-------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1. STATISTICS AND HISTORY ------------------------- 1.1 Statistics Games 1-0 =-= 0-1 Score ----------------------------------------------------------- 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% ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 __________________________________________________________ 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%) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 h4 Nd2[2] Nf3 c3 Bf4 e3[4] Ne4 Ne5 7: c6[1] Qa5 d5[3] h6 Bf5 e6 Be4 Qb6[5] 43% 2 ... Bf4 Nd2[7] Ne4[9] f3 c3 e3 Qd2 11: h6 d5[6] Bf5[8] Be4 Bh7 c6 Qb6 e6[10] 86% 3 ... Nd2[11] Qd2 e3 Bf4 Nf3[15] Ne5 OOO 17: d5 Nd2[12] Bf5[13] h6[14] e6 Nd7 Be7 Ne5[16] 47% 4 ... ... hg5 e3[18] de5 Ngf3 c4 cd5 16: ... Ng5 g6[17] e5[19] Qg5 Qd8 c6 cd5[20] 53% 5 ... ... Ne4[21] e3[23] Bf4 Nf3[25] Bd3 Qf3 13: ... Bf5 Be4[22] h6[24] e6 Be7 Bf3 Bh4[26] 42% 6 ... ... ... f3 Bf4[27] e3[28] Bd3 Qd3 8: ... ... ... h6 Bh7 e6[29] Bd3 c5[30] 69% 7 ... d5[31] Qd3[33] Qc3 hg5 gf6 Nh3 Qg3 15: c5 g6[32] Ng5 f6 d6[34] ef6 Bh6 Qb6[35] 53% 8 ... ... Qc1[36] Nd2 hg5 c3 e4[38] f4 7: ... Qb6 g6[37] Ng5 Bg7 d6 Nd7 a6[39] 21% 9 ... ... Nd2 hg5 g6[42] e4 Ngf3 Rb1 11: ... ... Ng5[40] Qb2[41] fg6 d6[43] e5 Qc3[44] 45% 10 ... dc5 Qd5[46] c3 hg5 Qd3 Nf3 Nbd2 10: ... Nc6[45] Qa5 Ng5 e6 Qc5 g6 d5[47] 60% 11 ... ... Qd4[48] c3 hg5 Nf3 Nd4 e4 8: ... Na6 Qa5[49] Ng5 Qc5 Qd4[50] g6 Bg7[51] 75% 12 ... ... Nd2 hg5 Ngf3[53] c3 e3 Qb3[55] 13: ... Qa5 Ng5[52] Qc5 g6[54] Bg7 Nc6 d5[56] 42% 13 ... ... ... ... c3[57] Ngf3 e3[58] Nb3[60] 14: ... ... ... g6 Qc5 Bg7 Nc6[59] Qb6[61] 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.