Benoni-Staunton Gambit

Database: 31-XII-2010 (4,399,153 games)

Report: 1.d4 c5 2.d5 f5 3.e4 (89 games)
ECO: A43j [Old Benoni: Clarendon Court Defence]
Generated by Scid 4.2.2, 2011.02.15

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0.1 Statistics and History
0.1.1 Statistics
1 1
Games 1:0 :
2 2
0:1 Score
All report games 89 42 23 24 60.1%

0.1.2 Oldest games

1: 1:0(25) Lichtenhein – Raphael, New York 1857.10.31 1
2: 1:0(40) Meyer – Hantke, Guetersloh 1952 38
3: 0:1(39) Galewicz – Branicki, Warsaw 1957 19
4: 1:0(18) Lilienthal R – Lorenzmeier, 1969 27
5: 0:1(29) Hudy – Tompa, 1969 23
6: 0:1(21) Bosz R – Nagy Gy, 1969 11
7: 1:0(16) Nemeth Gyula – Nagy Gyula, 1969 4
8: 1:0(31) Lie Odd K – Grande Joralf, 1972 19

0.1.3 Newest games

1: 0:1(40) Jonsson 1872 – Bick 2248, Reykjavik ISL 2010.03.03 19
2: : (30) Ledakov 2074 – Nosenko 2498, Alushta (Ukraine) 2009.05.24 8
1 1
2 2
3: 1:0(31) Radovanovic 2349 – Van Kemenade 1971, Pontypridd (Wales) 2008.07.07 27
4: 1:0(42) Malaniuk 2496 – Jakubiec 2524, 2007 39
5: 1:0(21) Asensio Linan 2276 – Hernandez Funes 2144, 2007 31
6: 1:0(35) Zasypkin 2131 – Beznosikov 2345, 2007 20
7: 0:1(27) Van Hoolandt 2257 – Epishin 2554, 2007 8
8: : (22) Seba 2236 – Tu 2457, 2006 11
1 1
2 2
0.1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games 13958 — 26574 40892 178441 37085 60122
Frequency in all years: once every 49428 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 65381 games (down 23% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 93310 games (down 46% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 100308 games (down 50% from all years)

0.1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1: 2 1995–2001 100% 2497 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N 7,33

2: 1 2007 100% 2496 Malaniuk, Vladimir P 39
3: 1 2005 50% 2495 Stefanova, Antoaneta 14
4: 1 1994 0% 2410 Krueger, Thomas 39
5: 1 1999 100% 2395 Elsness, Frode 42
6: 1 1999 0% 2385 Matros, Alexander 30

0.1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 3 1995–2007 0% 2345 Beznosikov, Vladimir 20,26,29

2: 3 1999–2000 0% 2107 Greger, Ubald 20,21,22
3: 3 1995–1996 83% Levitt, Mark 23,36,41
4: 2 1998–2006 50% 2457 Tu, Hoang Thong 10,11
5: 2 1969–1973 50% Lorenzmeier, Wilhelm 11,27
6: 2 2000 100% Hassan Bill 27,38

0.2 Ratings and Performance

0.2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2275 (27 games); White performance: 2419 (64% vs 2317)
Black rating: 2317 (28 games); Black performance: 2195 (39% vs 2275)

0.2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 1:0(33) Conquest – Becerra Rivero, 1996 34

2: 0:1(41) Papaioannou – Vouldis, 1994 31
3: 1:0(29) Schlosser – Bischoff, 1997 34
4: 1:0(19) Rashkovsky – Gormally, 1995 33
5: : (14) Stefanova 2495 – Miton 2592, 2005 14
1 1
2 2
6: 1:0(40) Shalimov – Stripunsky, 1996 11
7: 1:0(42) Malaniuk 2496 – Jakubiec 2524, 2007 39
8: 0:1(23) Matros 2385 – Ehlvest 2620, 1999 30
0.3 Result Trends
0.3.1 Result lengths and frequencies
Score Game length Frequency
1:0 12 : 12 0:1 1:0 1 1
:
2 2
0:1
Report games 60.1% 31 32 36 47.1% 25.8% 26.9%
All games 53.9% 39 35 40 38.6% 30.5% 30.7%

0.3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1:0(14) Burn – Withey, 1992 8
2: 1:0(15) Hnatyshyn Taras – McGuire Arthur, 1998 32
3: 1:0(16) Nemeth Gyula – Nagy Gyula, 1969 4
4: 1:0(17) Hess 2349 – Greger 2107, 2000 20
5: 1:0(17) Meissner – Vidonyak, 1996 20

0.3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0:1(21) Andraschko – Bischof Alexander, 2002 2
2: 0:1(21) Bosz R – Nagy Gy, 1969 11
3: 0:1(23) Matros 2385 – Ehlvest 2620, 1999 30
4: 0:1(23) Cilia Gianni – Hassan Bill, 2000 27
5: 0:1(24) Ribera – Gabarro Sole, 2000 16

0.4 Moves and Themes

0.4.1 Move orders reaching the report position
There was only one move order reaching this position:
1: 1.d4 c5 2.d5 f5 3.e4 (89)

0.4.2 Moves from the report position

Move ECO Frequency Score µElo Perf µYear % Draws
1 fxe4 84: 94.3% 59.5% 2325 2210 1995 26%
2 d6 5: 5.6% 70.0% 1973 20%
Total 89:100.0% 60.1% 2316 2203 1994 26%

0.4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
Same-side castling: 22% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 4%
Opposite castling: 16% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 3%
Kingside pawn storm: 21% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 100%
Queens exchanged: 40% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 98%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 16% Open c/d/e file: 44%
0.4.4 Endgames

R Q QR
Material at the end of each game:

p BN R BN Q BN QR BN
Report games 2% 4% 6% 33% 1% 1% 6% 47%
All games 3% 9% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%
 0.5 Theory Table

1.d4 c5 2.d5 f5 3.e4: +42 =23 –24 (53.5/89: 60%)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
N 1
B N Qa4 N
N B B Q Nxd5 K
1 e4 c3 b5+ exf5 xb5 c4 e2 5: 70%
d6 f62 d7 xb5 d7 a6 f73
N c34 h46 N Nxe4 N
B Q Na6 Bd7
2 ... h5 ge2 c3 f4 7: 71%
fxe4 g65 g7 b6 d6 OOO7
N dxe69 B Bxf6 Qd5 Q
N N Qxf6 Q
3 ... ... ge2 g5 xe4 8: 56%
8
... f6 e5 c6 h6 d6 xe610
fxe412 Be2 Nf3
Bg7 N
4 ... ... f3 a4 OO 9: 44%
11
... ... d6 a613 g6 OO g414
N B g516 Bb5+ Bxf6 Q
Nbd7 Q
5 ... ... ... xf3 e2+ 8: 25%
15
... ... exf3 g6 d617 exf6 e718
B Q d220 B Nxe4 R
Q Q Qe5 B
6 ... ... g5 xf6 OOO e1 11: 59%
19
... ... b6 h621 xf6 g6 g722
f323 N xf325 Qd2 Bd3
Bg7 OO N
7 ... ... ... OO 10: 65%
24
... ... d6 exf3 g6 a626
N Ng3 hxg3 N
N Nxg3 Nd7 Q
8 ... ... g4 g5 xe4 h3 10: 70%
... ... g627 h5 d628 29
b630
h331 N Bg2 OO N
Q Kf7 Na6 N
9 ... ... ... ge2 g3 5: 80%
... ... h6 b632 e6 b433
B h435 Nge2
Bg4 hxg5 R
10 ... ... ... g2 g5 hxg5 7: 79%
... ... ... e534 d6 36
xh1+37
h338 Nxe4 Ne2 N
40

Be7 OO N
11 ... ... ... ... 2g3 9: 56%
... ... ... d6 e539 41
xe442

1
B B N N N B Ne5 15.fxg6+ hxg6 16.Nf3 Nxd3 17.Kxd3 b5
N N N N B 18.b3 b4 19.a3 f5 20.Ra2 Bc3 0:1(21)
4. d3 fxe4 5. xe4 f6 6. c3 g6 7. f3 g7

N Q N N R
8. g5 OO 9.f4 h6 10. f3 xe4 11. xe4 f5

N B R B K
12. g3 d7 13.OO a6 14. h4 f6 Andraschko – Bischof Alexander, 2002.
11.cxd5 Qxb5 12.Qe4 Qb4+ 13.Qxb4 cxb4
Q R Q K R N
15. gxf5 gxf5 16. d2 f7 17. c3 h7 3
18. h5 af8 19. g6+ g8 20. f3 c7 14.Bd2 a5 15.a3 bxa3 16.Rxa3 b6 17.OO g6
18.fxg6+ hxg6 19.Rf3+ Ke8 20.Nf4 Rg8
B N N B N
1:0(25) Lichtenhein – Raphael, New York 1857;

N B Q B B
6...b5 7. f3 b4 8. e4 bd7 9. g5 e5
N N N B
10. xf6+ exf6 11. d2 e7 12. e2 b7
1:0(31) Ostmoe – Eliassen, 2003.
4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qb6 7.Ne5 d6
4

8.Bb5+ Nbd7 9.Nc4 Qc7 10.Qe2 a6 11.Bf4

Q R K R Q B
13.c4 xc4 14.b3 b6 15. f3 xd5 16.OO

R
b7 17. e1 f7 18. c1 g6 19. c2 g7
Kd8 12.OO axb5 13.Nxb5 Qb8 14.Rae1 Ra6
15.g4 h6 16.b3 Rxa2 17.h4 b6 18.g5 hxg5
20.h4 he8 21 : 12 (43) Hall Gregory Kenneth –
19.hxg5 Qb7 20.Bxd6 exd6 0:1(36) Viladiu
Junaidi Barlian, 2001.
N B N B B Martinez – Lima, 1994; 6.c4 b5 7.Bd3 bxc4
Q B N N Q B
4.c4 f6 5.exf5 xf5 6. c3 g6 7. d3 xd3
8.Bc2 Na6 9.a3 Bb7 10.Nc3 Qb6 11.OO
N N N Q R N Q
8. xd3 g7 9. f3 OO 10. g5 a5 11. d2
OOO 12.Ne5 Nc7 13.Nf7 Rg8 14.Nxd8
N R B
bd7 12. e6 e5 13. e2 f7 14. b5 b6

Q N R R N
15. ec7 c8 16.a4 a5 17.b4 cxb4 18. e3
xc7 19. xc7 xc7 20. c1 e4 1:0(30)
Montes Gutierrez 2079 – Santos Folch 2069,
Kxd8 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 Kc8 17.Bg3 Ncxd5
18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qh5 Nf6 20.Qe5 Qd6
: (23) Bach – Pachow, 1997; 4...e5 5.Nc3 exf3
1 1

6.Nxf3 d6 7.Ng5 Qe7 8.Bb5+ Kd8 9.Nce4

2 2
2004.
2
N N N h6 10.Qh5 a6 11.OO axb5 12.Nf7+ Kc7
B B K B R K 13.Nxh8 Nd7 14.Qe2 Ngf6 15.Ng6 Qf7
4...g6 5.f4 fxe4 6. xe4 f6 7. xf6+ exf6

Q Q N Q Q B 16.Nxf8 Qxf8 17.Qxb5 Qf7 18.c4 :

8. d3 g7 9.f5 f7 10. f4 e8+ 11. d2
1 1
e7 12. f3 d7 13. e3 xe3+ 14. xe3 2 2
 N N Q
N Q Q N B
Schubert – Andre, 1997; 4... f6 5. c3 a5
B B Q N K
6.fxe4 xe4 7. h5+ g6 8. e5 f6 9. b5 a6
Q Q N Q
10. g5 g7 11.d6 d8 12. d5 f7 13.dxe7
a5+ 14.c3 d6 15.e8 + xe8 16. e7+ 1:0
Nemeth Gyula – Nagy Gyula, 1969.
5
N B N B B
B Q K B N
4...d6 5. xe4 g6 6. g5 f6 7. b5+ d7
B R Q B
8. xf6 exf6 9. e2 f7 10. c4 f5 11. d2
N N N N Q
g7 12.OOO a6 13.c3 e8 14. f3 b5 15. b3
B B Q
a5 16. e2 a6 17. f4 a4 18. e6 f6
19. c2 xe6 20.dxe6+ xe6 1:0(65) Fedin –
Johansen Kjell Arne, 2003.
6
B N N N
B Q N Q N
5.f3 e3 6.d6 h6 7. e4 f6 8. xf6+ exf6
Q Q N B B
9. c4 a5+ 10.c3 c6 11. d5 d8 12.b4
B N B Q B
a4 13. xc5 e6 14. xe6 dxe6 15. xe3
Q K R
f8 16. e2 d7 17.OO b6 18. d4 g7
19. d2 f7 20.c4 hd8 1:0(30) Henderson
2174 – Norris A 2337, 1999.
N R N B N R
7
R B Q N B
11. g5 f8 12. fe6 xe6 13. xe6 f7
N K Q R N N
14.hxg6 hxg6 15. xh8 xh8 16. g4 c4
B N
17. d4+ b8 18. xg6 f8 19. f3 f6
20. xc4 c7 1:0(36) Rashkovsky 2497 –
Musalov 2313, 2001.
8
5...Qa5 6.Bg5 d6 7.Ng3 a6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.OO
g6 10.Qd2 Bg7 11.Rae1 OO 12.a3 b5 13.Bh6
Ne5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Ncxe4 Qxd2 16.Nxd2
Nxd5 17.f4 Nxf4 18.Bd1 Bb7 19.Nge4 Ne6
20.Nb3 Rxf1+ 0:1(27) Van Hoolandt 2257 –
Epishin 2554, 2007; 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Ng3 g6 8.a4
Bg7 9.a5 Qc7 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.d6 Na6
12.Bc4 e6 13.h4 OO 14.h5 b6 15.hxg6 hxg6
16.Bg5 Bb7 17.Nc3 bxa5 18.Bxa6 Bxa6
19.Ngxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxd8 Nxf2 1:0(40)
Ornstein – Backelin, 1995.
5...d6 6.Ng3 Nbd7 7.Ngxe4 Nxe4 8.Nxe4
Qb6 9.Bd2 Nf6 10.Nxf6+ exf6 11.Bd3 g6
12.Qe2+ Kf7 13.OOO Bd7 14.h4 Bg7
15.Bc3 h5 16.Rde1 Rae8 17.Qf3 f5 18.Bxg7
1 1
: Farago – Danner, 1998.
5...Qb6 6.Ng3 g6 7.Ngxe4 Nxe4 8.Nxe4
2 2
Qb4+ 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Qd2 b6 11.Be2 Ba6
12.OO Qd4 13.Bb5 Qxd2 14.Bxd2 Bxc3
15.Bxc3 Bxb5 16.Bxh8 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 Na6
18.c4 d6 19.Bc3 b5 20.b3 bxc4 : (52) Portisch
1 1
2 2
2353 – Okhotnik 2426, 2003.
5...g6 6.Ng3 Bg7 7.h4 d6 8.h5 Bf5 9.h6 Bf8
10.Nxf5 gxf5 11.Be2 Na6 12.f3 Qa5 13.Bd2
Qb6 14.Bb5+ Kd8 15.a4 Nb4 16.a5 Qc7
17.Bf4 Rg8 18.Qd2 c4 19.Ra4 Qc5 20.Kf1
exf3 12 : 12 (30) Ledakov 2074 – Nosenko 2498,
Alushta (Ukraine) 2009.
N N N Nxe4 8.Nxe4 Qc7
B B N Re1 e6 12.a3 Ba6
5... a6 6. g3 b6 7. gxe4
9. c4 b7 10.OO b4 11.
B
13. b3 c4 14.axb4 1:0 Burn – Withey, 1992.
9
N B B N N
6. g3 d6 7. e2 e7 8.OO OO 9. cxe4 a6
1 1
: Eperjesi 2255 – Reiss 2343, 2003.
B N N N K
2 2
10
N B N Q B
11.OOO e7 12. g3 d4 13. d5 d8 14.c3
B N K R R R
f5 15. d3 xg3 16.hxg3 xe4 17. xe4
K
e6 18. xe7 xe7 19. he1 af8 20. d2
d7 21 : 12 (24) Danner – Tu, 1998.
11
Q B B K
B N B N
5... a5 6. d2 e3 7. xe3 a6 8.a4 e6 9. f2 d6
B N B
10.dxe6 xe6 11. ge2 f7 12. f4 c4
N B K K B
13. d4 c6 14.b4 cxb3 15.cxb3 OOO 16. xf6
N
gxf6 17. cd5 h6 18.g3 b8 19. g2 xf4
B B N N
20. xf4 h5 0:1(37) Liardet 2308 – Sulskis 2568,
B N Q B B
1999; 7...e6 8. c4 b5 9. d3 b4 10. ce2 xd5
R B N R N
11. d2 c6 12.a3 b6 13.f4 g6 14. e4 g7
N B N N B
15. b1 a6 16. h3 b8 17.axb4 dxb4
N
18.OO d4 19. f3 bxc2 20. g5 d3
Q N B B N
0:1(21) Bosz R – Nagy Gy, 1969; 6.fxe4 xe4
N Q R
7. f3 f6 8. g5 d6 9. xf6 gxf6 10. h3
Q N Q R
d7 11. b5 a6 12. f4 h5 13. g3 h6
R Q N K N
14. g8 axb5 15. e6 b4 16.h3 a3 17.OO
K
xc3 18.bxc3 xc3 19. c7+ d8 20. e6+
e8 12 : 12 (22) Seba 2236 – Tu 2457, 2006.
5...e3 6.Bxe3 d6 7.Nge2 Na6 8.Nf4 Nc7 9.h4
a6 10.g4 e5 11.dxe6 Nxe6 12.Bc4 Nxf4
13.Bxf4 b5 14.Bd5 Ra7 15.Qd2 b4 16.Ne4
Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Be7 18.OOO OO 19.Bxd6
Be6 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 1:0(40) Shalimov –
Stripunsky, 1996.
5...e5 6.Bg5 d6 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.Bb5+ Kf7 10.Ne2 Rf8 11.OO Kg8
12.N2g3 Be7 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.Qd2 Rb8
15.a4 a6 16.c3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.b4 c4 19.Bc2
Bb7 20.Ra5 Qb6+ 1:0(58) Azizyan 2192 –
Nukin 2236, 2006.
5...g6 6.fxe4 d6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Nf3 OO 9.OO
Na6 10.Bg5 Nc7 11.a4 Bg4 12.Qd2 a6
13.Bh6 e5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Ng5 Bd7 16.a5
h6 17.Nh3 Nb5 18.Nxb5 axb5 19.Nf2 b4
20.c3 Rxa5 0:1(47) Freise – Lorenzmeier, 1973.
6.Bg5 exf3 7.Nxf3 g6 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.Bh6 OO
12
10.Bc4 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.OO
Ng4 14.Ng5 Rxf1+ 15.Rxf1 Nde5 16.Be2
Nf6 17.h3 Rb8 18.Qf4 Qg8 19.Qh4 Nf7
20.Nge4 Qd8 0:1(47) Schyberg – White, 1998.
6...g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 OO 9.OO Nbd7
13
10.Bg5 Rb8 11.Qd2 b5 12.Bxb5 Ne5
13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.b3 Rb6 15.Bc4 Kh8
16.Rad1 Qd7 17.Na4 Rd6 18.Nxc5 Qc7
19.Nd3 Rdd8 20.h3 e6 1:0(28) Schmid Michael
– Pytel, 1993.
11.Qe1 Nd7 12.Qh4 Nde5 13.Ne1 Rxf1+
14
 K
14. xf1 12 : 12 Stefanova 2495 – Miton 2592, ISL 2010.
2005. R Q
6...Na6 7.Bc4 Nc7 8.OO d6 9.Bg5 Bg4 10.h3 B N B N B
5...g6 6.h4 d6 7.h5 g8 8.hxg6 hxg6 9. d2
15

Bh5 11.Rb1 Qd7 12.a4 h6 13.Be3 g5 14.Nb5 B B Q N

f5 10.OOO bd7 11. xf6 xf6 12. b5+

Bg7 15.Bxc5 a6 16.Nxd6+ exd6 17.Qe1+ N R N Q

d7 13. xd7+ xd7 14.f3 exf3 15. xf3

Kd8 18.Bb6 Kc8 19.Qa5 g4 20.Nd4 gxh3 K N B

0:1(32) Kopjonkin – Sergienko, 1996.
6...Qb6 7.Bc4 d6 8.OO Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.g4
Bf7 11.Ng5 Bg8 12.Qd3 Nbd7 13.Ne6
OOO 16. g5 e8 17. e6 g5 18. d3 g4
19. b1 a6 20. e2 g7 0:1(39) Galewicz –
Branicki, Warsaw 1957.
B N B
N N N Q B Q Q
5...e3 6.fxe3 d6 7. d3 g6 8. ge2 g7 9.OO

Bxe6 14.dxe6 Ne5 15.Bb5+ Kd8 16.Qe2 a6 B B

bd7 10. f4 f8 11. f3 g4 12. g3 c8

17.Ba4 h6 18.Bd2 Qc7 19.Rxf6 gxf6 20.Nd5 N R N K

13.h3 c4 14. xf6 xf6 15.hxg4 cxd3 16.cxd3

N K
h5 17.gxh5 g5 18. g6 xh5 19. xf8 xf8
b5 0:1(41) Soultatis – Kolani, 1999. 20. e4 g7 1:0(31) Lie Odd K – Grande Joralf,
6...d6 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Bb5+ Nbd7 9.OO a6 1972.
10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 Qb6 12.Nd2 Bxe2 20
R B Q B N
13.Qxe2 Ne5 14.Qh5+ Kd7 15.Nde4 c4+ Q N B N N Q
6. b1 g6 7.d6 g7 8.dxe7 a5 9. c4 c6

16.Kh1 Qe3 17.Rae1 Qh6 18.Qf5+ Kc7 B B Q Q Q Q

10. d6 g8 11. d2 gxe7 12. d5 d8

19.Nc5 dxc5 20.Rxe5 Qg6 1:0(51) Ruhrberg N B

13. g5 e5 14. xe5 a5+ 15. c3 xc3+

N N B
16.bxc3 xd5 17. xd5 1:0 Meissner –

Q N Q N B K
Martin – Deuster, 1996. Vidonyak, 1996; 6... a6 7. ge2 h6 8. xf6
7.Bd3 d6 8.OO Bg7 9.Qe1 Nbd7 10.Qh4 a6
N B R
16 xf6 9. xe4 f7 10. 2c3 d6 11. b5+ d8
11.Bh6 Rg8 12.Rae1 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Qb6
B B R B R N
12.OO c7 13. e2 g6 14.b4 cxb4 15. xb4
14.Kh1 Qxb2 15.Qe3 Rg7 16.Qh6 Rg8
R R B K
g7 16. g4 b6 17. c4 xc3 18. xc3 xd5
17.Qe3 Rg7 18.Qh6 Rf7 19.Ng5 Ne5 19. xc8+ xc8 20. xc8 xc8 0:1(60) Rea
20.Rxe5 dxe5 0:1(47) Popov – Zhuravliov, 2190 – Mink Chris, 1999.
B Q B N
N Q N N
1979. 6. xf6 exf6 7. d2 f5 8.f3 d6 9. b5 OO
7.Be3 Qa5 8.Nd2 d6 9.Nc4 Qc7 10.Be2
N N R B N
10. xd6 xd6 11.OOO a6 12. e2 exf3
Bg7 11.OO OO 12.Qd2 Bf5 13.Bh6 Na6 R B B B
13.gxf3 c7 14. g3 b5 15. g1 b7 16. h5
14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rf4 e5 16.Rh4 Qe7 17.g3
Q
f7 17.c4 a6 18. d3 bxc4 19. xf5 c3
Nc7 18.a4 h5 19.Ne3 Bd7 20.b4 b6 : (23)
1 1
2 2
N Q
20. g5 cxb2+ 0:1(28) Sanchez Romero 2197 –

Clarke – Espinoza Alejandro, 1974.
7.h4 Qc7 8.Rh3 a6 9.Ng5 Bg7 10.d6 Qxd6
11.Qxd6 exd6 12.Bf4 OO 13.Bc4+ d5
14.Nxd5 Kh8 15.Nxf6 Bxf6 16.Nf7+ Kg8
17.Re3 d5 18.Bxd5 Nc6 19.Bh6 Nb4
20.OOO Nxd5 0:1(24) Ribera – Gabarro Sole,
2000.
7...Bg7 8.Qd2 OO 9.Bd3 d6 10.OOO a6 11.h4
17
N R Q B K N
Garcia Fernandez 2360, 2003; 7. xe4 xb2
Q B B N R
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13.Qa4+ Kd8 14.a3 Rf8 15.Nb5 Nc7 16.Ba5

Bg4 12.Rde1 Nbd7 13.Bh6 b5 14.Bxg7 Qa6 17.Nxc7 1:0 Hess 2349 – Greger 2107,
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6...d6 7.OOO Qb4 8.Nge2 Na6 9.Nf4 Nc7
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N K B Q N Q 16.Bc4 Qc6 17.Bd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Qxd5
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R K R R B K
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N N N N Qxd2+ 11.Bxd2 b5 12.Nb6 Bb7 13.Nxa8
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Bxa8 14.Rb1 Kf7 15.OO h6 16.f3 e3 17.Bxe3
bxc4 18.bxc4 d6 19.Bd2 Nbd7 20.Bc3 e6
B B N B N B
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OO 18. ae1 e5 19. xe5 xe5 20. e3 e8 2 2
22

d6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.Rxe6 Kf7 17.Bd3 g5

0:1(40) Jonsson 1872 – Bick 2248, Reykjavik
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R K R
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17.Rad1 Rae8 18.c4 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Re8 R B B K B

9.OOO+ e8 10.h3 e7 11. g2 h5 12.gxh5

20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 0:1(48) Steenkamp – Levitt, R B N R R

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h4 16. xc6 bxc6 17. f3 f4 18. d3 c4

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19. e2 cxd3 20. xf4 dxc2 1:0(32) Sanchez

15.Rfe1 g6 16.Nb5 Bxb5 17.axb5 b6 18.Nf4 B B N

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18.Be3 Na8 19.Rc4 Rc8 20.Rdd4 Rxc4 K B Q N

d5 10. f6+ e7 11. h5 xe6 12. xh7 c6

Q Q B B K
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B B Q R
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N N N N B B
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B R N B
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N N Q K N
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Q K
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N N N Q N N
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Lacasta Palacios, 1997.
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13.Nxe5 fxe5 14.Rdf1 b5 15.Kb1 c4 16.Rxf8+
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20.Qh6 Be8 0:1(29) Hudy – Tompa, 1969.
6.Be2 Nbd7 7.f3 exf3 8.Nxf3 Nb6 9.OO e5
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B N Q N
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B N B B B K
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N
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20.f4 c4 1:0(31) Radovanovic 2349 – Van
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18.Qxa8+ Kf7 19.Qf3+ 1:0 Ivanisevic –
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7...Bg7 8.Be2 OO 9.Bxh5 gxh5 10.Qxh5 d6
28

11.g6 hxg6 12.Qh4 Nd7 13.Nh3 Nf6 14.Nhg5

N B B R
6...e3 7. d3 bd7 8.f4 a6 9.a4 a5 10. f3

R R Q R Q
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7.Qxf3 Bg4 8.Qg3 Nbd7 9.Bb5 Bf5 10.Nh3
29

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25

a6 11.Bxf6 exf6 12.OO axb5 13.Rxf5 g6

17.OOO Nc7 18.Rde1 Be5 19.Bc4 Bb7
14.Rf2 Qb6 15.Re1+ Ne5 16.Rxf6 Qd8
20.Nd3 Bg7 1:0(43) Malinin – Beznosikov,
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11.f4 Qb4+ 12.Kf2 Qd4+ 13.Be3 Qxb2 14.a4
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26
 Bg7 15.Rb1 Qa2 16.Ng1 Nb6 17.Bd3 Kd8
18.Ne2 Qxd5 19.c4 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 Qxc4
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6.g5 hxg5 7.Bxg5 d6 8.Qd2 Bf5 9.OOO Nbd7
31
10.f3 Qa5 11.fxe4 Bg4 12.Be2 Ne5 13.Kb1
Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Nfd7 15.Bd2 g6 16.h4 Bh6
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20.Rd1 Rxh5 0:1(41) Papaioannou – Vouldis,
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6.Nxe4 Nxe4 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.Nf3 Ng5 9.Ne5
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6...d6 7.Bg2 e5 8.dxe6 d5 9.g5 hxg5 10.Bxg5
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Bxe6 11.Nge2 Qd7 12.Nf4 d4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4
14.Bxe4 Bxh3 15.Bg6+ 1:0 Hnatyshyn Taras –
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11.dxe6+ dxe6 12.Ncxe4 Be7 13.Nxf6 Bxf6
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6...e6 7.Nge2 d6 8.h3 Nbd7 9.dxe6 Ne5
34
10.Nxe4 Bxe6 11.Nf4 Bf7 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6
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6...Qb6 7.Nge2 d6 8.h3 g5 9.Nxe4 Nxe4
10.Bxe4 Qb4+ 11.Nc3 Bg7 12.Bd2 Qxb2
13.Rb1 Qa3 14.Rb3 Qa6 15.Nb5 Kd8
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7.Nxe4 d6 8.h3 Be7 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Be3 Nf8
35
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17.OOO Rac8 18.g5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Ne8
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1 1
1998; 8.g5 hxg5 9.Nxg5 Bf5 10.Ne2 Na6
2 2
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1 1
: (38) Neri – Alozy, 1999.
8...hxg5 9.hxg5 Rxh1 10.Bxh1 Bg4 11.Nge2
2 2
36
Ng8 12.Bxe4 Ne7 13.Qd3 Qd7 14.Ng3 Na6
15.a3 g6 16.Bxg6+ Nxg6 17.Qxg6+ Qf7
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: (59) Steel Sarel J – Levitt, 1995.
11.Bxh1 Ng8 12.Bxe4 Be7 13.Bg6+ Kd7
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37
14.Qd3 Qf8 15.Ng3 Qf3 16.Bf5+ Kc7
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7.Nxe4 Nxg4 8.h3 Nf6 9.Nxf6+ exf6
38
10.Qh5+ Kd7 11.Be3 Qe8 12.Qf3 Kc7
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Ng6 17.OOO Rc8 18.Qf2 Kb8 19.Rhe1 Qf7
20.Bf3 Ne7 : (26) Fahnenschmidt –
1 1
Scheuermann, 1998; 7...e5 8.dxe6 Nc6 9.g5
2 2
hxg5 10.Nxg5 Qe7 11.Bf4 Nd4 12.Qd3
Bxe6 13.Nxe6 Nxe6 14.Be3 OOO 15.OOO d5
16.Ne2 d4 17.Bf4 Nxf4 18.Nxf4 Qf7 19.Qb5
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10.g5 hxg5 11.Nxg5 Bh6 12.Ne2 Nf8 13.Ng3
Bd7 14.Qc2 OOO 15.Nf7 Rh7 16.Nxd8
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20.OOO Ng4 1:0(40) Meyer – Hantke,
Guetersloh 1952.
39
7...e6 8.Nge2 exd5 9.Nxd5 Nc6 10.Nec3 Be6
11.Be3 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qd7 13.Bxe4 OOO
14.c3 g5 15.Qa4 Bg7 16.OOO Kb8 17.f3 Qf7
18.h4 Ne7 19.Nxe7 Qxe7 20.hxg5 hxg5
1 1
hxg5 9.Bxg5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Be7 11.Bxf6
: (84) Vaisser – Sarmiento Alfonso, 1996; 8.g5
2 2
Bxf6 12.Qe2 OO 13.Bxe4 Bg5 14.Nf3 Nc6
15.Nc7 Rb8 16.Rd1 Bh6 17.Qc4+ Kh8
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0:1(26) Krueger 2410 – Topchy 2425, ICCF
1994.
N N N B N B
K N K N
7... bd7 8. xe4 xe4 9. xe4 f6 10. g6+
B N R Q N
d7 11. e2 c7 12. f4 e5 13.dxe6 d5
N B N R N
14. f7 g5 15. g6 h7 16. e2 e4 17.c4
K
d6 18.e7 xe7 19. xe7 xf7 20. xd5+
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2007.
40
N B N N
N B Q Q N B
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N Q K B R R
xe4 12. xe4 e8 13. d3 a6 14. e3
B N B B B
c7 15.OOO a4 16. b1 d7 17. dg1 f4
18. xf4 exf4 19. f5 xf5 20. xf5 f6
1:0(26) Young – Halpin 2244, ICCF 2005.
8...Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Be7 10.Bg6+ Kd7 11.Be3
41
Bg5 12.Qd2 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Na6 14.OOO
 Q B R N K
N Q Q R R R
f6 15. e4 f8 16. f3 c7 17.g5 hxg5
18. xg5 xf2 19. xf2 xf2 20. df1 f6
0:1(44) Stocklose S – Levitt, 1996.
42
N N N N B
B B B B R
11. xe4 d7 12.OO f6 13.f4 xe4 14. xe4

Q Q K R Q Q B
exf4 15. xf4 g5 16. g3 d7 17. xf8+
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