Bill Wall

Grob's Attack

Bill Wall

1988

Coraopolis, Pennsylvania

Chess Enterprises, In..c.

© Copyright 1988 by Chess Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.

ISBN �931462-86-X

Publisher: B. G. Dudley

Cover Design: E. F. Witalis, Jr.

Typography and Diagrams by the author.

Printed in the United States of America

 INTRODUCTION

Grob's Attack, also known as the Spike, is characterized by

the King Knight Pawn advancing two squares, 1 g2-g4. This
opening was pioneered by the Swiss International Master, Henry
Grob (1904-1974), who analyzed it extensively and played hun­
dreds of games beginning with 1 g4.
One of the first to play this unusual opening was Carl
Ahlhausen (1835-92) of Berlin. Earlier references called 1 g4
Ahlhausen's Opening. Saviely Tartakower (1887-1956) some­
times chose this opening in simultaneous exhibitions and called it
the Genoa or San Pier D'Arena Opening, after the city and
suburb of Genoa where he first employed this opening. In
Czechoslovakia the opening is called Fric's Opening and other
parts of the world it is called Kolibri's Opening.
Today the opening is part of the repertoire of International
Masters Michael Basman (ELO 2385) and Spiros Skembris (ELO
2415), and FIDE Master Gerard Welling (ELO 2355). Many
ideas have been tested in correspondence play as well, especially
by the American Claude Bloodgood.
This unusual and unorthodox opening contains many tactical
traps and good attacking chances for both sides. White develops
in a hypermodern style while preparing the Bishop to control the
long h 1-a8 diagonal. The capture of the g4 pawn leads to a
trappy game with quick development for White and threats
against Black's Queen Knight file.
The book is arranged similar to the opening classification of
the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO). A collection of 50
games is included to supplement the variations.
 REFERENCES

Basman, M. Th� Macho Grob

Boulder: Sound Chess, 1983

Benjamin, J. & E. Schiller Unorthodox Openings

London: Batsford, 1 987

Bloodgood, C. The Tactical Grob

Sutton Coldfield: Chess Ltd., 1976

Dubini, R., "1. g4"

L'Arcimatto, 12/81 & 2/82

Euwe, M., "Grob-Flankenspiel"

Theorie Der Schach-Eroffnungen, Teil VI- VII,
Berlin: Siegfried Engelhardt Verlag, 1965

Ganzo, J., "Apertura Ahlhausen"

Aperturas En La Moderna Teo ria,
Madrid: 1960

Grob, H. Grob's Angriff

Zurich: Schachverlag Grob, 1969

Harding, T. Irregular Openings

Dallas: Chess Digest Magazine, 1 974

Harding, T. Irregular Openings for the 1990 's

Dallas: Chess Digest, 1986

Matanovic, A. (ed) Encyclopedia 0/ Chf8s Openings, Volume A

Belgrade: Chess Informant, 1 979
(section edited by Bent Larsen)

Welling, G., "Grob's Attack in Practice"

M�ers Opening Bulletin, Vol 2, No 6 (No. 20), 1981
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank Ray Alexis, Frank Cunliffe, and Bob

Dudley for providing material in preparation for this book. Spe­
cial thanks goes to Geoffrey McCauliffe and Val Zemitis for their
contributions.

This book is dedicated to my mother, Bobbie, who raised nine

children and taught them all the game of ches!.

SYMBOLS

+ check
+= slight advantage for White
:!: advantage for White
=+ Blight advantage for Black
-=f advantage for Black
+­ White has a won position
-+ Black has a won position
the position is equal
00 the position is unclear
good move
!! excellent move
? weak move
?? blunder
!? interesting move
?! dubious move
(1-0, 46) White won in 56 moves
corr. corre!pondence game
 CONTENTS

1 g4 b5 7
1 g4 c5 7
1 g4 c6 8
1 g4 d6 8
1 g4 e6 9
1 g4 Nf6 10
1 g4 g5 11
1 g4 g6 12
1 g4 h5 13
1 g4 Nh6 14
1 g4 e5 15
1 g4 e5 2 Bg2 22
1 g4 d5 26
1 g4 d5 2 h3 27
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 36
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 39
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 3 c4 c6 45
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 49
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 dxc4 52
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 64
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 h3 68
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 c4 70
GAMES 74
GAMES INDEX 84
1 g4 Grob's Attack h3 Nf6 6 Bg2 Bb7 [6 ... Be6 - see
The main lines are 1 . . .e5 and game 1 ]
i. .. d5. Other moves are:
B) 1 g4 c6
A) 1 ...b 5 F) L.Nf6
B) 1 . . .c5 G) L.g5
C) 1 .. .c6 H) L.g6
D) 1 ...d6 I) 1 . . .hS
E) L .eB J) L .Nh6

A) 1 g4 b 6

2 Bg2 Nc6 3 e4
B1) 3 ... d6
B2) 3 ...e5
B3) 3 ... g6

B1) 3 ... d6 4 d3 [4 f4 Nf6 5 g5

2 Bg2 Black can play: Nd7 6 Ne2 e5 7 0-0 exf4 8 Nxf4
Al) 2 . . . c6 Qxg5 9 d4 Qd8 10 e5] Nf6 5 g5
A2) 2 . . . d5 Nd7 6 f4 e5 7 C5 Be7 8 h4 bS 9
Nc3 b4 10 Nd5 Nb6 1 1 Ne3 Kd7
Al) 2 ... c6 3 a4 [threatening 4 12 a4 a5 13 Nf3 f6 14 Ng4 Bb7
axb5] d5 [3 ... Qb6?! 4 axb5 Qxb5 15 0-0 Kc7 16 c3 Qe8 17 d4 RcS
5 Nc3; 3 . . . Qa5 4 b3 and 5 Bb2] 4 18 d5 (1-0, 46) Dubini-Mesters,
axb5 Bxg4 [4 ...cxb5? S Nc3 win­ Milan 1981
ning a pawn] 5 bxc6 NC6
[S ... Nxc6 6 c4] 6 c4! Nxc6 B2) 3 ...e5 4 d3 Nge7 5 h4 d5 6
[6 ... dxc4? 7 c7 Qxc7 8 Bxa8] 7 Nc3 dxe4 7 Nxe4 b6 [7 ... Nd5;
Nc3 [7 cxd5 Nxd5 8 Qa4 7 ... Nd4] 8 Be3 Bb7 9 Ng3 Qd7
(threatening 9 Qxc6+ and 9 [9 ... Qc7] 10 Be4 Nd5 11 Bd2 Be7
Qxg4) Qd7 9 Nc3 Be6 10 Nf3 12 Bf5 Qc7 13 Nf3 += Grob­
+=] e6 8 cxd5 exd5 [8 . . .Nxd5? 9 N.N., corr.
Qa4 threatening 10 Qxc6+ and
10 Qxg4] 9 Qa4 Qd7 10 d4 += B3) 3 ... g6 4 Ne2 Bg7 5 f4 d6 6
(Grob) Ng3 h5 7 gxh5 e5 8 f5 gxfS 9 exfS
Qh4 10 0-0 Nf6 11 c3 [11
A 2) 2 ... d5 3 e4 dxe4 4 Bxe4 c6 5 Bxc6+] Nxh5 12 Qf3 Nf4 1 3 Rf2

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Qxh2+ 14 Kfl Ne7 15 Qg4 Kf8 [10... Bd7 11 Qb3] 11 Nb3
[threatening 16 Bc6+ and 17 += Grob-N.N., corr.
Rxh2] Bd7 16 Bxb7 [16 Qxg7
Rg8] Bb5+ 17 Ne2 Qhl+ 18 C3) 2 Bg2 e6 [2...b5 - see 1 g4 b5
Bxhl Rxhl+ 19 Qgl Bxe2+ 20 2 Bg2 c6; 2...d5 - see 1 g4 d5 2
Rxe2 Rxg1+ [21 Kxg1 Nxe2+] Bg2 c6] 3 d3 Nf6 [3...dS] 4 g5
0-1 Jellillon-Fordon, Boulder, CO Ng4? [4 ...Ng8]5 d4 [trapping the
1981 Knight} eS 6 h3 Nxf2 7 Kxf2 Qc7
8 c3 Bd6 9 e4 f6 10 gxf6 Bg3+ 11
C) 1 g.( e8 Kfl cxd4 [11...0-0 12 e5 gxf6 13
Qg4+]12 fxg7 Rg8 13 Qh5+ Ke7
[13...Kd8?? 14 Bg5 mate] 14
Bg5+ Kd6 15 Na3 [threatening
16 Nb5+] a6 [15...Qc5? 16 Be7+
Kxe7 17 Qxc5+ +-] 16 cxd4
[16...e5 17 Qh6 mate; 16...Kc6 17
Rc1+ and 18 Rxc7; 16..Rxg7 17
eS+ Bxe5 18 dxe5+ Kxe5 19
Be7+ Kd4 (19...Kf4 20 Qf3+ Ke5
21 Qe4 mate) 20 Rd1+ Ke3 21
Qf3 mate] Grob-Huselblatt, eorr.

White's choices are: D) 1 g.( dB

Cl) 2 c4
C2) 2 d4
C3) 2 Bg2

Cl) 2 c4 Black can play:

Cla) 2...d5
Clb) 2...g5

Cla) 2...d5 3 Qb3 [3 cxd5? Qxd5

4 f3 Bxg41] Qc7 [3...dxc4 4 Qxc4]
4 cxd5 cxd5 5 Nc3 [5 Bg2?? Qxc1
mate]e6 6 d4=
2 Bg2 Black's choices are:
C1b) 2...g5 3 d4 h6 4 e4 e6 5 d5 D1) 2 a5
•••

d6 [5 ...b6?1 - see game 2] D2) 2...a6

D3) 2...Nc6
C2) 2 d4 d5 3 h3 Nd7 4 Nd2 e5 5 D4) 2...c6
dxe5 Nxe5 6 Ngf3 Ng6 7 e3 Bd6 D5) 2...Qd7
[7...Be7 8 Bd3; 8 c4] 8 c4 Qe7 D6) 2...e5
[8...N8e7] 9 cxd5 cxd5 10 Bb5+ D7) 2...g6

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D 1 ) 2 ... a5 3 d4 Bxg4 4 Bxb7 Ra7 D4a) 3 ... g6 4 c4 Bg7 5 Nc3 Nd7 6
5 Bf3 Bxf3 6 Nxf3 Wall-Lausing, d4 e5 7 Nr3 exd4 8 Nxd4 Ne5 9
corr. 1 974 b3 Nh6 10 Bb2 0-0 1 1 e4 Qe7 1 2
Qd2 r6 1 3 0-0-0 Nf7 Wall­
D2) 2 ... a6 3 h3 h5 4 g5 e5 5 d3 f6 McDaniel, Sunnyvale, Ca 1 986
6 gxf6 Nxf6 7 Nf3 Be7 8 Ng5 h4
9 c4 Nh5 10 Ne4 Bf5 1 1 Qb3:!: D4b) 3 ... h6 4 c4 e5 5 Nc3 Be6
Grob-Gabrielli, corr. [5 ... r5J 6 b3 Be7 7 Nf3 Nf6 8 d3
Nbd7 9 e4 d5 10 exd5 cxd5 1 1
D3) 2 ... Nc6 White can play: Qe2 Bb4 1 2 Bd2 Qa5 1 3 Ret e4
D3a) 3 e4 14 dxe4 dxe4 15 Nxe4 Nxe4 16
D3b) 3 gS Qxe4 Nc5 17 Qc2 += (1-0, 49)
D3c) 3 h3 Grob-Stoll, corr.

D3a) 3 e4 e5 4 d3 Be7 S Nc3 Be6 DS) 2 ... Qd7 3 d3 Nc6 [3 ... Qxg4?
[5 ... g5 6 Nd5 Nh6 7 h4 gxh4 4 Bh3 and 5 Bxc8 +-J 4 h3 h5 S
(7 ... Nxg4 8 Nxe7 Qxe7 9 hxg5, g5 e5 6 Nc3 r6 7 h4 Qg4 8 Kfl
trapping the Knight) 8 Bxh6 Bg5 Be6 9 Nf3 [threatening 10 Bh3; 9
9 BxgS (9 . . . QxgS 10 Nxc7 +) 1-0 Bh3? Qxh41J Qb4 10 a3 Qb6 1 1
Cunliffe-Clark, Pittsburgh 1986J b4
6 Be3 Nf6 7 h3 h6 8 Nd5 Qd7 9
Qd2 Nb8 10 Nxe7 Qxe7 1 1 c4 c6 D6) 2 ... e5 - see 1 g4 e5 2 Bg2 d6
12 g5 hxgS 1 3 BxgS Na6 14 b3
Qc7 1 5 d4 += (1-0, 28) Burk­ D7) 2 ... g6 3 c4 Bg7 4 Nc3 Nc6 5
Jordan, Dayton 1 980 h3 eS 6 d3 Nge7 7 f4 [7 g5!?J hS 8
g5 Nd4 9 Bd2 Nef5 10 e3 Ne6 1 1
D3b) 3 gS f6 - see game 3 Nr3 exr4 1 2 exf4 0-0 1 3 0-0 c6
14 Kh2 Re8 15 ReI Qb6 16 Re2
D3c) 3 h3 g6 4 d4 Bg7 5 c3 e6 6 Bd7 17 Ne4 dS += Basman­
e4 Nge7 7 Ne2 0-0 8 Be3 b6 9 Rowson, England
Nd2 Bb7 10 Ng3 fS 1 1 r4 eS 12
dxeS Nxe5 1 3 0-0 [13 rxe5 r4 14 E) 1 g4 e8
Bxf4 Rxr4J Nd3 14 exf5 Bxg2 1 5
Kxg2 Q d 7 [15 ...Nxb2? 16 Qb3+
and 1 7 Qxb2J 16 Nf3 Qb5 17 Rb1
NdS [17 . . . Nxb2? 18 Qc2J 18 Qd2
Rae8 19 Nd4 += (1-0, 40)
Grob-Heinrich, corr.

D4) 2 . . .c6 3 h3 [3 e4 - see game 4J

Black can play:
D4a) 3 ... g6
D 4b) 3 ... h6

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White's choices include: 5 . . .c5 6 Ne5) 6 Bg2 Nd7] c5 4 e3
E1) 2 d3 Nc6 5 h3 NC6 6 Nbd2 h6 7 c3
E2) 2 d4 Bd7 8 Bg2 Qc7 9 0-0 0-0-0
E3) 2 Nf3 [9 ...Bd6] 10 dxe5 Bxc5 11 b4 Bd6
E4) 2 Bg2 12 Bb2 NeS 13 Nxe5 Bxe5 14 a4
+= (1-0, 39) Grob-Ruegg, corr.
E1) 2 d3 d5 3 Bg2 [3 Ne3 e5
(3 ... Bb4 4 Bd2) 4 e4 dxe4 E4) 2 Bg2 h5 3 h3 hxg4 4 hxg4
(4 ... Ne6 ; 4 ... d4 5 Nce2 e5 6 Ng(3) Rxh1 5 Bxh1 Qh4 6 Bf3 Nf6 7 e4
5 dxe4 (5 Nxe4 (5) Qxdl + 6 d6 8 d4 e5 9 g5 Nh7 10 dxeS
Nxdl NC6 7 f3J e5 4 c4 d4 5 Qb3 Nxg5 11 Bxg5 Qxg5 12 Ne2 Qxe5
Qc7 6 Nd2 Nc6 7 Ne4 Nf6 8 g5 13 Nbc3 Nc6 14 NdS Kd8 1 S
Nxe4 9 Bxe4 Be7 10 h4 h6 1 1 Nec3 Nd4 1 6 Ne3 Nxf3+ 1 7 Qxf3
Nh3 hxg5 12 hxg5 e S 1 3 Bg2 g6 f6 18 0-0-0 Be6 =+
14 Bd2 Qb6 1 5 0-0-0 Qxb3 1 6 Bloodgood-Stroemer, corr. 1 972
axb3 a s 17 f4 Bxh3?! 18 Rxh3
Rxh3 19 Bxh3 exf4 20 Bxf4 += F) 1 g4 Nf8
(1-0, 39) Bloodgood-Sanderson,
corr. 1 973

E2) 2 d4 Black's choices are:

E2a} 2 ... dS
E2b) 2 ... fS

E2a) 2 ... dS 3 Nf3 [3 Bg2 cS 4 c3

Nc6 S Nf3 Nf6J Nf6 [3 ... cS 4 c3
Nc6 S Bg2 exd4 6 cxd4 Bb4+ J 4
Rg1 h6 5 h4 Nc6 [S ... Nfd7] 6 c3
Be7 7 gS hxg5 8 hxgS Ne4 9 g6 f6
10 Nbd2 fS 1 1 Nxe4 fxe4 12 NeS White can play:
NxeS 1 3 dxeS RhS 14 Bf4 BgS? F1) 2 d4 Bronstein Gambit
1S e3 Bxf4 16 QxhS +- Grob­ F2) 2 g5
Schaufelberger, corr.
F1) 2 d4 Nxg4
E2b) 2 ...fS 3 h3 Nf6 4 BgS Be7 S F l a) 3 e4
Nc3 Ne4 6 Nxe4 fxe4 7 Bxe7 F1b) 3 f3
Qxe7 8 Qd2 0-0 9 h4 dS 10 f3 eS
(0- 1 , SS) Agdestein-Hayward, F1a) 3 e4 d6 4 h3 [4 f3 Nf6 S
Minnesota 1986 Nc3 (or S c4) g6] Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6
Be3 Bg7 7 Qd2 0-0 8 0-0-0 c6
E3) 2 Nf3 dS 3 'd4 [3 c4 dxc4 9 Bg2 b5 10 NxbS!? as (10 ... cxbS
(3 ... d4 4 d3 and 5 Bg2) 4 Qa4+ 11 e5 d5 12 exf6 Bxf6 1 3 Ne2) 1 1
Bd7 (4 ...c6) S Qxc4 Bc6 (5 ... Nc6; Nc3 Bb7 12 Nge2 Nbd7 1 3 Ng3

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e6 14 f4 Nb6 1 5 b3 a4 16 Kb2 F2d1b) 5 Bxg7 Nxg7 6 Qc1 0-0
a3 + 17 Kc1 Qb8 18 Qf2 ( 1-0, 5 1 ) 7 Qb2 d5 [7 ... d6] 8 Bg2 c6 9 Nf3
Wheeler-Sfougaris, Massachusetts Nd7 10 d4 Nh5 1 1 Nbd2 a5 12 e3
1983 a4 13 Nfl Nb6 14 Ng3
Kholmov-Oplackin, USSR 1966
F1 b) 3 f3 Nf6 4 e4 d6 5 Be3 g6 6
Nc3 Bg7 7 Qd2 Nc6 8 0-0-0 0- F2d2) 3 d3 e5 4 e4 g6 [4... Nf4?! 5
o 9 Bd3 e5 10 d5 Nb4 1 1 Bc4 a5 Bxf4 exf4 6 Qg4] 5 Be2 Ng7 6
12 a3 Na6 13 h4 Nh5 14 Nge2 £5 Nf3 d6 7 d4 ±
15 Bg5 Bf6 16 f4 ( 1-0, 28) H.
Bogart-N.N., New York 1933 F2d3) 3 e3 g6 4 Be2 Ng7 5 Bxh5
Nxh5 6 Qxh5 h6
F2) 2 g5 Black's choices are:
F2a) 2 . . . Nd5 G) 1 g4 g6
F 2b) 2 . . . Ne4
F2c) 2 . . . Ng4
F2d) 2 . . . Nh5

F2a) 2 . . . Nd5 3 d4 e6 4 a3 [4 e4]

Be7 5 e4 Nb6 6 f4 +=

F2b) 2 ... Ne4 - see game 5

F2c) 2 . . . Ng4? 3 d4 Nc6 4 h3 win­

ning the Knight, Welling-II Chess
3.511 , 1975
White's options are:
F2d) 2 ... Nh5 G 1 ) 2 e4
F2d1) 3 b3 G2) 2 Bg2
F2d2) 3 d3 G3) 2 h4
D2d3) 3 e3
G 1 ) 2 e4 Bg7 3 h4 h6
F2d 1 ) 3 b3 g6 4 Bb2 Bg7
F2dla) 5 d4 G2) 2 Bg2 Nf6 3 h3 d5 4 d4 h6 5
F2d1 b) 5 Bxg7 Nc3 c6 6 a3 Qd7 7 b4 Nxg4? 8
hxg4 Qxg4 9 Bh3 Qh5 10 Bd7+
F2d 1 a) 5 d4 e5 6 h4 exd4 7 Bxd4 1-0 Wall-Tyra, Dayton 1984
f6 [7 ... 0-01! 8 Nc3 Nc6 9 Bxg7
Kxg7 10 Nd5 f6 1 1 Qd2 ± ] 8 Nh3 G3) 2 h4 e6 [2 ... f6 3 d4 Bh6 4
Nc6 9 Bb2 d6 10 Nc3 Bxh3 1 1 Nf3 ± ] 3 Nf3 [3 hxg5 Qxg5 4 e4
Rxh3 f5 12 e 3 Qd7 1 3 Be2 0-0-0 d6 5 d3 Qe7 6 g5 d5 7 Bg2 d4 8
= (2-1 /2, 29) Krnic-Karaklajic, f4 e5 9 f5] Be7 [3 ... gxh4 4 Rxh4]
Wijk aan Zee 1970 4 hxg5 Bxg5 5 Nxg5 Qxg5 6 e4

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Nf6 7 d4 Qxg4?! [7 ... Qg6 8 f3 h5 H2bl) 3 Nc3
(8 ... Nxg4? 9 Rgl h5 10 Nc3) 9 e5 H2b2) 3 c4
Nxg4? 10 Bd3! ] 8 Qxg4 Nxg4 9 H2b3) 3 d3
e5 [threatening 10 C3] h5 [9 ... Nc6 H2b4) 3 d4
1 0 c3 h5 1 1 C3 ± ] 10 f3 Nh6 1 1
Rxh5 H2bl ) 3 Nc3 - see game 6

H) 1 g4 gft H2b2) 3 c4 d6 [3 ... c5 4 g5 e5 5 d3

Ne7 6 h4 h5 7 Ne3 Nbc6 8 e4 d6
9 Be3 Be6 10 Bh3 Bxh3 1 1 Nxh3
Qd7 12 a4 a5 13 Nb5 0-0= (Ih­
�, 17) Bloodgood-Carlson, eorr.
1974] 4 h3 [4 Ne3 Nf6 5 h3 0-0
6 d4 c6 7 Be3 a6 8 Qb3 Nbd7 9
Rdl Qb6 10 NC3 Qxb3 1 1 axb3
d5 12 0-0 Nb6 13 Ne5 ( 1-0, 27)
Bloodgood-S. Patterson, eorr.
1975] e6 5 h4 Ne7 6 Ne3 a6 7 b4
Nd7 8 Bb2 Rb8 9 b5 e6 10 Qc2
exb5 1 1 cxb5 d5?! 12 Nxd5!
White can play: Bxb2 13 Nc7+ KCS 14 Qxb2 RgS
H I ) 2 e4 15 Ret Nb6 16 h5 Nbd5 17 b6
H2) 2 Bg2 NC4 18 Be4 Qd6 1 9 NC3 += (1-0,
43) Bloodgood-P. Patterson, corr.
HI ) 2 e4 d5 [2 . . . e5 3 d3 Bc5 4 h4 1 973
Nc6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Nd5 h6 7 c3 ± ] 3
e5 [3 Bg2 NC6] Bg7 4 d4 C6 5 f4 H2b3) 3 d3 d6 [3 . . . d5 4 c4 c6 5
Nh6 6 h3 0-0 7 Be3 Be6 8 Nf3 Qb3 d4 6 h3 Qc7 7 Nf3 e5 8
Qc8 9 Nbd2 [9 Qd2] c5 10 c3 Nbd2 Nf6 9 g5 Nfd7 1 0 Ne4 e5
Nd7 1 1 Bd3 Cxe5 1 2 dxe5 [12 11 Bd2 Nc6 1 2 h4 b6 1 3 Bh3 NfS
fxe5] Nb6 1 3 Ng5 d4 14 cxd4 14 Bxc8 Rxc8 15 0-0-0 Nd7 1 6
exd4 1 5 Bxd4 RxC4 16 Be3 RC8= h5 0-0 (0- 1 , 47) Spangler­
Grob-N.N., eorr. Mosher, corr. 1975] 4 h3 c5 5 e4
Nc6 6 Nc3 e6 7 Be3 Nge7 8 f4
H2) 2 Bg2 Black can play: Nd4 9 Nf3 Nec6 10 0-0 0-0 1 1
H2a) 2 ... d5 Qd2 b 5 1 2 Ndl Qa5 1 3 c 3 Nb3 +
H2b) 2 ...Bg7 (0- 1 , 30) Britt-Blossom, Dayton
H2c) 2 ... h6 1 977

H2a) 2 ... d5 - see 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 H2b4) 3 d4 d6 4 e4 Nd7 5 g5 e6 6

g6 Be3 Ne7 7 h4 c5 8 e3 Rb8?!
[8 ... h5] 9 h5 b6 10 h6 Be8 11 Qe2
H2b) 2 ... Bg7 White can play: Bb7 12 d5 (1-0, 29) Dubini-

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Malloero, Italy 1 981 Green-Dubini, corr. 1981

H2c) 2 ... h6 3 e4 Bg7 4 d4 e6 5 l1a2) 3 h4 d5 4 Bg2 [4 d3] Ne7 5

NC3 d5 [5 ... Nf6 6 Ne5 d6 7 Nd3J c4 dxc4 6 Qc2 [6 Qa4+ Bd7 7
6 Nbd2 dxe4 7 Nxe4 f5 [7 ... Nf6 8 Qxc4 Bc6!] c6 7 Qxc4 Be6
Nxf6+ Bxf6j S gxf5 gxf5 [S ... exf5j
9 Nc5 Nc6 10 c3 b6 1 1 Nh4 Qd6
[11. .. Qxh41 12 Bxc6+j 12 Nd3
Bd7 13 Ng6 Rh7 14 Bf4 e5 1 5
N6xe5 ± Grob-Bartschiger, corr.

I) 1 g" h6

l1 a2a) 8 Qc3
l1a2b) 8 Qc2

l1a2a) 8 Qc3 Ng6 9 d3 Qb6 10

Qc2 Bc5 11 e3 Na6 12 a3 0-0-0
13 Be4 Rd7 14 Ne2 Rhd8 15 Nd2
Ne7 16 Nc4 Qc7 17 Bd2 f5 =+
White's choices are: (0- 1 , 62) Grob-Wettstein, corr.
11) 2 g5
12) 2 gxh5 l1a2b) 8 Qc2 Na6 9 a3 Qc7
[9 ... Nd5 10 b4 f5 11 Bb2 Qc7 1 2
11) 2 g5 Black can play: Nf3 Bd6 1 3 e 3 Dubini-Siviero,
lla) 2 ... e5 corr. 1981J 10 d3 f5 [10 ... Nf5 1 1
I1b) 2 ...h4 Nf3 ( 1 1 e 3 Nc5 12 Nd2 0-0-0 )
Nc5 12 Nbd2 a 5 1 3 b 3 f6 14 Bb2
l1a) 2 ... e5 a4 15 b4 Nb3 16 Nxb3 Bxb3 17
lla1) 3 d4 Qc3 Ne7 18 e4 Grob-Wettstein,
lla2) 3 h4 corr.J 11 b4 0-0-0 12 Nc3 Nd5
1 3 Nh3 [13 Nxd5 Bxd5 14 Bxd5
11a1) 3 d4 exd4 4 Qxd4 Nc6 5 Rxd5 15 Bb2 Nxb4 16 axb4
Qe4+ Qe7 6 Bg2 d6 7 Nc3 f5 8 Bxb4+ 17 Kfl a5 18 Nf3 Rhd8=
Qxe7+ Ngxe7 9 h4 Bd7 10 Be3 (lh-II2, 62) Grob-Wettstein, corr.J
0-0-0 1 1 Nh3 Be6 12 Nf4 Bf7 Nxc3 14 Qxc3 Rd4 15 f4 Nxb4 16
13 0-0 d5 14 Bc5 b6 15 Bxe7 fxe5 [16 Be3 Nd5!] Qxe5 17 Nf4
Nxe7 16 Rfd1 c6 17 e3 Ng6 18 [17 Bf4? Nxd3+ 18 Qxd3 Rxf4]
Nxg6 Bxg6 19 f41! Bc5 (0- 1 , 27) Bc5 [17 ... Nd5 18 Bxd5 Bxd5 19

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Rgl e5 20 Ng6 Qh2 21 Be3:!:; J 1 ) 2 g5
17 ... Ne2+ 18 Qxe2 Rxf4 19 Rb1] J2) 2 h3
18 Rh3 Rxd3! =F Grab-Wettstein,
carr. Jl) 2 g5 Nf5 3 e4 [3 h4 d5 4 d3
d4 =+] Nh4 [3 ... Nd6] 4 f4 h6 5
I1 b) 2 ... h4 3 d4 c5 [3 dB 4 Qd3
••• Qh5 Ng6 6 f5 hxg5 7 Qxg5 Nh4 8
g6 5 Bg2 Ne6 (5 ...Bg7 - see game d3 e6 =+ (Bucker)
7) 6 e3 Bd7 7 Na3 Qe8 8 h3 e5 9
d5 Nee7 10 Nf3 f5 1 1 gxf6 Nxf6 J2) 2 h3 f5 White can play:
1 2 Bg5 Bf5 13 Qe4 Nfxd5 14 J2a) 3 d3
Nxh4 e6 15 e4 Nb6 1 6 Qd3 Be6 J2b) 3 d4
Mehnert-Grab, eorr.] 4 d5 g6 5 J2e) 3 exf5
e4 d6 6 h3 f5 7 f3 e5 8 dxe6 Bxe6 J2d) 3 g5
9 exf5 [9 Ne3] Bxf5 10 Be4 Ne7
1 1 Ne3 Bg7 1 2 Nd5 Nxd5 1 3 J2a) 3 d3 d5 [3 ... g6 4 e4] 4 Bxh6
Qxd5 [13 Bxd5] Qe7+ 1 4 Kdl gxh6 5 gxf5 Bxf5
Ne6 15 e3 0-0-0 16 Rh2 Rde8
17 Re2 Qd7 18 Bf4= (Ih-�, 22) J2b) 3 d4 Nf7 4 gxf5 d5 5 Qd3
Grab-Wettstein, carr. Qd7 6 Bg2 e6 7 e4 dxe4 8 Bxe4
Nd6 =+ (Bucker)
12) 2 gxh5 Nf6 3 d4 Nxh5 [3 ... d5]
4 e4 e6 5 e4 Qh4 6 Bg2 e5 7 Nh3 J2e) 3 exf5 Nxf5 4 e4 Nh6 5 d4
[threatening 8 Bg5] Qf6 8 e5 Qf5 g6 6 f4 e6
9 Be3 exd4 10 Qxd4 Ne6 1 1 Bxe6
bxe6 1 2 Ng5 f6 13 exf6 gxf6 1 4 J2d) 3 g5 Nf7 4 d4 e5 5 d5 e6 6
e5 Bxe5 [14 ... fxg5? 1 5 Qxh8 +-] h4 Nd6
15 Qxe5 Qxe5 16 Bxe5 fxg5 17
Bd6 Ba6 Grob- N.N., eorr.

J) 1 g4 NhS

White can play:

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1 g4 e6 Bl) 3 d4
A) 2 Nc 3 B2) 3 gxh5
B) 2 c4
0) 2 d3 Bl ) 3 d4?! hxg4 4 dxe5 Nc6 5
D) 2 d4 Qd5 Rh5! 6 f4 [6 Bf4] Qh4+ 7
E) 2 e4 Kd1 d6 8 e4 dxe5 [threatening
F) 2 h3 9 ... Be6 10 Qd2 Rd8 -+j 10 Qb5
G) 2 h4 0-0-0+] 9 f5 Nf6 10 Qd3 Bxf5!
2 Bg2 - see next section 1 1 exf5 Rd8 12 Qxd8+ Kxd8 1 3
B d 3 e 4 0-1 Schraner-Grob, corr.
A) 1 g4 e6 2 N e8
B2) 3 gxh5 Rxh5 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 d3
d6 [5 ... Bb4; 5 ... Bc5j 6 Bg2 NC6 7
h4 Ng4 8 Nf3 Nd4 9 Bg5 f6 10
Bd2 f5 11 Bg5 Be7 12 Bxe7 Qxe7
13 Nxd4 exd4 14 Nd5! += (1-0,
58) Basman-Arkell, SouthaIl!pton
1 986

C) 1 g4 e6 2 d3

2 ... h5 3 g5 d5 [3 ... Qxg5 4 Nf3] 4

d4 Nc6 5 Bg2 Bb4 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7
bxc3 Nge7 8 Nf3 e4 9 Nh4 Ng6
10 Nxg6 fxg6 1 1 c4 0-0 1 2 RbI
Na5 1 3 cxd5 Qxd5 14 Qd3 Qa2
15 Qb5 a6 16 Qb2 [16 Qxa5?
Qxb�] Qd5 =+ (0-1 , 61)
Skembris-Velimirovic, Budva
198 1
01 ) 2 . . . Bc5
02) 2 ... Nc6
03) 2 ... d5
04) 2 ... d6
05) 2 ...Be7
06) 2 ...g6
07) 2 ... h5
08) 2 ... h6

01) 2 ...Bc5 White can play:

01a) 3 e3

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 C1b) 3 Nf3 Bxc6 bxc6 10 Qxc6 1-0
C1c) 3 h4 Ebright-Queen, corr. 1975
C 1 d) 3 Bg2
C1b) 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 e4 Nf6 5 g5
C1a) 3 e3 d5 [3 ... d6 4 Bg2 c6 5 Ng4 6 d4 exd4 7 h3 Nge5 S Nxe5
c4 Be6 6 Nc3 Nd7 7 a3 a5 S h3 Nxe5 9 f4 Nc6 10 Bg2 b6 11 a3
van der Heiden-Sterrenburg, Hol­ a5 [l1 ...Bb7? 12 b4 Be7 13 b5
land 1979] 4 Bg2 NbS 14 Qxd4] 12 h4 Bb7 13 Nd2
Qe7 14 Qe2 0-0-0 15 Nb3 RheS
16 Bd2 += (1-0, 56) Grob­
Hirzel, corr.

C1c) 3 h4 d5 White can play:

C1cl) 4 e3
C1c2) 4 g5

C1cl) 4 e3 f5 5 gxf5 Bxf5 6

Qh5+ g6 7 Qe2 Nc6 S a3 Qd7 9
b4 Be7 10 Bb2 [threatening 1 1 b5
and 12 Bxe5] a6 1 1 Nd2 Nf6 12
C1a1) 4 ...Be6 Bh3 Bxh3 [12 ... d4] 1 3 Nxh3 RfS
C 1a2) 4 ... Ne7 14 0-0-0 0-0-0 1 5 c4 d4 16
C1a3) 4 ... f5 Nb3 += (1-0, 3S) Grob­
C 1a4) 4 ... Nf6 Debrunner, corr. 1965

C1a1) L.Be6 5 h4 c6 [5 ... Nc6 - C1e2) 4 g5 Bg4 5 e4 Ne7 [5 ... dxe4

see game S] 6 Qa4+ Bd7 7 Qxe4 Bb6 S Bg2
Be6 9 Nf3 Nd7 10 Bd2 Ne7 1 1
C1a2) 4 ... Ne7 5 c4 0-0 [5 ... dxc4 Be3 Ng6 1 2 Qg4 Qe7 1 3 h 5 Bxf3
6 Qa4+ and 7 Qxc4] 6 cxd5 Nxd5 14 Bxf3 Nf4 15 Bxb7 ± (1-0, 42)
7 a3 c6 S h4 f5 9 g5 f4 10 e4 Nc7 Bloodgood-Monroe, 1973] 6 Bg2
1 1 Nf3 Qd6 12 Qc2 Nd7 1 3 Nbd2 Be6 7 Qb3 Bb6 S Ne3 dxc4 9
b5 14 b4 Bb6 15 Bb2 ReS 16 Bh3 Qb5+ Nbc6 10 dxe4 a6 1 1 Qa4
NfS= (�Ih, 43) Grob­ 0-0 12 Bh3 Bxh3 13 Nxh3 f5 14
Schaufelberger, corr. e5 Ba7 1 5 Qe4+ KhS 16 h5 Nd4
17 Nd1 QeS lS h6 g6 19 f4 +=
C1a3) 4 ... f5 5 gxf5 Bxf5 6 Qf3 (1-0, 30) Bloodgood-Sanderson,
Ne7 [6 ...Be6? 7 Qh5+ and S 1973
Qxe5] 7 Qh5+ [7 Qg3?! Qd6 S
Qxg7? RgS] g6 S Qh6 C1d) 3 Bg2 - see 1 g4 e5 2 Bg2
Be5 3 d3
C 1a4) 4 ...Nf6 5 h3 0-0 6 g5
Nfd7 7 Bxd5 Qxg5 S Qf3 Nc6 9 C2) 2 ... Ne6 White can play:

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 CZa) 3 e4 C3a) 3 ... a5
C2b) 3 Bg2 C3b) 3 ... Be5
C3e) 3 ...e6
C2a) 3 e4 Black's choices are: C3d) 3 ... NeB
C2a1) 3 ... d5 C3e) 3 ...Bxg4
C2a2) 3 ... d6 C3f) 3 ... Be6
C2a3) 3 ... Nge7
C3a) 3 ... a5 4 e4 dxe4 5 Bxe4 NC6
C2a 1 ) 3 ... d5 4 Bg2 [4 exd5? [5 ... QM 6 h3 NC6? 7 Nxfa Bxg4 8
Qxd5J dxe4 5 Bxe6+ bxe6 6 Qa4 NxM Bxd 1 9 Kxd1 J 6 Bf3 Be7 7
Ne3 e6 8 h3 0-0 9 Nge2 Re8 10
C2a2) 3 ... d6 4 e4 h6 5 Ne3 Nge7 Ng3 Bb4 1 1 Bg5 Be7 [1 1 ...h6 12
6 h4 Ng6 7 Bh3 Nf4 8 Be3 Nb4 9 Bd2 Nh7 1 3 M Be7 14 g5] 12
Bxf4 exf4 10 Qa4+ Ne6 1 1 Nf3 BxC6 Bxf6 1 3 Nee4 BM 14 Qd2
Bd7 1 2 Qb3 b6 1 3 0-0-0 Be7 14 Bxg3 15 Nxg3 Nd7 16 0-0-0
Nd5 Be6 1 5 Qb5 Bd7= (lh-IJ2, 33) Grob-Rutter, eorr.
Bloodgood-Stroemer, 1 97 2
C3b) 3 ... Be5 4 g5 [4 NC3 Ne6 5
C2a3) 3 . . .Nge7 4 Ne3 Ng6 5 Nf3 g5 £5 6 e4 e4 7 NM dxe4 8 0-0
Bb4 6 Bd2 d6 7 g5 Welling­ exd3 9 exd3 Be6 10 dxe4
Veugen, Holland 1980 Welling-van Amstel, Holland
1 979] NcB 5 Ne3 Be6 6 e4 Nge7 7
C2b) 3 Bg2 d6 4 e4 Nf6 5 h3 Be6 h4 Qd7 8 a3 0-0-0 9 exd5 Nxd5
6 e4 Be7 7 Ne3 Nd4 8 Nge2 Nxe2 10 Ne4 Be7 11 Ne2 C5 12 N4e3 h6
9 Qxe2 Nd7 [9 ... 0-0J 10 Be3 e6 13 Ng3 Nxe3 14 bxe3 Bd5 15 f3
1 1 b3 Bg5 12 Bxg5 Qxg5 1 3 Qd2 f4 + Grob-Tien, eorr.
h6 14 Ne2 Nf8 1 5 f4 QM+ 16
Kd1 0-0-0 (lh-Y.!, 28) O 'Brien­ C3e) 3 ... e6
Harding, England 1972

C3) 2 ... d5 3 Bg2 [3 g5?! h6

(3 ...Be7) 4 Nf3 hxg5 5 Nxe5 f6?
(5 ... Bd6) 6 Ng6 Rh6 7 Nxf8 ±
Grob-N.N., eorr.J

White can play:

C3e1) 4 e4
C3e2) 4 h3

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 C3c3) 4 g5 C3c2b) 4. . .Ne7 5 Nf3 Ng6 6 Nc3
h6 7 e3 Bd6 8 e4 d4 9 Ne2 c5 10
C3d ) 4 e4 Ng3 Qc7 11 b3 Nc6 12 Bd2 Be6
C3da) 4 ... Bc5 13 0-0 f6 14 Nf5 += (1-0, 41)
C3d b) 4 ...dxe4 Grob-Stingelin, corr.

C3c3) 4 g5 h5 5 h4 Bf5 6 Nc3

C3da) 4 ...Bc5 5 Qe2 [5 h4 dxe4 Welling-Buys, Holland 1979
6 Bxe4 Nf6 7 Bf3 Qd4 8 Qe2
Bxg4] d4 6 g5 Be6 7 f4 exf4 8 C3d) 3 ...Nc6 4 h3 Nge7 =+
Bxf4 Ne7 9 Nd2 Bb4 10 a3 Ba5 ECO
11 b4 Bb6 12 Bh3 Bxh3 13 Nxh3
0-0 14 Nc4 Bc7 15 0-0 Bxf4 16 C3e) 3 ... Bxg4 4 c4
Nxf4 Ng6 17 Rad Nxf4 18 Rxf4
Nd7 19 Ref1 Qe7 20 Qg4 +=
(1-0, 35) Bloodgood-Boothe, 1973

C3d b) 4 ...dxe4 5 Bxe4 Nf6

[5 ... Be6 6 h3 Be7 7 Be3 Nf6 8
Nc3 Nbd7 9 Qf3 Qa5 10 Bd2
Qb6 11 b3 Nc5 12 Nge2 0-0-0]
6 Bf3 Bc5 7 Nc3 Nxg4?! 8 Ne4
Qh4 9 Qe2 Bb6 10 Bg5 Bxf2+ 11
Nxf2 Qxg5 12 Bxg4 Bxg4 13
Nxg4 +- Clark-Kawas, corr. 1980
Black can play:
C3c2) 4 h3 C3e1) 4 ...Bb4+
C3c2a) 4 . . . Bc5 C3e2) 4 ... c6
C3c2b} 4 ... Ne7 C3e3) 4 ...Bc5
C3e4} 4 ...Nd7
C3c2a) 4 ... Bc5 5 Nf3 Nd7 6 Nc3 C3e5) 4 ...Be6
[6 e4 Ngf6 7 g5 dxe4 8 Nxe5 C3e6) 4 ...Nf6
Nxe5 9 gxf6 Qxf6 10 d4 Bxd4 11
0-0 (11 Qxd4 Nf3+ 12 Bxf3 C3e1) 4 ...Bb4+ 5 Nd2 c6 6 cxd5
Qxd4) Bxh3 12 Bxh3 Nf3+ 13 Ne7 7 dxc6 Nbxc6 8 a3 Bxd2+ 9
Khl Qe5 (threatening 14 ... Qh2 Bxd2 0-0 10 Nf3 Qd7 11 Be3
mate) 0-1 Ulrich-Green, corr. f6= Grob-Aebi, corr.
1982] Ne7 7 e4 0-0 8 Bg5 d4 9
Ne2 Bb4+ 10 c3 dxc3 11 bxc3 C3e2) 4 . . .c6 5 cxd5 cxd5 6 Qb3
Ba5 12 0-0 f6 13 Be3 Ng6 14 Ne7 [6 ... Nc6 7 Nc3 Nd4 Welling-
Qb3+ Kh8 15 N�3 Re8 16 g5 van Rey, Holland 1975] 7 Qxb7
NdfS (0-1, 37) Saremba-Hohlfeld, Nbc6 8 Bxd5! Qxd5 [8 ... Nxd5 9
West Germany 1983 Qxc6+] 9 Qxa8+ Bc8 10 Nf3

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Kd7 11 Ne3 Qa5 12 Bd2 f6 13 Welling-Scholten, Holland 1981
Ne4 Qb5 14 b4 Nd5 [14 ... Bb7
(14...Nxb4 IS Qxa7 +) IS Qxb7 C4) 2 ...d6 3 e4 Nc6 4 h3 g6 S
Qxb7 16 Ne5+ Ke7 1 7 Nxb7 +-] Bg2 hS 6 g5 Nge7 7 Ne3 Be6 8
IS a4 Qb6 16 bS Neb4 [16 ...Bb7 NdS Bg7 9 e3 +=
17 bxe6+ Bxe6 18 as Qc7 19
Nc5+ Ke7 ( 1 9 ...Bxe5 20 Qxh8) C5) 2 ...Be7
20 Na6 Qd7 21 Qb8j 16 ...Kd6 17 CSa) 3 e4
Nb7+ Bxb7 18 Qxa7 Kd7 19 a6] CSb) 3 Nf3
17 a5 Qe7 18 O-o ± (1-0, 26)
Grob-Kellenberger, corr. CSa) 3 e4 dS 4 Qe2 d4 S h3 BgS
6 Nd2 Be6 7 Ngf3 Bf4 8 Nb3
C3e3) 4 . . .Bc5 5 Qb3 Nd7 6 Bxel 9 Nxel Qd6 10 Qd2 Nd7 11
Qxb7? Rb8 7 Qa6 Qh4 8 e3 Ne2 Ne7 12 a3 (1-0, 4S) Grob­
Rxb2! 9 Bxb2 Bxe3 10 Nh3 Bxh3 Bruekmann, eorr. 1965
11 Bxh3 Qxf2+ [12 Kdl Qf3+ 13
Kel Bf2+ 14 Kfl Bg3+ 15 Kgl CSb) 3 Nf3 d6 4 h3 [4 gS1! h6J fS
Qf2 mate] ()'1 Giazzi­ [L.h5 S gS] 5 g5 f4 6 h4 Bg4 7
Boneompagni, corr. 1982 Nbd2 h6 8 Bg2 hxg5 9 hxg5
Rxhl 10 Bxhl Ne6 [10 ...Bxg5! 11
C3e4) L .Nd7 S cxd5 Rb8 6 Qa4 NxgS QxgS 12 Ne4 Qh4 13 Kd2
Nf6 7 BgS BcS7 8 Bxf6 Qxf6 9 Nc6 =+J 11 Ne4 Bxf3 12 Bxf3
Qxg4 +- van der Heiden-Raay, BxgS 13 Bh5+ Kd7 14 e3 (1-0,
Holland 1980 20) Bloodgood-Fuller, corr. 1973

C3e5) 4 ... Be6 5 Qb3 b6 6 exd5 C6) 2 . . .g6 3 e4 h6 4 Ne3 Bg7 5

Bc8 7 Nc3 Bb7 8 QbS+ Nd7 9 Be3 c6 6 Bg2 Ne7 7 h3 d5 8 Be5
Nf3 Bd6 10 Bd2 Nf6 11 e4 0-0 d4 9 Nee2 Be6 10 Qd2 b6 11
12 Bg5 Nc5 13 Qc4 Ba6 14 NbS Bxe7 Qxe7 12 Ng3 Nd7 13 a3
(Yl-II2, 36) Fewell-Spedale, Mary­ Re8 1 4 Nle2 e5 15 0-0 0-0=
land 1980 Grob-Wieland, eorr.

C3e6) 4 ... Nf6 5 Qb3 Nbd7 6 exd5

Ne5 7 QbS+ Bd7 8 Qc4 Bd6 9
BgS 0-0 10 Nc3 a6 11 b4 bS 12
Qh4 Na4 13 Ne4 Bxb4+ 14 Kfl
Be7 I S Nf3 h6 16 NxeS? (16
Bx(6) hxgS 17 NxgS BfS 18 Ne6
Qd7 19 e4 Nh7! -+ W. Fuller­
Thimann, eorr. 1978/79

C3f) 3 ... Be6 4 h3 c6 S Nf3 Nd7 6

NgS BeS 7 Nxe6 fxe6 8 e3

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 C7a) 3 ...Be7 Black's choices are:
C7b) 3 ... M C8a1) 4 ... Nge7
C8a2) 4 ... Nf6
C7a) 3 . . . Be7 4 h4 dS S Bg2 Bg4 6
Nd2 c6 7 NgC3 Nd7 8 e4 d4 9 C8a1) 4 ... Nge7 S h4 [S Bg2 Ng6 6
Bh3 Bxh3 10 Rxh3 C6 1 1 Nc4 bS Nf3 d6 7 h3 Be7 8 Be3J d5 [5 ... g6
12 gxC6 Bxf6?! [12 ... gxf6J 13 6 Bg2 Nd4 7 f4 d6 8 Be3 Nec6 9
Nd6+ Ke7 14 NCS+ Kf7 1S NdS Bxg4 Grob-Hoffmann, corr.J
NgS+ BxgS 16 BxgS Qc7 17 Qf3 6 Bg2 d4 7 NdS Be6 8 gS hxgS 9
Ngf6 1 8 0-0-0 Raf8 1 9 Rg3 += hxgS Rxh1 10 Bxh1 Ng6 1 1 Qh5
Bloodgood-Cacalano, 1961 Nf4 12 Nxf4 exf4 13 Bxf4 Qd7 14
Nf3 0-0-0 15 NeS Nxe5 16 Bxe5
C7b) 3 ... M 4 Bh3 [4 C4 exf4 S Bd6?! [16 ...Bg4J 17 Bxg7 Bg4 1 8
Bxf4 dS 6 Bg2 c6 7 e4 Be6 8 Nc3 Qh6 Bf4 19 Bf6 Rg8 2 0 f3 Be6 2 1
d4 9 Nce2 Be7 10 Qd2 h3 1 1 Bfl Ke2 = Bloodgood-Christy, 1 972
Bg4 = + Bloodgood-R. Lewis,
1960J d6 S Bxc8 Qxc8 6 h3 Ne7 7 C8a2) 4 ... Nf6 5 Bg2 [5 h4 d5 6
e4 Ng6 8 Qf3 Be7 9 Ne2 Nc6 10 Bg2 d4 7 Nd5 Nxg4 T
c3 Qd7 1 1 Be3 Rf8 12 Nd2 0-0- Bloodgood-Sarkis, 1 973J Bc5 6 h4
o 13 0-0-0 Kb8 14 Qg2 += d5 7 g5 hxg5 8 hxg5 Rxh1 9
Grob-N.N. Bxh1 Ng4 10 Nh3 d4 1 1 NdS Be6
12 f4 exf4 13 Bxf4 Bd6 14 Qf3
C8) 2 ... hB White can play: Nge5 1 5 Qh5 += Bloodgood­
C8a) 3 e4 Sarkis, 1973
C8b) 3 Bg2
C8c) 3 h4 C8b) 3 Bg2 Nf6 4 h3 c6 5 e4 [5
c4 d6 6 Nc3 a6 7 f4 exf4 8 Bxf4
C8a) 3 e4 Nc6 4 Nc3 [4 h4 dS S Be7 9 e3 Nh7 10 Bg3 Bh4 1 1 Qf3
Bg2 d4 6 gS hxgS 7 hxg5 Rxh1 8 Ng5 1 2 Qf2J d5 6 Nd2 d4 7 Nc4
Bxhl C6 9 QhS+ Kd7 10 Qf7 + Nbd7 8 Nf3 Qc7 9 Nh4 g6 10 g5
Nge7 1 1 gxf6 gxf6 12 Qxf6= hxg5 1 1 Bxg5 Nh5 12 Qf3 Nf4 13
Bloodgood-Leonard, 1 973J Bxf4 exf4 =+ Bloodgood­
Sanderson, 1973

C8c) 3 h4 d5 4 e3 Nf6 5 Be2 a6 6

Nd2 Nc6 [6 ... c5J 7 Nfl Bc5 8 Ng3
Be6 9 f4 exf4 10 exf4 Be7
[10 ...d4j 10 ... Qd6J 1 1 c3 d4 12 c4
bS [12 ... Bb4+ 13 Kfl] 13 b3 Bd6
14 Bf3 Bd7 15 Nh3 Qe7+ 16 Kf2
[threatening 1 7 Re1 Be6 18 f5
Bxg3+ 1 9 Kxg3 Qd6+ 20 Bf4J
0-0 1 7 g5 hxg5 18 hxg5 Nh7 19

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Bd2 Rae8 20 g6! ± (1-0, 26) El) 3 Nc3 d4 4 Nbl Nf6 5 f3
Grob-Steinbruchel, corr. Nxg4 6 fxg4 Qh4+ 7 Ke2 Bxg4+
8 Nf3 Bxf3+ 9 Kxf3 Qh5+ 10
D) 1 g4 e6 2 d4 Kf2 Qxdl 11 Bb5 c6 12 Bxc6+
Nxc6 1 3 Rxdl

E2) 3 Qf3 dxe4 4 Qxe4 Bd6 5 h3

Nc6 6 c3 f5 7 Qe2 [7 gxf5 Qf6]
Qe7 8 d3 g6 9 g5 Bd7 10 Bg2 0-
0-0 11 h4 Qf7 12 Qf3 Re8 1 3
Nd2 Nd8 14 Ne2 Bc6 1 5 Qh3
Kb8 16 Nc4 Ne7 1- Schraner­
Grob, corr.

F) 1 g4 e6 2 h8

D l ) 2 . . . exd4
D2) 2 . . . e4

Dl) 2 . . . exd4 3 Qxd4 Nc6 4 Qa4

D2) 2 . . .e4 3 c4 Qh4 4 h3 Bb4+ 5

Nc3 Bxc3+ 6 bxc3 Qe7 7 Bf4 d6
8 e3 g5 9 Bg3 Be6 10 RbI Bc8 1 1
Be2 Nf6 1 2 h 4 gxh4 1 3 Bxh4 Qe6
14 g5 Nfd7 15 Nh3 Grob- N.N.,
corr.
F l ) 2 ...d5
E) 1 g4 e6 2 e4 d6 F2) 2 ...Ne7
F3) 2 h5
.•.

F l ) 2 ... d5 - see 1 g4 d5 2 h3 e5

F2) 2 ... Ne7 3 d4 exd4 4 Qxd4

Nbc6 - see game 9

F3) 2 ... h5 3 gxh5 Rxh5 [3 ... Nf6!?]

4 d4 e4 5 c4 Basman­
Schuermans, Liege 1981

G) 2 h4 d5 3 g5 - see 1 g4 d5 2
E l ) 3 Nc3 g5 e5 3 h4
E2) 3 Qf3

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1 g4 e6 2 Bg2 (10 ...Qg6 1 1 Be4) 1 1 Qxg4 Bxg4
Black can play: 12 Rg5] 8 d4 exd4 9 exd4 d5 10
A) 2 ... Bc5 a3 0-0 1 1 Nf3 Ng6 12 0-0
B) 2 ... Nc6 Nee7= -Grob
C) 2 ... d5
D) 2 ...d6 A2b) 4 e3 d5 [4 ... d6 5 d4 Bb6 6
E) 2 ...Ne7 Nbd2 Nh6! =+ Welling­
F) 2 ... h5 Webbink, Holland 1981] 5 d4
exd4 6 exd4 Qe7 + 7 Be3 Bb6 8
A) 2 ...Bc5 g5 f6 9 h4 f5 10 Nh3 Be6 1 1 Nf4
A1) 3 e4 0-0-0 1 2 Nd2 h6?1 1 3 Ng6 1-0
A2) 3 e3 Bloodgood-Christy, 1 972
A3) 3 h3
A4) 3 M A2e) 4 Ne2 d6 5 Bxe6+ bxc6 6
A5) 3 d3 h3 Ba6 7 a4 d5 8 e3 Wall­
Lauseng, eorr. 1974
A1) 3 c4 d6 [3 ... QM 4 e3 h5 5 h3
threatening 6 Nf3 - Welling] 4 h3 A3) 3 h3 Qh4 4 e3 Nf6?! 5 d4
Nf6 5 Nc3 0-0 6 d3 Nbd7 7 Bg5 exd4 6 exd4 Bd6 7 Nf3 1-0
h6 8 BM c6 9 Nf3 Wall-Messer, Bloodgood-Mizesko, corr.
Mt. View 1 988
A4) 3 h4 d5 4 c4 dxc4 5 Qa4+ e6
A2) 3 e3 Ne6 (3 ...d5 - see 1 g4 d5 6 Qxe4 Qb6 7 Nh3 Be6 8 Qa4
2 Bg2 e5 3 e3 Be5) Nd7 9 Ne3 h5 10 g5 Ne7 11 Rb1
Ng6 12 e3 Be7 1 3 Ng1 Ne5 14
Qc2 0-0-0 15 Bfl e4 16 Na4
Nxa4 17 Qxa4 Bd5 18 b4 f6 19
Bb2 Kb8 20 Bd4 c5 21 gxf6 gxf6
22 Be3 cxb4 23 Bxb4 Ne5 (0- 1 ,
3 1 ) Niles-Pedersen, 1978

A5) 3 d3 d5 4 g5 [4 e4] Nc6 5

Nf3 Qd6 6 Nbd2 f5 7 gxf6 Nxf6 8
e4 dxe4 9 dxe4 Bg4 10 c3 0-0-0
11 Qe2 [11 Qe2] RhfS 12 0-0
Nh5 13 Nb3 Bb6 14 h3?? Ng3
A2a) 4 Ne3 0-1 Haessler-Gallagher, Tacoma
A2b) 4 e3 1981
A2c) 4 Ne2
B) 2 ... Nc6 3 e4 [3 Ne3 Bc5 4 Na4
A2a) 4 Ne3 d6·5 Na4 Bb6 6 Bxf2+ 5 Kxf2 Qh4+ 6 Kfl Qxg4
Nxb6 axb6 7 h3 Nge7 [7 ... f5 8 d3 7 c3 Nge7 8 Ne5 d6 9 Ne4 Wall­
fxg4 9 hxg4 Qg6 10 Rh5 Qxg4 Lauseng, eorr. 1974] Black can

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play: Bla4) 4 ... Qh4 5 Ne4 Qxg4 6 Bf3!
BI) 3 . . .Bc5 (6 Nxc5? Qxg2)
B2) 3 ... d6
B3) 3 . . . Nge7 B I a5) 4 ... Nh6 5 h3 0-0 6 a3 d6
7 b4 Bd4 S Bb2 f5 9 Bd5+ Kh8
B1) 3 . . . Bc5 White's choices are: 10 g5 Qxg5 11 Nf3 Qg2 12 Rfl
Bla) 4 Nc3 Qxh3 13 Nxd4 Nxd4 14 Nb5 c6
Bib) 4 e3 1 5 Nxd4 exd4 16 Bf3 Re8 1 7 e3
d3?? 18 Rhl 1-0 Wall­
Bla) 4 Nc3 Holsapple, Dayton 1981

BIb) 4 e3 d6 5 a3 a5 [5 ... Nge7 -

see game 10J 6 Nc3 Bd7 7 h3
Nge7 8 Nge2 0-0 9 d4 exd4 10
exd4 Ba7 1 1 Be3 Ng6 12 Qd2 [12
Ng3 Nh4 13 Be4 f5 14 gxf5 Nxf5
1 5 Nxf5 Bxf5 16 Qd3=J Qc8 13
0-0-0 Nce7? [13 ... f5J 14 Ng3±
Grob-Ruegg, corr.

B2) 3 ... d6 4 h3 [4 Nc3?! Bxg4 5

Qa4 Bd7 6 d3 Nf6 7 Nd5 Nxd5 8
Blal) 4 . . . a6 cxd5 Nd4 9 Qd1 g6 10 e3 Nf5 1 1
Bla2) 4 . . . d6 Qb3 Nh4! (0- 1 , 25) Rhodee­
Bla3) 4 ... Nge7 Yeager, corr. 1978J
Bla4) 4 ... Qh4 B2a) 4 ... Ne7
B l a5) 4 . . . Nh6 B2b) 4 ... Nf6

Blat) 4 ... a6 5 e3 d6 6 h3 Nge7 7 B2a) 4 ... Ne7 5 d3 Ng6 6 Nf3 Be7

Nge2 Ng6 8 d4 Ba7 9 d5 Nh4 10 7 Nc3 0-0 8 g5 f6 9 Nd5 fxg5 10
Be4 Ne7 11 Ng3 f5 =+ -Grob Nxe7+ Qxe7 1 1 Bxg5 Qf7 12 Be3
Nf4 13 Bfl Qh5 14 Qd2 Bf5 1 5
Bla2) 4 . . . d6 5 Bxc6+ bxc6 6 e3 0-0-0 Nxd3+ 16 exd3 Qxf3 1 7
d5 7 Na4 Qe7 8 Qc2 Wall­ Be2 Qg2 18 Rdg1 Markus­
Lauseng, corr. 1974 Henneberger, 1964

Bla3 ) 4 ... Nge7 5 d3 d6 6 g5 Be6 B2b) 4 ... Nf6 5 d3 [5 Nc3 Ne7 6

7 Bd2 d5 8 cxd5 Nxd5 9 Ne4 Bb6 Qb3 c6 7 Nf3 d5 8 cxd5 Nexd5 9
10 Nf3 Qd7 1 1 Rcl 0-0-0 12 Nxe5 ± Wall-Stauffer, Dayton
Qa4 Nde7 13 Nc5 Bxc5 14 Rxc5 1982J Be7 6 Nc3 0-0 7 Nf3 ReS
Kb8 15 b4 Nd4 16 Qa3 Ng6 17 8 e4 Bf8 9 Be3 Ne7 10 g5 Nd7 1 1
Nxd 4 Qxd4 18 0-0 + = (1-0, 33) h 4 f5 12 exf5 Nxf5 1 3 g3 h 6 14
Burk-Mantia, Dayton 1 980 Ng3 Nxe3 [14 ... hxg5? 15 Bd5+

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Kh8 1 6 hxg5+ Nh6 1 7 gxh6] 15 D2) 3 d3 - see game 1 1
fxe3 e6 1 6 Nf7 Qe7 17 Ne4 Qe6
1 8 Neg5 Qe7 1 9 Ne41/2-1 /2 D3) 3 h 3 g6 4 h4 Bxg4!? 5 Bxb7
Grob-Henneberger, 1 942 Nd7 6 Bxa8 Qxa8 7 f3 Bh5 8 Nc3
Ngf6 9 Nb5 Qb7 10 a4 Bh6 1 1 d3
B3) 3 ... Nge7 4 Nc3 Ng6 5 h3 Bc5 Bxcl 12 Rxcl a6 13 Na3 Qb4+
6 d3 b6 7 Nf3 Bb7 8 e3 Nce7 9 e4 14 Qd2 Qxd2+ 15 Kxd2 0-0 1 6
Nf4?! 10 Bxf4 exf4 1 1 a3 b 4 Nb6 1 7 b 5 Ra8 1 8 c 4 axb5 1 9
[threatening 1 2 d4 Bd6 1 3 e5] cxb5 Rxa4 2 0 Nbl Nfd5 2 1 e4
Ng6 12 Qd2 e6 13 d4 Be7 1 4 Ne2 Nf4 22 Rxe7 Rb4 23 Nc3 Rb2+
d5 [14 . . . Qc7 1 5 e5 c5 16 Nxf4 24 Ke3?? Ng2 mate 0-1
exd4 1 7 Nxg6 and 1 8 Qxd4] 1 5 McCreary-Webb, Tennessee 1 978
exd5 Qd6 [15 ...exd5] 1 6 dxe6
Bxe6 17 e5 Qe6 18 Rcl:!: (1-0, E) 2 ...Ne7 3 d4 exd4 4 Qxd4
29) Grob-Mosimann, corr. Nbe6 5 Qa4 Ng6 6 h4 Bc5
[6 ...NxM? 7 Qe4+ Be7 8 RxM] 7
C) 2 . . . d5 - see 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 Ne3 Nxh4 8 Bd5 [8 Qe4+ KfSJ
Qe7 9 g5 Nf5 [9 ... Ng6j 10 Nf3
D) 2 . . . d6 Nb4 1 1 a3 b5 1 2 Qb3 Ne6 13 g6!?
D 1 ) 3 c4 fxg6 [13 ... Nfd4 1 4 Nxd4 Nxd4 15
D2) 3 d3 Rxh 7 0-0 16 Bxf7 Rxf7 17
D3) 3 h3 QdS:!:j 1 3 ... 0-0!?J 1 4 BgS Nfd4
1 5 Nxd4 Qxg5 1 6 Nxc6 Bxf2+ 17
Dl) 3 e4 Kxf2 Rf8+ 18 Bf3 QeS+ 1 9 Kel
Dla) 3 ... e5 dxe6 20 Qb4 1-0 BaBman­
Dlb) 3 ... e6 Plaskett, Cambridge 1981

Dla) 3 ... e5 [3 ... Bxg4?? 4 Bxb7 F) 2 ...h5

1-0 Cunliffe-Friedlander, Pitts­
burgh 1 986J 4 Qb3 [4 Ne3 Ne7 5
Qa4+ Nbc6 6 h3 a6 7 Nd5 Bd7
Wall-Flores, Mt. View 1 988J Nf6
5 h3 Nc6 6 Nc3 Be7 7 d3 h6 8
Bd2 Qc7 9 0-0-0 Nd4 10 Qa4+
Bd7 1 1 Qa3 a6 12 e3 Nc6 13 Nd5
Qd8 14 f4 exf4 15 exf4 b5 1 6
Nxe7 Qxe7 17 ReI Be6 1 8 f5 1-0
W all-T . Bell, North Carolina
1979

Dlb) 3 ... c6 4 h3 f5 5 e3 g6 6 Nc3 Fl) 3 e3

Be6 7 Qb3 + = Bloodgood-R. F2) 3 Nf3
Jackson, corr. 1974 F3) 3 g5

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 F4) 3 h3 F5o.) 3 ... d5 4 d4 e4 5 Bf4 Bd6 6
F5) 3 gxh5 Bg3 Nf6 7 Qd2 Na6 8 Nc3 c6 9
Qg5? Rxh5 10 Qxg7?? Bf8 -+
Fl) 3 e3 hxg4 4 Qxg4 d5 Hengstler-Schlenker, Germany
1 976
F2) 3 Nf3 hxg4 4 Nxe5 d6 5
Nxg4 Bxg4! 6 Bxb7 Nd7 7 Bxa8 F5b) 3 ... Qg5 4 Kfl [4 Bf3 Qh4 5
Qxa8 8 f3 Ne5! 9 Kf2 Be7 10 Ne3 Nf6 6 e4 Be5 7 d4 Bxd4 8
(xg4 Nxg4 11 Kg3 Bh4+! 0-1 Qe2 Bxc3+ 9 bxc3 Nxh5 10 Be3
Eduardo-Lagerstom, Berlin 1 956 Nf4 1 1 Qb5 Nc6 12 0-0-0 a6 1 3
Qa4 Qf6 14 Ne2 Ne6 1 5 Bg4 d6
F3) 3 g5 Qxg5 4 Kfl Qd8 [4 ... Nf5 1 6 Qb3 Nc5 17 Bxc5 Qg5+ 18
5 d4 Qf5 6 dxe5 Ng4 7 Nf3 Nc6J Be3 Qxg4 1 9 Ng3 ( 1-0, 36)
5 c4 Nc6 6 d3 d6 7 Nc3 Be6 8 83 Skembris-Mariotti, Budva 1 98 1 ]
Qd7 9 h4 Nge7 [9 ... Be7J 10 Nh3 Qxh5 5 d 4 Nc6 =+ Welling­
C6 1 1 e3 Nf5 12 Ngl Ng8 1 3 L andsman, Netherlands 1984
Nge2 c 6 1 4 b 4 Be7 1 5 e 4 Nd4 1 6
Nxd4 exd4 1 7 Ne2 c5 1 8 Nf4 Nc6 F5c) 3 ...Rxh5 4 e3 Rh8 [4 ... Nf6 5
19 Nxe6 Qxe6 20 Bh3 ( 1-0, 32) c4 c6 6 Nc3 d5 7 cxd5 Rg5 8 Bf3
Diebert-Hayes, Columbus, Ohio cxd5 9 Qa4+ Nc6 10 d3 Rg6 1 1
1984 e4 d4 1 2 Nd5 Be6 1 3 Qb5 Qd7 1 4
Bd2 Bxd5 1 5 exd5 Nb4 1 6
F4) 3 h3 hxg4 4 hxg4 Rxh1 5 Qxd7+ Kxd7 1 7 Bxb4 Bxb4+ 1 8
Bxh1 Qh4 6 Bf3 e4 7 Bxe4? Kd1 = Hug-Grob, corr.J 5 c4
Qxg4, winning a piece Black can play:
F5c 1) 5 ... c6
FS) 3 gxh5 F5c2) 5 ... f5

F5c 1 ) 5 . . . c6 6 Nc3 Bb4 7 Nge2

Qg5 8 Ng3 f5 9 d4 Bxc3+ 10
bxc3 f4 1 1 exf4 exf4 1 2 Qe2+
Ne7 1 3 Qf3 Ng6 14 Ne4 Qe7 1 5
d 5 Ne5 16 Qe2 += ( 1-0, 53)
Bloodgood-Monroe, 1 973

F5c2) 5 ...f5 6 Qc2 g6 7 Nc3 c6 8

Nge2 Nf6 9 d4 d6 10 Bd2 Be6 1 1
d 5 cxd5 12 cxd5 Bn 1 3 Qa4+
Nbd7 14 Rc1 a6 15 Ng3 Be7 1 6
F5a) 3 ... d5 0-0 b 5 17 Qb3 Ne5 18 Qc2 e 4 1 9
F5b) 3 ... Qg5 f3 exf3 2 0 Bxf3 b4 21 Na4 Rb8=
F5c) 3 . . .Rxh5 Ott-Grob, corr.

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1 g4 d6 A4) 3 Bb5+ c6 4 Be2 Nh6 5 h4
g5 6 hxg5 Qxg5 7 Nf3 Qxg4 8
Nxe5 Qf5 9 d4 Rg8 10 Bd3 Qf6
1 1 Bxh7 Rg2 12 Qe2 Ng4 13
Nxg4 Bxg4 14 Qf1 Qf3 1 5 Nd2
Qdl mate 0-1 Apra-Guanciale,
corr. 1981

B) 2 f3? e6 [2 ... Nf6 3 d4 c5 4 g5

NbS] 3 h4 [to prevent 3 ... Qh4
mate] Bd6 [threatening 4 Bg3
mate] 4 Kf2 [4 Rh3?? Qxh4+1 5
Rxh4 Bg3 mate]
The main lines are 2 h3 and 2
Bg2. Other moves are: C) 2 g5 e5 [2 ... Nc6 3 £4 Bf5 4 d3
A) 2 e3 h6 5 Bg2 e6 6 h4 h5 7 Nh3 Bxh3
B) 2 f3 Gedult Attack 8 Rxh3 g6 9 e4 Nge7 10 Be3 Qd7
C) 2 g5 11 Nd2 Ng7 12 e5 0-0-0 13 d4
(1-0, 38) Fletcher-Sporkin, Las
A) 2 e3 e5 Vegas 1975] 3 h4 [3 c4 dxc4 4
A1) 3 d3 Na3 Bxa3 5 bxa3?? Qd4! (6 RbI
A2) 3 h4 Qe4) 0-1 Nemet-Knezevic,
A3) 3 Bg2 Yugoslavia 1 972]
A4) 3 Bb5+ C l ) 3 ...Bc5
C2) 3 ... c6
A1) 3 d3 Nc6 4 a3 f5 5 Bh3 fxg4 C3) 3 ... h6
6 Bxg4 Bxg4 7 Qxg4 Nf6 8 Qe6+
Qe7 9 Qxe7+ Nxe7 10 Nf3 Nc6 C l ) 3 ... Bc5 4 c3 Nc6 [4...d4 5
1 1 Nc3 h6 1 2 h3 0-0-0 13 Bd2 Bg2] 5 b4 Bd6 [5 ...Bb6 6 b5 and
d4 14 Ne4 Be7 (0- 1 , 25) Valenti­ 7 d4] 6 Bg2 Nge7 7 b5 Na5 8 d3
Franceschini, Italy 1981 c6 9 a4 a6 10 bxa6 Rxa6 11 Qc2
Bf5 12 Nd2 Ng6 13 Nb3 Nxb3 14
A2) 3 h4 g6 4 f4 Bg7 5 Nc3 Ne7 Qxb3 Rb6 1 5 Qc2 Qe7 1 6 e3 h 5
6 Bh3 c5 7 d3 Nbc6 8 Nf3 a6 9 17 Ne2 Grob-Schnirel, corr.
fxe5 Nxe5 10 Nxe5 Bxe5 1 1 Qf3
0-0 1 2 h5 b5 13 Bg2 Be6 14 C2) 3 ...c6 4 Bg2 - see 1 g4 d5 2
hxg6 fxg6 1 5 Qh3 Rf7 16 e4 Ra7 Bg2 c6 3 g5 e5 4 h4
17 Bg5 Qd7 1 8 Bf3 b4 (0-1, 27)
J . Hayes-Wenzel, Dayton 1971 C3) 3 . . . h6 4 d4 e4 5 c4 c6 6 Nc3
Be7 7 Nh3 hxg5 8 hxg5 Be6 9
A3) 3 Bg2 Bc5 - . see 1 g4 d5 2 Qb3 Qd7 10 cxd5 cxd5 1 1 Bf4
Bg2 e5 3 e3 Bc5 Nc6 12 Nb5 Bb4+ 1 3 Kdl Rc8
14 Qg3?! [14 Nxa7] Nge7 15 e3?

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Bg4+ 1 6 Be2 [16 Kcl Nxd4+] Bxc6 + bxc6 9 bxc3 Qd5 10 Nf3
Rxh 3 17 Bxg4 Rxh1 + 18 Ke2 [18 c4] Qc7 9 Nf3 Bd6 10 g5 Bd7 1 1
Kc2?? Nxd4 mate] Nxd4+ [19 h4 0-0-0 1 2 RbI e5 1 3 Nd2 Na5
Nxd4 Qb5+! 20 Nxb5 Rc2 mate; 14 c4 f5 15 gxf6 gxf6 16 Ne4 Bc6
19 exd4 Qxb5+ 20 Ke3 Qd3 17 Bh3+ Kb8 18 f3 ( 1-0, 39)
mate] 0-1 Fornoff - Baldock, Wind-De Jong, corr. 1982
Pittsburgh 1 974
B) 2 ... c6 3 Bg2 - see 1 g4 d5 2
1 g4 d6 2 h8 Bg2 c6 3 h3

C) 2 ... e6 3 Bg2 c6 - see 1 g4 d5 2

Bg2 c6 3 h3 e6

D) 2 ... f5 3 Bg2 [3 g5 e5; 3 gxf5

Bxf5] fxg4 4 hxg4 Bxg4 5 c4 e6 6
Qb3 Nf6 7 cxd5 exd5 8 Nc3
Nbd7 9 d4 Nb6 10 Bg5 c6 1 1 Nf3
Bd6 1 2 Ne5 Be6 1 3 Ng6 Rg8 (0-
1, 28) Duckworth-Goncer,
Pasadena 1 983

Black's main variation is 2 . . .e5. E) 2 ... g5 3 Bg2 c6 - see 1 g4 d5 2

Other moves are Bg2 c6 3 h3 g5
A) 2 . . . c5 E) 2 ... g5
B) 2 ...c6 F) 2 . . . g6 F) 2 ...g6 3 d3 Bg7 4 Bg2 c5
C) 2 ... e6 G) 2 ... h5 [4 ... Nf6 5 a3 0-0 6 Nc3 d4 7 Ne4
D) 2 . . . f5 H) 2 ... h6 Nc6 8 Nf3 Nxe4 9 dxe4 b6 = +
Alonso-Ivanov, Philadelphia
A) 2 ... c5 3 Bg2 [3 d3 e5 4 Bg2 1985] 5 Nc3 [5 c4 dxc4 6 Qa4+]
Nc6 5 Nc3OO] Black can now e6 6 Bf4 Nc6 7 Qd2 a6 8 a4 h6 9
play: Bg3 Nge7 10 e4 0-0 1 1 f4 dxe4
AI ) 3 . . .e6 12 Nxe4 Bxb2 13 RbI Bg7 1 4
A2) 3 ... Nc6 Ne2 c 4 15 dxc4 Qxd2+ 16 Nxd2
Na5 17 Bf2 e5 18 Bb6 Nec6 1 9
AI) 3 ... e6 4 c4 Nf6 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 0-0 (1-0, 40) Basman-Joksic ,
Nc3 d4 7 g5! dxc3 8 gxf6 Qxf6 9 Biel 1979
dxc 3 Be7 1 0 Be3 h6 1 1 h4 0-0
12 Qc2 Qf5 13 Qxf5 exf5 14 0- G) 2 ... h5
0-0 Be6 1 5 b3 += Basman-Van G1) 3 gxh5
der Molen, England 1981 G2) 3 g5

A2) 3 . . . Nc6 4 c4 e6 5 Nc3 Nge7 6 G 1 ) 3 gxh5 Nf6 4 Nf3 [4 d4 Bf5 5

cxd5 Nxd5 7 d3 Nxc3 8 bxc3 [8 Nf3 Nc6 (5 ... c6) 6 c4 dxc4 (6 ... e6)

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7 Nc3 Rxh5 8 d5 Na5 9 Ng5 D) 3 ... Ne7
Basman-Morphy Computer] e5 5 E) 3 ... g6
Nxe5 Bd6 6 d4 Nbd7 7 Nxd7 F ) 3 ... h5
Bxd7 8 Bg2 Ne4 9 Be3 Qh4 10 G) 3 ...Bc5
Nd2 0-0 1 2 Nxe4 dxe4 12 Qd2
Rxh5 13 0-0-0 Basman-Powell, A) 3 ...c5 White can play:
England AI) 4 d3
A2) 4 e3
G2} 3 g5 g6 4 d4 [4 d3] Bg7 5
Nf3 e6 6 Bf4 c5 7 c3 Qb6 8 Qc2 A1) 4 d3 Nc6 5 c4 d4 6 Nf3 h5 7
Nc6 9 e3 Nge7 10 Nbd2 cxd4 1 1 g5 Nge7 8 Nbd2 Ng6 9 Ne4 Be6
exd4 Bd7 12 Bd3 Re8 1 3 Qb3 10 h4 Qd7 1 1 a3 a5 1 2 Bd2 [12
Qxb3 14 Nxb3 Nd8 15 Ne5 Nee6 Ng3] b6 1 3 Rb I Rb8 14 Qa4 Be7
16 Nxd7 Kxd7 17 Nc5 + Ke8 18 15 Ng1 Na7 16 Qe2 Ne6 17 Ng3
Kd2 BCS 1 9 Nb3 Kd7 20 Rhe1 Nf4 IS Be4 += ( 1-0, 67)
+= (1-0, 6 1 ) Mann-W. Hook, Basman-Goodman, London 1 979
telephone match 1 981
A2) 4 e3 NcB 5 Ne2 Be6 6 Ng3
H) 2 ... h6 3 Bg2 NC6 4 b3 g6 5 Bd6 7 d3 Qd7 S Nc3 Nge7 9 Nh5
Bb2 Bg7 6 d3 e5 7 e4?! [7 Nd2] 0-0 10 e4 d4 11 Nd5 KhS 12
dxe4 S dxe4 Qxd1 + 9 Kxd1 0-0 NdC6!? gxC6 1 3 QC3 C5 14 NC6
10 Nd2 RdS 11 Kc1? [11 Ke1] QdS 15 g5 NgS 16 Nxh7 C4
NcB 12 Ne2 g5 (0- 1 , 40) Krnic­ [1B ...Kxh7 17 exf5 Bd7 (17 ...BxC5
Ermenkov, Gral 1 972 18 QxC5+ and 19 Be4) 18 Qh5+
Kg7 19 C6+ Nxf6 20 Qh6+ Kg8
1 g4 d6 2 hi e6 8 Bg2 21 gxC6 threatening 22 Qg7 mate]
1 7 Qh5 Kg7 18 NC6 Re8 19 Qh7+
Kf8 20 Qxg8+ Ke7 21 Qxe8+
Qxe8 22 Nxe8 Rxe8 23 h4± ( 1-0,
39) Barua-Hug, India 1985

The most common line is 3 ... c6.

Other moves are:
A) 3 . . . c5
B) 3 . . . Nc6
C) 3 ... Be6

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..
 B 1 ) 4 e3 Ng6 9 d3 Bb4+ 10 Ne3 0-0 1 1
B2) 4 e4 a3 b 5 1 2 Qd 1 Bxe3 1 3 bxe3 e4 1 4
B3) 4 d3 dxe4 Bxe4 1 5 Qxd8 Rfxd8 1 6 0-
o Na5= Basman-Hebden, Eng­
B1) 4 e3 Nge7 5 d4 e4 6 e4 f5 7 land
Ne3 Be6 8 Bg5 Qd7 9 Bxe7 Nxe7
10 e3 e6 1 1 exd5 exd5 12 Nge2 B2b) 5 b3 exb3 [5 . . . Be6 - see
fxg4?! [12 ... g6] 1 3 Nf4 Ne6 14 a3 game 13] 6 Qxb3 [6 Bxe6+ bxe6
g5 1 5 Nxe6 Qxe6 1 6 Bxe4 0-0-0 7 Qxb3 Qd5] Nd4 7 Qa4+ Bd7
[16 ... dxe4? 17 d5] 17 Qb3 g3 1 8 and 8 ...Be6
Bxd5 Qd6 1 9 0-0-0 fxg2 20
Rhfl Bh6 21 Rxf2 Rhf8 22 Rxf8 B2c) 5 Bxc6+ bxc6 6 Nf3 Bd6 7
Rxf8 23 Kb1 g4 24 Ne4 Qg6 25 Qa4 h5 8 g5 Be6 9 Qxc6+ Kf8 10
Ka1 Re8 26 Ne5 [threatening 27 Ne3 Ne7 1 1 Qe4 Ng6 12 b3 cxb3
Qxb7+ Kd8 28 Qd8 mate] Qg7 13 axb3 Bxb3 14 Ba3 Kg8 15 d4
27 Rfl Rxe3 28 Rf8+ 1-0 cxd4 15 d4 cxd4 16 Qxd4 Kh7 17
Basman-Maguire, Cambridge Bxd6 cxd6 1 8 Ra6 Rc8 1 9 0-0
1981 Re8 20 Rb1 Be6 21 Rxa7 Rc4 22
Qd3 Qc8 23 Rb3 Kg8 24 Nd5
B2) 4 e4 dxe4 [4 ... Nge7 5 b3 g6 6 Rc1 + 25 Kh2 Qc5 0-1 Basman­
Bb2 Bh6 7 Ne3 dxe4 8 bxe4 0-0 McDonald, London 1 986
9 Nd5 f5 10 e3 f4 1 1 exf4 exf4 1 2
Nf6+ ± Wall-Campelli, Dayton B3) 4 d3 Be6
1985]

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B3a) 5 a3
B2a) 5 Qa4 B3b) 5 Ne3
B2b) 5 b3 B(3) 5 e3
B2e) 5 Bxe6+
B3a) 5 a3 a5 6 Nc3 Nge7 7 Nf3
B2a) 5 Qa4 Ne7 [5 ... Bd7 6 Qxe4 Ng6 8 e4 d4 9 Ne2 [9 Nd5] Be7
Nd4 7 Kfl] 6 Qxe4 [6 Nf3 - see 10 Ng3 Nh4 11 Nxh4 Bxh4 1 2
g ame 1 2] Be6 7 Qa4 Bd5 8 Nf3 Nf5 g 6 13 Nxh4 [13 Ng7+ Kd7]

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Qxh4 1 4 Qf3 f6 1 5 Qg3 Qxg3 16 Gl) 4 Nc3
fxg3 h6 [16 ...Ke7? 17 g5] 17 0-0 G2) 4 c3
Ke7 18 Rf2 g5 19 Bf3 Nb8 20 G3) 4 c4
Bd2 Nd7 21 Rafl c5 22 c4? [22 G4) 4 d3
c3] a4 -=f (0- 1 ,54) Basman­ G5) 4 e3
Botterill, London 1 979
Gl) 4 Nc3 Ne7 5 e3 c6 6 d4 exd4
B3b) 5 Nc3 BM 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 7 exd4 Bd6 8 Nge2 Ng6 9 Qd3
bxc3 Nge7 8 Bg5 f6 9 Bd2 ( 1-0, Qc7 10 Qe3+ Qe7 1 1 f4 h5 12 f5
32) Basman-Schone, Biel 1 979 Nh4 1 3 Qf2 Nxg2+ 1 4 Qxg2
Qh4+ 15 Qf2 Qxf2+ 16 Kxf2
B3c) 5 c3 h5 [5 ... Nge7 - see game hxg4 Basman-Niman, London
14J B g5 h4 7 Nf3 Nge7 8 e4 Ng6 1981
9 exd5 Bxd5 10 Be3 Qd7 1 1
Nbd2 0-0-0 1 2 b 4 Kb8 13 Qa4 G2) 4 c3 Be6 5 d4 exd4 6 cxd4
Nd4! 1 4 Qxd7 Nc2+ 1 5 Ke2 Bb4+ 7 Bd2 Bd6 8 Nc3 Ne7 9
Rxd7 16 a3 Nxa1 (0- 1 , 30) Qb3 Nbc6 10 e3 Na5 1 1 Qc2 c6
Angantysson-Jansa, Iceland 1 985 1 2 Nf3 Qc7 13 Rcl Ng6?!
( 1 3 ... Nc4) 14 Nb5 cxb5 15 Qxc7
C) 3 ... Be6 4 c4 c6 5 d4 dxc4 6 Bxc7 16 Rxc7 Kd8 17 Rc5 Nc4 1 8
dxe5 Qxdl+ 7 Kxd1 += Rxb5 (1-0, 2 4 ) Shephard-N.N.,
Basman-Fermeuse, Liege 1 98 1 London 1982

D} 3 ... Ne7 4 c4 dxc4 5 Nc3?! [ 5 G3) 4 c4 c6 5 b4?! [5 cxd5 cxd5 6

b 3 cxb3 6 Qxb3 c 6 7 Ba3 ( 7 Bb2 Nc3J Bd4 6 Nc3 dxc4 7 Bb2 Qb6
Ng6 and 8 . . . Qc7) Qc7 8 Nc3 Be6 8 e3 QxM 9 exd4 Qxb2 10 dxe5
and 9 ... Nd7 =+J Nbc6 6 Qa4 g6 Nd7 11 Nf3 Ne7 12 0-0 0-0 1 3
[B ... Be6 7 Nf3 f6°oJ 7 Qxc4 Bg7 8 ReI Nd5 14 Bf! N7b6 1 5 Ne4
Nf3 0-0 9 d3 Nd4 10 Nxd4 exd4 Qa3 16 Nd6 f6 17 Nxc4 Nxc4 1 8
1 1 Ne4 c6 =+ Gruenewald­ Bxc4 Kh8 1 9 Bxd5 cxd5 2 0 e 6
Olthof, Liege 1981 Re8 (0- 1 , 5 1 ) Lilly-Weitthoff,
Columbus, Ohio 1984
E} 3 . . . g6 4 d3 Bg7 5 Nc3 d4 6
Ne4 c6 7 c3 dxc3 8 Nxc3 f5 9 g5 G4} 4 d3 h5 5 g5 f6 6 gxf6 Qxf6
Be6 10 h4 Nd7 1 1 f4 Qc7 1 2 fxe5 7 e3 Ne7 8 Nc3 BeB 9 Qf3 Nbc6
Nxe5 1 3 Nh3 0-0-0 14 Nf4 Bf7 10 Qxf6 gxf6 1 1 Bd2 0-0-0 1 2
1 5 Qa4 a6 1 6 Bd2 Rd4 17 Qc2 0-0-0 Nf5 1 3 Nf3 d 4 14 Na4
Ne7 18 e3 Rd7 19 d4 Rhd8 =+ Be7 15 e4 Nh6= (lk-lh, 40)
(0- 1 , 46) Barett-Box, corr. 1945 Freeman-Dihrberg, Pennsylvania
1 980
F) 3 ...h5 4 g5
G5) 4 e3 c6 5 d4 Bd6 6 dxe5
G) 3 ... Bc5 Bxe5 7 Nf3 Bd6 8 b3 Be6 9 Bb2

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£6 10 0-0 Nd7 1 1 e4 Qe7 1 2 Nd4 Qe8 13 0-0 0-0 14 Qd3 Ne6 1 5
aC7 13 N£5 g6 [13 . . .BfS 14 exd5] f4 + = Grob-Seholl, eorr.]
1 4 Nxd6 Qxd6 15 exd5 Bxd5??
[1 5 ...exd5] 16 e4 1-0 Wall­
Hamaeker, Sunnyvale, Calif 1 987

1 g-t d6 :I hi e6 a Bg2 e8

Ala) 5 ... Qb6

Alb) 5 ... Nd7
Ale) 5 ... Qe7
A1d) 5 ... Qf6

Ala) 5 ... Qb6 6 0-0 Nd7 [6 ... f6J 7

Nbd2 Ne7 8 e4 Ng6 9 exd5 exd5
10 Qel 0-0 1 1 Nb3 Bd6 12 d4 e4
13 Nfd2 Nf4 =+ Bloodgood­
Sokel, 1959
A) 4 d3
B) 4 d4 Alb) 5 ...Nd7 - see game 15
C) 4 e4
Ale) 5 ... Qe7 6. d4 exd4 7 Nxd4
A) 4 d3 Black can play: Nf6 [7 ...Bxd4 - see game 16] 8
A1) 4 . . .Be5 Ne3 Na6 9 a3 Ne4 [9 ... h6] 10
A2) 4 ...Ne7 Qd3 [10 Nxe4 dxe4 11 e3] Nxf2
A3) 4 . . . h6 1 1 Kxf2 Qf6+ 1 2 Ke3 Qe5+
A4) 4...Bd6 -Grob
A5) 4 ...Be6
A6) 4 ... Nd7 A1d) 5 ...Qf6 6 Bg5 Qg6?!
A7) 4...f5 [6 ... Qe6] 7 Qd2 f6 8 BM Be6 9
A8) 4 ... d4 g5 fxg5 10 Nxg5 h6 1 1 Nxe6
Qxg2 1 2 Rfl Bb6 1 3 Bg3 Qxh3
A 1 ) 4 ... Be5 5 Nf3 [5 Ne3 Be6 6 14 Nxg7+ KC7 15 Bxe5 Nd7 16
e4 Ne7 (6 . . . d4 7 Nee2) 7 Nf3 Ng6 Qf4+ Ngf6 [16 ...Ke7 17 Nf5+] 1 7
8 exd5 exd5 9 d4 (9 Qe2) exd4 10 Nf5 Nxe5 18 Qxe5 1-0
Nxd4 Bb4 11 Qe2 Bxe3+ 1 2 bxe3 Bloodgood-Winterfield, 1957

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A2) 4 . . . Ne7 S Nf3 Ng6 6 Nc3 Ngf3 [8 Qxb7? NcS 9 Qxc6+ (9
A2a) 6 . . .Be7 Qb4 Nxd3+ 10 exd3 Bxb4) Bd7
A2b) 6 . . . Nh4 traps the Queen] Qc7 9 Qc2 Bd6
10 a3 a5 11 b3 Bc5 12 e3 [12 Bb2
A2a) 6 . . .Be7 7 e4 d4 [7 ... Be6] 8 Bxg4 13 hxg4 Bxf2+ 14 Kxf2
Ne2 Nh4 [8 ... cS 9 Ng3 Nh4 10 Nxg4+ 15 Kgl Ne3] Qb6 13 0-0
Nxh4 Bxh4 1 1 NfS BxfS 12 exfS d4 14 exd4 Bxd4 15 Nxd4 exd4
Nc6 1 3 0-0 Be7 14 Qe2 Qc7 I S 16 f4 += (1-0, 3S) Grob­
f4 ± Grob-N.N, corr.] 9 Nxh4 Gahwiller, corr.
Bxh4 10 Ng3 g6 [10 . . .Bxg3 1 1
fxg3 and 12 0-0 +=] 1 1 Bd2 A3b) 5 e4 Bd6 6 Nc3 d4 7 Nce2
Na6 12 0-0 Nc7 13 Ne2 fS 14 bS 8 Ng3 Nf6 9 a3 g5 10 Nf5
exfS gxfS I S gxfS BxfS 16 Ng3 Bxf5 1 1 exfS Qc7 12 Ne2 Nbd7
Bg6 17 Qg4 Rf8 18 Rael Grob­ 1 3 Ng3 0-0-0 14 0-0 Rhe8 15
Schurch, corr. Bd2 Grob-Gafafer, corr.

A2b) 6 . . . Nh4 7 Nxh4 Qxh4 8 e4 A3c) 5 Nf3 Qc7 6 c4 dxc4 7 dxc4

BcS 9 Qe2 d4 10 Nbl Nd7 1 1 e4 [7 . . .Be6] 8 Nd4 QeS 9 a3 NfB
Nd2 Bb4 1 2 a3 Bxd2+ 1 3 Bxd2 10 Nc3 Bd6 1 1 Be3 a6 12 Nb3
Nf8 14 0-0-0 Ne6 IS Kbl Bd7 Nbd7 13 Qd4 Grob·
16 Rhfl hS 17 Bf3 ( 1-0, 79) Frankenstein, corr.
Skrembris-Ivkov, Yugoslavia
1981 A4) 4 ...Bd6 5 Nc3 Ne7 6 e4 d4 7
Nce2 c5 [7 ... Ng6! 8 f4? (8 Nf3l
A3) 4 ... h6 exf4 9 Nxd4 Bb4+ 10 c3 Qxd4 11
cxb4 Qxb4+ -f- -Myers] 8 f4

A3a) S Nd2
A3b) 5 e4 A4a) 8 ... Nbc6
A3c) 5 Nf3 A4b) 8 ...exf4

A3a) S Nd2 Nf6 6 c4 Be6 A4a) 8 ... Nbc6 9 Nf3 Qc7 10 f5 f6

[6 . . . dxc4 7 Nxc4] 7 Qb3 Nbd7 8 1 1 0-0 Bd7 12 g5 [12 Bd2] 0-0·

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o 1 3 Ng3 Be8 14 Nh4 Kb8 15 1976
NhS BxhS 16 Qxh5 Ne8 1 7 Kh2
Be7 (*-*, 67) Sloan-Albertson, B) 4 d4
New York 1 978

A4b) 8 ... exf4 9 Bxf4 [9 Nxf4 Ng6J

Ng6 10 Bxd6 Qxd6 1 1 Nf3 Ne6
12 Qd2 0-0 13 0-0-0 [13 O-OJ
Se6 14 Kb1 Rae8 IS Rdf1 bS 16
Rhg1 Rfd8 17 NgS c4 1 8 Nf4 c3
19 Qc1 Bxa2+ 20 Kxa2 Nb4+ 21
Kb3 exb2 22 Kxb2 Nxe2 - + (0-1 ,
28) Sloan-Bonin, New York 1 977

AS ) 4 ...Be6 S Nf3 Nd7 [S ...Bd6 6

e4 Nge7 7 Ne3 Welling-Buytenen, B1) 4 ... exd4
Holland 1 978J 6 NgS BeS 7 Nxe6 B2) 4 . . .Nd7
fxe6 S Ne3 Qf6 9 e3 h5 10 Qf3 B3) 4 ... e4
Qg6 1 1 Bd2 [1 1 gxh5 Rxh5] Ngf6
12 O-O-a? hxg4 1 3 hxg4 Rxh1 B1) 4...exd4 S Qxd4
[14 Rxh1 Qxg4] 0-1 W. Fuller­ Bla) 5 ... Nd7
Harding, corr. B1b) 5 . . .Be6
B1c) 5 Qf6
.•.

A6) 4 ... Nd7 S Nc3 Ne7 6 e4 d4 7 B1d) 5 ...Nf6

Nee2 Ng6 8 f4 Bd6 9 f5 Nh4 10
Kfl hS 11 gS Be7 (0-1 , 60) B1a) 5 ... Nd7 - see game 1 7
Sloan-A. Williams, New York
1979 BIb) S . . .Be6 6 £4 Qh4+ 7 Kfl
Qf6 8 Qf2?! Na6 9 Nf3 BeS 1 0
A7) 4 .. .1S S g5 Bd6 6 h4 Be6 7 Qel 0-0-0 1 1 fS Bd7 12 Ne3
Nh3 Qe7 8 b3 Ne7 9 Bb2 f4 10 Re8 13 e4 dxe4 14 Nxe4 QdS 15
Nd2 Nf5 11 Nf3 Nd7 1 2 e4 Bb4+ Bf4 Nf6 16 Ne5 Nxe4 1 7 Bxe4
13 Kfl d4 14 a3 Be7 I S b4 0-0 Re7 18 Rdl Rhe8 19 Qg3 Rxe51
16 hS e5 17 b5 Bxe4! 18 dxe4 e4 =+ Basman-Keely, London 1981
19 Nd2 Ne3+ 20 fxe3 fxe3+ -+
(0-1 , 25) Vaughan-Tolliver, Ble) 5 ... Qf6 6 Nf3 Qxd4 7 Nxd4
Atlanta 1981 h5 8 g5 Ne7 9 e4 dxe4 10 Nd2
Nf5 11 Nx£S BxfS 12 Nxe4 Na6
A8) 4 ...<14 S Nf3 h6 6 NxeS BdB 7 13 0-0 0-0-0 14 Be3 Be5 15
Nf3 e5 8 e3 NfB 9 cxd4 exd4 10 Rac1 Bxe3 16 fxe3 Be6 1 7 Ne5
Qa4+ Ne6 11 Nfd2 [11 Nxd4? RhfS 18 a3 Nc7 19 b4 Rde8 20 e4
Bb4+J 0-0 1 2 Bxe6 bxc6 1 3 Nb5 (*-*, 47) Basman-Hebden,
Qxc6 Ebright-Carpenter, eorr. England 1981

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B1d) 5 NC6 6 g5 Nd7 7 e4 Qb6 8
•.• B2a2) 6 Nc3 Bd6 7 NC3 Ne7 8
Ne2 Qxd4 9 Nxd4 dxe4 10 Be3 Ne4 Bc7 9 Bg5 f6 10 Bd2 exd4 1 1
Nc5 1 1 Nc3 Nba6 1 2 0-0-0 Be7 Nxd4 Ne5 1 2 Bc3 Nd5 1 3 Qd2
13 Kb1 [13 Nde2] Bd7 14 Nde2 NC4 14 Rg1 Nxg2 1 5 Rxg2 Qd5
0-0-0 1 5 Ng3 Be6 1 6 Ngxe4 [16 1 6 Qe3 0-0 17 Rdl + = (1-0, 59)
Ncxe4] Rxdl+ 17 Rxdl Rd8 18 Basman-Strauss, England 1 984
Rxd8+ Kxd8 ('rr�, 24) Belanoff­
Parsons, USA 1 987 B2b) 5 dxe5 Nxe5 6 NC3 NxC3+ 7
BxC3 Bd6 8 Qd4 Ne7 9 Qxg7 Ng6
B2) 4 ... Nd7 White can play: 10 Qh6 Be6 = + Gruenewald­
B2a) 5 c4 Renman, Liege 1 983
B2b) 5 dxe5
B3) 4 ...e4 5 c4
B2a) 5 c4 dxc4

B3a) 5 ...Na6
B2al) 6 dxe5 B3b) 5 ...Bd6
B2a2) 6 Nc3 B3c) 5 ... C5

B2al) 6 dxe5 Nxe5 [6 ... Qa5+ 7 B3a) 5 ... Na6 6 Nc3 Nc7 7 C3 C5 8
Bd2 Bb4 8 NC3 Ne7 9 Bxb4 cxd5 cxd5 9 Qb3 Bd6 10 KCl Ne7
Qxb4+ 10 Qd2 Qc5 1 1 Nc3 0-0 1 1 g5 Rb8 1 2 h4 b5 13 Nh3 Bd7
12 Ne4 Qd5 13 Nd4 Qxe5 14 C4 1 4 BC4 Bc6 15 e3 Ne6 1 6 Ne2
Qc7 1 5 0-0 Nd5 1 6 Rad1 (1-0, Ng6 17 Rc1 Rb6= (Ih-�, 61)
47) Basman-De la Mothe, London Basman-King, England 1984
1981] 7 Qxd8+ Kxd8 8 Nc3 Bd6
9 Be3 C5 1 0 0-0-0 Kc7 1 1 NC3 B3b) 5 ...Bd6 6 Nc3 Ne7
Cxg4 1 2 Nd4 NC6 1 3 Ndb5+ cxb5
14 Nxb5 Kd7 15 Rxd6+ Ke7 16
Bc5 KC7 1 7 Nc7 gxh3 1 8 Bd5+
Nxd5 19 Rxd5 1-0 Basman­
Browne, England 1 981

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 10 Bd2 Qxd4 1 1 Bxb4 Qxe4 1 2
Nf3 Nd7 13 Rg1 0-0-0 1 4 Ng5
Qf5 1 5 Qd41 Nb6 1 6 Qxg7 Nf6 1 7
Be7 ! NbS 1 8 Qf7 Qxf7 1 9 Nxf7
Rhg8 20 Rg4! Rxg4 2 1 hxg4+
Rd7 22 Nd6 + ± (1-0, 37)
Baaman-Hawksworth, England
1980

C) 4. e4

B3b1 ) 7 BgS
B3b2) 7 gS

B3b1 ) 7 BgS f6 8 Bd2 0-0 9 Qb3

Kh8 10 Rcl Na6 1 1 e3 fS 12
Nge2 Nb4 1 3 Nxe4 Nxa2 1 4
Nxd6 Nxe1 1S Nxcl Qxd6 16 BM
Qe7 1 7 cxdS cxdS 1 8 Nd3 Be6 1 9
g5 Rfd8 (0- 1 , SO) Baaman­
Kudrin, Manchester 1981 Cla) 4...Ne7
Clb) 4 ... N£6
B3b2) 7 gS Be6 [7 ... a6 8 h4 bS 9
cxdS exdS 10 Nh3 M 1 1 Na4 QaS C 1 a) 4 ... Ne7 5 d3 [S d4!? -Larsen]
12 Bf4 Bxh3 13 Bxd6 Bxg2 1 4 Ng6 6 exd5 NM 7 Kfl Nxg2 8
Rh2 NfS 1 5 BeS Nd7 16 Rxg2 Kxg2 exdS 9 Q£3 Be6 10 Ne3 Ne6
NxcS 17 NxcS Nxh4 18 Rg4 NfS 11 a3 Be7 [ 1 1 ... Nd4 12 QdlJ 1 2
19 e3 b3+ 20 Qd2 (1-0, 34) Nge2 0-0 13 Ng3 Nd4 14 Qd1
Basman-Brown, England 1981J 8 BM (14 ... £5) 1 5 Nee2 (1-0, 32)
h4 Q d7 [8 ... NfS! - see game 18J 9 Grob-Richard, corr. 1965
Nh3 b5 10 cxb5 cxb5 1 1 Nf4 b4
12 Na4 QbS 13 Be3 Nd7 14 Rcl C1b) 4...N£6 S Ne3 d4 6 Nee2 d3
NfS lS Bh3 Nxe3 16 fxe3 Bxh3 7 Ng3 Na6 8 cxd3 NeS 9 Qe2
1 7 Rxh3 Ke7 1 8 Qb3 Bxf4 1 9 Nxd3+ 10 Ke2 Nf4+ 1 1 Kfl hI)
exf4 Rab8 2 0 fS h 6 2 1 f6 gxf6 22 Cunliffe-Milson, Pittsburgh 1987
gxf6+ Kxf6 23 NeS Nb6 24 Qg3
Rhg8 2S Qd6+ Kg7 26 Ne6+ 1-0
Basman-Gruenewald, Liege 198 1

B3e) S . . . f5 6 Ne3 dxc4 7 gxf5

BxfS 8 Nxe4 Bxe4 9 Bxe4 Bb4+

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1 g4 d6 2 Bg2 B4) 4 e4

B1) 3 Nc3 d4 4 Ne4 e5 5 g5 h6 6

h4 Nc6 7 d3 Be6 8 c4 Qd7 9 Nf3
f5 1 0 gxf6 gxf6 1 1 h5 Myers­
Giles, Chicago 1 984

B2) 3 c4 d4 4 d3

The most common responses are

2 ...Bxg4, 2 ...e5, and 2 ...c6.
Other moves are:
A) 2 . . . b5
B) 2 ...c5
C) 2 ... Nc6
D) 2 ... Na6
E) 2 ... Nd7 B2a) 4 ... Nc6
F) 2 ...e6 B2b) 4 ... e5
G) 2 ... Nf6
H) 2 ... g6 B2a) L.Nc6 5 g5 e5 6 h4 h5 7
Nd2 Nge7 8 Ne4 Ng6 9 Bh3 Bxh3
A) 2 ... b5 - see 1 g4 b5 2 Bg2 d5 10 Rxh3 Be7 1 1 Nf3 b5 1 2 cxb5
Qa5+ 13 Nfd2 Qxb5 14 Nc4 Rd8
B) 2 ... c5 1 5 fa Qa6 16 Kf2= Grob-Sutter,
corr.

B2b) L.e5 5 g5 Be7 6 h4 Nd7 7

e4 Bd6 8 Ne2 Ne7 9 Nd2 0-0 10
Ng3 Nb6 11 b3 Nc6 1 2 NfS Bxf5
1 3 exfS f6 14 Be4 fxgS 1 S hxg5
QxgS 16 Nf3:!:: Grob-N.N., corr.

B3) 3 gS e5 4 d3 Nc6 5 Nc3 Be6

6 h4 f6 7 e4 d4 8 Nce2 Qd7 9 f4
Bg4 10 f5 g6 1 1 Bh3 gxf5 1 2
Bxg4 fxg4 1 3 Ng3 h5 1 4 gxh6
B1) 3 Nc3 Bxh6 1 5 N1e2 (1-0, 34) Grob­
B2) 3 c4 Wampfler, corr.
B3) 3 g5

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134) 3 e4 dxe4 4 Bxe4 N f6 5 Bf3 C2b) 4 d3 Bb4+ [4 ...dxe4 5
e6 6 d3 Qe7 7 Ne3 a6 8 Nge2 Bxe6+ bxc6 6 dxe4 ± -GrobJ 5
Ne6 9 g5 Ng8 10 Bf4 Bd6 1 1 Bd2 Bxd2+ 6 Qxd2 Nge7 7 Na3
13xd6 Qxd6 1 2 Qd2 Nge7 1 3 0- Ng6 8 Nf3
0-0 e4 14 dxe4 Qxd2+ 1 5 Rxd2
Ne5 16 Rhd1 0-0 17 Be4 ( 1-0, 03) 3 ... d4 4 Qb3 [4 h3 d3 5
29) Dubini-Bosi, Milan 1 980 Bxe6+ bxe6 6 Qb3 dxe2 7 Nxe2J
e5 5 e3 Bb4? 6 Bxe6+ bxe6 7
0) 2 . . .Ne6 3 e4 Qxb4 +- Wall-Hatherill, Dayton
1980

D) 2 ... Na6 3 e4 e6 4 exd5 exd5 5

Qb3 [5 h3] Be6 6 Qxb7? [6 d5]
Nb4 7 Na3 a6 8 d4 Rb8 9 Qa7
Qe8 [threatening 10 ...Rb7J -+
Bloodgood-Haack, eorr. 1975

E) 2 ...Nd7 3 d3 e6 [3 ...e5 4 e4
Be5 5 g5 dxe4 (5 ...Nb6 6 N(3 ) 6
dxe4 e6 7 Nf3 Qe7 8 Ne3 Nb6 9
Nh4 Ne7 10 Qf3 Be6 1 1 Bh3J 4
0 1 ) 3 . . . dxe4 e4 e6 5 Nc3 Nb6 6 h4 Bb4 7 Bd2
02) 3 ... e6 a5 8 Qe2 Ne7 9 f4 d4 10 Nd1
03) 3 ... d4 Bxd2+ 1 1 Qxd2 Ng6 12 h5 Nh4
1 3 Nf3 Nxf3 14 Bxf3 e5 15 g5 (15
01) 3 . . . dxe4 4 Qa4 [4 h3 e5 5 fxe5 Qe7 16 Qf4 Nd7J f6 16 gxf6
Qa4 Bd7 6 Qxe4 Nd4 7 a3 Be6J Qxf6 1 7 f5 h6 1 8 Nf2 Bd7 1 9 Ng4
Bd7 5 Qxe4 Ne5 6 Qd4 Nxg4 7 Qd6 20 O-O-O ± Grob-Meyer ,
Bxb7 Rb8 8 Qxa7 ± eorr.

02) 3 . . .e6
02a) 4 Qb3
02b) 4 d3

02a) 4 Qb3 Na5 [4 ... d4J 5 Qa4+

e6 6 cxd5 exd5 7 Ne3 Be6
[7 . ..Bxg4 8 Nxd5] 8 d4 Bd6 9 g5
Ne7 10 h4 Ng6 1 1 b4 Ne4 12 b5
Qb6 13 bxe6 bxe6 14 Nxd5 Qxd4
15 Qxe6+ Kd8 [ 1 5 ...Bd7?? 16
Qxa8+ and matesJ 1 6 Qxa8 Kd7
17 Qb7 + Kd8 18 RbI 1-0
Bloodgood-W. Waymire, 1 960

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 F 1 ) 3 ... b6 Nb5 e5 12 Nxe5 fxe5 13 Bxd5
F2) 3 ...Be5 Kh8 14 Bxa8 Rxf4 15 Nxa7 Bb7
F3) 3 ... Be7 16 Bxb7 Nxb7 1 7 Ne6 Qe8 1 8
Nxe5 NxeS 19 Qxf4 ± B . Wall -
F 1 ) 3 ... b6 4 e4 e6 5 Qa4 Bd7 6 J. Wall, North Carolina 1 975] S
Ne3°o Bloodgood-Bowlby, eorr. Kxf2 e5 6 c3 e6 7 h4 Bf5 8 Nf3
Nd7 9 h5 Be7 10 Qe2 h6 1 1 e4
F2) 3 ... Bc5 4 h4 Nc6 S Nc3 Bd7 dxe4 12 dxe4 Be6 1 3 gxh6 gxh6
[S ... Nge7 - see game 20J 6 e4 d4 14 Be3 b6 1 S Nbd2 Rg8 16 Bh3
[6 ... Nge7J 7 Nce2 e5 8 Ng3 Nge7 Bxh3 17 Rxh3 Qc7 18 Bxh6 Nf6
9 NfS NxfS 10 gxf5 f"8 1 1 QhS+ 1 9 Nh2 Qd7 20 Qd3 + = Grob­
Ke7 12 a3 Qe8 13 Qxe8 Raxe8 14 Minder, corr.
hS h6 lS Nf3 Reg8 16 Nh4 Be8
17 Bf3 Grob-Wiedemeier, corr. G2) 3 ...Ng4? 4 h3 Nxf2 S Kxf2
Ebright-Mangurian, eorr. 1975
F3) 3 ... Be7 4 Nf3 e6 [4 ... hS S g5]
S Nc3 Qb6 6 e4 d4 7 Ne2 eS 8 G3) 3 ... NhS 4 b3 eS 5 Bb2 Nf4 6
NeS Ne6 9 Nxc6 bxc6 10 b3 e5 1 1 Bfl QxgS 7 Nf3 Qf6 8 BxeS Qh6
h 3 Be6 [1 1 ...Bd7) 12 0-0 h 6 1 3 9 Bxc7 Bg4 10 Bxf4 Qxf4 1 1 Bg2
f4 Bd6 14 fS Bd7 1 5 Ng3 g S 1 6 BcS 12 e3 Qf"8 13 Nc3 d4 14 Ne4
fxg6 fxg6 1 7 Bd2 a s 18 a4 ± += Ebright-Koons, eorr. 1 975
Grob-Schraner, eorr.
H) 2 ...g6 3 e4 [3 h4 Bxg4 4 e4 e6
G) 2 ... Nf6 3 g5 5 exdS exdS 6 Qb3 e6T? 7 Qa4+
(and 8 Qxg4) 1-0 de Vries­
Broekhoeven, Eindhoven 1 979)
dxe4 4 Qa4+ Nd7 5 Qxc4 Bg7 6
Nc3 NeS 7 Qa4+ e6 8 g5 h6 9 d3
hxgS 10 BxgS Nf6 11 Nf3 Nxf3+
1 2 Bxf3 Qc7 1 3 0-0-0 Bd7 14
Bf4 e5 1S Bg3 ± Burk-Herman,
Dayton 1980

G1) 3 ... Ne4

G2) 3 ...Ng4
G3) 3 ... Nh5

G 1 ) 3 ... Ne4 4 d3 Nxf2 [4 ... Ne5 5

Nf3 Nbd7 6 Ne3 e6 7 h4 f"8 8 Bf4
Be7 9 Qd2 b6 1 0 0-0-0 0-0 1 1

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1 g' d6 :I Bg2 Bxg' Grab Ala) 6 ...Ne5
Gam bit Accepted Alb) 6 ... e 5
Ale) 6 ...e6

Ala) 6 ...Ne5 7 h3 [7 Qa4+ (7 e4

Bxf3 8 Nxf3 Qxe4 9 Kf2 Nd3+
10 Kg2 Qg4+ 11 Kfl Nxcl) Kd8
(7 ... Bd7 8 Qa5) 8 Ne3J BM 8
Qa4+ Kd8 9 Qb5! [9 QaS £6 10
Rh2J £6 10 Na3 -Myers

Alb ) 6 ... e5 7 b3 [7 Qa4 (7 d3)

Be6 8 Na3 Bxa3J Be6 [7 ...e6 8
bxe4 and 9 NaSJ 8 bxe4 Bxe4 9
3 e4 [3 b3 Nf'8 4 Bb2 e6 IS e4 e8 8 Qe2
f3 BflS 7 e3 Bb4 8 exdlS exdlS 9
Ne2 Nbd7 10 Ne3 NelS 1 1 d4 Ale) 6 ...e6 - see game 2 1
Nd3+ 12 Kfl Nxb2 -+
Goodman-Meidinger, Dayton A2) IS h3 Rb8 [ 5. . .BhS 8 Bu8
1980J The main line is 3 ...e8. Qxa8 7 Rh2 e6, threatening
Other moves are: 8 ... Bd6J 6 BdS [6 hxg4 Rxb7 7
A) 3 ... dxe4 Qa4J Be6 7 Bxe6 £Xe6 8 Qa4
B) 3 ... e5
C) 3 ... e6 B) 3 ... e5
D) 3 ... Nf6 B1) 4 Qb3
E) 3 ... d4 Romford Gambit B2) 4 d3
F) 3 ...Be6 B3) 4 exd5
G) 3 ... Nd7
Bl) 4 Qb3
A) 3 ... dxe4 4 Bxb7 [4 Qa4+!?J
Nd7
A1) 5 Bxa8
A2) 5 h3

AI) 5 Bxa8 Qxa8 6 f3 [6 Nf3 h6

(Ne51 ) 7 b3 e5 8 Ne3 Ne5 9 Rgl
Nf'8 10 Nxe5 Bh3 11 bxe4 ( 1-0,
54) Carpenter-Wood, 1 975J

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 Bla) 4 ... Qc8 Black can now play:
Blb) L .Bc8 B3al ) 7 ... Na6
Blc) 4 . . .Nd7 B3a2) 7 ...Bc5
B3a3) 7 ... Nxd5
Bla) 4 ... Qc8 - see game 22
B3al ) 7 ... Na6 8 dxc6 Nc5 9 Qb5
Blb) L .Bc8 5 cxd5 Nf6 6 Nc3 c6 a6 10 cxb7+ axb5 1 1 bxa8=Q+
7 d3 Na6? [7 . . . Qc7] 8 d�c6 Nf5 9 +- P . Patterson-R. Martin, 1974
Qb5 a6 10 cxb7+ axb5 1 1
bxa8=Q +- Stroemer-Po Patter­ B3a2) 7 ...Bc5 8 Be3 Bxe3 9 fxe3
son, corr. 1 972 0-0 [9 ...Nxd5 10 Nxd5 cxd5 1 1
Bxd5 Bc8 12 Nf3] 1 0 dxc6 [10 e4
B1c) 4 . . . Nd7 5 cxd5 Nf6 6 Nc3 Na6 1 1 Nf3 Nc5 12 Qc2 Rfd8 1 3
Nb6 7 h3 Bh5 8 d3 Qd7 9 Nf3 b4 +=] Nxc6 1 1 Nb5 Qb6 12
Bd6 10 Ba3 0-0 1 1 a4 Qe7 12 Nd6 Qxb3 1 3 axb3 Bc8=
Nd2 Dubini-Gina, corr. 1 981 Bloodgood-Sternberg, 1958

B2) 4 d3 - see 1 g4 e5 2 d3 d5 3 B3a3) 7 ... Nxd5 8 Nxd5 cxd5 9

Bg2 Bxg4 Bxd5 Bc8 10 Bd2 Nc6 1 1 Rc1
Bd6 12 Ba5 Qd7 13 Bxc6 bxc6 14
B3) 4 cxd5 Nf3 Rb8 15 Qc3 ± Bloodgood­
B3a) 4 ... c6 Sanderson, 1973
B3b) L.Nf6
B3b) 4 ... Nf6 5 Qb3 b6 [5 ... Qc8 -
B3a) L. c6 5 Qb3 Qc7 [5 . . . Qb6 6 see game 23] 6 Nc3 Bd6 7 d3 0-
dxc6 Nxc6 (6 ... Qxb3? 7 cxb7 o 8 Bg5 Nbd7 9 e3 Nc5 10 Qc2
Qxb7 8 Bxb7 1-0 Bloodgood-C. Re8 1 1 Nge2 Qd7 12 b4 Na6 1 3
Davis, 1 973) 7 Qxb6 axb6 8 Nc3 a 3 Bxe2 14 Qxe2 Qg4 1 5 Qxg4
Nd4 9 Kd1 Bb4?! (9 ... Nf6) 10 Nxg4 16 h3 (1-0, 24) Alexis­
Nd5 Bd6 11 Nxb6 ± (1-0, 21) Chuck, corr. 1987
Bloodgood-R. Porter, 1959] 6
Nc3 Nf6 7 d3 C) 3 . . .e6
C1) 4 Qb3
C2) 4 Nc3
C3) 4 cxd5

C1) 4 Qb3

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Black's choices are: Ne7 7 d3 Nc5 8 Qb4 N g6
CIa) 4 . . . Qc8 [th reatening 9 ...Nxd3+ 10 exd3
Clb) 4 ... Nd7 Bxb4] 9 Kfl Nxd3 10 Qa4 Ne5 1 1
C lc) 4 ... NfB Qxe6+ Nd7 1 2 cxd5 Re8 1 3 Qa4
Cld) 4 ... cB Bh5 14 dxe6 fxe6 1 5 Qxa7 Be5 1 6
Qa6 0-0 17 Qxe6+ Cunliffe­
Cla) 4 ... Qc8 5 cxd5 eB 6 dxe6 Bain, Pittsburgh 1 986
Nxc6
Clal) 7 Qa4 C2) 4 Nc3 Nf6 5 cxd5 exd5 6
C l a2 ) 7 Ne3 Qb3 Nbd7 7 Qxb7 Rb88 QcB RbB
9 Qa4
Clal) 7 Qa4 Nf6 8 Bxe6+ bxe6 9
d3 Bh5 10 Bd2 Bc5 1 1 Nc3 0-0 C3) 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Qb3
12 Ne4 Bb6 13 Rc1 Nxe4 14 dxe4
c5 15 Be3 a5 16 Qb5 Qc7 17
Bxc5 Bxe5 1 8 Rxc5 Qe7 19 Rxh5
1-0 Bloodgood-Caealano, 1959

Cla2) 7 Ne3 NC6 8 d3 Bd6

[8 ..Bb4 9 Bd2 e5 10 Rc1 +=
.

Bloodgood-Rhodes, corr. 1975] 9

Bg5 Nd7 10 Ne4 Qc7 1 1 Nxd6 +
Qxd6 1 2 Qxb7 ± (1-0, 25)
Meidinger-Goodman, Dayton
1980
C3a) 5 ... eB
Clb) 4 ... Nd7 5 exd5 Ne5 6 Qe3 C3b) 5 ... Qe8
Be7 7 Nc3 Nf6 8 d4 Ned7 9 h3 C3e) 5 ...Bd7
Bf5 10 dxeB Bxe6 1 1 Bxb7 += C3d) 5 ... NeB
-Grob C3e) 5 ... NfB

C1e) 4 ...Nf6 5 Qxb7 Nbd7 6 exd5 C3a) 5 ... eB 6 Qxb7 Nd7 7 Nc3 (7
Rb8 [6 ...exd5 - see game 24] 7 QxeB? Re8 8 Qxd5?? Rxc1 mate)
Qe6 Rb6 8 Qa4 exd5 [8 ... Be5 9 Qe8 8 Qxe8 Rxe8 9 d4 13M 10
a3 exd5 10 d4 Be7 1 1 Nc3 c6] 9 Bd2 Ngf6 1 1 a3 Bxc3 12 Bxc3
Bxd5 Nxd5 10 Qxg4 N7f6 1 1 Qg3 0-0 13 Nf3 c5 14 dxc5 Nxc5 15
Re6 12 Ne3 Nxe3 13 dxe3 Qd5 14 Ne5 Be6 I B Bb4 Nb3 1 7 Rdl + =
Nf3 Rd6 15 Bg5 Ne4 16 Qh4 f6 (1-0, 37) Bloodgood-Casteen,
1 7 Be3 g5 1 8 Qh5+ Kd8 19 0-0 1960
+= ( 1-0, 46) Bloodgood­
Branson, 1959 C3b) 5 ... Qe8 6 Bxd5 Ne6 7
Bxf7 + Ke7 8 Bxg8 Rxg8 9 Qxg8
Cl d) 4 ... e6 5 Qxb7 Nd7 6 Nc3 Nd4 10 Qe4 1-0 Blood good-

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Waymire, 1 960 Qe6+ Ke7 9 exbS Rb8 10 b3
Wall-Shameson, Mt. View, CA
C3e) 5 ... Bd7? 6 Bxd5 Be6?? 7 1 987J 5 Qxb7 [5 exd5 Bd6
Bxf7+ [threatening 8 Qe6 mateJ (S ...NxdS? 6 Qa4+ and 7 Qxg4) 6
1-0 Cunliffe-Sullinn, Pittsburgh Qa4+ Nbd7 7 dxe6 Bxe6 8 Bxb7
1 986 Rb8 9 Be6 (9 Qxa7? Be5)±
Wall-Caruso, Sunnyvale, CA
C3d) 5 ... Ne6 6 Bxd5 Be6 7 Bxe6 1 986J Nbd7 6 exdS exdS [6 ...Rb8J
(xe6 8 Qxe6+ Qe7 9 Qxe7 + Bxe7 7 Nc3 [7 Qb3 NcS 8 Qe2 Qd7 9
10 Nf3 Nf6 1 1 Ne3 0-0-0 12 Ne3 Bc5 =+ J Nc5 8 Qe6+ [8
Rg1 BhS 13 d3 h6 1 4 Be3 RhfS QbS+ (8 Qb4? Nd3+ 9 exd3
l S 0-0-0 Bd6 16 d4 += Bxb4 -+) c6 9 Qxe6+ Bd7J Bd7
Dubini-Molzahn, eorr. 1 981
D2) 4 exdS Nxd5 [4 ... Qd7 (4 ... e6
C3e) 5 ... Nf6 6 Ne3 Ne6 [6 ... Nbd7 - see game 25) 5 Qb3 e6 6 Nc3 e6
7 NxdS Rb8 8 d4 e6 9 Qe3+ Be6 7 h3 BhS 8 dxe6 fxe6 (8 ... Qxe6? 9
10 Nf4 D ubini-Perel, eorr. 1 981J Qxb7) 9 Nf3 Nd5 1 0 NeS Qe7 1 1
7 Nxd5 Rb8 8 Qe4 Be6 9 Nxf6+ d4 Nd7 1 2 e4 Nxe5 (12 . . .Nxe3 1 3
Qxf6 10 Bxe6+ bxe6 1 1 Qxe6+ Qxe6+) 1 3 dxe5 Nb4 14 Qxe6
Rd8 12 Qe3 Qg6 1 3 Nf3 Rb4 14 Be7 1 5 0-0 Ne2 1 6 Rb1 Nd4 1 7
NeS Qe4 1 5 Qd3+ Re8 1 6 Qxe4 Qe4 += Bloodgood-Shepard,
Rxe4 =+ DuMni-Squarcialupi, corr. 1 975; 4 ... Be8 5 Qb3 Nbd7 6
eorr 1 98 1 Nc3 g6 7 d4 Bg7 8 e4 0-0 9 e5
Ne8 10 a4 a5 1 1 h4 Nb6 12 Nge2
D) 3 . . .Nf6 e6 13 Bg5 f6 (Y.e-J,2, 3 1 )
Bloodgood-Spangler, corr. 1975J
5 Qb3 e6 [5 . . .e6? 6 Qa4+
(threatening 7 Qxg4) 1-0
Lemke-Brummett, New York
1977J 6 Qxb7

White ean play:

D 1 ) 4 Qb3
D2) 4 exd5

D 1 ) 4 Qb3 e6 [4 ... Ne6 5 Qxb7

Nd4 6 Na3 e6 7 Nb5 NxbS 8 D2a) 6 ... Nb6

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 D 2b) 6 ... Qe7 Bxe3 Bxe3 l S dxe3 Kg8 1 9 Ne5
D 2e) 6 ... Nd7 BeS 20 Nxe6 Qd7 2 1 Nxe7+ 1-0
Bloodgood-Acevedo, 1 955
D2a) 6 ... Nb6 7 Bxe6+ Bd7
[7 ... Nxe6 - see game 26] S Bxd7 D2(2) 7 ... cxd5 S Qxd5 Nb6 9 Qg2
Qxd 7 (S ... NSxd7] 9 Qxd7 + ReS 10 Ne3 Bd7 1 1 b3 Be6 12
N8xd7 1 0 b3 e6 1 1 Bb2 Nf6 1 2 Nf3 e6 13 Bb2 Bxf3 14 Qxf3 Be7
NC3 Nbd5 1 3 Rgl R e S [threaten­ 1 5 Ne4 O-O? [15 ... f6] 16 Rg1 f6
ing 1 4 ...Rc1 mate] 1 4 Ne3 Nb4 1 7 Qg4 Rf7 1 8 Qxe6 ± (1-0, 35)
15 Rc1 a6 1 6 a3 Nbd5 (��, 33) Bloodgood-Halley, 1 958
Bloodgood-Carpenter, eorr. 1975
E) 3 ...d4
D2b) 6 ...Qe7? 7 QxaS Nb6 S
Bxe6 + Bd7 9 Qb7! [9 Bxd7+?
Kxd7 threatening 10 ... Qxe1 mate
and 1O ...Nx&8] Qxe6 1 0 Qxe6 [10
QxbS+? BeS threatening
ll ... Qxc1 mate and 1 1 . . . Qxh1 ]

D2e) 6 . . .Nd7 7 Bxd5 [ 7 Qxe6?

ReS 8 Qxd5?? Rxel mate]

E1) 4 Qb3
E2) 4 Bxb7

E l ) 4 Qb3 Nd7 [4 ...Be8 5 Bxb7

Bxb7 6 Qxb7 Nd7 7 d3°o -Myers]
5 Qxb7 Nb6 [5 ... RbS 6 Qxa7] 6
e5 RbS 7 Qxa7 ± -Wind

E2) 4 Bxb7 Nd7 5 Bxa8 [5 d3

D2el) 7 ...RbS RbS] QxaS
D2(2) 7 ... exd5 E2a) 6 fa
E2b) 6 Nfa
D 2c1 ) 7 ... RbS S Bxf7+ [8 Qxe6?
RcS] Kxf7 9 Qxa7 g6 [9...e5 10 E2a) 6 f3 d3 7 e4 Ngf6 [threaten­
b3 Be5 11 Qa4 Bd4 1 2 Nc3 Qf6 ing S ... Nxe4] S Nc3 BM 9 Nd5
1 3 Ne4 Qf4? 1 4 d3] 10 b3 Bg7 1 1 Qb7 10 Qb3 ± -Basman
Ne3 Nb6 [ 1 1 .. .RfS - see game 27]
12 Bb2 RaS 13 Qb7 Bd7 1 4 a4 E2b) 6 Nf3?! d3 7 Rg1 dxe2 8
Nd5 1 5 Nf3 RfS 1 6 e4 Nxc3 17 Qxe2 Bxf3 9 Qe3 Ngf6 10 Nc3 a6

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1 1 d4 e6 1 2 d5 Bg4 1 3 h3 Bf5 1 4 h3 Be6 10 d3 Qd7 1 1 b3 h4 12 e4
Qg3 Bd6 1 5 Qg5 Ne5 1 6 Qe3 Nh7 1 3 Bg4 0-0-0 14 Be2 Ng5
Nd3+ 1 7 Ke2 Bf4 18 Qd4? e5 1 9 1 5 Bxg5 Bxg5 1 6 Qc2 Kb8 1 7
Qe5?? Nxe5 0-1 Yeo-Dorn, Lon­ Nf3 Bf4 1 8 a 4 Bxh3 (0-1, 36)
don 1 980 Dippel-Berzanskis, corr. 1983

F) 3 ... Be6 4 Qb3

F l ) 4 ... b6
F2) 4 . . .Be8

F l ) L.b6 5 exd5 Bd7 6 Nf3 f6 7

Nd4 Na6 8 Ne6 Qe8 [8 ...Bxe6?? 9
dxe6 threatening 10 Bc6+J 9 d4
c6 10 Bf4 g5 1 1 Bg3 Nh6 1 2 Qa4
c5 [12 ... Bxe6 1 3 dxe6 b5 1 4 Qc2
Nb4 1 5 Qe5 Nd5 1 6 Bxd5 cxd5
17 Qxb5 + Kd8 1 8 Qxd5 +­
-Cunliffe] 1 3 Qxa6! (1-0, 22)
Cunliffe-Bazemore, Pittsburgh
1 986

F2) L .Be8 5 exd5 Nf6 6 Nc3

Nbd7 7 Nf3 Nb6 8 Ne5 Qd6 9 d4
Nfd7 10 Nb5 Qf6 1 1 Bg5 Qf5 1 2
e 4 Qxg5 1 3 Nxc7 + Kd8 1 4
Nxf7+ Kxc7 1 5 Nxg5 1 - 0 van
der Heiden-Ferdinandusse, Bel­
gium 1 979

G) 3 ... Nd7 4 cxd5 Nb6 5 Nc3 Nf6

6 d6 c6 7 dxe7 Bxe7 8 Bf3 h5 9

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1 g4 d6 2 Bg2 Bxg4 8 c4 c8 Ale) 6 ... e6
A1d) 6 ... Nf6

Ala) 6 ... Nc6 7 NxdS Qd7 8 Qa4

[threatening 9 Nc7+ Qxe7 10
Qxg4] Re8 9 d3 e5 [9 ...e6T 10
Qxg4 exd5 1 1 Qxd7+ Kxd7 12
Bh3+ and 1 3 Bxe8 +-] 10 Bd2
Nd4 1 1 Qxa7? [ 1 1 Qxd7 + Bxd7
1 2 Kd1] Ne2+ 12 Kd1 [12 Kfl
Nxa1 1 3 Nb6 Qc7 14 Nxc8 Bxe8J
Nxa1 1 3 Nb6 Qc7 14 Nxc8 Qe2+
15 Ke1 Qb1 + 16 Bel Qxe1 mate
White's choices are:
A) 4 Qb3 Alb) 6 ... d4 7 Nb5 Qb6 8 Bxb7!
B) 4 cxdS Be6 [8 ... Qxb7? 9 Nd6+ exd6 10
Qxb7+ 1-0 Bloodgood-Boothe,
A) 4 Qb3 Black can play: 1 972J 9 Qf3 Qxb5 10 Bxa8 Nf6
A 1 ) 4 ... Qc7 1 1 Qb7 ± -Grob
A2) 4 . . . Qc8
A3) 4 ... Qd7 Ale) 6 ...e6T 7 Qa4+ and 8 Qxg4
A4) 4 . . . Nf6 +-
AS) 4 ... dxc4
A6) 4 ... Qb6 A1d) 6 ... Nf6? 7 Nxd5 Nxd5 8
Bxd5 e5 9 Bxb7 Be6 10 Qf3 Bg4
A1) 4 ... Qc7 S cxdS cxdS [S ... e6 6 1 1 Qg2 Be6 1 2 Bxa8 +-
h3 (6 dxc6 Nxc6 7 Qa4) BfS 7 e4
Bg6 8 dxe6 fxe6 9 Qxe6+] 6 Nc3 A2) 4 ... Qe8 5 cxd5 cxd5 6 Nc3 [6
[6 BxdST Qxc1 + 7 Qd1 Qxb2] Qxd5?? Qxcl mate] e6T 7 Nxd5 [7
Qa4+ van der Heiden-Mooren,
Holland 1 980J exd5 8 Bxd5 Be6 9
Qxb7 Bxd5 10 Qxc8+ 1-0
MeDaniel-Ladd, California 1985

A3) 4 ...Qd7 5 exd5

Al a) 6 ... Nc6
Alb) 6 ... d4

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 A3a) 5 ...exd5 B) 4 exd5
A3b) 5 ...e6
A3e) 5 ... Nf6

A3a) 5 ...exd5 6 Bxd5 Be6 7 Bxe6

fxe6 8 Nf3 Ne6 9 d4 Re8 10 Ne3
Nxd4 1 1 Nxd4 Qxd4 12 Be3 Qd7
13 Bxa7 Nf6 14 Rd1 Qe6 15 Qb5
g6 16 Qxe6+ Rxe6 17 0-0 Bg7
18 Bd4 0-0 19 Rd3 Rd6 20 Rfd1
+ = (1-0, 50) Kumer-Hoddy,
Connecticut 1978

A3b) 5 ... e6 6 h3 BM 7 dxe6 fxe6 B1) 4 ... Qa5

8 Nf3 Bxf3 9 Bxf3 Nf6 10 a3 Na6 B2) 4 ... Qe7
1 1 Bg4 + = ( 1-0, 37) Wall­ B3) 4 ... exd S
Baldino, Columbus 1982 B4) 4 ...Nf6
BS) 4 ... Qb 6
A3e) 5 ... Nf6 6 Ne3 [6 h3 Bf5 7
Ne3 Na6 8 dxe6 bxe6 9 Qa4 van B1) 4 ... QaS 5 Qb3 Qb6 6 Qg3
der Heiden-van Hiele, Holland Nf6 7 Ne3 Bd7 8 e4 Na6 9 Nge2
1979J e6 7 h3 Bf5 8 e4 Bg6 9 Rd8 10 0-0 exdS 1 1 exdS g6 1 2
dxe6 fxe6 van der Heiden-van d3 Nb4 1 3 Be3 Qa6 14 d 4 BfS 1S
Hiele, Holland 1979 Nf4 hS 16 h4 Bh6 1 7 Rfd1 Ne2=
(��, 58) Grob-Magrin, Italy
A4) 4 ... Nf6 5 Qxb7 Nbd7 6 Ne3 1961
[6 exd5 exd5 7 Bxd5?? Rb8 8 Qe6
Re8 threatening 9 ...Rxc1 mateJ B2) 4...Qe7 5 Ne3 Nf6 6 h3 [6
e6 7 Nf3 Bxf3 8 Bxf3 Ne5 9 Bg2 Qb3 Nxd5 7 Nxd5 exdS 8 Bxd5
Be5 10 0-0 0-0 =+ -Harding Be8 9 Bxf7+ Kd8 10 Nf3 Nc6 1 1
Bg8 Bd7 12 Qf7 Re8 1 3 Qxf8+
A5) 4 ... dxe4? 5 Qxb7 Nd7 6 Be8 14 Qxg7 Ne5 1S 0-0 1-0
Bxe6 :!: -Harding Bloodgood-Ebright, corr. 1975J
Bd7 7 e4 e6 8 dxe6 Bxe6 9 d4
A6) 4 ... Qb6 5 Qg3 Be8 6 exd5 Nbd7 10 Nge2 g6 1 1 Be3 Bg7 12
Nf6 7 Ne3 g6 8 h4 Qd8 9 e4 exdS 0-0 0-0 13 Rcl Bc4 [13 ... Nb6 ;
10 exdS hS 11 Nge2 Bg7 12 d3 a6 1 3 ... QaSJ 14 b3 Bxe2 1 5 Qxe2
13 Bf4 Bf5 1 4 Nd4 0-0 1 5 Nxf5 Qa5 1 6 e5 Ne8 1 7 Ne4 Ne7 18
gxf5 16 Bh6 Ne8 17 Bf3 Qd6 18 Nd6 ! :!: Grob-Chevalier, con.
Bf4 Qb6 19 Bxb8 Qxb2 20 Rb1
1-0 Sloan-W. Coh'en, New Jersey B3) 4 ... exd5 5 Qb3
1986

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 B3a) 5 . . . Ne6 Qxh1] 1 9 Qb2 Rb5 20 Nh3? f4 ±
B3b) 5 . . . Qe7 (0-1, 34) Golubovie-Brattlig, 801-
B3e) 5 . . .Nf6 ingen 1 965
B3d) 5 ... e6
B3e) 5 ...Be8 B3d) 5 ...e6? B Qa4+ (an d 7
Qxg4) 1-0 Bloodgood-Bowlby
B3a) 5 ... Ne6 B BxdS eB 7 Qxb7
exd5 8 QxeB+ Be7 9 Qxd5 Nf6 B3e) 5 ...Be8? 6 Bxd5 BeB [6 ... e6 7
1 0 Qe5+ Be7 1 1 Ne3 0-0 1 2 d3 Bxb7 +- Koltanowski-N.N.] 7
Be6 13 f3 Bd6 14 Qg5 h6 1 5 Bxe6 (xe6 8 Qxb7 Nd7 9 Ne3 g6
Qh4 ± Fritr:-Bogoljubov 1 0 Nf3 h6 1 1 Qe4 Kf7 1 2 Nh4
1-0 Cunliffe-Zanath, W 38hington,
B3b) 5 ... Qe7 6 Ne3 NfB 7 Nxd5 D.C. 1987
Nxd5 8 Bxd5 Ne6 9 Bxf'7 + Kd8
10 Nf3 Qd7 1 1 Ng5 Nd4 12 Qd3 B4) 4 ... Nf6 White can play:
Bxe2 13 Qxd4! [13 . . . Qxd4 14 B4a) 5 Qb3
NeB+ and 15 Nxd4] 1-0 B4b) 5 Ne3
Bloodgood-Christy, 1 957 B4e) 5 dxe6

B3e) 5 ... NfB B4a) 5 Qb3

B3e1) 6 Qxb7
B3e2) B Ne3

B3el ) B Qxb7 Nbd7 7 d3 [7 Bxd5

(7 d4 - see game 28) Rb8 8 QeB
Nxd5 9 Qxd5 eB 10 Qd4 Qe7 1 1
Ne3 Br5 1 2 Nf3 ± Wall-Wong,
Mt. View 1986] eB 8 Bg5 a5 9 b3
Be7 1 0 Nf3 0-0 11 0-0 Ne5 12
Qb5 Rb8 13 QeB Rb6 0-1
Alesio-Dubini, eorr. 1 980

B3e2) 6 Ne3 Qd7 [6 ... e6 7 Qxb7 B4a1) 5 ... Qb6

Nbd7 8 d4 (8 NbS) Rb8!? (8 ... a5) B4a2) 5 . . . Qe7
9 Qxa7 Bd6 1 0 Qa6 Rb6 11 Qd3 B4a3) 5 . . . Qe8
Grob-Wegmuller, eorr.] 7 Nxd5 B4a4) 5 ... Nxd5
Ne6 [7 . . .Be6? 8 Nxf6+ and 9 B4a5) 5 ...exd5
Qxb7] 8 Nxf6+ gxf6 9 Qa4 Rg8
10 Bxe6 bxe6 1 1 d3 e5 12 Be3 B4a1) 5 ... Qb6 6 dxe6 Nxe6
Qd5 13 f3 Bd7 14 Rcl a5 15 Re4 [6 ... Qxb3? (6 ... Nxe6) 7 exb7 Qe4
Rb8 16 Qe2 Bb4+ 1 7 Kfl [17 (7 ... Qxb7 8 Bxb7 Bloodgood-
Bd2] f5 1 8 b3 Qe6 [threatening Turenehalk) 8 Ne3 (8 bxa8=Q??
1 9 ... Qg6 and 20 ... Qg2+ 21 Ke1 Qxcl mate) Wall-Kubasek,

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Thailand 1 973] 7 Qxb6 axb6 8 Ne4 Qxb2 1 6 Nxf6 Qxf6 17 Bxb7
Nc3 [8 Na3 e5 9 Nb5 Rc8 (9 . . . 0- Rc5 18 Rad Bh3 1 9 Bg2 +=
0-0) 10 a3 Be7 1 1 b4 0-0 1 2 ( 1-0, 49) Kohn-Lytle, Dayton
Bb2 Nh5 Stephan-CHESS 4.5, 1 974
corr. 1 974] e5?! [8 ...Nd4] 9 b3
Nd4 10 Kd1 Bb4? 11 Bxb7 Ra7 B5) 4 ... Qb6 5 Nc3 e5 6 Qc2 Nf6
12 Nd5 Nxd5 13 Bxd5 0-0 1 4 7 a4 a5 8 d3 cxd5 9 Nxd5 Nxd5
Bb2 ± Bloodgood-Hassan, corr. 10 Bxd5 Bc5 1 1 Be3 Bxe3 12 fxe3
1 974 Bd7 [12 ... Qxe3 1 3 Qc4 Qd4 14
Bx£7+ Kd8 1 5 Qb3] 1 3 Nf3 +=
B4a2) 5 ... Qc7 6 Nc3 Nxd5 [6 . ..e6 Bloodgood-Clark, corr. 1975
- see game 29] 7 Nxd5 cxd5 8
Bxd5 Bc8 9 Bx£7+ Kd8 10 Nf3
Nc6 1 1 Bg8 Bd7 1 2 Q£7 ±
Bloodgood-Ebright, corr. 1 974

B4a3) 5 ... Qc8 6 Nc3 e6 7 h3 Bh5

8 dxe6 fxe6 9 Na4 b6 1 0 d4 Nd5
1 1 e4 Nf6 12 Bf4 Bf7 13 Bg3 e5
14 d5 cxd5 1 5 exd5 Bd6 16 Ne2
0-0 1 7 0-0 += Bloodgood-D.
Moore, 1972

B4a4) 5 ... Nxd5 - see 1 g4 d5 2

Bg2 Bxg4 3 c4 Nf6 4 cxd5 Nxd5
5 Qb3 c6

B4a5) 5 ... cxd5 6 Nc3 [6 Qxb7

Qc8 (6 ... Nbd7 7 Bxd5? Rb8 8
Qc6 Rc8 threatening 9 Rxc1
mate) Ebright-Weiss, corr. 1 975]
e6 7 Qxb7 Nbd7 8 d4 Bd6 9 Nb5
Bb4+ 10 Kf1 0-0 1 1 Bf4 Qb6 1 2
Qxb6 axb6 1 3 Nf3 Rfc8 14 Nc7
Ra7 (0- 1 , 27) Bloodgood-Bohr,
corr. 1 974

B4b) 5 Nc3 - see game 30

B4c) 5 dxc6 Nxc6 6 Nc3 e6 7 d3

Be7 8 Bf4 0-0 9 Nf3 Qb6 10
Qd2 Rfd8 11 Ne5 Nxe5 12 Bxe5
Nd7 1 3 Bg3 Rac8 14 0-0 Bf6 1 5

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1 g4 do 2 Bg2 eo The Open 1981
Defense.
C2) 3 ... dxe4 4 Bxe4 Nf6 5 Bf3 [5
f3?! Nxe4 6 fxe4 Qh4+] e4 6 Be2
Nc6 7 g5 [7 h3 (7 c3 Ne5) Bc5 8
Qd4J Nd5 8 d3 [8 h4 Nf4 and
9 ... h6 +J e3 .:t=

C3) 3 . .Nf6 4 exd5 Bxg4 5 f3 Bh5

.

6 c4 &5 7 d3?! e4! 8 dxe4? [8 d4]

Nxe4! 9 Qa4+ c6 10 fxe4 Qh4+
1 1 Kd2 Qf2+ 12 Kd3 Qd4+ 1 3
Kc2 Bdl mate 0-1 S. Gross­
Osterberg, corr. 1 979

The main line is 3 c4. Other D) 3 h3 - see 1 g4 d5 2 h3 e5 3

moves are: Bg2
A) 3 d3
B) 3 d4 E) 3 e3 Bc5 4 d4 exd4 5 exd4
C) 3 e4 Bd6 6 Nc3 c6 7 h4 Nge7 8 go
D) 3 h3 Na6 9 Bh3 Basman-Davey, Eng­
E) 3 e3 land 1 981

A) 3 d3 - see 1 g4 e5 2 d3 d5 3 1 g4 do 2 Bg2 e6 8 e4
Bg2

B) 3 d4 exd4 4 c3 Nc6 5 Nh3?!

Bc5? 6 Nf4 Nge7 7 b4 Bb6 8 a4
a6 9 Ba3 Be6 1 0 b5 Na5 1 1 cxd4
0-0 1 2 0-0 Re8 13 Nc3 c6 14
bxc6 bxc6 1 5 e4 Ng6°o Keres­
Zinner, corr. 1 935

C) 3 e4
C l ) 3 ... c6
C2) 3 ... dxe4
C3) 3 ...Nf6
Black's main choices are 3 ... dxc4
Cl) 3 . . . c6 4 d4 dxe4 5 Bxe4 Qxd4 and 3 ... c6. Other moves are:
6 Qxd4 exd4 7 Nf3 Bc5 8 g5 Be6 A) 3 . . . d4
9 Bf4 Nd7 10 Nbd2 0-0-0 1 1 B) 3 . . .Be6
0-0 Ne7 1 2 Rfbl Ng6 1 3 Bg3 C) 3 . . .Bxg4
( 1-0, 25) Di Salvio-Alesio, Italy D) 3 . . . Bc5

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A) 3 ... d4 eorr. 1974

A3b) 4 ... Ne6

A3bl ) 5 e4
A3b2) 5 h3

A3bl) 5 e4 Bb4+ 6 Nd2 h5 7

gxh5 Qh4 8 a3 Bxd2 9 Bxd2 NC6
10 h3 Nxh5 1 1 NC3 Qe7 12 Qa4
Bd7 1 3 Qb5 a6 14 Qxb7 Rb8 1 5
Qxe7 0-0 16 0-0 RCe8 (0- 1 , 22)
Connors-Shapiro" Washington,
D.C. 1976
Al) 4 b4
A2) 4 NC3 A3b2) 5 h3 h6 6 Nbd2 NC6 7 a3
A3) 4 d3 a5 8 Ne4 Nxe4 9 Bxe4 Be7 10
A4) 4 Qb3 NC3 Bd7 1 1 Rgl Be6 12 Bd2 Qe7
A5) 4 e3 1 3 Qel a4 14 Rbl Na5 15 Bb4 e5
16 BxalS Rxa5 1 7 b4 exb4 1 8
Al) 4 b4 e6 5 h3 Be6?! (5 ...Bxb4) Rxb4 0-0 1 9 Rxb7 Qd6 2 0 g5
6 Qb3 b5 (6 ... Qb6) 7 d3 Be7 8 a4 hxg5 21 Nxg5 Rb8? 22 Bh7+ ±
bxe4 9 dxe4 Qb6 10 b5 += van der Heiden- Tesser, Holland
Bloodgood-W. Campbell, eorr. 1 979
1 975J
A3e) 4 ...e6
A2) 4 NC3 e4 5 Ngl Bxg4 6 Bxe4
e6 7 d3 Nd7 8 h3 Bh5 9 a3 Ne5
10 Bg2 a5 1 1 NC3 Bd6 12 Nxd4
Bg6 1 3 NC3 Qe7 14 Be3 Nd7 15
Ne3 NgC6 16 Rbl Nh5 1 7 Qd2
+= (��, 50) SenteC-Jones,
Pennsylvania 1 976

A3) 4 d3

A3a) 4 ...Bb4+
A3b) 4 ... Ne6
A3e) 4 ...e6 A3el) 5 e4
A3d) 4 ...Bd6 A3e2) 5 h3
A3e3) 5 NC3

A3a) 4 ...Bb4+ 5 Bd2 a5 6 Bxb4 A3el) 5 e4 Nd7 [5 ... dxe3 6 Bxe3

axb4 7 a3 e5 8 a4 Wall-Lausing, CS 7 gxCS BxCS 8 Nf3 (8 d4? Bxbl

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9 Rxbl Qa5+ and 10 . . . Qxa2) 8 gxfS Qxf6 9 BgS QfS 10 Bd2
Bb4+ (8 . . .Bxd3 9 Nxe5 Qa5+ 1 0 Bd6 =+ Bloodgood-Erwin, eorr.
Ne3 QxeS 1 1 Qxd3) 9 Nbd2 QaS 1 972
(9 ... Qxd3 10 Nxe5) 10 Qb3 Nd7
1 1 a3 Bxd2+ 12 Bxd2 Qe7 13 0- A3e2e) S . . .h6 6 NC3 Bd6 7 Nbd2
O-O? Ne5 14 Qe3 Nxd3+ 0-1 Nf6 8 a3 a5 9 g5 hxg5 10 NxgS
Bloodgood-Erwin, 1 972] 6 a3 [6 Na6 1 1 Nde4 Nxe4 12 Nxe4 Be7
Nd2 Ne7 (6 ... Ne5 7 Nfl) 7 Nfl 13 e3 f5 14 Nd2 [14 Ng3 dxe3 IS
Ng6 8 Nf3 Bb4+ 9 Ke2 Nf6 10 fxe3 (15 Bxe3? f(1 ) Bh4] dxe3 15
h3 h6 1 1 Ng3 QaS 12 a3 Bd6 13 Nf3 [15 fxe3 Qxd3 threatening
NfS Bxf5 1 4 exf5 Nf4+ 1 5 Kfl 16 . . .BM mate] e4 16 dxe4 Qxdl +
Nd7 1 6 Bxf4 exf4 1 7 Qel + Qxel 1 7 Kxdl exf2 18 exfS BxfS 1 9
1 8 Rxel+ ± Grob-Wyss, eorr.] a5 Ke2 ( 1-0, S 2 ) Grob-Wyss, eorr.
7 Nd2 Black can play:
A3ela) 7 . . . Qb6 A3e3) 5 Nf3 Bd6 6 h3 Ne7 7 BgS
A3el b) 7 ... NeS f6 8 BM 0-0 9 Nbd2 fS 10 gxf5
Bxf5 1 1 e5 Be7 12 Qb3+ Kh8 1 3
A3c1a) 7 . . . Qb6 8 h3 Bd6 9 Nfl Qxb7 Nd7 14 Bxe7 Qxe7 1 5
Ne7 10 Ne2 Ng6 1 1 h4 hS 12 g5 QxeS± (1-0, 3 3 ) Cunliffe-Breach,
NeS 13 Ngf3 Qb3 14 Qxb3 Nxb3 Pittsburgh 1 986
15 RbI Ne5 16 Kd2 Nf4 17 Nxf4
exf4 18 Ne2= Grob-Rirlel, eorr. A4) 4 Qb3 e6 5 d3 Nh6?! 6 Bxh6
gxh6 7 Nd2 (1-0, 39) Wall­
A3el b) 7 . . . NeS 8 Nfl hS 9 gxhS Messer, San Jose 1987
[9 gS - see game 31] Qh4 10 Bf3
Nf6 1 1 Ng3 Ng4 12 h3 Nf6 1 3 AS) 4 e3 dxe3 S dxe3 Qxdl + 6
Qe2 a 4 1 4 Nf5?1 Bxf5 1 5 exf5 Kxdl Bxg4+ 7 Ne2 Ne6 8 Bxe6+
Bd6 1 6 h6 gxh6 =+ Erwin­ bxe6 9 Rgl Rd8+ 10 Nd2 NC6 1 1
Stroemer, 1 972 Kel Bb4 12 a 3 Bxd2+ 1 3 Bxd2
0-0 14 Be3 Rfe8 Cunliffe­
A3e2) 5 h 3 Foreman, Pittsburgh 1 896
A3e2a) S . . .Be6
A3e2b) S . . . Ne7 B) 3 ... Be6 4 Qb3
A3e2e) S ... h6 B l ) 4 b6
•••

B2) 4 ... Nd7

A3e2a) S . . .Be6 6 Nf3 Nd7 7 NgS
Qe7 8 a3 f6 9 Nxe6 Qxe6 10 e3 Bl) 4 . . . b6 S exdS Bxg4 6 d6 [6
dxe3 1 1 Bxe3 BeS 12 Ne3 as 1 3 Qg3 Nf6 (6 ... QgS? 7 Nf3 and 8
Ne4 Bd4 1 4 Bxd4 exd4 I S 0-0 QxeS+ ) 7 QxeS+ +=] e6 7 Qg3
Grob-Breehbuhler, eorr. Be6 8 Qxe5 Qxd6

A3e2b) S . . . Ne7 6 Nf3 Ng6 7 gS [7 B2) 4 ... Nd7 S exdS Bxg4 6 Qxb7
e4 dxe3 8 Bxe3 f5 9 gxfS BxfS] fS Rb8 7 Qe6 [7 Qxa7?! BeS] BeS 8

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Nc3 Rb6 9 Qa4 Grob-N.N., corr. Qxc3 Qc7 1 1 d4 exd4 12 exd4
Ne7 13 Ne2 0-0 14 0-0 Grob­
C) 3 . . .Bxg4 - see 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Brandli, corr.
Bxg4 3 c4 e5
A3) 4 ... Qd4 5 Nc3 Qxg4 6 Bh3
D) 3 ... Bc5?! 4 Bxd5 Qf6 Qg6 7 Bxc8 Qg2 8 Bxb7 Qxb7 9
[threatening 5 ... Qxf2 mate] 5 e3 e4 cxb3 10 cxb3 Nf6
Ne7 6 Nc3 0-0 7 g5 Qxg5? 8
Ne4 Qg6 9 Nxc5 Nxd5 10 cxd5 B) 4 Qa4+ c6 [4 ... Bd7 (4 ...Bxg4?
Qg2 11 Qf3 +- Cunliffe-Baum, 5 Bxb7) 5 Qxc4 Bc6 (5 ... c6?! 6
Pittsburg 1 986 Nf3 Qc7 7 Ng5 Nh6 8 Nc3 Na6 9
h3 Rc8 10 a3 Be7 1 1 Nf3 Be6 1 2
1 g4 d6 2 Bg2 e6 3 e4 dxe4 Qe4 Bd5 13 Nxd5 cxd5 14 Qa4+
Kf8 15 d4 Wall-Fecho, Las Vegas
1987) 6 Nf3 (6 Bxc6 Nxc6 7 e3)
Bd6 7 d3 Ne7 8 Nc3 0-0 9 Bg5
Nd7 10 0-0 Nb6 1 1 Qb3 Qd7] 5
Qxc4 Be6

A) 4 b3
B) 4 Qa4+
C) 4 Qc2

A) 4 b3
A1) 4 ... cxb3 Bla) 6 Qa4
A2) 4 ... c6 B1b) 6 Qc2
A3) 4 . . . Qd4 B1c) 6 Qc3
B1d) 6 Qe4
A1) 4 ... cxb3 5 Qxb3 Qd4 [5 ... c6 -
see 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 c4 dxc4 4 Bla) 6 Qa4
b3 cxb3 5 Qxb3 e5] 6 Bb2 Qxg4 Bla1) 6 ... Bc5
[6 ... Qb6 7 Bxe5 Bxg4? 8 Bxb7!] 7 Bla2) 6 ...Bd5
Bh3 Qg6 8 Bxc8 Qg2 9 Bxb7 c6 Bla3) 6 ...Bd6
10 Qf3 +- B1a4) 6 ... Nd7

A2) 4 ... c6 5 h3 Be6 6 bxc4 Bc5 7 Bla1) 6 ...Bc5 7 e3 Nd7 8 Nc3

Nc3 Bd4 8 Qb3 b6 9 e3 Bxc3 10 Nf6 9 h3 Bb6 10 b4 a5 1 1 Qc2

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axb4 1 2 Na4 Ba7 1 3 Rb1 b5 14 B1el) 6 ...BdB 7 Nf3 [7 h 3 f6 8 a3
QxeB Re8 1 5 Qxb5 Bxa2 1B Ra1 (8 Na3 Qb6 9 Ne4 Qb4 10
b3 17 Be6 0-0 1 8 Ba3 Rb8 19 Nxd6 + Qxd6 11 a3 Nd7 12 b4
QaB RbB 20 NbB BxbB 21 Ne2 Ne7 13 d3) Qb6 9 b4 a5 10 Nf3
(1-0, 39) v an der Heiden-van der axb4 1 1 axb4 Rxa1 1 2 Qxal
Broek, Holland 1979 Qxb4 (12 ... Bxb4? 13 Nxe5 fxe5 1 4
Qxe5) 1 3 Ba3 Qe4 1 4 Ne3 (14
Bla2) 6 . . .Bd5 - see game 32 Bxd6?? Qel mate) Bxa3 1 5 Qxa3
Na6 16 0-0 Ne7 17 Rd += (1-
B1a3) B ... BdB 7 h3 NfB [7 ... h5] 8 0, 37) Bloodgood-Baker, 1973]
Ne3 Nbd7 9 Nf3 QbB [9 . . . Ne5] 10 Blaek can play:
d3 Ne5 1 1 Qe2 Nd5 1 2 Nxd5 BIela) 7 ... Qe7
exd5 [12 ... Bxd5] 13 d4 Ne4 B1elb) 7 ... Nd7
[13 ... exd4] 14 0-0 [14 dxe5? B1ele) 7 ... f6
Qxf2+ 15 Kd1 Bxg2] exd4
[14 ... Re8] 1 5 Qa4+ Bd7 1B B1ela) 7 ... Qe7 8 h3
Qxd4± ( 1-0, 29) Perrine-Holman,
eorr. 1 947

Bla4) B . . .Nd7 7 h3 QbB 8 Ne3

Be7 9 Nf3 Ngf6 10 d3 hB 1 1 Nd2
Nd5 12 Ne4 Qe7 13 Ne3 Nf4 14
Bf3 Nb6 1 5 Qe2 Bb4 Bd2 Grob­
N.N., eorr.

B1 b) 6 Qe2?! Bxg4 7 Qe4 Qd4!

B1e) B Qe3
B1elal) S ... Na6
B1c1a2) 8 ...Nd7
B1ela3) S ... f6

Blelal) S ... Na6 9 Ng5 Qd7 10

Nxe6 Qxe6 1 1 BxeB+ Ke7
[1 1 . .. bxeB 12 Qxe6+ and 1 3
Qxa8] 12 Bxb7 Nf6 1 3 Bxa6 [ 1 3
BxhS? ReS 14 Qa5?? Rxc1 mate]
Rhe8 14 Bxe8 RxeS 15 d3 Rxe3
16 Nxe3 Bb4 17 Bg5 Qe6 18 0-0
Grob-Ruekopfer, eorr.
BId) 6 ...Bd6
B1e2) 6 ... Nd7 Blela2) 8 ... Nd7 9 Ng5 [9 d4 a5
B1e3) B ... NfB (threatening 10 ... Bb4) 10 Qe2 0-

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0-0 1 1 Ne3 (6 12 e4 Ne7 1 3 Bd2 Grob-N.N, corr.
( 1 3 Be3) Rxd4 14 Nxd4 Nc5 1 5
Nxe6 Nxe6 16 Ne2 N(6 Grob­ Blc1a3c) 1 1 . .. Ng6 12 Nc4 0-0-0
N.N., corr] Nc5 10 b4 Nd7 13 d5 Bf7 [13 . . .cxd5? 14 Nxd6+]
[10 ... Na4 1 1 Nxe6 (xe6 12 Qb3] 14 Nxd6+ Qxd6 15 dxe6 [15 Be3]
11 Nxe6 (xe6 12 Qb3 Ne7 13 d3 Nc5 16 cxb7 Kb8 17 0-0 (1-0,
Nb6 14 Bd2 Qd7 15 Nc3 Ned5 16 74) Grob-Brechbuhler, con
a3 0-0-0 17 Ne4 += (1-0, 45)
Grob-Ruegg, corr. B1c1b) 7 . . . Nd7 8 h3 [8 d4 Qb6]
8 ... Ne7 9 Na3 0-0 [9 ... Qb6 10
B1c1a3) 8 .. £6 9 d4 Nd7 10 Nbd2
. Nc4 Qb4j 10 Nc4 Bc7 1 1 Ncxe5
[10 Be3 Ne7 threatening Nxe5 12 Nxe5 Nd5 1 3 Qd4 Qf6
l 1 ...Nd5] Ne7 1 1 e4 14 Nf3 Nf4 15 Qxf6 Nxg2+ 16
Kfl gx(6 17 Kxg2 ± Bloodgood­
Brenneman, corr. 1 973

Blc1e) 7 ... f6 8 h3 Ne7 9 e4 Ng6

10 d3 Nd7 1 1 Be3 N(4 12 Bfl
Qe7 1 3 Nbd2 Bb4 14 Qc2 Qf7 1 5
b 3 Ng6 16 Qc1 0-0 1 7 Be2 c 5 1 8
Qb2 Rac8 1 9 Rg1 += Roesler­
Grob, eorr.

B1c2) 6 ... Nd7

B1c1 a3a) l 1 . ..a5

Blc1a3b) 1 1 ...0-0
B1c1a3e) 1 1 . .. Ng6

B1c1a3a) l 1 ...a5 12 a3 [12 Bf1 b5

13 a3 0-0 1 4 Qc2 b4 15 Bc4] b5
13 d5 [13 Nfl 0-0 14 Ne3? Bb4!
15 axb4 axb4 16 Qxb4 Rxa1 -+]
Bf7 14 0-0 0-0 1 5 dxe6 Nxc6
[15 ... b4] 1 6 Qe3 += (1-0, 35)
Bloodgood-Lawson, 1973
B1 c2a) 7 d4
B1c1a3b) 1 1 ...0-0 12 Nc4 Ng6 B1c2b) 7 N(3
13 Nxd6 Qxd6 14 Be3 Nb6 B1c2e) 7 h3
[14 ...Rae8 1 5 Rdl Qb8 1 6 0-0
Grob-Breehbuhler, eorr.] 15 b3 Blc2a) 7 d4 Qb6 threatening
Ne8 16 Rdl Qc7 17 0-0 Nd6 1 8 8 ...Bb4
d5 Nxe4? (18 . . .Bd7) 19 Qc2 +-

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B 1e2b) 7 Nf3 Bd6 8 g5 [8 h3 (8 Rb1 e4 1 3 Qf2 Qe7 14 Kfl Bg3
d4 - see game 33) Ngf6 9 d3 Nd5 15 Qe3 Bf4 16 Qf2 Bxd2 + -Grob
10 Qe2 N7b6 1 1 a3 Re8 12 Ne3
Qe7 13 Ne4 e5 1 4 Nfg5 e4 1 5 B1e3) 6 ...Nf6 - see game 35
Nxe6 fxe6 1 6 0-0 Bb8 17 Bg5
Qd7 18 Rfd1 0-0 19 Bh4 Qe8 B1d) 6 Qe4? Nd7 and 7 ... Bd5
= + (0- 1 , 45) Chaves-Ferrer,
L ucerne 1 982] Ne7 9 d3 Nd5 =+ C) 4 Qe2 Qd4 5 Nf3 Qxg4
Welling-Niemeyer, Holland 1 980 [5 ... Qe5 6 Na3 Be6 7 Ng5 Bd5 8
e4 Be6 9 Qxe4OO] 6 Rg1
B 1 e2e) 7 h3 C 1 ) 6 ... Qe6
C2) 6 ... f6
C3) 6 ... Ne6

C 1 ) 6 ... Qe6 7 Ng5 Qf5 8 Qxe4 e6

9 Bh3 Qf6 10 BxeS :!: Bloodgood­
R. Taylor, eorr. 1973

C2) 6 ...f6 7 d3 [7 Nxe5?! {xeS 8

Be6+ Nxe6 9 Rxg4 Bxg4] exd3 8
exd3 [8 Qxe7 Ne6] e6 9 Be3
Bb4+ 10 Ne3 Qe6 1 1 Nd2 f5 12
0-0-0 Nf6 13 Kb1 0-0 1 4 Rde1
B1e2c 1 ) 7 ... Qb6 Bxe3 15 Qxe3 Nd5 16 Qa3 b5 17
B1c2e2) 7 ... Ne7 Bd4 += (1-0, 40) Grob-David ,
B1e2e3) 7 ... Ngf6 eorr.

B1e2c 1 ) 7 ... Qb6 8 303 Be5 9 Qg3 C3) 6 ... Ne6 -Fullerton
Ngf6 10 Ne3 0-0 1 1 g5 Nh5 C3a) 7 Ne3
[1 1 . .. Ne8] 12 Qh4 Nf4 13 Be4 f5 C3b) 7 Nxe5
(lh-lfl, 22) Bloodgood-Sanderson, C3e) 7 Ng5
1 973
C3a) 7 Ne3 Nd4 8 Nxd4 [8 Qa4+
B1e2e2) 7 ... Ne7 8 e4 Ng6 9 d3 Bd7 9 Qd1 Nxf3+ 10 exf3] Qxd4
Be5 10 Be3 Bxe3 1 1 fxe3 Qh4+
+= Dubini-Oley, eorr. 1981 C3b) 7 Nxe5 Nxe5 8 Be6+ Nxe6
9 Rxg4 Bxg4 10 Qxe4 Be6 = +
B1e2e3) 7 ... Ngf6 8 a3 a5 9 Qg3 [9
d3 BM 10 axb4 axb4 1 1 Rxa8 C3e) 7 Ng5 Nd4 8 Qa4+ [8
Qxa8] Bd6 10 Ne3 [10 d4 Qb6] Qxe4? Nf3+ and 9 ... Qxe4] Bd7 9
Ne5 11 f3 [ 1 1 Rb1 ? ( 1 1 Qh4 - see Qxd7+ [9 Qd1] Kxd7 (9 ... Qxd7)
game 34) Bb3 threatening 10 Be6+ Kxe6 1 1 Rxg4 Ne2+ 1 2
12 ...Be2 13 Ra1 Nb3 +] Nb3 12 K d 1 Nxa1 13 Nxf7]

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1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 c6 4 cxd5 [1 1 . .. Nxf2? (1 1 ...Bxf2+ 12 Kd l)
[4 Qb3 Be6 5 Qxb7 Nd7 6 cxd5 12 Nd6+ Bxd6 13 Qxh4] 1 2 Nf3
Nc5 7 Qxc6+? Bd7 8 d6 Bxc6 9 Qe7 13 Rg1 Bb4+ 14 Bd2 Bxd2
Bxc6+ Nd7 0-1 Barsalou-Wall, 15 Nexd2 f5 16 h3 Grob-Weiss,
Dayton 1 980J corr.

1 g4 d6 2 Bg2 e6 3 c4 c6 4
cxd6 cxd6 6 Qb8

The main line is 4 ... cxd5. Other

moves are:
A) 4 . . .Bxg4
B) 4 ... h5 The main line is 5 . . .Ne7 . Other
moves for Black are:
A) 4 . . .Bxg4 5 Qb3 Qc7 6 Nc3 Nf6 A) 5 ... Qc7
7 d3 Be7 [7 ... cxd5 8 Nxd5 Nxd5 9 B) 5 ...e4
Bxd5 Nc6 10 Be3 Bb4+ 1 1 Kfl C) 5 ...Be6
0-0 1 2 Rc1 Qe7 1 3 h3 Na5 14 D) 5 ... Nf6
Qd1 Be6 15 Bxe6 Qxe6 1 6 a3 Be7
1 7 Qa4 Qd5 18 Nf3 Nc6 19 Qc4 A) 5 ... Qc7 6 Nc3 [6 Qxd5?? Qxc1
+= (1-0, 36) Burk-Roehll, mateJ d4 7 Nd5 Qd7 8 d3 Nc6 9
Columbus 1 980J 8 h3 Bd7 9 Nf3?! Bd2 b6 10 Rc1 Bb7 1 1 Be4 Nge7
[9 Bg5] cxd5 10 Nxe5 [10 Nxd5 [1 1 ... Rc8? 1 2 Bf5 +-J 1 2 Nf3 f6
Nxd5 1 1 Qxd5 Nc6J Qxe5 1 1 13 Nxe7 Nxe7 1 4 Bxb7 Qxb7 15
Nxd5 Nxd5 1 2 Bxd5 Nc6 1 3 g5 += (1-0, 39) Grob-Lenherr,
Bxf7+ Kd8 1 4 Bd2 Nd4 1 5 Qd1 corr.
Nf3+ 16 Kfl Nxd2 17 Qxd2 RfS
1 8 Bb3 Bh4 1 9 f3 Qd4 20 Rh2 B) 5 ... e4 6 Nc3 Ne7 - see 5 ... Ne7
Bxh3+ 0- 1 Mizesko-Kuehn,
corr. 1979 C) 5 ... Be6 6 Nc3 [6 Qxb7 Nd7 7
Bxd5 Rb8 8 Qc6 Ne7J Nd7
B) 4 ... h5 5 dxc6 Nxc6 6 gxh5 [6 . . .d4? 7 Qxb7J 7 Bxd5 Nc5 8
Nh6 7 d3 Bc5 II Nc3 Ng4 9 Qb5+ Qd7 9 Bxe6 Nxe6 10 Qxe5
Bxc6+ bxc6 10 Ne4 [10 e3 Qh4 Rc8 1 1 Nf3 Ne7 1 2 d3 Nc6 1 3
1 1 Qe2 Ba6J Qh4 1 1 Qa4 Bd7 Qe4 Be7 14 Be3 0-0 1 5 d4 Na5

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16 Nd2 Nc4 1 7 Nxc4 ± G r ob­ Bd7 10 Qxe5 Bxg4 1 1 d3 van der
Chevalier, corr. Heiden-Kuijpers, Holland 1 979) 8
Qc4 b5 (8 ... Nxd5 - see 7 ... Nxd5)
D) 5 ...NfO 6 g5 Ne4 7 Nc3 Qxg5 9 Nc7+ Kd7 10 Nxb5 Ba6 11 a4
[7 ... Nxc3J 8 Bxe4 [8 Kfl - see Qc8? ( 1 1 ...Rc8 12 Qa2 Nc2+ 1 3
game 36J dxe4 9 Nxe4 Qg2 10 K d 1 Nxa1 14 Qxal Bxb5 1 5 axb5
Qb5 Nc6 1 1 Ng3 a6 1 2 Qa4 b5 Qc7 16 Qbl°o -Grob) 12 Qxc8
1 3 Qe4 Qxe4 14 Nxe4 Nd4 15 Rxc8 13 Nxd4 exd4 14 b4 ±
Kd1 Bb7 16 f3 Rc8 1 7 b3 Bb4 1 8 Bloodgood-Sanderson, corr. 1 973]
Bb2 0-0 Bloodgood-Stroemer, 8 Bxd5 [8 Qxd5] Nd4 9 Qc4 [9
corr. 1 97 2 Bxf7+? Ke7 10 Qc4 b5J
Ala) 9 ... b5
1 g 4 d6 2 Bg2 e 6 8 e 4 e ft 4 Alb) 9 . . . Nc2+
exd6 exd6 6 Qb8 Ne7 8 N e 8 A1c) 9 ...Be6

Ala) 9 ... b5 10 Bxf7+ [10 Bc6+ -

see game 37J Ke7 1 1 Qd5 Black
can play:
AlaI ) 1 1 ...Nc2+
A1a2) 1 1 ...Qc7

AlaI) 1 1 . ..Nc2+ 12 Kd1 [12 Kfl

Nxa1 13 Qxa8 Qc7 threatening
14 ... Qxc1 +J Nxa1 13 Qxa8 Qc7
[threatening 14 ... Qc2+ 15 Ke1
Qxc1 mateJ 14 Qe4 [14 Bb3 - see
The most common reply i s 6 ...e4. game 38] Kxf7 [14 ...Bb7 15 Qf5!
Other moves are: Bc8 (Bxh1 16 Qe6+ Kd8 1 7 Qe8
A) 6 ... Nbc6 mate) 16 Qb1 Kxf7 17 Nf3 Bxg4
B) 6 ... d4 1 8 Ng5+ Kf6 19 Ne4+ Kf5 20
C) 6 ... Qd7 Ng3+ and 21 Qxa1 J
D) 6 ...Be6 A1ala) 1 5 Qf3+
E) 6 ...Bxg4 Ala1b) 1 5 Nf3
Ala1c) 1 5 f3
A) 6 . . . Nbc6 White can play:
AI) 7 Nxd5 A1ala) 15 Qf3+ Ke8 16 Qc3
A2) 7 Bxd5 Qxc3 17 bxc3 Bxg4 18 Bb2 Be6
A3) 7 Nf3 19 Bxa1 Bxa2 20 d3=
A4) 7 h3
A5) 7 e3 15 Nf3 Bb7 [15 ... Bd6 16 Ng5 +
Ke7 1 7 Qb1 RfS] 16 Qf5+ Ke8 1 7
AI) 7 Nxd5 Nxd5 [7 ... Nd4 Qb 1 Bxf3 18 exf3 Qc6 +
(7 ... Rb8? 8 Nxe7 Nxe7 9 Qb5+

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1 5 f3? BeB 1 6 Qb1 Nb3 [16 ... Be7 e3 N4c6 10 d4] 9 e3 N4c6 10 d4
17 Qxa1 Re8 1 8 Qb1 Kf8 1 9 b3] g6 [10 ... exd4]1 1 dxe5 Nxe5 12
17 axb3 Be7 (threatening Nxd5 Bg7 13 Ne2 0-0 14 e4 b5
18 ... Re8) 0- 1 Bobzin-Nordal, 15 Bg5 f6 16 Be3 ::!:: Grob­
eorr. Glauser, eorr.

A1a2) 1 1 ...Qe7 12 Qxa8 Kxf7 ! 1 3 A4b) 7 ... d4 8 Nd5 [8 Ne4 Qe7]

Qd5+ [13 Nf3? Bb7 14 Qxa7 Be5 Na5 [8 ... Be6? 9 Qxb7 (threaten-
15 Nxe5+ Ke6 0- 1 Jaesehe­ ing 10 Nf6+ gxf6 11 Bxe6+) Rb 8
Triebskorn, Germany eorr. 1978] 10 Ne7+ Kd7 1 1 Nxe6 Kxe6
Ke8 14 Nf3 [14 Qa8 Ne2+] Bb7 ( 1 1 ...Rxb7 12 Nxd8) 12 Qa6] 9
15 Qxe5 Qxe5 16 Nxe5 Bxhl 17 Qf3 Ng6 10 h4 Nxh4 [10 ...Bd6]
Kd1 Bd5 = + 11 Rxh4 Qxh4 12 Ne7+ Ke7 1 3
Nxa8
Alb) 9 ... Ne2+ 10 Qxe2 Qxd5
Van der Heijden-de Vroome, Hol­ A5) 7 e3 Be6 8 Qxb7 Rb8 9 Qa6
land 1 980 Nb4 10 Qa4+ Bd7 1 1 Qd1 [1 1
Qxa7 Nee6] d4 1 2 exd4 exd4 1 3
Ale) 9 ... Be6 10 Bxe6 fxe6 1 1 Kf1 Ne4 Qc7 [13 ... d3?? 14 Nd6 mate)
[ 1 1 Qa4+ ( 1 1 Nf3? Re8) b5 12 14 Kfl Bb5+ 15 d3 Nxd3 !f
Qd1 Re8 13 Kfl Qd5 1 4 Nf3 Ne2 Erwin-Stroemer, 1973
15 RbI Qxa2 +] Re8 12 Qd3 Be5
13 Nf3 0-0 14 Qe4? Nxf3 15 exf3 B) 6 ... d4
Qh4 + (0- 1 , 25) Adamezyk­ B1) 7 Bxb7
Felbeeker, eorr. 1 974 B2) 7 Nd5
B3) 7 Ne4
A2) 7 Bxd5 Nxd5 8 Qxd5 Bxg4
van der Heiden-van der Heuvel, B1) 7 Bxb7 Bxb7 8 Qxb7 Nbe6 9
Holland 1979 Nb5 [9 Ne4 Rb8 10 Qa6 Qd5]
Rb8 White's choices are:
A3) 7 Nf3 e4 8 Ng5 [8 Ng1 Bxg4 Bla) 10 Qa6
9 Qxb7 Rb8 10 Qa6 Nb4 1 1 BIb) 10 Nxa7
Qa4+ Bd7 1 2 Qd1 f5] f6 [8 . . . h6 9 B1e) 10 Ne7+
Nxf7? Kxf7 10 Bxe4 Nd4] 9 d3
fxg5 10 Bxg5 Qb6 1 1 Qxb6 axb6 B1a) 10 Qa6 Rb6 1 1 Qa4 Qb8 1 2
12 dxe4 dxe4 13 0-0-0 Bxg4 (0- Na3 Rb4 13 Qc2 g6 1 4 g5?! Bg7
1 , 36) Sommerhalder-Grob, eorr. 15 Nf3 d3! 16 exd3 Rf4 17 Qd l
0-0 1 8 Nc2 Rd8 1 9 Qe2 Qd6 20
A4) 7 h3 h4 Qe5 21 Kdl?! [21 Ne3] Rxf3!
A4a) 7 ... Nd4 22 Qxf3 Qxe2+ 23 Kxe2 Nd4+
A4b) 7 . . . d4 24 Kd1 Nxf3 25 Rh3 Rxd3 0- 1
Du bni-Arboseelli, con. 1 981
A4a) 7 ... Nd4 8 Qd1 a6 [8 ... f5 9

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 BIb) 10 Nxa7 Nxa7 1 1 Qxa7 Nc6 Nb4!? -DubiniJ 9 h3 [9 Qf3 g6
1 2 Qb7 Bd6 13 d3 Nb4 1 4 Qb5+ (9 . . . Nb4 10 Kfl ) 10 a3 Bg7 1 1 d3
. Qd7 15 Qxd7+ Kxd7 16 Kd8 ± 0-0 (1 1...Na5 12 Qd5) 12 h4 h6
Burk-Harmon, Dayton 1 980 13 Qg3 Qe6 14 g5 h5 15 Nf3 0-
O=J g6 10 a3 [10 e3 Bg7 1 1 Ne2
B1c) 10 Nc7+? Kd7 Be6 1 2 Qa4 Qd7 13 exd4 Bd5 1 4
0-0 Bxg2 1 5 Kxg2 exd4 1 6 d3
B 2) 7 Nd5 0-0 17 Ng3 Qd5+ 18 f3 Ne5 1 9
B2a) 7 ... Nbc6 Q d 1 Qb5 + Grob-N.N, corrJ Be6
B2b) 7 ... Nxd5 1 1 Bd5 Bxd5 12 Qxd5 Rd8 1 3
B2c) 7 ...Be6 Qe4 Bg7 14 d 3 0-0 15 g 5 f5 1 6
gxf6 Qxf6 17 Nf3 Qf7 18 Bg5 Bf6
B2a) 7 ... Nbc6 White's choices 19 h4 Rc8= (lh-Ih, 29)
are: Bloodgood-Monroe, 1973
B2a1) 8 d3
B2a2) 8 Nxe7 B2b) 7 ... Nxd5 8 Bxd5 Qc7 9 Nf3
h6 [9 ...Bd6?! 1 0 Ng5 0-0 1 1 Qd3
B2a1) 8 d3 g6 12 Qh3 h5 13 Qd3 Kg7 1 4
B2a1 a) 8 ... Na5 gxh5 Bf5 15 Qf3 f6? (15 ... Nc6) 1 6
B2a1b) 8 ... Rb8 Ne6+ Bloodgood-Brogan, 1972J
B2a1c) 8 ... Nxd5 10 Rgl Nc6 11 d3 Bb4+ 12 Kd1
B2a1d) 8 ...Be6 +=

B2ala) 8 ... Na5 9 Qb5+ [9 Qa4+ B2c) 7 ... Be6 8 Qb5+ Nbc6?!
Bd7 10 Qd1 Bxg4J Bd7 10 Qc5 [8 ... Bd7 (8 ... Nec6 9 e4) 9 Qxb7
Nec6 1 1 Qe2 Be6 [ 1 1 . . . Qb5?? 12 Bc6 10 Nc7+ Kd7 1 1 Bxc6+
Ncb4 wins the QueenJ 12 e4 dxe3 Nbxc6 12 Nxa8J 9 Nxe7 Qxe7?
13 Nxe3 Nb4! and 14 ... Nxd3 [9 ... Bxe7J 10 Bxc6+ bxc6 1 1
QxeB+ 1-0 Bloodgood­
B2a1 b) 8 . . . Rb8 9 Nxe7 Nxe7 10 Brenneman, 1 973
Qb5+ Bd7 1 1 Qxe5 Bxg4 12 Bf4;
B3) 7 Ne4 Ng6 8 Ng3 [8 Nc3 Ne6
B2alc) 8 ... Nxd5 9 Bxd5 Qc7 10 9 h3 Nf4 10 Be4 Qc7 1 1 e3 Ne6J
h3 Bd6 11 Nf3 0-0 12 Bd2 Kh8 Ne6 9 h3 Nf4 10 Bxc6+ [10 Be4
13 Ret f6 Qe7 1 1 e3 Ne6J bxc6 1 1 e3 Ne6
=+
B2ald) 8 ... Be6 9 Qxb7 Rb8 10
Nc7+ Kd7 11 Nxe6+ Kxe6 12 C) 6 . . . Qd7 - see game 3 9
Qa6
D) 6 ... Be6? 7 Qxb7 Nbc6 8 Nb5
B2a2) 8 Nxe7 Qxe7 [8 ... Bxe7 9 h3 Re8 9 Nf3 a6 10 Qxa6 Nb4? 1 1
0-0 10 a3 Be6 1 1 Qxb7 Bd5 12 Nd6+ Kd7 [ 1 1 ...Qxd6 1 2 Qxd6
. Bxd5 Qxd5 1 3 Rh2 Rab8 14 Qa6 Nec6 13 Qxe6+ +-] 1 2 Nxe5+

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Kc7 1 3 Nb5+ Kb8 14 Qa7 mate Nc6 12 Qa4 Qd6 1 3 h 3 0-0 1 4
1-0 Braune-Rupprecht, Aachen Be3 Bd7 (threatening 1 5 . . . Nb4,
1956 16 ... Nc2+, and 17 ... Nxal ) 15 Kfl
Rfe8 16 Rd1 Nb4 17 Qb3 Rxe4
E ) 6 ...Bxg4 7 Qxb7 Nbc6 8 Nxd5 18 a3 Be8 � Grob-Bucher, corr.]
Rc8 9 Nxe7 Nxe7 10 Qxa7 ± A) 8 11.6
.••

Bloodgood-Erwin, 1972 B) 8 ... Na6

C) 8 ...Nbc6
1 go( d6 2 Bg2 e6 8 co( c8 0( D ) 8 ... d2+
cxd6 cxd6 6 Qb8 Ne7 8 Nc8 E) 8 ... d4
eo( F) 8 ... dxe2
G) 8 ... Ng6

A) 8 ... a6
Al) 9 Rdl
A2) 9 Nxd5
A3) 9 0-0-0

A1 ) 9 Rdl Black can play:

Ala) 9 . . . Nbc6
Alb) 9 ... d4
Alc) 9 ... dxe2

Ala) 9 ... Nbc6 10 Rxd3 Na5

7 d3 [7 f3 exf3 8 Bxf3 Nbc6 9 [10 ... d4 - see 9 ... d4] 1 1 Qd1 [11
Nxd5 Nd4 10 Qa4+ Nec6 1 1 Ne3 Nxd5 Nxb3 12 Nc7 + Qxc7 13
Bd7 12 Qc4 Be7 1 3 Bd5 0- 0 14 Bxc7 threatening 1 4 Rd8 mate or
Nf3 Nxf3+ 1 5 exf3 Bh4+ 16 Kfl 14 axb3 or 14 Rxb3]
Qb6 17 Qb3 Nb4 18 Bc4 Bc6 Ala1) 1 1 ...Nc4
Silverman-Alexis, corr. 1988] A1a2) 1 1 . . .Be6
exd3 [7 ... Nbc6 (7 ... f5 - see ga.me Ala3 ) 1 1 ...Bxg4
40) 8 dxe4 Na5 9 Qb5+ Bd7 10
Qd3 dxe4 1 1 Nxe4 (11 Bxe4 Bc6 A1a1) 1 1 . . .Nc4 12 Bxd5 Nxd5
12 Nf3 Qxd3 13 Bxd3 Ng6 14 0- [12 . . . Nxb2 13 Bc6 Nxc6 14
o h5 15 g5 Rd8 16 Bxg6 fxg6 17 Rxd8+ Nxd8 15 Qb3 ± ] 13 Rxd5
Ne5 + = Bloodgood-Christy, Qe7 14 Qa4+ b5 15 Rxb5! axb5
corr. 1972) Ng6 12 Bd2 Qb6 13 16 Qxb5 ± Bloodgood-Christy,
Qc3 Nc6 14 Be3 Qd8 (14 ... Qb 4) 1 972
1 5 0-0-0 Rc8 16 Kb1 Nge5 17
Nf3 Grob-N.N., corr.] 8 Bf4! [8 A1a2) 1 1 ...Be6 12 Bxd5 [12 Nxd5
Nxd5 Nxd5 9 Bxd5 BbH 10 Nxd5 13 Bxd5 Bb4+ 14 Kfl
Qxb4 (10 Bd2 Bxd2+ 10 Kfl Bxd5 15 Rxd5 Qb6 16 Re5+ Be7
dxe2+ 1 1 Nxe2 0-0) Qxd5 1 1 e4 17 Be3 ± (1-0, 35) Grob-Glauser,
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corr.] Bxd5 13 Nxd5 Nxd5 14 A3a) 1 1 ...Nb4 12 Rd2 [12 Bf4?
Rxd5 Qb6 1 5 Be5 Bb4+ 16 Kfl Nxd3+ 13 exd3 dxc3] Rxb8 1 3
0-0 1 7 Nf3 (1-0, 50) Grob­ Nf3 Be6 14 Qd1 Qc7 15 Nxd4
Sommerhalder, corr. Nxa2 16 Kc2 Nxc3 17 Nxe6 fxe6
18 bxc3 += (1-0, 49) Grob­
A1a3) 1 1 ...Bxg4 12 Bxd5 Qb6 1 3 Sommerhalder, corr.
Nf3
A3b) 1 1 . . .Rxb8 12 Bxc6+ bxc6
Alb) 9 . . . d4 10 Rxd3 Nbc6 13 Qxb8 Bd6 14 Qa8 dxc3 1 5
Al b 1 ) 1 1 Bxc6+ Rxd6 Qxd6 16 Qxc8+ Ke7 1 7
A1b2) 1 1 e3 Qb7+ [ 1 7 Qxh8?? Qd2+ 18 Kb l
Qxb2 mate] and 18 bxc3
A1b1) 1 1 Bxc6+ Nxc6 12 Nf3
Bc5 1 3 Ne4 Bb4+ 14 Kfl Bxg4 B) 8 ... Na6 9 0-0-0
1 5 Nxd4 Nxd4 16 f3 Bh3+ 17
Kf2 Nxb3 0-1 D'Amico-Coco,
corr. 1981

A1b2) 1 1 e3 Ng6 [ 1 1 ...h6 1 2 Nge2

Ng6 13 Bxc6+ bxc6 14 Rxd4 ± ]
1 2 Bxc6+ bxc6 1 3 Rxd4 Qa5 1 4
Re4+ Be6 [ 1 4. . .Be7? 1 5 Bd6] 1 5
Rxe6 fxe6 16 Qxe6+ Ne7 1 7 Ne2
Rd8 18 Nd4 Qb6 1 9 0-0 + =

Ale) 9 ... dxe2 10 Ngxe2 Nbc6 1 1

Bxd5 Nxd5 12 Nxd5 Na5 1 3 B1) 9 ...Nc5
Qe3+ Be6 14 Nc7+ Qxc7 B2) 9 ... Nc7
[14 ... Ke7?? 15 Bg5+ f6 1 6 Qxe6 B3) 9 ... Ng6
mate] 1 5 Bxc 7 ± Grob-W. B4) 9 ... Qb6
Fischer, corr.
B1) 9 ... Nc5 10 Qb5+ Nc6 1 1
A2) 9 Nxd5 Nxd5 10 Bxd5 Bb4+ Nxd5 Qa5 12 Nc7+ ±
11 Kfl [ 1 1 Qxb4 Qxd5 12 e4 Bloodgood-Sanderson, 1973
Nc6!] 0-0 [1 1 . .. dxe2? 12 Nxe2
0-0 13 Rdl! Qe7 14 h3 +=] 12 B2) 9 ...Nc7? 10 Rxd3 Rb8 11
Rdl Qe7 1 3 Rxd3 Nc6 14 h3 + = Nb5 ! winning the exchange
Bloodgood-Monroe, corr. 1 973
B3) 9 ... Ng6 10 Bxd5 Qf6
A3) 9 0-0-0 Nec6 10 Rxd3 d4 [10 ...Nxf4 1 1 Qa4+ and 12 Qxf4]
11 Bxb8 [11 e3] 1 1 Be3 Bb4 12 Rxd3 Ne5 1 3 Rd4
A3a) 1 1 ...Nb4 Bc5 14 g5 Qf5 15 Rf4 Bxe3+ 16
A3b) 1 1 ...Rxb8 fxe3 Qd7 17 Nf3 Nc5 18 Qc2 ±

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Grob-Langemann, corr. e1 =Q+ 15 Rxe1 Qxe1+ 16 Bf!
b6 17 Qh3+ Qe6 18 NxhS Nf5
B4) 9 ... Qb6 (0- 1 , 26) Green-Di Salvio, corr.
B4a) 10 Qxb6 19S1
B4b) 10 Bxd5
C1b) 9 . . .d2+ 10 Kfl Na5?
B4a) 10 Qxb6 axb6 11 h3 Be6 12 [10 ... Ng6 11 Nc7 + Ke7
Rxd3 Nb4 1 3 Rd1 Nxa2+ 14 ( 1 1 ...Kd7? 12 Qxd5+ Bd6 13
Nxa2 Rxa2 15 Kb1 Ra5 16 Nf3 Qxd6 mate) 12 Qe3+ Be6?
Nc6 1 7 Ne5 Be7 Cova-Giazzi, (12 ...Kd7 13 NxaS) 13 Bg5+ f6
corr . 1982 14 Qxe6 mate] 1 1 Qa4 Ng6
[ 1 L. .Bd7?? 12 Nd6 mate] 12
B4b) 10 Bxd5 Qxb3 1 1 Bxb3 Nc7+ Ke7 1 3 Nxd5+ Ke6 14 Be7
Bxg4 12 Rxd3 Nc5 13 Ba4+ Nc6 Qd7 [14 ... Qg5 15 Nf3 Qh6 16
14 Re3+ Be7 (lh-lf.., 2 1 ) Vetro­ Nd4 mate] 15 Qe4+ Ne5 16 Qxe5
Giani, corr. 1 982 mate 1-0 Grob-Wiedemeier,
corr.
C) 8 . . . Nbc6
C1) 9 Nb5 C2) 9 0-0-0 Qb6 10 Nb5 Qc5+
C2) 9 0-0-0 1 1 Kb1 Qc2+ 12 Qxc2 dxe2+ 1 3
Kxc2 Nb4+ 1 4 Kb1 Na6 1 5
C 1 ) 9 Nb5 Nd6 + =: (1-0, 29) Beck-Bleisch,
Zurich 1964

D) S . . . d2+ 9 Kfl Black can play:

C1a) 9 ... Qa5+

C1b) 9 ... d2+

C1a) 9 ... Qa5+ 10 Kfl Bxg4 D1) 9 ... Qb6

[10 ... Ng6 1 1 Nc7+ Kd8 12 Bg3 D2) 9 ... d4
RbS 13 Nxd5 Ra8 14 Be7+] 1 1 D3) 9 ...Ng6
Nd6+ Kd7 1 2 Nxf7 [ 1 2 Qxb7+]
Bxe2+ 13 Nxe2 dxe2+ 14 Kg1 D1) 9 ... Qb6 10 Nb5 Na6
[14 Kxe2?? Nd4+ and 15 ... Nxb3] [10 ...Ng6 11 Nc7 + KdS

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( 1 1 . .. Ke7? 1 2 Nxd5+ ! ) 1 2 Qxd5+ Qf5+ Ke7 (12 . . .Kc7 1 3 NcS+
Bd7 13 Nxa8 Qxb2 14 Bc7+ Kc8 Bd6 14 Bxd6+) 13 Qxf7 mate
15 RdlJ 1 1 Nd6+ Kd7 12 Nxf7 1-0 Grob-Wiedemeier, corr.] 10
Qxb3 1 3 axb3 Rg8 14 Bxd2 Kfl Be6 1 1 Qa4 Nec6 1 2 Nc7 +
Grob-Gubelmann, corr. Kd7 13 Nxa8 :!: Grob­
Sommerhalder, corr.
D2) 9 ... d4 10 Nb5 Na6 1 1 Nd6+
Kd7 1 2 Qb5+ Ke6 13 Qe5+ Kd7 F) 8 ...dxe2 9 Ngxe2 Ng6 10 Bxd5
14 Nxf7 :!: Bloodgood-Erwin, Qd7 11 Bg3 Nc6 [1 L..Bd6? 12
1 972 Bxd6 Qxd6 13 Bxf7+J 12 0-0-0
Bc5 [12 ... Bb4? 13 Bxc6) 13 Ne4
D3) 9 ... Ng6 10 Bg3 [10 Bxd5 Bb6? [13 ... Bb4J 1 4 Bxf7+
Nxf4 1 1 Qa4+ Nd7 12 Qxf4 Nf6 Grob-Kast, corr.
13 Bf3 Bd6 1 4 Qxd2 Nxg4 1 5
Bxg4 Bxg4 16 Rd1 Qe7 1 7 Nb5 G) 8 ...Ng6 9 Bxd5 Nxf4 10 Qa4+
+= Bloodgood-Stroemer, 1973J Nd7 [10 ... Qd7 11 Qxf4 dxe2 1 2
d4 1 1 Nb5 [1 1 Bxb7?! Bxb7 12 Ngxe2 Bd6 (12 ... Nc6) 1 3 Bxf7+!
Qxb7 dxc3 1 3 bxc3 d1-Q+ 14 Grob-Huber, corrJ 1 1 Qxf4 Nf6
Rxdl Qxd1 + 1 5 Kg2 Qd7 16 White can play:
Qxa8 Qc6 + 1 7 Qxc6 Nxc6 1 8 Nf3 G1) 12 Bf3
Bc5 1 9 Rdl Ke7 ":f Stroemer­ G2) 1 2 Qe5+
Bloodgood, 1 973J Na6 12 Bd5
Qd7 1 3 Nf3 Bc5 14 Qc4 0-0 1 5 G 1 ) 12 Bfa d2+ 13 Kfl Bd6
Ng5 Black can now play: [13 ... Qb6 14 Rdl Qxb2 15 Qe3+
D3a) 1 5 ... Qe7 Be6 16 Rxd2 :!: Grob-Blatti, corr.)
D3b) 1 5 ... Nh8 14 Qxd2 0-0 15 g5 Ne8 16 Rd1
Qe7 17 Nb5 Bb8 18 Qd8 Qxd8 1 9
D3a) 15 ... Qe7 16 h4 [16 Ne4 Ne5 Rxd8 :!: Bloodgood-Leonard, 1 973
17 Bxe5 Qxe5 18 h3 Be6 19 Bxe6
Qxe4 20 Bd5 Qe7 Davide­ G2) 1 2 Qe5+ Qe7 1 3 Qxe7+
Pasarella, corr. 1981J Bxg4 17 Bxe7 14 g5 Nxd5 15 Nxd5 Bd8
Ne4 Rac8 1 8 f3?! [18 Rd1J Be6?! 16 e4 [16 f4 (16 exd3 Be6) Be6 1 7
[18 . . . Bh3! 19 Rxh3 Bb4j 19 Kf2 Nc3 dxe2] Be6 1 7 Nf3 Bxd5 18
d3+j 1 9 Kg1 d3+J 1 9 Bxe6 Qxe6 exd5 Ba5+ 1 9 Kd 1 0-0-0 20
20 Qxe6 fxe6 21 Bxd2 (�¥.z, 36) Rc1 + KbS 2 1 Ne5 Grob­
Cocozza-Marchioli, corr. 1981 Frankenstein, corr.

D3b) Nh8 1 6 b4 Bb6 17 Be4 Ng6

18 Bd6 += Bloodgood­
McKenna, corr. 1 973

E) 8 ... d4 9 Nb5 d2+ [9 ... Na6 10

Nd6+ Kd7 1 1 Qb5+ Nc6 12

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1 g4 d6 2 Bg2 e6 Ne7 10 Nbd2 Bxh3 1 1 Rxh3 Ng6
1 2 Nb3 Bb4+ 1 3 Kfl 0-0-0 1 4
a3 Be7 1 5 h5 Ngf8 16 Bd2 Qc7
Grob-Spielraum, corr.

A1a2) 4 ...Ne7 5 h4 Ng6 6 h5 Nf4

7 Bxf4 exf4 8 g6 hxg6 [8 ... Qg5? 9
gxf7+ Kxf7 10 Bf3J 9 hxg6 Rxhl
10 gxf7+ Kxf7 1 1 Bxhl Qh4 1 2
Bg2 Qh2 13 Kfl Bloodgood-H.
Evans, 1958

Ala3) 4 ...Bg4 5 h3 [5 h4 Bc5 6

Nd2 Qb6 7 Ndf3 Bxf2+ 8 Kfl
The main line is 3 c4. Other Bg3 (threatening 9 . . . Qf2 mate) 9
moves are: d4 Nd7 10 Bh3 Bxf3 1 1 Bxd7+
A) 3 g5 The Spike Kxd7 12 Nxf3 e4 13 Rh3 Qc7 14
B) 3 h3 The Short Spike Kg2?? exf3+ 0-1 Nilles­
C) 3 e4 Malevinsky, England 1 976J Bh5 6
Bxf3 Bxf3 [6 ... Bg6 7 Nc3 (7 h4)
A) 3 g5 Black can play: Bb4 1= Grob-Eggenberger, corrJ 7
AI) 3 . . . e5 Nxfa Nd7 8 e4 dxe4 9 dxe4 Qa5+
A2) 3 ...Bf5 10 c3 0-0-0 11 b4 Qc7 12 Qb3
A3) 3 ... g6 f6 13 Bea Kb8 14 Nbd2 Grob­
A4) 3 ... h6 Denring. corr.

AI ) 3 ... e5 Ala4) 4 ... Bb4+ 5 c3 [5 Bd2

Ala) 4 d3 Qxg5!J Be7 6 h4 f6 7 Nf3 [7 gxf6
Alb) 4 h4 Bxf6J Bg4 8 Nh2 Bh5

Ala) 4 d3 A1a5) 4 ... Bd6 5 h4 Ne7 6 c4 dxc4

AlaI) 4 . . .Be6 7 dxc4 Be6 8 b3 Nf5 9 Bb2 h6 10
Ala2) 4 ... Ne7 Nf3 e4 11 Nd4 Bb4+ 1 2 Kfl c5
Ala3) 4 ... Bg4 13 a3 cxd4 14 axb4 hxg5 1 5 Bxe4
Ala4) 4 . . .Bb4+ Qf6 (0- 1 , 44) W Clark-K Jones,
Ala5) 4 . . .Bd6 corr. 1 978

AlaI) 4 ...Be6 5 h4 [5 Nc3 Bc5 6 Alb) 4 h4

e4 Ne7 7 h4 Nd7 8 Qe2 d4 9 Nd1 Alb 1 ) L.Bd6
Bd6 10 Bh3 Nf8 11 f4 exf4 12 A1b2) 4 ...Be6
Qf2 Qa5+ 13 Kfl Qc5 14 a3= Alb3) 4 ... g6
Grob-Bischoff, corrJ Bc5 6 Nf3 Alb4) L.h6
Nd7 7 e4 Qb6 8 Qe2 d4 9 Bh3 Alb5) 4 . . .f5

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 Alb6} 4 ... Bc5 Bxh3 1 1 dxe5 Bc7 t 2 Qd4 Bb6 1 3
Al b7} 4 ... Bf5 e6 Qxe6 1 4 Qxg7 Bg2 - + (0- 1 ,
Alb8} 4 ... Bg4 19) J . Johnson-D. Leach, cones.
Alb9} 4 ...f6 1977] Nd7 8 Nc3 Qb6 9 Qf3 0-0
10 Bh3 Bxh3 11 Qxh3 Qc7 1 2
A lbl} 4 ...Bd6 5 d3 [5 e4 d4 Nf3 Nc5 1 3 Nh4 :!: Grob-Branner,
(5 ... dxe4 6 Nc3 f5 7 gxf6 Nxf6 8 corr.
Nxe4 0-0 9 d3 Nxe4 1 0 Bxe4
Nd7 1 1 Bg5 Nf6 Grob-Deuring, A1blb3) 6 ... 0-0 7 Nc3 Be6
corr.) 6 d3 Be6 7 Ne2 Ne7 8 f4 g6 [7 ... d4 8 Nce2 f5 9 gxf6 Rxf6 10
9 fxe5 Bxe5 10 Bf4 Nd7 1 1 Nd2 h5 Qf8 1 1 f3 a5 1 2 Bg5 Rf7
Qc7 12 Bxe5 Nxe5 13 Nxd4 Bg4 Grob-David] 8 Bd2 [8 h5 (8 Bh3 -
14 N4f3 Nxf3+ 1 5 Nxf3 Qg3+ 1 6 see game 41) Nd7 9 Nf3 d4 10
Kfl 0-0-0 1 7 Qe1 + = Grob­ Ne2 c5 11 Ng3 g6 1 2 Nh4 Qc8 13
Silberring, corr.] b3 Rb8 1 4 Bh3 Bxh3 1 5 Rxh3 b5
AlbIa} 5 ...Be6 16 Qg4 Nb6 =+ (0- 1 , 36) Grob­
Alblb) 5 ... Ne7 Sempert, corr.] Nd7 [8 ... b6 9
AlbIc} 5 ... Bg4 Nce2 Nd7 10 Ng3 g6 1 1 h59+­
Albld} 5 ...f5 Grob-N.N., corr] 9 h5 d4 10 Nce2
c5 [10 ...Re8] 1 1 Bh3 Bxh3 1 2
AlbIa} 5 ...Be6 - see 4 ...Be6 Nxh3 b 5 1 3 Ng3 f5 1 4 exf5 Nxf5
1 5 Qg4 += Grob-Wild, corr.
Alblb) 5 . . . Ne7 6 e4
Alblbl} 6 ... d4 AlbIc) 5 ...Bg4 6 Nd2 [6 Bh3 Bh5
Al bl b2} 6 ...Be6 7 c4 dxc4 8 dxc4 Bb4+ 9 Bd2
Alblb3} 6 ... 0-0 Na6 10 Nc3 Qd4 11 Qb3 Rd8 1 2
Rdl Bxc3 1 3 Bxc3 Qxd l + 1 4
Alblbl} 6 . . . d4 7 Nd2 [7 Bh3 Qxd1 Rxd1 1 5 Kxd1 f6 1 6 f3
Bxh3 8 Nxh3 0-0 9 Qg4 Qd7 Ne7= Grob-N.N., corr.] f5 7 f3
[9 ... Qc8] 10 Qg3 :!: Grob-David, Bh5 8 e4 fxe4 9 dxe4 dxe4 10
corr.] Bb4 8 a3 Ba5 9 b4 Bc7 10 Nxe4 Bb4+ 11 Bd2 Na6 1 2 c3
Bh3 Ng6 [10 ...Bxh3 1 1 Nxh3 0-0 Ba5 13 Qb3 Nc5 14 Qc4 Nd3+
12 f4 exf4 13 Qg4 f5 14 gxf6 15 Kfl Nxb2 16 Qe6+ Qe7 1 7
Rxf6 1 5 Nf3 Rg6 1 6 Nhg5 h6 1 7 Nd6+ Kf8 1 8 Qf5+ Nf7 1 9 Nxf7
h5 Rf6 1 8 Ne6 1-0 Bloodgood­ Qxf7 20 Qxf7 + Kxf7 21 RbI Nc4
Brown, 1 969] 1 1 Nfl Nf4 12 Bxf4 22 Rxb7 + Kf8 23 Bel += (1-0,
gxf4 1 3 Qf3 0-0 14 Bxc8 Qxc8 39) Bloodgood-Lewis, 1961
1 5 Nh3 f5 1 6 Nd2 fxe4 1 7 Nxe4
Qf5 = + (0- 1 , 35) Bloodgood­ A1b1d) 5 ... f5 6 Nd2 Be6 7 e4 Ne7
Meyerhofer, corr. 8 Qh5+ Bf7 9 Qe2 Nd7 10 h5
Qc7 11 c3 0-0-0 1 2 Ngf3 Nc5 1 3
A1blb2} 6 ... Be6 7 h5 [7 Nc3 Na6 Nh4 (lh-Y.z, 42) Fewell-Phillips,
8 Bh3 Qd7 9 d4 0-0-0 10 Nf3 Maryl and 1 980

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Al b2) 4 ... Be6 5 d3 Bd6 6 e4 Ne7 A1 b5a) 5 d3
7 Nc3 [7 Nd2 Qc7 (7 ... 0-0 - see Al b5b) 5 d4
game 42) 8 Nfl Nd7 9 Ng3 g6 10 Al b5c) 5 gxf6
Bd2 0-0-0 1 1 Qe2 Qb6 1 2 b3 d4
1 3 Nh3 Qc7 1 4 0-0 Vetro-Giani, Alb5a) 5 d3 Bc5 [5 ... Bd6 6 e4
corr. 1981] Nd7 [7 ... f5 8 gxf6 fxe4 7 dxe4 d4j 6 . . . dxe4 7 dxe4
gxf6 9 Qh5 + ± Grob-N.N., corr.] f4j 6 ... Ne7] 6 e3 Bb6 7 b3 Be6 8
8 Bh3 Bxh3 9 Nxh3 d4 10 Ne2 £5 Bb2 Nd7 9 Qe2 Ne7 [9 ... Qe7 ] 10
1 1 exf5 Nxf5 12 Ng3 Nxg3 f4 Qc7 1 1 Nd2 0-0 12 h5 Rfe8
p 2 ... Nxh4 1 3 Qh5+ Ng6 14 Ne4] 1 3 Nh3 c5 14 fxe5 Nxe5 1 5 Nf4
13 fxg3 Qe7 14 Qh5+ g6 1 5 Qg4 Qd6 16 0-0-0 Mani-Grob, corr.
Rf8 1 6 Bd2 e4 =+ (0- 1 , 36)
Grob-Roesler, corr. Alb5b) 5 d4 e4 6 Bf4 Bd6 7 Nh3
Ne7 8 h5 Be6 9 c3 Qc7 10 e3 Nd7
Al b3) 4 ... g6 5 d3 Bg7 [5 ... h5 6 e4 1 1 Nd2 c5 12 Rcl b5 13 Bxd6
d4 7 Ne2 c5 8 f4 exf4 9 Bxf4 Nc6 Qxd6 14 Nf4 c4 15 a3 a5= (lh-Ih,
10 Nd2 Be6 Grob-N.N., corr.] 6 44) Grob-Blatti, corr. 1 966
h5 gxh5 7 Rxh5 Bg4 8 Rh4 Bf5 9
e4 dxe4 10 Bxe4 Bxe4 1 1 Rxe4 Al b5c) 5 gxf6 Nxf6 6 d3 Bc5 7 e3
Nd7 1 2 Be3 f5 1 3 Qh5+ Kf8 14 Be6 8 Ne2 Nbd7 9 d4 Bb6 10
Rh4 h6 15 g6 Bloodgood-Lundy, Nd2 Qe7 11 Nb3 0-0-0 1 2 dxe5
1 967 Nxe5 13 Nf4 Bf5 14 Nd4 Bxd4 15
Qxd4 b6 1 6 Qa4 Kb7 1 7 Bd2
A1b4) 4 ... h6 5 d3 [5 d4 e4 6 c4 Be4=+ Grob-Kast, corr.
Be7 7 Nh3 Bxh3 8 Bxh3 hxg5 9
hxg5 Kf8 -Welling] A1b6) 4 . . . Bc5 5 d3 Bg4 [d4?! 6
A1b4a) 5 ... Qb6 Nf3 Qd6 7 Nbd2 Be6 8 Ne4 Qd5
A1b4b) 5 . . .Be7 (8 ... Qc7) 9 Nfd2 (threatening 10
A1 b4c) 5 ...Bg4 Nf6+ gxf6 1 1 Bxd5 +-) Ke7 10
Kfl Bb6 11 Nc4 Nd7? 1 2 Ned6
A1b4a) 5 . . . Qb6 6 e4 Be7 7 Bh3 (12 ... Qc5 1 3 b4 Qxb4 1 4 c3 dxc3
Bxh3 8 Rxh3 Nbd7 9 Nc3 Bb4 15 Ba3j 14 ... Qxc3 1 5 Bd2j
Dubini-F. L arsen, corr. 1 98 1 14 . . .Qc5 15 Ba3) 1-0 Grob­
Sperling, corr.] 6 Nc3 [6 Nf3 Nd7
A1b4b) 5 ... Be7 6 Nf3 Bf5 7 Nc3 7 Nc3 h6 8 e4 hxg5 9 hxg5
hxg5 8 hxg5 Rxhl+ 9 Bxh1 Nbd7 Rxh1 + 10 Bxh1 d4 1 1 Ne2 Ne7
10 e4 dxe4 1 1 Nxe4 Bg4 =+ 1 2 Nh2 Be6 13 f4 exf4 14 Nxf4
Dubini-Pannullo, corr. 1 981 Qc7 1 5 Qe2 Bb4+ 1 6 Kfl 0-0-0
Teichmann-Whitely, London
A1 b4c) 5 ...Bg4 6 Nf3 Nd7 - see 1978] b5 7 Nf3 Nd7 8 Nxe5
game 43 Bxf2+ 9 Kxf2 Nxe5 10 d4 Nc4 1 1
b3 Nd6 1 2 Qd3 £5 1 3 Nxd5 cxd5
A1b5) 4 ... f5 14 Bxd5 Rc8 15 c4 Ne7 16 Be6

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 Ne4+ 17 Kg2 bxc4 1 8 bxc4 Rb8 A2c) 4 ... e6
1 9 Ba3 Ng6 20 Qe3 Qc7 21 Bel
h5 22 gxh6 Rxh6 (Ih-Ih, 52) E. A2a) 4 ... Nd7 5 e4 dxe4 6 dxe4
Schwarz - Hohne, E. German 8g6 7 h4 h5 8 f4 e6 9 Be3 Qe7 10
corr. 1978 Qf3 Bd6 11 Nd2 Qa5 1 2 e3
Grob-Laux, corr.
A1 b7) 4 ... Bf5 5 e4 dxe4 6 Qe2
Qd4 7 Ne3 Nd7 8 Bxe4 BeB 9 A2b) 4 ... e5 5 h4 [5 Ne3 Be5 6 e4
; Nf3 Qb6 10 b3 0-0-0 1 1 Bb2 f5 Be6 7 Qe2 (7 h4 d4 8 Nee2 Ne7 9
1 2 gxf6 gxf6 1 3 Nh2 Nc5 14 0- Ng3 Qe7 10 Bh3 Nd7 1 1 Nf5
0-0 Ne7 1 5 h5 Bh6 1 6 Ng4 Bg5 Nxf5 1 2 exf5?! Bd5 13 Nf3 f6 1 4
17 Bg2 Rhg8 18 Bh3 Rd4 19 Ne3 Rgl 0-0-0 (0- 1 , 20) Bloodgood­
Bxh3 20 Rxh3 Ne6 21 Nc4 Qd8 Greiner, eorr. 1 975) Ne7 8 h4 d4
22 Qe1 Nf4 23 Rh2 Ned5=+ (0- 9 Nd1 Bb4+ 10 c3 dxc3 1 1 bxc3
1 , 52) Resch-Fahrendholz, E. Ba5 1 2 Nf3 Nd7 13 h5 Qe7 1 4
German eorr. 1 978 Bd2 0-0-0 1 5 Bh3 g 6 16 Bxe6
fxe6 1 7 h6 += (1-0, 35) Grob­
A1 b8) 4 ... Bg4 5 c4 [5 d3 Be5 - Weber, corr.]
see 4 ... Bc5 5 d3 Bg4] d4 [5 ... dxc4
6 Qc2 Nd7 7 Qxc4 BeB 8 Qc2
Ne7 9 Nc3 Nf5 10 Nf3 van der
Heiden- Kuijpers, Holland 1 980]
6 Qb3 Qe7 7 Bh3 Bd7 8 Qf3 a5 9
d3 Na6 1 0 Bxd7+ Qxd7 1 1 b3
Ne7 1 2 Nd2 Nf5 13 Ne4 Bb4+ 14
Bd2 Bxd2+ 1 5 Kxd2 0-0-0 1 6
Qh3 h 5 1 7 Nf3 Rhe8 18 Rhel ( 1 -
0, 41) Naif - Hernandez-Magrigal,
corr. 1980

A1b9) 4 ... f6 5 e4 [5 d3 Be6 6 e4 A2b 1 ) 5 ... Qb6

d4 7 f4 Na6 8 f5 Bf7 9 Qg4 Qd7 A2b2) 5 ... Qe7
10 Bh3 Nc7 1 1 Nf3 0-0-0 12 h5 A2b3) 5 ... Nd7
Kb8 13 g6 (lh-Ih, 27) Bloodgood­
Melissakis, eorr. 1 975] d4 6 d3 A2b1 ) 5 ... Qb6 6 e4 dxe4 7 dxe4
Bb4+ 7 Nd2 Be6 8 a3 Be7 9 Nc4 Be6 [7 ...Bxe4? 8 Bxe4 Qb4 9 Ne3]
Nd7 10 Bh3 Bf7 1 1 b4 Qc7 12 8 Nd2 Be5 9 Qe2 Ne7 10 Ngf3
Qg4 0-0-0 13 f4 Kb8 (lh-Ih, 39) Bg4 1 1 Ne4 Qc7 12 Be3 Bxe3 1 3
Ahrens-Probasco, Wisconsin 1979 Qxe3 0-0 14 0-0-0 f5 1 5 Qb3
fxe4? [15 ... Kh8] 16 Nfxe5! Bxd1
A2) 3 ...Bf5 4 d3 1 7 Nb6+ Nd5 1 8 Nxd5 cxd5 1 9
A2a) 4 ... Nd7 Qxd5+ Kh8 2 0 Rxd1 (1-0, 32)
A2b) 4 ... e5 Bloodgood-Trefzer, corr.

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A2b2) 5 ... Qc7 6 e4 dxe4 7 dxe4 1 982
Be6 8 Qe2 Bc5 9 Bh3 Bxh3 10
Nxh3 Nd7 11 Nd2 0-0-0 1 2 Nb3 A4b) 4 h4 hxg5 5 hxg5 Rxhl 6
Bb6 13 Bd2 Nc5 14 Nxc5 Bxc5 Bxhl Qd6 7 Nf3 Bg4 8 d3 e5 = +
15 0-0-0 Grob-Luterbuch, corr. -BCO

A2b3) 5 ... Nd7 6 Bh3 Be6 7 Nc3 B) 1 g4 d6 2 Bg2 e8 3 h3

Bc5 8 e4 Bxh3 9 Nxh3 Ne7 1 0
Qf3 Nf8 1 1 Bd2 Ne6 1 2 Ne2 Qb6
13 0-0-0 Rf8 14 h5 f5 15 gxf6
Rxf6 Grob-Kessler, corr.

A2c) 4 ... e6 5 Nf3 [5 Nc3 Nd7 6

e4 Bg6 7 h4 f5 [7 ... h5J 8 h5 Bf7 9
g6 hxg6 1 0 hxg6 Rxh1 1 1 gxh7+J
Nbd7 6 Nbd2 Bd6 [6 ...Nc5 - see
game 44J 7 e4 Bg4 8 Nb3 h6 9 h4
hxg5 10 hxg5 Rxhl+ 1 1 Bxh1
Ne5 1 2 d4 Ng6 13 e5 Be7 14 Qd2
c5 15 Nh2 Bf5 16 f4 c5 17 Nc5 B1) 3 ...e5
Qc7= (�Ih, 54) Kwiesielewicz­ B2) 3 ...e6
Grob, corr. B3) 3 ...f5
B4) 3 ... Nf6
A3) 3 ... g6 4 d4 [4 d3 Nd7 5 e4 B5) 3 ... g5
Nc5 6 Nc3 Bg7 7 Nge2 dxe4 8 B6) 3 ... h5
Nxe4 Nxe4 9 Bxe4 h6 10 f4 e5 1 1 B7) 3 ... g6
fxe5 Bxe5 1 2 d4 Bg7°o GrobJ Bg7
5 Nf3 Nd7 6 Nc3 e5 7 e4 exd4 8 B l ) 3 ... e5 - see 1 g4 d5 2 h3 e5 3
Nxd4 dxe4 9 Nb3 f5 1 0 gxf6 Bg2 c6
Ngxf6 1 1 Qd6 Qe7 1 2 Qxe7 +
Kxe7 1 3 Nxe4 Nxe4 14 Bxe4 Re8 B2) 3 ...e6 4 e4 [4 d3 (4 d4) Bd6
1 5 0-0 Kf7 1 6 Bd3 Ne5 1 7 Be2 (4 ...Nf6 5 e4 dxe4 6 g5) 5 Nf3 (5
Bh3 1 8 Rd1 Rad8 (0- 1 , 28) Nd2 h5) Ne7 (5 ... Nd7 - see game
Fewell-Hill, Maryland 1 980 45) 6 e4 (6 Nc3) Na6= MCO 1 2J
Nf6 5 e5 Nfd7 6 Nf3 c5 7 c3 Nc6
A4) 3 ... h6 White's choices are: 8 d4 f6 9 Bf41 [9 exf6J Qc7 10
A4a) 4 d4 Qe2 cxd4 1 1 cxd4 Bb4+ 12 Nc3
A4b) 4 h4 fxe5

A4a) 4 d4 hxg5 5 Bxg5 Nf6 6 B3) 3 ... f5 4 g5 [4 e3 e5 5 Nf3 Bd6

Nc3 Bf5 7 Bxf6 exf6 8 e4 dxe4 9 6 Nh2 Nh6 7 b3 Bloodgood­
Nxe4 Bxe4 10 Bxe4 Qe7 1 1 Qe2 Kenney, corr. 1975] e5 5 d3 h6 6
Rh4 1 2 f3 f5 Vetro-Crispi, corr. h4 f4 7 e4 hxg5 8 h5 g4 9 exd5 f3

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10 Bxf3 gxf3 1 1 dxc6 Nxc6 12 B6b) 4 g5 h4 1! [4 ... e5 5 h4 (5 d4
Qxf3 Qf6 1 3 Qg3 Bd6 14 Bg5 e4 6 Nc3; 6 f3?! f5 7 gxf6 Nxf6
Qf5 15 Nc3 ( 1-0, 42) Bloodgood­ =+) f5 6 d3 g6 7 b3 Rh7 8 Bb2
Bostic, 1 964 Qc7 9 Nbd2 Be6 10 e3 Nbd7 11
Nge2 Rf7 1 2 f4 Bd6 1 3 0-0 Qb6
B4) 3 ... NfB 4 c4 [4 g4] dxc4 5 14 d4 e4 1 5 Rab1 c5 16 c4 QcB
Na3 BeB B Qa4 [6 Qc2] Bd5 17 Rbc1 QbB 1 8 cxd5 Bxd5 19
[6 ... b5 (6 ... Qd4 7 d3) 7 Nxb5 Nc3 Grob-Nussle, corr.] 5 e4 dxe4
cxb5 8 Qxb5 + Bd7 9 Qb7 Nc6 10 [5 ... d4 6 d3 e5 7 Bf3 Be7 8 Bg4
Bxc6] 7 f3 b5 8 Qc2 e5 9 b3 cxb3 +=] 6 Nc3 Qa5 [6 ...Bf5 7 Bxe4
10 axb3 Bd6 1 1 Bb2 0-0 12 e4 +=] 7 Nxe4 Bf5 8 Nc3 e6 9 Be4
Be6 = + Bloodgood-Driscoll, [9 d3?! Bb4 =+] Nd7 10 Qe2
corr. 1975 Bb4 11 Bxf5 Qxf5 12 Ne4 0-0-0
13 a3 [13 c3?! Bf8 14 d4 e5 "']
B5) 3 ... g5 4 Nf3 [4 d4 h6 5 e3 Bf8 14 d3 Kb8= (��, 30)
Bg7 6 Nd2 (6 Nc3) Nd7 7 Ne2 e5 Skembris-Gheorghiu, Skopje 1984
8 c3 f5 9 Ng3 Ne7 1 0 gxf5 0-0
Grob-Ottomann, corr.] h5 [4 ... h6 B6c) 4 gxh5 Nf6 5 d4 Bf5 6 c4 e6
5 d4 Nbd7 6 Nc3 Bg7 7 e4 dxe4 8 7 Nc3 Nbd7 8 a3 Be7 [8 ...Bd6] 9
Nxe4 NgfB 9 Ng3 0-0 1 0 c3 Nb6 Bf4 Nxh5 10 Bh2 Qb6 1 1 b4
1 1 Qc2 Nbd5 12 Bd2 Giertz­ Ndf6 12 c5 Qd8 13 e3 Ne4 14
Burk, corr.] 5 gxh5 [5 Nxg5 e5! B Nge2 += Basman-Taulbut, Lon­
d3 f6 7 Nf3 hxg4 8 hxg4 Rxh1+ don 1981
9 Bxh 1 + Bxg4] Rxh5 6 d3 Bg7 7
Nbd2 [7 Nxg5? Rxg5 8 Bxg5 B7) 3 ... gB 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 d3 e5 B
Bxb2! 9 Nd2 Bxa1 10 Qxa1 f6] f5 Nc3 Ne7 7 e4 d4 8 Ne2 c5 9 c4
8 d4 e5 9 e4 exd4 10 Nxd4 g4 1 1 Nbc6 10 Ng3 h6 11 0-0 0-0 12
Nxf5 Bxf5 12 exf5 Qe7+ 13 Kfl Ne1 Kh7 13 h4 BeB 14 f4 exf4 1 5
RxfS 1 4 hxg4 Rf7 1 5 Nf3 Nd7 1 6 Bxf4 Ne5 1 6 g 5 Bg4 17 Qd2 h5
Bg5 Ngf6 1 7 Nd4 0-0-0 18 Qd3 18 Nf3 N7c6 19 Ne2 Nxf3+ 20
+= (1-0, 32) Grob-Marti, corr. Bxf3 Qd7 21 Bg3 Bxf3 22 Rxf3
Ne5 +- (0- 1 , 34) Chaves-Ioseliani,
B6) 3 ... h5 Lucerne 1 982
BBa) 4 e4
B6b) 4 g5 C) 3 e4 NfB [3 ... dxe4 4 Nc3 Nf6 5
BBc) 4 gxh5 h3 and 6 Qe2 += Skembris] 4
exd5 Nxd5 5 d4 e6 B Ne2 Be7 7
B6a) 4 e4 dxe4 5 Nc3 hxg4 6 0-0 Qc7 8 c4 NfB 9 Ng3 b6 10
hxg4 Rxh1 7 Bxhl Qc7 [7 ... NfB 8 Nc3 Bb7 1 1 Qf3 Na6 1 2 Bf4 Bd6
g5 Bg4 9 Nce2 Nd5 10 Bxe4] 8 13 Nb5 cxb5 14 Qxb7 Qxb7 15
Bxe4 Qh2 [8 ... e5] 9 Kfl Nf6 10 f3 Bxb7 Rb8 1 6 BxaB Bxf4 17
e5 1 1 Qe2 Qg3 12 Qg2 Plattner­ Bxb5+ ± (1-0, 39) Tischer­
Grob, corr. Heinrich, corr. 1981

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1 g4 d6 :I Bg2 ee I e4 D) 3 NC6?! 4 g5 Ne4 5 d3 Nc5 6
.•.

b4 Nca6 7 b5 Nc7 8 Nc3 e6 9

Qa4 Bd7 10 Rb1 Be7 1 1 h4 0-0
12 Be3 (1-0, 28) Cunliffe­
Greenberg, Pittsburgh 1986

1 g4 d6 :I Bg:l e& 8 e.( dxc.(

The main line is 3 ... dxc4. Black

can also play:
A) 3 ... d4
B) 3 ... e6
C) 3 ... Bxg4
D) 3 ...NC6
The main line is 4 b3. Other
A) 3 ... d4 - see game 47 moves are:
A) 4 Na3
B) 3 . . .e6 B) 4 e3
B1) 4 b3 C) 4 g5
B2) 4 Qc2 D) 4 h3

B1) 4 b3 h5 5 gxh5 NC6 6 Bb2 A) 4 Na3 Bxg4 5 Nxc4 Nd7 6 d4

Nbd7 7 d3 Nxh5 8 cxd5 exd5 9 A1) 6 . . .e5
Qd2 NdC6 10 NC3 Bd6 1 1 Qe3+ A2) 6 ... e6
Be6 12 Ng5 Ng4 13 Nxe6 Nxe3
1 4 Nxd8 Nxg2+ 1 5 Kfl Kxd8 16 A1 ) 6 ... e5 7 dxe5 [7 Nxe5 Nxe5 8
Kxg2 (1-0, 47) Cunliffe-Harper, dxe5 Qa5+ (8 ...Bb4+ 9 Bd2) 9
Pittsburgh 1986 Bd2 Qxe5 10 Be3] Bb4+ 8 Kfl [8
Bd2 Qe7 9 f4 0-0-0] Nxe5 9 Bd2
B2) 4 Qc2 Nd7 5 d4 dxc4 6 Qxc4 Nxc4 10 Bxb4 Qxd1+ 11 Rxd1
Nb6 7 Qd3 NCS 8 g5 Bb4+ 9 Nc3 Ala) 1 1 . . .Nxb2
NCd5 10 e4 Nxc3 1 1 bxc3 BdS 1 2 Alb) 1 1 . . .Bd7
f4 Bc7 1 3 Ne2 e 5 14 f5 Grob­
Blatter, corr. Ala) 1 1 ...Nxb2 12 Rd4 Be6 1 3
Be3 Ne4 1 4 Rxc4 Bxc4 15 Bxg7
C) 3 . . .Bxg4 - see 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Rd8 [15 ... 0-0-0 1 6 Bh3+] 16
Bxg4 3 c4 c6 Bf3 [16 Bxh8!? Rdl mate] f6 1 7
Bh5+ Ke7 18 Bxh8 Bxa2 19 e4

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Alb) 1 1 . . .Bd7 1 2 b3 Nb6 1 3 Be3 A) 4 ... exb3 5 Qxb3
f6 14 e4 0-0-0 =+ Grob­ A1) 5 ... Qb6
Wettstein, eorr. A2) 5 ... Qd4
A3) 5 . . .NfS
A2) 6 ... e6 7 Qb3 Qe7 8 e4 Ngf6 9 A4) 5 ... e5
f3 Bh5 10 Ne2
A1 ) 5 ... Qb6 6 Qg3 followed by 7
B) 4 e3 e5 5 Na3 Bxa3 6 bxa3 Ne3 and S Rb1
Nf6 7 h3 0-0 S Bb2 Nbd7 9 Rcl
Qb6 10 Ba1 Re8 11 Rxe4 Ne5 12 A2) 5 ... Qd4 6 Ne3 [6 Bb2 Qb6]
d4 exd4 13 Bxd4 Qa5+ 14 Kfl Qxg4?! [6 ... Qb6 7 Qa4 and S
Nee4 15 Bxe4 Nxe4 16 Nf3 Be6 Rb1] 7 Bh3 Qg6 S BxeS Qg2 9
17 Re2 Rad8 lS Qb1 Qa6+ 1 9 Qxb7 Qxh1 10 Kfl [10 QxaS7?
Kg2 B d S 20 Kh2 bS? 21 Qb2 Nf6 Qxg1 mate) Qxh2 11 QxaS Qe7
22 Bxf6 Bxf3 23 Bxg7 Bxh1 24 12 Qb7 ±
Qf6! [threatening 25 Bh6 and 26
Qg7 mate) 1-0 Wall-Duncan, A3) 5 ... Nf6 6 g5 [6 h3 Na,6; 6
Dayton 1 984 Bb2 Qb6] Nd5 7 Bb2 Qb6 6 Bb2
Qb6
C) 4 g5 - see game 48
A4) 5 ... e5 White can play:
D) 4 h3 A4a) 6 Bb2
D l ) 4 e5
.•• A4b) 6 Ne3
D2) 4 ... Nf6
D3) 4 ... h 5 A4a) 6 Bb2
A4a1) 6 ... Qb6
D 1 ) 4 ...e 5 S Nf3 Bd6 6 Ne3 van A4a2) 6 ... Qe7
der Heiden-N.N., Holland 1979 A4a3) 6 ... Bd6
A4a4) 6 ...f6
D2) 4 ...Nf6 5 Ne3 e6 S Qa4 van
der Heiden-N.N., Holland 1 979 A4a1) 6 ... Qb6 7 Bxe5 Bxg4 S
Bxb8 Rxb8 [S ... Qxb3 9 axb3
D3) 4 ... h5 5 g5 e5 6 h4 Be6 7 Qe2 RxbS 10 Rxa7 ± ] 9 Qg3 RdS
Nd7 8 g6 [8 ... Bh3] f5 9 e4 Qf6 + [9 ... Qb2 (threatening . . . Qcl
Grob-Stuber, eorr. mate) 10 QxbS+ Ke7 11 f4 Qxa1
12 Qxb7+ Bd7 13 BxeS] 10 Ne3
1 g4 do 2 Bg2 e8 8 e4 dxeo4 4 [10 Qxg4 Qb2 threatening
b8 l 1 ...Qcl mate and 1 1 ...Qxa1] Nf6
A) 4 . . .exb3 11 Rb1 Qa6 12 e4 Be6 1 3 Nge2
B) 4 ... Qd4
C) 4 ...Bxg4 A4a2) 6 ... Qe7 7 Qe3 [7 Nf3 Bd6
D) 4 ... e3 S h3 Be6 9 Qe3 Nd7] Bd6 S Nf3
Bxg4 [S ... f6 - see game 49] 9

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Nxe5 Be6 10 Nxc6?! [10 ...Nc3] Rxb7 Bxa2
Nxc6 11 Bxg7 Nd4 12 Na3 Rc8
13 0-0 Nf5 14 NbS Bxh2+ 1 5 A4b2) 6 ...Nf6 7 g5 Nfd7 8 Nf3
Khl Qb8 1 6 Qa3 Nxg7 Grob­ Nc5 9 Qc2 Bd6 10 h4 [10 Ne4 -
Roesler, corr. see game 50] Qe7 1 1 Bb2 Nba6
12 Ne4 Nxe4 13 Qxe4 Be6 14
A4a3) 6 ...Bd6 7 Nf3 Nd7 8 d4 Qbl C6 l S d4 BdS 1 6 gxf6 gxf6
exd4 9 Bxd4 Ngf6 10 h3 Qe7 1 1 17 dxe5 BxeS 18 Bxe5 Bxf3 19
0-0 Ne5 12 Qc2 Ne6 1 3 e 3 Nd5 Bxf3 Qxe5 Richter-Becker,
14 Nc3 Nxd4 15 Nxd4 Nxc3 1 6 Oeynhausen 1 938
Qxc3 0-0 1 7 Qb3 h 5 1 8 gxhS
Qe5 1 9 C4 Grob-Freytag, corr. A4b3) 6 ...hS 7 Nf3 Bd6 8 Ne4
hxg4 9 Nfg5 Nh6 10 Nxd6+
A4a4) 6 ... f8 7 g5 Nd7 8 gxf8 Qxd6+ 1 1 Ne4 Qc7 [1 1 . .. Qd5T 12
Ngxf6 9 Nf3 Bd6 [9 ... Nc5 10 Qc2] Nf6j 1 2 Ba3 Nf5 1 3 Qd3 Rh6 14
10 Ng5 [threatening 1 1 Qf7 mate] h3 g3 1 5 fxg3 b6 1 6 0-0 Nd4 17
Qe7 1 1 d4 h6 12 Nf3 [12 Ne6T Nd6+ T [17 Rxf7j Rxd6 18 Qh7
Nb6 wins the Knight] e4 1 3 Nfd2 Be6=+ (0-1, 33) Grob-Levi,
[13 Nh4? NfS and 1 3 ...l5] Nb6 14 eorr.
Nc3 Bf5
B) 4...Qd4 5 Nc3
A4b) 6 Nc3 B 1 ) 5 ...Bxg4
B2) 5 ...Qxg4

B1) 5 ...Bxg4 6 RbI Nf6 [6 ... cxb3

(6 ... e5 7 bxc4) 7 Qxb3] 7 bxc4
Qd7 8 Qb3 b6 9 c5

B2) S ... Qxg4?! 6 Bh3 Qg6 7 Bxc8

Qg2? [7 ... a5 8 Bh3] 8 Bxb7 NC6
[Qxhl 9 Kfl Nf8 10 e3 threaten­
ing 1 1 BxaS] 9 e3 Qxh1 10 Kfl
Nd7 1 1 BxaS Ne5 1 2 f3 h5 1 3
Qe2 Nfg4 14 Cxg4 Nxg4 15
A4b1) 6 ... Qb6 Bxc6+! Qxc6 16 Qg2 Qf6 1 7 Ke2
A4b2) 6 ... NC6 Nxe3? 18 QaS+ ± (1-0, 27) van
A4b3) 6 ... h5 der Heiden-Tolhuilen, Holland
1980
A4bl) 6 ... Qb6 7 Qc2 Bxg4 8 RbI
Qc7 [8 ... Qa6 9 Qe4] 9 Nd5 Qc8 C) 4 ...Bxg4
10 Ne3 [10 Nxg4 ' Qxg4 1 1 Bh3 C1) 5 Na3
Qg6 12 Br5] Be6 1 1 Qb2 [ 1 1 Nf3 C2) 5 Bb2
f6 1 2 d4] Bd6 1 2 Qxb7 Qxb7 1 3 C3) 5 bxc4

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01) 5 Na3 exb3 B Qxb3 QbB 7 Ne7+ and 11 Nxa8] Qa6 9 Qb3
Qg3 Bf5 8 e4?! [8 Nf3 Nd7 9 0-0 Nbd7 10 d4 BeB 11 Qb2 [1 1 Qb4
Ngf6 10 d3 Re8 11 RbI Qa6] Bxa2 12 Qb2 (12 Nxa2? e6 1 3
Bxe4 9 Bxe4 Qd4 10 RbI Qxe4+ Qb3 Bxa3) Be4 1 3 Nf3] g 6 12 e4
1 1 Kfl Qxhl 12 f3 [12 Qe7] Nf6 Bg7 1 3 Nf3 Qb6 14 Qd2 Qd8 15
[threatening 1 3 ... Ne4 14 fxe4 d5 Nxe4 16 Nxe4 Bxd5 1 7 Ne3
Qxe4] 1 3 d3 Nbd7 [13 ... Nh5? 14 Be4 18 Ne2 Bd5 19 h4 h5 (Y.I-¥.z,
Qh3 threatening 15 Qe8 mate 54) Grob-Kast, eorr.
and 1 5 Qxh5] 14 Bb2 Ne5 15 Ke2
[threatening 1 6 Nh3, trapping D) 4...e3 5 Nxe3 [5 h3 exd2+ 6
the Queen) Nh5 16 Qf2 Nf4+ 1 7 Nxd2 e5 7 Bb2 f6 8 Ng(3) e5?!
Kfl [ 1 7 K d 2 Qg2] Ncxd3 1 8 Qd2 [5 ... Bxg4 6 d4 e6 7 Bb2 Nf6 8
Nh3 19 Qxd3 Qxgl + 20 Ke2 Nf3 Nbd7 9 e4 Qa5 10 0-0 Ba3
Nf4+ = + Harding] 6 Nf3 Bd6 7 h3
Be6 8 Bb2 Nbd7 9 Qe2 Ngf6 10
02) 5 Bb2 exb3 6 Qxb3 Qb6 7 d4 Qe7 1 1 dxe5 Nxe5 12 Rcl
Qe2 Nd7 8 Na3 e5 9 RbI Qe7 10 Rae8 13 Kfl Ng6 14 Ng5 Nf4 1 5
Nb5 Qb8 Bf3 0-0 1 6 Nee4 Welling-van
Roozendaal, Holland 1980
03) 5 bxe4 Qd4 [5 ... e6 6 Qb3
Qe7 7 h3 Bf5 8 e4 Bg6 9 d4 Nd7
10 f4 (10 Ne3?! e5 11 d5 Ne5 12
Qe2 Bd6 1 3 Nge2 Ne7 14 Be3 0-
o 15 h4 f5 + = (0-1, 59) Grob­
Gubler, eorr.) Be7 1 1 h4 Ngf6 1 2
Ne3 Nh5 1 3 Nee2 f6 1 4 Bd2 e5
15 f5 BfT 16 d5 Grob-Gubler,
eorr.]
03a) 6 Qb3
03b) 6 Ne3

03a) 6 Qb3 Nd7 [6 ... Qxal? 7

Qxb7 Bd7 8 Nf3 Nf6 (8 ... Qxa2 9
Ne3 Qal 1 0 0-0 and 1 1 Qxa8) 9
0-0 threatening 10 Ne3 and 1 1
Bb2] 7 Bb2 [ 7 Qxb7? Rb8 8 Qxe6
Qxal] Qb6 8 d4 [8 Nf3 Bxf3 9
Bxf3 e5 10 e3 Be5] e6 9 Nf3 Ngf6
10 Nbd2 Qxb3 1 1 axb3 BM 12
Kdl 0-0

C3b) 6 Ne3 Qxc4 7 Ba3 NfB 8

Rcl [threatening 9 Nd5 Qxa2 10

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1. Kxf7 23 Nd6+ [and 24 Nxb7] 1-
GROB-PINTER o
Correspondence 1964
1 g4 b5 2 Bg2 d5 3 e4 dxe4 4 3.
Bxe4 c6 5 h3 Nf6 6 Bg2 Be6 7 GROB-ST. WILLI
Nc3 [threatening 8 Nxb5] b4 8 Correspondence
Ne4 Nxe4 9 Bxe4 Bd5 10 Qf3 e5 1 g4 d6 2 Bg2 Nc6 3 g5 f6 4 h4
[10 ...Bxe4 1 1 Qxe4 Qd5] 1 1 d3 g6 5 d4 h6 6 Qd3 f5 7 f4 Qd7
Nd7 [1 l ... Be7] 12 Bxd5 cxd5 13 [7 ... e6] 8 d5 Nb4? [8 ... Nd8] 9 Qc3
Qxd5 Rc8 14 Nf3! Rc5 [14 ... Rxc2 a5 10 QxhS Nxc2+ 11 Kfl Kf7
1 5 Nxe5 Qe7? (15 ...Nxe5 16 [ 1 1 . . .Nxa1 12 QxgS] 1 2 Qh7+
Qxe5 :!: ) 1 6 QaS+ QdS 17 QxdS+ Bg7 13 h5 gxh5 [13 ... hxg5 14
Kxd8 IS Nxf7+ +-] 15 Qb3 QaS Qxg6+ KfS 15 h6 +-] 14 Rxh5
16 Ke2 e4 17 Ng5! Rxc2+ Kf8 [ 1 4 ... Nxal 1 5 gxh6 Nxh6 16
[17 ... exd3+ 18 cxd3 Qxhl 1 9 Rxh6] 1 5 gxh6 e6 [15 ...Bf6 1 6
Qxf7 + Kd8 2 0 Ne6+ Kc8 2 1 Rg5 Bxg5 1 7 Qg7 + Ke8 18 Qxg8
Qe8+ Kb7 2 2 Qxd7+] 1 8 Qxc2 mate; 15 ...Bd4 16 Rg5 Nf6 1 7
exd3+ 1 9 Qxd3 Qxhl 20 Qc4 Qh8 + Kf7 1 8 Rg7 mate] 16 dxe6
[threatening 2 1 Qxf7+ KdS 22 Qe7 1 7 hxg7+ [17 ...Qxg7 IS
Ne6+ KcS 23 QeS+ Kb7 24 Qxg7+ Kxg7 1 8 b3 Nxal
Qxd7+] Ne5 [20 ...Bc5 (20 ... Qb7) ( 1 8 ...Nf6 or 1 8 ...Kg6 1 9 Rg5+
21 Nxf7! RgS (21 . . .RfS 22 Qe6+ and 20 Bb2) 20 Bb2+ Kg6 21
Be7 23 Bg5) 22 Qe6+ Kf8 23 Rg5 + and 22 Bxal] 1-0
Ng5 threatening 24 Nxh7 mate
and 24 Qxd7] 21 QcS+ Ke7 22
Be3 [22 ... Qxal (or 22 ... Qc6) 23
Bc5+ Kf6 24 Qf5 mate] 1-0
4.
2. NICKEL-RIND
GROB-STEUCHELI Philadelphia 1 976
Correspondence 1 g4 d6 2 Bg2 c6 3 e4 e5 4 Nc3
1 g4 c6 2 c4 g5 3 d4 h6 4 e4 e6 5 Ne7 5 d4 exd4 6 Qxd4 Bxg4 7 e5
d5 b6?! [5 ... c5; 5 ... d6] 6 Qd4 f6 7 [threatening S Qxg4] Be6 8 Ne4
d6 c5 8 Qd3 b 5 9 e5 [9 cxb5 Qb6] Nf5 9 Qb4 Qd7 10 exd6 Na6 1 1
Bg7 [9 . . . fxe5?? 10 Qg6 mate] 10 Qc3 Nxd6 1 2 Nxd6+ Bxd6 1 3
Bg2 Nc6 1 1 Bxc6 dxc6 12 cxb5 Qxg7 0-0-0 14 Bg5 RheS! 15
Bb7 13 Be3 cxb5 14 f3 [14 Ne2 [15 Bxd8 Bc4+ 16 Kd2 Be5+
Qxb5+ Qd7 1 5 Qxd7+ Kxd7 16 and 1 7 ... Bxg7] Be7 1 6 Bxe7
f3 fxe5] c4 1 5 Qg6+ Kf8 16 Bc5 Qd2+ 17 Kfl Qdl + (18 Rxdl
[threatening 17 d7+ Ne7 18 exf6 Rxdl mate) 0- 1
+-] Qd7 1 7 Nc3 a6 1 8 Rdl fxe5
19 Ne4 Rd8 20 Ne2 Qf7? 5.
[20 ... Bxe4] 21 d7+ Ne7 22 Qxf7+ GROB-MONNEY

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 Correspondence hxg5 Qg4+ 34 Khl Qh3+ 35 Kg1
1 g4 Nf6 2 g5 Ne4 3 d3 Nd6 4 Nf3 mate; 33 Nxg5 Qg4+ and
Bg2 g6 5 c4 c5 6 Nc3 Bg7 7 e4 34 ... Qxh4+, followed by
Nc6 S Nge2 e5 9 Nd5 0-0 35 ... Qxg5+] 0- 1
[9 . . . Qxg5? 10 Nc7+] 10 h4 Ne7?!
[IO ... NeS] 11 Nf6+ KhS 7.
[1 1 . . .Bxf6? 12 gxf6 Nc6 13 Bh6 GROB-WETTSTEIN
Re8 1 4 Bg7 and 1 5 h5] 12 Nc3 Correspondence
NeS 1 3 NxeS Rxe8 [13 ... QxeS] 1 4 1 g4 h5 2 g5 h4 3 d4 d6 4 Qd3 g6
h5 d6 1 5 Qf3 KgS [15 . . .RfS? 1 6 5 Bg2 Bg7 [5 . . . Nc6] 6 h3 Nc6 7
h6] 1 6 Qg3 [threatening 1 7 Qh4 c3 e5 8 d5 Nce7 9 e4 f5 10 gxf6
and I S hxg5] gxh5 1 7 Rxh5 Ng6 Bxf6 1 1 Nf3 Rh5 1 2 Be3 g5 1 3
1 8 Bd2 Qb6 1 9 0-0-0 Be6 20 Nh2 Ng6 1 4 Bf3 Rh7 1 5 Bg4 Nf4
Rdhl Nf8 2 1 Nd5 [threatening 22 1 6 Bxf4 exf4 1 7 Nd2 c5 1 8 dxc6
Nf6+ Bxf6 23 gxf6+ KhS 24 Qg7 bxc6 19 0-0-0 Rc7 20 Rhel
mate] Bxd5 22 exd5 e4 [threaten­ [threatening 21 e5 Bxe5? 22
ing 23 . . . Qxb2+] 23 b3 exd3 24 Rxe5+ dxe5 23 Qg6+ Rf7 24
Qxd3 Qa6 25 a4 b6 26 Be4 Qc8 Ne4] Kf8 21 Bxc8 Qxc8
27 Bxh7+ Nxh7 28 Rxh7 Qg4 29 [21 ...RcxcS (21 ...RaxcS 22 e5) 22
Rxg7+! [29 ... Kxg7 30 Bc3+ Re5 Nc4] 22 Qxd6+ Be7 23 Qg6
(30 ...KfS 31 Bf6 threatening 32 Qxh3? 24 Ndf3 RdS 25 Ne5!
RhS mate) 31 Bxe5+ dxe5 32 [25 ...Rxd1 + 26 Rxdl Bf6 27
Qh7+ KfS 33 QhS+ Ke7 34 Nhg4 Rg7 28 Qf5 Ke7 29 Qd7+
Qf6+ Kd7 35 Qxf7+ Kd6 36 KfS 30 QcS+ Ke7 31 QdS+ Ke6
Rh6+ Qe6 37 Rxe6 mate] 1-0 32 Qd6 mate] 1-0

6. S.
DUCKWORTH-McCAMBRIDGE BLOODGOOD-COAKLEY
Pasadena 19S3 Correspondence 1 973
1 g4 g6 2 Bg2 Bg7 3 Nc3 d5 4 1 g4 e5 2 d3 Bc5 3 e3 d5 4 Bg2
Nxd5 Bxg4 5 c4 c5 6 Qb3 BcS 7 Be6 5 h4 Nc6 6 Nd2 Nge7 7 c4
Qb5+ Nd7 S d3 Nh6 9 Bg5 Nf5 dxc4 [7 ... 0-0J S dxc4 Qd3?! 9
1 0 Nf3 h6 1 1 Bf4 [threatening 1 2 Be4 Qd7 10 gS 0-0-0 1 1 a3
Nc7+ KeS 1 3 NxaS] Nd6 1 2 Qb3 [threatening 12 b4 and 1 3 cS] a6
0-0 13 e4 NbS 14 h4 Nc6 15 Bh3 12 Qa4 NbS 1 3 Qc2 Ng6 1 4 b4
e6 16 Ne3 NeS 17 Ng4 h5 I S Be7 IS Bb2 h6 16 Ngf3 hxg5 1 7
N4h2 Qf6 1 9 Bel Nc7 2 0 RbI h 5 ! Nh4 IS NxeS Qd6?? [IS ... QeS]
Qe7 2 1 Bg5 Qd6 22 Rdl RbS 23 19 c5 [trapping the Queen] 1-0
0-0 e5 24 BxcS RbxcS 25 Be3 b6
26 Nd2 Ne6 27 Nhf3 f5 28 exf5 9.
gxf5 29 Ng5? f4 30 Nde4 Qd7 3 1 BASMAN-WICKER
Bd2 Ncd4 32 Qa3 [32 Qc3?? England
Ne2+ and 33 . . . Nxc3] Nxg5 [33 1 g4 e5 2 h2 Ne7 3 d4 exd4 4

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Qxd4 Nbc6 5 Qa4 Ng6 6 Nc3 1 g4 d6 2 Bg2 e5 3 d3 c6 4 e4 d 5
Bb4 7 Bd2 b5!? 8 Qxb5 Rb8 9 5 h3 d4 6 Nf3 f6 7 Nh4 gS 8 Nf5
Qa4 0-0 10 Bg2 Bd6 1 1 Ne4 Be5 Ne7 9 h4 Ng6 10 hxg5 fxg5 1 1
[1 1 . ..Rxb2 12 Nxd6 cxd6 13 Qa3 RhS Nf4 1 2 Bxf4 exf4 [12 ... gxf4
Rxc2 14 Qxd6] 1 2 Nf3 Bxb2 1 3 13 gS threatening 1 4 g6] 1 3 Nd2
R b 1 Rb6 1 4 0-0 Re8 1 5 c3 Ba6 Bxf5 14 exf5 [threatening 1 5
16 �e3 Rb8 17 Qxa6 Rxe4 1 8 Qe2+. If 1 5 . . .Qen , then 1 6
Nd4 Rxe3 1 9 fxe3 Nce5 20 Qxa7 Rxg5] h6? [l4...Bb4 1 5 Qe2+
c6 2 1 a4 Qf8 22 a5 Ra8 23 Qb6 Kf8] 1S Qe2+ Qe7 [l S ...Kf7?? 16
Bxc3 24 a6 Nc4 25 Qb3 Bxd4 26 Qe6+ Kg7 17 Qg6 mate;
Qxc-t Bxe3+ 27 Kh1 Ne5 28 Qe4 15 ...Be7? 16 f6!; 15 ...Kd7 16
Qc5 29 a7 f6 [29 . . .Rxa7? 30 Qe6+ Kc7 17 Ne4 threatening 1 8
Rb8 i- Qf8 3 1 Rxf8+] 30 Rb8+ Nxg5 Bb4+ 1 9 Kfl hxg4 20
1-0 QeS+ and 21 Qxh8] 16 Ne4
[threatening 17 Nxg5] 1-0
10.
GROB-ROGNON 12.
Correspondence BASMAN-MILES
1 g4 e5 2 Bg2 Nc6 3 c4 Bc5 4 e3 Manchester 1981
d6 5 a3 Nge7 6 b4 Bb6 7 Bb2 1 g4 e5 2 h3 d5 3 Bg2 Nc6 4 c4
Ng6 8 Be4 [8 d4 exd4 9 exd4 a6] dxc4 S Qa4 Ne7 6 Nf3 Ng6 7 Nc3
Qg5 9 h3 fS 10 Nf3 Qf6 1 1 gS Be6 8 h4 Bb4 9 NgS Bd7 10 BdS
Qe7 12 Bxc6+ bxc6 13 h4 e4 14 0-0 1 1 Qc2 Bxg4 12 Qe4 Bd7 1 3
hS [1 4 Nd4?! Ne5] NfS 15 h6 Ne6 Nxh7? [13 Qxc4 Qe7 1 4 Be4] Nd4
16 hx:g7 Nxg7 [16 ...Rg8 17 Bf6 [13 ...Kxh7? 14 h5 ± ] 14 h5 Nf4 15
Qf7 1 8 Nd4 Bxd4 1 9 exd4 Nxg7 NxfS QxfS 1 6 Kfl Re8 1 7 Bxc4
20 R)ch7] 1 7 Bf6 Qf7 18 Nh4 Be6 Bc6 18 NdS Qc5 1 9 d3 NxdS 20
1 9 c S Bb3 [19 ... dxcS 20 bxcS Rg1 Nf4 21 Qe3 Qf8 22 Ndxe2
Bxc5 (20 ... Ba5 2 1 Qa4) 21 Qc2] 0-1
20 Qcl dxcS 21 Qc3 c4
[21 ... txb4? 22 Qxc6+ +-] 22 Bxg7 13.
0-0- 0 [22 ... Qh5 (threatening BASMAN-C. WHITEHEAD
23 .. Qdl mate) 23 Qe5+ and 24
. Manchester 1981
Nc3] 23 Qf6 [23 ... Qh5 24 Qxf5+ 1 g4 eS 2 h3 dS 3 Bg2 Nc6 4 c4
Kb7 2 5 Nc3 Rhe8 26 g6] 1-0 dxc4 5 b3 Be6 6 bxc4 Bc5 7 Ne3
Nge7 8 Nf3 Ng6 9 d3 0-0 10 0-
o Nh4 1 1 Nxh4 Qxh4 12 Ne4
Be7 13 Rb1 f5 14 gxf5 Bxf5 1 5
Rxb7 Bxh3 1 6 e3 Nd8 17 Rb2
Ne6 1 8 f3 Rad8 1 9 Bxh3 Qxh3 20
11. Rh2 Qf5 21 Qa4 Ng5 22 Nxg5
GROB-SUHNER Qxg5+ 23 Rg2 Qh5 24 Qe6 Rxd3
Correspondence 25 Qxc7 Bd8?? 26 Qxg7 mate 1-
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USA 1959
14. 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 h3 e5 4 d3
BASMAN-RAVIKUMAR Bc5 5 Nf3 Qe7 6 d4 exd4 7 Nxd4
England 1 982 Bxd4 8 Qxd4 Be6 9 Be3 Na6 10
1 g4 d5 2 h3 e5 3 Bg2 Nc6 4 d3 Nc3 c5 1 1 Qa4+ Bd7 12 Nb5 Nf6
Be6 5 c3 Nge7 6 Nf3 f6 7 Qa4 1 3 Bf4 Bxb5 14 Qxb5+ KfS 1 5
i Qd7 8 c4 dxc4 9 dxc4 Nc8 10 Be3 0-0-0 Rd8 16 g 5 Ne4 1 7 Bxe4
Bb4+ 1 1 Nfd2 0-0 12 0-0 Nb6 Qxe4 18 Bc7 Nxc7 19 Qxc5+ Ke8
13 Qc2 f5 14 Rdl Rad8 15 a3 20 Qxc7 d4 21 e3 Qf3 22 exd4
Be7 16 Nc3 Nd4 17 Bxd4 exd4 1 8 Rd7 23 Rhel + 1-0
Nf3 c5 1 9 b 4 Qc8 2 0 bxc5 Qxc5
21 Nb5 fxg4 22 Nbxd4 Rxf3! 17.
[22 ... gxf3?? 23 Nxe6] 23 Qe4 [23 BASMAN-WAGER
Nxe6? Qxf2+ 24 Khl Rg3 25 Qe4 London 1981
gxh3] Bf5 24 Qxb7 Rxd4 25 gxh4 1 g4 d5 2 h3 e5 3 Bg2 c6 4 d4
Rxf2 0-1 exd4 5 Qxd4 Nd7 6 Nc3 Qb6 7
Qf4 Ne7 8 h4 Ng6 9 Qg3 Bb4 10
15. a3 Bc5 1 1 Nh3 0-0 12 0-0 Be7
GROB-SENNHAUSER 13 gS fS 14 h5 £4 I S Qh2 NM 16
Correspondence Nxf4 Nxg2 17 Qxg2 Rf5 1 8 Nd3
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 h3 e5 4 d3 Ne5 19 Nxe5 Rxe5 20 Qg3 Rf5 21
Bc5 5 Nf3 Nd7 6 e4 Ngf6 7 Qe2 e4 dxe4 22 Nxe4 Be6 23 Be3 Qd8
[7 g5 dxe4 8 Nxe5 Nxe5 9 gxf6 24 Radl Qf8 25 h6 Bd5 26 hxg7
Qxf6 10 d4 Bxd4! 1 1 0-0 ( 1 1 Qxg7 27 Nf6+ Bxf6 28 gxf6 Rxf6
Qxd4?? Nf3+ 12 Bxf3 Qxd4) 29 Qxg7+ Kxg7 30 Bd4 Rg8 3 1
Bxh3 12 Bxf3 Nxf3+ 13 Khl Qe5 Bxf6+ Kxf6+ 3 2 Kh2 1-0
0- 1 Ulrich-T. Green, corr. 1982]
Qc7 8 exd5 cxd5 9 d4 Bd6 10 18.
dxe5 Bb4+ 11 c3 Ne4 12 0-0 [12 BASMAN-KEENE
cxb4 Qxcl + 1 3 Qd1 Qxd1 + 14 Manchester 1981
Kxd1 Nxf2+ and 1 5 ... Nxhl -+] 1 g4 d5 2 h3 e5 3 Bg2 c6 4 d4 e4
Be7 1 3 Bf4 g5 14 Bh2 Qc6 1 5 5 c4 Bd6 6 Nc3 Ne7 7 g5 Be6 8
Nbd2 Ndc5 16 Nd4 Qg6 1 7 Nxe4 h4 Nf5 9 Bh3 0-0 10 cxd5 cxdS
Nxe4 18 Qb5+ KfS 19 Qxd5 Nc5 11 Nxd5 [1 1 Bxf5 Bxf5 12 Nxd5
20 b4 Na4 [20 ... Ne6 21 Nf5] 21 Qa5+ 13 Nc3 Nc6] Ng3 12 Nf6+
Qb3 Qa6 22 f4 Be6 23 Nxe6+ gxf6 13 fxg3 Bxg3+ 14 Kfl Nc6
fxe6 24 Kh1 Kg7 25 f5 exf5 26 15 Be3 Nb4 16 Kg2 Nd5 17 Kxg3
gxf5 Kh6 27 Qf7 Rae8 28 h4 Nxe3 18 Qd2 Qd6+ 19 Kf2 Rf4+
Rhg8 29 f6 Bd8 30 Bf3 [30 ...g4 20 Nf3 [20 Kel1? Qg3 mate] exf3
31 Bf4+ Rg5 32 hxg5 mate] 1-0 [21 Qxe3 (21 Ke1?1 Qg3 mate)
Qxh4+ 22 Kgl (22 Kxf3 Bd5+)
16. Qg3+ 23 Kfl Bxh3+] 0- 1

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19. Qa4 Be7 S Qxc4 Ngf6 9 Nc3 0-0
GROB-KURZ 10 Ne4 [10 Qxc7 RcS 11 Qg3]
Correspondence Ne5 11 Nxf6+ Bxf6 12 Qe4 Bh4+
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e6 3 c4 dxc4 4 b3 13 Kdl [13 Kfl Qxe4 14 fxe4 f5
cxb3 5 Qxb3 c6 6 Bb2 f6 7 d4 threatening 15 ... fxe4+ 16 Kg2
Qb6 S Qe2 Bb4+ 9 Nd2 Ne7 10 Rf2 mate] Qxe4 14 fxe4 Nd3 15
a3 Bxd2+ 1 1 Qxd2 e5 12 dxc5 Nh3 Nxcl 16 Nf4 Nxe2 17 Nxe2
Qxc5 13 Rc l Qb6 14 g5 0-0 1 5 Rd8 18 Rcl f5 19 Rgl Bh5 20
gxf6 gxf6 16 Nh3 e 5 1 7 R g 1 Ng6 Rxe7 g6 2 1 Rc3 KhS 22 exf5 exf5
[17 ... KhS I S Be4 threatening 1 9 23 Rgf2 f4 24 Rg! f3 25 Re3
Qh6 ± ] I S Be4 Kg7 [ I S ...Bxh3 fxe2+ 26 Kc2 Bf2 0- 1
( I S ... f5 1 9 Bd5+ Be6 20 Ng5 +-)
19 Qh6 f5 20 Bd5+ KhS 21 22.
QxfS+ NxfS 22 RgS mate] 1 9 GROB-SPICHTIG
Bxg6 hxg6 2 0 Qd3 Kf7 [20 ...g5 Correspondence
21 Nxg5 fxg5 22 Rxg5+ Kf7 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 3 c4 e5 4
(22 ...Kh6 23 Qg3 +-) 23 Qh7 + Qb3 Qc8 5 Nc3 c6 6 cxd5 Nf6
Ke6 24 Rxe5+ Kd6 25 Qe7 mate] [6 ... cxd5 7 Bxd5] 7 d3 Bc5 8 Bg5
21 Qxg6+ Ke7 22 Bxe5 Bxh3 23 Qf5 [8 ...Bxf2+ 9 Kxf2 Qf5+ 1 0
Bc3 Nc6 24 Qh7+ Rf7 25 Qxh3 Nf3 Bxf3 1 1 Bxf3 Qxg5 1 2 Qxb7
RdS 26 Rg3 Rd7 27 Re3+ Ne5 +-] 9 Be3 Bxe3 10 be3 Qd7 1 1
[27 ... KdS 2S Bxf6+ Rxf6 29 Nf3 Bxf3 1 2 Bxf3 0-0 1 3 Rgl
QhS+] 28 Bxe5 fxe5 29 Rxe5+ Na6 [13 ... cxd5 14 Nxd5 Nxd5 15
Kf6 30 Rf5+ [30 ...Kg7 31 Rg5+] Bxd5 Nc6] 14 dxc6 bxc6 1 5 Qc4
1-0 Nb8 1 6 0-0-0 Re8 1 7 Rg3 Qe6
I S Qa4 Rc8 1 9 Ne4 Nbd7 20
20. Rdg1 NeS 21 Ng5 Qd6 22 Qh4 h6
BLOODGOOD-LEONARD 23 Ne4 QfS 24 Qxh6 g6 [24...f5
Correspondence 1973 25 Nd6] 25 Rxg6+ fxg6 26
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e6 3 d3 Be5 4 h4 Rxg6+ Ng7 27 Ng5 Qc5+ 2S
Ne6 5 Nc3 Nge7 6 e4 dxe4 7 Kbl [2S ...KfS 29 Qxg7+ KeS 30
Nxe4 Bb6 8 Nh3 Ng6 9 Nf4 e5?! Qf7+ KdS 31 NeB mate] 1-0
[9 ... Nxf4] 10 Nh5 Nxh4? 1 1
Nxg7 + KfS 12 Bh6 Nxg2+ 1 3 23.
Kfl Kg8 [ 1 3 ... Nh4 14 Ne6+ and BLOODGOOD-McKAY
15 NxdS] 14 Kxg2 Qd5 15 Qf3 Correspondence 1972
QdS 1 6 Nf6+ KfS 17 Ne6+ 1-0 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 3 c4 e5 4
cxd5 Nf6 5 Qb3 Qc8 6 Nc3 Na6 7
21. d6 c6 8 Nb5 cxb5 9 Qxb5+ Bd7
FARRELL-CHIPKIN 10 Qxe5+ Kd8 1 1 d4 Qc4
New York 19S1 [ 1 1 . .. Bc6? 12 d5 Bd7 13 Bg5 Nb4
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 3 c4 dxc4 4 1 4 Rc1 Nc2+ 1 5 Kdl Ba4 1 6
Bxb7 Nd7 5 Bxa8 QxaS 6 f3 e6 7 Bxf6+ gxf6 1 7 Qxf6+ Ke8 18 b 3

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1-0 Bloodgood-Stroemer, 1972] 26.
12 Bg5 Qb4+ 1 3 Kfl Bxd6 14 BARRETT-LEAVENS
Bxf6+ gxf6 1 5 Qxf6+ Kc7 16 Ventura, California 197 1
Rcl + Kb6 17 Rc3 Ka5 18 Rb3 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 3 c4 Nf6 4
Qc4 19 Qg5+ Bb5 20 Bd5 Qc2 21 cxd5 Nxd5 5 Qb3 c6 6 Qxb7 Nb6
Rxb5+ Kxb5 22 Bb3+ 1-0 7 Bxc6+ Nxc6 8 Qxc6+ Bd7 9
Qg2 Re8 [threatening 10 ...Rxcl
24. mate] 10 Nc3 g6 11 Nf3 Bg7 12
RESCH-KLEMM 0-0 Be6 13 Qg3 0-0 14 Nd1
Correspondence 1978 Nd5 15 a3 Ba8 16 d3 Rc2 17 e4
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 3 c4 e6 4 Nf6 18 Ne1 NbS 19 Qh4 Re7 20
Qb3 Nf6 5 Qxb7 Nbd7 6 cxd5 Bd2 Qd7 21 h3 f5 22 exf5 Rxf5
exd5 7 Qe6?! [7 Bxd5! Rb8 8 23 Qg4 Bd4 24 Ng2 Bf3 25 Qh4
Qe6 (8 Qxa7? Nxd5) Rb6 9 Qe4 Bf6 26 Qb4 Rb5 27 Qa4 Qxh3 28
Ne5 10 Qa4+ Bd7 1 1 Qd4 :!: Nde3 [28 Qxb5?? Qxg2 mate; 28
-Evans] Rb8 8 Ne3 Rb6 9 Qa4 e6 Nge3?? Qhl mate] Nf4 29 Qxb5??
10 d4 Bb4 11 Bd2 0-0 12 a3 [29 Qxf4 Be5 30 Qh4 Bh2+ 31
Bxe3 1 3 Bxe3 Qe7 14 BM eS 15 Kh1 Qxh4] Ne2 mate 0-1
dxc5 Nxe5 16 Qdl a5 17 Bxe5
QxeS 18 Rcl Qd6 19 Re2 Rfb8 20 27.
Qd4 Re6 21 Rd2 Rc1 + 22 Rdl BLOODGOOD-K. STEVENS
Rxd1+ 23 Kxd 1 Qe7 24 Qc3 Qb6 USA 1960
25 f3 Re8 26 Qd2 BfS 27 Bh3 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 3 e4 Nf6 4
Re2 28 Qf4 Qxb2 29 Ke1 Bxh3 cxd5 Nxd5 5 Qb3 c6 6 Qxb7 Nd7
30 Kf2 Qb6+ 0-1 7 Bxd5 Rb8 8 Bxf7+ Kxf7 9
Qxa7 g6 10 b3 Bg7 1 1 Nc3 Rf8
25. 12 Bh2 Kg8 1 3 Qa4 Ne5
W. CLARKE-PIRTLE [13 ...Bh5 14 Qxe6] 14 Nd1 Ra8
Correspondence 1982 15 Qe4 Bf5 16 Qg2 Qc7 17 Nc3
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 3 e4 Nf6 4 Rfb8 18 Rcl Nc4 19 Ba1 Bxe3 20
exd5 e6 5 Qb3 Qe7 6 Nc3 e5 7 d3 Bxc3 Nd6 21 h4 h5 22 Be5 Rb6
Nxd5 8 Nxd5 exd5 9 Bxd5 Nc6 23 Nh3 Rxa2 24 Nf4 Kf7 25 Rg1
[threatening 10 ... Nd4 and Ke8 26 Nd5 Qb7 27 Nxb6 Qxb6
1 1 . .. Nc2+] 10 Be3 Bd6 11 Qe4 28 Qxc6+ Qxc6 29 Rxe6 Kd7 30
Bf5 12 Rcl Rc8 1 3 Nf3 [13 Rcl 1-0
Bxc6+ Qxc6 14 Qxc6+ bxc6 1 5
Bc5] 0-0 14 Rg1 Qd7 lS Bxe6 28.
[15 Qh4 Ne7? 16 Rxg7+ Kxg7 17 GROB-GUBLER
Bh6+ Kg8 18 Qf6 and 19 Qg7 Correspondence
mate] Rxc6 16 Qh4 Rxc l + 1 7 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 3 c4 c6 4
Bxcl Rc8 18 Bd2 f6 1 9 Rg3? e4! cxd5 cxd5 5 Qb3 Nf6 6 Qxb7
20 dxe4 Bxg3 21 hxg3 Rc4 0-1 Nbd7 7 d4 e6 8 Nc3 a5 9 Bf4 Rc8
10 h3 Bf5 11 Qb3 Rc4 12 Nb5 a4

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1 3 Qxc4 [13 Qg3 Qa5+ 14 Nc3 Kf8 2 6 e 6 Re7 2 7 Re1 Rxd5 28
Bb4 15 Rc1 a3] dxc4 14 Nc7 + Nxd5 Rxe6 29 Rxe6 fxe6 30 Rf4+
Ke7 15 d5 [threatening 16 d6 [30 ... Nf6 31 Nxf6 gxf6 32 Rxf6+
mate] e5 16 0-0-0 Qxc7! Ke7 33 Rh6] 1-0
[16 ...exf4?? 17 d6 mate] 17 d6+
Qxd6 18 Rxd6 Kxd6 19 Bd2 Be7 31.
20 Nf3 h6 21 Rd1 Ke6 22 Bc3 BLOODGOOD-ERWIN
Ne4 23 Bel a3 24 e3 Ndc5 25 Correspondence 1972
bxa3 Nd3+ 0-1 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 d4 4 d3 c6
5 e4 Nd7 6 a3 a5 7 Nd2 Nc5 8
29. Nfl h5 9 g5 h4 10 Bh3 Be7 1 1
BLOODGOOD-L. BUNTIN Bxc8 Qxc8 12 Qf3 f6 13 g6 Nh6
Correspondence 1974/75 14 Nh3 f57 [14 ... Nb3] 15 Bxh6
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 3 c4 c6 4 Rxh6 1 6 exf5 Bf6 17 Nd2 b5 18
cxd5 Nf6 5 Qb3 Qc7 6 Nc3 e6 7 cxb5 cxb5 19 0-0 Rb8 20 Rac1
dxc6 [7 h3 Bf5 (7 ... Bh5 8 dxe6 b4 21 Ne4 1-0
fxe6 9 Qxe6+ ± ) 8 dxe6 fxe6 9
Qxe6+ ± 1 Nxc6 8 d3 a6 9 Be3 32.
Be7 10 Bb6 Qd7 1 1 Nh3 e5 1 2 GROB-BREGGER
Ng5 0-0 1 3 Nce4 Nxe4 14 Nxe4 Correspondence
Be6 1 5 Qc2 Bd5 1 6 a3 f5 17 Qd2 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 dxc4 4
[17 Rd1 fxe4 18 dxe4 Qg4 -+] Qa4+ c6 5 Qxc4 Be6 6 Qa4 Bd5
fxe4 18 dxe4 Be6 19 Qxd7 Bxd7 7 Nf3 e4 8 Nd4 Qh4 9 h3 Qg5 10
20 0-0-0 Be6 21 Rd2 Rac8 22 Nc3 Nf6 [10 ...Qe5 11 Nxd5 Qxd5
Kb 1 Nd4 23 Bxd4 exd4 24 Rfl 12 d3 b5 13 dxe4! ± ] 11 Nf5
Bg5 25 Rc2 [25 Rxd4 Rxf2! 26 Nbd7 1 2 d4 b5 [12 ... Qg6 13 Nh4]
Rxf2 Rc1 mate] Ba2+ 0-1 1 3 Qd1 e3 14 Bxe3 Bxg2 1 5 Bxg5
Bxh1 16 f3 Nxg4 17 hxg4 h5 18
30. Qd3 [threatening 19 Qe4+] Nf6
KERES-NIEMANN 19 Bxf6 gxf6 20 0-0-0 hxg4 21
Correspondence 1934/35 Qe4+ Kd7 22 d5 c5 23 d6 Bg2
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 3 c4 c6 4 [23 ...Rb8 24 Ne7 Rb6 25 Qf5+
cxd5 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 [5 ... Bd7 6 Qb3 Kd8 26 Qc8 mate] 24 Qb7+
Qc8 7 d4 e6 8 e4 exd5 9 exd5 Be7 [24 ...Ke6 25 Qd5+ Kd7 26 Qxf7
10 Bf4 cxd5 1 1 Nxd5 Nxd5 12 Kc6 27 Qc7 mate] 1-0
Bxd5] 6 dxe6 Bxe6 7 d4 Nbd7 8
e4 Nb6 9 Nge2 Qd7 10 Bg5 Be7 33.
1 1 0-0 Bh3 12 Bxh3 Qxh3 1 3 ELLISON-HOOPER
Nf4 Qg4+ 14 Qxg4 Nxg4 1 5 Correspondence 1944
Bxe7 Kxe7 16 Rfd1 Rhd8 1 7 a4 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 dxc4 4 Qc2
a5 18 Rab1 Rd7 1 9 b4 Rad8 20 c6 5 Qxc4 Be6 6 Qc3 Nd7 7 Nf3
h3 Nf6 21 bxa5 Nc4 22 e5 Ne8 23 Bd6 8 d4 Qe7 9 0-0 Bxg4 10
Rb4 Nxa5 24 d5 cxd5 25 Ncxd5+ dxe5 Nxe5 1 1 Rd1 0-0-0 12

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Rxd6? RxdB 13 Nd4 NfB 14 e4 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 c6 4 cxd5
Rxd4 1 5 Qxd4 RdS 1 6 Qc3 Rdl + cxd5 5 Qb3 Nf6 6 g5 Ne4 7 Nc3
1 7 Bfl Nxe4 I S Qe3 Qh4 0-1 Qxg5 S Kfl Nxc3 9 dxc3 Qg6 10
Bxd5 Nc6 1 1 Nf3 f6 12 Rgl Qh5
34. 13 Qb5 Kd7 14 Bg5 fxg5 15
GROB-VEIT Nxe5+ Ke7 [15 ...KdS 16 Nxc6+
Correspondence bxc6 17 Bxc6J 16 Nxc6+ Kf6 17
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 dxc4 4 Qc2 Ne5 Bh3+ 18 Kel RdS 19 Bf7
c6 5 Qxc4 Be6 6 Qc3 Nd7 7 h3 Qh4 20 Nf3 Qe4 21 Nxg5 QfS 22
Ngf6 S a3 a5 9 Qg3 Bd6 10 Nc3 Qxb7 Bc5 23 Ne4+ 1-0
Nc5 1 1 Qh4 Qc7 [1 1...Nb3 12
RbI Nd4 1 3 d3 Qc7 14 Nf3 Nc2?! 37.
(14 ... Nxf3+ ) 15 Kfl += Grob­ LINDBERG-PERSSON
Veit, corr.J 12 d3 0-0 13 Be3 Correspondence 1979
NeS 14 Ne4 Nxe4 1 5 Bxe4 f5 16 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 c6 4 cxd5
gxf5 Bxf5 1 7 Bxf5 Rxf5 18 Qc4+ cxd5 5 Qb3 Ne7 6 Nc3 Nbe6 7
KhS 19 Nf3 Be7 20 Qe6 Rh5 21 Nxd5 Nd4 S Qc4 Nxd5 9 BxdS b5
Rgl Nf6 22 Ng5 [threatening 23 10 Be6+ Bd7 1 1 Bxd7+ Qxd7 12
Nf7 + KgS 24 Nh6+ KhS 25 Qd3 Qc6 13 f3 Nc2+ 14 Kdl
QgS+ and 26 Nf7 mate] h6 23 Nxal 15 Qc3 ReS 16 e3 Be7 17
Nf7+ Kh7 24 Nxh6 Rxh6 25 Ne2 0-0 IS Rfl Qd5 19 Qa5 Nc2
Bxh6 Kxh6 26 Qf5 [threatening 20 Nc3 Qd3! [21 Rgl Nxe3+ 22
27 Qg6 mate] 1-0 Kel Bh4+ J 1-0

35. 3S.
KOL TANOWSKI-LOVE JORDT-SAURMANN
Correspondence 1949 Stuttgart 1965
1 g4 e5 2 Bg2 d5 3 c4 dxc4 4 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 e6 4 exd5
Qa4+ c6 5 Qxc4 Be6 6 Qc3 Nf6 7 cxd5 5 Qb3 Nge7 6 Nc3 Nbe6 7
g5 Nd5 S Qxe5 Nd7 9 Qg3 Nb4 Nxd5 Nxd5 S Bxd5 Nd4 9 Qc4 b5
10 Na3 Nb6 [10 ... Nc5 =+ 10 Bxf7 + Ke7 1 1 Qd5 Nc2+ 12
Welling-Kok, Holland 19S0J 11 Kdl Nxal 1 3 QxaS Qc7 14 Bb3?
Nf3 Bd6 12 Qh4 c5 1 3 b3 N6d5 Bb7 15 Qxa7 KdS [threatening
14 Bb2 Nf4 15 0-0 Nxe2 16 Khl 16 ...Bxhl and 16 ...Bc5J 16 Nf3
Nd3 17 Bxg7 RgS IS Qxh7 f5 19 Bc5 1 7 Ng5 Bxa7 I S Ne6+ Kd7
gxf6 Nef4 20 Rael Kd7 21 Rxe6 19 Nxc7 Bxhl 0- 1
[2 1 ...Kxe6 22 Bh3+ Nxh3 23
Qxh3+ Kf7 24 Ng5+ KeS 25 Qe6 39.
Be7 26 f7 mate] 1-0 GROB-GAFAFER
Correspondence
36. 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 c6 4 exd5
BLOODGOOD-BOOTHE cxd5 5 Qb3 Ne7 6 Nc3 Qd7?! 7
Correspondence 1973 Nxd5 Nxd5 S Bxd5 Nc6 9 Nf3

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RbS [9 ... Qxg4? 10 Bxc3+ bxc3 1 1 26 Qg4 mate] 1-0
Nxe5] 10 Rg1 Bd6 1 1 Ng5 0-0
12 Qd3 g6 13 Qh3 h5 14 Qd3 42.
[threatening 15 Qxg6+ KhS 16 BLOODGOOD-B. EVANS
Qh7 mate] Kg7 1 5 gxh5 Ne7 USA 1961
[15 ... gxh5 16 Nxf7+ Kf6 17 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 g5 e5 4 h4
Rg6+ Ke7 1 S Re6+ Kxf7 19 Qh7 Bd6 5 d3 Be6 6 e4 Ne7 7 Nd2 0-
mate] 16 hxg6 Qf5 [16 ... Nxg6 1 7 o S Bh3 Bxh3 9 Nxh3 f5 10 gxf6
Nxf7 +-] 1 7 Be4 Qf6 18 Nh7 Qh4 Rxf6 1 1 exd5 Nxd5 12 Ne4 Rf7
1 9 gxf7+ KxC7 20 Bg6+ Nxg6 21 13 Bg5 Be7 14 Qg4 Qa5+ 1 5 c3
Qxg6+ Ke7 22 NxC8 Bc5 Bxg5 16 Nhxg5 RfS 1 7 Qe6+
[22 . . .KxfS 23 Qg8+ Ke7 24 Rg7 + KhS 1 S Nf7+ KgS [1S ...Rxf7 19
Kf6 25 Qf7 mate] 23 Qh7+ 1-0 QeS+ RC8 20 QxfS mate] 19
Nh6+ KhS 20 Qg8+ RxgS 21 Nf7
40. mate 1-0
GROB-HASLER
Correspondence 43.
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 c6 4 cxd5 E. SCHWARZ-BAUMANN
cxd5 5 Qb3 e4 6 Nc3 Ne7 7 d3 f5 Correspondence 1978
S gxf5 Nxf5 9 dxe4 dxe4 10 Bxe4 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 g5 e5 4 h4 h6
Nc6 1 1 Nf3 Nfd4 12 Qc4 Bf5 1 3 5 d3 Bg4 6 Nf3 Nd7 7 Nbd2 Be7
Bxf5 Nxf5 14 Qe6+ Nfe7 1 5 Bf4 8 c4 Bxf3 9 Bxf3 Qa5 10 Kfl
Nd4 16 Nxd4 Qxd4 1 7 Rd1 Qxf4? Nb6 1 1 cxd5 Nxd5 1 2 Nc4 Qc7
1S Nd5 Qc4 [18 ... QbS (1S ... Qf5?? 13 a3 Nf4 14 d4 0-0-0 15 Qa4
19 Nc7 mate) 19 Nxe7 Bxe7 20 Kb8 16 Nxe5 hxg5 17 Bxf4 gxf4
Rd7 Qd8 21 Rxd8+ +-] 19 Nf6+ 18 Nxf7 Rxh4 19 Rxh4 Bxh4 20
gxf6 20 Qxc4 RcS 21 Qb5+ Rc6 Nxd8 QxdS 21 d5 g5 22 dxc6 Nf6
22 Qxb7 RgS 23 Qxa7 1-0 23 Qb5 Qc7 24 Rd1 b6 25 Qa6
[threatening 26 Rd8+ QxdS 27
41. Qb7 mate] 1-0
GROB-WEBER
Correspondence 44.
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 g5 e5 4 h4 GROB-CLAUSEN
Bd6 5 d3 Ne7 6 e4 0-0 7 Nc3 Correspondence
Be6 S Bh3 Bxh3 9 Nxh3 d4 10 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 g5 Bf5 4 d3
Ne2 f5 1 1 gxf6 Rxf6 12 Bg5 Rf7 e6 5 Nf3 Nd7 6 Nbd2 Nc5 7 b4
1 3 Rg1 Nd7 14 Ng3 Qf8 1 5 Qg4 Nd7 S Bb2 f6 9 gxf6 Ngxf6 10 a3
Nf6 16 Qe6 Bb4+ 17 Ke2 ReS 18 Bd6 1 1 h3 Qe7 12 c4 e5
Qc4 Bd6 1 9 Bxf6 [19 gxf6 20 [12 ... dxc4 13 e4 Bg6 14 e5 ± ] 1 3
Nf5+ KhS (20... Ng6 21 h5 +-) 21 cxd5 Nxd5 [13 ... cxd5 14 e 4 dxe4
Nxd6 Rg7 22 Rxg7 Kxg7 15 Nh4 Be6 16 dxe4] 14 Nc4 [14
(22 ... Qxg7 23 Rg1 ) 23 Rg1 + Kh6 e4 Nf4 15 exf5 Nxg2+] Nf4 15
24 Nf7+ Kh5 25 Qe6 threatening Nxd6+ Qxd6 16 Bfl 0-0-0 1 7

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Qc2 h6 1 8 b5 Rhe8 1 9 e4 Bh7 20 Qa5 5 Nf3 e5 6 Qc2 Nf6 7 0-0
bxc6 Nc5 2 1 cxb7+ Kxb7 22 Rb1 Qc5 S b4 Qd6 9 c5 Qc7 10 e3 d3
Ncxd3+ 23 Bxd3 Nxd3 24 Kfl 1 1 Qc3 e4 12 Qe5 + Qxe5 1 3
Nxb2? [24 . . .Ka8] 25 Qxb2+ Qb6 Nxe5 a 5 1 4 Nc3 axb4 1 5 Nxe4
26 Qc2 1-0 Nxe4 16 Bxe4 Bxc5 17 Nxd3 Bd6
18 Bb2 f6 19 Nf4 Bxf4 20 exf4
45. Be6 2 1 a3 bxa3 22 Bxa3 Kf7 23
BLOODGOOD-H. FULLER Rfbl b5 24 Rxb5 cxb5 25 BxaS
Correspondence 1 973 Rd8 26 Bb4 Bd5 27 Ra7 + Kg6
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 h3 e6 4 d3 28 Be7 1-0
Bd6 5 Nf3 Nd7 6 Nbd2 h5 7 g5
f6 8 h4 e5 9 e4 Qc7 10 exd5 cxd5 48.
1 1 c3 Nc5 12 Qc2 Bg4 1 3 d4 e4 HANSFORD-HARDING
14 dxc5 exf3 15 cxd6 fxg2 16 Rgl Correspondence 1984
Qxd6 17 Qg6+ Kd8 18 f3 Qh2 1 9 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 c4 dxc4 4 g5
Kf2 Qxh4+ 2 0 Kxg2 Qxg5?? e5 5 h4 Bf5 6 b3 Bc5 7 Bb2 Bd4
[20 ... Bh3+] 21 Qxg5 fxg5 22 fxg4 8 Nc3 cxb3 9 Qxb3 Qb6 10 Ne4?
h4 23 Nf3 1-0 Qxb3 1 1 axb3 Bxe4 12 Bxd4 [12
Bxe4 Bxb2] Bxg2 1 3 Bxe5 f6 14
46. gxf6 gxf6 1 5 Bxf6 Nxf6 0- 1
SKEMBRIS-GHEORGHIU
Skopje 1984 49.
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 h3 h5 4 g5 h4 GROB-KWIESIELEWICZ
5 e4 dxe4 6 Nc3 Qa5 7 Nxe4 Bf5 Correspondence
8 Nc3 e6 9 Be4 Nd7 1 0 Qe2 Bb4 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 dxc4 4 b3
1 1 Bxf5 Qxf5 1 2 Ne4 0-0-0 1 3 cxb3 5 Qxb3 c6 6 Bb2 Qc7 7 Qe3
a 3 [13 c3?! Bf8 1 4 d 4 e 5 + ] Bf8 Bd6 8 Nf3 f6 9 h3 Na6 10 Na3
1 4 d3 Kb8 1 5 Bd2 Ne7 16 Nf3 Nb4 11 Qb3 Ne7 12 Rel Ng6 13
Ng6 1 7 0-0-0 Nb6 1 8 Nc3 Bc5 Nb5 Qe7 14 Nxd6+ Qxd6 15 a3
19 Rdg1 Nd5 20 Rg4 Bb6 21 Nd5 1 6 e3 b6 17 Qd3 Qe6 18 Ng1
Ndl?! [21 Kb1 Ndf4 22 Bxf4 Bb7 [18 ... 0-01 1 9 Rxc6 Qxc6 20
Nxf4 23 Qe5+] Bc7?! [21 . ..Ndf4 Bxd5+! +-] 19 Bxd5 cxd5
22 Bxf4 Nxf4] 22 Qe4 Qxe4 23 [19 ... Qxd5? 20 Qxd5 cxd5 21 Rc7
Rxe4 Kc8 24 Ne3 Nxe3 25 Bxe3 :t J 20 Rc7 Bc6 21 Rxg7 e4 22
Rd5 26 Rg1 ?! [26 Kdl Rf5 27 Qa6 Ne7 23 g5 d4 24 Ne2 Qa2 25
Ke2] Rf5 27 Nd4 Re5 28 Rgg4 Bel f5 26 Nxd4 [threatening 27
Rxe4 29 Rxe4 Bb6 30 Nf3 Bxe3 Rxe7 + Kxe7 28 Nxc6+ :t] Bd5
If.z-Ih 27 Qb5+ KfS 28 Qd7 Kxg7
[28 . . .Re8 29 Rxe7 Rxe7 30 Qd8+
47. ReS 31 Qf6+ KgS 32 Nxf5j 29
WELLING-METZGER Qxe7+ Bf7 30 Nxf5+ Kg8 31
Eindhoven 1977 Qf6! [31 ...KfS 32 Qxh8 Bg8 33
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 c4 d4 4 h3 Qg7+ Ke8 34 Qe7 mate] 1-0

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GROB-DENECKE
Correspondence BARRETT - LEAVENS 26
BASMAN - KEENE 18
1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 c4 dxc4 4 b3
B A S M A N - MILES 12
cxb3 5 Qxb3 e5 6 Nc3 Nf6 7 g5 BASMAN - R AVIKUMAR 14
Nfd7 8 Nf3 Nc5 9 Qc2 Bd6 10 B A SM A N - WAGER 17
Ne4 Nxe4 1 1 Qxe4 Qe7 12 Bb2 BASMAN - WHITEHEAD 13
BAS MAN - WICKER 9
Be6 13 Qe3 f6 14 d4 Bd5 15 BLOODGOOD - BOOTHE 36
gxf6 gxf6 16 dxe5 Bxf3 17 Bxf3 B L O O D G O O D - BUNTIN 29
Bxe5 1 8 Bh5+ Kd8 [18 ...Kf8 1 9 B L O O D G O O D - C OAKLEY 8

Ba3 Bd6 2 0 Qh6+ Kg8 2 1 Rg1+ B L O O D G O O D - ERWIN 31

B L O O D G O O D - EVANS 42
+-] 19 0-0-0+ Kc7 [19 ... Bd6 20 B L O O D G O O D - F ULLER 45
Rxd6+ Qxd6 21 Rdl + - j BLOODGOOD - LEONARD 20
19 ... Nd7 20 Bxe5 Qxe5 21 Qxe5 BLOODGOOD - Mc KAY 23

fxe5 22 Bg5 +-] 20 Ba3 Qe6 B L O O D G O O D - M c S O RLEY 16

B L O O D G O O D - STEVENS 27
[20 ... Qg7 2 1 f4 ± ] 21 Bd6+ ! Kc8 CLARKE - PIRTLE 25
[21 ...Bxd6?? 22 Qxe6 +-] 22 D U C KWORTH - McCAMBRIDGE 6
Bxe5 fxe5 23 Rhg1 [threatening ELLIS ON - H O O P E R 33

24 Bg4] Qe7 24 f4 e4 25 Qc3 Qf8 FARRELL - C H I P KIN 21

GROB - BREGGER 32
26 Rg7 [threatening 27 Bg4+] G R O B - CLAUSEN 44
1-0 GROB - DENECKE 50
GROB - GAF AFER 39
GROB - GUBLER 28
GROB - HASLER 40
GROB - KURZ 19
G R O B - KWIESIELEWICZ 49
G RO B - MONNEY 5
G R O B - PINTER
G RO B - R O G N O N 10
G R O B - SENNHAUSER 15
G RO B - S P ICHTIG 22
G R O B - S T . WILLI 3
G R O B - STEUCHELI 2
G R O B - S UHNER 11
G R O B - VEIT 34
G R O B - WEBER 41
G R O B - WETTSTEIN 7
HANSFORD - HARDING 48
J ORDT - SAURMANN 38
KERES - NIEMANN 30
K OLTAN O W S K I - LOVE 35
LINDBERG - P E R S S O N 37
NICKEL - RIND 4
RES C H - K LEMM 24
S C HWARZ - BAUMANN 43
S K E MBRIS - G H E O R G H IU 46
WELLING - METZGER 47

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