 2584 -- Zagrebelny 2510, Balaguer 2005; 7.Nc3 Rc8 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 e5 10.Qd3 g5 11.Bg3 Nf6 12.h4 Rg8 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.OOO Qc7 15.Kb1 b5 16.Rhe1 b4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 f6 19.Nd2 f5 20.f3 Rg7 0-1(56) Degraeve 2595 -- Bologan 2652, Belfort FRA 2002; 0-1(56) Degraeve 2595 -- Bologan 2652, Belfort FRA 2002; 0-1(56) Degraeve 2595 -- Bologan 2652, Belfort FRA 2002; 0-1(56) Degraeve 2595 -- Bologan 2652, Belfort FRA 2002; 7...e5 8.Qd3 h6 9.a4 Nf6 10.OO Rc8 11.a5 Qc7 12.Be3 Be7 13.Nd2 Be6 14.f4 exf4 15.Rxf4 Ng4 16.Bd4 Ne5 17.Qg3 Bg5 18.Rf2 Ng4 19.Re2 Ne5 20.Rf2 OO =-=(49) Rozentalis 2582 -- Sutovsky 2630, Israel ISR 2008; 7.c4 e5 8.Qd3 b5 9.Na3 Qb6 10.OO h6 11.b3 Nf6 12.Re1 Be7 13.Nd2 OO 14.Nf1 Bc6 15.Ng3 Bd7 16.Be3 Qb7 17.Nc2 bxc4 18.bxc4 Rfc8 19.Bd2 Qc6 20.Ne3 Rab8 1-0(42) Tiviakov 2663 -- Babula 2586, Dresden GER 2007; 7.OO Rc8 8.c4 Qc7 9.b3 b5 10.Nbd2 e5 11.Qd3 Nf6 12.Ba3 bxc4 13.Nxc4 d5 14.exd5 Bxa3 15.Nxa3 e4 16.Qe3 OO 17.Ng5 Rce8 18.Rfd1 Ng4 19.Qg3 Qd8 20.Nh3 e3 =-=(35) Renet 2530 -- Tkachiev 2575, ? 1995; 5...h6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.OO e5 8.Qd3 a6 9.Bxd7+ Bxd7 10.Nd2 b5 11.a3 Be6 12.Re1 Qa5 13.b3 Rd8 14.Bb2 Be7 15.Nf1 OO 16.Ne3 Qc7 17.Rad1 Rc8 18.Re2 Qc5 19.a4 b4 20.Ncd5 Nxd5 1-0(40) Yudasin 2635 -- Svidler 2630, Haifa ISR 1996; 1-0(40) Yudasin 2635 -- Svidler 2630, Haifa ISR 1996; 1-0(40) Yudasin 2635 -- Svidler 2630, Haifa ISR 1996; 1-0(40) Yudasin 2635 -- Svidler 2630, Haifa ISR 1996; 6...e5 7.Qd3 Nf6 8.OO Be7 9.Nd2 OO 10.Bxd7 Bxd7 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Ne3 Rac8 14.Bd2 a6 15.Rac1 Qb6 16.b3 Qd4 17.Be1 Qxd3 18.Rxd3 b5 19.Ncd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Bg5 0-1(66) Ivanov 2575 -- Alterman 2585, Londen open 1994; 5...e5 6.Qd3 h6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nc3 a6 9.Bc4 Be7 10.OO b5 11.Bd5 Rb8 12.Ba7 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Rb7 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.Be3 Nf6 16.Nd2 OO 17.Nb3 Be6 18.Na5 Rc7 19.Bd2 d5 20.exd5 Bxd5 0-1(34) Ye 2593 -- Fedorov 2659, FRA 1999; 8...Be7 9.Bc4 a6 10.a4 b6 11.OO Bb7 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Nh4 g6 14.Nf3 Kf8 15.Bb3 Kg7 16.Nd2 Nc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Nc4 Rhd8 19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.fxe3 b5 1-0(42) Oral 2546 -- Fedorov 2599, Leon ESP 2001; 7.OO Nf6 8.c4 Be7 9.Nc3 OO 10.Bxd7 Bxd7 11.Rd1 a6 12.a4 Be6 13.b3 Qb6 14.a5 Qc7 15.Be3 Rac8 16.Ne1 Rfe8 17.f3 Bf8 18.Na4 Nd7 19.Nb6 Nxb6 20.Bxb6 Qe7 =-=(23) Negulescu 2510 -- Nevednichy 2582, Eforie Nord 2000; 6...Nf6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 OO 9.Bxd7 Bxd7 10.Bg5 Nh5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.OO f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Qe3 Be6 16.Ng5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Nf4 18.Ne4 Qd7 19.g3 Nh5 20.Rac1 h6 1-0(33) Bu 2607 -- Guseinov 2574, Internet Chess Club INT 2005.
4...a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.OO cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg4 8.Nfd2 Nf6 9.Nc4 Be2 10.Nb6 e5 11.Qb4 d5 12.Qb3 Bxf1 13.Kxf1 dxe4 14.Nc3 Rb8 15.Qa4+ Ke7 16.Bg5 Qd4 17.Qb3 Ke8 18.Bxf6 Bc5 19.Bh4 e3 20.Qa4+ Qxa4 1-0(43) Yu 2516 -- Bu 2637, Beijing CHN 2005; 1-0(43) Yu 2516 -- Bu 2637, Beijing CHN 2005; 1-0(43) Yu 2516 -- Bu 2637, Beijing CHN 2005; 1-0(43) Yu 2516 -- Bu 2637, Beijing CHN 2005; 1-0(43) Yu 2516 -- Bu 2637, Beijing CHN 2005; 1-0(43) Yu 2516 -- Bu 2637, Beijing CHN 2005; 1-0(43) Yu 2516 -- Bu 2637, Beijing CHN 2005; 8.Bg5 Bxf3 9.gxf3 h6 10.Be3 Nf6 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.Rfd1 e5 13.Qa4 b5 14.Qa5 Be7 15.a4 OO 16.axb5 Qh3 17.bxa6 Qxf3 18.Nd5 Qg4+ 19.Kf1 Qh3+ 20.Ke1 Nxd5 1-0(44) Ni 2632 -- Sedlak 2561, Moscow RUS 2007; 8.Nc3 e6 9.a4 Ne7 10.Ne1 Bh5 11.Nd3 Bg6 12.a5 Nc6 13.Qa4 Be7 14.Be3 OO 15.Rfd1 Bf6 16.Nf4 Qe7 17.Qa3 Ne5 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Qb3 Rac8 20.Ra4 Ng4 =-=(48) Ricardi 2548 -- Bu 2615, Mallorca 2004; 7...Nf6 8.Nc3 e6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Be7 11.Rd1 Bc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qc4 Qc7 14.Bf4 Qb7 15.Bd6 Bxd6 16.Rxd6 OO 17.b3 Rfc8 18.Rad1 c5 =-= Gheorghiu -- Byrne, Amsterdam NED 1969; 7...e6 8.c4 Rc8 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Bh4 e5 12.Qd3 g5 13.Bg3 Ne7 14.Ne1 b5 15.b3 Bg7 16.Nc2 f5 17.f3 OO 18.Rac1 h5 19.exf5 d5 20.cxd5 Bxf5 =-=(33) Leitao 2564 -- Kritz 2534, Tripoli 2004; 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.Nc3 e6 8.Ne5 Qc7 9.Qxd7+ Qxd7 10.Nxd7 Kxd7 11.Bf4 Kc6 12.OOO Nf6 13.f3 Be7 14.Ne2 Rad8 15.Rxd8 Rxd8 16.Rd1 Nd7 17.b3 h5 18.c3 g5 19.Be3 Rg8 20.Rf1 Bd6 0-1(61) Romero Holmes 2544 -- Bologan 2673, Pamplona ESP 2003; 9.Nxd7 Rd8 10.Qf3 Rxd7 11.Bf4 Qc6 12.OO Nf6 13.Rfd1 Be7 14.Rxd7 Nxd7 15.Qg3 OO 16.Rd1 Rc8 17.Bd6 Bd8 18.e5 Ba5 19.h4 h6 20.h5 Bxc3 =-=(39) Unzicker -- Najdorf, Nice olm 1974; 8.Bf4 Ne7 9.Qe2 Ng6 10.Bg3 Be7 11.h4 h5 12.OOO b5 13.e5 b4 14.Ne4 Qa5 15.Kb1 Qb5 16.Rd3 c4 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.Rxd6 b3 19.Nd4 =-= Hracek 2595 -- Lutz 2596, Mallorca 2004; 7...Bc6 8.Qxd8+ Rxd8 9.Ne5 Rc8 10.Be3 e6 11.a4 Nf6 12.f3 Nd7 13.Nxc6 Rxc6 14.Ke2 Bd6 15.Rhd1 Ke7 16.f4 Bc7 17.Kf3 Ba5 18.Nb1 c4 19.Bd4 f6 20.Nc3 Rd8 =-=(70) Socko 2579 -- Bologan 2665, playchess.com INT 2004; 6.Nc3 e6 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bf4 Ne7 9.Ne5 Bb5 10.Qh5 g6 11.Qf3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Be5 Rg8 14.Rd1 Qg5 15.Bf6 Qh5 16.g4 Qh6 17.g5 Qh4 18.Qg3 Qxg3 19.hxg3 b5 20.f3 Be7 =-=(64) Adams 2729 -- Bu 2708, Erevan ARM 2008; 8.Ne5 Ne7 9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nxg6 fxg6 11.Qe5 Qf6 12.Bf4 Be7 =-= Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Bu 2620, Moscow RUS 2004; 6...cxd4 7.Qxd4 e5 8.Qd3 h6 9.Nd2 Rc8 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.Ne3 Nf6 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Rc1 Be6 14.b3 OO 15.Ncd5 =-= Vorobiov 2539 -- Zvjaginsev 2675, Tomsk RUS 2006; 9.Be3 Nf6 10.a4 Be6 11.OO Be7 12.Rfd1 OO 13.Nh4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxh4 15.Nxd6 Be7 16.Nf5 Bf6 17.Qe4 Qc7 18.a5 Rac8 19.c3 Qc4 20.Qxc4 Rxc4 =-=(63) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Likavsky 2449, Mallorca 2004; 5.Bc4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Ngf6 7.Nc3 g6 8.OO Qb6 9.Ng5 e6 10.Qxb6 Nxb6 11.Bb3 h6 12.Nf3 g5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Bd6 15.f4 Nbd7 16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.fxg5 Ng4 18.h3 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 hxg5 20.Ne4 Bc6 0-1(28) Kapengut -- Tukmakov, Soviet Union 1963.
4...e6 5.OO Ne7 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.Na3 Ng6 8.Nc4 Qc7 9.h4 h5 10.e5 a6 11.Nd6+ Bxd6 12.exd6 Qd8 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bd3 Nde5 15.Be3 b6 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Be4 Ra7 18.Re1 Rd7 19.Bf4 Rxd6 20.Qe2 Kf7 =-=(37) Gligoric -- Reshevsky, Helsinki olm 1952.
5.e5 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Nd5 7.Bd2 Nxc3 8.Bxd7+ Bxd7 9.Bxc3 Qa6 10.d5 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.e6 fxe6 13.dxe6 OOO 14.Qd5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Rg8 16.f4 g6 17.f5 gxf5 18.OOO Bg7 19.Bxg7 Rxg7 20.Kb1 Rf8 =-=(30) Ivanov 2530 -- Yermolinsky 2560, Modesto, CA USA 1995; =-=(30) Ivanov 2530 -- Yermolinsky 2560, Modesto, CA USA 1995; =-=(30) Ivanov 2530 -- Yermolinsky 2560, Modesto, CA USA 1995; =-=(30) Ivanov 2530 -- Yermolinsky 2560, Modesto, CA USA 1995; 7.a4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 a6 9.Bxd7+ Bxd7 10.OO e6 11.Ng5 Bc6 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qh3 cxd4 14.cxd4 dxe5 15.Bb2 Be7 16.Nf3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qd5 18.Qxd5 exd5 19.dxe5 Rc8 20.Bd4 Rxc2 =-=(37) Ehlvest 2600 -- Popov 2579, Panormo GRE 2002; 6...Ne4 7.a4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 a6 9.Bxd7+ Bxd7 10.exd6 OOO 11.dxe7 Bxe7 12.OO Bf6 13.Qd3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Qd5 15.Be3 Rhe8 16.Rfd1 Qe4 17.a5 Bc6 18.Qxe4 Bxe4 19.Re1 g5 20.f3 Bg6 =-=(25) Short 2655 -- Kengis 2575, Riga 63/155 1995; 7.Bd2 Nxc3 8.Bxd7+ Bxd7 9.Bxc3 Qa6 10.d5 Qc4 11.exd6 exd6 12.Qe2+ Qxe2+ 13.Kxe2 f6 14.b3 Kf7 15.a4 Bf5 16.Ne1 Re8+ 17.Kf1 h5 18.h4 g6 19.Rh2 Bh6 20.g3 Re7 0-1(51) Arencibia Rodriguez 2534 -- Zhang 2607, Linares 2001; 5...cxd4 6.Qxd4 dxe5 7.Nxe5 a6 8.Bxd7+ Bxd7 9.OO Bf5 10.Be3 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxc2 12.Nd2 Rd8 13.Rac1 Bf5 14.Nb3 Nd5 15.Rfe1 f6 16.Nc4 Kf7 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.Bxe3 e5 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Nxb7 Bxb7 =-=(24) Kengis 2560 -- Lautier 2620, Erevan olm 1996.
5...a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bg5 Qc7 9.d5 e5 10.a4 h6 11.Bh4 g6 12.Nd2 Bg7 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Ne3 Bd7 15.Qe2 OO 16.a5 Nc8 17.g4 Na7 18.Nb1 Nb5 19.c3 Kh7 20.Nd2 Rae8 =-=(55) Fontaine 2537 -- Kotsur 2598, Moscow RUS 2005; 14.Na3 Bd7 15.a5 Nc8 16.Nc4 OO 17.Ra3 b5 18.axb6 Nxb6 19.Na5 Na4 20.Nc4 Nxc3 0-1(51) Alavkin 2500 -- Nepomniachtchi 2613, Krasnoyarsk RUS 2007; 9.Re1 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Ne5 11.Rad1 Bd7 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qd2 b5 14.a3 Rc8 15.Re3 f6 16.Rd3 Bc6 17.Be3 Kf7 18.f3 a5 19.Qf2 b4 20.axb4 axb4 0-1(40) Ljubojevic 2590 -- Kasparov 2800, Amsterdam NED 1991; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.Re1 f6 11.Bh4 Be7 12.Nd4 OO 13.Qg4 Rf7 14.Kh1 Qb6 15.Rab1 Na4 16.Nce2 Bf8 17.f4 Nc5 18.f5 e5 19.Nb3 Na4 20.Nd2 Qa5 1-0(42) Rublevsky 2657 -- Jobava 2543, Ohrid MKD 2001; 7.dxc5 Nxc5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.a4 b6 11.Re1 Nd7 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.Qh5 h6 14.Rad1 Rg8 15.Bc1 g5 16.Re3 Bd7 17.Rg3 Rg6 18.h4 g4 19.Bf4 Qc5 20.Nf5 exf5 0-1(40) Bologan 2580 -- Fedorov 2595, Moscow RUS 1998; 0-1(40) Bologan 2580 -- Fedorov 2595, Russian Cup Stage 2, Moscow RUS 0; 6...Qxd7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Qxd4 e5 9.Qd3 h6 10.a4 Qc6 11.Rd1 Be6 12.Nd5 Rc8 13.Ne1 Bxd5 14.exd5 Qc4 15.Qxc4 Rxc4 16.b3 Rc7 17.c4 Be7 18.a5 Nd7 19.Be3 OO 20.Nd3 Rb8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
5...Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nf6 7.Bg5 cxd4 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nxd4 a6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Qf3 OOO 13.Nd5 e6 14.Nxf6 Bg7 15.Rad1 d5 16.Rd3 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Kb8 18.c4 Ba4 19.b3 dxc4 20.Rc1 Qa5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...g6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Qxe5 Bg7 9.Re1 e6 10.Qd6 a6 11.Bf1 Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.Nbd2 b6 14.b3 Kf8 15.Nc4 Kg8 16.Ba3 Bb7 17.Nfe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Ne4 19.Bb2 Rc8 20.Rad1 Bf6 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2686 -- Ye 2681, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2686 -- Ye 2681, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2686 -- Ye 2681, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2686 -- Ye 2681, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2686 -- Ye 2681, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2686 -- Ye 2681, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2686 -- Ye 2681, Moscow RUS 2004; 11...Bf8 12.Qf4 Bg7 13.Qd6 Bf8 =-= Rublevsky 2645 -- Khalifman 2653, Kazan RUS 2005; =-= Ovetchkin 2528 -- Popov 2588, St Petersburg RUS 2005; 11.Ba4 Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.Bd2 Nd5 14.c4 N5b6 15.Bb4+ Ke8 16.Nc3 a5 17.Bd6 Bxc3 18.Bxd7+ Kxd7 19.Red1 Bf6 20.Bc5+ Kc6 0-1(55) Rublevsky 2662 -- Ivanchuk 2709, Frankfurt GER 2000; 10...Qe7 11.Qxe7+ Kxe7 12.Nbd2 a6 13.Bf1 b6 14.b3 Nd5 15.Ba3+ Nc5 16.Rad1 Bc3 17.Re4 a5 18.Rc4 Ba6 19.Nb1 Bg7 20.Bxc5+ bxc5 =-=(39) Rublevsky 2664 -- Bistric 2484, Bled SLO 2002; 10...Bf8 11.Qd4 Bg7 12.Nc3 OO 13.Qh4 Nh5 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Bg5 Nhf6 16.Rad1 h6 17.Bh4 a6 18.Be2 b5 19.a4 b4 20.Na2 g5 1-0(43) Baklan 2584 -- Gormally 2557, Ostend 2005; 8.Nxe5 Bg7 9.Rd1 OO 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Qa4 Nc5 12.Rxd8 Rxd8 13.Qf4 Rd1+ 14.Bf1 Ne6 15.Qe3 Bd4 16.Qd2 Rxd2 17.Nxd2 Bd7 18.c3 Bg7 19.Nb3 Ba4 20.Bc4 Rd8 1-0(51) Bologan 2669 -- Suba 2516, Sanxenxo 2004; 1-0(51) Bologan 2669 -- Suba 2516, Sanxenxo 2004; 1-0(51) Bologan 2669 -- Suba 2516, Sanxenxo 2004; 1-0(51) Bologan 2669 -- Suba 2516, Sanxenxo 2004; 1-0(51) Bologan 2669 -- Suba 2516, Sanxenxo 2004; 1-0(51) Bologan 2669 -- Suba 2516, Sanxenxo 2004; 1-0(51) Bologan 2669 -- Suba 2516, Sanxenxo 2004; 10.Nc3 Qb6 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Qb4 a6 13.Be3 Bxc3 14.Bxb6 Bxb4 15.Bxd7 Bd6 16.Bxc8 Rfxc8 17.c3 =-= Rublevsky 2664 -- Yermolinsky 2575, Hyderabad IND 2002.
6...e5 7.Qd3 h6 8.c4 Be7 9.Nc3 OO 10.Bxd7 Bxd7 11.Be3 a6 12.a4 Be6 13.a5 Rc8 14.b3 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qe8 16.Rfd1 Bd8 17.Nd2 Kh7 18.f3 g6 19.Nc3 Be7 20.Nd5 Bd8 =-= Rublevsky 2662 -- Fedorov 2684, Smolensk RUS 2000; 11...Be6 12.b3 a6 13.a4 Qa5 14.Nd2 Rac8 15.Rfd1 Nd7 16.Nf1 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Qd5+ Qxd5 19.Nxd5 Bd8 20.Rac1 Bg6 =-=(22) Peng 2657 -- Xu 2668, Beijing CHN 2000; 11.h3 a6 12.a4 Rb8 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.b3 Qa5 16.Rfd1 Bc6 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Qd7 20.Be3 Rxc1 =-=(36) Fressinet 2638 -- Petrosian 2539, playchess.com INT 2004; 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Nh4 a6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.Rd1 g6 12.Nf3 Rc8 13.a4 Qc7 14.Be3 Be6 15.Nd2 Qc6 16.f3 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Qxd5 Bxd5 20.Rac1 f5 =-=(44) Ovetchkin 2573 -- Makarov 2513, St Petersburg RUS 2002.
8.c4 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Re1 OO 11.Qd3 Be6 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.b3 b5 14.cxb5 Nc5 15.Qe2 axb5 16.Qxb5 Ra3 17.e5 Qa8 18.Rac1 Rb8 19.Qf1 Bf5 20.Re3 dxe5 =-=(22) Tiviakov 2648 -- Ivanchuk 2762, Montreal CAN 2007.
8...h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.c4 e6 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.Kh1 h5 13.a4 h4 14.h3 Be7 15.b4 a5 16.b5 Qc7 17.Nd2 Qc5 18.Qd3 Rg8 19.Rae1 Qg5 20.Rg1 Qf4 1-0(38) Ivanchuk 2695 -- Kasparov 2800, Linares 1991; 1-0(38) Ivanchuk 2695 -- Kasparov 2800, Linares 1991; 1-0(38) Ivanchuk 2695 -- Kasparov 2800, Linares 1991; 1-0(38) Ivanchuk 2695 -- Kasparov 2800, Linares 1991; 1-0(38) Ivanchuk 2695 -- Kasparov 2800, Linares 1991; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
9.Nc3 Be7 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Rc8 12.Rad1 Bc6 13.Qh4 Qa5 14.Rfe1 Qb4 15.Nxc6 Qxh4 16.Bxh4 =-= Romanov 2521 -- Vorobiov 2572, Krasnoyarsk RUS 2007.
10.Nc4 b5 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nxd6+ Bxd6 13.Qxd6 Bxe4 14.Rfd1 Rd8 15.Qa3 Bb7 16.c4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qg5+ 18.Kh1 bxc4 19.Qxa6 OO 20.Qxc4 Rd2 =-=(35) Rublevsky 2670 -- Bologan 2663, Poikovsky 2003; =-=(35) Rublevsky 2670 -- Bologan 2663, Poikovsky 2003; =-=(35) Rublevsky 2670 -- Bologan 2663, Poikovsky 2003; =-=(35) Rublevsky 2670 -- Bologan 2663, Poikovsky 2003; =-=(35) Rublevsky 2670 -- Bologan 2663, Poikovsky 2003; =-=(35) Rublevsky 2670 -- Bologan 2663, Poikovsky 2003; =-=(35) Rublevsky 2670 -- Bologan 2663, Poikovsky 2003; =-=(35) Rublevsky 2670 -- Bologan 2663, Poikovsky 2003.
11.Nc4 OO 12.Rfe1 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Qe5 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 b5 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Kh8 18.Qxc6 bxc4 19.Rxd5 Qb8 20.Rde5 Rd8 1-0(21) Rublevsky 2672 -- Vorobiov 2547, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(21) Rublevsky 2672 -- Vorobiov 2547, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(21) Rublevsky 2672 -- Vorobiov 2547, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(21) Rublevsky 2672 -- Vorobiov 2547, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(21) Rublevsky 2672 -- Vorobiov 2547, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(21) Rublevsky 2672 -- Vorobiov 2547, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(21) Rublevsky 2672 -- Vorobiov 2547, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(21) Rublevsky 2672 -- Vorobiov 2547, Krasnoyarsk 2003.
5...a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.OO e6 8.Bg5 Qc7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Re1 b5 11.Nd5 Qb7 12.Qd4 e5 13.Qb4 Be6 14.Rad1 h6 15.Bh4 Rc8 16.b3 g5 17.Bg3 Bg7 18.Nc3 Qc6 19.Nd5 Qb7 20.Nc3 Qc6 =-=(21) Peng 2530 -- Pigusov 2560, Beijing CHN 1997; =-=(21) Peng 2530 -- Pigusov 2560, Beijing CHN 1997; =-=(21) Peng 2530 -- Pigusov 2560, Beijing CHN 1997; =-=(21) Peng 2530 -- Pigusov 2560, Beijing CHN 1997; =-=(21) Peng 2530 -- Pigusov 2560, Beijing CHN 1997; =-=(21) Peng 2530 -- Pigusov 2560, Beijing CHN 1997; =-=(21) Peng 2530 -- Pigusov 2560, Beijing CHN 1997; =-=(21) Peng Xiaomin 2530 -- Pigusov 2560, 4th ST Lee Cup, Beijing CHN 0; 10...f6 11.Bd2 Qf7 12.Bf4 e5 13.b4 Qc4 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 b5 16.Re3 Rb8 17.Qe1 f5 18.Ng5 fxe4 19.Ne6 Kf7 20.Nec7 Qd4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.a4 h6 10.Bh4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Kh1 g5 13.Bg3 h5 14.f3 h4 15.Bf2 h3 16.g3 b6 17.f4 gxf4 18.gxf4 Nc4 19.f5 Nxb2 20.Qf3 Nc4 =-=(69) Kamsky 2645 -- Gurevich 2575, Long Beach, CA USA 1993; =-=(69) Kamsky 2645 -- Gurevich 2575, Long Beach, CA USA 1993; =-=(69) Kamsky 2645 -- Gurevich 2575, Long Beach, CA USA 1993; =-=(69) Kamsky 2645 -- Gurevich 2575, Long Beach, CA USA 1993; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...g5 12.Bg3 Ne5 13.Nf3 Bd7 14.Qd4 f6 15.Ne1 Be7 16.Nd3 h5 17.h4 Rg8 18.f3 OOO 19.Kh1 gxh4 20.Bxh4 Rg7 1-0(71) Gulko 2575 -- Ljubojevic 2605, Niksic YUG 1978; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.d5 e5 10.a4 h6 11.Bh4 g6 12.Nd2 Bg7 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Ne3 OO 15.a5 Nd7 16.Qd3 b5 17.axb6 Nxb6 18.g4 a5 19.Nb5 Qd7 20.c4 a4 1-0(54) Topalov 2739 -- Karjakin 2460, Dubai UAE 2002; 1-0(54) Topalov 2739 -- Karjakin 2460, Dubai UAE 2002; 1-0(54) Topalov 2739 -- Karjakin 2460, Dubai UAE 2002; 1-0(54) Topalov 2739 -- Karjakin 2460, Dubai UAE 2002; 10...g6 11.Nd2 Bg7 12.Nc4 Nb6 13.Na3 Bd7 14.a5 Nc8 15.Nc4 OO 16.Qe2 Bb5 17.Bd2 Na7 18.Nxb5 axb5 19.Nb6 Rae8 20.Be3 f5 1-0(41) Felgaer 2618 -- Gurevich 2515, Buenos Aires ARG 2005; 10...b6 11.Nd2 h6 12.Bh4 g6 13.Nc4 Bg7 14.Qe2 f6 15.f3 OO 16.Rfb1 Rb8 17.Bf2 f5 18.b4 Nf6 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Rxb8 Qxb8 =-=(46) Meier 2450 -- Van Wely 2675, Venacu 2006; 9.Re1 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Ne5 11.Rad1 Bd7 12.Bf4 f6 13.Nd2 Be7 14.Bg3 g5 15.f3 b5 16.Kh1 Qa7 17.Ne2 Qxd4 18.Nxd4 Kf7 19.Re2 Rhc8 20.Nf1 Nc4 =-=(54) Gufeld -- Ljubojevic 2605, Belgrade SCG 1974; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...f6 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Bg3 g5 13.h4 h6 14.a4 b6 15.Nce2 Rg8 16.Ra3 Qd7 17.Rb3 Rb8 18.f4 gxf4 19.Nxf4 Qf7 20.Bf2 Ng4 1-0(31) Peters -- Tarjan, Oberlin, OH USA 1975; 8...f6 9.Be3 Be7 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.a4 b6 =-= Baklan 2590 -- Kempinski 2586, Leon ESP 2001; 9.Bf4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nb6 11.Nde2 =-= Shaposhnikov 2533 -- Tseshkovsky 2599, Kazan RUS 2005; 9.Bh4 Be7 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.e5 f5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qd6 Qxd6 14.exd6 Kf7 15.Rfe1 Kf6 16.g4 fxg4 17.Ne4+ Kg6 18.Nh4+ Kh6 19.f4 Rf8 20.Ng5 Nb6 =-=(55) Stellwagen 2524 -- Cheparinov 2572, Wijk aan Zee NED 2005; 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Rb1 h6 11.Bh4 Bd7 12.Re1 g5 13.Bg3 Na4 14.Nxa4 Bxa4 15.b3 Bd7 16.Nd2 e5 17.Nc4 Qc6 18.Ne3 Be6 19.c4 h5 20.f3 Bh6 =-=(40) Vasiukov 2575 -- Ljubojevic 2550, Wijk aan Zee NED 1973; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.Bf4 Bd7 12.Re1 g5 13.Bg3 Na4 14.Nxa4 Bxa4 15.b3 Bd7 16.Nd2 e5 17.Nc4 Qc6 18.f3 Be6 19.Ne3 Be7 20.c4 Bd8 =-=(21) Tkachiev 2615 -- Oll 2645, Groningen NED 1997; =-=(21) Tkachiev 2615 -- Oll 2645, WCC Knockout Tournament Groningen NED (3 ) 0; 10...Bd7 11.b4 Na4 12.Nxa4 Bxa4 13.Qd3 h6 14.Be3 Qc7 15.c4 Be7 16.Rfc1 OO 17.Nd4 Rfc8 18.h3 Be8 19.Ne2 Qd7 20.Rd1 Qa4 =-=(41) Keres 2605 -- Ljubojevic 2570, Petropolis izt 1973; =-=(41) Keres 2580 -- Ljubojevic 2565, Petropolis 1973; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...Qc7 10.Re1 f6 11.Bh4 b5 12.Nd4 b4 13.Nd5 exd5 14.Qh5+ Qf7 15.exd5+ Be7 16.Qe2 OO 17.Qxe7 Qxd5 18.Rad1 Bb7 19.f3 Rae8 =-= Brynell 2475 -- Lautier 2645, Malmo SWE 1998; 11.Bd2 b5 12.b4 Nd7 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nxa4 e5 15.Qe2 Bb7 16.c4 Rc8 17.Rec1 Be7 18.Nh4 g6 19.Qg4 Nb6 20.Nxb6 Qxb6 0-1(59) Ivanov -- Browne 2515, USA 1993; 10...Nd7 11.Qd3 h6 12.Bf4 g5 13.Bg3 f6 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Qf3 Kf7 17.Rd3 Be7 18.Red1 b5 19.Ne2 b4 20.c4 h5 0-1(40) Yandemirov 2515 -- Azarov 2571, Voronezh RUS 2007; 10.a4 b6 11.Re1 f6 12.Be3 Be7 13.Nd4 OO 14.Qh5 Bd7 15.f4 Qb7 16.b4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Bf2 Qb7 19.Nxe6 Rf7 20.c3 Rc8 1-0(34) Adams 2731 -- Zvjaginsev 2640, Moscow RUS 2001; 9...f6 10.Be3 b5 11.b4 Na4 12.Nxa4 bxa4 13.c4 Bd7 14.Nd4 Be7 15.c5 dxc5 16.bxc5 e5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Qxd1 19.Rfxd1 Kf7 20.Rab1 Rhd8 =-=(36) Zhang 2475 -- Oll 2645, Szeged HUN 1997; 9.Bf4 Qc7 10.Qd2 b5 11.b4 Nd7 12.Rfd1 Bb7 13.Bxd6 Bxd6 14.Qxd6 Rc8 15.Qd4 Nf6 16.Rd3 OO 17.Rad1 Qc4 18.Qxc4 Rxc4 19.Ne5 Rxb4 20.f3 Rb2 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8.d5 e5 9.a4 Be7 10.Nd2 OO 11.Nc4 Nb6 12.Ne3 Bd7 13.Nf5 Nc8 14.f4 Bf6 15.fxe5 Bxe5 16.Bf4 Bxf5 17.exf5 Bd4+ 18.Kh1 Re8 19.Qd3 Nb6 20.a5 Nd7 1-0(45) Laznicka 2525 -- Stocek 2580, Brno CZE 2006; 8...Nf6 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Re1 Be7 11.Bg5 OO 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd5 g6 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qd2 b5 16.Rad1 Ra7 17.h3 Rd7 18.g4 a5 19.a3 Qb8 20.Qf4 Bxd5 =-=(30) Votava 2497 -- Yakovich 2592, Stockholm SWE 2000; 7...cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qb6 9.Qd3 e6 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Rad1 f6 12.Be3 b5 13.Qe2 b4 14.Nb1 Nc5 15.Bc1 a5 16.Rfe1 Be7 17.Nd4 OO 18.c4 Bb7 19.Qg4 g6 20.f3 Bc8 =-=(54) Oral 2553 -- Ftacnik 2582, Czech Rep CZE 2004; 9.Be3 Qxd4 10.Bxd4 e6 11.a4 f6 12.Nd2 g5 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.f3 Rg8 16.Kh1 Be7 17.g3 Nd7 18.Rad1 Bd8 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.Ba7 Ra8 1-0(27) Rozentalis 2570 -- Kempinski 2522, Zakopane chT 2000; 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.OO g4 11.Nh4 cxd4 12.Nf5 dxc3 13.Nxg7+ Kf8 14.Nf5 cxb2 15.Rb1 Nf6 16.Bh4 Bxf5 17.exf5 Qb6 18.Re1 Rc8 19.Re3 Qb5 20.Bxf6 exf6 0-1(35) Dvoretzky 2540 -- Ljubojevic 2620, Wijk aan Zee NED 1976; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...Qa5 8.OO e6 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Re1 h6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Bd4 b6 13.Nd5 Qb7 14.Qe2 exd5 15.exd5+ Kd8 16.Qe8+ Kc7 17.Qxf7 Kb8 18.Re8 Ka7 19.Be3 g5 20.a4 Bg7 1-0(35) Georgiev -- Kotronias 2520, Xanthi 1991; 7.dxc5 Nxc5 8.Be3 e6 9.Bxc5 dxc5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Ne5 Ke8 12.Nc4 b5 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.Nxc8 Rxc8 15.OOO Rd8 16.e5 f5 17.Rxd8+ Kxd8 18.a4 b4 19.Ne2 g6 20.c3 bxc3 =-=(54) Antonio 2548 -- Dao 2564, Manila PHI 2001; 7.Be3 e6 8.a4 b6 9.OO Be7 10.d5 Nf6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Qd3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Rad1 Nf6 15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Ng5 Bg4 17.f3 Bf5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Rxd5 Be6 20.Nxe6 fxe6 1-0(32) Rozentalis -- Dokhoian 2450, Tallinn EST 1986; 6...Qxd7 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd7+ Nxd7 9.Bf4 e6 10.a4 Be7 11.Nd2 g5 12.Bc7 Bd8 13.Bxd8 Kxd8 14.a5 Ne5 15.Na4 Bd7 16.Nb6 Rb8 17.OOO Ke8 18.Nf3 Nxf3 19.Nxd7 Rd8 20.Nxc5 Ne5 1-0(45) Van der Wiel 2565 -- Kupreichik 2535, Leeuwarden open 1993; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...g6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bg7 9.Bg5 OO 10.OOO Qa5 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Rhe1 Qxh2 13.Rxe7 Qxg2 14.Qh4 h6 15.Bxh6 Qg4 16.Qh2 Nc5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Ne3 Qh5 19.Qg3 Be6 20.Be2 Qh3 =-=(42) Timman 2630 -- Lautier 2630, Wijk aan Zee NED 1997; =-=(42) Timman 2630 -- Lautier 2630, Wijk aan Zee NED 1997; =-=(42) Timman 2630 -- Lautier 2630, Wijk aan Zee NED 1997; =-=(42) Timman 2630 -- Lautier 2630, Wijk aan Zee NED 1997; =-=(42) Timman 2630 -- Lautier 2630, Wijk aan Zee NED 1997; 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Qa4 Bxc3 13.Qxa5 Bxa5 14.Bxd7 f6 15.Be3 Kf7 16.Rd5 Bc7 17.Bxc8 Rfxc8 18.Rd7 Ke6 19.Rhd1 b6 20.a4 Bd6 1-0(34) Larsen 2660 -- Csom 2490, Palma de Majorca ESP 1971; 9...a6 10.Nxd7 Bxd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Qxd7+ Nxd7 13.Nd5 Rc8 14.OOO e6 15.Rhe1 h6 16.Bd2 Rc4 17.Bb4 Rd4 18.Rxd4 Bxd4 19.f4 Bf2 20.Re4 Kd8 =-=(43) Illescas Cordoba 2590 -- Topalov 2640, Las Palmas ESP 1994; 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.OOO OO 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Qa5 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Qa4 Bxc3 13.Qxa5 Bxa5 14.Bxd7 f6 15.Be3 Kf7 16.Bxc8 Rfxc8 17.Rd7 Rc7 18.Rhd1 Ke6 19.R7d5 Bb4 20.Bf4 Bd6 =-=(46) Ivkov 2520 -- Smejkal 2595, Ljubljana/Portoroz SLO 1973; 11...Bxd7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qxd7 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Rad8 15.Qxe7 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Qxb5 17.Rd8 Qf1+ 18.Kb2 Qb5+ 19.Kc1 Qf1+ =-= Radulov 2530 -- Ljubojevic 2565, Poiana Brasov 1973; 7.Nd5 Bg7 8.Nxf6+ Bxf6 9.Qb4 Qc7 10.OO OO 11.Be3 b6 12.Bd4 e5 13.Qc3 Nc5 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Bc4 Bb7 16.Qe3 Rad8 17.Rfd1 Qc8 18.Qe2 Qa8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Re1 Rd6 =-=(23) Ivanov 2565 -- Ehlvest 2640, Foxwoods USA 2007.
6...a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.OO OO 14.Qd3 f5 15.e5 Rfd8 16.Rad1 Qc8 17.exd6 Rxd6 18.Qb3 Qe6 19.Rxd6 Qxd6 20.c3 Rd8 =-=(24) Unzicker 2535 -- Browne 2575, Nice FRA 1974; =-=(24) Unzicker 2535 -- Browne 2575, Nice FRA 1974; =-=(24) Unzicker 2535 -- Browne 2575, Nice FRA 1974; =-=(24) Unzicker 2535 -- Browne 2575, Nice FRA 1974; =-=(24) Unzicker -- Browne 2575, Nice olm 1974; 8...Bc6 9.OOO h6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Rhe1 b5 12.Kb1 e6 13.Nd5 Bg7 14.Qd3 h5 15.Nf4 Bf8 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Nf5 Qc7 18.Nxd6+ Bxd6 19.Qxd6 Rc8 20.Qxc7 Rxc7 1-0(49) Kramnik 2715 -- Ljubojevic 2580, Monaco rapid 1995; 9...Qa5 10.Rhe1 h6 11.e5 OOO 12.exf6 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Qxg5+ 14.Re3 gxf6 15.Ne4 Qf4 16.Qa7 f5 17.Nc5 Qb4 18.Rb3 1-0 Chekhov -- Mihalcisin, Lvov UKR 1974; 7...Nxd7 8.Bg5 f6 9.Be3 e6 10.OOO b5 11.h4 Bb7 12.h5 Be7 13.Nd2 OO 14.f4 Nc5 15.Nb3 Bc6 16.Bf2 Qb6 17.Kb1 b4 18.Ne2 Qb5 19.Qe3 Nxb3 20.axb3 Qb7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8.OO e5 9.Qc4 Nb6 10.Qb4 a5 11.Qb5+ Bd7 12.Qd3 Na4 13.Nxa4 Bxa4 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.b3 Bc6 16.a4 OOO 17.Be3 Be7 18.Qc4 Rd7 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nxf7 Rf8 =-=(51) Pavasovic 2502 -- Kozul 2585, Baden SUI 1999.
6...h6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 a6 9.Bxd7+ Bxd7 10.Bf4 Bb5 11.Qb4 e6 12.Qb3 Qa5 13.OOO Qb4 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Rhe1 Qxb3 16.axb3 Bb4 17.Bd2 Nh7 * ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.OOO OO 9.h4 Qa5 10.Bxd7 Bxd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.g4 Bc6 13.Qe3 Rac8 14.Kb1 Rfe8 15.g5 Kh8 16.Rhg1 Rg8 17.Qf4 f5 18.exf5 Qxf5 19.Qxf5 exf5 20.Nd4 f4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
7...Be7 8.Bg5 OO 9.Bxd7 Nxd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.OOO Nf6 12.Qxd6 Qxd6 13.Rxd6 Re8 14.h3 b6 15.Rhd1 Bb7 16.Nd2 Rac8 17.f3 Kf8 18.Nf1 Ke7 19.Ne3 g6 20.a4 Red8 1-0(41) Kasparov 2825 -- Svidler 2690, Internet blitz 1998; 1-0(41) Kasparov 2825 -- Svidler, Informal Game g/5, ICC 0; 9...Bxd7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qxd6 Bc6 12.Qxd8 Rfxd8 13.Ke2 b5 14.a3 a5 15.Rhd1 Kf8 16.Ke3 Ke7 17.Rd3 Ke6 18.Rad1 Rxd3+ 19.cxd3 b4 20.axb4 axb4 1-0(30) Torre 2535 -- Christiansen 2590, San Francisco, CA USA 1991; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
8.Nd2 Be7 9.Nc4 OO 10.Bxd7 Bxd7 11.Nxd6 Qc7 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 e4 14.Nxe4 Qe5 15.f3 Rad8 16.Qc3 Qxf5 17.OO Nxe4 18.fxe4 Qxe4 19.Be3 a6 20.Rf4 Qg6 0-1(33) Yudasin 2615 -- Kasparov 2805, Ljubljana tt 1995; 0-1(33) Yudasin 2630 -- Kasparov 2795, Ljubljana 1995; 0-1(33) Yudasin 2630 -- Kasparov 2795, Ljubljana 1995; 0-1(33) Yudasin 2630 -- Kasparov 2795, Ljubljana 1995; 0-1(33) Yudasin 2630 -- Kasparov 2795, Ljubljana 1995; 14.Qe3 Bc5 15.Qe2 Qe5 16.OO Bd6 17.f4 Qxf5 18.Be3 a6 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Kh1 Bb4 0-1(66) Schussler -- Christiansen, Tjentiste 1975; 11.Ne3 Be6 12.Ncd5 Rc8 13.c3 Rc5 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.OO Qc8 16.Rd1 Rd8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Bg5 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Qc8 12.OO Be6 13.b3 Qc5 14.Ncd5 Nxd5 =-= Vescovi 2581 -- Arencibia Rodriguez 2548, Cali COL 2001; 10.Be3 Qc7 11.OOO Rd8 12.Nxd6 Nc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Nxc8 Rxd3 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Rxd3 Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.Rd1 Qb6 19.f3 Qf2 20.Bf1 Nh5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.Ba4 Rd8 12.OO Nc5 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 a6 16.Rad1 b5 17.d6 Bxd6 18.Nxd6 Be6 19.Qe4 bxa4 20.Qxe5 =-= Sherbakov 2564 -- Vorobiov 2552, Tomsk RUS 2004.
8.OO Be7 9.Be3 OO 10.a4 Qc7 11.b4 a6 12.Bc4 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Be6 16.Rab1 Rfc8 17.Rfc1 Qc7 18.c4 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 b6 20.g3 Qd7 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 10...Nb8 11.a5 Nc6 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nb8 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.b4 Nf6 17.f3 Nh5 18.a6 bxa6 19.Bxa6 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10.Rad1 a6 11.Bc4 Qc7 12.a4 Nc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Rb8 16.Nd2 Bd7 17.Bb3 b5 18.a5 Rbc8 19.Nf3 Be6 20.Rfe1 Rfd8 0-1(57) Dunne -- Kasparov, Wattignies wch-jr 1976; 10.Bc4 Ng4 11.Rfd1 Nb6 12.Bb3 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Qc7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Rxd5 Kh8 16.Rd3 f5 17.Rc3 Qa5 18.Rd1 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Qb6 20.Qe3 Qxe3 =-=(33) Bhend -- Korchnoi 2645, Montreux 1977; 9.a4 OO 10.Rd1 Nc5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Nh4 Kh7 13.Nf5 Ncxe4 14.Nxe7 Nxc3 15.Qd3+ e4 16.Qxc3 Qxe7 17.Bf4 d5 18.Qg3 Rg8 19.Bd6 Qe6 20.c4 d4 =-=(40) Tkachiev -- Smirin 2490, Kramatorsk 1989; 9...a6 10.Bc4 Qc7 11.Rd1 Nb6 12.Bb3 Be6 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.Nd2 OO 15.a5 Nc4 16.Nxc4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Rd3 Rfd8 19.b3 Qc6 20.Bb2 Qc5 =-=(30) Mednis -- Suba, Graz open 1987.
8.a4 a6 9.Bc4 Nc5 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.OO Rc8 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Be7 16.Be3 =-= Zubarev 2491 -- Fedorov 2607, Tashkent UZB 2008; 10...Be7 11.OO Qc7 12.Nh4 g5 13.Nf5 Ncxe4 14.Nxe7 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qxe7 16.Ba3 Be6 17.Rfd1 Rd8 18.Rab1 OO 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.c4 Qc7 1-0(28) Ulibin 2583 -- Gallagher 2516, Port Erin IOM 2001; 9.Bxd7+ Bxd7 10.Be3 Be6 11.OO Rc8 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Kh1 Ng4 14.Rac1 Qc6 15.f4 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 exf4 17.Qxf4 Be7 18.Nf3 Qc5 19.Rcd1 OO 20.Qg3 Kh8 0-1(40) Maze 2497 -- Fressinet 2637, Andorra 2004; 8...Be7 9.OO OO 10.Rd1 Nc5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Nh4 Kh7 13.Nf5 Ncxe4 14.Nxe7 Nxc3 15.Qd3+ e4 16.Qxc3 Qxe7 17.Bf4 d5 18.Qg3 Rg8 19.Bd6 Qe6 20.c4 d4 =-=(40) Tkachiev -- Smirin 2490, Kramatorsk 1989; 9.b3 a6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.OO Qc7 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Bb2 Be6 14.Rfd1 Nh5 15.g3 Nf6 16.Nf1 h5 17.Ne3 h4 18.Rd2 hxg3 19.hxg3 Rh6 20.Kg2 Bh3+ 0-1(81) Prie 2467 -- Almasi 2665, Baden SUI 1999.
8.h3 a6 9.Bxd7+ Bxd7 10.OO Be7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Be6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Nd2 OO 15.Nf1 Qc5 16.Ne3 Bd8 17.Bd2 Bxa5 18.Ncd5 Bd8 19.Bb4 Qc6 20.Bxd6 Bxd5 0-1(38) Hort 2600 -- Polugaevsky 2635, Vinkovci (0.21) 1976; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
8.Bc4 a6 9.a4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Be3 Be7 12.a5 Nbd7 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Qc4 Kf7 15.h3 Qc8 16.Qb3 Qc6 17.Ra4 Nc5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.OO Rhb8 20.Rb4 Qxa5 0-1(63) Kazhgaleyev 2604 -- Fedorov 2579, Moscow RUS 2003.
8...a6 9.Bc4 b5 10.Bd5 Rb8 11.a4 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.axb5 Rxb5 15.OO Be7 16.b3 OO 17.c4 Rb8 18.Nd2 Rd8 19.Rfd1 Qe6 20.f3 g6 =-=(48) Tal 2625 -- Ribli 2505, Wijk aan Zee NED 1973; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.OO Be7 12.a3 OO 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Nh4 Nc5 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Ng6 Re8 17.Nxe7+ Rxe7 18.Qe3 =-= Kasimdzhanov 2640 -- Sasikiran 2666, Pune 2004; 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.a4 Qa5 12.Nd2 Be7 13.OO b4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 OO 16.Nc4 Qxd5 =-= Peng 2657 -- Bologan 2641, Beijing CHN 2000.
9.a4 OO 10.OO Qc7 11.Qc4 Nc5 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.Qb3 Bg4 14.Ne1 a6 15.Bc4 Rab8 16.Nd3 Bd6 17.a5 Bd7 18.f3 Bc6 19.Nd1 h5 20.Ne3 g6 =-=(33) Palac 2568 -- Kozul 2565, Bled SLO 2002; =-=(33) Palac 2568 -- Kozul 2565, Bled SLO 2002; =-=(33) Palac 2568 -- Kozul 2565, Bled SLO 2002; =-=(33) Palac 2568 -- Kozul 2565, Bled SLO 2002; =-=(33) Palac 2568 -- Kozul 2565, Bled SLO 2002; =-=(33) Palac 2568 -- Kozul 2565, Bled SLO 2002; =-=(33) Palac 2568 -- Kozul 2565, Bled SLO 2002; =-=(33) Palac 2568 -- Kozul 2565, Bled SLO 2002; =-=(33) Palac 2568 -- Kozul 2565, Bled SLO 2002; =-=(33) Palac 2568 -- Kozul 2565, Bled SLO 2002; =-=(33) Palac 2568 -- Kozul 2565, Bled SLO 2002; =-=(33) Palac 2568 -- Kozul 2565, Bled SLO 2002; 11.Bc4 Nc5 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Be6 15.Rfd1 Rac8 16.c3 a5 17.Bxb7 Rb8 18.b4 axb4 19.cxb4 Qxb4 20.Rdb1 Qa5 =-=(31) Dvoretzky 2495 -- Geller 2600, Erevan URS ch 1975; 20.Bc6 Qa5 =-=(31) Dvoretzky 2495 -- Geller 2600, ? 1975; =-= Biyiasas -- Csom, Cleveland, OH USA 1975; 10...Nb8 11.a5 Nc6 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nb8 14.Nd2 e4 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Qc7 13.Nd2 Nc6 14.c3 Be6 15.Qd3 Rac8 16.Rfc1 Bg5 17.Bc4 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Rcd8 19.Qd3 Ne7 20.Bxe6 fxe6 =-=(46) Unzicker -- Nunn 2615, BL 8788 ;BL 1988; 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.h3 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.Qb5 Qc7 16.Qb3 Qd7 17.Nb5 b6 18.Nc3 Rfd8 19.Rd3 Bf8 20.Rfd1 Qf7 0-1(38) Sax 2510 -- Bronstein 2590, Teesside ENG 1975; 9...a6 10.Bc4 OO 11.OO Qc7 12.Nd2 Nc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Be6 16.Bxb7 Rab8 17.Bxa6 Rxb2 18.Bc4 Rc8 19.Bb3 Bd8 20.Rab1 Rxb1 1-0(49) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Amonatov, Moscow RUS 2004.
9.OO a6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bd5 Rb8 12.b4 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bb7 14.Nd2 OO 15.Rab1 Bxd5 16.exd5 f5 17.f3 Bg5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.c4 e4 20.fxe4 Ne5 1-0(40) Nevednichy 2583 -- Gormally 2557, Goteborg SWE 2005; 1-0(40) Nevednichy 2583 -- Gormally 2557, Goteborg SWE 2005; 1-0(40) Nevednichy 2583 -- Gormally 2557, Goteborg SWE 2005; 1-0(40) Nevednichy 2583 -- Gormally 2557, Goteborg SWE 2005; 1-0(40) Nevednichy 2583 -- Gormally 2557, Goteborg SWE 2005; 1-0(40) Nevednichy 2583 -- Gormally 2557, Goteborg SWE 2005; 1-0(40) Nevednichy 2583 -- Gormally 2557, Goteborg SWE 2005; 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 OO 15.Qd3 Qc7 16.Nd2 Rac8 17.Rfc1 Nc5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.c4 Bg5 20.b3 d5 0-1(34) Mohr 2484 -- Gelfand 2714, Portoroz SLO 2001; 0-1(34) Mohr 2484 -- Gelfand 2714, Portoroz SLO 2001; 0-1(34) Mohr 2484 -- Gelfand 2714, Portoroz SLO 2001; 0-1(34) Mohr 2484 -- Gelfand 2714, Portoroz SLO 2001; 9...OO 10.Rad1 a6 11.Bc4 Qc7 12.a4 Nc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Rb8 16.Nd2 Bd7 17.Bb3 b5 18.a5 Rbc8 19.Nf3 Be6 20.Rfe1 Rfd8 0-1(57) Dunne -- Kasparov, Wattignies 1976; 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Be6 12.Rfe1 Rc8 13.Nd2 Ng4 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Re2 Nf6 16.Nf1 Qd4 17.Qb5 Rc7 18.Rd2 Qc5 19.Qd3 a6 20.Ne3 g6 =-=(42) Yudasin 2635 -- Avrukh 2495, Beer Sheba ISR 1996.
9.Nd2 OO 10.f3 Qc7 11.OOO a6 12.Bc4 b5 13.Bb3 Nc5 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 c4 17.Qe2 Rb8 18.c3 Bb7 19.Kb1 Rfd8 20.Nf1 Bxd5 0-1(41) Dvoretzky 2495 -- Tal 2645, Erevan ch-URS 1975.
9.g4 a6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.g5 hxg5 12.Bxg5 Qa5 13.OOO Be6 14.Rhg1 OOO 15.Bd2 Bf8 16.Kb1 Qc7 17.Bg5 Bc4 18.Qe3 Qa5 19.Nd2 Be6 20.a3 Qc5 0-1(41) Sisniega Campbell -- Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Innsbruck AUT 1977.
9...OO 10.OO Nb6 11.Bb3 Be6 12.Nh4 Qd7 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Nb5 Nc8 15.Ng6 Rd8 16.c4 a6 17.Nc3 Qe8 18.Nxe7+ Nxe7 19.Rad1 Rac8 20.Bb6 Rd7 0-1(41) Kupreichik 2490 -- Polugaevsky 2635, Moskou ch-URS 1976; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 12...Rc8 13.Ng6 Re8 14.Rfd1 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 16.Nxe7+ Rxe7 17.Qxd6 Qxd6 18.Rxd6 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.b3 a6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10...a6 11.a4 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Nc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Rb8 16.a5 =-= Marciano 2514 -- Hamdouchi 2588, Cannes FRA 2004; 10.OOO a6 11.Bb3 b5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Rb8 14.Ba7 Rb7 15.Bxb7 Bxb7 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.f3 d5 18.Bf2 Qc7 19.Rhe1 Rd8 20.Qb3 d4 =-=(41) Morovic Fernandez 2605 -- Topalov 2640, Las Palmas ESP 1994.
11.OO Nc5 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 OO 15.Ra3 Rb8 16.Rd1 Kh8 17.Rc3 Qa5 18.Qc4 f5 19.b4 Qxa4 20.Qc7 Bd7 0-1(37) Yudasin 2600 -- Kozul 2590, Pula CRO 1997; 0-1(37) Yudasin 2600 -- Kozul 2590, Pula CRO 1997; 0-1(37) Yudasin 2600 -- Kozul 2590, Pula CRO 1997; 0-1(37) Yudasin 2600 -- Kozul 2590, Pula etc 1997; 0-1(37) Yudasin 2600 -- Kozul 2590, Pula CRO 1997; 0-1(37) Yudasin 2600 -- Kozul 2590, etch, (m) Pula CRO 0; 16.Rc3 Qa5 17.Qc4 Bd8 18.Rd3 Qc7 19.Nd2 Bd7 20.Qxc7 =-= Vescovi 2614 -- Amonatov 2518, Bled SLO 2002; 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Bxd5 Rb8 16.Rfd1 Be6 17.c4 OO 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.c5 dxc5 20.Nxe5 Rfd8 0-1(36) Glek 2560 -- Vorobiov 2540, Moscow RUS 2006.
10...Qc7 11.OO Nc5 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.Nd5 Be6 14.Rfd1 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5 Qxd5 17.Rxd5 Rc8 18.c3 OO 19.Ra3 Rc6 20.Kf1 g6 =-=(91) Zhang 2657 -- Gallagher 2511, Hastings ENG 2002; 13...Nxd5 14.Bxd5 OO 15.Qb3 Rb8 16.Ne1 Bd7 17.Nd3 Qd4 18.Rfd1 Bg4 19.Rd2 Bg5 20.c3 Qa7 0-1(54) Vescovi 2614 -- Lesiege 2531, Bled SLO 2002; 13.Bb3 Be6 14.Ra3 Rc8 =-= Oral 2540 -- Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo 2546, Varadero CUB 2000; 11...OO 12.Nd2 Rb8 13.a5 Nc5 14.Qe2 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.Ra4 Qc6 17.Rc4 Qd7 18.Rd1 Bd8 19.Ra4 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 =-=(41) Adams 2755 -- Svidler 2689, New Delhi IND 2000; 11.Bd5 Nb6 12.Bxb6 Qxb6 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Nc4 Qd4 15.OOO Qxd3 16.Rxd3 OOO 17.f3 Kc7 18.Rhd1 g6 19.b4 Rhf8 20.Kb2 Nxd5 =-=(43) Zvjaginsev 2659 -- Kurnosov 2549, Kazan RUS 2005.
10...b6 11.Nh4 g6 12.OO Bb7 13.Nf3 Kf8 14.Nd5 Kg7 15.Nxe7 Qxe7 16.Nd2 Rhd8 17.f3 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Qe2 Bc6 20.Rfd1 Qe8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
10...OO 11.OO Nb6 12.Bb3 Be6 13.a5 Nbd7 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Qc4 Kf7 16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Ra4 Rfc8 18.Nd2 Rab8 19.Nc4 Nc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 =-=(56) Pavasovic 2527 -- Kozul 2576, Sibenik 2005.
4.Qe2 Nf6 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.e5 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Qe6 8.Na3 Nfd7 9.Nac4 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 f6 11.Nc4 Qxe2+ 12.Kxe2 Nc6 13.c3 e5 14.a4 Be7 15.d3 OOO 16.Be3 b6 17.f3 Rd7 18.g4 Rhd8 19.Rhd1 Bf8 20.h4 Ne7 1-0(52) Timman 2620 -- Ivanchuk 2710, Amsterdam NED 1994; 1-0(52) Timman 2620 -- Ivanchuk 2710, Amsterdam NED 1994; 1-0(52) Timman 2620 -- Ivanchuk 2710, Amsterdam NED 1994; 1-0(52) Timman 2620 -- Ivanchuk 2710, Amsterdam NED 1994; 1-0(52) Timman 2620 -- Ivanchuk 2710, Amsterdam NED 1994; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 5.OO Bxb5 6.Qxb5+ Qd7 7.Qxd7+ Nfxd7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 g6 11.Nc3 Bg7 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Nxc6 Rxc6 14.Bd4 Kf8 15.f3 Bxd4+ 16.Rxd4 Kg7 17.Rf2 Rhc8 18.Rdd2 Ra6 19.a3 Ne5 20.Nd5 Kf8 =-=(21) Delgado Ramirez 2506 -- Dominguez 2594, Holguin City CUB 2002; 4...Bxb5 5.Qxb5+ Qd7 6.Qxd7+ Nxd7 7.OO Ngf6 8.Re1 e6 9.c3 Be7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nbd2 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 OO 15.Bg5 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 h6 17.Nf3 Rfc8 18.Rac1 Kf8 19.Kf1 Ke7 20.Ke2 Nb6 =-=(31) Gufeld -- Polugaevsky, Sarajevo BIH 1964; 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.OO e6 8.c3 Nf6 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Be7 14.Qd3 h6 15.Rfc1 OO 16.a3 Rfc8 17.Rc2 Bf8 18.Rac1 =-= Bilek -- Portisch, Kecskemet HUN 1966; 4...g6 5.OO Bg7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 Nf6 9.d5 Bd7 10.h3 OO 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Nbd2 e6 13.Bxd6 exd5 14.e5 Qb6 15.Qd1 Ne4 16.Nb3 Be6 17.Nbd2 Nxd6 18.exd6 Rad8 19.a4 Rxd6 20.a5 Qb5 0-1(38) Timman 2635 -- Shirov 2670, Moskou blitz 1993; 4...e6 5.OO Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.c4 OO 9.Nc3 a6 10.Bxd7 Nbxd7 11.Be3 Rc8 12.Rac1 Qa5 13.f3 Ne5 14.Nb1 Qxa2 15.Na3 Nc6 16.Qd3 Qxb2 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Rb1 Qe5 19.Rb7 Rfe8 20.Bd4 Qa5 0-1(32) Timman 2635 -- Khalifman 2630, Moskou blitz 1993; 4...Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.OO Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Na3 Be7 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Nc4 Qa6 14.Rxd4 OO 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.Bxd6 Bf6 17.e5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Qxe5 Rxc4 20.Rd6 Rc6 =-=(22) Speelman 2600 -- Smirin 2615, New York open plof 1994.
4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7.OO e6 8.b3 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 OO 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Kh1 Nc5 13.Qf3 Qb6 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Rfe1 Qc7 16.Qg3 Nh5 17.Qf3 Nf6 18.Qg3 Nh5 19.Qe3 Bf8 20.Qf3 Nf6 =-=(41) Romanishin 2560 -- Pinter 2555, Szirak HUN 1986; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 5...Bxb5 6.cxb5 g6 7.OO Bg7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nbd7 10.Qe2 OO 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Rac1 Rfc8 14.h3 Qa5 15.Nb3 Qd8 16.Bd4 Nh5 17.g3 e6 18.Kg2 Nc4 19.Kh2 Qe7 20.f4 Bxd4 =-=(22) Romanishin 2580 -- Kupreichik 2570, Yerevan zt 1982; 5...e6 6.OO Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 OO 9.Be3 a6 10.Bxd7 Nbxd7 11.Rc1 Re8 12.Re1 Ne5 13.b3 Rc8 =-= Torre 2535 -- Benjamin 2555, San Francisco, CA USA 1991; 4...Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 g6 8.f3 Nxd4 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.Qd3 OO 12.OO Rfc8 13.Bd2 Ne8 14.Rac1 Nc7 15.b3 Rab8 16.a4 Ne6 17.Be3 b6 18.Nd5 Nc7 19.Nb4 Bb2 20.Rcd1 Ba3 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 5...g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bg7 8.Be3 Nf6 9.f3 OO 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 a6 13.Nc3 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.a3 Qa5 16.OO b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Kh1 Rfc8 19.Rc2 Qb3 20.Re2 Rab8 =-=(28) Yudasin 2595 -- De Firmian 2575, Erevan olm 1996; 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Nde2 Nf6 9.OO OO 10.Bg5 a6 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Qd3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Rfc8 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nd4 b5 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Bc3 Nxd5 19.exd5 Rca6 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 =-=(69) Becerra Rivero 2535 -- Atalik 2593, Havana CUB 1999; 4...g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.OO a6 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.h3 Ngf6 9.d3 OO 10.Be3 e6 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Re8 13.a4 Qa5 14.Ra3 Nb8 15.Bf4 Qc7 16.Na2 Nc6 17.b4 b6 18.b5 axb5 19.axb5 Na5 20.Qc2 Ra8 =-=(31) Short 2635 -- Ivanchuk 2665, Linares 1990; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 4...e6 5.OO Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 OO 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 a6 12.Bxd7 Nxd7 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.b3 Rac8 15.Rd3 Rfd8 16.Rad1 Qa5 17.Qd2 Bf8 18.Rg3 g6 19.Rh3 b5 20.Qf4 e5 0-1(37) Romanishin 2580 -- Ribli 2610, Mexico City st olm 1980; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
4...a6 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.OO Nf6 7.Re1 Nc6 8.Na3 e6 9.Nc4 Qc7 10.a5 Be7 11.c3 OO 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 d5 14.Nb6 Rad8 15.e5 Nd7 16.Nxd7 Rxd7 17.Bd2 Rc8 18.Qa4 Qd8 19.Rec1 Rdc7 20.Qd1 Na7 0-1(41) Aronian -- Shavtvaladze, Herculane 1994; 0-1(41) Aronian -- Shavtvaladze, Herculane 1994; 0-1(41) Aronian -- Shavtvaladze, Herculane 1994; 0-1(41) Aronian -- Shavtvaladze, Herculane 1994; 0-1(41) Aronian -- Shavtvaladze, Herculane 1994; 0-1(41) Aronian -- Shavtvaladze, Herculane 1994; 0-1(41) Aronian -- Shavtvaladze, Herculane 1994.
4...Nf6 5.d3 Nc6 6.OO e6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Nc4 OO 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.Re1 Rad8 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nfxe5 Nxe5 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.Bxe5 Bc6 15.Bxc6 Qxc6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Qe2 Rd4 18.c3 Rd5 19.Ne3 Rdd8 20.Ng4 Be7 0-1(56) Lein -- Tal, Kharkov UKR 1967; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 6...g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Rc8 11.Nc3 OO 12.Nxc6 Rxc6 13.Qf3 Qd7 14.a5 Rd8 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 Rd6 17.Bg3 Rd4 18.Be5 Rb4 19.b3 Ng4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 0-1(44) Becerra Rivero 2545 -- Georgiev 2620, Erevan olm 1996; 5...g6 6.OO Bg7 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 OO 9.Re1 a6 10.Bxd7 Nbxd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.a5 Nd5 13.Nd2 e5 14.Nc4 Rfe8 15.c3 Rad8 16.Qf3 Re6 17.Bd2 f5 18.Rad1 Rde8 19.Bc1 Rc8 20.Re2 b5 0-1(40) Benjamin 2620 -- Gelfand 2685, Munich GER 1994; 5.e5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Bxb5 7.axb5 Qd5 8.Nf3 Qe4+ 9.Qe2 Qxc2 10.Nc3 e6 11.OO Nbd7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Qxe5 Rd8 14.Rxa7 =-= Larsen -- Geller, Sousse izt 1967; 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.OO e6 7.c3 a6 8.Bc4 Be7 9.d3 OO 10.Bb3 e5 11.Rd1 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.Nbd2 b4 15.Nc4 Rb8 16.Qc2 Qb7 17.Ba4 Be6 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.cxb4 Rxb4 20.Bd2 Rb8 0-1(27) Fries-Nielsen -- Petursson, Hallsberg SWE 1975; 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.OO g6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Rc8 10.Re1 Bg7 11.Qe2 e6 12.Nb5 Bxb5 13.axb5 Ra8 14.d4 Qxd4 15.Bg5 OO 16.c3 Qd8 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Rd7 Qe8 19.Rxb7 Qc8 20.Qf3 Nd5 1-0(28) Lein -- Olafsson, New York, NY USA 1976.
4...g6 5.OO Bg7 6.c3 Nf6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 OO 9.Nxd7 Nfxd7 10.Re1 Nc6 11.Bf1 Nde5 12.d3 Qd5 13.f4 Nd7 14.Na3 Rfd8 15.Nc4 Nb6 16.Ne3 Qd7 17.a5 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Qa4 e6 20.Be3 Rac8 =-=(30) Gurgenidze -- Petrosian, Riga ch-URS 1958; 5.d4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.OO cxd4 8.Qxd4 Ngf6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Qb4 OO 11.a5 b5 12.Rd1 Rc8 13.e5 Rc4 14.Qb3 Ne8 15.exd6 Nxd6 16.Nd5 Nc5 17.Qe3 Rxc2 18.Nd4 Bxd4 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Qxe7 Nf5 1-0(26) Curdo -- Fedorowicz, Boston op 1974.
5...a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Re1 Nf6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Qd5 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.d3 b6 12.Nd2 e6 13.b3 Be7 14.Bb2 OO 15.Nc4 Rad8 =-= Sulskis 2525 -- Stohl 2580, Pula etc 1997; =-= Sulskis 2525 -- Stohl 2580, etch, (m) Pula CRO 0; 7...e5 8.a5 Nf6 9.d3 Be7 10.c4 OO 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.Nd5 f5 13.Bd2 Bxd5 14.cxd5 Qe8 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nd2 b5 18.axb6 Nxb6 19.Qc2 a5 20.Nc4 Nxc4 =-=(21) Milos 2633 -- Leitao 2567, Buenos Aires ARG 2000; 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Qc7 10.Qe2 e6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.b3 Be7 13.Bb2 OO 14.Rfe1 b6 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qxe4 17.Rxe4 Rfd8 18.d3 g6 19.Kf1 Bf8 20.Bf6 Rd7 =-=(30) Gurgenidze -- Liberzon, Tbilisi GEO 1967; =-=(30) Gurgenidze -- Liberzon, Tbilisi GEO 1966.
5...g6 6.Re1 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Bg7 10.d3 Nf6 11.Nc3 OO 12.Nd5 Nd7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 e6 15.Ne3 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rab1 Ra2 18.c3 b4 19.Qd1 Qc7 20.Qc1 bxc3 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 a6 8.Bf1 Bg7 9.h3 OO 10.d4 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.a5 Ne8 13.Nfd2 f5 14.f3 Bf6 15.g3 f4 16.g4 h5 17.Re2 Bh4 18.Rg2 Nf6 19.Nc4 hxg4 20.hxg4 Nc8 =-=(73) Gurgenidze -- Velimirovic, URS 1966.
6.d3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Nc4 OO 9.Re1 a6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.a5 Nd7 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bd2 d5 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Ne3 Bf7 16.Ng4 g5 17.Ne3 e6 18.Bc3 Bh5 19.Qe2 Re8 20.Nc4 Qc7 1-0(66) Larsen -- Olafsson, Dundee SCO 1967; 1-0(66) Larsen -- Olafsson, Dundee SCO 1967; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.c3 e6 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Be3 Bb4 15.Nbd2 OO 16.Bg2 Rc8 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.d5 exf3 20.Bxb6 fxe2 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 OO 10.Na3 Rc8 11.Bg5 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nc4 d5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.f4 Rb8 18.Qd2 Rb6 19.Re3 a5 20.b4 Rc8 0-1(59) Gurgenidze -- Tal, Riga ch-URS 1958.
7.d3 Be7 8.Nbd2 OO 9.Nf1 a6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.a5 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.Ng3 b5 14.axb6 Qxb6 15.Rb1 Rae8 16.Bg5 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qd2 Kh8 20.b4 Rg8 0-1(44) Chernyshov 2565 -- Korobov 2590, Pardubice CZE 2008.
11.a5 OO 12.f3 Nd7 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Qe2 Be8 15.a6 bxa6 16.Rxa6 Nc4 17.Rxa7 Nxb2 18.Rb1 Rxc3 19.Rxb2 d5 20.Rbb7 Bc5 0-1(32) Kurajica 2585 -- Azmaiparashvili 2610, Strumica 1995.
5.c4 Ngf6 6.Nc3 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.d3 e6 9.f4 Be7 10.OO OO 11.fxe5 Nd7 12.Bf4 Bg5 13.g3 Be7 14.Qe2 a6 15.Rae1 =-= Bologan 2585 -- Serper 2560, Oslo NOR 1994; =-= Bologan 2585 -- Serper 2560, Oslo NOR 1994; =-= Bologan 2585 -- Serper 2560, Oslo NOR 1994; =-= Bologan 2585 -- Serper 2560, Oslo NOR 1994; =-= Bologan 2585 -- Serper 2560, Oslo NOR 1994; =-= Bologan 2585 -- Serper 2560, Oslo NOR 1994; =-= Bologan 2585 -- Serper 2560, Oslo NOR 1994; =-= Bologan 2585 -- Serper 2560, Oslo open 1994; 7.OO e6 8.d3 Be7 9.Rb1 OO 10.b4 cxb4 11.Rxb4 b6 12.Rb5 Rc8 13.a4 Nfd7 14.Ba3 Nc5 15.Ne1 Bf6 16.Ne2 d5 17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.f4 Nc6 19.e5 Be7 20.Nf3 a6 0-1(41) Tseitlin -- Cseshkovsky, Moscow RUS 1979; 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 OO 12.d4 cxd4 13.Rxd4 Rab8 14.Rad1 Rfc8 15.h3 h6 16.R4d2 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Ne2 Rb6 20.b4 Qb7 =-=(33) Anastasian 2588 -- Sargissian 2514, Erevan ARM 2001; 7.d3 e6 8.OO Be7 9.Rb1 OO 10.b4 cxb4 11.Rxb4 b6 12.Rb5 Rc8 13.a4 Nfd7 14.Ba3 Nc5 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 6...e6 7.OO Be7 8.a3 Ne5 9.Ne1 OO 10.d3 Nc6 11.f4 a6 12.Nf3 Rb8 13.a4 Qd7 14.Kh1 b6 15.Be3 Qb7 16.Qe2 Nd7 17.g4 Rbe8 18.Qg2 Nb4 19.Rad1 d5 20.cxd5 exd5 0-1(38) Kabanov 2506 -- Bruzon Batista 2677, Khanty Mansiysk 2005; 0-1(38) Kabanov 2506 -- Bruzon Batista 2677, Khanty Mansiysk 2005; 0-1(38) Kabanov 2506 -- Bruzon Batista 2677, Khanty Mansiysk 2005; 0-1(38) Kabanov 2506 -- Bruzon Batista 2677, Khanty Mansiysk 2005; 0-1(38) Kabanov 2506 -- Bruzon Batista 2677, Khanty Mansiysk 2005; 0-1(38) Kabanov 2506 -- Bruzon Batista 2677, Khanty Mansiysk 2005; 0-1(38) Kabanov 2506 -- Bruzon Batista 2677, Khanty Mansiysk 2005; 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.b3 OO 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.Rad1 Bf8 14.f4 b5 15.cxb5 e5 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Nf5 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 axb5 19.b4 Qc6 20.a3 Rab8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8.b3 OO 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Bb2 =-= Bologan 2620 -- Novikov 2614, Koszalin POL 1999; 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 a6 9.b3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qe5 11.Nf3 Qh5 12.OO Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxd1 14.Rfxd1 dxe5 15.f3 Bc5+ 16.Kf1 Nd7 17.Ne2 a5 18.a3 Ke7 19.Bc3 Rhc8 20.Ra2 Rc7 =-=(41) Christiansen 2580 -- Ivanov, American Open 1996; 6...g6 7.OO Bg7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 OO 10.b3 a6 11.Bg5 e6 12.Bh4 Nc5 13.f3 Qc7 14.Kh1 Rac8 15.Rb1 Nh5 16.Nde2 Nd7 17.a4 Nc5 18.Qd2 Bf6 19.Bf2 Rfd8 20.g4 Ng7 0-1(60) Vescovi 2648 -- Kharlov 2593, playchess.com INT 2004; 7...Rc8 8.b3 a6 9.Bb2 e5 10.d3 Bg7 11.a3 OO 12.b4 Ne8 13.Nd5 Nc7 14.Re1 Nxd5 15.cxd5 b5 16.Nd2 Nb6 17.Rb1 Na4 18.Nb3 f5 19.Na5 fxe4 20.dxe4 Qh4 1-0(51) Ivanov -- Hulak 2490, Toluca MEX 1982; 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.OO OO 10.h3 a6 11.Be3 Rc8 12.Qe2 Ne5 13.b3 b5 14.f4 Ned7 15.Rac1 bxc4 16.bxc4 Nb6 17.Nd5 Nxe4 18.Ne6 Ng3 19.Qg4 Nxf1 20.Bxb6 Qd7 =-=(51) Delgado Ramirez 2541 -- Mecking 2556, Dos Hermanas ESP 2004; 5...Ne5 6.OO e6 7.d3 Ne7 8.Ne1 N5c6 9.Be3 g6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.Nf3 Qa5 12.Qd2 OO 13.Bh6 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 dxe5 16.f4 Qd8 17.Kh1 f5 18.fxe5 Qxd3 19.Qg5 Nc6 20.Rad1 Qxc4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.Ne1 g5 8.d3 Bg7 9.Nc3 h6 10.Rb1 Ne7 11.b4 b6 12.Ne2 N7g6 13.f4 gxf4 14.Nxf4 Nxf4 15.Bxf4 Ng6 16.Be3 OO 17.Qd2 Kh7 18.Nf3 Rc8 19.a4 Rc7 20.a5 d5 =-=(23) Tseitlin -- Geller 2565, USSR 1980; 6...Qd7 7.b3 g6 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.Bb2 f6 10.f4 exf4 11.Rxf4 Bh6 12.Rf3 Bg7 13.Nc3 Rd8 14.d3 Nh6 15.Nd5 OO 16.Qe2 Qd6 17.Qf2 e6 18.Nxf6+ Rxf6 19.Rxf6 Ng4 20.Qh4 Bxf6 =-=(27) Unzicker 2535 -- Portisch 2635, Milan ITA 1975; 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Nc3 e6 8.Qa4+ Qd7 9.Nb5 Kd8 10.d3 Bd6 11.b4 cxb4 12.Be3 a6 13.OO Ne7 14.d4 Rc8 15.dxe5 axb5 16.cxb5 Bxe5 17.Rad1 Bd6 18.Rd2 Rc3 19.Rfd1 Nd5 20.exd5 e5 1-0(33) Orlov 2505 -- Khenkin, Minsk BLR 1990; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 5...e6 6.Nc3 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qa4+ Qd7 9.Nb5 Nf6 10.Nc7+ Kd8 11.Qxd7+ Kxd7 12.Nxa8 Nxe4 13.d3 Nf6 14.Rb1 Be7 15.b4 Rxa8 16.bxc5 Kc6 17.f4 Rd8 18.fxe5 Ng4 19.Ke2 Nxe5 20.Rd1 Bxc5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.OO e5 7.d3 Be7 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.Be3 OOO 10.Nh4 g6 11.Nf3 h5 12.Ng5 Rdf8 13.Nf3 h4 14.Ng5 Qc6 15.Qf3 Qb6 16.Rfb1 Rh5 17.b4 Qc6 18.bxc5 Nxc5 19.Rb4 Qd7 20.Rab1 Qd8 1-0(24) Crafty -- Hossa, elias.gams.co.at 1998.
5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ngf6 7.Nc3 g6 8.OO Bg7 9.Bg5 OO 10.Re1 Rc8 11.Qd2 Re8 12.Rad1 Rc4 13.b3 Rc8 14.Na4 Nc5 15.Nxc5 dxc5 16.Nf3 =-= Tompa -- Sax 2510, HUN 1975.
5.Qe2 Ngf6 6.c3 e6 7.OO Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Be3 Qb6 12.Ne1 f6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nd3 OO 15.Nd2 Rac8 16.Nb3 Nf7 17.Rfe1 Qa6 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Nbc5 Nxc5 20.Nxc5 Qxe2 =-=(44) Milov -- Alterman, ? 1986.
5.b3 Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.Bb2 Be7 8.OO OO 9.c4 Re8 10.Nc3 a6 11.Rad1 Qa5 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Rad8 14.Rfe1 Bf8 15.Nf3 Rb8 16.h3 Rbc8 17.Rd4 Ne5 18.Red1 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Rc6 20.R4d2 Nd7 =-=(35) Markovic 2540 -- Sokolov 2580, Vrnjacka Banja YUG 1998.
5...e6 6.Qe2 Ne7 7.c3 Ng6 8.d4 Be7 9.g3 OO 10.h4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5 12.Nfd2 Rfc8 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Nc3 Ngf8 15.Be3 Nb6 16.d5 Nc4 17.dxe6 Nxe6 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Bd4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Nb6 =-=(39) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Sadler 2660, Tilburg NED 1998; =-=(39) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Sadler 2660, Tilburg NED 1998; =-=(39) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Sadler 2660, Tilburg NED 1998; =-=(39) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Sadler 2660, Tilburg NED 1998; 6...Be7 7.c3 Ngf6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Ne1 Qb6 12.Be3 f6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nd3 OO 15.Nc3 Qa6 16.Bf2 fxe5 17.dxe5 Nf7 18.Rfe1 Nh6 19.Rad1 Rac8 20.Nc1 Qxe2 0-1(84) Zhang 2530 -- Kudrin 2565, Beijing CHN 1998; 0-1(84) Zhang Zhong 2530 -- Kudrin 2565, Tan Chin Nam, Beijing CHN 0; 7.d3 Ngf6 8.Ng5 OO 9.f4 Ne8 10.Nc3 Nc7 11.a4 a6 12.Bd2 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.e5 b4 16.exd6 Bxd6 17.Nce4 Qd5 18.c4 bxc3 19.bxc3 f6 20.c4 Qc6 =-=(53) Glek 2537 -- Gavrikov 2559, Switzerland 2006; 6...Ngf6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 OO 9.c4 a6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.Kh1 Qc5 13.Nd2 Qh5 14.f3 Rfe8 15.g4 Qg5 16.Rg1 Ne5 17.Raf1 Ng6 18.Qf2 Nf4 19.Qe3 Nd7 20.Nf5 e5 1-0(37) Plaskett 2455 -- Sadler 2660, Hastings ENG 1999; 6.b3 Ngf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bb2 OO 9.c4 a6 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Rab1 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qb8 13.Qe2 Qa7 =-= Lobron 2553 -- De Firmian 2610, Essen GER 1999; 10.d3 e5 11.Nc3 Ne8 12.Ne1 Nc7 13.Nc2 b5 14.Ne3 Bg5 15.g3 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 bxc4 17.bxc4 Rb8 18.Rab1 Rb7 19.f4 Qe7 20.Ba1 Rxb1 1-0(94) Ponomariov 2585 -- Novikov 2545, Donetsk UKR 1998; 6.c4 Ngf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.b3 OO 11.Be3 Rc8 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.Qd2 Kh8 14.f3 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Ne5 16.Nce2 Qc7 17.Nc3 Qb8 18.Qe2 Re8 19.Kh1 h6 20.f4 Ned7 =-=(43) Foygel 2459 -- Kudrin 2631, Natick 1998.
5...e5 6.Nc3 Ngf6 7.d3 Be7 8.Be3 OO 9.Re1 Ng4 10.Qd2 Nb6 11.Rac1 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qc3 Qxa2 15.Nxe5 Nxe3 16.Ra1 Nd5 17.Rxa2 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Rfe8 19.d4 Bd6 20.Re3 Bxe5 =-=(52) Hossa -- Crafty, elias.gams.co.at 1998; 0-1(70) Hossa -- Crafty, elias.gams.co.at 1998.
6.d3 e6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nh3 Qc7 10.f4 OOO 11.c4 Nb8 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.a3 f5 15.Rab1 Nf6 16.Kh1 Ng4 17.Bg1 Bf6 18.b4 Nd4 19.Qd1 Qc6 20.Nf3 g6 1-0(37) Morozevich 2625 -- Khalifman 2645, Samara RUS 1998; 1-0(37) Morozevich 2625 -- Khalifman 2645, Samara RUS 1998; 1-0(37) Morozevich 2625 -- Khalifman 2645, Samara RUS 1998; 1-0(37) Morozevich 2625 -- Khalifman 2645, Samara RUS 1998; 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 OO 9.Rb1 a6 10.a3 Qc7 11.Qe2 Rab8 12.Bd2 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.f4 Nd7 15.f5 b5 16.Qg4 Nf6 17.Qh3 b4 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Nd1 Rbd8 20.Bg5 Qd7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.Ng5 d5 10.f4 dxc4 11.dxc4 Nb6 12.e5 Nfd7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Nce4 h6 15.Nh3 f5 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Ng3 Qc6 18.b3 Rae8 19.Bb2 Bd8 20.Rae1 Nc8 1-0(55) Benjamin 2566 -- Miton 2597, New York, NY USA 2004; 9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Qb8 11.Ne1 b5 12.f4 bxc4 13.dxc4 Ne8 14.Nf3 f5 15.Qd2 fxe4 16.Nxe4 h6 17.Rae1 Qc8 18.Ng3 Ndf6 19.Nh4 Rf7 20.Ng6 Bd8 =-=(22) Lein 2505 -- Ribli 2585, Buenos Aires olm 1978; 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nh3 g5 10.f4 g4 11.Nf2 h5 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qc6 14.c4 a6 15.Nc3 OOO 16.a3 Rdg8 17.Nfd1 Ne8 18.b4 Nc7 19.Be3 f5 20.d4 fxe4 1-0(42) Tiviakov 2590 -- Oll 2645, Beijing CHN 1997; 6...g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.Re1 OO 9.d4 Rc8 10.h3 b5 11.e5 Ne8 12.Qe2 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nc7 14.Nbd2 c4 15.b3 Nd5 16.bxc4 bxc4 17.Nxc4 Nxc3 18.Qd3 Nb6 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Nxb6 e6 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 20...Rd2 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bd2 OO 10.a4 Kh7 11.Ne1 Ne5 12.f4 Nc6 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.Kh1 a6 15.f5 e6 16.Qe1 Nde5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Nd1 Rg8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Ne3 Rf8 =-=(26) Tiviakov 2663 -- Timofeev 2658, Sochi RUS 2007; 8.Bf4 OO 9.Qd2 Ng4 10.h3 Nge5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Bh6 e6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.f4 =-= Degraeve 2542 -- Vaisser 2564, Besancon FRA 1999; 7.Re1 Bg7 8.c3 OO 9.d4 e6 10.h3 Qb6 11.Nbd2 Rac8 12.Qa4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qc7 14.b3 a6 15.Ba3 Rfd8 16.Bb4 Nb8 17.Qa3 Nc6 18.Rac1 a5 19.Bc3 b5 20.Ba1 Qb6 0-1(42) Benjamin 2608 -- Nakamura 2494, New York, NY USA 2002.
6.Nc3 e6 7.d3 Be7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nh3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qg4 g6 13.Re1 Nf6 14.Qh4 Nh5 15.g4 Ng7 16.Qf6 Kf8 17.Qf3 Ne8 18.Bf4 Bf6 19.Be5 g5 20.c4 Kg7 =-=(78) Soffer 2520 -- Novikov 2590, Rishon Le Ziyyon 1997; =-=(78) Soffer 2520 -- Novikov 2590, Invitational, Rishon LeZion ISR 0; 6...a6 7.a4 g6 8.a5 Bg7 9.d3 OO 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.Bd2 e6 12.h3 Nb8 13.e5 Ne8 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Bf4 Nc6 16.exd6 Nxd6 17.Rfe1 Qd8 18.Qd2 e5 19.Bh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 f6 =-=(24) Komliakov 2535 -- Golubev 2570, Nikolaev zt 1995.
6...g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.d4 OO 9.e5 Ne8 10.e6 fxe6 11.Rxe6 Nc7 12.Re1 Kh8 13.Bg5 Rf7 14.Nbd2 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nf6 16.Qb3 Rf8 17.Ne6 Nxe6 18.Qxe6 Qb6 19.Nc4 Qc5 20.Be3 Qc6 1-0(71) Jakovenko 2564 -- Timofeev 2575, chessassistantclub.com INT 2004; 9...Nd5 10.exd6 exd6 11.Na3 Re8 12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.dxc5 N7f6 14.cxd6 Rd8 15.Bg5 Rxd6 16.c4 Ne4 17.cxd5 Nxg5 18.Nxg5 Qd8 19.Qc1 Rxd5 20.Nf3 Qb6 1-0(55) Rozentalis 2570 -- Rausis 2551, Stockholm SWE 2000; 9.h3 e6 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.b3 Rfd8 12.Bb2 Rac8 13.Qe2 Bh6 14.c4 cxd4 15.Bxd4 a6 16.Nf1 Bg7 17.Rad1 e5 18.Bb2 Nc5 19.N3d2 Qa5 20.a3 Ne6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...Rc8 7.b3 g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Bxd4 OO 11.c4 a6 12.a4 Nc5 13.Nc3 Ne6 14.Be3 Ng4 15.Bd2 b5 16.h3 Ne5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Ra2 Bxc3 20.Bxc3 bxc4 0-1(36) Hulak 2475 -- Portisch 2635, Budapest HUN 1975; 7.c3 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Qa4 Ra8 14.Rac1 OO 15.Ba5 Nb6 16.Qb5 Qe8 17.Qxe8 Rfxe8 18.Rc7 Nc4 19.Bc3 Rab8 20.b3 Bd8 0-1(60) Stean 2420 -- Korchnoi 2670, London rapid tt 1976.
6...e5 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 OO 9.d3 h6 10.Nd2 a6 11.Nf1 Rb8 12.a4 d5 * ? -- ?, ? 0.
7.c4 Ne5 8.d3 Be7 9.Nc3 OO 10.b3 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Nd7 12.Bb2 =-= Nunn 2615 -- Ftacnik 2545, Wijk aan Zee NED 1985; * ? -- ?, ? 0; 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bf4 Bf6 13.h3 Nge5 14.Be3 a6 15.Nh2 Nd4 16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.Ne2 Nd7 18.Qd2 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Ng4 Qb6 1-0(37) McShane 2656 -- Timofeev 2591, playchess.com INT 2004; 9...Nfd7 10.Be3 OO 11.a3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Bf6 13.Rec1 Ne5 14.Qd1 Nc6 15.Rab1 Rc8 16.b4 b6 17.Ne2 Qd7 18.h3 g6 19.Qb3 Rfd8 20.Rd1 Qb7 =-=(41) Georgiev 2505 -- Christiansen, St John op-2 1988; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.b3 Nfd7 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Bb2 OO 12.Nd2 Nb8 13.Qg4 Nc6 14.Nf3 Qd6 15.h4 f6 16.Rad1 a5 17.a4 Ra6 18.Bc3 Rb6 19.Rb1 Rf7 20.Red1 Ra6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8.Nc3 Be7 9.d3 Nfd7 10.Be3 OO 11.Qe2 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Bf6 13.Rec1 a6 14.Rab1 Qa5 15.a3 b5 16.Qd1 b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Ne2 Rab8 19.b3 Qb7 20.Bd2 Qc6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...Be7 8.Nc3 OO 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Rac8 13.Rc1 Rfe8 14.Rc2 Bf8 15.Rd2 Red8 =-= Stefansson 2567 -- De Firmian 2553, Selfoss 2003.
7.c3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 OO 13.Rc1 Nb8 14.Qb3 Qd7 15.Bb4 Bxb4 16.Qxb4 Nc6 17.Qa3 Rac8 18.Rc3 h6 19.Rec1 a6 20.h3 Rfd8 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 13...Qb6 14.Qa4 Nb8 15.b4 a6 16.b5 Qxb5 17.Qxb5 axb5 18.Rc7 Nc6 19.Rxb7 Rxa2 20.Rc7 Nxd4 =-=(58) Jakovenko 2662 -- Grachev 2510, Moscow RUS 2006; 13.Re3 =-= Fedorowicz 2505 -- Benjamin 2587, Seattle, WA USA 2003; =-= Kornev 2536 -- Kharlov 2638, Tula RUS 2002; 8...OO 9.e5 Ne8 10.exd6 Nxd6 11.d5 exd5 12.Qxd5 Rc8 13.Bf4 Nb6 14.Qd1 Re8 15.Na3 Bf8 16.Qc2 Qf6 17.Bg3 Qg6 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Bxd6 Bxd6 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 0-1(61) Short 2655 -- Tiviakov 2625, Linares 1995; 13...Nf6 14.Qd3 Nde4 15.Qc4 Bd6 16.Nbd2 Nxd2 17.Bxd2 h6 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Qh4 Nh7 20.Re4 Qd8 1-0(60) Fishbein 2505 -- Novikov 2588, San Diego, CA USA 2004; 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nc5 13.Nb3 Nd3 14.Re2 Nxe5 15.Qxd8 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Rxd8 17.Rd2 Nd6 18.Rd3 Nf5 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Kg2 Rd3 0-1(24) Glek 2553 -- Novikov 2611, Korinthos GRE 2000; 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.d3 OO 10.Bg5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nd2 Rfd8 13.Qc2 Rd7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Nf3 Nh5 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.g3 Nf6 18.a3 Red7 19.c4 Ne8 20.b4 a6 =-=(39) Larsen 2615 -- Timman 2590, Geneva SUI 1977.
7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 OO 9.d3 Qc7 10.Nbd2 b5 11.a4 a6 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Qb7 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Qxe4 18.Rxe4 f6 19.Bc3 Kf7 20.axb5 axb5 0-1(45) Barua 2510 -- Khalifman 2645, Biel izt 1993; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10...Rfd8 11.e5 Ne8 12.exd6 Nxd6 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Rxe4 Bf6 15.Qc1 Rac8 16.Rg4 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 f6 18.Re1 e5 19.Qc3 Nf8 20.Qc4+ Qf7 0-1(52) Radulov 2500 -- Ribli 2595, Vrbas 1977; 9.c4 e5 10.Nc3 g6 11.d3 Ne8 12.Nd5 Nc7 13.Nxc7 Qxc7 14.Nd2 Qc6 15.Nf1 Bg5 16.Qg4 Bh6 17.Bc1 Bxc1 18.Raxc1 f5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.Ne3 Rf7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...a6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.Nc3 Rac8 13.Qf3 Rfd8 14.Rad1 Nf8 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Nd2 Rc8 12.N4f3 b5 13.Bd4 Qd7 14.Qe2 Rfd8 15.Rac1 Qb7 16.c4 a6 17.h3 h6 18.Ba1 Nfd7 19.Nf1 b4 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Bxd4 OO 11.c4 a6 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.Rc1 Rfe8 14.Qe2 Rad8 =-= Ivanov 2565 -- Novikov 2610, Philadelphia, PA USA 2004.
7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Be7 9.c4 OO 10.Nc3 a6 11.b3 Rc8 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.Rac1 Rfd8 14.h3 Qb8 15.Qd3 Ne5 16.Qe2 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Qe2 b4 20.Nb5 Nxe4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.Qd3 Rc8 12.b3 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Qf3 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.Bb2 b4 17.Na4 Qa5 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.h3 h6 20.Rd3 Rxd3 =-=(28) Vokarev 2498 -- Sakaev 2664, Togliatti 2003; 9...a6 10.Nc3 OO 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Ne5 13.Qe3 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Rfe8 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.c4 OO 10.Nc3 a6 11.b3 Qa5 12.Bb2 Rfc8 13.Rc1 Rab8 14.Qe2 Bf8 15.Red1 Rc5 16.a3 Rcc8 17.Rd3 Qd8 18.Rcd1 Qb6 19.Rg3 Re8 20.Kh1 Qc7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8...a6 9.c4 Rc8 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 OO 12.Nc3 Qc7 =-= Wojtkiewicz 2550 -- Hickl 2580, Rehhag cup Bern SUI 1996.
8.a4 OO 9.Na3 a6 10.Bf4 Rb8 11.e5 Nd5 12.exd6 Bf6 13.Bc1 N7b6 14.a5 Nc8 15.d7 Qxd7 16.Nc4 Nd6 17.Nfe5 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Qc7 19.c3 Rbd8 20.Qf3 Ne7 =-=(26) Speelman 2630 -- Shirov 2655, Hastings ENG 1992; =-=(26) Speelman 2630 -- Shirov 2610, Hastings ENG 1991; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.Nbd2 a6 10.a5 d5 11.Qe2 Nb8 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nc4 Nc6 14.c3 Qc7 15.Bg5 Rad8 16.Bxe7 Ndxe7 17.Nfe5 Rd5 18.Nxc6 Nxc6 19.Qe4 Rfd8 20.Re3 Ne7 0-1(83) Zarnicki 2470 -- Shirov 2670, Buenos Aires ARG 1993.
8...b5 9.a4 a6 10.h3 OO 11.Nf1 Nb6 12.a5 Nbd7 13.Ng3 Nb8 14.e5 Nfd7 15.exd6 Bxd6 16.Ne4 Be7 17.d4 Nc6 18.Be3 c4 19.Bg5 Bxg5 20.Nexg5 Nf6 0-1(45) Speelman 2610 -- Van Wely 2575, NLD-chT 9495 ;EXT 95ch 1995; 0-1(45) Speelman 2600 -- Van Wely 2570, NED tt 1994.
11.Ng3 cxd3 12.cxd3 Ne5 13.d4 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 d5 15.e5 Nd7 16.Nh5 Kh8 17.Qg4 Rg8 18.Bd2 Nb6 19.b3 Rc8 20.Rac1 Ba3 1-0(44) Speelman 2610 -- Petursson 2555, Novi Sad YUG 1990; 1-0(44) Speelman 2605 -- Petursson 2550, Novi Sad YUG 1990; 1-0(44) Speelman 2605 -- Petursson 2550, Novi Sad YUG 1990; 1-0(44) Speelman 2605 -- Petursson 2550, Novi Sad YUG 1990; 1-0(44) Speelman 2605 -- Petursson 2550, Novi Sad YUG 1990; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...Rc8 7.d3 g6 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nh3 Bg7 10.Nd2 OO 11.f4 e6 12.Nf2 Nb8 13.Nf3 Nc6 14.c3 Re8 15.g4 Nh7 16.Kh1 b5 17.Be3 b4 18.c4 f5 19.Rad1 Qf6 20.b3 g5 1-0(34) Roiz 2599 -- Kharlov 2558, Moscow RUS 2006; 1-0(34) Roiz 2599 -- Kharlov 2558, Moscow RUS 2006; 1-0(34) Roiz 2599 -- Kharlov 2558, Moscow RUS 2006; 1-0(34) Roiz 2599 -- Kharlov 2558, Moscow RUS 2006; 1-0(34) Roiz 2599 -- Kharlov 2558, Moscow RUS 2006; 1-0(34) Roiz 2599 -- Kharlov 2558, Moscow RUS 2006; 1-0(34) Roiz 2599 -- Kharlov 2558, Moscow RUS 2006; 7...e6 8.c4 Be7 9.Nc3 OO 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Re8 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.Kh1 Rcd8 16.f4 Nfd7 17.Nf3 Nf8 18.Qf2 Qc6 19.Nd4 Qc7 20.Nde2 Ng6 1-0(42) Chiburdanidze 2555 -- Ftacnik 2590, Biel SUI 1988; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.c4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Bd2 OO 12.Rac1 e6 13.Rfd1 Re8 14.Nf3 d5 15.Bg5 Qa5 16.e5 Ng4 17.cxd5 Ngxe5 18.Nd4 h6 19.Nb3 Qb4 20.Be3 exd5 0-1(69) Rublevsky 2595 -- Maksimenko 2550, Tivat 1995; 0-1(25) Rublevsky 2585 -- Maksimenko 2525, Tivat YUG 1995; 11.Rd1 OO 12.Be3 e6 13.Rac1 Qc7 14.b3 Qb8 15.h3 Rfe8 16.Nf3 Rc6 17.a4 Nc5 18.Qc2 Ncd7 19.Qd3 Bf8 20.Bg5 Bg7 1-0(47) Zelcic 2556 -- Brkic 2541, Kutina 2006; 7.c3 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Be3 Be7 12.Ne1 f5 13.Nd3 OO 14.f3 Ng5 15.Nf4 Rc6 16.Nc3 Nb6 17.Rfc1 Qd7 18.Nd3 Nc4 19.Bf2 b6 20.Nd1 Rfc8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Qb6 12.Ne1 f6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nd3 Be7 15.Nd2 OO 16.Nb3 Qa6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Rfe1 Nf7 19.Bf2 Nd8 20.Qd2 Qb5 =-=(43) Iordachescu 2563 -- Timofeev 2663, Moscow RUS 2007; 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.Rd1 a6 11.Bg5 OO 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.h3 =-= Kuzmin 2535 -- Tseshkovsky 2570, Tallinn EST 1979; 7.b3 g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.c4 OO 10.d4 cxd4 11.Bxd4 a6 12.Nbd2 Qa5 13.Rfc1 b5 14.Rc2 Rc7 15.e5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 Rfc8 17.Ndf3 Qd2 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Qa5 12.Nbd2 e6 13.Rfc1 Rfe8 14.Bc3 Qc7 15.h3 a6 16.Rab1 Qb8 17.Bb2 Nc5 18.Re1 b5 19.e5 Nfd7 20.exd6 Bxb2 1-0(33) Belov 2608 -- Kharlov 2558, playchess.com INT 2006; 9.d3 OO 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Rad1 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxb2 13.c3 Ba3 14.Ned2 b5 15.Nb1 Qa5 16.Qd2 d5 17.h4 d4 18.Nxa3 Qxa3 19.cxd4 cxd4 20.Nxd4 a6 0-1(51) Zhang 2639 -- Timofeev 2657, Taiyuan 2006.
6...g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.d4 e6 9.d5 OO 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Qxe5 Qd5 14.Qe2 Rad8 15.Be3 b6 16.Nd2 e5 17.a4 e4 18.a5 Qd3 19.Rfe1 Rd5 20.axb6 axb6 =-=(67) Nevednichy 2544 -- Berkes 2613, Paks HUN 2004; 8...OO 9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Bf4 Qb6 12.h3 Ngxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.Qxe5 Qxb2 16.Qd5 b5 17.Qb3 Qxa1 18.Nd2 c4 19.Qc2 Qxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Rfd8 1-0(38) Kaidanov 2605 -- Gurevich 2530, Lexington, KY USA 1995; 7.c4 Bg7 8.Nc3 OO 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Be3 e6 12.Rac1 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nh5 * ? -- ?, ? 0.
7.c3 Be7 8.d4 OO 9.e5 Ne8 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.Be3 Nd7 13.exd6 Nxd6 14.Bg5 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 Qc5 16.Na3 Nf6 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 12.Na3 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Nf6 14.Nac4 Nd5 15.Ne3 Nf6 16.N3g4 Nxg4 17.Qxg4 Qc7 18.Bf4 Bd6 19.Ng6 Rfd8 20.Bxd6 Rxd6 0-1(26) Gonzalez 2434 -- Dominguez Perez 2678, Santo Domingo DOM 2007; 11...Qc7 12.exd6 Nxd6 13.Bf4 Rad8 14.c4 Bf6 15.Na3 Qc6 16.Be5 Qe4 17.Qxe4 Ndxe4 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nd6 Nfe4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.c4 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Qd4 13.Nc3 Bd6 14.Nf3 Qd3 15.Rd1 Qxe2 16.Nxe2 Ne4 17.Be3 N8f6 18.Ng3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Rfd8 20.Bd4 Ng4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10.Bf4 d5 11.Na3 Nc7 12.Nc2 c4 13.g3 b5 14.h4 a5 15.a3 Ra6 16.Ng5 Qe8 17.Ne3 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Rxa6 Nxa6 20.Qc2 Bxg5 =-=(25) Sherbakov 2555 -- Sakaev 2655, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 10.exd6 Nxd6 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Re8 13.Na3 a6 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Bf4 Qxc4 16.Bxd6 =-= Adorjan 2530 -- Geller 2590, Moskou etc 1977; 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.d5 exd5 12.e6 Nb6 13.Ng5 f5 14.Nf7 Qc7 15.Na3 Qc6 16.Rd3 Nc4 17.Rh3 Nf6 18.Bg5 g6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nxc4 dxc4 0-1(45) Bellini 2478 -- Gavrikov 2626, Switzerland 2003; 9...Nd5 10.c4 Nb4 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.d5 Rfe8 15.a3 Na6 16.dxe6 Qxe6 17.Qxe6 Rxe6 18.Nc3 Nc7 19.b4 Nb6 20.bxc5 Nxc4 =-=(23) Wahls 2565 -- Browne 2560, Dortmund GER 1990; 9.Rd1 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nb6 11.Nc3 Qc7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Rfc8 14.Rac1 Qd8 15.Rc2 d5 16.e5 Ne8 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Rdc1 Rc6 19.Nd1 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Qd7 =-=(24) Torre 2560 -- Polugaevsky 2585, Biel SUI 1989; *(24) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10...d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Ne1 f6 13.f3 Ng5 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Bxg5 Bxg5 16.Qxe6+ Kh8 17.Qxd5 Qe7 18.Nc3 Rae8 19.Nc2 Bf4 20.Qh5 Nf6 1-0(34) Kovalev 2572 -- Gallagher 2522, Plovdiv BUL 2003; 9...Rc8 10.e5 Ne8 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.c4 Qb6 13.Nc3 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nf6 15.Be3 Rfd8 16.Nd3 Qc6 17.Nb5 Ra8 18.Nxa7 Qe4 19.Nxc5 Bxc5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.Nbd2 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qc7 13.Nf1 Qc4 14.Qxc4 Rxc4 15.Ne3 Rc7 16.Bd2 d5 17.Rac1 Nb8 18.h4 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Nc6 20.h5 h6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.a4 Nc5 13.a5 Qa6 14.Qxa6 Nxa6 15.f3 Rfc8 16.Rd1 g5 17.Bf2 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nd2 Nc5 20.N2b3 a6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8...cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Ne1 f5 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Nc3 Bxd4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Nc5 16.Qg4 OO 17.Nf3 e5 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Qc4+ Kh8 20.fxe3 Qe7 =-=(60) Timman 2635 -- Khenkin 2580, Tilburg rapid 1994; 11...Qb6 12.Be3 f6 13.Nd3 OO 14.f3 Ng5 15.Nc3 Qa6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Ne5 Qxe2 18.Nxe2 Nb6 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.b3 Nf7 =-= Dreev -- Stohl 2405, Kiljava 1984; 11...h6 12.f3 Ng5 13.Nc3 OO 14.f4 Nh7 15.f5 exf5 16.Rxf5 Nb6 17.Qg4 Bg5 18.Nf3 Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rh5 Rc6 1-0(103) Ovetchkin 2539 -- Shengelia 2562, playchess.com INT 2006; 11.Nbd2 b5 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Nxd2 12.Bxd2 OO 13.Qd3 h6 14.Rae1 Qb6 15.Bc3 Rfc8 16.Re3 a5 17.Ne1 Qa6 18.Qd1 Rc4 19.Rg3 Bf8 20.b3 Rc7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...OO 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.b3 Rc8 12.Bb2 a6 13.Ne1 d5 14.e5 Nfd7 15.Nd3 Nb8 16.f4 Nc6 17.Qe3 Qd7 18.Ne2 Nb4 19.Nxb4 Bxb4 20.Rac1 Rxc1 =-=(24) Nijboer 2555 -- Polugaevsky 2605, Groningen ct 1993; *(24) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...Rc8 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Ne1 Nc4 13.Nd3 f5 14.f3 Ng5 15.Nc3 Nf7 16.Nf4 Rc6 17.g4 g6 18.gxf5 Qg5+ 19.Kh1 Qxf5 20.Nfxd5 exd5 1-0(28) Wahls 2460 -- Kasparov 2720, Hamburg GER 1986; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 OO 9.d3 a6 10.h3 Rc8 11.a3 Qc7 12.Bd2 Rfd8 13.Nh2 Ne5 14.f4 Nc6 15.g4 Nd4 16.Qg2 b5 17.g5 Nh5 18.Rae1 b4 19.Nd1 bxa3 20.bxa3 Bf8 =-=(44) Delgado Ramirez 2547 -- Bruzon Batista 2620, Havana CUB 2007; 10...Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.f4 Nd7 13.Be3 exf4 14.Bxf4 Bg5 15.Bd6 Be7 16.Bf4 Bg5 =-= Balashov 2540 -- Gelfand 2585, Klaipeda 1988; 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.b3 Qb6 12.Rd1 Rfe8 13.Bb2 Bf8 14.Kh1 Rac8 15.Rac1 g6 16.f4 Qa5 17.Qf3 Rc7 18.g4 Bg7 19.Na4 b5 20.Bc3 b4 1-0(42) Bachmann 2505 -- Bruzon Batista 2607, Linares ESP 2008; 8...Ne5 9.d3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 OO 11.Be3 a6 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.b3 Rfd8 =-= Sax 2570 -- Ribli 2580, Subotica izt 1987; 9.Rd1 OO 10.d4 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 cxd4 12.Rxd4 Qa5 13.b3 Ng4 14.Bb2 Bf6 15.Rdd1 Ne5 16.Qe2 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Rac8 18.Qe2 Bxc3 19.Rxd6 Qe5 20.Rd2 Bxb2 0-1(41) Yandemirov 2504 -- Grachev 2601, Pardubice CZE 2007; 8.Rd1 OO 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.b3 Qa5 12.Bb2 Qh5 13.Nc3 Qxe2 14.Ndxe2 Rfc8 15.Nd4 Ne8 16.g3 Bf6 17.Kg2 g6 18.Rac1 Nc5 19.Rd2 Bg7 20.Rcd1 Rab8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...Ne5 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.d3 g6 10.f4 Bh6 11.Kh1 Bxf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.e5 Nd7 14.Rxf4 Qg5 15.Re4 Qc1+ 16.Qe1 Qxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Ke7 18.Nc3 Rhd8 19.Re3 b6 20.a3 Nb8 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 13.Rxf4 Nd7 14.e5 Qg5 15.Re4 Qc1+ 16.Qe1 Qxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Ke7 18.Nc3 Rhd8 19.Re3 b6 20.a3 Nb8 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...Be7 10.f4 exf4 11.e5 Nd7 12.Bxf4 Nf8 13.Bd2 Ng6 14.Bc3 OO 15.Nd2 Qd7 16.Ne4 Rad8 17.Rad1 Qc6 18.Rf3 Qc7 19.Ng3 Nh4 20.Rf2 Rd7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10.Nc3 Nd7 11.f4 Bf6 12.f5 Nb8 13.Be3 b6 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Qh5+ Ke7 16.Bg5 Nc6 17.Rxf6 gxf6 18.Bxf6+ 1-0 Bologan 2679 -- Sakaev 2656, Sochi RUS 2004; 8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 OO 11.d4 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Qa5 13.Qc3 Qc7 14.Qe3 Ng4 =-= Byrne 2580 -- Dzindzichashvili 2535, Geneva SUI 1977.
7.d3 Be7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nh3 OO 10.f4 b5 11.Be3 e5 12.Nd2 a6 13.Kh1 exf4 14.Rxf4 d5 15.Raf1 dxe4 16.dxe4 Bd6 17.Rf5 Qe7 18.Nf2 Rae8 19.b3 Bc7 20.Ng4 Nxg4 =-=(47) Peng 2648 -- Wang 2580, HeiBei 2001; 9...Ne5 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.c4 d4 14.Bf2 Qc7 15.Nd2 OOO 16.Bg3 h5 17.Ne4 h4 18.Be1 f6 19.exf6 gxf6 20.f5 exf5 1-0(39) Bellini 2484 -- Hodgson 2640, Mondariz ESP 2000; 9...Rc8 10.f4 Qc7 11.c4 b5 12.cxb5 c4 13.d4 Qb6 14.Be3 Nxe4 15.d5 Qxb5 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.f5 OO 18.Na3 Qe5 19.fxe6 Qxe6 20.Nf4 Rxf4 =-=(58) Jaracz 2536 -- Jakubiec 2565, Warsaw POL 2004; 8...OO 9.f4 Ne8 10.Nc3 Nc7 11.Bd2 Bxg5 12.fxg5 f6 13.gxf6 Rxf6 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bg3 Rxf1+ 16.Rxf1 Qe7 17.Nd1 Rf8 18.Ne3 Rxf1+ 19.Qxf1 Qf7 20.Nf5 Qe6 =-=(59) Glek 2551 -- Pelletier 2623, Istanbul TUR 2003; 10.Nf3 Nc7 11.Kh1 f5 12.c4 Qe8 13.Nc3 Qh5 14.Bd2 Rae8 15.Rae1 Nb8 16.e5 Rd8 17.exd6 Rxd6 18.Be3 b6 19.d4 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Nc6 =-=(40) Pavlovic 2569 -- Dvoirys 2555, Oberwart AUT 2003; 8...Ne5 9.f4 Nc6 10.c4 Nd4 11.Qd1 Nd7 12.Nf3 Bf6 13.Nc3 OO 14.Be3 Qb6 15.Rb1 Nxf3+ 16.Rxf3 a6 17.Kh1 Qc6 18.Qc2 =-= Pavasovic 2593 -- Ruck 2551, Steinbrunn AUT 2005.
7.a3 Be7 8.d4 OO 9.e5 Ne8 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Be3 =-= Pavasovic -- Tratar, Slovakia ch 1993.
8...a6 9.c4 g6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bg5 Bg7 13.Nc3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 OO 15.Rfd1 Rfc8 16.Qd3 Nc5 17.Qe3 e5 18.Bh4 Ne6 19.Qh6 f6 20.h3 Rf8 0-1(36) Rublevsky 2645 -- Groszpeter 2545, Budapest HUN 1996; 0-1(36) Rublevsky 2645 -- Groszpeter 2545, Budapest tt 1996; 0-1(36) Rublevsky 2645 -- Groszpeter 2545, Budapest HUN 1996; 0-1(36) Rublevsky 2645 -- Groszpeter 2545, Budapest HUN 1996; 0-1(36) Rublevsky 2645 -- Groszpeter 2545, Budapest HUN 1996; 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.b3 Bg7 13.Nc3 OO 14.Bf4 Ne5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Bd2 Rfd8 17.Na4 Rd4 18.f3 Rcd8 19.Be3 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 1-0(62) Rublevsky 2650 -- Istratescu 2550, Niksic tt 1997; 9...Rc8 10.b3 g6 11.Rd1 Bg7 12.Ba3 Qb6 13.Nc3 Nc5 14.b4 Ncd7 15.Rac1 OO 16.c5 dxc5 17.Na4 Qc7 18.bxc5 Rfd8 19.c6 Ne5 20.cxb7 =-= Pavasovic 2527 -- Balogh 2567, Austria AUT 2005.
8...Ne5 9.f3 Qb6 10.Qb5+ Qxb5 11.Nxb5 Kd7 12.Rd1 Kc6 13.c4 a6 14.Nd4+ Kc7 15.Nc3 Be7 16.Bf4 Ned7 17.Rac1 Nh5 18.Be3 Rac8 19.b4 Rhd8 20.Nb3 Kb8 1-0(53) Korchnoi 2630 -- Miles 2570, Linares 1985.
8...Nc5 9.f3 Qb6 10.Qb5+ Qxb5 11.Nxb5 Kd7 12.Rd1 Kc6 13.c4 a6 14.Nd4+ Kc7 15.Nc3 Be7 16.Bf4 Ncd7 17.Rac1 Nh5 18.Be3 Rac8 19.b4 Rhd8 20.Nb3 Kb8 1-0(53) Korchnoi 2630 -- Miles 2570, Linares 1985.
9...Rc8 10.Nc3 a6 11.a4 OO 12.b3 Nc5 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.h3 Bf8 16.Rac1 g6 17.Qc2 Red8 18.Nde2 Bg7 19.Rb1 b6 20.Bc1 Qb7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
9...a6 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Nc2 OO 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.b3 Rfe8 14.Rac1 d5 15.cxd5 =-= Tkachiev 2535 -- De Firmian 2565, Biel open 1994.
10.Nc3 a6 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Rfe8 13.Rad1 Bf8 14.Qf3 Rad8 15.Kh1 Qc5 16.Qg3 Qh5 17.h3 Nc5 18.Qe3 Qg6 19.Rfe1 d5 20.e5 Nfe4 0-1(39) Oral 2521 -- Benjamin 2593, Sydney AUS 1999; 11.Be3 Rc8 12.Rac1 Ne5 13.b3 Nc6 14.Rfd1 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qa5 16.f3 Rc6 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.a4 Rc8 19.Qg5 e5 20.Bf2 Nxe4 =-=(101) Ovetchkin 2539 -- Shengelia 2562, playchess.com INT 2006; 10...Rc8 11.b3 a6 =-= Gheorghiu 2545 -- Miles 2590, Wijk aan Zee NED 1981.
11.Bb2 Rfe8 12.Nd2 Ne5 13.Kh1 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Rae1 Rad8 16.f4 d5 17.e5 Nd7 18.f5 Bb4 19.f6 g6 20.Rc1 Bf8 0-1(42) Onischuk 2653 -- Fishbein 2505, San Diego, CA USA 2004; 0-1(42) Onischuk 2653 -- Fishbein 2505, San Diego, CA USA 2004; 0-1(42) Onischuk 2653 -- Fishbein 2505, San Diego, CA USA 2004; 0-1(42) Onischuk 2653 -- Fishbein 2505, San Diego, CA USA 2004; 0-1(42) Onischuk 2653 -- Fishbein 2505, San Diego, CA USA 2004; 0-1(42) Onischuk 2653 -- Fishbein 2505, San Diego, CA USA 2004; 0-1(42) Onischuk 2653 -- Fishbein 2505, San Diego, CA USA 2004.
10...a6 11.Bb2 Qb6 12.Kh1 Rfe8 13.f4 Qc5 14.Nd2 =-= Tkachiev 2620 -- Hodgson 2550, Jakarta INA 1996; 11...Rc8 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Kh1 Rfe8 14.f4 Bf8 15.Rad1 Qh5 16.Nf3 Rc5 17.e5 dxe5 18.g4 Nxg4 19.Rxd7 exf4 20.Ne4 Rf5 1-0(28) Rublevsky 2649 -- Czebe 2477, Bastia FRA 2004.
10...Re8 11.Bb2 a6 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Kh1 h6 14.f4 Bf8 15.Qf3 b6 16.Rae1 Rc5 17.Na4 Rc8 18.Nc3 Rc5 19.Na4 Rc7 20.Qg3 d5 =-=(22) Oral 2531 -- Stefansson 2557, Pardubice CZE 2000.
7...g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Bxd4 OO 11.Rd1 b5 12.Qxb5 Nxe4 13.Qe2 d5 14.c4 Rc8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qb2+ Qf6 17.Qxf6+ Ndxf6 18.Nbd2 Rfd8 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.cxd5 Nc3 =-=(23) Ivanchuk 2730 -- Kasparov 2785, Las Palmas ESP 1996; =-=(23) Ivanchuk 2730 -- Kasparov 2785, Las Palmas ESP 1996; =-=(23) Ivanchuk 2730 -- Kasparov 2785, Las Palmas ESP 1996; =-=(23) Ivanchuk 2730 -- Kasparov 2785, Las Palmas ESP 1996; =-=(23) Ivanchuk 2730 -- Kasparov 2785, Las Palmas ESP 1996; =-=(23) Ivanchuk 2730 -- Kasparov 2785, Las Palmas ESP 1996; =-=(23) Ivanchuk 2730 -- Kasparov 2785, Las Palmas ESP 1996; =-=(23) Ivanchuk 2730 -- Kasparov 2785, Las Palmas ESP 1996; 11.c4 Qa5 12.Bc3 Qc7 13.Nbd2 Rfd8 14.Rac1 Nc5 15.h3 a5 16.Nd4 a4 17.b4 Ncd7 18.a3 Rac8 19.Nb5 Qb8 20.Bd4 Nh5 1-0(36) Bologan 2661 -- Balogh 2561, Bastia FRA 2006; 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Ba3 Qb6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Rad1 OO 13.Na4 Qc7 14.c4 =-= Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; =-= Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; =-= Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; =-= Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; =-= Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar, FIDE Match 1994; 8.c3 Bg7 9.d4 OO 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Bb2 Rfc8 12.Rfe1 a6 13.e5 Ne8 14.h4 b5 15.h5 Qb7 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Qd3 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qd5 19.Qe3 Rc2 20.Rab1 Rac8 =-=(34) Rublevsky 2610 -- Neverov 2515, St Petersburg RUS 1996.
7...a6 8.Bb2 Qc7 9.c4 g6 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nh3 Bg7 12.f4 OO 13.d3 b5 14.Nd2 bxc4 15.dxc4 a5 16.Nf2 Nh5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nd1 a4 19.Nc3 axb3 20.Nxb3 Nhf6 =-=(41) Bologan 2600 -- Ehlvest 2660, Erevan olm 1996.
8.c4 OO 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Bb2 Rfc8 13.Rac1 Rab8 14.Kh1 Qh5 15.f3 Bd8 16.Ba1 Bc7 17.Rcd1 Re8 18.Qd2 Rbd8 19.Rde1 Ne5 20.f4 Neg4 0-1(38) Oral 2546 -- Pelletier 2545, Leon ESP 2001; 0-1(38) Oral 2546 -- Pelletier 2545, Leon ESP 2001; 0-1(38) Oral 2546 -- Pelletier 2545, Leon ESP 2001; 0-1(38) Oral 2546 -- Pelletier 2545, Leon ESP 2001.
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.c4 Qb6 12.Rd1 Rfe8 13.Nc3 Rad8 14.Rab1 Bf8 15.Ba1 g6 16.Nf3 Qc7 17.Re1 Bg7 18.Rbd1 Nc5 19.Nd4 d5 20.exd5 exd5 =-=(44) Ivanov -- Balashov 2595, Toluca MEX 1982; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 12...Nc5 13.Nc3 Rfe8 14.Rac1 Rac8 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Re8 12.Nc3 Bf8 13.Kh1 Qa5 14.f4 Rac8 15.Nf3 e5 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Rae1 1-0 Titov -- Novikov, USSR 1982; * ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Rc8 12.Nd2 Re8 13.Rac1 Nf8 14.a3 Qc7 15.b4 Qb8 16.N4b3 e5 17.Rfd1 b6 18.Nf1 a5 19.Bc3 axb4 20.axb4 Rc7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Qc7 12.Nc3 Rfe8 13.Kh1 Nf8 14.f4 N6d7 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Qh5 g6 17.Qh6 Bf6 18.Rf3 Bg7 19.Qxg7+ Kxg7 20.Nd5 1-0 Antonio 2513 -- Dao 2601, Kuala Lumpur MAS 2005; 10...Qc7 11.c4 a6 12.Nc3 Rfe8 13.f4 Qc5 14.Na4 Qh5 15.Qxh5 Nxh5 16.f5 Bf6 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Rad1 Nc5 19.g4 Nxa4 20.bxa4 Bxd4+ 1-0(54) Tal 2615 -- Miles 2560, Riga izt 1979; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10...Nc5 11.Nd2 Qb6 12.Rad1 Qa6 13.Qxa6 Nxa6 14.Rfe1 =-= Nunn 2575 -- Ribli 2600, Thessaloniki olm 1984.
9.d3 Nb8 10.d4 Nc6 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Nc4 Rfd8 14.a4 Qf4 15.Rfe1 Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.g3 Qc7 18.e5 Ne8 19.Red1 Bc5 20.Qg4 Rd5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10.c4 Nc6 11.Rd1 e5 12.Nc3 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Nb1 g6 15.Bc1 Nh5 16.Bh6 Re8 17.Qg4 =-= Landa 2614 -- Grigoriants 2499, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 9...Qc7 10.Nbd2 Rfe8 11.Ng5 e5 12.c4 Nd5 13.Nh3 Nb4 14.a3 Nc2 15.Rac1 Nd4 16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.f4 a6 18.Kh1 Qd8 19.Nf3 b5 20.b4 Bf6 =-=(43) Speelman 2583 -- Reinderman 2506, Catalan Bay 2003.
9...e5 10.Nc3 Ne8 11.Ne1 Nc7 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.Ne3 Nf6 14.g3 Ne6 15.Qd3 Qd7 16.Ncd5 Bxe3 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.fxe3 Qe7 19.Rf2 Nc7 20.Raf1 Ne8 1-0(38) Yudasin 2615 -- Shirov 2710, Lubliana SLO 1995; 1-0(38) Yudasin 2630 -- Shirov 2695, Ljubljana 1995; 1-0(38) Yudasin 2630 -- Shirov 2695, Ljubljana 1995; 1-0(38) Yudasin 2630 -- Shirov 2695, Ljubljana 1995; 1-0(38) Yudasin 2630 -- Shirov 2695, Ljubljana 1995; 10...g6 11.a3 Nh5 12.g3 Ng7 13.b4 b6 14.Nd5 f5 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.bxc5 bxc5 17.Bc3 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Qe4 Qd7 20.Rab1 Rab8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10...Nh5 11.g3 g6 12.Ne1 Qe8 13.Ng2 a6 14.Rae1 Rb8 15.Qd3 Ng7 16.f4 exf4 17.gxf4 Bf6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Ne4 Bd8 20.fxe5 Ne6 1-0(26) Reinderman 2561 -- Van der Wiel 2558, NED 2000; 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.f4 exf4 12.Rxf4 Nc7 13.Nc2 Ne6 14.Rf2 Bh4 15.g3 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Nc3 Nd7 18.Raf1 Ne5 19.Nd5 a6 20.Nce3 f6 =-=(37) Peng 2550 -- Oll 2650, Elista olm 1998.
9...Re8 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.Rd1 Nc5 13.Nc3 Rad8 14.Rab1 Bf8 15.Qf3 a6 16.Rd2 d5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Qg6 20.Nf5 Ne4 =-=(26) Tal 2615 -- Geller 2550, Minsk BLR 1979; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 14.Re1 Bf8 15.Qf3 Nfd7 16.Rad1 Ne5 17.Qe2 g6 18.Nc2 Bg7 19.Ne3 a6 20.Kh1 Qa5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 14.Kh1 d5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bf6 18.Qc4 Ne4 19.Kg1 Qa5 20.Re1 Nd6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
9...d5 10.e5 Ne8 11.cxd5 exd5 12.d4 Nc7 * ? -- ?, ? 0.
9...Rc8 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 a6 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Rfd1 Rfe8 14.Rac1 Bf8 15.Kh1 g6 16.f4 Bh6 17.Qf3 e5 18.Nde2 exf4 19.Nxf4 Qe5 20.Rf1 Bxf4 =-=(42) Zhang 2658 -- Bu 2588, Yongchuan 2003.
11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.Kh1 Qc5 13.f4 Rfe8 14.Nf3 b5 15.e5 Ng4 16.Nd4 dxe5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Qxg4 Bf6 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Nc3 bxc4 0-1(41) Ricardi 2575 -- Wolff 2575, Buenos Aires ARG 1997; 0-1(41) Ricardi 2575 -- Wolff 2575, Buenos Aires ARG 1997; 0-1(41) Ricardi 2575 -- Wolff 2575, Buenos Aires ARG 1997; 0-1(41) Ricardi 2575 -- Wolff 2575, Buenos Aires ARG 1997; 0-1(41) Ricardi 2575 -- Wolff 2575, Buenos Aires ARG 1997; 12...Rfe8 13.f4 g6 14.Nf3 Bf8 15.Nc3 Bg7 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Ng4 18.Ne4 Ngxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Nf6+ Bxf6 1-0(59) Ulibin -- Sherbakov, ? 1991; 13...Qc5 14.Nf3 b5 15.e5 Ng4 16.Na3 Qe3 17.Qxe3 Nxe3 18.Rfe1 Ng4 19.exd6 Bxd6 20.g3 Bc5 0-1(51) Degraeve 2536 -- Hodgson 2565, FRA 1999; 12.Rd1 Rfe8 13.Nc3 Rad8 14.Kh1 Ne5 15.f4 Ng6 16.f5 exf5 17.exf5 Bf8 18.Qf1 Ne5 19.h3 d5 20.cxd5 Nxd5 0-1(31) Movsesian 2650 -- Ftacnik 2585, Prague CZE 1999; 12...Rac8 13.Nc3 Rfe8 14.Rac1 Qc7 15.h3 b6 16.Re1 g6 17.Rcd1 Qb7 18.Rd2 Bf8 19.Qd1 Bh6 20.Rde2 Red8 0-1(64) Jussupow 2655 -- Van Wely 2560, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' 1994; 12.Nf3 Rac8 13.Nc3 Qa5 14.Nd4 Rfe8 15.Rad1 Bf8 16.Ba1 g6 17.Qd2 Rcd8 18.Nf3 Qc7 19.h3 b6 20.Rfe1 Qb7 =-=(27) Romanishin 2560 -- Gavrikov 2550, Irkutsk 1986; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 12.Nc2 Rac8 13.Nc3 Rfe8 14.Kh1 Qc5 15.Rac1 Qh5 16.Qxh5 Nxh5 17.g3 Nhf6 18.Rfd1 Red8 19.Kg2 Kf8 20.f3 Rc7 =-=(43) Adams 2660 -- Tiviakov 2630, New York-cq-plof (m/04) PCA 30' 1994; 11...Rc8 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.Rad1 Rfe8 14.Kh1 Bf8 15.f4 Qa5 16.Nf3 Red8 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Ng4 19.Ng5 Ndxe5 20.Nd5 exd5 =-=(46) Fressinet 2595 -- Polgar 2715, Enghien les Bains FRA 2003; =-=(46) Fressinet 2595 -- Polgar 2715, Enghien les Bains FRA 2003; =-=(46) Fressinet 2595 -- Polgar 2715, Enghien les Bains FRA 2003; =-=(46) Fressinet 2595 -- Polgar 2715, Enghien les Bains FRA 2003; =-=(46) Fressinet 2595 -- Polgar 2715, Enghien les Bains FRA 2003; =-=(46) Fressinet 2595 -- Polgar 2715, Enghien les Bains FRA 2003; =-=(46) Fressinet 2595 -- Polgar 2715, Enghien les Bains FRA 2003; =-=(46) Fressinet 2595 -- Polgar 2715, Enghien les Bains FRA 2003; 12...Qa5 13.Rac1 Rfe8 14.Kh1 Bf8 15.f4 g6 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Qxe5 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Rxf6 Nd3 20.Rb1 Nxb2 0-1(49) Ni 2681 -- Timofeev 2650, Nizhniy Novgorod RUS 2007; 11...Re8 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Rad1 Qa5 14.Kh1 Qh5 15.Qxh5 Nxh5 16.g3 Nhf6 17.Kg2 Rc7 18.f3 Rec8 19.Rf2 Kf8 20.Rfd2 h5 =-=(56) Anand 2798 -- Carlsen 2775, Mainz GER 2008; 13...Bf8 14.Kh1 g6 15.f4 Rc5 16.Nf3 Qb8 17.e5 dxe5 18.b4 Rc7 19.fxe5 Ng4 20.Ne4 Bg7 1-0(40) Ulibin 2500 -- Neverov, Voskresensk 1990; 12...Qb6 13.Rad1 Rad8 14.Kh1 g6 15.f4 Nh5 16.f5 Bf6 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Na4 Qa5 19.Nf3 b5 20.Bxf6 Ndxf6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Qc7 12.Nc3 Rfe8 13.Rad1 Bf8 14.f4 e5 15.Nf5 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Qxb5 g6 18.Ng3 exf4 19.Rxf4 d5 20.Qf1 Qb6+ 1-0(25) Ulibin -- Ruban, ? 1991; 1-0(25) Ulibin 2565 -- Ruban 2575, Santa Clara CUB 1991; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Qa5 12.Nc3 Rfe8 13.Rad1 Rac8 14.f4 b5 15.e5 b4 16.exf6 bxc3 17.Bxc3 Qxc3 18.fxe7 Nf6 19.g4 d5 20.g5 Ne4 0-1(36) Ivanchuk 2741 -- Miton 2638, Havana CUB 2006.
5...e5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3 g6 8.Nd5 Bg7 9.a3 Nge7 10.Rb1 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.b4 f5 14.bxc5 dxc5 15.Qb3 b6 16.OO fxe4 17.dxe4 Rc8 18.Qc4 OO 19.f4 Qf7 20.Bd2 Rfe8 0-1(50) Tkachiev 2510 -- Ivanchuk 2710, London ENG 1994; 0-1(50) Tkachiev 2510 -- Ivanchuk 2710, London ENG 1994; 9.Bg5 Nce7 10.OO Nxd5 11.cxd5 Ne7 12.a4 OO 13.Re1 h6 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nh4 b6 16.Re3 Rab8 17.Qc1 Qe6 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 13.Nd2 h6 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nc4 b6 16.Qb3 Rab8 17.Qb5 f5 18.f3 Rf6 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 8...Nce7 9.OO Bg7 10.Rb1 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Ne7 12.b4 b6 13.bxc5 bxc5 14.Qb3 OO 15.Qb7 Rad8 16.Bd2 Nc8 17.Ba5 Nb6 18.Qxd7 Rxd7 19.Bxb6 axb6 20.Rxb6 Ra8 =-=(41) Keres 2605 -- Panno 2580, Petropolis izt 1973; 8.a3 Bg7 9.Rb1 Nge7 10.b4 b6 11.OO OO 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Bd2 Rac8 16.Qb3 Rc7 17.Rbc1 Rfc8 18.b5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 20.Bxc1 Qc7 1-0(59) Spassky 2650 -- Byrne 2595, San Juan m 1974; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.OO Nge7 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 OO =-= Baklan 2585 -- Sadler 2660, Porz GER 1998; 8.h4 h5 9.a3 Bh6 10.Bxh6 Nxh6 11.b4 OO 12.Nd5 Kg7 13.bxc5 dxc5 14.OO f5 15.exf5 Rxf5 16.Ng5 Nd4 17.f3 Re8 18.a4 Rff8 19.Ne4 Ne6 20.Qb3 Nf5 =-=(45) Oratovsky -- Kaspi, Israel 1992; 7...Nge7 8.OO g6 9.Nd5 Bg7 10.Bg5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Qb3 OO 14.Bd2 f5 15.f3 f4 16.Rac1 =-= Andersson 2555 -- Kavalek 2555, Amsterdam NED 1973; * ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.OO Nge7 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Nd4 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.d3 Be7 12.Qb3 OO 13.f4 Rac8 14.Bd2 f6 15.h3 Rc7 16.Rf2 Rfc8 17.Raf1 Rc2 18.g4 a6 19.a4 R8c5 20.Bb4 Rxf2 1-0(71) Karpov 2660 -- Ribli 2525, Bath etc 1973; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...Nb4 10.d3 Be7 11.Ne1 OO 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 f5 14.a3 Na6 15.Qb3 fxe4 16.dxe4 Rae8 17.Nc2 Bf6 18.Rae1 b5 19.Qg3 h5 20.h4 Rd8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...Be7 8.d3 Bd8 9.Ne1 Ba5 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nge7 13.Nc2 OO 14.Ne3 Rad8 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bh4 Rde8 17.Rb1 b6 18.g4 Rf7 19.Rb2 Qe6 20.Rbf2 Ref8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...g6 8.a3 Bg7 9.b4 Nge7 10.bxc5 dxc5 11.d3 OO 12.Nd5 f5 13.Bg5 Nc8 14.Be3 b6 15.a4 f4 16.Bd2 a5 17.Rb1 Nb4 18.g3 Ra7 19.Bc3 Qd6 20.gxf4 exf4 1-0(42) Rublevsky 2685 -- Brestian 2430, Elista olm 1998; 7.Nd5 Be7 8.d3 Bd8 9.OO Nge7 10.a3 a5 11.Bg5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg5 14.Nb5 OO 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 b6 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Ra4 f5 19.Qa1 Rxa4 20.Qxa4 e4 =-=(35) Naiditsch 2652 -- Georgiev 2663, Liepaja LAT 2007; 7...Nge7 8.d3 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Nb4 10.OO Be7 11.a3 Na6 12.Nd2 OO 13.Nc4 f5 14.Bd2 b5 15.Na5 fxe4 16.dxe4 Nb8 17.a4 a6 18.Nb3 Ra7 19.Be3 Rc7 20.axb5 axb5 =-=(26) Unzicker 2530 -- Stein 2620, Kislovodsk RUS 1972; 7.a3 Be7 8.d3 Bd8 9.OO Nge7 10.Rb1 a5 11.Nh4 OO 12.f4 exf4 =-= Svetushkin 2618 -- Georgiev 2663, Athens GRE 2007; 6...g6 7.Nd5 Bg7 8.d3 Ne7 9.Bg5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 OO 11.OO f5 12.Bd2 Bf6 13.b4 Na6 14.Rb1 cxb4 15.Bxb4 fxe4 16.dxe4 Rac8 17.Ba3 Nc5 18.Qe2 Bd8 19.Kh1 Rf4 20.Nd2 Na4 =-=(36) Chekhov -- Machulsky, Sochi RUS 1975; 6.OO g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.d3 Ne7 9.Nh4 OO 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nbc6 12.Qd2 f5 13.Bh6 Nd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.exf5 Nexf5 16.Nxf5+ Rxf5 17.Rxf5 Nxf5 18.Re1 Re8 19.Nd5 Re6 20.Nf4 Rxe1+ =-=(21) Azmaiparashvili 2645 -- Zvjaginsev 2635, Portoroz SLO 1997; =-=(21) Azmaiparashvili 2645 -- Zvjaginsev 2635, Portoroz SLO 1997; =-=(21) Azmaiparashvili 2645 -- Zvjaginsev 2635, Portoroz SLO 1997; =-=(21) Azmaiparashvili 2645 -- Zvjaginsev 2635, Portoroz SLO 1997; 6...Nc6 7.Nc3 g6 8.d3 Bg7 9.Nd5 Nge7 10.Bd2 OO 11.Rb1 Rab8 12.b4 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nxb4 14.Bxb4 cxb4 15.Rxb4 Rfe8 16.Re1 Qc7 17.Qb3 Bh6 18.g3 Re7 19.Rb1 b6 20.Kg2 Rbe8 0-1(40) Schmid 2550 -- Andersson 2580, Nice FRA 1974; 0-1(40) Schmid 2550 -- Andersson 2580, Nice FRA 1974.
5...g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bg7 8.OO Nc6 9.Ne2 Ne5 10.Nbc3 Nxc4 11.b3 Nb6 12.a4 Qd8 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Rc1 OO 15.h3 Nbd7 16.g4 Ne5 17.f4 Nc6 18.f5 Rc8 19.Nf4 Nd7 20.g5 Nb4 1-0(33) Morozevich 2605 -- Topalov 2630, Pamplona ESP 1994; 1-0(33) Morozevich 2605 -- Topalov 2630, Pamplona ESP 1994; 1-0(33) Morozevich 2605 -- Topalov 2630, Pamplona ESP 1995; 1-0(33) Morozevich 2605 -- Topalov 2630, Pamplona ESP 1994; 1-0(33) Morozevich 2605 -- Topalov 2630, Pamplona ESP 1994; 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.OO OO 10.f3 Rc8 11.b3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 e6 14.Bh6 exd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Ne2 =-= Kritz 2545 -- Kempinski 2619, GER 2006; 9.f3 OO 10.OO Rc8 11.b3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 e6 14.Bh6 exd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Ne2 =-= Zarnicki 2509 -- Kempinski 2590, Buenos Aires ARG 2006; 8...Nc6 9.Nde2 Nf6 10.f3 OO 11.OO Rac8 12.Bg5 a6 13.b3 Rfd8 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Bxf6 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Bxf6 17.Nd5 Qa5 18.Nxf6+ exf6 19.Qb2 Kg7 20.Nc3 Ne7 1-0(49) Ni 2632 -- Andriasian 2508, Moscow RUS 2007; 7...Nf6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.h3 OO 10.Be3 Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.a4 Nc6 13.OO Qd8 14.Rb1 Qa5 15.Nde2 Rd8 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Ne5 18.Nd4 Rac8 19.Qe2 Nd7 20.f4 Re8 1-0(78) Deviatkin 2568 -- Vorobiov 2536, Moscow RUS 2008; 6...Bg7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Be3 Nh6 10.f3 f5 11.Qd2 Nf7 12.exf5 gxf5 13.OO Nfe5 14.b3 OO 15.Kh1 Kh8 16.Rad1 f4 17.Bg1 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Qf5 19.Rde1 Rf7 20.Re4 Ng6 =-=(32) Suetin -- Tal, USSR 1955; 7...Nc6 8.d5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Na5 10.Nd2 f6 11.OO b6 12.h3 e5 13.a4 Rb8 14.f4 exf4 15.Rxf4 Kd8 16.Nb3 Nxc4 17.Qf1 Ne5 =-= Ganguly 2541 -- Sasikiran 2654, Mumbai IND 2004; 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nf6 9.f3 OO 10.Be3 a6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.b3 Qd8 13.Qd2 Nc6 14.Nde2 Rab8 15.OO Qa5 16.Rfd1 b5 17.Nd5 Qxd2 18.Rxd2 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Nb4 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 1-0(58) Macieja 2613 -- Damljanovic 2625, Vrsac YUG 2006.
5...Qg4 6.OO Qxe4 7.d4 cxd4 8.Re1 Qc6 9.Nxd4 Qxc4 10.Na3 Qc8 11.Bf4 Qd7 12.Nab5 e5 13.Bxe5 dxe5 14.Rxe5+ Be7 15.Rd5 Qc8 16.Nf5 Kf8 17.Nxe7 Kxe7 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 8.Nxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Qg4 10.Qa4+ Qd7 11.Ndb5 Nc6 12.Bg5 a6 13.Nd5 Rc8 14.Nb6 Qg4 15.Nxc8 Qxg5 16.Nba7 Qa5 17.Qxa5 Nxa5 18.Rfc1 e6 19.b4 Nc6 20.Nxc6 bxc6 *(23) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...Nf6 8.Nc3 Qf5 9.Qb3 b6 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Be3 Qc8 12.Rfe1 e5 13.Bg5 Nfd7 14.Rad1 f6 15.Bh4 Nc5 16.Qc2 Nc6 17.Nd5 Kf7 18.b4 Ne6 19.Qe4 g5 20.Qf5 Bg7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
5...e6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.OO Nf6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.b3 OO 11.Bb2 Rac8 12.Nc2 a6 13.Qe2 Rfe8 14.Rfd1 b6 15.Ne3 Qb7 16.f3 =-= Sax 2560 -- Ribli 2585, Budapest ch-HUN 1981; * ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...e6 7.OO Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 OO 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Re1 Rfc8 13.Nxc6 Rxc6 =-= Ghinda 2475 -- Salov, Greece 1985.
7.OO Bg7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 OO 10.f3 Rc8 11.b3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 e6 14.Bh6 exd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Ne2 Qe5 18.Qd4 Nc6 19.Qxe5+ Nxe5 20.Rac1 b6 0-1(73) Yandemirov 2494 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(73) Yandemirov 2494 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(73) Yandemirov 2494 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(73) Yandemirov 2494 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(73) Yandemirov 2494 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(73) Yandemirov 2494 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(73) Yandemirov 2494 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(73) Yandemirov 2494 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 16.c5 Na6 17.Nc2 Nxc5 18.Qd4+ f6 19.Ne3 Ne6 20.Qh4 Rc5 0-1(53) Kamsky 2705 -- Gelfand 2733, Elista RUS 2007; =-= Rublevsky 2655 -- Grischuk 2719, Poikovsky 2004; 14.Be3 exd5 15.cxd5 Na6 16.Rc1 Rxc1 17.Qxc1 Nb4 18.Qd2 Nxd5 19.Ne2 Qe7 =-= Delchev 2577 -- Ivanchuk 2704, Istanbul TUR 2003.
9.h3 OO 10.OO Nc6 11.Be3 =-= Spasov 2579 -- Smirin 2630, Plovdiv BUL 2008; 10...Rc8 11.b3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 e6 14.Bh6 exd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Qg4 Nc6 18.Rad1 Rd8 19.Nxc6 =-= Hansen 2542 -- Berg 2592, Helsingor DEN 2008; 10.Be3 Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.a4 e6 13.Rc1 b6 14.OO Qb7 15.Nf3 Rd8 16.e5 Ne8 17.Bf4 Nc6 18.exd6 e5 19.Be3 Rxd6 20.Qe2 Nd4 =-=(100) Leko 2741 -- Carlsen 2765, Miskolc HUN 2008; 10...Nc6 11.OO Rfd8 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.b3 e6 14.Qf3 Qe7 15.Rfd1 a6 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Bd4 Rdc8 18.a4 Nd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qe3 Qd8 1-0(48) Adams 2729 -- Cheparinov 2696, Baku AZE 2008; 10.Nf3 Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.a4 e6 13.OO =-= Spasov 2579 -- Nielsen 2629, Plovdiv BUL 2008.
10.OO Rc8 11.b3 d5 12.e5 Ne8 13.Nxd5 e6 14.Nc3 Bxe5 15.Nde2 b5 16.Bh6 bxc4 17.Rb1 cxb3 18.Rxb3 Qe7 19.f4 Bh8 20.f5 gxf5 1-0(29) Vescovi 2633 -- Areshchenko 2564, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(29) Vescovi 2633 -- Areshchenko 2564, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(29) Vescovi 2633 -- Areshchenko 2564, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(29) Vescovi 2633 -- Areshchenko 2564, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(29) Vescovi 2633 -- Areshchenko 2564, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(29) Vescovi 2633 -- Areshchenko 2564, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(29) Vescovi 2633 -- Areshchenko 2564, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(29) Vescovi 2633 -- Areshchenko 2564, Moscow RUS 2004; 1-0(29) Vescovi 2633 -- Areshchenko 2564, Moscow RUS 2004; 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 e6 14.Bh6 exd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Ne2 =-= Gdanski 2529 -- Kempinski 2586, Warsaw POL 2004; 10...a6 11.Be3 Rc8 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Nb3 Ne5 15.c5 dxc5 16.f4 Nc6 17.e5 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.Qf3 c4 20.Bd4 Qh5 1-0(42) Nataf 2565 -- Naiditsch 2611, GER 2005; 1-0(42) Nataf 2565 -- Naiditsch 2611, GER 2005; 1-0(42) Nataf 2565 -- Naiditsch 2611, GER 2005; 1-0(42) Nataf 2565 -- Naiditsch 2611, GER 2005; 1-0(42) Nataf 2565 -- Naiditsch 2611, GER 2005; 1-0(42) Nataf 2565 -- Naiditsch 2611, GER 2005; 1-0(42) Nataf 2565 -- Naiditsch 2611, GER 2005.
10.b3 Rc8 11.Be3 a6 12.a4 e6 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.OO d5 15.exd5 exd5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Bd4 Rd8 19.Qd3 Qb7 20.Ne2 Ne8 =-=(30) Ni 2625 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005.
11.OO e6 12.Qd2 a6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Rac1 b5 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.e5 Ne8 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Ne4 Qd5 19.exd6 f5 20.Qf2 Qxa2 1-0(43) Ivanchuk 2705 -- Dominguez Perez 2645, Mallorca 2004; 1-0(43) Ivanchuk 2705 -- Dominguez Perez 2645, Mallorca 2004; 1-0(43) Ivanchuk 2705 -- Dominguez Perez 2645, Mallorca 2004; 1-0(43) Ivanchuk 2705 -- Dominguez Perez 2645, Mallorca 2004; 1-0(43) Ivanchuk 2705 -- Dominguez Perez 2645, Mallorca 2004; 1-0(43) Ivanchuk 2705 -- Dominguez Perez 2645, Mallorca 2004; 1-0(43) Ivanchuk 2705 -- Dominguez Perez 2645, Mallorca 2004; 12...Ne5 13.b3 d5 14.f4 Neg4 15.e5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.h3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Rfd8 19.Nb5 f6 20.Qxe4 fxe5 1-0(54) Sadvakasov 2635 -- Kulaots 2576, Moscow RUS 2005; 11...a6 12.a4 e6 13.Nde2 Rac8 14.Kh1 Rfe8 15.Bf2 Qc7 16.Rc1 Nd7 17.b3 Nc5 18.Rb1 Kh8 19.Bg3 Qa5 20.Qd2 Qb6 1-0(97) Zhang 2598 -- Sadvakasov 2612, Hyderabad IND 2005; 13.Rc1 Ne5 14.Qe2 d5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.f4 Nc4 17.e5 Ng4 18.Bf2 Nxf2 19.Qxf2 f6 20.e6 Qd6 0-1(42) Svetushkin 2604 -- Kruppa 2533, Predeal ROU 2007; 12.Qd2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.Nd5 =-= Tiviakov 2635 -- Dominguez Perez 2695, Havana CUB 2008; 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.Na4 Qd8 14.c5 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Ne8 16.Be3 dxc5 17.Nxc5 Nd6 18.Qb3 b5 19.Rfd1 Qa5 20.Bd2 Qb6 =-=(23) Nataf 2583 -- Charbonneau 2509, Montreal CAN 2005.
11.Rc1 a6 12.OO Rac8 13.Na4 Qc7 14.Qd2 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Nd7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.b3 =-= Zhang 2623 -- Bu 2640, Wuxi 2006.
10...Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.a4 e6 13.Qd2 Nc6 14.OO d5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.e5 Ne8 18.f4 f6 19.Bc5 Nc7 20.Rae1 fxe5 0-1(40) Svetushkin 2604 -- Motylev 2645, Predeal ROU 2007; 12...Nc6 13.OO Qd8 14.Nde2 Nd7 15.Kh1 Rab8 16.Rb1 Qa5 17.Qd2 Nf6 18.Rfd1 Qd8 19.Bg5 Ne5 20.Bh4 Ned7 =-=(77) Ni 2632 -- Rodshtein 2520, Cappelle la Grande FRA 2007; 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Nde2 Qd8 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.Na4 Qxd2+ 16.Kxd2 Nd7 17.Nec3 e6 18.Rhd1 Kf8 19.Ke2 Ke7 20.c5 dxc5 =-=(44) Macieja 2606 -- Sasikiran 2661, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007; 13.Nxc6 Rxc6 14.a4 =-= Macieja 2593 -- Volokitin 2671, Ermioni Argolidas GRE 2005; 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.OO Nxd4 14.Bxd4 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.Rac1 Rc6 17.Be3 Qb7 =-= Vokarev 2491 -- Motylev 2680, Sochi RUS 2005; 11...e6 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.OO d5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.e5 Ne8 16.f4 Rd8 17.Qe2 d4 18.Rcd1 c5 19.Ne4 Qc6 20.Bc1 a5 0-1(40) Macieja 2622 -- Volokitin 2645, Solingen GER 2006; 11...Nc6 12.OO a6 13.Nde2 Qd8 14.a4 Qa5 15.Qd2 Rd8 16.Rfd1 e6 17.Rab1 Rd7 18.Kh1 Rc8 19.Bg5 Ne8 20.Bf4 Qb4 =-=(34) Tiviakov 2663 -- Smeets 2552, Hilversum NED 2007.
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 g6 9.f3 Bg7 10.Be3 OO 11.OO Qd8 12.Nde2 Qa5 13.Rc1 a6 14.Nf4 Nd7 15.a3 e6 16.Qxd6 Nde5 17.Qc5 Rfc8 18.Nce2 Qa4 19.Bf2 Bf8 20.Qe3 Nxc4 0-1(28) Shirov 2746 -- Gelfand 2681, Polanica Zdroj POL 2000; 0-1(28) Shirov 2746 -- Gelfand 2681, Polanica Zdroj POL 2000; 0-1(28) Shirov 2746 -- Gelfand 2681, Polanica Zdroj POL 2000; 0-1(28) Shirov 2746 -- Gelfand 2681, Polanica Zdroj POL 2000; 11...Rfc8 12.b3 Qc7 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Rac1 b5 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Nd5 Qxd2 18.Rxd2 Nxd5 19.exd5 Rc7 20.Rdc2 Rac8 =-=(27) Kasparov -- Kengis, Baku AZE 1975; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 12...a6 13.Qd3 Qd8 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.c5 d5 16.e5 Nd7 17.f4 e6 18.Bd4 f6 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Rae1 Qe7 0-1(54) Koch 2518 -- Fressinet 2606, Marseille FRA 2001; 11...Rac8 12.b3 Rfd8 13.Qd2 e6 14.Rac1 Qe8 15.Rfd1 a6 16.Qf2 Ne5 17.Qh4 Qf8 18.Nde2 h6 19.Rd2 b5 20.cxb5 axb5 =-=(40) Jansa -- Tukmakov 2570, Amsterdam NED 1974; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 13.Rc1 e6 14.Kh1 d5 15.exd5 exd5 16.c5 Ne8 17.Ncb5 a6 18.Nc3 Nc7 19.Na4 Qe7 20.Re1 Ne6 1-0(43) Kasparov 2805 -- Zelkind 2290, Tel Aviv ISR 1994; 10.Nde2 OO 11.OO e6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 a6 14.a4 Qc7 15.Kh1 Nd7 16.Rb1 Rfe8 17.f4 Nb4 18.b3 Nc5 19.f5 Ncd3 20.Na2 Qc6 =-=(47) Ehlvest 2630 -- Atalik 2537, Ohrid MKD 2001; =-=(47) Ehlvest 2630 -- Atalik 2537, Ohrid MKD 2001; =-=(47) Ehlvest 2630 -- Atalik 2537, Ohrid MKD 2001; =-=(47) Ehlvest 2630 -- Atalik 2537, Ohrid MKD 2001; 11...Rfc8 12.Be3 Qd8 13.b3 a6 14.a4 Qa5 15.Qd2 Nd7 16.Rab1 Rab8 17.Kh1 Nc5 18.Rfd1 Qb4 19.Qc2 Qa5 20.Qd2 Qb4 =-=(22) Leitao 2581 -- Fressinet 2588, Pamplona ESP 2002; 9...Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.OO OO 12.Qd3 Rfc8 13.Be3 Qd8 14.Rac1 Nd7 15.b3 Nc5 16.Qd2 Qa5 17.Bd4 Bxd4+ 18.Qxd4 Ne6 19.Qd2 Nc7 20.Qh6 a6 1-0(30) Tseitlin -- Smirin, Batumi GEO 1972; 12...a6 13.Bd2 Rfc8 14.b3 Rab8 15.Rac1 b5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 =-= Benjamin 2577 -- Leitao 2567, New Delhi IND 2000; 11.b3 OO 12.Bb2 e6 13.OO Rfd8 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Qb6 Qc6 16.Qxc6 bxc6 17.Na4 d5 18.exd5 cxd5 19.c5 Nd7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.Be3 OO 12.Qd3 Rac8 13.Rc1 Qc7 14.b3 Qa5 15.OO a6 16.Rf2 Rc6 17.Rfc2 Rfc8 18.a4 Qb4 19.Rb1 e6 20.Na2 Qa3 =-=(56) Ivanov -- Rytshagov, Cappelle op 1993; 9.OO Bg7 10.Nde2 OO 11.f3 e6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Rad8 14.Qd2 d5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Bxh6 dxe4 17.Qe3 exf3 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qxf3 Qe7 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Rfd8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 b6 14.Qd2 Kh7 15.b3 a6 16.Nd5 b5 17.Nb6 Qa7 18.Bf2 Rab8 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Rac1 Qb7 1-0(74) Ye 2670 -- Wang 2603, Beijing CHN 2000; 9.Nde2 Bg7 10.f3 OO 11.OO Qd8 12.Be3 Rc8 13.b3 Qa5 14.Qd2 a6 15.a4 Rfd8 16.Rab1 e6 17.Rfd1 Qc7 18.Bg5 Rd7 19.Kh1 Ne5 20.Qf4 Ne8 1-0(42) Vescovi 2585 -- Gulko 2608, Moscow RUS 2001; 10.OO OO 11.Bg5 a6 =-= Ivanov 2547 -- Kudrin 2543, Cali COL 2007; 8...e6 9.OO Be7 10.b3 OO 11.Bb2 Rfd8 12.Re1 Rac8 13.Qd3 a6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Rad1 Ne8 16.Ne2 b5 17.Nd4 Qa8 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Qxa2 20.Ba3 Qc2 =-=(45) Ye 2683 -- Wang 2542, Yongchuan 2003; =-=(45) Ye 2683 -- Wang 2542, Yongchuan 2003; =-=(45) Ye 2683 -- Wang 2542, Yongchuan 2003; =-=(45) Ye 2683 -- Wang 2542, Yongchuan 2003; =-=(45) Ye 2683 -- Wang 2542, Yongchuan 2003; =-=(45) Ye 2683 -- Wang 2542, Yongchuan 2003; =-=(45) Ye 2683 -- Wang 2542, Yongchuan 2003; =-=(45) Ye 2683 -- Wang 2542, Yongchuan 2003; 13.Rc1 b6 14.h3 Qb7 15.Nxc6 Rxc6 16.Qd3 a6 17.Rcd1 h6 18.a4 Nd7 19.Qg3 Bf8 20.Ne2 Rc5 =-=(23) De Firmian 2567 -- Gurevich 2542, Seattle, WA USA 2000; 11...Rac8 12.Rc1 Rfd8 13.Re1 b6 14.Qd3 a6 15.Rcd1 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Qb7 17.a4 Ne8 18.Re2 Bf6 19.Qe3 Rc6 20.h3 h6 =-=(42) Shabalov 2624 -- Gurevich 2497, Las Vegas, NV USA 2004; 10.Be3 OO 11.Qe2 Rac8 12.Rac1 a6 13.Rfd1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qc6 15.b3 e5 16.Be3 Nxe4 17.Nd5 Bd8 18.Nb4 Qc7 19.Qd3 f5 20.f3 f4 =-=(28) Benjamin 2595 -- Gurevich 2540, Toronto CAN 1998; =-=(28) Benjamin 2595 -- Gurevich 2540, Open, Toronto CAN 0; 11.Rc1 a6 12.Qe2 Rac8 13.f3 Qc7 14.b3 Qa5 15.Kh1 Rfe8 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.f4 Qh5 18.Qd3 Nd7 19.Rf3 Qa5 20.Bd2 Qd8 0-1(44) Ni 2681 -- Alekseev 2689, Nizhniy Novgorod RUS 2007; 8...Qg4 9.OO Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Nxd4 11.Rxd4 Rc8 12.b3 =-= Finkel -- Sutovsky, Tel Aviv ISR 1993; 12.Bg5 Nd7 13.Rc1 g6 14.Nd5 h6 15.Be3 Bg7 16.Rdd1 a6 17.b4 e6 18.Nb6 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Ke7 20.c5 Be5 =-=(43) Cheparinov 2621 -- Lupulescu 2546, Warsaw POL 2005; =-= Kramnik 2730 -- Gelfand 2685, Ljubljana 1995; 9.Qxg4 Nxg4 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bf4 g5 12.Bxg5 Ne5 13.b3 Rg8 14.Bh4 Bg7 15.Kd2 a5 16.Rab1 a4 17.Nxa4 Bh6+ 18.Kc2 Rg4 19.Bg3 Nxc4 20.bxc4 Rxa4 1-0(50) Zhang 2608 -- Petrosian 2581, Tiayuan CHN 2005.
7...e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.Be3 OO 11.Qe2 Rfd8 12.Rad1 Rac8 13.f4 Qc7 14.b3 a6 15.Kh1 Nd7 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Bd4 Qc7 18.Rd3 Qa5 19.Rh3 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 1-0(30) Rublevsky 2672 -- Klimov 2512, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(30) Rublevsky 2672 -- Klimov 2512, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(30) Rublevsky 2672 -- Klimov 2512, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(30) Rublevsky 2672 -- Klimov 2512, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(30) Rublevsky 2672 -- Klimov 2512, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(30) Rublevsky 2672 -- Klimov 2512, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(30) Rublevsky 2672 -- Klimov 2512, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(30) Rublevsky 2672 -- Klimov 2512, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 11...Rac8 12.f4 a6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.b3 Qa5 15.Qe1 Kh8 16.Kh1 Rfd8 17.f5 h6 18.Nde2 Qe5 19.Bf4 Qc5 20.Qg3 exf5 =-=(49) Rublevsky 2595 -- Ionov 2525, Elista RUS 1995; =-=(49) Rublevsky 2595 -- Ionov 2525, Elista RUS 1995; =-=(49) Rublevsky 2595 -- Ionov 2525, Elista RUS 1995; =-=(49) Rublevsky 2595 -- Ionov 2525, Elista ch-RUS 1995; =-=(49) Rublevsky 2595 -- Ionov 2525, Elista RUS 1995; 11...Rfe8 12.Rad1 Rad8 13.f4 Qc7 14.Kh1 a6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Bd4 Rc8 17.b3 Bd8 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Nd7 20.Ne4 Be7 1-0(29) Rublevsky 2655 -- Kalinin 2512, Moscow RUS 2002; 1-0(29) Rublevsky 2655 -- Kalinin 2512, Moscow RUS 2002; 1-0(29) Rublevsky 2655 -- Kalinin 2512, Moscow RUS 2002; 1-0(29) Rublevsky 2655 -- Kalinin 2512, Moscow RUS 2002; 11.Rc1 Ne5 12.b3 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Ba3 16.Rc2 Qxd5 17.Nf3 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qxf3 19.gxf3 Rfd8 20.Rc7 b6 =-=(57) Lombardy 2455 -- crafty, ICS 1996; 10.b3 OO 11.Bb2 Rfd8 12.Re1 a6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Rc1 Qe8 15.a4 Rac8 16.Qe2 Nd7 17.Rcd1 Nc5 18.Qc2 Qc6 19.Re3 Bf6 20.Nd5 exd5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 12...Rac8 13.Rc1 b6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Qf3 a6 16.Qg3 Qb7 17.a4 Nh5 18.Qf3 Nf6 =-= Smirin 2615 -- Wojtkiewicz 2560, Antwerpen open 1994; 10.f3 OO 11.Be3 Rfd8 12.Rc1 b6 13.Qe2 Qb7 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Qf2 Nd7 17.b3 Qb7 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Qg3 Qc7 20.Na4 Rab8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
7...Nd4 8.b4 Qg4 9.Kh1 Nxf3 10.gxf3 Qh3 11.Rb1 g6 12.bxc5 Bh6 13.Rg1 dxc5 14.Rxb7 Bf4 15.Rg2 OO 16.d3 Be5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Rfb8 19.Rxb8+ Rxb8 20.f4 Bd4 =-=(34) Kramnik 2775 -- Polgar 2675, Dos Hermanas ESP 1996; =-=(34) Kramnik 2775 -- Polgar 2675, Dos Hermanas ESP 1996; =-=(34) Kramnik 2775 -- Polgar 2675, Dos Hermanas ESP 1996; =-=(34) Kramnik 2775 -- Polgar 2675, Dos Hermanas ESP 1996; =-=(34) Kramnik 2775 -- Polgar 2675, Dos Hermanas ESP 1996.
7...Ne5 8.d3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 g6 10.Qd1 Bg7 11.d4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 OO 13.Qd3 Rfc8 14.Bd2 a6 15.f3 Rab8 =-= Dorfman 2600 -- Palac 2545, Cannes open 1998.
10.Nc2 OO 11.b3 a6 12.a4 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Rxa8 15.cxb5 Na7 16.Na3 Ne8 17.Na4 Rb8 18.b6 Nc8 19.Be3 Nf6 20.Qd3 Ng4 =-= Gipslis 2580 -- Geller 2630, Havana CUB 1971.
11.f3 a6 12.a4 Qd8 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.b3 Nc5 16.Na2 Rac8 17.Rb1 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.axb5 Qxb5 20.Nac3 Qd3 =-=(23) Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; =-=(23) Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; =-=(23) Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; =-=(23) Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar, FIDE Match 1994; =-=(23) Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.Re1 Qa5 15.Nd5 e6 16.b4 Qd8 17.Ne3 Qc7 18.Bb2 a5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.b5 Nb4 =-=(21) Rublevsky 2645 -- Huzman 2575, Erevan olm 1996; 14.Rb1 Qa5 15.Nd5 e6 16.b4 Qd8 17.Ne3 Qc7 18.Bb2 a5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.b5 Nb4 =-=(21) Rublevsky 2645 -- Huzman 2575, Erevan ARM 1996; 12...Rfc8 13.b3 Qd8 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.Bg5 Qa5 16.Qd2 Nc5 17.Rab1 e6 18.Rfd1 Rab8 19.Bh4 Qb6 20.Qxd6 Be5 1-0(35) Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; 1-0(35) Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; 1-0(35) Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; 1-0(35) Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; 1-0(35) Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar, FIDE Match 1994; 12...Rac8 13.b3 Qd8 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.Bg5 Qa5 16.Qd2 Nc5 17.Rab1 e6 18.Rfd1 Rb8 19.Bh4 Qb6 20.Qxd6 Be5 1-0(35) Kramnik 2710 -- Gelfand 2685, Sanghi Nagar 1994; 12...e6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.b3 Nc5 16.Rb1 Rfe8 17.Bh4 Nb4 18.Qd2 Ncd3 19.Na2 Nxa2 20.Qxd3 Nb4 1-0(60) Rublevsky 2670 -- Leitao 2567, Istanbul TUR 2000; 12...Qc7 13.Kh1 e6 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.b3 Nc5 16.Rb1 Rac8 17.Qd2 Na5 18.Nc1 Naxb3 19.Nxb3 Nxb3 20.Rxb3 Qxc4 1-0(53) Ponomariov 2585 -- Shipov 2635, Lubniewice tt 1998; 11...Rfd8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 e6 14.f4 Qc7 15.Kh1 Qa5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.f5 Bg5 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Nf4 Bxf4 20.Rxf4 Qg5 =-=(44) Rublevsky 2662 -- Atalik 2575, Herceg Novi YUG 2000; =-=(44) Rublevsky 2662 -- Atalik 2575, Herceg Novi YUG 2000; =-=(44) Rublevsky 2662 -- Atalik 2575, Herceg Novi YUG 2000; =-=(44) Rublevsky 2662 -- Atalik 2575, Herceg Novi YUG 2000; 13.Be3 e6 14.Qd2 Kh7 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Bf2 Rd7 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.Bh4 Kg8 19.f4 b6 20.h3 Rb7 0-1(33) Oratovsky 2465 -- Yermolinsky 2625, North Bay CAN 1998; 11...Qd8 12.Kh1 Rc8 13.Bg5 a6 14.a4 Re8 15.Rb1 Qa5 16.Bh4 Ne5 17.b3 Ned7 18.Qd2 Qh5 19.Bg5 h6 20.Be3 Kh7 =-= Rublevsky 2657 -- Georgiev 2676, Poikovsky 2001.
10...Qe6 11.Nd5 Qxe4 12.Nc7+ Kd7 13.Nxa8 Qxc4 14.Nb6+ axb6 15.Nc3 b5 16.Be3 Ra8 17.Rc1 Ke8 18.a3 b4 19.b3 Qh4 20.Nb5 Kd7 =-=(60) Rublevsky 2662 -- Van Wely 2646, Frankfurt GER 2000; 18.Bg5 Kf8 19.a3 b4 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 =-=(41) Leitao 2587 -- Georgiev 2676, Poikovsky 2001.
6.OO g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 OO 11.Nc3 Rac8 12.b3 e6 13.Rc1 Rfd8 14.Qd2 d5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Rxd5 20.Qf2 Qd7 =-=(23) Blau -- Fischer, Zurich SUI 1959; =-=(23) Blau -- Fischer, Zurich SUI 1959; =-=(23) Blau -- Fischer, Zurich SUI 1959; =-=(23) Blau -- Fischer, Zurich SUI 1959; =-=(23) Blau -- Fischer, Zurich SUI 1959; *(23) ? -- ?, ? 0; 12...Rfd8 13.Qd2 e6 14.Rac1 d5 15.exd5 exd5 16.c5 Re8 17.Bf2 a6 18.Rfd1 Rcd8 19.Nce2 Ne5 20.Bh4 Rc8 =-=(74) Gelfand 2675 -- Shirov 2710, Wijk aan Zee NED 1998; 11...Rfc8 12.b3 Qd8 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.Rad1 a6 15.Rf2 Nd7 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Na4 Qc7 18.Bd4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Rd8 20.Rfd2 Qa5 =-=(22) Smyslov 2510 -- Hellers 2585, Stockholm SWE 1996; =-=(22) Smyslov 2510 -- Hellers 2585, Rilton Cup, Stockholm SWE 0; 11...e6 12.Qd2 d5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 cxd5 18.Rad1 Rfe8 19.Bd4 Bh6 20.Rfe1 a6 =-=(64) Zarnicki 2497 -- Kramnik 2751, Internet Chess Club INT 1999; 9...Nh6 10.f3 f5 11.Nc3 OO 12.Kh1 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf5 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.Nc3 Qe6 16.Nd5 Rac8 17.Qd2 Qf7 18.Rae1 b6 19.Bh6 Rce8 20.Bxg7 Qxg7 1-0(23) Kramnik 2790 -- Van Wely 2605, Wijk aan Zee blitz 1998; 1-0(23) Kramnik 2790 -- Van Wely 2605, Hoogovens Blitz, Wijk aan Zee NED 0; 11...fxe4 12.Qd2 Nf7 13.Nxe4 OO 14.Rad1 =-= Nei 2485 -- Spassky 2660, Tallinn EST 1973; 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd4 e5 12.Bc3 OO 13.Nd2 f5 14.Qa4 Rf7 15.Rad1 d5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd7 Rxd7 18.exd5 Rxd5 19.Nc4 =-= Timman 2620 -- Anand 2770, Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1998; =-= Timman 2635 -- Anand 2770, Wijk aan Zee NED 1998; 10.h3 f5 11.Nc3 fxe4 12.Nxe4 OO 13.Nxc6 =-= Psakhis 2610 -- Gruenfeld 2495, Israel 1st League HER-JER b1, ISR 1997; 9...Ne5 10.b3 Nh6 11.f3 f5 12.Nc3 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf5 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.Ng3 h5 16.Qc2 e6 17.Ne2 h4 18.h3 b5 19.f4 Nc6 20.Rad1 bxc4 =-=(25) Bisguier -- Stein, Caracas VEN 1970; 9.Nc2 Rc8 10.Ne3 Ne5 11.Qe2 Qc6 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.f4 Ned7 14.Kh1 OO 15.Rb1 a5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Qa4 18.a3 Qc2 19.b3 Nc5 20.Qd1 Qxd1 =-=(35) Ricardi 2575 -- Kasparov 2820, Buenos Aires ARG 1997; 6...Nf6 7.Nc3 g6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nde2 Qe6 11.Qb3 OO 12.Nf4 Qc8 13.Nfd5 e6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bh6 Rd8 16.Rac1 Ne5 17.Ne2 Qc6 18.Qc2 Rac8 19.b3 d5 20.exd5 exd5 0-1(35) Damljanovic 2554 -- Stohl 2600, Batumi GEO 1999; 0-1(35) Damljanovic 2554 -- Stohl 2600, Batumi GEO 1999; 0-1(35) Damljanovic 2554 -- Stohl 2600, Batumi GEO 1999; 0-1(35) Damljanovic 2554 -- Stohl 2600, Batumi GEO 1999; 10...OO 11.f3 Rfc8 12.Be3 Qd8 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.b3 a6 15.a4 Nd7 =-= Gheorghiu 2540 -- Polugaevsky 2635, Sochi RUS 1976; 12.Kh1 a6 13.a4 Qd8 14.b3 Nd7 15.Rb1 Nc5 16.Bg5 Nb4 17.Qd2 Rab8 18.Nc1 Qf8 19.Re1 b6 20.Nd5 Nxd5 0-1(45) Van den Doel 2547 -- Leitao 2545, Wijk aan Zee NED 1999; 11...e6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Rad8 14.Qd2 d5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Bxh6 dxe4 17.Qe3 exf3 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qxf3 Qe7 =-= Gheorghiu 2530 -- Hort 2610, Petropolis izt 1973; 11...Rac8 =-= Pavasovic 2547 -- Cvitan 2550, Nova Gorica SLO 2002; 10.Nc2 OO 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rd1 Qe6 13.f3 Rab8 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Nd4 =-= Radulov 2530 -- Smejkal 2595, Ljubljana/Portoroz SLO 1973; 7...e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.b3 OO 11.Bb2 Rfd8 12.Re1 Rac8 13.Qd2 =-= Tkachiev 2535 -- Smirin 2615, Moskou olm 1994; =-= Illescas Cordoba 2577 -- Moreno Carnero 2514, Cala Mendia 2001; 11.Be3 Rfd8 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.Qe2 a6 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.f3 Nd7 16.a4 =-= Timman 2635 -- Short 2665, Moskou olm 1994; 10.Be3 OO 11.f3 Rac8 12.b3 Rfe8 13.Bf2 h5 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nh3 g6 10.f4 Bg7 11.d3 OO 12.Be3 a6 13.Rc1 b5 14.g4 Rab8 15.Rc2 bxc4 16.dxc4 Nd4 17.Rg2 Qb7 18.Qd3 Nd7 19.b3 Rfe8 20.Kh1 Rbd8 =-=(40) Svetushkin 2618 -- Jakubiec 2541, Thessaloniki GRE 2007; 6...e5 7.Nc3 g6 8.d3 Bg7 9.a3 Nge7 10.Rb1 OO 11.b4 Nd8 12.Nd5 Ne6 13.Be3 f5 14.Ne1 f4 15.Bd2 Nd4 16.Nf3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Nc6 18.Bc3 Rf7 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.Rb5 Bf8 1-0(52) Campora 2530 -- Velimirovic 2575, Sarajevo BIH 1986; 1-0(54) Campora 2530 -- Velimirovic 2575, ? 1986; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 6...Ne5 7.d3 e6 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.a3 N7c6 10.Rb1 Be7 11.Be3 OO 12.Ne1 f5 13.f3 b6 14.b3 Bf6 15.Qd2 Nd4 16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.Ne2 fxe4 18.fxe4 d5 19.exd5 exd5 20.Nc2 dxc4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.Ne1 g6 10.f4 N5c6 11.Nf3 Bg7 12.Be3 Nd4 13.Bxd4 cxd4 14.Ne2 Nc6 15.Rb1 a5 16.a3 a4 17.b4 axb3 18.Rxb3 OO 19.Qb1 Ra7 20.Qb2 e5 =-=(39) Dolmatov -- Khasin, Volgograd RUS 1974.
6...Qg4 7.d5 Qxe4+ 8.Be3 Nb4 9.Qa4+ Kd8 10.OO Qc2 11.Qb5 Qf5 12.Qxb7 Qc8 13.Qxc8+ Kxc8 14.Ng5 Nh6 15.a3 Nc2 16.Ra2 a5 17.b3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Rb8 19.Nd2 g6 20.Nxf7 Nxf7 1-0(41) Makarichev 2495 -- Tseshkovsky 2595, Vilnius LTU 1980; 1-0(41) Makarichev 2495 -- Tseskovsky 2595, Vilnius ch-URS 1980; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8...Nd4 9.Qa4+ b5 10.Qa6 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Rd8 12.Qxb5+ Rd7 13.Nbd2 Qg6 14.Rc1 Nxe3+ 15.fxe3 Nf6 16.b4 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.bxc5 Qd3+ 19.Nd2 dxc5 20.Rf1 Qxe3 1-0(32) Baklan 2585 -- Ftacnik 2585, Solingen GER 1998; 7...Nd4 8.Nbd2 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Nf6 10.Qxg4 Nxg4 11.Nf3 e5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.h3 Nf6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Bd6 16.Bf4 Rf8 17.Bh2 OOO 18.Rd1 Bc7 19.Ke2 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Nh5 1-0(54) Tal 2635 -- Balashov 2540, Leningrad RUS 1974; 1-0(54) Tal 2635 -- Balashov 2540, Leningrad ch-URS 1974; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.OO Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 cxd4 10.Rxd4 g6 11.Be3 Bg7 12.Rd2 Rc8 13.Na3 a6 14.Rad1 Nf6 15.f3 OO 16.b3 Nd7 17.Re2 =-= Kavalek 2560 -- Huebner 2625, Solingen GER 1986; * ? -- ?, ? 0.
7...g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 OO 11.OO a6 12.Rc1 Rfc8 13.b3 Qd8 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.Rfd1 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 b5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Qxd2 19.Nxf6+ =-= Baklan 2609 -- Van Wely 2697, France 2002; 12.a4 Rac8 13.b3 e6 14.Rc1 Rfd8 15.Qd2 Na5 16.Nce2 Qc7 17.Qa2 =-= Platonov 2470 -- Polugaevsky 2640, Leningrad RUS 1971; 11...Rfd8 12.b3 e6 13.Qd2 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.c5 Ne8 16.Rad1 Nc7 17.Ncb5 Nxb5 18.Nxb5 d4 19.Bg5 Re8 20.b4 b6 0-1(52) Tkachiev -- Malisauskas 2490, Manila olm 1992; 12.Qd2 e6 13.Rad1 d5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 Rxd5 19.b3 a5 20.Kf2 a4 =-=(23) Smejkal 2600 -- Kavalek 2555, Wijk aan Zee NED 1975; 11...Rfc8 12.b3 Qd8 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16.Qxd4 Qb6 17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Rxd5 e6 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 12...Qe8 13.Qd2 a6 14.a4 a5 15.Rab1 h5 16.Rfe1 Kh7 17.Nd5 Nd7 18.Nb5 Qh8 19.Red1 Rd8 20.Bg5 Qf8 1-0(84) Baklan -- Minasian, Jurmala LAT 1992; =-= Vysochin 2560 -- Savchenko 2560, Cairo EGY 2003; 9.Nde2 Nf6 10.f3 OO 11.OO a6 12.a4 e6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.Rb1 Rac8 16.b3 Nc5 17.Bf4 Ne5 18.Be3 Rfd8 19.Bd4 Nc6 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 =-=(38) Miroshnichenko 2548 -- Sakaev 2647, Panormo GRE 2002; 11...Rfc8 12.Be3 Qd8 13.b3 Nd7 14.Rc1 a6 15.Qd2 Rab8 16.a4 Nc5 17.Rb1 Na5 18.Qa2 Nc6 19.Rfd1 Nb4 20.Qd2 Ncd3 1-0(38) Naiditsch 2654 -- Shanava 2532, Baku AZE 2007; 10.OO OO 11.f3 Rfd8 12.Be3 =-= Kovacevic 2541 -- Solak 2546, Nova Gorica SLO 2004; 8.Be3 Nf6 9.f3 Bg7 10.OO Rc8 11.b3 b5 12.Qd2 a6 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Nc3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 OO 16.Rfc1 Qb7 =-= Hansen 2520 -- De Firmian 2605, Gausdal NOR 1999.
8...Qg4 9.Qxg4 Nxg4 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bf4 Rb8 12.b3 g6 13.Rc1 Bg7 14.c5 Bd4 15.OO e5 16.Bg3 Bxc5 17.h3 Nf6 18.Bh4 Nh5 19.Na4 Bd4 20.Rxc6 Kd7 =-=(60) Zhang 2541 -- Sutovsky 2587, Shenyang CHN 1999; =-=(60) Zhang 2541 -- Sutovsky 2587, Shenyang CHN 1999; =-=(60) Zhang 2541 -- Sutovsky 2587, Shenyang CHN 1999; =-=(60) Zhang 2541 -- Sutovsky 2587, Shenyang CHN 1999; 12.h3 Nf6 13.OOO Nd7 14.Rhe1 g6 15.e5 dxe5 16.Rxe5 Bg7 17.Ra5 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rb7 19.Be3 c5 20.Rb5 Rb6 =-=(45) Reinderman 2561 -- Van Wely 2646, Rotterdam NED 2000; 14...g5 15.Be3 Bg7 16.Kc2 Bxc3 17.Kxc3 f6 18.Bxa7 Ra8 19.Be3 Rxa2 20.Ra1 Rxa1 1-0(35) Ehlvest 2600 -- Miroshnichenko 2548, Panormo GRE 2002; 12...Ne5 13.Bxe5 dxe5 14.OOO e6 15.Na4 h5 16.Rd3 Rh6 17.Rhd1 Rg6 18.g3 Rf6 19.f3 Rg6 20.g4 hxg4 =-=(57) Laznicka 2593 -- Gashimov 2658, Moscow RUS 2007; 11...g5 12.Bxg5 Ne5 13.b3 Rg8 14.Bh4 Rg4 15.Bg3 Bg7 16.Kd2 Ng6 17.f3 Rg5 18.Rag1 Bd4 19.Rc1 Kd7 20.Ne2 Bb6 =-=(26) Baklan 2585 -- Atalik 2585, Vrnjacka Banja YUG 1998; =-=(26) Baklan 2585 -- Atalik 2585, Vrnjacka Banja YUG 1998; =-=(26) Baklan 2585 -- Atalik 2585, Vrnjacka Banja YUG 1998; =-=(26) Baklan 2585 -- Atalik 2585, Vrnjacka Banja YUG 1998; 11...g6 12.h3 Nf6 13.e5 Nh5 14.Bh2 dxe5 15.Bxe5 Bg7 16.Bxg7 Nxg7 17.OOO Rb8 18.Rd2 =-= Baklan 2647 -- Kovchan 2513, Sort ESP 2008; 11...Nf6 12.OOO Nd7 13.Be3 g6 14.f4 Bg7 15.Kc2 f5 16.Bd4 Bxd4 17.Rxd4 OOO 18.Re1 Rhe8 19.Rd3 Kc7 20.Rh3 Nf6 =-=(41) Baklan 2570 -- Lutz 2590, GER 1998; 9.OO Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Nxd4 11.Rxd4 Rc8 12.b3 g6 13.Rd3 Bg7 14.f3 Nd7 15.Bb2 a6 16.Rc1 Nc5 17.Rdd1 Rg8 18.Kf1 g5 19.Rc2 Bxc3 20.Bxc3 f6 =-=(30) Giorgadze -- Balashov 2540, Riga LAT 1975.
8...e6 9.OO Be7 10.Nc2 OO 11.Bf4 Rfd8 12.Ne3 Rac8 13.Rc1 b6 14.h3 Qb7 15.b3 a6 16.a4 Ne5 17.Re1 Ng6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Ng4 Bxc3 0-1(42) Ghinda 2470 -- Georgiev, Sofia BUL 1986; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10.Be3 OO 11.f3 Rfc8 12.b3 Qe8 13.Re1 a6 14.a4 Nd7 15.Rb1 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Qd8 17.Qd2 Qa5 18.Be3 Bf8 19.Red1 h6 20.Ne2 Qxd2 =-=(22) Baklan 2585 -- Najer 2535, Groningen NED 1998; 11.Qe2 Rfd8 12.Rfd1 Rdc8 13.Rac1 a6 14.f3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qc7 16.b3 Nd7 17.Qd2 Qb8 18.a4 Nc5 19.Qb2 Bf8 20.Rc2 Qc7 1-0(40) Savon -- Platonov, Dortmund GER 1990; 10.b3 OO 11.Bb2 a6 12.a4 =-= Antonio 2558 -- Ye Jiangchuan (CHN A) 2593, CHN 1999.
9.Nde2 Bg7 10.f3 OO 11.OO Rfc8 12.Be3 Qd8 13.b3 a6 14.a4 Nd7 15.Rb1 Nc5 16.Kh1 Rab8 17.Qd2 Qa5 18.b4 Nxb4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Qxa5 Nxe3 =-=(49) Oral 2565 -- Miroshnichenko 2617, GER 2004; 11...a6 12.a4 e6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Kh1 h6 15.Bh4 Rfd8 16.Rb1 Nb4 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.b3 g5 20.Bf2 d5 1-0(44) Oral 2549 -- Kovalev 2542, Czechia 2003; 10.OO OO 11.f3 a6 12.a4 Qd8 13.Kh1 Qb6 14.Rb1 Qc5 15.b3 e6 16.Bf4 Rad8 17.Qc1 Nd7 18.Bg5 Bf6 19.Be3 Qa5 20.f4 Bg7 0-1(47) Glek 2580 -- Huzman 2575, Bonnevoie tt 1998; 12...Rfc8 13.b3 Qd8 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.Rb1 Nc5 16.Bg5 Rab8 17.Qe1 h6 18.Be3 Kh7 19.f4 Na5 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 1-0(41) Glek 2565 -- Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo 2535, Porto San Giorgio 1998.
9.OO Bg7 10.Nde2 Qe6 11.Nd5 Qxe4 12.Nc7+ Kd7 13.Nxa8 =-= Gavrikov 2552 -- Sakaev 2648, Paide EST 1999.
9.Nc2 Bg7 10.OO OO 11.Qe2 Rac8 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.Rad1 a6 14.b3 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qb8 16.Be1 Rfe8 17.f4 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Kh1 Qb7 20.Rf3 Ra8 0-1(50) Gavrikov 2570 -- Miroshnichenko 2538, Tallinn EST 2003.
9.h3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.OO OO 12.Qd3 Rfc8 13.Be3 Qe6 14.b3 a6 15.Bd4 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.f4 b4 18.f5 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 Qxe4 20.Qd2 gxf5 1-0(41) Tseshkovsky -- Shabanov, Omsk RUS 1973.
9...Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.Bd2 OO 12.Qd3 a6 13.OO Rac8 14.Rac1 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Qc6 16.b3 Kf8 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Kh1 Re8 19.Nd5 b5 20.cxb5 Qxb5 1-0(57) Gufeld -- Ribli 2525, Camaguey CUB 1974; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.Be3 OO 12.Qd3 Qc6 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.b3 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.OO Kh8 17.Qd2 Ne5 18.Nd5 Qd7 19.Bh6 Rg8 20.Ra1 =-= Baklan 2631 -- Babaev 2484, Benasque ESP 2008.
10.Be3 OO 11.OO a6 12.a4 e6 13.Rc1 Ne5 14.b3 d5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Rfe8 18.Bf2 Qxd5 19.Qc2 Ng4 20.fxg4 Bxd4 =-=(24) Akopian 2689 -- Kasparov 2838, Bled SLO 2002; 14.Qe2 Rfc8 15.b3 d5 16.cxd5 exd5 17.f4 Rxc3 18.Rxc3 Nxe4 19.Rc2 Ng4 20.Rfc1 h5 =-=(37) Sadvakasov 2585 -- Kasparov 2827, Astana KAZ 2001; 11...Rfd8 12.Qd2 e6 13.Rfd1 d5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Bg5 Re8 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Qxd5 Re1+ 0-1 Kasimdzhanov -- Kayumov 2410, ? 1993; 11...e6 12.Qd2 Rfd8 13.Rad1 =-= Prie 2480 -- Georgiev 2620, Erevan olm 1996.
11.OO a6 12.a4 e6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Kh1 Qa5 15.Bh4 Rfd8 16.Rc1 Qh5 17.Bf2 Qa5 18.Bh4 Qh5 19.Bf2 Qa5 20.Qb3 Nd7 1-0(74) Oral 2546 -- Kasparov 2838, Prague CZE 2001; 1-0(74) Oral 2546 -- Kasparov 2838, Prague CZE 2001; 1-0(74) Oral 2546 -- Kasparov 2838, Prague CZE 2001; 1-0(74) Oral 2546 -- Kasparov 2838, Prague CZE 2001.
6...Ne5 7.d4 Nxf3+ 8.gxf3 cxd4 9.Qxd4 e6 10.Be3 Ne7 11.OOO Nc6 12.Qd2 Rd8 13.Rhg1 Qc8 14.f4 g6 15.Kb1 Be7 16.Qe2 OO 17.h4 Na5 18.h5 Bf6 19.Bd4 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Qc5 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2650 -- Becerra Rivero 2495, Lucerne SUI 1997; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2650 -- Becerra Rivero 2495, Lucerne SUI 1997; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2650 -- Becerra Rivero 2495, Lucerne SUI 1997; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2650 -- Becerra Rivero 2495, Lucerne SUI 1997; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2650 -- Becerra Rivero 2495, Lucerne SUI 1997; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2650 -- Becerra Rivero 2495, Lucerne SUI 1997; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2650 -- Becerra Rivero 2495, Lucerne SUI 1997; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2650 -- Becerra Rivero 2495, Lucerne SUI 1997; 1-0(33) Rublevsky 2650 -- Becerra Rivero 2495, 4th World Team Ch, Lucerne SUI 0; 11.f4 Nc6 12.Qd2 Be7 13.Rg1 g6 14.OOO Rd8 15.Kb1 Qc7 16.Nb5 Qc8 17.Qc3 OO 18.f5 d5 19.cxd5 Bb4 20.Qb3 exd5 1-0(21) Zhang 2658 -- Zhao 2447, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(21) Zhang 2658 -- Zhao 2447, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(21) Zhang 2658 -- Zhao 2447, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(21) Zhang 2658 -- Zhao 2447, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(21) Zhang 2658 -- Zhao 2447, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(21) Zhang 2658 -- Zhao 2447, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(21) Zhang 2658 -- Zhao 2447, Yongchuan 2003; 1-0(21) Zhang 2658 -- Zhao 2447, Yongchuan 2003; 9...Nf6 10.Bg5 Qc6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.OOO Rg8 13.Kb1 Rg6 14.f4 b6 15.f5 Rg4 16.Rdg1 Rh4 17.f3 Bh6 18.Qf2 Bg5 19.Nd5 Kd7 20.f4 Rxf4 =-=(34) Peng 2574 -- Wang 2524, Shenyang CHN 1999; 7...cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qd3 g6 10.OO Bg7 11.Nd5 Nf6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bh6 Bxb2 14.Rab1 Be5 15.c5 OOO 16.cxd6 Bxd6 17.Qc4 Kb8 18.Rb5 Ka8 19.Rfb1 Bb8 20.Qxf7 Nd4 =-=(68) Kostenko 2470 -- Sadler 2660, Elista olm 1998; 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qh5 Qd4 9.Qe2 e6 10.d3 Qd7 11.OO Ne7 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ng6 14.Bg3 Be7 15.e5 OO 16.Kh1 Rad8 17.Rf3 a6 18.Raf1 Qd4 19.Re1 Qg4 20.Qd1 Bh4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8.Qa4 Qxa4 9.Nxa4 e6 10.d3 b6 11.Ke2 Ne7 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Bc3 Bd6 14.b3 Ke7 15.Nb2 Rhb8 16.Rhb1 a6 17.Nd1 g6 18.Ne3 f5 19.f3 h5 20.Nc2 Nd4+ 0-1(40) Santo-Roman -- Azmaiparashvili, Groningen NED 1979; 7.d3 Nf6 8.OO Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 g6 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Rac1 Bg7 12.Rfd1 OO 13.h3 Qb5 * ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...e6 7.OO Nf6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.Be3 OO 11.Qe2 Rfd8 12.Rfd1 b6 13.Rac1 a6 14.f3 Qb7 15.b3 Rac8 16.Kh1 Rc7 17.Qf2 Rdc8 18.Nde2 Nd7 19.a4 Nc5 20.Rb1 g6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nf6 9.OO Be7 10.b3 OO 11.Bb2 a6 12.Qd2 Rab8 13.Rad1 Rfd8 14.Kh1 b5 15.cxb5 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 axb5 17.a3 Qb7 18.f3 b4 19.axb4 Qxb4 20.Qxb4 Rxb4 =-=(94) Movsesian 2650 -- Bosboom 2444, Dordrecht NED 1999.
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 g6 9.f3 Bg7 10.Nde2 OO 11.OO Rfc8 12.b3 a6 13.a4 Qd8 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Rb1 Qa5 16.Qd2 Qb4 17.Rfd1 Nc5 18.Qc2 Qa5 19.Kh1 Nd7 20.Qd2 Qb4 1-0(56) Zhang 2624 -- Naiditsch 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 1-0(56) Zhang 2624 -- Naiditsch 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 1-0(56) Zhang 2624 -- Naiditsch 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 1-0(56) Zhang 2624 -- Naiditsch 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 1-0(56) Zhang 2624 -- Naiditsch 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 1-0(56) Zhang 2624 -- Naiditsch 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 1-0(56) Zhang 2624 -- Naiditsch 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 1-0(56) Zhang 2624 -- Naiditsch 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 1-0(56) Zhang 2624 -- Naiditsch 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 1-0(56) Zhang 2624 -- Naiditsch 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 1-0(56) Zhang 2624 -- Naiditsch 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 1-0(56) Zhang 2624 -- Naiditsch 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 11...a6 12.a4 e6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Kh1 Rac8 15.b3 Nd7 16.Rb1 Nc5 17.Bh4 Rfe8 18.Qc2 Nb4 19.Qd2 Ncd3 20.Na2 Nxa2 0-1(46) Vescovi 2648 -- Shomoev 2487, playchess.com INT 2004; 13...h6 14.Bh4 Rfd8 15.f4 Qc7 16.b3 Qa5 17.Rf3 g5 18.Be1 d5 19.exd5 exd5 20.Nxd5 Qc5+ =-=(29) Marcelin 2503 -- Naiditsch 2588, Istanbul TUR 2003; 13...Rfd8 14.f4 h6 15.Bh4 Qc7 16.Kh1 Qa5 17.f5 g5 18.Be1 Qc5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Ng3 Ne5 0-1(44) Vokarev 2498 -- Naiditsch 2588, Istanbul TUR 2003; 11...e6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Rad8 14.Qc1 Kh7 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.h3 d5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.exd5 Nb4 19.Bxa7 Nfxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 =-=(41) Moreno Carnero 2515 -- Sutovsky 2609, Istanbul TUR 2000; 10.Be3 OO 11.OO a6 12.Na4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Qc6 14.Nb6 Rad8 15.Rc1 e6 16.Rc3 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Rxd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qd4+ Kg8 20.Rd1 Rc8 =-=(37) Macieja 2613 -- Bobras 2535, Ustron 2006; 12.a4 e6 13.Nde2 Qc7 14.Rb1 Nd7 15.Qd2 Nc5 16.b3 Rac8 17.Rfd1 Na5 18.Qa2 Ncxb3 19.Rxb3 Nxb3 20.Qxb3 Qxc4 =-=(72) Zagrebelny 2526 -- Shipov 2593, Sochi RUS 2004; 12.Rc1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Ne3 16.Qd4 Nxf1 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Kxf1 Qc7 19.Qc3 Qb8 20.cxb5 Qxb5+ =-=(30) Kundin 2429 -- Sutovsky 2657, Tel Aviv ISR 2002; 11...Rfc8 12.b3 Qd8 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.Rfd1 a6 15.a4 Nd7 16.Nde2 Re8 17.Rab1 Rac8 =-= Sadvakasov 2585 -- Gelfand 2712, Astana KAZ 2001; 9...Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.Be3 OO 12.Qd3 a6 13.OO Rfc8 14.Rfc1 Qd8 15.Rab1 Nd7 16.Qe2 e6 17.a4 Qa5 18.b4 Qh5 19.a5 Be5 20.h3 Nf6 1-0(37) Ye 2593 -- Wang 2524, CHN 1999; 9.OO Bg7 10.Nde2 OO 11.f3 Rac8 12.b3 Rfd8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 =-= Movsesian 2670 -- Mamedov 2586, St Petersburg RUS 2007; 8...e6 9.OO Be7 10.Be3 OO 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rac1 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 Rac8 14.f3 Qc7 15.b3 Nd7 16.f4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bf6 18.Qd2 Bxd4+ 19.Qxd4 Nf6 20.h3 h6 0-1(56) Zhang 2658 -- Ni 2533, Tianjing 2003; 12.f3 Rfc8 13.Rac1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Rc6 15.b3 Qc7 16.a4 Qa5 17.Rfd1 Re8 18.Qd2 Qb4 19.Rb1 Nd7 20.Nd5 Qxd2 1-0(41) Peng 2624 -- Wang 2469, CHN 2000; 11...Rac8 12.Rfd1 b6 13.b3 Qb7 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Bg5 a6 16.a4 Rfc8 17.Rd3 Rc5 18.Bf4 Ne8 19.Rad1 Qb8 20.Be3 R5c6 =-=(42) Epishin 2635 -- Wahls 2555, ? 1995; 11...Rfd8 12.Rfd1 Rac8 13.Nb3 b6 14.f4 Qb7 15.Bf2 a6 16.Rac1 Rb8 17.a4 Nd7 18.Rd2 Rbc8 19.Rcd1 Nc5 20.Nd4 Nxd4 =-=(63) Korchnoi 2575 -- Georgiev 2610, Biel SUI 1992; 11.Rc1 Rfc8 12.b3 a6 13.a4 =-= Motylev 2666 -- Najer 2627, Dagomys RUS 2008; 8...Qg4 9.OO Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Nxd4 11.Rxd4 Rc8 12.b3 =-= Shirov 2690 -- Leko 2625, Wijk aan Zee NED 1996.
7...e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Rc8 10.Be3 Be7 11.Qe2 OO 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Ndb5 Qb8 14.Bf4 Ne5 15.c5 Rxc5 16.Be3 b6 17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Na3 Rd8 19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Ng4 =-=(21) Tkachiev 2615 -- Epishin 2570, Las Palmas ESP 1997; =-=(21) Tkachiev 2615 -- Epishin 2570, Las Palmas ESP 1997; =-=(21) Tkachiev 2615 -- Epishin 2570, Las Palmas ESP 1997; =-=(21) Tkachiev 2615 -- Epishin 2570, Las Palmas ESP 1997; 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 OO 12.Qd3 a6 13.Rad1 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Qc6 15.e5 dxe5 16.Qxe5 Qc7 17.Qxc7 Rxc7 18.Rd3 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Rd1 Be7 =-=(35) Oral 2510 -- Epishin 2585, Graz AUT 1998; 9...Be7 10.b3 OO 11.Bb2 Rfd8 12.Re1 Rac8 13.Qd2 b6 14.Rad1 a6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Qe2 Bf8 17.Rd3 Nd7 18.Red1 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Rd4 Rb8 0-1(40) Tkachiev 2575 -- Lutz 2560, Wijk aan Zee NED 1995; 12...a6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qf3 Qb7 15.Rad1 Rac8 16.Re2 d5 17.exd5 exd5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Red2 h6 20.h3 Bb4 1-0(31) Oral 2410 -- Sasikiran, Guarapuava BRA 1995; =-= Blatny 2535 -- Wojtkiewicz 2581, Stratton Mountain, VT USA 2000; 10.Re1 Rc8 11.b3 OO 12.Bb2 a6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Rc1 Rfd8 15.Qe2 Qc7 16.h3 Qa5 17.Red1 Nd7 18.Na4 Rc6 19.Bc3 Qc7 20.Bb2 Bg5 =-=(25) Tkachiev 2605 -- Gavrikov 2605, Biel SUI 1995; 10.Be3 OO 11.Qe2 Rac8 12.Rad1 a6 13.b3 Qc7 14.f4 Qa5 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Bd2 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Rcd8 18.f5 exf5 19.Rxf5 Nd7 20.Na4 Qb7 =-=(25) Shaked 2535 -- Alterman 2615, Wijk aan Zee II 1998; 8.b3 Be7 9.Re1 OO 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 =-= Kveinys 2535 -- Kengis 2565, Saarlouis 1998.
7...Nd4 8.Nxd4 cxd4 9.Nb5 Nxe4 10.Re1 Nc5 11.Nxd4 Nd3 12.Re3 Nxc1 13.Rxc1 g6 14.Qf3 Bg7 15.Rce1 Be5 16.Nb5 a6 17.d4 axb5 18.dxe5 OO 19.exd6 Qxd6 20.cxb5 Rxa2 =-=(22) Rublevsky 2595 -- Sakaev 2570, Tivat 1995; =-=(22) Rublevsky 2585 -- Sakaev 2535, YUG-chT Tivat 1995; =-=(22) Rublevsky 2595 -- Sakaev 2570, Tivat 1995; =-=(22) Rublevsky 2595 -- Sakaev 2570, Tivat 1995; =-=(22) Rublevsky 2595 -- Sakaev 2570, Tivat 1995.
7...Ne5 8.d3 e6 9.Ne1 Be7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.h3 a6 13.Be3 OO 14.a4 Rad8 15.Qe2 Nb4 16.Bf2 Rfe8 17.g4 d5 18.e5 Nd7 19.cxd5 exd5 20.d4 Bf8 1-0(60) Kasparov 2825 -- Akopian 2660, Internet Chess Club INT 1998.
10.Nc2 OO 11.Qe2 a6 12.Bd2 Rab8 13.Rac1 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nd5 e6 16.Ncb4 exd5 17.Nxc6 Rb6 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Qf3 =-= Tkachiev 2615 -- Gelfand 2695, Groningen NED 1997; =-= Tkachiev 2615 -- Gelfand 2695, WCC Knockout Tournament Groningen NED (4 ) 0; 11...b6 12.Bd2 Qb7 13.Rad1 a6 14.Nd5 Nd7 15.Bc3 Bxc3 16.Nxc3 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.a3 Rfc8 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 Rxc3 =-=(21) Sokolov 2580 -- Georgiev 2615, Budva SCG 1996.
11.f3 a6 12.a4 Qd8 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Kh1 Rfd8 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Ne5 17.b3 Nd7 18.Bd4 Nf6 19.Qd3 Re8 20.Nc3 e6 0-1(53) Rublevsky 2685 -- Gelfand 2675, Polanica Zdroj POL 1998; 0-1(53) Rublevsky 2685 -- Gelfand 2675, Polanica Zdroj POL 1998; 0-1(53) Rublevsky 2685 -- Gelfand 2675, Polanica Zdroj POL 1998; 0-1(53) Rublevsky 2685 -- Gelfand 2675, Polanica Zdroj POL 1998; 0-1(54) Rublevsky 2685 -- Gelfand 2675, Polanica Zdroj POL 1998; 0-1(54) Rublevsky -- Gelfand 2675, Rubinstein mem, Polanica Zdroj POL 0; 13...Nd7 =-= Hort 2600 -- Petrosian 2645, San Antonio, TX USA 1972; 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.Rb1 Rc8 15.Bg5 Nb4 16.b3 Re8 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.f4 h6 19.Bh4 e6 20.Rfd1 d5 =-=(68) Rublevsky 2645 -- Brodsky 2510, Azov 1996; 12...e6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.b3 Nc5 16.Rb1 Rfe8 17.Qd2 Nb4 18.Rfd1 Ncd3 19.Bh4 Qb6 20.Na2 d5 0-1(82) Rublevsky 2650 -- Georgiev 2670, Niksic tt 1997; 11...Rfd8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 e6 14.f4 a6 15.Nd4 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nb3 Rdb8 =-= Har-Zvi 2510 -- Psakhis 2610, Tel Aviv ISR 1996; =-= Har-Zvi 2510 -- Psakhis 2610, Tel Aviv ISR 1996; =-= Har-Zvi 2510 -- Psakhis 2610, Tel Aviv ISR 1996; =-= Har-Zvi 2510 -- Psakhis 2610, Tel Aviv ISR 1996; =-= Har-Zvi 2510 -- Psakhis 2610, Tel Aviv ISR 1996; =-= Har-Zvi 2510 -- Psakhis 2610, Tel Aviv ISR 1996; =-= Har-Zvi 2510 -- Psakhis 2610, Tel Aviv ISR 1996; 11...e6 12.Bg5 a6 13.a4 Qc7 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.b3 Nc5 16.Rb1 Rac8 17.Bh4 Na5 18.b4 Nxc4 19.bxc5 Ne3 20.Qd3 Nxf1 =-=(58) Ponomariov 2673 -- Sutovsky 2604, Ohrid MKD 2001; 12...h6 13.Be3 Rad8 14.Qd2 d5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Bxh6 dxe4 17.Qe3 exf3 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qxf3 Qe7 =-= Gheorghiu 2550 -- Hort 2590, Petropolis 1973.
10...Qe6 11.Nd5 Qxe4 12.Nc7+ Kd7 13.Nxa8 Qxc4 14.Nb6+ axb6 15.Nc3 Ra8 16.Be3 b5 17.Rc1 Ke8 18.b3 Qg4 19.f3 Qh5 20.a4 b4 1-0(46) Rublevsky 2662 -- Vuckovic 2427, Herceg Novi YUG 2000.
7...Bg7 8.d5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Na5 10.Nd2 e5 11.OO Nf6 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 Nh5 14.Rf2 OOO 15.Qf1 f6 16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.axb3 a6 18.b4 Rhe8 19.b5 a5 20.Rxa5 Qg4 1-0(51) Vescovi 2590 -- Lesiege 2572, Bermuda BER 2002; 1-0(51) Vescovi 2590 -- Lesiege 2572, Bermuda BER 2002; 1-0(51) Vescovi 2590 -- Lesiege 2572, Bermuda BER 2002; 1-0(51) Vescovi 2590 -- Lesiege 2572, Bermuda BER 2002; 14.Rf1 OO 15.e5 dxe5 16.Ne4 f5 17.Nxc5 Qd6 18.Ne6 Nxc4 19.Nxf8 Rxf8 20.Bh6 Rd8 1-0(35) Rublevsky 2657 -- Vescovi 2611, Poikovsky 2002; 16...Kg7 17.g4 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Nxc5 Qc7 20.Qd4+ Kg8 1-0(26) Rublevsky 2660 -- Martinovic 2445, Vrnjacka Banja YUG 1999; 11...Ne7 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 g5 14.Rf6 Ng6 15.e5 Nxe5 16.Ne4 OOO 17.Nxd6+ Kb8 18.Bxg5 Ka8 19.Qe2 Ng4 20.Rxf7 Qxd6 1-0(71) Rublevsky 2662 -- Balashov 2534, Smolensk RUS 2000; 11.dxe6 Qxe6 12.Qa4+ Nc6 13.Rb1 OOO 14.OO Nge7 15.Re1 Rd7 16.Nf1 Rg8 17.f3 g5 18.Bd2 Ng6 19.Ne3 g4 20.fxg4 Nge5 =-=(55) Ponomariov 2585 -- Bologan 2585, Belfort FRA 1998; 10...f6 11.f4 OOO 12.OO b6 13.a4 Nh6 14.Nb3 Nf7 15.Nxa5 bxa5 16.Qb3 Qb7 17.Qc2 Qd7 18.Rb1 Kc7 19.e5 fxe5 20.f5 gxf5 1-0(31) Rublevsky 2650 -- Ehlvest 2610, Polanica Zdroj POL 1997; 1-0(31) Rublevsky 2650 -- Ehlvest 2610, Polanica Zdroj POL 1997; 1-0(31) Rublevsky 2650 -- Ehlvest 2610, Polanica Zdroj POL 1997; 1-0(31) Rublevsky 2650 -- Ehlvest 2610, Polanica Zdroj POL 1997; 1-0(31) Rublevsky 2650 -- Ehlvest 2610, Polancia Zdroj 1997; 10.OO f6 11.Nd2 b6 12.Qe2 Qa4 13.f4 Nh6 14.e5 OOO 15.Rb1 Nf5 16.g4 Nh4 17.exf6 exf6 18.Qf2 g5 19.Ne4 Qe8 20.Re1 Qg6 =-=(27) Shirov 2685 -- Kasparov 2785, Erevan ARM 1996; =-=(27) Shirov 2685 -- Kasparov 2785, Erevan ARM 1996; =-=(27) Shirov 2685 -- Kasparov 2785, Erevan ARM 1996; =-=(27) Shirov 2690 -- Kasparov 2775, ? 1996; =-=(27) Shirov 2685 -- Kasparov 2785, Erevan ARM 1996.
8...Nf6 9.Nde2 Bg7 10.OO OO 11.f3 Qd8 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Qd2 a6 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.b3 b5 16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 bxc4 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Rc1 Ne5 20.Nxc4 Nxc4 =-=(34) Bezgodov 2557 -- Gulko 2643, New Delhi ITA 2000; 10.f3 OO 11.OO a6 12.a4 e6 13.Bg5 Rac8 14.Rb1 h6 15.Be3 Kh7 16.Qd2 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.b3 Qa5 19.Kh1 Rd7 20.Bf2 d5 =-=(45) Peng 2629 -- Zagrebelny 2466, Calcutta IND 2001; 9.h3 Bg7 10.Be3 OO 11.OO Rfc8 12.b3 e6 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.Qd2 a6 15.Rfd1 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Rc6 17.a4 Rac8 18.Re1 Qf8 19.Rcd1 Nd7 20.Bxg7 Qxg7 =-=(30) Leko 2741 -- Nepomniachtchi 2634, Dortmund GER 2008; 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.OO OO 12.Qd3 Rfc8 13.Be3 Qd8 14.Rac1 a6 15.b3 Nd7 16.Bg5 Bf6 17.Bh6 Bg7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.f4 Nf6 20.Nd5 e6 =-=(38) Sandipan 2588 -- Pavlovic 2515, Dieren NED 2008.
9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 OO 11.OO Rfc8 12.b3 Qd8 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Rf2 a6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Na4 c5 17.f4 Qc7 18.Rd2 Ra7 19.Qf3 Qc6 20.Rcd1 Nb6 =-=(86) Macieja 2592 -- Ftacnik 2612, GER 2005; 12...a6 13.Rc1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.Qd2 Rc6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Qa7+ 19.Kh1 Rxc1 20.Nxf6+ exf6 0-1(30) Diesen -- Speelman, Schilde 1973; 12.Nde2 Qd8 13.Qd2 a6 14.Rfd1 Rab8 15.Rac1 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 b4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Qb6+ =-=(59) Conquest 2540 -- Yermolinsky 2565, Hastings ENG 1996; 12...Rab8 13.Qd2 Qd8 14.b3 a6 15.a4 Nd7 16.Rab1 a5 17.Nd5 Nc5 18.Bg5 b6 19.Rfd1 Rb7 20.Be3 Ne5 =-=(51) Botterill -- Hodgson, Master Game 1976; 11...Rac8 12.b3 Rfd8 13.Qd2 e6 14.Rad1 Ne8 15.Nde2 Qe7 16.Bg5 Bf6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Kh1 a6 19.Ng3 Na7 20.Qg5 Rd7 1-0(35) Kasparov 2838 -- Paehtz 2349, Munich GER 2002; 13...Qc7 14.Rfd1 Qa5 =-= Finkel -- Golod, Dieren,NLD;Dutch Open 0; 12...a6 13.a4 e6 14.Rc1 Na5 15.Qc2 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 Qc7 17.Qa2 h6 18.Qd2 Qe7 19.Nce2 b6 20.Qb4 Nd7 0-1(27) Amin 2561 -- Grigoryan 2537, Martuni ARM 2008; 11...a6 12.a4 e6 13.b3 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.c5 Rfe8 16.Bf2 Nh5 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Rae1 Be5 19.Nce2 Ng7 20.Rd1 =-= Movsesian 2650 -- Lutz 2610, GER 1999; 12.Rc1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bh6 16.Rc2 Rfc8 =-= Morovic Fernandez 2565 -- Stohl 2533, Pula CRO 2001; 11...e6 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.b3 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.c5 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.Ndb5 Bf8 18.Nxa7 Rxc5 19.Bd4 Qf5 20.Qe3 Ned7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Rfd8 12.Qd2 e6 13.Rad1 d5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bg5 Qc7 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.exd5 exd5 18.Qf2 Qb7 19.Rd3 Rab8 20.Bf4 Rbc8 =-=(27) Morozevich 2625 -- Sadler 2660, Elista olm 1998; 11...Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Rfc8 13.b3 Qd8 14.Rc1 a6 15.Qe2 Nd7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rfd1 Rc6 18.Kh1 e6 19.f4 Rac8 20.a4 e5 1-0(47) Tiviakov 2663 -- Collas 2472, Clichy FRA 2007; 11.Qd2 a6 12.OO Rfc8 13.Nde2 Qd8 14.b3 Nd7 15.Rab1 Rab8 16.a4 b6 17.Rfd1 Qf8 18.h4 h5 19.Kf2 Nce5 20.Nd5 Nc5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10.h3 OO 11.OO Rac8 12.b3 Rfd8 13.Rc1 a6 14.a4 e6 15.Qf3 Ng4 16.Qxg4 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 Nxd4 18.Qd1 Nc6 19.Qd2 Qc7 20.Qe3 Qa5 1-0(53) Malakhov 2689 -- Evdokimov 2555, Helsingor DEN 2008; 9...Nh6 10.f3 f5 11.Qd2 Nf7 12.exf5 gxf5 13.f4 Bxd4 14.Bxd4 Qe6+ 15.Kd1 Rg8 16.Nd5 Kd7 17.Re1 Qg6 18.g3 Rae8 19.Bc3 Nfd8 20.b4 Ne6 1-0(24) Hort 2600 -- Andersson 2535, Skopje MKD 1972; 13.OO Nfe5 =-= Mohr 2488 -- Psakhis 2599, Pula CRO 2000.
10.f3 OO 11.OO a6 12.a4 e6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Kh1 Qa5 15.Bh4 Rfd8 16.Rb1 g5 17.Be1 Qc5 18.Rc1 h6 19.b3 Qb6 20.Bf2 Qa5 1-0(61) Vescovi 2618 -- Dominguez Perez 2610, Buenos Aires ARG 2003; 14...Nd7 15.Rb1 Nc5 16.b3 Rac8 17.Qc2 Nb4 18.Qd2 Rfe8 19.Bh4 =-= Hansen 2545 -- Dominguez Perez 2613, Esbjerg DEN 2002; 13...h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bf2 Rac8 16.Rc1 Rfe8 17.b3 d5 =-= Psakhis 2565 -- Oll 2645, Hoogeveen open 1997; 12...Qd8 13.Rb1 Qa5 14.Kh1 Rac8 15.Be3 Rfd8 16.Qd2 Qb4 17.b3 e6 18.Bg5 Rd7 19.Rfd1 h5 20.Qe1 Qc5 =-=(25) Miroshnichenko 2525 -- Van Wely 2645, Panormo GRE 2002; 11...e6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Rfd8 14.f4 a6 15.a4 Qc7 16.Kh1 Qa5 17.b3 Rac8 18.Qe1 Re8 19.Rb1 Nd7 20.Qg3 Nd4 =-=(36) Topalov 2739 -- Van Wely 2697, Monte Carlo MNC 2002; 11...Qd8 12.Kh1 a6 13.a4 Qb6 14.Rb1 Qc5 15.b3 e6 16.Nf4 Nd7 17.Bb2 Qe3 18.Nce2 Bxb2 19.Rxb2 Nce5 20.Qxd6 g5 1-0(27) Rublevsky 2670 -- Greenfeld 2574, Neum BIH 2000; 11...Ne8 12.Be3 Nc7 13.b3 h6 14.Qd2 Kh7 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.Rac1 b6 17.Qe1 Qe8 18.Nd5 Rac8 19.Qh4 Qf8 20.Rd2 Ne8 1-0(40) Tkachiev 2600 -- Sadler 2600, Candas open 1996; 11...Rfc8 12.Rb1 Qd8 13.Kh1 a6 14.a4 Nd7 15.b3 =-= Stohl 2550 -- Ftacnik 2576, Kaskady 2002.
11.f3 Rfc8 12.b3 a6 13.a4 Qc7 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Qd2 Nd7 16.Rab1 Rab8 17.Rfd1 Kf8 18.Kh1 Nf6 19.Qe1 Qc7 20.Qf2 b6 1-0(40) Tkachiev 2535 -- Savchenko 2570, London ENG 1994; 1-0(40) Tkachiev 2535 -- Savchenko 2570, London ENG 1994; 1-0(40) Tkachiev 2535 -- Savchenko 2570, Londen open 1994; 1-0(40) Tkachiev 2535 -- Savchenko 2570, London ENG 1994; 1-0(40) Tkachiev 2535 -- Savchenko 2570, London ENG 1994; 1-0(40) Tkachiev 2535 -- Savchenko 2570, London ENG 1994; 1-0(40) Tkachiev 2535 -- Savchenko 2570, London ENG 1994; 1-0(40) Tkachiev 2535 -- Savchenko 2570, London ENG 1994; =-= Yu 2522 -- Nielsen 2642, Linares 2002; 12.Be3 Qd8 13.b3 a6 14.a4 Nd7 15.Kh1 Qa5 16.Rc1 Re8 17.Bd2 Qd8 18.Bg5 Qa5 19.Bh4 Rac8 20.Nd5 Qd8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 15.Rb1 Nc5 16.Nd5 e6 17.Ndc3 Nb4 18.Rb2 Qe7 19.Rd2 Rd8 20.Bd4 Bh6 0-1(42) McShane 2651 -- Nakamura 2571, playchess.com INT 2004; 11...a6 12.a4 e6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.b3 Nd7 15.Kh1 Qa5 16.Qd2 Nc5 17.Rab1 Qb4 18.Qc2 Qa5 19.Bh4 Nb4 20.Qd1 Ncd3 =-=(60) Shirov 2685 -- Polgar 2665, Wenen 1996; =-=(60) Shirov 2685 -- Polgar 2665, Vienna AUT 1996; =-=(60) Shirov 2685 -- Polgar 2665, Vienna AUT 1996; =-=(60) Shirov 2685 -- Polgar 2665, Vienna AUT 1996; =-=(60) Shirov 2685 -- Polgar 2665, Vienna AUT 1996; 13...Rac8 14.Kh1 Qc7 15.b3 Nd7 16.Rb1 Nc5 17.f4 f5 18.exf5 exf5 19.b4 Ne6 20.Nd5 Qf7 =-=(36) Rublevsky 2655 -- Sakaev 2645, Budva SCG 2002; 13...h6 14.Bh4 Rfd8 15.Qc2 b6 16.f4 Re8 17.Kh1 Rac8 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.b3 Na5 20.h3 Nb7 0-1(26) Rublevsky 2670 -- Popovic 2500, Novi Sad YUG 2000; 12...b6 13.Be3 Qb7 14.b3 Nd7 15.Rb1 Rfe8 16.Kh1 Rad8 17.Qd2 Nc5 18.Bg5 Ne5 19.Nd5 f6 20.Bh4 g5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...Qd8 12.Kh1 a6 13.a4 Re8 14.Rb1 Ne5 15.b3 Ned7 16.Bg5 Rc8 17.Qd2 Qa5 18.Rfd1 Kf8 19.Qf4 Nh5 20.Qe3 Nhf6 1-0(38) Rublevsky 2657 -- Shneider 2516, Ohrid MKD 2001; 11...Rfd8 12.Bg5 Rac8 13.Kh1 Qe6 14.b3 h6 15.Be3 Qe5 16.Qd2 Kh7 17.Rad1 Qa5 18.h3 a6 19.a4 Qb4 20.Rb1 e6 1-0(40) Rublevsky 2684 -- Lajthajm 2420, Herceg Novi YUG 1999.
11.Bg5 Rfc8 12.Rc1 Qd8 13.Kh1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qa6 15.b3 e6 16.Nf4 Ne7 17.f3 Rd8 18.Nb5 Qc6 19.Bb4 Bh6 20.Bd2 Bg7 1-0(40) Shirov 2705 -- Polzin 2514, Mainz GER 2005.
10...Qe6 11.Nd5 Qxe4 12.Nc7+ Kd7 13.Nxa8 Qxc4 14.Nb6+ axb6 15.Nc3 e6 16.Be3 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.Qe2 b5 19.Rad1 Qc4 20.Qd2 Qb4 0-1(69) Rublevsky 2670 -- Motylev 2574, Novi Sad YUG 2000.
5...e6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 Nc6 8.d4 Be7 9.d5 Ne5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.c4 OO 12.f4 Qd6 13.Nc3 exd5 14.fxe5 Qxe5 15.exd5 Qc7 16.Nb5 Qd7 17.d6 Rfd8 18.Bf4 Bf8 19.Qf3 a6 20.Nc7 Rab8 1-0(29) Naiditsch -- Shanava, Verdun 1995; 8...cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Bg5 Bb4 14.Bd2 Be7 15.Bg5 OO 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Re3 Rfc8 18.Rc1 a6 19.Rec3 Na7 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 =-=(21) Kruppa -- Gavrikov, Sverdlovsk 1984; 8.d3 Be7 9.Nbd2 OO 10.Nf1 Ne5 11.Ng3 Qb5 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nd3 14.Qe2 a6 15.a4 Nxc1 16.Qxb5 axb5 17.Rexc1 d5 18.e5 Ne8 19.axb5 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Nc7 =-=(23) Tyomkin 2467 -- Ivanchuk 2752, Edmonton CAN 2005; 7...Be7 8.d4 OO 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Qxd7 Nbxd7 11.Na3 Rfc8 12.Nc4 b5 13.Nce5 c4 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Be3 h6 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Be3 Be7 12.Rd1 OO 13.Ne1 f5 14.f3 Ng5 15.Nd3 Nf7 16.Nc3 Rac8 17.Rac1 Na5 18.b3 Nc6 19.Na4 Bc5 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 12.Ne1 f6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Qd2 Nf7 15.f4 OO 16.Nc3 Rac8 17.Nd3 b6 18.Rae1 f5 19.h3 Nb4 20.Nf2 Bh4 0-1(63) Alonso 2484 -- Georgiev 2637, Dos Hermanas ESP 2004; 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Be3 Be7 13.Ne1 f6 14.f3 Ng5 15.Nd3 OO 16.Bf2 fxe5 17.dxe5 Qe8 18.Nc3 Qh5 19.Kh1 a6 20.Re1 Nb4 0-1(35) Barua 2495 -- Loginov 2610, Moskou olm 1994; 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Qc7 9.d4 Bd6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.c4 Ng4 13.g3 Rd8 14.Qe2 Nge5 15.Nbd2 OO 16.b3 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3 e5 18.Bb2 f6 19.Rad1 a5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 0-1(60) Djurhuus -- Gelfand 2600, Arnheim 1989; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 6.b3 Nf6 7.Re1 Nc6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 OO 11.c4 Rfd8 12.Nc3 Rac8 13.Qd2 b6 14.Rad1 a6 15.a4 Na5 16.Qe3 Ne8 17.f4 Qb7 18.Kh1 Bf8 19.Qh3 Nc7 20.Rd3 Nc6 1-0(30) Barua 2510 -- Topalov 2650, Biel SUI 1993; 1-0(30) Barua 2510 -- Topalov 2650, Biel SUI 1993; 1-0(30) Barua 2510 -- Topalov 2650, Biel SUI 1993; 1-0(30) Barua 2510 -- Topalov 2650, Biel SUI 1993; 1-0(31) Barua 2510 -- Topalov 2635, Biel SUI 1993; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 6.c4 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Be3 OO 11.Qe2 Rfd8 12.Rfd1 a6 13.Rac1 Rac8 =-= Nunn 2615 -- Georgiev 2535, Wijk aan Zee NED 1985; 11...a6 12.Rad1 Rfc8 13.f4 Qe8 14.b3 Rab8 15.f5 Bd8 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.Bf4 Be7 19.e5 dxe5 20.Bxe5 Rd8 =-=(57) Ulibin 2580 -- Loginov 2512, Samara RUS 2000; 6...Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.b3 OO 11.Bb2 a6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Rad1 Ra7 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Re1 Nc6 9.c4 Be7 10.Nc3 OO 11.b3 Rfd8 12.Bb2 Rac8 13.Rc1 b6 14.Qd2 Ne5 * ? -- ?, ? 0; =-= Sax 2515 -- Ribli 2610, Polancia Zdroj 1993.
5...g6 6.c3 Bg7 7.d4 Nf6 8.Re1 OO 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Qe2 Qc6 11.Na3 a6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Qe4 Nd7 14.Nc4 Rad8 15.Na5 Qc7 16.Qxd5 Nxe5 17.Qxb7 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qxa5 19.Bg5 f6 20.Be3 e5 =-=(27) Zvjaginsev 2673 -- Polgar 2681, Moscow RUS 2002; =-=(27) Zvjaginsev 2673 -- Polgar 2681, Moscow RUS 2002; =-=(27) Zvjaginsev 2673 -- Polgar 2681, Moscow RUS 2002; =-=(27) Zvjaginsev 2673 -- Polgar 2681, Moscow RUS 2002; 6...Nf6 7.Qe2 Bg7 8.d4 OO 9.e5 Nd5 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.Qe4 dxe5 13.dxe5 Rad8 14.Nc4 Nb6 15.Nxb6 axb6 16.Be3 Qd5 17.Qh4 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Bxb6 Rd2 20.Rae1 Qxb2 1-0(51) Fressinet 2638 -- Nielsen 2628, playchess.com INT 2004; 6.e5 Bg7 7.Re1 Nc6 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.d3 Nf6 10.Nc3 OO 11.Bg5 b6 12.Nd2 Nd5 13.Nce4 Qd7 14.Rb1 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bxg5 hxg5 17.Nxg5 Qf5 18.Nde4 Qg6 19.c3 f5 20.Qb3 Rad8 0-1(32) Chebotarev 2494 -- Gashimov 2625, playchess.com INT 2006; 6...Nc6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.d3 Rd8 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Ng5 Qc6 12.Nge4 Bg7 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Ne4 Bg7 15.c3 Ne6 16.Ng5 Nxg5 17.Bxg5 Rd5 18.Qd2 e6 19.Rad1 OO 20.Rfe1 c4 =-=(30) Dvalishvili 2500 -- Savchenko 2589, Moscow RUS 2008.
6.d3 e6 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nh3 Nc6 9.Nd2 d5 10.c3 Rd8 11.f3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Ne5 13.Nf2 c4 14.f4 Bc5 15.fxe5 Nxe4 16.Qf3 Nxd2 17.Bxd2 Qxd2 18.Kh1 OO 19.Ne4 Qe3 20.Qg4 Be7 =-=(26) Morozevich 2679 -- Svidler 2723, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(26) Morozevich 2679 -- Svidler 2723, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(26) Morozevich 2679 -- Svidler 2723, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(26) Morozevich 2679 -- Svidler 2723, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(26) Morozevich 2679 -- Svidler 2723, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(26) Morozevich 2679 -- Svidler 2723, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(26) Morozevich 2679 -- Svidler 2723, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(26) Morozevich 2679 -- Svidler 2723, Rethymnon GRE 2003; 6...Nc6 7.Re1 g6 8.c3 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 OO 14.h4 h6 15.Nh2 Nd8 16.h5 Rc8 17.Ng4 Kh7 18.Qf3 Qf5 19.hxg6+ fxg6 20.e6 =-= Zvjaginsev 2670 -- Sutovsky 2628, Sochi RUS 2006; 7.Bg5 e6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.c3 d5 10.Nbd2 OOO 11.Qe2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Qd3 13.Qxd3 Rxd3 14.Rfd1 Be7 15.Nc4 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Kc7 17.Kf1 b5 18.Ne3 c4 19.Ke2 h5 20.g3 Bc5 =-=(56) Glek 2566 -- Van Wely 2648, Vlaardingen NED 2005.
6.c3 Nc6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.d5 Nd8 9.Re1 Nf6 10.Bg5 Ng8 11.Nbd2 g6 12.Nc4 Bg7 13.Bf4 Kf8 14.a4 h6 15.Qb3 g5 16.Bg3 f5 17.Qc2 Bf6 18.h3 f4 19.Bh2 Kg7 20.Re2 Rh7 =-=(27) Rozentalis 2597 -- Gritsak 2497, Bydgoszcz POL 2001.
6...e6 7.e5 Ng4 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.h3 Nf6 10.b3 Nc6 11.Bb2 Nd5 12.Na3 Nf4 13.Qe3 Nd5 14.Qe4 f5 15.Qe1 OO 16.Nc4 Rfe8 17.Nfe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bc7 19.a4 Nb4 20.Qd1 Nc6 1-0(75) Kornev 2578 -- Kanep 2510, St Petersburg RUS 2006.
7.Rd1 Qg4 8.d3 Ne5 9.Nbd2 e6 10.h3 Qh5 11.d4 Nxf3+ 12.Nxf3 cxd4 13.e5 dxe5 14.Qb5+ Nd7 15.Rxd4 Rd8 16.Rxd7 Rxd7 17.g4 1-0 Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005; 1-0 Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005; 1-0 Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005; 1-0 Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005; 1-0 Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005; 1-0 Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005; 1-0 Malakhov 2664 -- Areshchenko 2570, Moscow RUS 2005; 7...g6 8.c3 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Ne1 h6 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Rc8 15.Nd3 Nd8 16.Bd2 OO 17.h4 h5 18.Qf3 Ne6 19.g4 hxg4 20.Qxg4 Nc5 =-=(34) Fressinet 2644 -- Grischuk 2717, Canada de Calatrava ESP 2007; 14...OO 15.Nd3 b6 16.Nf4 Rac8 17.e6 Qd6 18.Qg4 g5 19.exf7+ Kxf7 20.Qf5+ Kg8 1-0(63) Tkachiev 2670 -- Fressinet 2501, Bordeaux FRA 2000; 10...OO 11.d5 Na5 12.Bd2 b6 13.Bxa5 bxa5 14.Nc3 Ng4 15.Nd4 Rfc8 16.Rac1 a4 17.a3 a6 18.h3 Ne5 19.f4 Qa7 20.Kh1 Ng4 =-=(54) Fressinet 2638 -- Karjakin 2580, playchess.com INT 2004; 8.b3 Bg7 9.Bb2 OO 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 a6 12.c4 Rac8 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Nc3 e6 15.Rd2 Rfd8 16.Rad1 Rd7 17.g3 Rcd8 =-= Zvjaginsev 2653 -- Karjakin 2599, Moscow RUS 2005; 7...e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.c4 OO 11.Nc3 Rac8 12.b3 Nxd4 13.Rxd4 Qc6 14.Bb2 a6 15.Rc1 Rfe8 16.Rd3 Nd7 17.Rcd1 Ne5 18.Rg3 Ng6 19.Qg4 Bf6 20.Ba3 =-= Fressinet 2638 -- Karjakin 2580, playchess.com INT 2004; 10...Nxd4 11.Rxd4 Qc6 12.Nc3 OO 13.Bg5 Qc5 14.Be3 Rac8 15.Rc1 a6 16.b3 Rfd8 17.Rdd1 Qa5 18.Bd2 Qe5 19.f4 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Qc6 1-0(94) Baklan 2601 -- Polzin 2494, Austria AUT 2006; 10.Nc3 OO 11.Nf3 Rfd8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 a6 14.e5 Ne8 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...Rc8 8.c3 e6 9.d3 Be7 10.Nbd2 OO 11.Nf1 Rfe8 12.Ng3 e5 13.h3 g6 14.Bh6 Kh8 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Qe6 19.Qd2 Rc6 20.b3 Rec8 =-=(25) Zhang 2598 -- Kotsur 2587, Hyderabad IND 2005; 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Be3 Be7 13.Ne1 f6 14.f3 Ng5 15.Bxg5 fxg5 16.Nc2 OO 17.Nc3 Qe8 18.Qd3 Qh5 19.Ne2 Bd8 20.Rac1 Bb6 =-=(33) Fontaine 2557 -- Vachier-Lagrave 2573, Marseille FRA 2007; 7...g5 8.c3 g4 9.Nh4 Qe6 10.d3 d5 11.Nd2 c4 12.d4 OOO 13.Re1 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Qxe4 16.Rxe4 h5 17.f3 Rg8 18.Bf4 e6 19.Rf1 Rd5 20.g3 Ra5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
7.b3 g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.d4 Qg4 10.Re1 cxd4 11.h3 Qh5 12.Nxd4 Qxe2 13.Rxe2 Nd5 14.Rd2 Nf4 15.Kf1 Ne6 16.c3 OO 17.Na3 Rac8 18.Rad1 Nexd4 19.cxd4 Nb4 20.Nb5 Nxa2 =-=(51) Ye 2530 -- Atalik 2590, CHN 1997; =-=(51) Ye 2530 -- Atalik 2590, Beijing CHN 1997; =-=(51) Ye 2530 -- Atalik 2590, Beijing CHN 1997; =-=(51) Ye 2530 -- Atalik 2590, Beijing CHN 1997; =-=(51) Ye 2530 -- Atalik 2590, Beijing CHN 1997; =-=(51) Ye Jiangchuan 2530 -- Atalik 2590, 3rd TCN Cup, Beijing CHN 0; 8.c3 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Rc8 11.Bb2 OO 12.Nc3 d5 13.e5 Ne8 14.h4 Nc7 15.h5 Qg4 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Rad1 Rf4 18.Bc1 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Rxd4 20.f3 Qh4 =-=(55) Torre 2570 -- Wojtkiewicz 2565, Greenhills open 1997; 8...Ne5 9.Ne1 Nc6 10.Bb2 Qe6 11.f3 d5 12.Nd3 b6 13.Nf4 Qd6 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Qxd5 16.c4 Nd4 17.Qf2 Qd7 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.d3 Bh6 20.f4 e5 0-1(39) Degraeve 2580 -- Miralles 2515, Meribel FRA 1998; 7...e6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.c4 OO 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 a6 12.Nd2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.Rfd1 Rfc8 15.Rac1 e5 16.Be3 Rc6 17.Bg5 Rac8 18.Rc3 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Rd3 Be7 1-0(34) Veinger 2595 -- Kofidis 2590, ? 1996; 11...d5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Rd1 Rfe8 15.Qf3 Rad8 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Nc3 Bd6 18.Ne2 Ne4 19.Rac1 Bb8 20.Rc2 Qd6 1-0(40) Yudasin 2635 -- Aseev 2530, St Petersburg RUS 1996; 9.d3 OO 10.Nbd2 d5 11.Rae1 Qc7 12.h3 Rad8 13.g3 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Ng5 Nd5 17.Nf3 Bb4 18.Rd1 Bc3 19.Bc1 Rfe8 20.h4 e5 0-1(42) Rozentalis -- Aseev 2440, Sevastopol UKR 1986.
7.c4 Ne5 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.d3 e6 10.f4 Bd6 11.Nc3 OOO 12.f5 Be7 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Rf3 Rhf8 15.Bd2 Kb8 16.Raf1 a6 17.Be1 Ka8 18.Bg3 Bd6 19.Bh4 Be7 20.Bg3 Bd6 1-0(56) Bologan 2661 -- Dunis 2534, Cannes FRA 2006.
7...Qg4 8.d3 Ne5 9.Nbd2 Nh5 10.d4 Nf4 11.Qb5+ Kd8 12.Ne1 Ned3 13.f3 Qg5 14.Nb3 Nxe1 15.g3 Nh3+ 16.Kh1 Qh5 17.g4 Qh4 18.Be3 c4 19.Qxb7 Rc8 20.d5 Nxf3 1-0(26) Rublevsky 2671 -- Volokitin 2600, Sochi RUS 2004; 1-0(26) Rublevsky 2671 -- Volokitin 2600, Sochi RUS 2004; 1-0(26) Rublevsky 2671 -- Volokitin 2600, Sochi RUS 2004; 1-0(26) Rublevsky 2671 -- Volokitin 2600, Sochi RUS 2004; 1-0(26) Rublevsky 2671 -- Volokitin 2600, Sochi RUS 2004; 1-0(26) Rublevsky 2671 -- Volokitin 2600, Sochi RUS 2004; 1-0(26) Rublevsky 2671 -- Volokitin 2600, Sochi RUS 2004; 1-0(26) Rublevsky 2671 -- Volokitin 2600, Sochi RUS 2004.
7...e5 8.Rd1 Qg4 9.d3 Be7 10.Nbd2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nc4 f6 13.Qe4 Qd7 14.Ne3 OOO 15.d4 cxd4 16.cxd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Ndb4 18.Nef5 Bc5 19.Be3 g6 20.Qf3 Ne5 0-1(51) Rublevsky 2671 -- Kozul 2627, Tripoli 2004.
7...g6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Be3 Bg7 12.Ne1 h6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nc3 Ne6 15.Rd1 OO 16.f4 Kh7 17.g4 f5 18.Ng2 Rf7 19.gxf5 gxf5 20.Qh5 Raf8 1-0(26) Pedzich 2385 -- Nisipeanu, Mamaia 1991.
8.d3 Be7 9.Nbd2 OO 10.Rd1 b5 11.Nf1 b4 12.Ng3 bxc3 13.bxc3 Rab8 14.h4 Qc7 15.d4 cxd4 16.cxd4 Rfe8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Rac1 Qb6 20.Nh5 Be7 =-=(44) Iordachescu 2609 -- Sandipan 2558, Dubai UAE 2005.
11.Be3 Be7 12.Ne1 f5 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nd3 OO 15.Nc3 Rac8 16.h3 Nf7 17.g4 Nh8 18.Rac1 Ng6 19.Kh2 Na5 20.b3 Nc6 =-=(44) Rublevsky 2655 -- Karjakin 2566, Moscow RUS 2004; 15...Rfc8 16.h4 Nf7 17.Bf2 Na5 18.g4 fxg4 19.fxg4 Rf8 20.g5 Nh8 =-=(28) Psakhis 2534 -- Sutovsky 2624, playchess.com INT 2006; 14...Nf7 15.f4 Rc8 16.Nd2 Nb4 17.Nxb4 =-= Vescovi 2648 -- Guseinov 2548, Tripoli 2004; 13.Nd3 OO 14.f3 Ng5 15.Qd2 Nf7 16.Nc3 Rac8 17.Rac1 b6 18.h3 Nh8 19.g3 Ng6 20.Ne2 Na5 =-=(50) Short 2676 -- Jones 2416, Liverpool 2006; 12...f6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nd3 OO 15.Bf2 Nf7 16.Rd1 f5 17.h4 Rac8 18.Nc3 b6 19.Nf4 Nh8 20.Rac1 Ng6 =-=(53) Rublevsky 2649 -- Motylev 2651, Bastia FRA 2004; 15.Nd2 Nf7 16.f4 f5 17.Nf3 Rac8 18.Rfc1 b6 19.Bd2 Rc7 20.h3 Rfc8 0-1(58) Delchev 2661 -- Svetushkin 2557, Kusadasi TUR 2006; 14.Nd2 Nf7 15.f4 OO 16.Ndf3 f5 17.Nd3 b6 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.h3 Na5 20.g4 Nh6 =-=(30) Rublevsky 2671 -- Ulibin 2579, Tomsk RUS 2004; 12...h6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nd2 f5 15.Nd3 OO 16.Nf4 Nf7 17.Ng6 Rfc8 18.g4 fxg4 19.fxg4 Bg5 20.Nf3 Bxe3+ =-=(50) Khalifman 2669 -- Bagaturov 2451, Izmir TUR 2004; 11...f5 12.Rd1 Qf7 13.Nc3 Be7 14.Qb5 Rb8 15.Ne2 a6 16.Qd3 OO 17.Ne1 Na5 18.b3 h6 19.f3 Ng5 20.Qd2 Nc6 =-=(29) Rublevsky 2687 -- Ivanchuk 2731, Foros 2006; 12.Nfd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Bb4 14.Qd3 OO 15.Bd2 Rac8 16.Bc3 Rc7 17.a3 Be7 18.Nd2 Rfc8 19.Nf3 a6 20.Bd2 Na7 0-1(75) Rublevsky 2667 -- Morozevich 2731, Tomsk RUS 2006.
10...Ng8 11.Rd1 Nge7 12.Nc3 Nc8 13.Be3 Nb6 14.b3 Rc8 15.Qb2 Be7 16.Ne2 OO 17.Nf4 Rc7 18.Qe2 Rfc8 19.Ne1 Qd8 20.Qg4 Nd7 =-=(63) Kasimdzhanov 2652 -- Topalov 2737, Tripoli 2004.
7...Qc7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Bf4 Nc6 10.Re1 Qd8 11.Na3 e6 12.Nb5 Rc8 13.Nc4 Qd5 14.Ncd6+ Bxd6 15.Nxd6+ Ke7 16.c4 dxc3 17.Nxc8+ Rxc8 18.bxc3 b6 19.Qc1 Ke8 20.Qa3 Qc4 0-1(32) Hall 2524 -- Popov 2598, Sweden 2001; 0-1(32) Hall 2524 -- Popov 2598, Sweden 2001; 0-1(32) Hall 2524 -- Popov 2598, Sweden 2001; 0-1(32) Hall 2524 -- Popov 2598, Sweden 2001; 9...Qb6 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.Ndc4 Qc5 12.Qf3 e6 13.Rad1 Rd8 14.Rfe1 Be7 15.Qb3 Qb4 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Ne5 Rc8 18.Qg3 Nh5 19.Qf3 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 OO 1-0(32) Volokitin 2558 -- Ivanchuk 2709, Warsaw POL 2002; 11.Qf3 e6 12.Ndc4 Qc5 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Qb3 Be7 15.Rad1 OO 16.Rxd4 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Rxd4 18.Rxd4 Nd5 19.Bg3 Rc8 20.c3 Bf6 1-0(30) Popovic 2460 -- Sutovsky 2679, playchess.com INT 2004; 10...e6 11.Qf3 Nc6 12.Ndc4 Qc5 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Qb3 Be7 15.Rad1 OO 16.Rxd4 Rac8 17.c3 Bc5 18.Ne5 Qa6 19.Rdd1 Rfd8 20.a3 Qe2 0-1(25) Popovic 2460 -- Sutovsky 2679, playchess.com INT 2004; 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Bg5 Ne4 12.Bh4 h5 13.Na3 Rd8 14.Qxa7 g5 15.Rad1 Nd2 16.Qa5 Rd5 17.Qa8+ Kd7 18.c4 Rd6 19.Bg3 h4 20.Bxd6 h3 *(24) ? -- ?, ? 0; 12.Be3 e6 13.Rd1 Be7 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.c3 OO 16.Qc4 Rfc8 17.Qxc6 Rxc6 18.Bg5 Kf8 19.Nf3 h6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 =-=(28) Novikov 2512 -- Belov 2617, Sochi RUS 2005; 11...e6 12.Bxf6 Bc5 13.Qc3 gxf6 14.Qxf6 Rg8 15.g3 Rg4 16.Rd1 Bf8 17.Qc3 Rc4 18.Qh8 Rxc2 19.Nc3 Qb6 20.Ne4 Rd8 1-0(40) Ulibin 2585 -- Tukmakov 2535, Mesa 1992; 11.Nc3 e6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Rad1 OO 14.h3 h6 15.Bh4 Rfd8 16.Qa4 Qxa4 17.Nxa4 g5 18.Bg3 Ne4 19.Be5 Rac8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 0-1(49) Bellini 2502 -- Sutovsky 2666, playchess.com INT 2004; 8...e6 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bg3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxg3 13.fxg3 Qxc6 14.d5 exd5 15.Re1+ Kd7 16.Qf3 Rad8 17.Rad1 Rhe8 18.Qf5+ Kc7 19.Rxe8 Qxe8 20.h3 Qe6 0-1(45) Rozentalis 2619 -- Charbonneau 2472, Montreal CAN 2004; 0-1(45) Rozentalis 2619 -- Charbonneau 2472, Montreal CAN 2004; 0-1(45) Rozentalis 2619 -- Charbonneau 2472, Montreal CAN 2004; 0-1(45) Rozentalis 2619 -- Charbonneau 2472, Montreal CAN 2004; 0-1(45) Rozentalis 2619 -- Charbonneau 2472, Montreal CAN 2004; 0-1(45) Rozentalis 2619 -- Charbonneau 2472, Montreal CAN 2004; 0-1(45) Rozentalis 2619 -- Charbonneau 2472, Montreal CAN 2004; 10.Na3 Bxe5 11.Bxe5 Qc6 12.c4 Nbd7 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg3 OO 15.dxe6 Qxe6 16.Re1 Qc6 17.Nb5 a6 18.Nd6 Rad8 19.Qb3 Nb6 20.Nf5 Nc8 1-0(112) Bologan 2663 -- Naiditsch 2574, Mainz 2004; 8...Nc6 9.Bf4 cxd4 10.c3 Nd5 11.Bg3 Nxe5 12.cxd4 e6 13.dxe5 Be7 14.Nd2 OO 15.Ne4 Qc4 16.Re1 Rac8 17.Nd6 Bxd6 18.exd6 Rfd8 19.h3 h6 20.Qf3 Rc6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
7...Qd6 8.Qe2 Nbd7 9.Nc4 Qc6 10.Nc3 e6 11.f4 g6 12.f5 gxf5 13.Rxf5 Rg8 14.Rf3 Be7 15.a4 Ng4 16.d3 Nge5 17.Rf1 Nxc4 18.dxc4 Nf6 19.Bf4 a6 20.Bg3 Rd8 =-=(33) Volokitin 2545 -- Dominguez Perez 2613, Esbjerg DEN 2002; =-=(33) Volokitin 2545 -- Dominguez Perez 2613, Esbjerg DEN 2002; =-=(33) Volokitin 2545 -- Dominguez Perez 2613, Esbjerg DEN 2002; =-=(33) Volokitin 2545 -- Dominguez Perez 2613, Esbjerg DEN 2002; 11...Be7 12.f5 OO 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Re1 b5 15.Qxe6+ Qxe6 16.Rxe6 Kf7 17.Rxe7+ Kxe7 18.Nxb5 Nb6 19.Ne3 Kd7 20.d3 Rae8 0-1(63) Bauer 2602 -- Kempinski 2561, Bad Zwesten GER 2004; 10...a6 11.a4 e6 12.f4 g6 13.f5 gxf5 14.Rxf5 Rg8 15.Rf3 Rg6 16.d3 Bg7 17.Bf4 Kf8 18.Raf1 Kg8 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Nd7 =-=(32) Glek 2590 -- Aseev 2575, Helsinki FIN 2002; 8.Nc4 Qd7 9.Ne5 Qd6 10.Nc4 Qd7 11.Ne5 =-= Zarnicki 2521 -- Grischuk 2719, playchess.com INT 2004; 10...Qd8 11.b3 Nc6 12.Bb2 e6 13.f4 Be7 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Nxc6 Rxc6 16.Na3 OO 17.Nc4 Nd7 18.a4 Bf6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Qe2 Nd5 =-=(51) Minasian 2499 -- Alekseev 2609, Moscow RUS 2004; 9.b3 Nc6 10.Bb2 e6 11.f4 Be7 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.Na3 Rd8 14.Nb5 Qb6 15.a4 c4+ 16.Kh1 cxb3 17.cxb3 OO 18.Nc4 Qc5 19.Ba3 Nb4 20.Rc1 Qd5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8.Re1 Nc6 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.d3 e6 11.Nd2 Be7 12.a4 OO 13.Nc4 Nd5 14.Qf3 Bf6 15.Bd2 Rfd8 16.Re4 b6 17.g4 g6 18.Rae1 Bg7 19.Ne5 Qb7 20.R4e2 Rab8 0-1(27) Belkhodja 2531 -- Fressinet 2606, Montpellier FRA 2001; 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Qe2 OO 13.Bg5 Rfe8 14.Rad1 b5 15.Nb1 Qd5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.c4 Qd7 18.cxb5 Qxb5 19.Nc3 Qb7 20.Qc2 Qb4 =-=(49) Sanduleac 2486 -- Kempinski 2608, Mallorca 2004.
7...Qd5 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Qd6 10.Nc4 Qc6 11.d4 e6 12.d5 Qa6 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Qe2 OOO 15.Qxe6 Qxe6 16.Rxe6 Nb6 17.Nxb6+ axb6 18.Bf4 Rd4 19.Bg3 Rb4 20.b3 Kd7 1-0(51) Sutovsky 2666 -- Golubev 2527, playchess.com INT 2004.
8.d4 e6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Be7 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Qe2 OO 14.Rad1 a6 15.Rd3 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 b5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 =-=(41) Gurgenidze -- Gufeld, Tbilisi ch-SU 1967; =-=(41) Gurgenidze -- Gufeld, Tbilisi GEO 1966; 10...Be7 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Qf3 Qb6 15.b3 OO 16.Ne4 Nxe4 =-= Adams 2715 -- King 2514, Southend ENG 2000; 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Bg5 OOO 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.d5 exd5 14.Qf3 Rd6 15.Rfe1 d4 16.Qf5+ Kb8 17.Ne4 Re6 18.Ng3 Be7 19.Qh5 Qe8 20.Nf5 Bd8 0-1(48) Gurgenidze -- Petrosian, Moscow RUS 1967; 9...Nbd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.dxc5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bxc5 =-= Gaprindashvili -- Tal, Gori 1968; 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Qf3 cxd4 13.Qxf6 Rg8 14.Nd2 Qd5 15.Qf3 OOO 16.Rad1 Rg5 17.Ne4 Re5 18.Rfe1 Qc6 19.Qd3 Bb4 20.Re2 Be7 1-0(38) Gurgenidze -- Tal, Tbilisi GEO 1969.
8.Na3 g6 9.Qf3 Bg7 10.Nac4 OO 11.d3 Na6 12.a4 Nc7 13.Re1 Nfd5 14.c3 f6 15.Ng4 e5 16.Nd6 Qe6 17.Nb5 Nxb5 18.axb5 Qd7 19.g3 b6 20.Bh6 Bxh6 =-=(29) Rozentalis 2605 -- Inarkiev 2625, Ermioni 2006; 8...Nc6 9.Nac4 e6 10.b3 Be7 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.d3 OO 14.f4 Nd5 15.Qf3 Qc8 16.a4 Nb4 17.Qg3 f6 18.Rf2 Rf7 19.Re1 Nd5 20.Qf3 Bf8 =-=(34) Rozentalis 2605 -- Kulaots 2550, Gausdal NOR 2006; 8...e6 9.Nac4 Be7 10.Qf3 Nbd7 11.b3 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 OO 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Ng4 Nxg4 15.Qxg4 e5 16.f4 Bd6 17.f5 f6 18.Qe4 Rfd8 19.d3 Rac8 20.a4 Bf8 1-0(59) Rozentalis 2582 -- Dunis 2534, Nancy 2006.
8.Qe2 e6 9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 OO 11.Na3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Nc4 Nd7 14.f4 b5 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.fxe5 c4 17.bxc4 bxc4 18.Rf4 Rad8 19.Bc3 Bb4 20.Bxb4 Qb6+ *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
8.c4 e6 9.Qa4+ Nbd7 10.d3 Bd6 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Be3 OO 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.h3 f5 15.Nf3 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Qb5 f4 18.Bxc5 Rf5 19.f3 Bf6 20.d4 b6 0-1(23) Gurgenidze -- Tal, Gori 1968.
8.b3 g6 9.Qe2 Bg7 10.Bb2 OO 11.Na3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Nc4 Rad8 14.a4 Rfe8 15.Rae1 Nh5 16.Bxg7 =-= Plaskett 2525 -- Ftacnik 2608, Hastings ENG 2001.
8...g6 9.Re1 Bg7 10.d3 OO 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Nc4 Nb4 13.Rxe7 Nxc2 14.Rb1 Re8 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.Bg5 Qc6 17.Qxc6 bxc6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Ne5 Nd4 1-0(30) Sutovsky 2646 -- Romero Holmes 2544, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(30) Sutovsky 2646 -- Romero Holmes 2544, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(30) Sutovsky 2646 -- Romero Holmes 2544, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(30) Sutovsky 2646 -- Romero Holmes 2544, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(30) Sutovsky 2646 -- Romero Holmes 2544, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(30) Sutovsky 2646 -- Romero Holmes 2544, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(30) Sutovsky 2646 -- Romero Holmes 2544, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(30) Sutovsky 2646 -- Romero Holmes 2544, Pamplona ESP 2003; 10.Nc4 OO 11.Na5 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Rb8 13.a4 a6 14.d3 Re8 15.Bf4 e5 16.Bg3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Qc6 Nh5 19.Nd5 Bf8 20.c4 bxc4 =-=(43) Adams 2746 -- Van Wely 2700, France 2001.
8...Nbd7 9.Nc4 e6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.d3 OO 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Nd6 Bxd6 14.Bxd6 Re8 15.Bg3 a6 16.Rad1 Nbd7 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.dxe4 b5 19.Rd6 Qb7 20.Qe3 Rac8 =-=(47) Kharlov 2627 -- Topalov 2707, New Delhi IND 2000; 12...a6 13.a4 Rd8 14.Rfe1 b6 15.a5 b5 16.Nb6 Nxb6 17.axb6 Rd7 18.Nxb5 Nd5 19.Nc7 Nxc7 20.Bxc7 Rxc7 1-0(33) Baklan 2606 -- Golubev 2527, playchess.com INT 2004; 11...Nb6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.Qg3 Qc6 14.f3 OO 15.Bh6 Ne8 16.Ne4 =-= Dvoretzky 2525 -- Azmaiparashvili, Kutaisi 1978; 12.Bf4 Nbd5 13.Bd6 =-= Fressinet 2626 -- Vachier-Lagrave 2577, Besancon FRA 2006.
9.Nc3 Be7 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Nb6 12.Na5 Nbd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Bf4 Qxa5 16.Bd6 Ne4 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.dxe4 d4 19.Qg3 Qb6 20.Qxg7 Qf6 1-0(69) Baklan 2615 -- Karjakin 2580, playchess.com INT 2004; 13...Nxd5 14.c4 Nb4 15.Qxb7 Qxb7 16.Nxb7 a5 17.Bd2 Ra7 18.Nxa5 Rxa5 19.a3 Nc6 20.Bxa5 Nxa5 0-1(39) Degraeve 2575 -- Naiditsch 2586, Belgium 2003; 13.Bg5 b6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nc4 OO 16.a4 Rb8 17.Rfe1 a6 18.h3 Qc7 19.Ne5 Bd6 =-= Glek 2566 -- Motylev 2601, Dubai UAE 2001; 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.Ne5 Qc8 14.Ng4 Nfd5 15.Bd2 =-= Volokitin 2586 -- Efimenko 2546, Alushta UKR 2002; 10...OO 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Rfe1 Nb4 13.Re2 Nd7 14.Qg3 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 f6 16.Bd6 Bxd6 17.Qxd6 Rd8 18.Qg3 Nc6 19.Ne4 Nd4 20.Rd2 Kh8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...Nbd7 10.Nc4 Be7 11.d3 Nb6 12.Na5 Nbd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.c4 Nb4 15.Bd2 Nc2 16.Rab1 b6 17.Nc6 Bf6 18.Bc3 Nd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.b4 Bf6 =-=(70) Baklan 2615 -- Karjakin 2580, playchess.com INT 2004.
9...Be7 10.Nc3 OO 11.Bf4 Nfd7 12.Nc4 Nc6 13.Rae1 Nd4 14.Qd1 Qc6 15.a4 b6 16.Re3 f6 17.Rh3 Rf7 18.Be3 Rd8 19.Re1 Nf8 20.b3 a6 0-1(74) Morozevich 2707 -- Topalov 2788, San Luis ARG 2005.
11.Bf4 Nfd5 12.Be5 Qc6 13.Na5 Qd7 14.Na3 f6 15.Bg3 Be7 16.c4 Nb4 17.Nb5 OO 18.Qxb7 Qxb7 19.Nxb7 e5 20.Na5 a6 1-0(50) Sutovsky 2646 -- Karjakin 2562, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(50) Sutovsky 2646 -- Karjakin 2562, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(50) Sutovsky 2646 -- Karjakin 2562, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(50) Sutovsky 2646 -- Karjakin 2562, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(50) Sutovsky 2646 -- Karjakin 2562, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(50) Sutovsky 2646 -- Karjakin 2562, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(50) Sutovsky 2646 -- Karjakin 2562, Pamplona ESP 2003; 1-0(50) Sutovsky 2646 -- Karjakin 2562, Pamplona ESP 2003.
6...g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.d4 OO 9.d5 Na6 10.a4 e6 11.Bg5 exd5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qxd5 Nc7 14.Qd3 Qc6 15.Nbd2 Rfe8 16.Nc4 Rad8 17.Nfd2 b6 18.Ne3 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Rxe1+ =-=(60) Malakhov 2696 -- Avrukh 2557, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(60) Malakhov 2696 -- Avrukh 2557, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(60) Malakhov 2696 -- Avrukh 2557, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(60) Malakhov 2696 -- Avrukh 2557, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(60) Malakhov 2696 -- Avrukh 2557, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(60) Malakhov 2696 -- Avrukh 2557, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(60) Malakhov 2696 -- Avrukh 2557, Rethymnon GRE 2003; =-=(60) Malakhov 2696 -- Avrukh 2557, Rethymnon GRE 2003.
6...e6 7.d3 Be7 8.Nbd2 OO 9.Nf1 Nc6 10.Ng3 b5 11.Ng5 e5 12.f4 d5 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.Nf5 Rfe8 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 c4 18.Nxe7+ Rxe7 19.Qe2 cxd3 20.cxd3 f5 1-0(51) Zhang 2633 -- Golubev 2532, playchess.com INT 2004; 8...Nc6 9.Nf1 OO 10.Ng3 b5 11.c3 Ne5 12.d4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Re2 Rc7 16.Bf4 Rfc8 17.h3 Rc2 18.Rd1 R8c4 19.Qd3 Rxe2 20.Qxe2 a6 =-=(44) Glek 2555 -- Huebner 2604, GER 2004; 7.c3 Nc6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Rc1 OO 14.Rc3 Rfc8 15.h4 Bf8 16.h5 =-= Mamedov 2583 -- Jobava 2643, Moscow RUS 2008.
7.b3 g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.c4 e5 10.a3 OO 11.d3 Ne8 12.Nc3 Nc7 13.Rb1 Rfb8 14.Nd2 a6 15.Nd5 b5 16.Bc3 Rb7 17.h3 Nxd5 18.exd5 Ne7 19.b4 cxb4 20.axb4 Rc7 =-=(53) Rozentalis 2564 -- Landa 2621, Chalkidiki 2002; =-=(53) Rozentalis 2564 -- Landa 2621, Chalkidiki 2002; =-=(53) Rozentalis 2564 -- Landa 2621, Chalkidiki 2002; =-=(53) Rozentalis 2564 -- Landa 2621, Chalkidiki 2002; 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 OO 12.Nc3 Rad8 13.d3 Qc6 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.a4 e6 16.h3 h5 17.Qd2 b6 18.a5 b5 19.Qf4 Nd5 20.Nxd5 Rxd5 0-1(25) Nijboer 2580 -- Van Wely 2605, Wijk aan Zee NED 1998; 9.d3 OO 10.Nbd2 e5 11.Nc4 Rfe8 12.Qd2 Rad8 13.h3 Qc7 14.Ne3 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Rxd5 =-= Rozentalis 2625 -- Rytshagov 2465, Tallinn EST 2004; 8.c3 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nbd2 Nc3 13.Qc2 Nb5 14.Qc5 Nc7 15.Nf1 OO 16.Qc3 f6 17.Bb2 Ne6 18.Rad1 Rac8 19.Qd2 f5 20.h3 h6 0-1(48) Leko 2725 -- Kasparov 2851, Frankfurt GER 2000; 12.Bb2 OO 13.Nbd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Nd8 15.Ba3 Ne6 16.Rac1 Rfc8 17.h3 Bf8 18.Nh2 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 =-=(44) Adams 2708 -- Ftacnik 2589, GER 1999; 9...d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Bb2 OO 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nd8 15.Rac1 Ne6 16.Ba3 Rfc8 17.Qb4 Bf8 18.Nd2 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 a5 20.Qc3 a4 1-0(22) Christiansen 2575 -- Yermolinsky 2660, Philadelphia, PA USA 1998; 9...OO 10.Bb2 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd7 Nxd7 13.Nbd2 Rfd8 14.a4 Na5 15.Red1 Nb6 16.Rab1 Rd7 17.Kf1 Rad8 18.Ke2 f6 19.c4 Nc8 20.Bc3 Nc6 =-=(38) Degraeve 2525 -- Bacrot 2565, FRA 1998; 7...e6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.c4 OO 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 a6 12.Nc3 Rfd8 13.a4 Ne8 14.Nc2 Nc7 15.Ne3 Bf6 16.Qh5 Bd4 17.Rad1 Rac8 18.Rd2 Qe8 19.Red1 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Qe7 =-=(51) Adams 2715 -- Lalic 2548, Southend 2000; =-=(51) Adams 2715 -- Lalic 2548, Southend 2000; =-=(51) Adams 2715 -- Lalic 2548, Southend 2000; =-=(51) Adams 2715 -- Lalic 2548, Southend 2000; 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 d5 11.exd5 =-= Yudasin 2635 -- Alterman 2585, Haifa ISR 1996; 10...OO 11.c4 a6 12.Nc3 Rab8 13.a4 Qc7 14.Nde2 Rfe8 15.Ng3 Nd7 16.Rb1 Rbd8 17.Ba1 Qa5 18.Qd2 Bg5 19.f4 Bh4 20.Re3 Nf6 1-0(77) Kornev 2536 -- Alekseev 2552, St Petersburg RUS 2002.
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 g6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 OO 12.c4 Qb7 13.Qd2 Rfd8 14.Nc3 Nd7 15.Na4 Bxb2 16.Nxb2 Nc5 17.Qh6 e5 18.Rad1 a5 19.Nd3 Qe7 20.f4 exf4 =-=(51) Salov 2645 -- Beliavsky 2640, Linares 1990; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 18.Red1 a5 19.Nd3 Qe7 20.f4 exf4 =-=(51) Salov 2645 -- Beliavsky 2640, Linares ESP 1990; 9.c4 Bg7 10.Nc3 OO 11.Nc2 Rac8 12.b3 b6 13.Bb2 Qb7 14.Rb1 Ne5 15.Nb4 Rfe8 16.Qe2 Ned7 17.Rbd1 a6 18.a4 Nc5 19.Ncd5 Nfd7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8...e6 9.c4 Be7 10.b3 OO 11.Bb2 Rfd8 12.Nd2 a6 13.Qe2 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 b5 15.a4 bxa4 16.Rxa4 Qb7 17.Rea1 Nd7 18.b4 Bf6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.h3 h6 =-=(92) Belkhodja 2531 -- Sokolov 2604, Marseille FRA 2001; 13...Rac8 14.Rac1 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qc6 16.Bb2 Nd7 17.Nf3 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.e5 dxe5 20.Nxe5 Qc7 =-=(24) Torre 2546 -- Villamayor 2560, Quezon City PHI 2001.
7.c4 Ne5 8.d3 e6 9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 OO 12.Nc3 a6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Ne2 Nd7 15.Ng3 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.h3 Rfd8 18.Nh5 Nxh5 19.Qxh5 e5 20.Qg4 Re8 =-= Rozentalis 2600 -- Wojtkiewicz 2570, Antwerpen open 1993; 8...g6 9.Bf4 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Bg7 11.Nc3 OO 12.Bd2 Ne8 13.Rab1 Nc7 14.a3 Ne6 15.b4 Nd4 16.Qd1 b6 17.Ne2 e6 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Qf3 Qa4 20.Bh6 Bg7 1-0(60) Fontaine 2532 -- Karjakin 2566, playchess.com INT 2004; 7...g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 OO 12.Bg5 Ng4 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.b3 Qg4 15.Qe3 Nf3+ 16.Qxf3 Qxf3 17.gxf3 Bxc3 18.Bxe7 Rfc8 19.Bxd6 Rc6 20.e5 f6 =-=(53) Campora 2521 -- Kozul 2611, Istanbul TUR 2000.
7.Nc3 g6 8.a3 Bg7 9.Rb1 OO 10.b4 b6 11.d3 Rac8 12.Ne2 d5 13.b5 Nd8 =-= Speelman 2623 -- Lautier 2648, Mondariz ESP 2000; 7...e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.b3 OO 11.Bb2 Rfd8 12.Qd2 =-= Ganguly 2531 -- Dorfman 2617, Bled SLO 2002.
7.d3 e6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.a4 OO 10.Nc4 Rad8 11.Bd2 d5 12.Nce5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Qc7 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nc4 Bf6 16.Qf3 b6 17.Re4 a6 18.Rb1 Qb8 19.Ne3 b5 20.axb5 axb5 0-1(63) Kholmov 2550 -- Tal 2625, Moscow RUS 1972.
7...e5 8.d4 Be7 9.d5 Nd8 10.a4 OO 11.c4 a5 12.Nc3 Kh8 13.Nd2 Ng8 14.Nf1 g6 15.Ra3 f6 16.Nb5 Nf7 17.Ng3 b6 18.Bd2 Rae8 19.Rf1 Bd8 20.Qc2 Ngh6 1-0(58) Antonio 2540 -- Ilincic 2570, Elista olm 1998.
8.d3 Be7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 d5 11.Nbd2 OO 12.e5 Nh7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.h4 b5 15.Qe2 c4 16.dxc4 bxc4 17.b3 cxb3 18.axb3 a5 19.Ra4 Qc5 20.c4 Rfe8 =-=(58) Glek 2566 -- Shipov 2589, Krasnoyarsk 2003; =-=(58) Glek 2566 -- Shipov 2589, Krasnoyarsk 2003; =-=(58) Glek 2566 -- Shipov 2589, Krasnoyarsk 2003; =-=(58) Glek 2566 -- Shipov 2589, Krasnoyarsk 2003; =-=(58) Glek 2566 -- Shipov 2589, Krasnoyarsk 2003; =-=(58) Glek 2566 -- Shipov 2589, Krasnoyarsk 2003; =-=(58) Glek 2566 -- Shipov 2589, Krasnoyarsk 2003; =-=(58) Glek 2566 -- Shipov 2589, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 9.Nbd2 OO 10.Nf1 b5 11.Ng3 b4 12.c4 Ng4 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Qxg4 Nc2 16.Bh6 g6 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Qe2 Nxa1 19.Rxa1 Qc6 20.Rd1 Qc5 =-=(25) Bu 2606 -- Markus 2527, Reykjavik ISL 2004; 11...Rfc8 12.d4 d5 13.e5 Ne8 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Qd3 Bf8 16.h4 b4 17.c4 Ne7 18.Ng5 g6 19.Qf3 Nc6 20.cxd5 exd5 1-0(45) Bu 2615 -- Ibrahimov 2505, Mallorca 2004; 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Ne5 13.Ne3 Ng6 14.Bg3 c4 15.Nd4 cxd3 16.Qxd3 a6 17.Rad1 Qb7 18.Nec2 Ne5 19.Qe2 Rac8 20.Nf3 Nxf3+ =-=(54) Ashley 2500 -- Dorfman 2600, Cannes open 1998; 10...Qc7 11.Ng3 Rfc8 12.Bf4 Qd8 13.Qe2 a6 14.Rad1 b5 15.d4 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Qb6 17.Be3 Qb7 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nh5 Be7 =-=(48) Hernandez Guerrero 2518 -- Dominguez 2639, Buenos Aires ARG 2005; 10...Ne5 11.Ng3 Qb5 12.c4 Qb6 13.Ng5 Nfd7 14.Nh3 Nc6 15.f4 Bf6 16.Kh1 Qd8 17.Rb1 Rb8 18.Ng5 =-= Ni 2638 -- Lin 2448, Wuxi 2005; 9.Bf4 OO 10.h3 b5 11.Nbd2 Rfd8 12.Nf1 Rac8 13.g4 Qc7 14.Ng3 b4 15.Qe2 bxc3 16.bxc3 Ne5 17.c4 Rb8 18.Rab1 Nfd7 19.Nxe5 =-= Savic 2535 -- Ribli 2580, Vogosca BIH 2007.
9.Nxd4 Be7 10.Bg5 OO 11.Na3 Rfd8 12.Nac2 Rac8 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Rad1 a6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Nd4 Qa4 17.a3 Qc4 18.Rd3 b5 19.Red1 h6 20.Bh4 Rd7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Rc1 OO 14.Rc3 h6 15.a3 Rfc8 16.Rd3 Qd8 17.h4 Na5 18.Nh2 Nc4 19.Bc1 Bxh4 20.Qh5 Bg5 1-0(33) Solak 2557 -- Lupulescu 2542, Goteborg SWE 2005; 1-0(33) Solak 2557 -- Lupulescu 2542, Goteborg SWE 2005; 1-0(33) Solak 2557 -- Lupulescu 2542, Goteborg SWE 2005; 1-0(33) Solak 2557 -- Lupulescu 2542, Goteborg SWE 2005; 1-0(33) Solak 2557 -- Lupulescu 2542, Goteborg SWE 2005; 1-0(33) Solak 2557 -- Lupulescu 2542, Goteborg SWE 2005; 1-0(33) Solak 2557 -- Lupulescu 2542, Goteborg SWE 2005; 14...Rac8 15.a3 Rc7 16.Rd3 Bd8 17.h4 Ne7 18.h5 Qb5 19.Bb4 Re8 20.Bd6 Rc4 =-=(34) Zvjaginsev 2659 -- Efimenko 2637, Vrnjacka Banja SCG 2005; 15...Nb8 16.Rd3 Qb5 17.Rb3 Qc6 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Nd7 20.Qg4 Kh8 1-0(28) Degraeve 2548 -- Areshchenko 2644, Hamburg GER 2007; 15...a6 16.Rd3 Qd8 17.h4 Na5 18.Ng5 h6 19.Nh3 Kh7 20.Ng5+ Kg8 =-=(22) De La Riva Aguado 2528 -- Karjakin 2576, Pamplona ESP 2004; 14...Rfc8 15.a3 Bd8 16.Rd3 =-= Pavasovic 2595 -- Efimenko 2660, Plovdiv BUL 2008; 14...f5 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Rce3 Bd6 17.Qe2 Re8 18.Qd3 h6 19.h3 Qf7 20.a3 Rf8 =-=(24) Fressinet 2646 -- Vachier-Lagrave 2595, Aix-les-Bains FRA 2007; 14...f6 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Bg5 Rae8 17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.Rce3 h6 19.h3 Qf7 20.b4 a6 1-0(84) Najer 2606 -- Loginov 2516, St Petersburg RUS 2004; 14.a3 Rfc8 15.Rc3 Bd8 16.h4 Ne7 17.Rd3 Qb5 18.Rb3 Qc6 19.h5 b6 20.h6 Qc2 =-=(45) Delgado Ramirez 2547 -- Dominguez Perez 2678, Havana CUB 2007; 14.Re3 Rfc8 15.Rec3 Bd8 16.a3 h6 17.R1c2 Ne7 18.Qc1 Rxc3 19.Rxc3 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Nxc8 =-=(31) Maslak 2537 -- Brodsky 2571, Peterhof 2006; =-= Sedlak 2512 -- Efimenko 2637, Vrnjacka Banja SCG 2005; 13.a3 OO 14.Rc1 Rfc8 15.Qe2 Rc7 16.h4 Rac8 17.h5 h6 =-= Hamdouchi 2588 -- Fressinet 2654, Belfort FRA 2003; 14...f6 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Be3 h6 =-= Galego 2538 -- Belov 2608, Kusadasi TUR 2006; 13.Bg5 Bb4 14.Bd2 Be7 15.Bg5 Bb4 16.Bd2 Rb8 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 13...OO 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qd2 Qb4 16.Red1 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 =-= Ehlvest 2615 -- Wojtkiewicz 2530, Katerini 1992; 12...Rc8 13.Rc1 Be7 14.Rc3 OO 15.a3 Rc7 16.Qc2 Rfc8 17.Rc1 h6 18.b4 Bd8 19.Qb3 Ne7 20.b5 Rxc3 =-=(39) Guliyev 2572 -- Anand 2788, Venaco FRA 2005; =-= Gelashvili 2520 -- Mchedlishvili 2566, Kallithea Chalkidiki 2003.
11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Na5 13.Ng5 Nc4 14.Rb1 h6 15.Nh3 Nd6 * ? -- ?, ? 0; =-= Gipslis -- Korchnoi, Sousse izt 1967.
10...Ng8 11.a3 h5 12.Nc3 Nh6 13.Ne2 Nf5 14.Ng3 Nce7 15.Bg5 h4 16.Nxf5 Nxf5 17.h3 Be7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Rc1 OO 20.Rc3 Rac8 =-=(27) Jovanovic 2543 -- Georgiev 2685, Sibenik 2006.
6.Re1 Nf6 7.c3 e6 8.d3 Be7 9.Nbd2 OO 10.Nf1 Rfd8 11.Ng3 Ne5 12.Ng5 c4 13.d4 Nd3 14.Re2 b5 15.Nf3 b4 16.Ne1 bxc3 17.bxc3 Nxc1 18.Rxc1 Rab8 19.Nf3 d5 20.Ne5 Qb7 1-0(40) Morozevich 2679 -- Najer 2608, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(40) Morozevich 2679 -- Najer 2608, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(40) Morozevich 2679 -- Najer 2608, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(40) Morozevich 2679 -- Najer 2608, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(40) Morozevich 2679 -- Najer 2608, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(40) Morozevich 2679 -- Najer 2608, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(40) Morozevich 2679 -- Najer 2608, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 1-0(40) Morozevich 2679 -- Najer 2608, Krasnoyarsk 2003; 10...b5 11.d4 d5 12.Ne5 Qb7 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.e5 Nd7 15.Qg4 Rfd8 16.Bg5 Bf8 17.h4 Rac8 18.h5 b4 19.Re3 bxc3 20.bxc3 cxd4 =-=(50) Morozevich 2678 -- Miroshnichenko 2538, Tallinn EST 2003; 9.Bf4 OO 10.a4 d5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Rfd8 13.Na3 Qc6 14.Qc2 a6 15.c4 d4 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.f4 e5 18.fxe5 Bxe5 19.Rf1 Qc7 20.h3 Rd6 0-1(73) Savic 2535 -- Solak 2575, Mataruska Banja SRB 2007; 9.Bg5 OO 10.Nbd2 d5 11.e5 Ne8 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nf1 Nc7 14.Ng3 =-= Szabo -- Parma, Vinkovci CRO 1970; 7...g6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bg7 10.Nc3 OO 11.Bg5 e6 12.d5 exd5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qxd5 Rfe8 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.h3 a6 17.Qb3 Na5 18.Qb4 Nc6 19.Qb6 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Ne5 =-=(34) Nijboer 2590 -- Polgar 2670, Wijk aan Zee blitz 1998; 7.d3 e6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Nf1 OO 10.Ng3 b5 11.c3 Rac8 12.a3 Qb7 13.d4 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.dxc5 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Bxc5 17.Qd3 Be7 18.Bg5 a5 19.g4 Qa8 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 19...Qa7 * ? -- ?, ? 0; =-= Speelman 2610 -- King 2545, Hastings ENG 1991; =-= Speelman 2605 -- King 2560, Hastings ENG 1990; 19.Kf1 =-= Speelman 2610 -- King 2515, Hastings ENG 1990; 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Bh4 OO 11.Nc4 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.a4 Rfd8 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.Na5 Qc7 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.b3 b6 18.Qe2 a6 19.Nd2 e5 20.Nc4 Re8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.b3 g6 8.c3 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Bb2 OO 13.Nbd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Nd8 15.Rac1 Ne6 16.Ba3 Rfc8 17.g3 a6 18.h3 Bf8 19.Kg2 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 =-= Lobron 2540 -- Lutz 2600, Bremen GER 1998; 12.Nbd2 Nc3 13.Qc2 Nb5 14.Bb2 Nb4 15.Qb1 Rc8 16.Rc1 OO 17.a4 Nc7 18.Ba3 Nca6 19.Ne1 f6 20.Ndf3 Bh6 =-=(39) Rozentalis 2578 -- Glek 2531, Clichy FRA 2007; 8...Rc8 9.Bb2 Bg7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.Ne5 Qd8 13.Nxc6 =-= Yudasin 2571 -- Baklan 2599, Ano Liosia GRE 2001; 7...e6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 OO 11.c4 Rfd8 12.Nc3 a6 13.Nc2 Rab8 14.a4 Qc7 15.Rb1 Ne5 16.h3 Ng6 17.Ba1 Nd7 18.Ne3 Bf6 19.Qd2 Qc5 20.g3 h5 =-=(27) Ye 2510 -- Georgiev 2660, RUS 1998; 7.d4 cxd4 8.Bg5 d5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.exd5 Qxd5 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.Ne4 OOO 13.c3 f5 14.Nc5 Qd5 15.cxd4 e5 16.Rc1 exd4 17.Nd3 Bd6 18.Nfe5 Rhe8 19.Nxc6 Rxe1+ 20.Nxe1 bxc6 0-1(46) Taimanov -- Gligoric, Zurich SUI 1953; 6...e6 7.b3 Nf6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.d3 OO 10.Nbd2 d5 11.e5 Ne8 12.Nf1 f5 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.c3 Nd6 15.Ng3 Rae8 16.d4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nf5 18.Qd2 Nh4 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Be7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 6...g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.d4 Nf6 9.d5 Ne5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.a4 OO 12.Na3 Ne8 13.Nc4 Nd6 14.Qb3 Rac8 15.f3 =-= Georgiev -- Kotronias, ? 1990; 6...e5 7.c3 Nf6 8.d4 Be7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Na3 Rd8 13.Qa4 OO 14.Rad1 Qe6 15.Qc4 Rxd1 16.Rxd1 Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Bxd8 18.Qxe6 fxe6 19.Ne1 Kf7 20.Nd3 b6 =-=(41) Vasiukov -- Bronstein, Moscow RUS 1962.
6.b3 Nf6 7.Re1 g6 8.c3 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Bb2 OO 13.Nbd2 f5 14.exf6 Nxd2 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 exf6 17.e6 Qd6 18.Qxd2 Rfe8 19.Qe3 a5 20.Rad1 Re7 1-0(35) Christiansen 2575 -- Hansen 2595, Reykjavik open 1998; 1-0(35) Christiansen 2575 -- Hansen 2595, Reykjavik ISL 1998; 1-0(35) Christiansen 2575 -- Hansen 2595, Reykjavik ISL 1998; 1-0(35) Christiansen 2575 -- Hansen 2595, Reykjavik ISL 1998; 1-0(35) Christiansen 2575 -- Hansen 2595, Reykjavik ISL 1998; 1-0(35) Christiansen 2575 -- Hansen 2595, Reykjavik ISL 1998; 1-0(35) Christiansen 2575 -- Hansen 2595, Reykjavik ISL 1998; 1-0(35) Christiansen 2575 -- Hansen 2595, Reykjavik ISL 1998; 13...Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Rfc8 15.h3 Nd8 16.Rac1 Ne6 17.Ba3 Bf8 18.Nh2 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 a5 20.Nf1 a4 =-=(23) Adams 2744 -- Anand 2794, Dortmund GER 2001; 15.Rac1 Nd8 16.Ba3 Ne6 17.Qe3 h6 18.h3 a5 19.Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.Rc1 Ra8 =-=(24) Degraeve 2602 -- Lautier 2675, Marseille FRA 2001; 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 OO 14.Ba3 Rfc8 15.Rac1 Nd8 16.g3 Ne6 17.Kg2 b6 18.h3 a5 19.Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.Rc1 Bf8 =-=(26) Psakhis 2588 -- Karjakin 2527, Benidorm 2002; =-= Psakhis 2566 -- Nielsen 2593, Copenhagen DEN 2001; 10...OO 11.Nc3 Rac8 12.Bb2 d5 13.e5 Nh5 14.Qd2 Nd8 15.Ne2 Ne6 16.Ba3 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Qe3 Neg7 19.Ne5 Qe6 20.Qd3 Bxe5 0-1(41) Psakhis 2599 -- Gelfand 2692, Haifa ISR 2000; 0-1(41) Psakhis 2599 -- Gelfand 2692, Haifa ISR 2000; 0-1(41) Psakhis 2599 -- Gelfand 2692, Haifa ISR 2000; 0-1(41) Psakhis 2599 -- Gelfand 2692, Haifa ISR 2000; 9...d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Bb2 cxd4 12.cxd4 OO 13.Nbd2 f5 14.exf6 Nxd2 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 exf6 17.Qxd2 fxe5 18.Bxe5 Rf5 19.Bxg7 Qxg7 20.Rad1 Rd8 =-=(48) Leko 2635 -- Polgar 2670, Tilburg NED 1997; 8...Ne5 9.d4 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qg4 12.Qd3 Bg7 13.Nc3 OO 14.f3 Qd7 15.Bb2 Rfc8 16.Rad1 Rd8 17.f4 Rac8 18.h3 a6 19.Qf3 b5 20.e5 Ne8 =-=(31) Yudasin 2635 -- Petursson 2585, Reykjavik ISL 1996; 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.c3 Ne5 10.d4 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qg4 13.Qe3 OO 14.Nc3 Rfd8 15.Rad1 Qh5 16.h3 Qa5 17.Qf3 e6 18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 Rxd5 1-0(77) Adams 2640 -- Leko 2555, Dortmund, Cat.16 1994; 7.Qe2 g6 8.c3 Rc8 9.Bb2 Bg7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nbd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 OO 15.Rfe1 Nd8 16.Rac1 Ne6 17.Ba3 h6 18.h4 Rfe8 19.g3 Bf8 20.Qd3 a6 0-1(62) Zhang 2607 -- Akopian 2656, Ubeda ESP 2001; 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nh5 11.Rd1 Nf4 12.Qf3 Ne6 13.c3 Nexd4 14.cxd4 OO 15.Na3 Rac8 16.Nc4 b5 17.Ne3 e6 18.Qe2 Ne7 19.Rac1 f5 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 =-=(92) Timman 2635 -- Lutz 2580, Dortmund, Cat.16 1994.
6.Qe2 g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.Rd1 e5 9.Na3 Nge7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 exd4 12.Nb5 OO 13.Nfxd4 d5 14.Nb3 a6 15.Nc3 d4 16.Na4 Rae8 17.Bf4 Nd5 18.Bg3 Qe7 19.Nac5 Kh8 20.Re1 Nb6 1-0(42) Fischer -- Olafsson, Mar del Plata ARG 1960; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 13.Nbxd4 a6 14.Bf4 Rad8 15.Rac1 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Rfe8 17.b3 Nc8 18.Qf3 Qe7 19.Be3 Qxe4 20.Rc7 Qxf3 1-0(37) Jakovenko 2662 -- Naumann 2532, playchess.com INT 2006; 10.Nc2 OO 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 exd4 13.Ncxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 d5 15.Bf4 a6 16.Nb3 Rfe8 17.Qd2 Qa4 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Qxf4 =-= Fressinet 2654 -- Smirin 2670, Plovdiv BUL 2003; 10...d5 11.d4 exd4 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.cxd4 OO 14.Ne3 Qd6 15.Nc4 Qd5 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Be3 Qh5 18.h3 b5 19.Nd6 Ne5 20.Rac1 Nxf3+ =-=(53) Baklan 2601 -- Baramidze 2554, Austria AUT 2006; 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Na3 Ne7 13.Nb5 Nc6 14.Bf4 Be5 15.Bh6 OOO 16.f4 Bf6 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.fxg5 Qe7 19.Qg4+ Qe6 20.Qxe6+ fxe6 =-=(43) Rossolimo -- Fischer, New York, NY USA 1962; 6...Nf6 7.Rd1 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.c4 OO 11.Nc3 Rfc8 12.b3 a6 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Rac1 Qa5 15.Nf3 h6 16.h3 Rab8 17.a3 Qh5 18.b4 Rd8 19.Rd2 Rbc8 20.Rcd1 Ne8 =-=(53) Zvjaginsev 2650 -- Najer 2608, Moscow RUS 2004; 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.c4 a6 12.Nc3 OO 13.b3 Rfe8 14.Bb2 Nd7 15.Rac1 Rab8 16.Nd5 =-= Andersson 2590 -- Timman 2590, Dordrecht NED 2003; 7...Rc8 8.c3 e6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Bg5 Be7 11.cxd4 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nc3 OO 14.d5 Ne5 15.Nd4 a6 16.a4 Rc4 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Nc2 Rc6 19.Ne3 Qc7 20.Rac1 Qb6 0-1(38) Ovetchkin 2535 -- Kobalia 2639, Togliatti 2003; 7.c3 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Be3 Be7 12.Ne1 f6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nd3 OO 15.Nd2 Nf7 16.f4 f5 17.Nf3 b6 18.h3 Rac8 19.Kh1 Nh6 20.Rg1 Nb4 0-1(74) Svetushkin 2604 -- Miroshnichenko 2651, Predeal ROU 2007.
6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Re1 e6 9.c4 Be7 10.Nc3 OO 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.Rc1 =-= Donchev -- Georgiev, Bulgaria 1988; 8...g6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 OO 12.Nd2 Rfd8 13.Qe2 Qg4 14.Qxg4 Nxg4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nc4 =-= Kurajica 2505 -- Petrosian 2615, Vrbas 1980; 8.Nc3 g6 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.Qe2 OO 11.Nd5 Rac8 12.c3 Ne8 13.Bd2 e6 14.Nf4 Nc7 15.Qd3 f5 16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Ne2 Rcf8 18.Nfd4 R5f7 19.f4 e5 20.Nxc6 bxc6 =-=(41) Kholmov -- Spassky, URS-ch 1964; 10.Bf4 OO 11.Qe2 Rac8 12.Rad1 Qe6 13.Bc1 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.f4 Qe6 16.Qf3 b5 17.a3 a5 18.f5 Qc4 19.Bg5 e6 20.e5 Qc5+ 1-0(54) Kholmov -- Stein, Erevan ARM 1962; 7...g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Re1 OO 11.Nd5 Ng4 12.c3 e6 13.Ne3 Nf6 14.Nc4 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Bf4 Rfd8 17.Bg3 =-= Kholmov -- Suetin, Tbilisi GEO 1967; =-= Kholmov -- Suetin, Tbilisi GEO 1966; 8.c4 Nf6 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.Nc3 OO 12.Qd3 Rfc8 13.Be3 a6 14.a4 Qc7 15.b3 Qa5 16.Rac1 Qb4 17.Na2 Qa5 18.Nc3 Qb4 19.Na2 Qa5 =-= Dzindzichashvili 2595 -- Sosonko 2535, Wijk aan Zee NED 1979.
6.d3 e6 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.a3 Be7 9.Rb1 OO 10.b4 cxb4 11.axb4 b5 12.Re1 Rfc8 13.Nf1 Rc7 14.Bd2 Rac8 15.Qe2 g6 16.c4 Rb8 17.Rec1 Rcb7 18.d4 bxc4 19.Qxc4 Nd8 20.d5 e5 =-=(40) Gurgenidze -- Geller, Tbilisi GEO 1967; =-=(40) Gurgenidze -- Geller, Tbilisi GEO 1966; 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 Nf6 9.c4 OO 10.Nc3 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Qxd5 =-= Morozevich 2745 -- Kasparov 2849, Wijk aan Zee NED 2001; 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Bg5 OO 10.Re1 Ne5 11.b3 a6 12.a4 b6 13.h3 Rfe8 14.Ra2 h6 =-= Schmittdiel 2483 -- Lutz 2613, GER 2004; 6...g6 7.c3 Nf6 8.Re1 Bg7 9.d4 OO 10.d5 Na5 11.Nbd2 b5 12.a4 a6 13.b4 cxb4 14.cxb4 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bxa1 16.bxa5 Rfc8 17.axb5 Qxb5 18.Nf1 Bc3 19.Rxe7 Qb1 20.N3d2 Qd3 1-0(75) Larsen 2620 -- Marjanovic 2505, Bled / Portoroz 1979.
6.b4 Nxb4 7.c3 Nd3 8.Na3 e6 9.Qe2 Nxc1 10.Raxc1 Be7 11.d4 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Nh6 13.Qb5 a6 14.Qb6 cxd4 15.cxd4 OO 16.Nc4 Rc6 17.Qb1 b5 18.Na5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.d5 exd5 =-=(48) Geller -- Vasiukov, Tbilisi ch-URS 1959.
6...Ne5 7.d3 g6 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.Be3 e6 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.Qf3 f6 12.a3 Kf7 13.Rab1 Kg7 14.b4 b6 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.Rb5 a6 17.Rb6 Ne7 18.Rfb1 Rhb8 19.Rxb8 =-= Anand 2720 -- Adams 2640, Linares 1994; =-= Anand 2720 -- Adams 2640, Linares 1994; =-= Anand 2720 -- Adams 2640, Linares 1994; =-= Anand 2720 -- Adams 2640, Linares 1994; =-= Anand 2720 -- Adams 2640, Linares-cs (m/07) PCA 1994; 11.a3 Ne7 12.Rb1 Nc6 13.Qf3 f5 14.exf5 exf5 15.b4 cxb4 16.axb4 Bxb4 17.Nd5 Be7 18.Bc5 Bd8 19.Rfe1 Kf7 20.Rb2 Ba5 1-0(63) Kaidanov 2590 -- ban(C) 2635, ICC 2 10 10/10/95 Internet Chess Club 1995; 7...e6 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Ne1 g6 10.Nc2 Bg7 11.Be3 OO 12.f4 N5c6 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 f5 15.exf5 Nxf5 =-= Sax 2580 -- Kasparov 2775, Tilburg NED 1989.
6...g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 OO 11.Nc3 Rfc8 12.b3 Qd8 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Rac1 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16.Qxd4 Qb6 17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.Rfd1 f6 19.Nd5 Kf7 20.Nxb6 axb6 =-=(30) Anand 2770 -- Nielsen 2620, Moscow RUS 2001; 13...Qa5 14.Rac1 a6 15.Rfd1 b5 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Nd5 Qxd2 18.Bxd2 Kf8 19.Nb4 Rcc8 20.cxb5 axb5 =-=(60) Akopian -- Korchnoi 2585, Barcelona ESP 1992; 12.Nde2 Qd8 13.Rc1 a6 14.Nf4 Rab8 15.Qe2 Nd7 16.Rfd1 Qf8 17.Nfd5 b6 18.Na4 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Nac3 b4 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.d3 Nh6 9.a3 OO 10.Rb1 f5 11.b4 Ng4 12.Bd2 b6 13.Qe2 Nge5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Nd5 e6 16.Ne3 Nd4 17.Qd1 f4 18.Nc2 Nxc2 19.Qxc2 f3 20.g3 Bd4 =-=(41) Kallio 2501 -- Dominguez Perez 2613, Copenhagen DEN 2002.
6...e5 7.Nc3 Nge7 8.d3 g6 9.Bd2 Bg7 10.Nd5 OO 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nxb4 14.Bxb4 cxb4 15.Rxb4 h6 16.Qa4 Qe7 17.Re1 e4 18.Qb3 Rae8 19.c5 dxc5 20.Rxb7 Qd6 0-1(30) Shabanov -- Dolmatov, Briansk 1975.
7...e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.b3 OO 11.Be3 a6 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.Rfd1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qc6 15.f3 Nd7 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Qd2 Be7 19.a4 b6 20.Rb1 Red8 =-=(39) Timman 2590 -- Kasparov 2735, Brussels 5' ,CBM 02 1987; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.Bb2 Rfd8 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Qe2 a6 14.Rac1 b6 15.Rfd1 Qb7 16.e5 dxe5 17.Qxe5 Ne8 18.h3 Qc6 =-= Panchenko 2495 -- Tseskovsky 2595, Sochi RUS 1980; 11...b6 12.Qd3 Rfd8 13.Rad1 a6 14.a4 Qb7 15.Rfe1 Nd7 16.Qg3 Nxd4 17.Rxd4 Nc5 18.b4 Nd7 =-= Manor 2450 -- Istratescu, Rishon Le Zion 1990; 10.Nc2 OO 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 b5 13.Qe2 bxc4 14.Qxc4 Qb7 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.Qe2 Rac8 17.Kh1 a5 18.Na3 Nb4 19.Nc4 Qa6 20.Rfe1 Bf8 =-=(25) Georgiev -- Georgiev, Bulgaria 1988; 10.Be3 OO 11.f3 a6 12.Qe2 Rab8 13.Rac1 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qc6 =-= Sax 2570 -- Spassky 2605, Niksic YUG 1983.
7...Ne5 8.d3 e6 9.Bf4 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Bxe5 OO 13.Rad1 Rac8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.dxe4 Qc6 16.Qe2 Rfd8 =-= Bruzon Batista 2648 -- Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo 2510, Ayamonte 2006; 8...Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 g6 10.h3 Bg7 11.Be3 OO 12.d4 Ng4 13.dxc5 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Bxc3 =-= Kudrin 2535 -- Gurevich 2575, Chandler, AZ USA 1997.
8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nde2 OO 11.f3 a6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.b3 b5 14.Nd5 Qb7 15.Rc1 bxc4 16.bxc4 Rab8 17.Bd4 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Rfc8 19.Qa4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Nd3 =-=(41) Sax 2539 -- Almasi 2646, Szekesfehervar HUN 2006; 10.Nc2 OO 11.b3 a6 12.Qe2 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Bb2 Nh5 15.Ne3 f5 16.exf5 Nd4 17.Qd2 Nxf5 18.Ncd5 Qb7 19.Bxg7 Nhxg7 20.Nxf5 Nxf5 =-=(51) Aronin -- Spassky, Moscow RUS 1959; 9...Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.b3 OO =-= Milos 2575 -- Vescovi 2525, Sao Paulo zt 1998.
8.d3 Bg7 9.Rb1 OO 10.a3 e6 11.b4 b6 12.Bd2 Rfd8 13.Qc1 Ne5 14.Ne1 d5 15.Bf4 Nc6 16.cxd5 exd5 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Bg5 dxe4 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nxe4 Be7 1-0(50) Sax 2524 -- Almasi 2665, Lillafured HUN 1999.
11.Nd5 e6 12.Ne3 Nge5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.b5 Nd4 15.Nc2 Rad8 16.Nxd4 Qxd4 17.Qc2 Qd3 18.Rb2 Qe2 19.d3 Qxc2 20.Rxc2 Rxd3 0-1(32) Salov 2670 -- Shirov 2690, Madrid ESP 1996; 0-1(32) Salov 2670 -- Shirov 2690, Madrid ESP 1996; 0-1(32) Salov 2670 -- Shirov 2690, Madrid ESP 1996; 0-1(32) Salov 2670 -- Shirov 2690, Madrid ESP 1996; 0-1(32) Salov 2670 -- Shirov 2690, Madrid ESP 1996.
6...d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.d4 e6 9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Bf4 Nf6 12.Nbd2 OO 13.Kf1 Rfd8 14.Nb3 Be7 15.Ne5 Rdc8 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Bg5 Rc7 18.Bf4 Rc6 19.Bg5 Rc7 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 9.Qa4 Nf6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qa5 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Nb5 Kd7 14.Bxa7 Kc6 15.Nd4+ Kd7 16.Nb5 Kc6 17.Nd4+ Kd7 18.Nb5 Nd5 19.Nd2 Kc6 20.Nd4+ Kd7 0-1(33) Novikov 2534 -- Khismatullin 2583, Kazan RUS 2005; 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 e5 11.Qb3 Qxb3 12.Nxb3 OOO 13.N1d2 f5 14.Rad1 Nf6 15.Nc4 Be7 16.Nba5 Nxa5 17.Nxa5 Kb8 18.Nc4 Ng4 19.h3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 f4 1-0(40) Bilek -- Savon, Odessa UKR 1976; 7.d3 e6 8.Qe2 Nge7 9.a3 Ng6 10.b4 Be7 11.Nbd2 OO 12.Nb3 b6 13.Be3 Qc8 * ? -- ?, ? 0; =-= Sax 2570 -- Ribli 2620, Odorheiu Secuiesc 1993; 7.e5 e6 8.d4 Nge7 9.dxc5 Ng6 10.Re1 Bxc5 11.Nbd2 Bb6 12.Nb3 OO 13.Be3 Bc7 14.Bc5 Rfc8 15.Bd4 Qe7 16.g3 h6 17.h4 Nf8 18.Qd2 Nd7 19.Qf4 b5 20.a3 a5 0-1(52) Dzindzichashvili 2500 -- Stein 2620, Moscow RUS 1972.
6...e5 7.d4 Nf6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd7+ Nxd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 g5 12.Na3 g4 13.Nd2 Be7 14.Rfd1 OOO 15.Nb3 h5 16.Nc4 h4 17.Rac1 h3 18.g3 Rh5 19.Nd6+ Bxd6 20.Rxd6 c4 1-0(37) Data 2841 -- Hossa 2462, 207.99.5.190 1998; 9.Qe2 OOO 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Na3 Nh5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Qxh5 g6 14.Qh4 f6 15.Be3 g5 16.Qh5 Qa4 17.c4 Nxc4 18.Qg4+ Kb8 19.Nxc4 Qxc4 20.b3 Qc3 =-=(36) Kovacevic 2559 -- Ilincic 2538, Neum BIH 2004.
6...e6 7.d4 d5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.exd5 Qxd5 10.Qxd5 exd5 11.Nbd2 Nge7 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Re1 OO 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 Rfd8 16.Rd1 Kf8 17.Kf1 Rac8 18.Red3 h6 19.h3 g6 20.Nc1 Na5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0.
6...g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Re1 Nf6 9.d5 Ne5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.f3 OO 12.Be3 b6 13.a4 Ne8 14.a5 Nd6 15.Nd2 e6 16.Qb3 exd5 17.Qxd5 Qe6 18.c4 Qxd5 19.cxd5 Rfc8 20.b3 b5 =-=(35) Rublevsky 2671 -- Adly 2490, Tripoli 2004.
7.Qe2 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Be3 Be7 12.Ne1 f6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nd3 OO 15.Bf2 b6 16.Nc3 Nf7 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Rfd1 fxe5 19.dxe5 Nh6 20.Qd2 Na5 1-0(42) Rublevsky 2650 -- Sadvakasov 2635, Poikovsky 2005; 1-0(42) Rublevsky 2650 -- Sadvakasov 2635, Poikovsky 2005; 1-0(42) Rublevsky 2650 -- Sadvakasov 2635, Poikovsky 2005; 1-0(42) Rublevsky 2650 -- Sadvakasov 2635, Poikovsky 2005; 1-0(42) Rublevsky 2650 -- Sadvakasov 2635, Poikovsky 2005; 1-0(42) Rublevsky 2650 -- Sadvakasov 2635, Poikovsky 2005; 1-0(42) Rublevsky 2650 -- Sadvakasov 2635, Poikovsky 2005; 15...fxe5 16.dxe5 Qe8 17.Nc3 Qg6 18.Kh1 h5 19.Nb5 Qf5 20.Rae1 Nf7 =-=(27) Chebotarev 2517 -- Sakaev 2669, Kazan RUS 2005; 15.Nd2 Rac8 16.Rfd1 Qe8 17.f4 Ne4 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Rac1 Bd6 20.Ne5 Ne7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 16.Nb3 b6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Nf7 =-=(46) Rozentalis 2553 -- Hracek 2620, GER 2000; 15...Nf7 16.f4 b6 17.Nf3 f5 18.Rac1 Rfc8 19.Rc2 Rc7 20.Rfc1 Rac8 0-1(56) Short 2615 -- Kasparov 2735, London ENG 1987; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 15...b6 16.Rad1 f5 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Rc3 Na5 19.Rfc1 Rxc3 20.Rxc3 Rc8 0-1(40) Rabiega 2521 -- Ftacnik 2598, Dresden GER 2003; 14...Nf7 15.f4 OO 16.Nd2 f5 17.Nf3 b6 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Rc2 Rc7 20.Rfc1 Rfc8 =-=(107) Kornev 2568 -- Belov 2598, Tomsk RUS 2006; 15...f5 16.Nd2 OO 17.Nf3 Rac8 18.Nc5 Nxd4 19.Nxd7 Nxe2+ 20.Kf2 Rfd8 =-=(94) Iuldachev 2550 -- Hracek 2595, Mallorca 2004; 14.Nd2 OO 15.Nd3 =-= Svetushkin 2588 -- Andriasian 2508, Moscow RUS 2007; =-= Rozentalis 2619 -- Fedorov 2620, Copenhagen DEN 2004; 11...f6 12.exf6 gxf6 13.Nc3 Bg7 14.Qd3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 OO 16.Rfe1 Rac8 17.Rad1 Na5 18.Re2 Rc6 19.Rde1 Rfc8 20.Bd2 Nc4 1-0(66) Rozentalis 2586 -- Epishin 2657, Castrop-Rauxel GER 1999; 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Rac1 OO 14.Rfe1 Rac8 15.a3 Rc7 16.Rc2 Rfc8 17.Rec1 a6 18.Qd3 h6 19.h3 Na7 20.Rxc7 Rxc7 =-=(43) Kuczynski 2520 -- Lutz 2605, GER 1994; =-=(43) Kuczynski 2520 -- Lutz 2605, Duitsland tt 1993; 14.Rc2 Rac8 15.Rfc1 a6 16.h4 Bxh4 17.Rxc6 Rxc6 18.Nxh4 Rxc1+ 19.Bxc1 Qa4 20.Qg4 Kh8 0-1(38) Hort 2590 -- Huebner 2620, Duitsland tt 1982; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 13...h6 14.Rc3 g5 15.Be3 g4 16.Ne1 Bb4 17.Rc2 Bxe1 18.Rxe1 Rg8 19.Rec1 OOO 20.Qb5 Kc7 1-0(22) Rublevsky 2671 -- Adly 2490, Tripoli 2004; 13.Rfc1 OO 14.Rc2 Rfc8 15.Rac1 a6 16.Qd3 Na7 17.g3 Rxc2 18.Rxc2 Rc8 19.Kg2 Rxc2 20.Qxc2 Nc6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.Rd1 Be7 12.Ne1 f6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Bxg5 fxg5 15.Nc3 OO 16.Nc2 Rac8 17.Qd3 a6 18.Ne2 Bd8 19.g3 Bb6 20.Kg2 Qf7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 13.Nf3 =-= Tringov 2435 -- Georgiev, Plovdiv BUL 1984; 10...Ng8 11.a3 Nge7 12.b4 Nc8 13.Be3 Nb6 14.Nbd2 Be7 15.Rfc1 OO 16.Ne1 Rfc8 17.Nd3 Na4 18.Nb3 b6 19.Rc2 Bf8 20.Rac1 Ne7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8...OOO 9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Kb8 11.Rd1 h6 12.b3 Be7 13.Bb2 d5 14.Ne5 =-= Sorokin 2583 -- Dvoirys 2612, Tomsk RUS 2004; 8.d3 Be7 9.Re1 OO 10.Nbd2 Rfd8 11.Nf1 Rac8 12.Ng3 b5 13.Bg5 b4 14.Rad1 bxc3 15.bxc3 h6 16.Bc1 Bf8 17.h3 Ne5 18.d4 cxd4 19.cxd4 Ng6 20.h4 Qa4 0-1(41) Rozentalis 2596 -- Georgiev 2677, Turin ITA 2006; 9.Rd1 OO 10.Nbd2 Rfd8 11.Nf1 Rac8 12.Ng3 h6 13.h3 Bf8 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qc7 16.Bd2 Qb6 17.Bc3 Ne7 18.Rac1 =-= Baklan 2631 -- Mamedov 2564, Benasque ESP 2008; 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 OO 11.Nbd2 d5 12.e5 Nh7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rfc8 16.a3 Ng5 17.Rfc1 Nxf3+ 18.Nxf3 Rc7 19.b3 Rac8 20.Qb2 Na5 0-1(31) Wahls 2565 -- Gelfand 2615, Dortmund GER 1990; 8.a3 Be7 9.b4 OO 10.d3 b5 11.Rd1 cxb4 12.axb4 a5 13.bxa5 Nxa5 14.Nbd2 Rfc8 15.Bb2 Qb7 16.Rdb1 Qd7 17.h3 h6 18.Nd4 d5 19.e5 Nh7 20.Ba3 Nc6 1-0(70) Larsen -- Olafsson, Lugano SUI 1970; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 8.Rd1 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Ne1 f6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Be3 Nf7 15.f4 OO 16.Nc3 Rac8 17.Bf2 Nh6 18.Rd3 fxe5 19.fxe5 Nf5 20.Rad1 Qe8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 7...Qg4 8.d3 Ne5 9.Nbd2 Nh5 10.d4 Nf4 11.Qb5+ Kd8 12.Nh4 Ned3 13.Kh1 Qxh4 14.Qxb7 Rc8 15.g3 Qh5 16.gxf4 Qe2 17.Qxa7 Nxf2+ 18.Rxf2 Qxf2 19.Qb6+ Kd7 20.Qb5+ Kd8 =-=(23) Rublevsky 2655 -- Belov 2560, Sochi RUS 2004; 11...Nd7 12.g3 Rb8 13.Kh1 a6 14.Qa4 Nd3 15.Qc4 Nxc1 16.Raxc1 e6 17.Kg2 Be7 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.h3 Qg6 20.b4 Nd7 =-=(26) Fernandez Garcia 2452 -- Polgar 2715, Santurtzi 2003.
7.Re1 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Rc1 OO 14.Rc3 f6 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Rce3 Bd6 17.Qe2 Raf8 18.Bc3 Nd8 19.a3 Bf4 20.Rd3 Bd6 =-=(24) Zvjaginsev 2664 -- Najer 2652, Poikovsky RUS 2006; 14...Rfc8 15.a3 a5 16.Rd3 b5 =-= Nevednichy 2552 -- Kovacevic 2556, Zadar CRO 2004; 14...Rac8 15.a3 a6 16.Rd3 h6 17.h3 Rce8 18.Bf4 f5 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Bg3 Re7 =-=(53) Hernandez Guerrero 2530 -- Palac 2565, Lorca 2004; =-= Potkin 2556 -- Miroshnichenko 2616, Abudhabi UAE 2006; 14.Qb3 Rfc8 15.Rc2 Rc7 16.Rec1 Rac8 17.Qd3 Nd8 18.h4 Bg5 * ? -- ?, ? 0; =-= Spassky 2580 -- Ribli 2605, FRA 1989; 18.a3 =-= Spassky 2580 -- Ribli 2625, Clermont-Ferrand FRA 1989; 15.Qd3 Nd8 16.h4 =-= Spassky 2580 -- Ribli 2625, Clermont-Ferrand FRA 1989; 14.Bg5 Rab8 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 14.Re3 f5 15.Rec3 h6 16.h4 Bd8 =-= Fedorowicz 2560 -- De Firmian 2595, Long Beach ch-USA 1989; 13.Bg5 OO 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Re3 Rac8 16.Rc1 Qb4 17.Rb3 Qa4 18.Ra3 Qxd1+ 19.Rxd1 f6 20.exf6 gxf6 =-=(33) Gufeld -- Geller, Leningrad RUS 1963; 16.Rc3 a6 17.Rac1 Na7 18.a3 h6 19.h3 Qd7 20.Qb3 Rxc3 =-=(49) Rausis 2495 -- Van Wely 2605, Erevan olm 1996; 14.Rc1 Rfc8 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Re3 Rxc1 17.Qxc1 Rc8 18.Rc3 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 =-= Minev -- Polugaevsky, Bad Liebenstein 1963; 13...Bb4 14.Bd2 Be7 15.Bg5 Bb4 16.Bd2 Qd8 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 14...a5 15.Bxb4 axb4 16.a3 bxa3 17.Qb3 Qe7 18.Re3 OO 19.Rxa3 Rxa3 20.Qxa3 Qxa3 =-=(47) Knezevic -- Fischer, Skopje MKD 1967; 13...Bxg5 14.Nxg5 h6 15.Nf3 OO 16.Qd2 Rac8 17.Rac1 Ne7 18.g3 b6 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Rc1 =-= Ubilava -- Gufeld, Tbilisi GEO 1974; =-= Liberzon -- Vasiukov, Amsterdam NED 1969; 13.a3 OO 14.b4 b5 15.Qe2 Rfb8 16.Qd3 a5 17.bxa5 Nxa5 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Nc4 20.Qg3 Qe8 0-1(44) Naiditsch -- Izoria, EuCh-U12b , Rimavska Sobota 1996; =-= Shaposhnikov 2578 -- Klimov 2509, St Petersburg RUS 2004; 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Be7 13.Ng5 h6 14.Qh5 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Ne7 16.Bd2 OO 17.a4 f5 18.f4 Rac8 19.Reb1 Rc4 20.Qd1 Rfc8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10...Ng8 11.Nc3 Nge7 12.Ne2 Nf5 13.Nf4 h5 14.h4 Be7 15.g3 OOO 16.a3 Kb8 17.b4 Rdg8 18.Ne2 Qd8 19.Bf4 Ka8 20.Rc1 Qb6 0-1(51) Sebag 2471 -- Radjabov 2729, Cap d'Agde FRA 2006; 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Qb3 Rd8 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxb7 OO 15.Bf4 Bf6 16.Rac1 Nxd4 17.Qxd5 Rxd5 18.Nxd4 Rxd4 19.Be5 Rd2 20.a4 Bxe5 =-=(25) San Segundo Carrillo -- Piket, Groningen NED 1987; 10.Nc3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Be3 OO 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qxd1 16.Raxd1 Bxe5 17.Bc5 Rfd8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Bxa7 Bxb2 20.Rb1 Bf6 0-1(59) Wegener -- Arbakov 2570, Wiesbaden GER 1994; 8.d3 Be7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 OO 13.Nc3 d5 14.e5 Be7 15.Ne2 f6 16.exf6 Rxf6 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Rf7 19.Nc1 Bc5 20.Nd3 Bb6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...OO 10.Nbd2 Rac8 11.a4 h6 12.Bh4 Nh5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.g3 Nf6 15.a5 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nc4 Rfd8 18.Qe2 Qc7 19.Nfe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Ne7 =-=(45) Vazquez 2496 -- Akopian 2705, Amsterdam NED 2005; 9.Nbd2 OO 10.Nf1 Ne5 11.Ng3 Qb5 12.d4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Qe2 Qxe2 16.Rxe2 d5 17.e5 =-= Karpov 2682 -- Morovic Fernandez 2573, Sao Paulo BRA 2004.
7...cxd4 8.cxd4 d5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Ne1 f6 11.f3 Ng5 12.Be3 e6 13.Nc3 Be7 14.Qd2 OO 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Nd3 Nf7 17.Nf4 Nd6 18.Bf2 Rae8 19.Rae1 Bd8 20.Re2 Nf5 1-0(42) Chiburdanidze 2530 -- Ljubojevic 2620, Bilbao 1987; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Nd3 OO 16.Nc5 Qc8 17.f4 Nf7 18.f5 exf5 19.Nxd5 Bd8 20.Rc1 Re8 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 10...h6 11.Be3 e6 12.Nd3 Be7 13.Qg4 g6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Nc3 h5 16.Qd1 OO 17.Qf3 Nxc3 18.Rxc3 Nb4 19.Bh6 Rfe8 20.Nc5 Rc7 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 20...Bxc5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 9...Ng8 10.Nc3 e6 11.Ne2 Nge7 12.Ng3 Nf5 13.Nh5 OOO 14.g4 Nfe7 15.Be3 Ng8 16.Ne1 f6 17.f4 f5 18.gxf5 exf5 19.Nd3 g6 20.Ng3 Nh6 1-0(56) Felgaer 2588 -- Vasquez 2561, Santiago CHI 2005; 12.Nf4 h5 13.Be3 Nf5 14.Ng5 g6 15.Nf3 Be7 16.Nd3 Nb4 17.Nxb4 Bxb4 18.g3 OO 19.h3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Kg7 =-=(27) Volokitin 2566 -- Efimenko 2523, Lvov UKR 2001; 10.e6 Qxe6 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.b4 f6 13.b5 Na5 14.Ne2 e6 15.Nf4 Kf7 16.Re1 Re8 17.Nd3 Nc4 18.Bf4 Ba3 19.Qb3 Ne7 20.Nd2 Nxd2 0-1(35) Gurgenidze -- Stein, Kiev UKR 1969; 8...Nxe4 9.d5 Ne5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Re1 Nf6 12.Rxe5 g6 13.Nc3 Bg7 14.Qe2 Ng4 15.Re4 Nf6 16.Re5 Ng4 17.Re4 Nf6 18.Re5 =-= Baklan 2600 -- Najer 2608, bereg.ru Int 2003; =-= Becerra Rivero 2558 -- Wojtkiewicz 2543, New York, NY USA 2003; 10.Re1 Nf6 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Rxe5 g6 13.Nc3 Bg7 14.Bg5 OO 15.Qe2 Rfe8 16.Re1 h6 17.Bh4 Rad8 18.h3 a6 19.Kf1 b5 20.Rxe7 Rxe7 1-0(48) Glek 2571 -- Kobalia 2630, playchess.com INT 2004; 8...e6 9.d5 Ne5 10.dxe6 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 fxe6 12.Rd1 Qc6 13.Nc3 Be7 14.Bg5 OO 15.Qh3 Qd7 16.e5 Ne8 17.Be3 Rf5 18.exd6 Nxd6 19.Ne4 b6 20.Rd4 Rd8 =-=(33) Nogueiras Santiago -- Garcia, Bayamo 1980.
7...e5 8.Re1 g6 9.d5 Ne7 10.a4 Bg7 11.a5 OO 12.Qa4 b5 13.axb6 Qxa4 14.Rxa4 axb6 15.Rxa8 Rxa8 16.Bg5 Nc8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Na3 Ra6 19.Kf1 Na7 20.Ke2 Kf8 1-0(43) Degraeve 2575 -- Guseinov 2513, Bled SLO 2002.
8...Nd8 9.Re1 Nf6 10.Bg5 Ng8 11.Nbd2 g6 12.Ne4 Bg7 13.Bf4 Kf8 14.Qe2 Bh6 15.Bxh6+ Nxh6 16.b4 b6 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Rab1 Kg7 19.c4 Rf8 20.Rb3 f6 0-1(50) Nevednichy 2563 -- Georgiev 2676, Herceg Novi YUG 2001; 11...h6 12.Bf4 g5 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Ne4 Qb8 15.b4 Bg7 16.bxc5 Kf8 17.h4 Nf6 18.Ng3 Qc8 19.c4 gxh4 20.Nxh4 Qg4 =-=(34) Nevednichy 2588 -- Sakaev 2630, Herceg Novi YUG 2001; 10...e6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qd3 Be7 13.Nbd2 f5 14.Nc4 b5 15.Ne3 Rg8 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Nxf5 c4 18.Qd2 Nf7 19.Nxe7 Kxe7 20.Rad1 Qb7 1-0(45) Christiansen -- Meyer, New York, NY USA 1974; 9...f5 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Nc4 b5 12.Na5 g6 13.a4 a6 14.Ng5 Bg7 15.Ne6 Nxe6 16.Rxe6 Kf7 17.Re1 Rhe8 18.Nc6 bxa4 19.Bg5 e5 20.Qxa4 Qb7 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 13...bxa4 14.Ng5 Bg7 15.Ne6 Nxe6 16.Rxe6 Rc8 17.c4 Kf7 18.Rxa4 Ne8 19.Bg5 Bf6 20.Bxf6 exf6 =-=(54) Dvoretzky -- Loginov, Sverdlovsk Armed Forces 1987.
8...Nb8 9.Re1 Nf6 10.Bg5 Na6 11.c4 Nc7 12.Nc3 e6 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Nd5 Ncxd5 15.cxd5 e5 16.Rxe5+ dxe5 17.Nxe5 Qf5 18.Qa4+ Kd8 19.Nf7+ Kc8 20.Re1 Qd7 =-=(45) Ivkov 2570 -- Mecking 2550, Vrsac YUG 1971; =-=(42) Ivkov 2570 -- Mecking 2550, Vrsac YUG 1971; *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11.b4 OOO 12.Na3 h6 13.Be3 Nc7 14.c4 e6 15.bxc5 dxc5 16.Ne5 Qe8 17.Rb1 exd5 18.Bf4 Bd6 19.Qb3 b6 20.cxd5 Nfxd5 =-=(40) Gurgenidze -- Averbakh, Alma Ata ch-URS 1968.
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Re1 Nd6 11.Rxe5 g6 12.Re1 Bg7 13.Bg5 Nf5 14.Na3 OOO 15.Qb3 f6 16.Bf4 g5 17.Bg3 Qxd5 18.Qa4 a6 19.Nc4 Qc6 20.Re6 Qxe6 0-1 Strikovic 2550 -- Kolev 2550, Seville ESP 1999; 13.Na3 OO 14.Bf4 Rad8 15.Qf3 Rfe8 16.Rad1 b6 17.h3 Qa4 18.Rd3 b5 19.Rde3 b4 20.cxb4 cxb4 =-=(30) Chekhov -- Inkiov, Tjentiste 1975; 12.Bf4 Bg7 13.Re2 OO 14.Nd2 b5 15.Nb3 Nb7 16.Qe1 Rfe8 17.Rd1 c4 18.Nc1 Rad8 19.Bg5 Qh3 * ? -- ?, ? 0; 10...Nf6 11.Rxe5 e6 12.c4 OOO 13.Nc3 Bd6 14.Re1 exd5 15.cxd5 Rhe8 16.Bg5 Rxe1+ 17.Qxe1 Re8 18.Qd2 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.Be3 Qe7 =-=(21) Gurgenidze -- Gufeld, Kislovodsk 1968.
9...Nf6 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.c4 e6 12.Nc3 Be7 13.Rxe5 exd5 14.Bg5 d4 15.Ne4 OOO 16.Nxc5 Qc7 17.Nd3 Kb8 18.c5 Ka8 19.Qf3 Rd7 20.Rae1 Bd8 1-0(29) Glek 2590 -- Stefansson 2588, Esbjerg DEN 2002; 1-0(29) Glek 2590 -- Stefansson 2588, Esbjerg DEN 2002; 1-0(29) Glek 2590 -- Stefansson 2588, Esbjerg DEN 2002; 1-0(29) Glek 2590 -- Stefansson 2588, Esbjerg DEN 2002.
11.c4 e5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Nc3 h6 15.Bxf6 OO 16.Qh3 Bxf6 17.Qxe6+ Qxe6 18.Rxe6 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Rae8 20.Rxd6 Re2 =-=(71) Gruenfeld 2520 -- Alterman 2585, Israel 1996; =-=(71) Gruenfeld 2520 -- Alterman 2585, Israel 1996; =-=(71) Gruenfeld 2520 -- Alterman 2585, Israel 1996; =-=(71) Gruenfeld 2520 -- Alterman 2585, Israel 1996; =-=(71) Gruenfeld 2520 -- Alterman, ? 1996; 15.Bh4 OO 16.Qh3 Kf7 17.f4 Rad8 18.Rad1 Rg8 19.Qf3 Rge8 20.Rd3 Kf8 =-=(55) Adams 2680 -- Anand 2765, Groningen NED 1997; 16.Qe2 e5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Rad1 Qe6 20.Rd5 b5 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 14...OO 15.Qh3 h6 16.Qxe6+ Qxe6 17.Rxe6 Kf7 18.Bxf6 Kxe6 19.Bxg7 Rf7 20.Bxh6 Bf6 =-=(48) Ulibin 2586 -- Sutovsky 2666, Geneva SUI 2004; 16.Bh4 g5 17.Rxe6 gxh4 18.Rxf6 Qxh3 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.gxh3 Bf6 =-=(33) Ulibin 2562 -- Najer 2606, Togliatti 2003; 13.Nc3 Be7 14.Bg5 OO 15.Qh3 h6 16.Qxe6+ Qxe6 17.Rxe6 Kf7 18.Rae1 Rfe8 19.Bh4 Bf8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 1-0(37) Baklan 2600 -- Vouldis 2528, Plovdiv BUL 2003; 1-0(37) Baklan 2600 -- Vouldis 2528, Plovdiv BUL 2003; 1-0(37) Baklan 2600 -- Vouldis 2528, Plovdiv BUL 2003; 1-0(37) Baklan 2600 -- Vouldis 2528, Plovdiv BUL 2003; 1-0(37) Baklan 2600 -- Vouldis 2528, Plovdiv BUL 2003; 1-0(37) Baklan 2600 -- Vouldis 2528, Plovdiv BUL 2003; 1-0(37) Baklan 2600 -- Vouldis 2528, Plovdiv BUL 2003; 1-0(37) Baklan 2600 -- Vouldis 2528, Plovdiv BUL 2003; 12.Qg3 Be7 13.f4 Nh5 14.Qf3 g6 15.Bd2 exf4 16.Nc3 OO 17.Bxf4 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 Rae8 19.Re4 Kg7 20.Rf1 a6 *(25) ? -- ?, ? 0; 11...OOO 12.Nc3 g6 13.Rb1 Qf5 14.Qxf5+ gxf5 15.Bg5 Ng8 16.Re3 Re8 17.Nb5 Kd7 18.Nxa7 Ra8 19.Ra3 Bh6 20.f4 Bg7 =-=(53) Gallagher 2543 -- Gashimov 2586, Mallorca 2004.
11.Na3 e6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Rad1 OOO 15.Nc4 Rhf8 16.Qe3 Nd5 17.Qxe6 Qxe6 18.Rxe6 Nxc3 19.Bxe7 Nxd1 20.Bxd8 Rxd8 0-1(51) Glek 2571 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(51) Glek 2571 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(51) Glek 2571 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(51) Glek 2571 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(51) Glek 2571 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(51) Glek 2571 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(51) Glek 2571 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 0-1(51) Glek 2571 -- Najer 2606, Sochi RUS 2004; 11...Qg4 12.Qd3 g6 13.Nc4 Rd8 14.b4 Bg7 15.bxc5 dxc5 16.d6 OO 17.Rxe7 b5 18.Ne5 Qe4 19.Qxe4 Nxe4 20.Nd7 Nxd6 =-=(51) Najer 2652 -- Golubev 2499, playchess.com INT 2006.