Opening Report

Database: ScidBase (1,044,771 games)
Report: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7 (105 games)
ECO: B01s [Scandinavian: 2...Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7]
Generated by Scid 3.6.1, 2004.03.22

BR :: BB BQ BK BB BR
BP BP BP BN BP BP BP BP
:: :: BN ::
:: WB :: WP :: ::
:: :: :: ::
:: :: :: ::
WP WP WP WP WP WP WP
WR WN WB WQ WK WN WR

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
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 All report games    105      46      29      30    57.6%

 Both rated 2600+      0       0       0       0     0.0%
 Both rated 2500+      0       0       0       0     0.0%
 Both rated 2400+      5       2       3       0    70.0%
 Both rated 2300+     13       5       5       3    57.6%

 Since 1998.01.01     78      33      21      24    55.7%
 Since 2000.01.01     59      28      14      17    59.3%
 Since 2001.01.01     39      21       6      12    61.5%
 Since 2002.01.01     20       8       5       7    52.5%
 Since 2003.01.01     13       4       5       4    50.0%
 Since 2004.01.01      1       0       1       0    50.0%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: 1-0(32) Fuderer -- Bogoljubow, Belgrade SCG 1952.11 [37]
2: =-=(26) Kallenberg 2200 -- Madsen 2200, Espergaerde DEN 1977 [53]
3: 1-0(37) Brask 2200 -- Madsen 2200, Espergaerde DEN 1977 [20]
4: =-=(48) Skoularikis 2205 -- Gazis 2270, Athens GRE 1989 [45]
5: 1-0(37) Nogueira -- Galego 2380, Sao Paulo BRA 1991 [21]

1.3 Newest games

1: =-=(36) Nohr 2121 -- Knudsen 2011, Copenhagen DEN 2004.02.13 [1]
2: 1-0(24) Suter 2097 -- Raeber 2216, Zurich SUI 2003.12.28 [1]
3: 0-1(57) Yousry 2268 -- Hamad 2241, Tanta City EGY 2003.12.10 [47]
4: 1-0(30) Bergonzi 2170 -- Gamarra Caceres 2228, Asuncion PAR 2003.09.21 [47]
5: 1-0(30) Milosevic 2401 -- Galanos 2140, Ikaros GRE 2003.07.14 [15]

1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games   ---     ---    59804   36377   94791   7841    7580
Frequency in all years: once every 9950 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 7284 games (up 37% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 7712 games (up 29% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 9529 games (up 4% from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

#GamesYearsScoreEloName
1:  2  2000  75%  2446  Jonkman, Harmen [4,7]
2:  2  1992-2000  75%  2282  Calzetta, Monica [24,35]
3:  2  2001-2003  25%  2238  Engelbert, Christoph [53,54]
4:  1  2002 100%  2651  Movsesian, Sergei [11]
5:  1  2000  50%  2608  Morovic Fernandez, Ivan E [21]
6:  1  2001 100%  2568  Yudasin, Leonid G [13]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

#GamesYearsScoreEloName
1:  5  1993-1998  10%  2130  Carvalho, Alda [2,12,14,27,53]
2:  2  2000-2001 100%  2447  Gluzman, Mikhail [18,43]
3:  2  1991-2000  25%  2419  Galego, Luis [21]
4:  2  2000-2001  25%  2406  Schneider, Dmitry [13,35]
5:  2  1997-2000  50%  2400  Rocha, Sergio [14,56]
6:  2  2001  0%  2382  Levacic, Patrick [14,25]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2268 (71 games); White performance: 2302 (56% vs 2259)
Black rating: 2259 (69 games); Black performance: 2218 (43% vs 2268)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 1-0(32) Fuderer -- Bogoljubow, Belgrade SCG 1952 [37]
2: =-=(62) Morovic Fernandez 2608 -- Galego 2419, Istanbul TUR 2000 [21]
3: =-=(22) Rodriguez 2555 -- Damaso 2465, Linares ESP 1997 [2]
4: 1-0(34) Stefansson 2540 -- Vlassov 2440, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1998 [49]
5: 1-0(39) Yudasin 2568 -- Schneider 2406, New York, NY USA 2001 [13]
6: =-=(31) Mortensen 2453 -- Pedersen 2508, Horsens DEN 2003 [49]
7: 1-0(26) Sax 2563 -- Levacic 2382, Bibinje CRO 2001 [25]
8: 1-0(38) Movsesian 2651 -- Orfalea 2215, Panormo GRE 2002 [11]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    57.6%     36     35     51   43.8%   27.6%   28.5% 
 All games       54.2%     40     35     41   37.1%   34.2%   28.6%

3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1-0(17) Polansek -- Wallner 2172, St Veit AUT 2000 [46]
2: 1-0(17) Sveshnikov -- Quinta, Tallinn EST 1997 [21]
3: 1-0(19) Denisart 2073 -- Sainte Marie, Rosny sous Bois FRA 2002 [6]
4: 1-0(21) Thorhallsson 2454 -- Rocha 2374, Istanbul TUR 2000 [56]
5: 1-0(22) Kogan 2500 -- Carvalho 2130, Loures POR 1997 [2]

3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0-1(19) Eliassen -- Ferkingstad, Oslo NOR 2002 [26]
2: 0-1(27) Komiagina 2186 -- Pavlogianni, Halkidiki GRE 2000 [48]
3: 0-1(29) Caroff 2107 -- Alanic 2092, Fouesnant FRA 2001 [33]
4: 0-1(34) Grosar 2211 -- Filipovic 2435, Pula CRO 2000 [41]
5: 0-1(34) Koubkova -- Cerna, Olomouc CZE 1995 [3]

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There was only one move order reaching this position:
1: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7 (105)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
 1: c4                58: 55.2%   53.4%  2278  2294  1998   24%
 2: Nc3               23: 21.9%   58.6%  2169  2311  1998   22%
 3: d4                14: 13.3%   67.8%              2000   36%
 4: Nf3               10:  9.5%   65.0%              1999   50%
_______________________________________________________________
TOTAL:               105:100.0%   57.6%  2268  2315  1998   28%

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
Same-side castling: 66% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 34%
Opposite castling: 10% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 2%
Kingside pawn storm: 23% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 100%
Queens exchanged: 58% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 14%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 4% Open c/d/e file: 62%

4.4 Endgames

Material at the end of each game:
P BN R R,BN Q Q,BN Q,RQ,R,BN
Report games 2% 12% 12% 33% 2% 3% 2% 33%
All games 2% 10% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%

5. Theory Table

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7: +46 =29 -30 (60.5/105: 58%)
4567891011
 1  Nf3
Nxd51 		d4
c62 		Be2
N7f63 		c4
Nb6 		h3
Bf5 		Nc3
e6 		Qb3
Qc7 		Bg5
Be74 		10: 65%
 2  d4
Nxd55 		Nf36
g67 		OO
Bg78 		Nc3
Nxc3 		bxc3
OO 		Bf4
a6 		Bc4
b5 		Bd5
Rb89 		9: 61%
 3  ...
... 		...
c6 		Bd310
N7f611 		h312
Qc7 		OO
e6 		c4
Nf4 		Bc2
Be7 		Nc3
OO13 		5: 80%
 4  Nc3
a614 		Ba415
b516 		Bb3
Nb617 		Nf3
Nbxd5 		Nxd518
Nxd5 		d4
e6 		OO
Bb7 		a4
Bd619 		11: 64%
 5  ...
... 		Be2
Nb620 		d421
Nbxd5 		Nxd5
Qxd522 		Nf323
Bg4 		OO
e6 		h3
Bh5 		c4
Qe424 		12: 54%
 6  c4
a625 		Bxd7+
Bxd7 		Nf326
e627 		Qe228
Qe729 		dxe6
Bxe6 		OO
OOO 		d4
Bg4 		Qxe7
Bxe730 		12: 58%
 7  ...
... 		...
... 		d4
e631 		dxe6
Bxe6 		d5
Bg432 		Nf333
Bd634 		Qe2+
Be7 		OO
OO35 		6: 75%
 8  ...
... 		...
Qxd7 		d336
e637 		dxe6
Qxe6+ 		Qe238
Qxe2+39 		Kxe240
Bf5 		Nf3
OOO 		Rd1
Bd641 		12: 46%
 9  ...
... 		Ba4
b542 		cxb543
Nb6 		bxa6+44
Nxa445 		Qxa4+
Qd746 		Qxd7+
Kxd7 		Nc3
Bxa6 		Nf3
Bb747 		8: 44%
 10  ...
... 		...
... 		...
Nxd5 		Nf348
N5b649 		OO
Nxa450 		Qxa4
Bb7 		Qf451
axb5 		Nc3
c652 		12: 46%
 11  ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		Nc3
N5b653 		Bc254
e555 		d4
axb5 		Nxb5
Ba6 		Nc3
exd456 		8: 63%
  1. 4...a6 5.Be2 b5 6.a4 Rb8 7.axb5 axb5 8.Nd4 Bb7 9.Bxb5 Nxd5 10.Nc6 Bxc6 11.Bxc6 e6 12.OO Bd6 1-0(24) Suter 2097 -- Raeber 2216, Zurich SUI 2003; 6...bxa4 7.c4 Nb6 8.OO e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.d4 Bb4 11.d5 Bd7 12.b3 axb3 =-=(36) Nohr 2121 -- Knudsen 2011, Copenhagen DEN 2004; 6.OO Bb7 7.d4 Nxd5 8.a4 bxa4 9.c4 N5f6 10.Qxa4 e6 11.Ne5 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 =-=(37) Abdul 2275 -- Hassan, Dubai UAE 2000; 5...Nxd5 6.d4 g6 7.c4 N5f6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.h3 OO 10.Be3 c6 11.Qd2 Re8 12.OO b5 1-0(64) Slovineanu 2447 -- Kutnik 2193, Bucharest ROM 1999.

  2. 5...g6 6.OO Bg7 7.Re1 OO 8.Bg5 c5 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.a4 e6 12.Be7 Qxc3 =-=(22) Rodriguez 2555 -- Damaso 2465, Linares ESP 1997; 8.Nbd2 c6 9.Bf1 N5f6 10.a4 c5 11.a5 cxd4 12.Nxd4 e5 1-0(22) Kogan 2500 -- Carvalho 2130, Loures POR 1997.
    5...e6 6.OO Be7 7.Be2 OO 8.c4 N5f6 9.Nc3 b6 10.h3 Bb7 11.Be3 Ne4 12.Qc2 Ndf6 =-=(32) Goldgewicht 2305 -- Midoux, Cannes FRA 1995.

  3. 6...e6 7.OO Be7 8.c4 N5f6 9.Nc3 Qc7 10.Re1 OO 11.Bf1 a6 12.Bg5 Bb4 1-0(56) Sedina 2380 -- Spinelli 2200, Turin ITA 1998.
    6...N7b6 7.OO Bg4 8.Ne5 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 e6 10.c4 Nf6 11.Be3 Be7 12.Nc3 OO 0-1(34) Koubkova -- Cerna, Olomouc CZE 1995.

  4. 12.OO OO =-=(19) Jonkman 2446 -- Afek 2349, Soest NED 2000.

  5. 4...a6 5.Be2 Nxd5 6.Nf3 e6 7.OO Bd6 8.Re1 OO 9.c4 N5f6 10.Nc3 b6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Bb7 =-=(51) Van Otten 2226 -- Tan, Hoogeveen NED 2000; 6...g6 7.OO Bg7 8.c4 N5f6 9.Nc3 OO 10.h3 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Qc2 e6 1-0(32) Denny 2298 -- Carrillo, Merida MEX 2001; 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.c4 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Qe7 9.dxe6 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2 Qxe6 11.Qxe6+ Bxe6 12.Ngf3 c6 1-0(32) Salazar -- Knafo 2148, Zakopane POL 2000.

  6. 5.c3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.OO OO 8.Nbd2 c6 9.Bd3 Nf4 10.Bc2 b6 11.Ne4 Nd5 12.Re1 Bb7 1-0(19) Denisart 2073 -- Sainte Marie, Rosny sous Bois FRA 2002.

  7. 5...e6 6.OO Be7 7.Re1 OO 8.Bf1 c5 9.c4 N5f6 10.Nc3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 a6 12.a3 Re8 1-0(29) Jonkman 2421 -- Fernandez Barrera 2345, Linares ESP 2000; 7.Bd3 OO 8.c4 N5f6 9.Nc3 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Bc2 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 b6 =-=(41) Pecot 2210 -- Goldgewicht 2365, Montpellier FRA 1998.
    5...a6 6.Be2 e6 7.OO c5 8.c4 N5f6 9.Nc3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Be3 OO 12.Rc1 Qe7 0-1(48) Vasiukov -- Hamid, Fajr IRI 1992.

  8. 6...c6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Re1 OO 9.c4 N5f6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.h3 Qc7 12.Bg5 Nf8 =-=(28) Dominguez Escalona -- Linan Baena, Malaga ESP 2003.

  9. 12.h3 Nb6 0-1(47) Valero de Dios 2055 -- Rios del Moral 2107, Mancha Real ESP 2003.

  10. 6.Be2 Qc7 7.c4 Nf4 8.OO Nf6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Re1 e6 11.Bxf4 Qxf4 12.g3 Qc7 1-0(22) Martin Molinero -- Perez Suso, Ruta de Europa, Vitoria ESP 2003; 6...e6 7.c4 N5f6 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.OO OO 10.Bg5 b6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 =-=(52) The King -- Dragon, Paderborn GER 1995.

  11. 6...g6 7.OO Bg7 8.Re1 OO 9.h3 Qc7 10.c4 Nf4 11.Rxe7 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Qd6 1-0(38) Movsesian 2651 -- Orfalea 2215, Panormo GRE 2002.

  12. 7.Ne5 g6 8.OO Bg7 9.c3 OO 10.Re1 Qc7 11.h3 c5 12.Na3 a6 =-=(18) Candeias -- Carvalho 2130, POR 1997.

  13. 12.Re1 Rd8 1-0(39) Yudasin 2568 -- Schneider 2406, New York, NY USA 2001.

  14. 4...g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.OO OO 7.h3 Nb6 8.d4 Nfxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Qe2 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Rfd8 1-0(51) Havas 2244 -- Levacic 2382, Pula CRO 2001; 5.d4 Bg7 6.Bg5 OO 7.Nge2 Nb6 8.OO a6 9.Bd3 Nbxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Qc1 b5 12.f3 Qd6 0-1(57) Duarte 2135 -- Rocha 2400, POR 1997; 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nge2 OO 7.Bxd7 Qxd7 8.Nf4 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Qf3 Rfd8 11.OO Nxd5 12.Nfxd5 Bxd5 1-0(68) Joy Lomibao -- Carvalho 2110, Elista RUS 1998.

  15. 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.Qf3 b5 7.a4 Bb7 8.axb5 axb5 9.Rxa8+ Bxa8 10.Nge2 b4 11.Ne4 Bxd5 12.d3 Nxe4 1-0(30) Milosevic 2401 -- Galanos 2140, Ikaros GRE 2003; 6...Qf5 7.d3 Bd7 8.Qxf5 Bxf5 9.Nf3 OOO 10.Ne5 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bf4 Nxd5 0-1(56) Psarakis -- Kagas 2120, Chania GRE 1997.
    5.Bc4 b5 6.Bb3 Nc5 7.d4 Nxb3 8.axb3 b4 9.Nce2 Qxd5 10.Nf4 Qe4+ 11.Nge2 Bf5 12.c4 Rd8 1-0(39) Timmermans 2200 -- Tan, Hoogeveen NED 2000.

  16. 5...g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bg5 OO 8.Nf3 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.OO Nb6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Ne5 Nbxd5 1-0(73) Gasik -- Niezgoda, Kazimierz Dolny POL 2001.

  17. 6...Nc5 7.d4 Nxb3 8.axb3 Bb7 9.Qe2 Nxd5 10.Nf3 e6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 =-=(20) Fantin 2184 -- Gouret 2331, Besancon FRA 1999.
    6...Bb7 7.d4 Nb6 8.Nf3 Nbxd5 9.OO e6 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.c3 Be7 12.Bc2 Qd6 =-=(35) Tolonen -- Parkkinen 2111, Jyvaskyla FIN 1999.

  18. 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.OO e6 10.d4 Be7 11.Qe2 OO 12.Nb1 c5 0-1(41) Tefanis -- Gluzman 2447, Canberra AUS 2000.

  19. 12.Bg5 f6 1-0(62) Letourneur 1790 -- Lambert 1960, Plancoet FRA 2002.

  20. 5...b5 6.Bf3 Rb8 7.Nge2 Ne5 8.Nf4 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Bb7 10.a3 e5 11.Nd3 Bd6 12.OO OO 0-1(55) Peschlow 2200 -- Goriachnik 2223, Trier GER 2002; 7.d4 Nb6 8.Nge2 Nfxd5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.OO e6 11.Re1 Be7 12.Nf4 Bb7 0-1(36) Blimke 2180 -- Slavina 2190, Tallinn EST 1997.
    5...g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Nf3 OO 8.OO Nb6 9.Re1 Nbxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 Be6 1-0(37) Brask 2200 -- Madsen 2200, Espergaerde DEN 1977.

  21. 6.Nf3 Nbxd5 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.d4 g6 9.OO Bg7 10.c4 Qd6 11.h3 OO 12.Qb3 c6 0-1(62) Martin Martin 2140 -- Blasco 2256, Madrid ESP 2002; 7...Nxd5 8.d4 g6 9.OO Bg7 10.c4 Nf6 11.b3 OO 12.Bb2 c6 1-0(17) Sveshnikov -- Quinta, Tallinn EST 1997; 6...g6 7.OO Bg7 8.d4 OO 9.Bg5 Nbxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Re1 h6 12.Bh4 f5 =-=(50) Baena 2153 -- Cid Royo 2251, Palencia ESP 1999.
    6.Bf3 Nbxd5 7.Nxd5 Nxd5 8.d4 e6 9.Ne2 Be7 10.OO OO 11.c4 Nf6 12.Be3 Rb8 1-0(37) Nogueira -- Galego 2380, Sao Paulo BRA 1991; 8...c6 9.Ne2 Bf5 10.OO e6 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.c4 Nf6 0-1(49) Benko 2144 -- Fernandez 2265, Ezeiza ARG 2000; 8.Ne2 e5 9.d4 Nf6 10.Bg5 exd4 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Bd6 =-=(62) Morovic Fernandez 2608 -- Galego 2419, Istanbul TUR 2000.

  22. 7...Nxd5 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.a3 e6 10.c4 Nf6 11.OO h6 12.Bf4 Be7 =-=(16) Schaffarth 1710 -- Feicht, Bad Woerishofen GER 2000.

  23. 8.Bf3 Qd8 9.Bg5 e6 10.Qd3 Be7 11.OOO Nd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 1-0(64) Kaeser 2260 -- Olbrisch, Lohmar GER 1997.

  24. 12.Re1 OOO 1-0(46) Calzetta -- Krmelj, Buenos Aires ARG 1992.

  25. 4...g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.OO OO 7.Bxd7 Bxd7 8.d4 b5 9.b3 bxc4 10.bxc4 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Nbd2 Re8 0-1(54) Ptacnikova 2260 -- Kupka 2325, Trinec CZE 1999; 8...c6 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.h3 Qc7 11.Nc3 Rab8 12.b3 c5 1-0(37) Lazhevsky -- Kataev, Orsk RUS 2001; 6.d4 OO 7.Bxd7 Bxd7 8.Ne5 b5 9.b3 bxc4 10.bxc4 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Ba3 Re8 1-0(22) Gamsa 2235 -- Eliet 2320, Cannes FRA 1992; 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.d4 OO 8.Nge2 a6 9.Bf4 b5 10.cxb5 Nb6 11.Qb3 Bb7 12.OO Bxd5 =-=(41) Racioppo 2189 -- Spinelli 2189, Turin ITA 2000; 6.Nge2 OO 7.d3 Nb6 8.OO a6 9.Ba4 Nxa4 10.Qxa4 Bf5 11.Rd1 Re8 12.Ng3 Bd7 1-0(35) Gofshtein 2545 -- Czypinski, Winnipeg CAN 1997.
    4...e5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.Nf3 c6 7.Ba4 Nc5 8.Bc2 Nd3+ 9.Bxd3 Qxd3 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Kxe2 Bd6 12.Nc3 OO 1-0(26) Sax 2563 -- Levacic 2382, Bibinje CRO 2001.

  26. 6.Nc3 e5 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Nf3 e4 9.Ng5 OOO 10.Ngxe4 Re8 11.d3 Nxe4 12.dxe4 f5 0-1(19) Eliassen -- Ferkingstad, Oslo NOR 2002.

  27. 6...b5 7.d3 e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.OO bxc4 10.dxc4 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Bc5 12.Nbd2 OOO 0-1(39) Hulshof 2195 -- Van Harreveld, Hoogeveen NED 1999; 9.b3 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qe7 11.OO OO 12.Re1 Bxd2 1-0(41) De Kleuver 2150 -- Carvalho, Delden NED 1993.

  28. 7.dxe6 Bxe6 8.d3 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Qe7 11.OO OOO 12.Na3 Qd6 0-1(67) Hughes 2046 -- Barnard, Guernsey GCI 2001.

  29. 7...Bd6 8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.Nd4 Qd7 10.Nxe6 Qxe6 11.Qxe6+ fxe6 12.OO OOO 1-0(51) Burgermeister -- Bruned 2004, Basel SUI 2001.

  30. 12.Be3 Ne4 =-=(39) Rogulj 2437 -- Ljubicic 2372, Umag CRO 2000.

  31. 6...g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.OO b5 9.b3 OO 10.Ne5 Bc8 11.Nc6 Qd7 12.Ba3 Re8 1-0(31) Medvegy 2430 -- Angerer, Oberwart AUT 2001.
    6...Bg4 7.f3 Bf5 8.Ne2 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.d5 Bf5 11.OO Bc5+ 12.Kh1 OO 1-0(33) Chavez -- Montalvo 2270, Merida MEX 2001.

  32. 8...Bf5 9.Nf3 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bc5 11.OO OO 12.Bg5 Re8 1-0(41) Lammens -- Hopster, Vlissingen NED 2000.

  33. 9.f3 Bf5 10.Be3 Bb4+ 11.Kf2 OO 12.a3 Bd6 0-1(29) Caroff 2107 -- Alanic 2092, Fouesnant FRA 2001.

  34. 9...Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qe7+ 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 1-0(50) Bryan 2280 -- Shahade 2070, Philadelphia, PA USA 1997.

  35. 12.h3 Bh5 =-=(21) Calzetta 2282 -- Schneider 2382, Olomouc CZE 2000.

  36. 6.Nf3 Qg4 7.d3 Qxg2 8.Rg1 Qh3 9.Bf4 e6 10.Rg3 Qf5 11.Bxc7 exd5 12.Nc3 Qe6+ 1-0(36) Seret 2322 -- Van der Laan, Vins du Medoc FRA 2002; =-= Dowden 2179 -- Croad 2202, Wanganui NZL 2003; 6...e6 7.dxe6 Qxe6+ 8.Qe2 Qxe2+ 9.Kxe2 Be6 10.b3 OOO 11.d4 Bg4 12.Be3 Bd6 =-=(35) De Mie 2150 -- Szoenyi, Tallinn EST 1997.
    6.Nc3 b5 7.b3 Bb7 8.Qe2 c6 9.dxc6 Bxc6 10.Nf3 b4 11.Nd1 Be4 12.d4 e6 1-0(28) Defez Gomez -- Mejias Gonzalez, Valencia ESP 2001; 7.d3 c6 8.dxc6 Qxc6 9.Qf3 Bb7 10.Qxc6+ Bxc6 11.f3 Rd8 12.Ke2 g6 0-1(38) Rosenthal -- Hirsch, Parsippany, NJ USA 1999.

  37. 6...c6 7.dxc6 Qxc6 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.Ne2 Bg4 10.Qg3 e5 11.Nbc3 h5 12.Bg5 OOO 1-0(32) Fuderer -- Bogoljubow, Belgrade SCG 1952.
    6...b5 7.Nc3 bxc4 8.dxc4 e6 9.Nf3 exd5 10.cxd5 Bb4 11.OO Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxd5 1-0(25) Wortel 2283 -- Grafl 2285, Apeldoorn NED 1999.

  38. 8.Ne2 Bd7 9.OO OOO 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Qd2 Bd6 12.Bf4 Bc6 =-=(32) Hiarcs X -- Centaur M, Paderborn GER 1995.

  39. 8...Bb4+ 9.Nc3 OO 10.Qxe6 Bxe6 11.Be3 Rfd8 12.Ke2 b5 0-1(80) Love 2230 -- West 2410, Melbourne AUS 1998.

  40. 9.Nxe2 Bf5 10.d4 OOO 11.Nbc3 Bb4 12.a3 Bxc3+ 0-1(40) Khassanov 2338 -- Ulko 2456, St Petersburg RUS 2000.

  41. 12.Be3 Rhe8 0-1(54) Koch 2495 -- Fressinet 2320, Lille FRA 1997.
    11...Bb4 12.Be3 Rhe8 0-1(34) Grosar 2211 -- Filipovic 2435, Pula CRO 2000.

  42. 5...Rb8 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.OO OO 9.d4 Nb6 10.Bb3 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.d5 Bc8 0-1(71) Gusakovskaya -- Efremova, Dnepropetrovsk UKR 2003.

  43. 6.Bb3 bxc4 7.Bxc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 g6 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.d4 OO 11.OO a5 12.a4 Nbxd5 0-1(62) Escribano -- Gluzman 2400, Gold Coast AUS 2001.

  44. 7.Bb3 axb5 8.Nf3 Nfxd5 9.d4 e6 10.OO Be7 11.Nc3 OO 12.Ne4 Nf6 0-1(104) Werle 2459 -- Hoogendoorn 2388, Leeuwarden NED 2001.

  45. 7...Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.Ne2 Nbxd5 10.OO Rxa6 11.Nbc3 e6 12.Qb3 Qc8 =-=(48) Skoularikis 2205 -- Gazis 2270, Athens GRE 1989.

  46. 8...Nd7 9.Nc3 Rxa6 10.Qc4 e6 11.Nge2 Ne5 12.Qb5+ c6 1-0(36) Felcir 2206 -- Garancovsky 2089, High Tatras SVK 2001.
    8...Bd7 9.Qc4 Qc8 10.Nc3 Rxa6 11.Nf3 e6 12.OO Qb7 1-0(17) Polansek -- Wallner 2172, St Veit AUT 2000.

  47. 12.Ne5+ Ke8 0-1(57) Yousry 2268 -- Hamad 2241, Tanta City EGY 2003.
    11...g6 12.d3 Bg7 1-0(30) Bergonzi 2170 -- Gamarra Caceres 2228, Asuncion PAR 2003.

  48. 7.bxa6 e6 8.Nf3 Bxa6 9.Ne5 Nb6 10.Qf3 f6 11.Bxd7+ Nxd7 12.Nxd7 Kxd7 0-1(27) Komiagina 2186 -- Pavlogianni, Halkidiki GRE 2000; 7...Nb6 8.Bb5 Bxa6 9.Bxa6 Rxa6 10.Nf3 e6 11.OO Be7 12.Nc3 OO =-=(66) Jablon -- Schmidt, Copenhagen DEN 1998.
    7.Ne2 N5b6 8.Bb3 axb5 9.d4 Bb7 10.OO e6 11.Nf4 Qf6 12.Re1 OOO 1-0(30) Blanco -- Sosa 2166, Valencia VEN 2000.
    7.b6 Nxb6 8.Bc6 Rb8 9.b3 e5 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Nf3 OO 12.OO f6 1-0(30) Hollstein 1990 -- Klueting 2130, Dortmund GER 2001.
    7.Bb3 Nc5 8.d4 Nxb3 9.Qxb3 e6 10.Nf3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Nbxd2 axb5 0-1(45) Dias -- Dias 2295, Olival Basto POR 1998.

  49. 7...N7b6 8.bxa6+ Nxa4 9.Qxa4+ Qd7 10.Qxd7+ Kxd7 11.OO Bxa6 12.Re1 f6 0-1(84) Balogh 2155 -- Paschall 2365, Budapest HUN 1998; 9...Bd7 10.Qc4 Nb6 11.Qe2 Bc8 12.b4 Bxa6 0-1(59) Milla de Marco -- Martinez Rioja, Cala Mendia, Mallorca ESP 2001.
    7...e5 8.OO Bd6 9.d4 e4 10.Re1 f5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 OO 1-0(34) Stefansson 2540 -- Vlassov 2440, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1998.
    7...Nc5 8.Bc2 Nb4 9.d4 Nxc2+ 10.Qxc2 Ne6 11.Be3 axb5 12.Nc3 b4 =-=(31) Mortensen 2453 -- Pedersen 2508, Horsens DEN 2003.

  50. 8...e6 9.Nc3 Nxa4 10.Qxa4 Bb7 11.Qf4 Bd6 12.Qe3 OO =-=(53) Oijala -- Parkkinen 2146, Espoo FIN 1999.

  51. 10.bxa6 Rxa6 11.Qd1 Rf6 12.Ne1 e6 1-0(30) Sandor 2340 -- Buenermann 2295, GER 1994.

  52. 12.Ne4 Nf6 0-1(53) Sebe 2235 -- Palkovi 2435, Paks HUN 1998.

  53. 7...Bb7 8.Nf3 e6 9.OO Bd6 10.d4 OO 11.Re1 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nb6 0-1(47) Engelbert 2235 -- Maahs 2180, Hamburg GER 2003; 10...N5b6 11.Bc2 OO 12.Qd3 f5 1-0(40) Milligan Scott -- Carvalho, Delden NED 1993.
    7...e6 8.Nge2 Bd6 9.OO OO 10.d3 Bb7 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Bf4 Ne5 =-=(26) Kallenberg 2200 -- Madsen 2200, Espergaerde DEN 1977.

  54. 8.Bb3 axb5 9.Nxb5 Ba6 10.Qf3 e6 11.Qc6 Bxb5 12.Qxb5 Bd6 1-0(35) Baramidze 2335 -- Szoenyi 2115, Dortmund GER 2001; 9.d4 e6 10.Nf3 Ba6 11.OO b4 12.Ne2 Be7 =-=(42) Vazelakis -- Andritsopoulos, Athens GRE 2003.
    8.Nf3 Nxa4 9.Qxa4 Nc5 10.Qc4 e5 11.OO Be6 12.Qe2 f6 =-=(42) Engelbert 2238 -- Maahs 2199, Hamburg GER 2001.

  55. 8...axb5 9.Nxb5 e5 10.Ne2 Ba6 11.Nbc3 Bc5 12.OO OO =-=(40) Speck 2255 -- Levi 2245, Melbourne AUS 1999.

  56. 12.Qxd4 Bc5 1-0(21) Thorhallsson 2454 -- Rocha 2374, Istanbul TUR 2000.