Opening Report

Database: all (507,734 games)
Report: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 (173 games)
ECO: A45s [Trompowsky: Raptor Variation]
Generated by Scid 3.0, 2001.11.15

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

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
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 All report games    173      61      44      68    47.9%

 Both rated 2600+      0       0       0       0     0.0%
 Both rated 2500+     17       8       5       4    61.7%
 Both rated 2400+     33      16       9       8    62.1%
 Both rated 2300+     67      26      21      20    54.4%

 Since 1996.01.01    112      28      32      52    39.2%
 Since 1998.01.01     88      24      26      38    42.0%
 Since 2000.01.01     45      13      12      20    42.2%
 Since 2001.01.01     23       7       5      11    41.3%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: 1-0(35) Engqvist -- Ostergaard 2345, Stockholm SWE 1987 [54]
2: 1-0(52) Teske 2425 -- Borriss, Stralsund GER 1988 [8]
3: 0-1(46) Depasquale -- West, Melbourne AUS 1989 [58]
4: 1-0(43) Hansen -- Olsen, Lyngby DEN 1990 [52]
5: 0-1(20) Plaskett 2445 -- Smejkal 2545, Bahrain BRN 1990 [11]

1.3 Newest games

1: 0-1(32) Miladinovic 2495 -- Kovalev 2539, Leon ESP 2001.11.11 [54]
2: =-=(55) Teske 2486 -- Putka 2277, Panormo GRE 2001.09.23 [18]
3: 0-1(38) Bigg 2216 -- Annaberdiev 2265, London ENG 2001.08.26 [40]
4: 0-1(52) Gohil 2307 -- Solleveld 2427, Amsterdam NED 2001.08.13 [53]
5: 1-0(44) Galego 2467 -- Valle 2215, Brasilia BRA 2001.08.11 [55]

1.4 Current popularity

Frequency in all years: once every 2934 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 2124 games (up 38% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 2595 games (up 13% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 2816 games (up 4% from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

  1:  12  1991-1999  54%  2615  Hodgson, Julian M [6,17,20,21,27,32,34,35,...]
  2:  12  1994-2001  71%  2565  Miladinovic, Igor [10,12,13,19,27,47,49,51,...]
  3:  12  1993-1999  25%  2230  Clarke, Thomas [2,7,21,22,23,33,37,41,...]
  4:  10  1988-2001  70%  2515  Teske, Henrik [8,12,13,17,18,48,57,59]
  5:   5  1997-2000  60%  2165  Trojacek, P [1,9,45,53]
  6:   4  1996-1999  25%  2395  Jirovsky, Pavel [5,17,46,57]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

  1:   3  1992-1994  33%  2640  Beliavsky, Alexander G [21,30]
  2:   3  1997-1999  33%  2280  O'Donovan, Richard [7,21,52]
  3:   2  1993-1994  50%  2660  Adams, Michael [32,51]
  4:   2  1991-1999  50%  2600  Nunn, John D M [35,61]
  5:   2  1996-2000  75%  2530  Gallagher, Joseph G [21,57]
  6:   2  1995-2000  75%  2520  Groszpeter, Attila [14,51]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2352 (140 games); White performance: 2338 (43% vs 2388)
Black rating: 2388 (133 games); Black performance: 2352 (50% vs 2352)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 0-1(44) Hodgson 2565 -- Salov 2660, Wijk aan Zee NED 1993 [27]
2: 1-0(65) Christiansen 2625 -- Beliavsky 2595, Brussels BEL 1992 [30]
3: 1-0(65) Christiansen 2625 -- Beliavsky 2595, Brussels BEL 1992 [30]
4: 0-1(116) Hodgson 2580 -- Beliavsky 2640, Groningen NED 1994 [21]
5: =-=(53) Hodgson 2605 -- Nunn 2598, Luebeck GER 1999 [35]
6: =-=(20) Hodgson 2615 -- Tukmakov 2585, Bern SUI 1995 [21]
7: 1-0(48) Hodgson 2565 -- Adams 2630, Wijk aan Zee NED 1993 [32]
8: 0-1(43) Miladinovic 2500 -- Van Wely 2655, Groningen NED 1997 [59]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    47.9%     39     33     41   35.2%   25.4%   39.3% 
 All games       54.4%     40     35     41   36.3%   36.1%   27.4%

3.2 Shortest White wins

1: 1-0(13) Vavra 2463 -- Cempel 2246, CZE 2001 [25]
2: 1-0(19) Lein 2470 -- Ferguson, Philadelphia, PA USA 1995 [40]
3: 1-0(22) Miladinovic 2480 -- Han, Varna BUL 1994 [19]
4: 1-0(23) Kalygin 2439 -- Alexikov 2405, Nikolaev UKR 2001 [12]
5: 1-0(25) Teske 2510 -- Beckmann, Dresden GER 1998 [17]

3.3 Shortest Black wins

1: 0-1(16) Ismail 2040 -- Khamdamov 2140, Tehran IRI 1998 [28]
2: 0-1(18) Lebel 2195 -- Chaude de Silans, 1998-9 French Team Ch FRA 1999
3: 0-1(19) Okuniewski 2265 -- Kempinski 2530, Krynica POL 1997 [31]
4: 0-1(20) Plaskett 2445 -- Smejkal 2545, Bahrain BRN 1990 [11]
5: 0-1(21) Alves Jr -- Braga 2390, Rio Claro BRA 1996 [36]

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There was only one move order reaching this position:
1: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 (173)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear
 1: c5                88: 50.8%   41.4%  2393  2413  1997
 2: d5                59: 34.1%   49.1%  2407  2372  1997
 3: h6                16:  9.2%   75.0%  2297  2185  1997
 4: Nxg5               5:  2.8%   70.0%              1997
 5: c6                 4:  2.3%   25.0%              1996
 6: f6                 1:  0.5%  100.0%              1996
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TOTAL:               173:100.0%   47.9%  2388  2365  1997

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes at move 10: 
   Same-side castling:              0%    Isolated Queen Pawn:             1%
   Opposite castling:               0%    White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank:     56%
   Both Kings uncastled:           90%    Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank:     11%
   Kingside pawn storm:             5%    Open c/d/e file:                 9%
   Queens exchanged:                8%    Only one side has Bishop pair:  53%

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     2%    10%    10%    34%     0%     5%     3%    36%
 All games        2%    10%     9%    26%     2%     4%     4%    43%

5. Theory Table

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4: +61 =44 -68 (48%)
345678910
1 h4
c61 		Nd22
Qa5 		Nf3
d53 		c3
h6 		Bf4
Bf5 		e34
e6 		Nxe4
Bxe4 		Ne5
Qb65 		7: 43%
2 ...
h6 		Bf4
d56 		Nd27
Bf58 		Nxe49
Bxe4 		f3
Bh7 		c3
c6 		e3
Qb6 		Qd2
e610 		11: 86%
3 ...
d5 		Nd211
Nxd212 		Qxd2
Bf513 		e3
h614 		Bf4
e6 		Nf315
Nd7 		Ne5
Be7 		OOO
Nxe516 		17: 47%
4 ...
... 		...
Nxg5 		hxg5
g617 		e318
e519 		dxe5
Qxg5 		Ngf3
Qd8 		c4
c6 		cxd5
cxd520 		16: 53%
5 ...
... 		...
Bf5 		Nxe421
Bxe422 		e323
h624 		Bf4
e6 		Nf325
Be7 		Bd3
Bxf3 		Qxf3
Bxh426 		13: 42%
6 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		f3
h6 		Bf427
Bh7 		e328
e629 		Bd3
Bxd3 		Qxd3
c530 		8: 69%
7 ...
c5 		d531
g632 		Qd333
Nxg5 		Qc3
f6 		hxg5
d634 		gxf6
exf6 		Nh3
Bh6 		Qg3
Qb635 		15: 53%
8 ...
... 		...
Qb6 		Qc136
g637 		Nd2
Nxg5 		hxg5
Bg7 		c3
d6 		e438
Nd7 		f4
a639 		7: 21%
9 ...
... 		...
... 		Nd2
Nxg540 		hxg5
Qxb241 		g642
fxg6 		e4
d643 		Ngf3
e5 		Rb1
Qc344 		11: 45%
10 ...
... 		dxc5
Nc645 		Qd546
Qa5+ 		c3
Nxg5 		hxg5
e6 		Qd3
Qxc5 		Nf3
g6 		Nbd2
d547 		10: 60%
11 ...
... 		...
Na6 		Qd448
Qa5+49 		c3
Nxg5 		hxg5
Qxc5 		Nf3
Qxd450 		Nxd4
g6 		e4
Bg751 		8: 75%
12 ...
... 		...
Qa5+ 		Nd2
Nxg552 		hxg5
Qxc5 		Ngf353
g654 		c3
Bg7 		e3
Nc6 		Qb355
d556 		13: 42%
13 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
g6 		c357
Qxc5 		Ngf3
Bg7 		e358
Nc659 		Nb360
Qb661 		14: 18%
Generated from the 150 highest-rated games.
  1. 3...Nxg5 4.hxg5 e5 5.dxe5 Qxg5 6.Nf3 Qg6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Qd3 Qxd3 9.exd3 d6 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Nb5 Bf4 0-1(30) Cech 2325 -- Semerij 2205, Decin CZE 1996; 4...d5 5.e3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Qd7 7.Nf3 g6 8.Ne5 Qc8 9.Qf3 Qe6 10.Bxf5 gxf5 11.c4 c6 1-0(39) Trojacek 2156 -- Kolesar 2197, Tatranska Lomnica SVK 1999.
    3...f6 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.f3 e5 6.Bh2 f5 7.Bxe5 Nxe5 8.fxe4 Ng4 9.exf5 d5 10.e4 h5 11.Bd3 Qd6 1-0(41) Eliet 2380 -- Chabanon 2435, FRA 1996.

  2. 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qc2 d5 6.e3 f6 7.Bf4 Bf5 8.Qb3 e5 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.dxe5 fxe5 11.Bxe5 Nd7 0-1(25) Clarke 2230 -- McShane 2385, Kilkenny IRL 1996.

  3. 5...d6 6.c3 Nxd2 7.Nxd2 f6 8.Bf4 e5 9.Bg3 Na6 10.e4 Bd7 11.dxe5 dxe5 =-=(59) Kargoll 2315 -- Roederer, Brno CZE 1994.

  4. 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Nd2 Bh7 11.g4 Nd7 =-=(21) Martinez Rodriguez 2220 -- Fernandez Garcia 2465, Torrevieja ESP 1997.

  5. 11.f3 Bh7 0-1(35) Jirovsky 2325 -- Aronian 2390, Decin CZE 1996.

  6. 4...c5 5.d5 Qb6 6.Nd2 Nxd2 7.Bxd2 e5 8.dxe6 dxe6 9.Bc3 Nc6 10.e3 Bd7 11.Nf3 OOO =-=(47) Hodgson 2605 -- Hebden 2510, Kilkenny IRL 1999; 6.Qc1 e6 7.dxe6 dxe6 8.c3 Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.Qc2 Nf6 11.Nf3 Nc6 1-0(35) Fernandez Siles 2305 -- Isaksen, Copenhagen DEN 1995; 5.f3 Qa5+ 6.c3 Nf6 7.d5 Qb6 8.e4 Qxb2 9.Nd2 Qxc3 10.Ne2 Qa5 11.Kf2 d6 =-=(16) Knezevic 2380 -- Belotelov 2230, Budapest HUN 1996; 5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.Nd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 Qxc5 8.Nf3 d6 9.e4 Nc6 10.OOO Bg4 11.h5 Bxf3 1-0(34) DEEP FRITZ -- Hodarkovski 2260, KasparovChess INT 2000.

  7. 5.e3 Bf5 6.Bd3 e6 7.g4 Bh7 8.f3 Nd6 9.Bxh7 Rxh7 10.Qd3 Rh8 11.Nd2 Nc6 1-0(58) Fries Nielsen 2430 -- Hellsten 2420, Copenhagen DEN 1995; 5...c5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Bxe4 dxe4 8.Nc3 e6 9.Nxe4 Qxb2 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.OO cxd4 1-0(31) Breutigam 2343 -- Klundt 2398, Delmenhorst GER 2000; 5...e6 6.Nd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 Be7 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.OOO Nf6 10.Qa5 b6 11.Qe1 Bb7 1-0(26) Clarke 2195 -- O'Donovan 2195, Kilkenny IRL 1998.

  8. 5...Nf6 6.e3 c5 7.Ngf3 Nc6 8.c3 cxd4 9.exd4 Bf5 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Be2 e6 1-0(52) Teske 2425 -- Borriss, Stralsund GER 1988.

  9. 6.e3 e6 7.g4 Bh7 8.Bd3 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 c6 11.Nf3 Qa5+ =-=(12) Trojacek 2150 -- Belunek 2230, Litomysl CZE 1997.

  10. 11.Nh3 Nd7 1-0(45) Miladinovic 2535 -- Vratonjic 2430, Agios Nikolaos GRE 1995.
    10...Nd7 11.Nh3 f6 1-0(54) Miladinovic 2565 -- Manca 2375, Saint Vincent ITA 1998.

  11. 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 Bf5 8.Nf3 h6 9.Bf4 e6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Bd6 0-1(20) Plaskett 2445 -- Smejkal 2545, Bahrain BRN 1990; 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nxg5 8.hxg5 e6 9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.Qc2 Bf5 0-1(60) Benko 2165 -- Tempone 2460, Villa Ballester ARG 1996; 5.dxc5 f6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Bh2 Bxc5 8.Bd3 Qb6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Nge2 Nxc3 11.bxc3 OO 0-1(32) Rowe 2092 -- Zulfugarli 2510, Istanbul TUR 2000.
    4.Nf3 Bf5 5.e3 Nxg5 6.Nxg5 e6 7.Bd3 h6 8.Nf3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nd7 10.Nbd2 c6 11.e4 Be7 0-1(52) Wilman -- Quillan, Dundee SCO 1993.
    4.c3 Nxg5 5.hxg5 Bf5 6.Nd2 e6 7.f4 c5 8.e3 Qc7 9.Ngf3 cxd4 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Nxd4 OOO =-=(38) Nielsen 2030 -- Lonborg 2166, Copenhagen DEN 2000.

  12. 4...h6 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Qg4 Kf8 9.Bxd6+ Qxd6 10.OOO f5 11.Qh5 Nd7 1-0(33) Teske 2475 -- Mohandesi 2285, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1998; 7...b6 8.Ne2 Bb7 9.Nc3 a6 10.Qg4 Nd7 11.h5 Nf6 =-=(15) Vavra 2330 -- Sluka 2363, CZE 1998.
    4...c5 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.dxc5 Qa5+ 7.c3 Qxc5 8.Nh3 Bf5 9.Be3 Qc7 10.g4 Bxg4 11.Ng5 Nc6 1-0(27) Bellon Lopez 2415 -- Pujos, Benasque ESP 1993; 5.dxc5 Nxc5 6.e3 f6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg3 Nc6 9.c4 d4 10.exd4 Nxd4 11.Ngf3 Bg4 0-1(63) Pizarro 2164 -- Mikhalevski 2499, ICC INT 2000.
    4...Nd6 5.e3 c6 6.c4 f6 7.Bf4 Be6 8.c5 Nf7 9.b4 Bc8 10.Ngf3 Nd7 11.e4 e6 1-0(23) Kalygin 2439 -- Alexikov 2405, Nikolaev UKR 2001; 5...Nd7 6.c4 h6 7.Bf4 dxc4 8.Nxc4 e6 9.Rc1 Be7 10.Nf3 Nxc4 11.Bxc4 c6 1-0(37) Miladinovic 2480 -- Villavicencio 2360, Las Palmas ESP 1994.

  13. 5...c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bf4 Bf5 8.Nf3 e6 9.Ne5 Nd7 10.OOO Nxe5 11.Bxe5 f6 =-=(58) Teske 2515 -- Sapis 2429, Koszalin POL 1999.
    5...c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.h5 Qb6 8.c3 f6 9.Bh4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nf3 Nxf3+ 0-1(71) Casagrande 2360 -- Palac 2560, Senek SVK 1998.
    5...Nc6 6.e3 f6 7.Bf4 e6 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.OOO Bxf4 10.exf4 Qd6 11.g3 Bd7 1-0(37) Miladinovic 2510 -- Mitsopoulos, Ano Liosia GRE 1997.

  14. 6...c6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Qa5+ 9.Qd2 Qa6 10.Qd3 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qa4 =-=(47) Dittmar 2308 -- Groszpeter 2470, Gyula HUN 2000.

  15. 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 c5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.c3 cxd4 0-1(28) Sukirman -- Shneider 2570, Jakarta INA 1997.

  16. 11.Bxe5 OO 1-0(28) Cech 2360 -- Polak 2420, Olomouc CZE 1995.

  17. 5...c5 6.dxc5 e5 7.e4 Bxc5 8.Nb3 d4 9.Nxc5 Qa5+ 10.c3 Qxc5 11.cxd4 exd4 1-0(28) Stefanova 2514 -- Ivanov 2461, Salou ESP 2000; 11...Qb4+ 1-0(25) Teske 2510 -- Beckmann, Dresden GER 1998; 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Qd3 a5 9.a4 Qxg5 10.Nf3 Qd8 11.e4 Be6 0-1(52) Dancevski 2300 -- Grujic 2305, Vrbas YUG 1994; 6.e3 Nc6 7.dxc5 e5 8.Nb3 Bxc5 9.Nxc5 Qa5+ 10.c3 Qxc5 11.Bd3 Be6 1-0(49) Ziegler 2440 -- Moberg 2320, Goteborg SWE 1997.
    5...Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.f4 Nd7 9.Qf3 Bxc2 10.Rc1 Ba4 11.Bd3 g6 =-=(18) Hodgson 2545 -- Zagrebelny, Manila PHI 1992; 7.f4 c5 8.Ngf3 Nc6 9.c3 Qb6 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.g3 Be7 0-1(31) Sogaard 2335 -- Pedersen 2410, Aarhus DEN 1991; 6...c5 7.g4 Bd7 8.g6 fxg6 9.Bd3 Qb6 10.dxc5 Qf6 11.Qf3 e5 =-=(81) Hansen 2340 -- Fedorov 2395, Taastrup DEN 1992; 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.c3 e6 8.e3 a6 9.Nh4 Qxg5 10.Nxf5 Qxf5 11.Qa4 Bd6 0-1(40) Dewitte 2016 -- Feuvrier 2048, Bordeaux FRA 2001.
    5...e5 6.dxe5 Qxg5 7.Ndf3 Qe7 8.c3 c6 9.Qd3 g6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Bg7 =-=(53) Jirovsky 2395 -- Obsivac 2345, CZE 1998; 9.Qd4 g6 10.e4 Bg7 11.exd5 cxd5 =-=(33) Wall 2265 -- Pedzich 2385, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1992; 8.Qd2 g6 9.OOO c6 10.e4 Bg7 11.exd5 cxd5 =-=(29) Cech 2356 -- Pisk 2419, Ostrava CZE 2000.

  18. 6.Ngf3 Bg7 7.e3 c5 8.c3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Qb3 h6 11.gxh6 Rxh6 1-0(34) Teske 2465 -- Hellmayr 2300, Linz AUT 1995; 7.e4 c5 8.exd5 cxd4 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.OOO Bf5 =-=(55) Teske 2486 -- Putka 2277, Panormo GRE 2001.
    6.f4 Bg7 7.c3 c5 8.e3 Qb6 9.Qb3 c4 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.a3 b5 0-1(57) Pizarro 2164 -- Van de Mortel 2403, ICC INT 2000.

  19. 6...Bg7 7.f4 h6 8.gxh6 Rxh6 9.Rxh6 Bxh6 10.Ngf3 c5 11.dxc5 Qa5 1-0(22) Miladinovic 2480 -- Han, Varna BUL 1994.

  20. 11.Qa4+ Nc6 =-=(50) Hodgson 2545 -- Zaichik, Manila PHI 1992.

  21. 5.e3 h6 6.Bf4 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nd7 10.Nf3 Bb4+ 11.c3 Bd6 =-=(18) Hodgson 2605 -- Rowson 2490, York ENG 1999; 10...Bd6 11.Bxd6 cxd6 =-=(26) Buhmann 2416 -- Gallagher 2514, Mainz GER 2000; 8.Ne2 Be7 9.h5 Nd7 10.Ng3 Bh7 11.Bd3 Bxd3 0-1(71) Gogolis 2260 -- Karatekin 2325, Panormo GRE 1998; 6...e6 7.g4 Bh7 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.f3 Bh7 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 c5 0-1(116) Hodgson 2580 -- Beliavsky 2640, Groningen NED 1994; 5...Nxd2 6.Qxd2 Nd7 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bf4 e6 9.Ne5 Bd6 10.h5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 OO =-=(20) Hodgson 2615 -- Tukmakov 2585, Bern SUI 1995; 5...Qd7 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.f3 h6 8.fxe4 hxg5 9.Nf3 dxe4 10.Nxg5 Qd5 11.c4 Qf5 1-0(52) Ivanisevic -- Halkias, Varna BUL 1994; 5...c5 6.c3 Qb6 7.Qb3 Qxb3 8.axb3 Nc6 9.Ngf3 cxd4 10.exd4 f6 11.Bf4 e6 1-0(50) Clarke 2170 -- O'Donovan 2176, Drogheda IRL 1999.

  22. 5...dxe4 6.e3 h6 7.Bf4 e6 8.g4 Bg6 9.h5 Bh7 10.Bg2 Bd6 11.Ne2 Nc6 0-1(26) Clarke 2204 -- Sasikiran 2536, Scarborough ENG 1999.

  23. 6.h5 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Qd2 Qb6 9.c3 Nd7 10.f3 Bh7 11.e3 e6 0-1(29) Clarke 2195 -- Wall 2370, Kilkenny IRL 1998; 8...Nd7 9.f3 Bh7 10.Nh3 Qb6 11.OOO e5 0-1(61) Clarke 2204 -- Thiruchelvam 2020, Scarborough ENG 1999.

  24. 6...c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.dxc5 f6 9.Bf4 e5 10.Bg3 Bxc5 11.c3 a6 0-1(31) Wians 2275 -- Solozhenkin 2525, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1994.

  25. 8.f3 Bg6 9.h5 Bh7 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nc6 1-0(13) Vavra 2463 -- Cempel 2246, CZE 2001.

  26. 11.OOO Bg5 1-0(64) Bawart -- Horvath 2540, Velden GER 1994.

  27. 7.fxe4 hxg5 8.Qd3 e6 9.Qb5+ Nc6 10.Qxb7 Nb4 11.Qb5+ Qd7 0-1(44) Hodgson 2565 -- Salov 2660, Wijk aan Zee NED 1993; 8...c6 9.Nf3 gxh4 10.exd5 Qxd5 11.e4 Qa5+ 1-0(45) Miladinovic 2535 -- Kolev 2500, Bourgas BUL 1995; 8.Nf3 gxh4 9.Qd3 c6 10.g3 e6 11.gxh4 Qa5+ 1-0(58) Miladinovic 2535 -- Alterman 2575, Bourgas BUL 1995.

  28. 8.Qd2 e6 9.OOO c5 10.dxc5 Nc6 11.e4 dxe4 0-1(16) Ismail 2040 -- Khamdamov 2140, Tehran IRI 1998.

  29. 8...c6 9.Bd3 Qa5+ 10.Kf2 Bxd3 11.cxd3 Nd7 1-0(41) Sogaard -- Ochsner, Aarhus DEN 1994.

  30. 11.Ne2 Nc6 1-0(65) Christiansen 2625 -- Beliavsky 2595, Brussels BEL 1992; 1-0(65) Christiansen 2625 -- Beliavsky 2595, Brussels BEL 1992.
    10...Nd7 11.Ne2 Be7 =-=(52) Kosic 2455 -- Drozdov 2375, Arandjelovac YUG 1993.

  31. 4.c3 Qb6 5.b3 e6 6.Qd3 Nxg5 7.hxg5 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6 9.Nf3 Nb4 10.Qd1 Qc7 11.Kd2 Qa5 0-1(29) Popovic 2194 -- Rajlich 2337, Palanka YUG 2001; 4...cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nxg5 6.hxg5 Nc6 7.Qd3 g6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Nbd2 d6 10.e4 Qb6 11.Nc4 Qd8 1-0(34) Paasikangas-Tella 2315 -- Johansson 2083, Jyvaskyla FIN 2001.
    4.Nc3 Qa5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.Qd2 f6 7.Bf4 cxd4 8.Bxb8 dxe3 9.fxe3 Rxb8 10.bxc3 e6 11.Nf3 Qc7 0-1(19) Okuniewski 2265 -- Kempinski 2530, Krynica POL 1997; 4...Nxg5 5.hxg5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qd2 g6 8.e4 Bg7 9.Bc4 d6 10.OOO Ne5 11.Bb3 Be6 1-0(30) Bayram -- Gurcan 2295, Ankara TUR 1995.
    4.Qd3 d5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.c4 Qa5+ 7.Nd2 Nb4 8.Qb1 Qxc5 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.a3 Nc6 11.Qxe4 Be6 1-0(86) Jugelt 2350 -- Schunk, Bremen GER 1998.
    4.Nf3 Qa5+ 5.c3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 d5 7.b4 Qd8 8.g3 f6 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd1 e5 11.a3 Be7 0-1(31) Paasikangas-Tella 2140 -- Skripchenko-Lautier 2260, Kishinev MDA 1995.

  32. 4...Nxg5 5.hxg5 g6 6.Nc3 d6 7.a4 Bg7 8.Qd2 Qb6 9.Ra2 Na6 10.e4 OO 11.Bxa6 bxa6 1-0(48) Hodgson 2565 -- Adams 2630, Wijk aan Zee NED 1993; 6.c3 d6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Nbd2 Na6 9.e4 Nc7 10.a4 b6 11.Bc4 a6 0-1(82) Banik 2117 -- Schebler 2485, Recklinghausen GER 2001.
    4...d6 5.Qd3 Nxg5 6.hxg5 Qb6 7.Nd2 Qxb2 8.Rb1 Qxa2 9.e4 Qa5 10.g6 fxg6 11.Qg3 Kd8 1-0(28) Breutigam 2343 -- Gauglitz 2390, Dresden GER 2000.
    4...h6 5.Bf4 e6 6.f3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Nxd6 8.e4 Qb6 9.b3 OO 10.c4 exd5 11.Qxd5 Ne8 0-1(58) Draganic 2175 -- Jurkovic 2335, Zagreb CRO 1998.

  33. 5.Nd2 Nxg5 6.hxg5 Bg7 7.c3 Qc7 8.Ngf3 d6 9.Ne4 Nd7 10.a4 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 0-1(37) Clarke 2170 -- Delaney 2265, Bunratty IRL 1999; 7...d6 8.e4 Nd7 9.f4 Qc7 10.Ngf3 b6 11.Bc4 Bb7 =-=(13) Condie 2450 -- Henderson, Hawick SCO 1995.
    5.c3 Bg7 6.Nf3 Nxg5 7.hxg5 d6 8.Nbd2 Na6 9.e4 Nc7 10.a4 OO 11.Nc4 b6 1-0(27) Kerkmeester 2250 -- Delemarre 2395, Enschede NED 1998.

  34. 7...Bg7 8.Nd2 d6 9.gxf6 exf6 10.Qg3 OO 11.Qh4 h6 1-0(30) Hodgson 2615 -- Gufeld 2435, London ENG 1995.

  35. 11.b3 OO =-=(53) Hodgson 2605 -- Nunn 2598, Luebeck GER 1999.

  36. 5.Bc1 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Ng5 Nf6 8.Nc3 h6 9.Nf3 exd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 d6 =-=(61) Orlov 2515 -- Gurevich 2545, Key West, FL USA 1994.
    5.b3 h6 6.Bf4 Qf6 7.f3 Qxf4 8.fxe4 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Qd3 Na6 11.a3 c4 0-1(21) Alves Jr -- Braga 2390, Rio Claro BRA 1996.

  37. 5...c4 6.e3 Qa5+ 7.Nd2 Nxg5 8.hxg5 Qxd5 9.Ngf3 g6 10.Bxc4 Qc5 11.Rh4 Bg7 0-1(33) Clarke -- Mannion 2390, Dublin IRL 1993; 7...c3 8.Nc4 cxb2+ 9.Nxa5 bxc1Q+ 10.Rxc1 e6 11.Nb3 Ba3 0-1(28) Ohlzon 2090 -- Sandstrom 2345, Gotland SWE 1997.
    5...e6 6.dxe6 fxe6 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nd2 Nxg5 9.hxg5 d5 10.Qc2 Bd7 11.OOO g6 0-1(28) Vavra 2395 -- Ftacnik 2585, Pardubice CZE 1997.

  38. 9.Ngf3 Qc7 10.e3 OO 11.Qc2 Bf5 =-=(28) Tsagarakis -- Weeks, Canberra AUS 1999.

  39. 11.Ngf3 Qc7 =-=(32) Dearing 2060 -- Kilgour, Hawick SCO 1995.

  40. 5...Nxd2 6.Bxd2 e5 7.Qc1 d6 8.e4 Be7 9.Ne2 Qd8 10.h5 h6 11.c4 f5 0-1(38) Bigg 2216 -- Annaberdiev 2265, London ENG 2001; 7.Bc3 d6 8.e4 Nd7 9.g4 a6 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.a4 b6 1-0(69) Wall 2272 -- Hodge 2064, Hull ENG 1996; 6...Qxb2 7.e4 Qe5 8.Bd3 Qc7 9.Qe2 d6 10.f4 e5 11.dxe6 Bxe6 0-1(60) Granovski 2323 -- Skorchenko 2391, Voronezh RUS 2001; 9.Bc4 d6 10.Bc3 e5 11.f4 Nd7 0-1(28) Ferguson -- Findlay 2345, Toronto CAN 1995; 6...e6 7.e4 d6 8.Bc3 Na6 9.Bc4 e5 10.f4 exf4 11.Qd2 Bg4 1-0(19) Lein 2470 -- Ferguson, Philadelphia, PA USA 1995.

  41. 6...d6 7.Rb1 g6 8.c3 Bg7 9.Ngf3 Qa5 10.Nc4 Qd8 11.a4 Bf5 1-0(33) Hauke -- Grooten 2410, Leeuwarden NED 1993; 7.e4 g6 8.Nc4 Qc7 9.a4 Bg7 10.Be2 b6 11.c3 Ba6 0-1(27) Clarke 2170 -- Turner 2463, Bunratty IRL 1999.
    6...g6 7.e4 d6 8.f4 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qxa2 10.Bc4 Qa5 11.e5 Bg7 0-1(22) Gunter 2185 -- Beaumont 2335, Torquay ENG 1998.

  42. 7.e4 g6 8.Bc4 Bg7 9.Rb1 Qe5 10.Ngf3 Qc7 11.Qe2 d6 0-1(43) Paasikangas-Tella 2249 -- Leskiewicz 2206, Myyrmanni FIN 1999.

  43. 8...Qf6 9.Ngf3 e5 10.dxe6 Nc6 11.exd7+ Bxd7 1-0(27) Sallen -- Berthelot 2255, Cannes FRA 1995.

  44. 11.Bb5+ Bd7 1-0(31) Robovic 2330 -- Ady 2395, New York, NY USA 1998.

  45. 4...h6 5.Bf4 e6 6.Nd2 Qf6 7.Nxe4 Qxf4 8.Qd3 Na6 9.Nd6+ Kd8 10.Nh3 Qb4+ 11.c3 Qxb2 =-=(15) Gohil 2307 -- Svidler 2695, Mainz GER 2001; 5...Nxc5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.e4 d6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.Nf3 g6 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.Be3 Nxd3+ 1-0(32) Kalygin 2439 -- Zavgorodniy 2453, Nikolaev UKR 2001.
    4...Nxg5 5.hxg5 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.g6 fxg6 8.e3 Qxc5 9.Bd3 Ne5 10.Nf3 Nxd3+ 11.Qxd3 d6 0-1(42) Depasquale 2270 -- West 2410, Melbourne AUS 1993; 6...Qxc5 7.g6 fxg6 8.e3 d6 9.Nh3 Nc6 10.Qd5 Bxh3 11.Rxh3 Qxd5 =-=(38) Trojacek 2165 -- Walek 2314, Tatranske Zruby SVK 2000.
    4...Nxc5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 d6 7.e4 h6 8.Be3 Bg4 9.e5 e6 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Nc4 Be7 1-0(49) Bukal 2335 -- Jazbinsek, Bled SLO 1995; 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.e4 Qc7 7.Qd2 e6 8.Nf3 a6 9.a3 d6 10.Be2 b5 11.OO h6 1-0(26) Herder 2260 -- Nguyen, Vancouver BC CAN 2001.
    4...Qc7 5.Nd2 Nxg5 6.hxg5 Qe5 7.b4 Nc6 8.Ngf3 Qc3 9.a3 g6 10.Rb1 Qxa3 11.Rh4 Bg7 1-0(40) Galyas 2440 -- Csapo 2250, Budapest HUN 2000.

  46. 5.Nd2 Nxc5 6.e4 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Ngf3 Bf5 9.Bc4 Qd6 10.Nb3 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 Nxb3 =-=(39) Tondivar 2315 -- Huzman 2580, Leeuwarden NED 1995.
    5.Nf3 Qa5+ 6.Nbd2 g6 7.c3 Nxg5 8.hxg5 Qxc5 9.e4 d6 10.Nb3 Qb6 11.Qd2 Bg7 0-1(38) Jirovsky 2395 -- Oral 2455, Pardubice CZE 1998.

  47. 11.e4 Bg7 =-=(68) Miladinovic 2560 -- Vouldis 2425, Karditsa GRE 1996.

  48. 5.Nd2 Naxc5 6.Ngf3 Qb6 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Qd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.g3 e5 11.Nb3 d5 1-0(39) Teske 2510 -- Gdanski 2540, Koszalin POL 1998; 1-0(40) Rublevsky 2585 -- Obukhov 2445, Kurgan RUS 1995; 1-0(26) Hodgson 2545 -- Hebden 2500, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1992.

  49. 5...Naxc5 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.Qxc5 Ne4 8.Qd5 Nf6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.OOO d6 11.e4 a6 1-0(37) Kosic 2515 -- Shipov 2525, Belgrade YUG 1994; 6...Nxg5 7.hxg5 Ne6 8.Qd2 g6 9.Nd5 Bg7 10.c3 d6 11.g3 OO 1-0(55) Miladinovic 2535 -- Nemet 2420, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1995.

  50. 8...d6 9.e3 Bd7 10.Nbd2 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 g6 1-0(41) Kosic 2515 -- Erdogan, Varna BUL 1994.

  51. 11.Nd2 Nc7 0-1(44) Miladinovic 2480 -- Adams 2660, Moscow RUS 1994.
    10...Nc5 11.Nd2 Bg7 0-1(39) Bukal 2415 -- Groszpeter 2520, St. Ingbert GER 1995.

  52. 5...Nxc5 6.c3 h6 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.e4 Qd8 9.Be3 d6 10.b4 Nd7 11.Be2 Nf6 0-1(39) Granados Gomez 2358 -- Paramos Dominguez 2425, Cala Galdana ESP 1999; 6...Qc7 7.e4 Nc6 8.Ngf3 d6 9.Bc4 Bg4 10.Qc2 h6 11.Be3 e6 0-1(38) Papadopoulou 2146 -- Khamrakulov 2359, Chania GRE 2000.
    5...Nc6 6.c3 Nxg5 7.Nb3 Qd8 8.hxg5 g6 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.e3 a5 11.a4 b6 1-0(43) Hansen -- Olsen, Lyngby DEN 1990; 6...Nxd2 7.b4 Qa3 8.Qxd2 h6 9.Qc1 Qa4 10.Bd2 g6 11.e3 Bg7 0-1(40) Clarke 2210 -- O'Donovan 2280, Kilkenny IRL 1997.
    5...h6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Nxc5 8.c3 Qc7 9.Bxc5 Bxc5 10.b4 Be7 11.e4 OO =-=(25) Casagrande 2368 -- Gerhold 2212, Linz AUT 2000.
    5...e6 6.c3 Nxg5 7.hxg5 Qxc5 8.Ngf3 d5 9.Qc2 g6 10.OOO Nc6 11.e4 Bd7 =-=(29) Brondum 2270 -- Nicolaisen, Copenhagen DEN 1996.

  53. 7.g6 fxg6 8.Nb3 Qe5 9.c3 e6 10.Qc2 Qf6 11.Rh3 d5 0-1(52) Gohil 2307 -- Solleveld 2427, Amsterdam NED 2001; 8.e3 Nc6 9.Ngf3 d6 10.Nb3 Qb6 11.Ng5 Bd7 =-=(32) Trojacek 2140 -- Hagarova 2335, Trinec CZE 1998.

  54. 7...d5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Nb3 Qd6 10.Qd2 e5 11.OOO Be6 1-0(35) Engqvist -- Ostergaard 2345, Stockholm SWE 1987; 8.c3 Nc6 9.e4 Be6 10.g6 fxg6 11.exd5 Bxd5 =-=(21) Obsivac 2350 -- Simacek 2350, Olomouc CZE 1998.
    7...Nc6 8.c3 d5 9.e4 Be6 10.Nd4 Nxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5 0-1(32) Miladinovic 2495 -- Kovalev 2539, Leon ESP 2001.

  55. 10.Be2 h6 11.gxh6 Rxh6 1-0(44) Galego 2467 -- Valle 2215, Brasilia BRA 2001.

  56. 11.Qb5 Qd6 =-=(24) Kalugin 2355 -- Moiseenko 2419, Moscow RUS 1999.

  57. 7.Rh4 Nc6 8.Rc4 Ne5 9.b4 Qa3 10.Re4 Bg7 11.Qc1 Qxc1+ 0-1(54) Botsari-Miladinovic 2330 -- Lakos 2380, Pula CRO 1997; 9.Re4 Qxc5 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.Nh3 Bg7 0-1(49) Botsari-Miladinovic 2325 -- Nikolaidis 2350, Poros GRE 1998; 8...d5 9.cxd6 Be6 10.dxe7 Bxe7 11.Rc3 h6 0-1(60) Teske 2463 -- Pachow 2297, Tegel GER 2001; 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.c3 Qxc5 10.Nb3 Qb6 11.e3 OO =-=(18) Jirovsky 2344 -- Babula 2565, CZE 1999; 8.c3 Qxc5 9.Ngf3 Bg7 10.e3 d6 11.Nb3 Qb6 0-1(41) Gulko 2602 -- Masse, Quebec CAN 2001; 8.e3 Bg7 9.c3 Qxc5 10.Ngf3 d6 11.Bd3 h5 0-1(23) Ifadis -- Brinck-Claussen 2359, Ano Liosia GRE 2000.
    7.Nf3 Bg7 8.c3 Qxc5 9.b4 Qc7 10.e3 d6 11.Rc1 Nd7 0-1(40) Casagrande 2365 -- Gallagher 2530, Biel SUI 1996; 9.e3 Nc6 10.Bd3 d6 11.Qc2 Be6 1-0(52) Teske 2466 -- Kotter 2369, Gelsenkirchen GER 2001.

  58. 9.Rh4 Nc6 10.Nb3 Qb6 11.e3 a5 0-1(46) Depasquale -- West, Melbourne AUS 1989.

  59. 9...a6 10.a4 d5 11.a5 Nc6 0-1(43) Miladinovic 2500 -- Van Wely 2655, Groningen NED 1997.
    9...d6 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Ne4 Qb6 0-1(34) Teske 2510 -- Hracek 2615, Koszalin POL 1998.
    9...b6 10.Qa4 Bb7 11.OOO a6 0-1(53) Depasquale -- Fuller, Melbourne AUS 1992.

  60. 10.Bd3 b5 =-= Paasikangas-Tella 2301 -- Kochiev 2422, Jyvaskyla FIN 2000.

  61. 11.a4 d6 =-=(28) Hodgson 2545 -- Nunn 2600, ENG 1991.