Fly The Pterodactyl
Fly The Pterodactyl
Fly The Pterodactyl
BY ERIC SCHILLER
ISHI P RESS
NEW Y ORK
2012
Copyright 2012 by Eric Schiller. All rights reserved.
Fly the Pterodactyl
A Chess Works Publication
by Eric Schiller
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Introduction 7
Pterodactyl Defense Variations 9
Against Expert Recommendations 36
Part 1: Sicilian Variations 41
Foune, A vs. Bilek, Istvan 41
Gallagher, Joe vs. Bilek, Istvan 44
Hamberger vs. Bilek 47
Green Krotki vs. Day Lawrence A 47
Mortensen, Erling vs. Keene, Raymond D 48
Sicilian Anhanguera 54
Nicholson, John G vs. Keene, Raymond D. 54
Martin, Emilio Rodriguez vs. Schiller, Eric 57
Antunac, Goran vs. Szabo, Laszlo 60
Guido, Flavio vs. Schiller, Eric 63
Sicilian Pteronodon 65
Johansson, Jan vs. Schiller, Eric 69
Clawitter, Craig vs. Schiller, Eric 71
Fink, Stanley vs. Wojtkiewicz , Aleksander 75
Szieberth Adam vs. Al Sayed Mohamad N 76
Georgiev, Krum vs. Macieja, Bartlomiej 76
Sicilian Quetzecoatlus 77
Ortega, Juan Manuel de dios vs. Schiller, Eric 77
Jaracz, Pawel vs. Schiller, Eric 80
Li Shilong vs. Schiller, Eric 86
Sicilian Rhamphorhynchus 89
Lutikov, Anatoly vs. Larsen, Bent 89
Antal, Gergely vs. Barbero, Gerardo 94
Sicilian Siroccopteryx 98
Abrahamyan Tatiana vs. Schiller, Eric 98
Sicilian Pterodactyl Unpin 101
Adrian, Robert vs. Jakab, Attila 101
Dezanvilliers vs. Bilek, Istvan 101
Part 2: Central Variations 102
Central Quetzalcoatlus 102
Betaneli, Aleksandr vs. Donaldson, John W 106
Central Quezalcoatlus 6.Be2 107
Central Pterodactyl 119
Browne Walter vs. Schiller, Eric 123
Dobrev, Nanko vs. Schiller, Eric 125
Hebden, Mark vs. Schiller, Eric 126
Porter, R. vs. Schiller, Eric 132
Martinez, Christi vs. Schiller, Eric 133
Pinto Mark vs. Schiller, Eric 133
Central Benoni 135
Apicella Manuel vs. Schiller, Eric 135
Sakaev, Konstantin vs. Schiller, Eric 139
Benoni Pterodactyl: Gaprindashvili Gambit 148
Jaracz Pawel vs. Schiller, Eric 151
Carpino Nigel vs. Schiller, Eric 159
Pterodctyl: Ahlback Gambit 161
Part 3: Eastern Variations 163
Eastern Anhanguera 163
Me Kevin vs. Schiller, Eric 166
Mrva, Martin vs. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 171
Eastern Pteronondon 171
Serpik Ilya vs. Schiller, Eric 180
Eastern Rhamprhynchus 180
Part 4: Western Variations 191
Western Pterodactyl 191
Keogh, Richard vs. Schiller, Eric 191
Bell, David vs. Schiller, Eric 192
Western Rhamphorhynchus 193
Bryson Douglas vs. Dunnington Angus 210
Kapu, Jeno vs. Bakonyi, Elek 215
Beals David vs. Stuifbergen Jan 218
Ilfeld Etan vs. Donaldson John 222
McShane, Luke vs. Beaumont, Chris 226
Jaffrey John vs. Schiller, Eric 231
Part 6: Miscellaneous Variations 233
Lorincz Otto vs. Ionescu Doru Alexandru 233
Atalik Suat vs. Schiller, Eric 235
Austrian Pterodactyl 238
Harrington E vs. Schiller, Eric 238
Anti-Modern 3.c3 241
Stein vs. Nei 241
Anti-Modern 3.c3 d5!? 245
Fianchetto lines 249
King's Indian Attack 255
Queen Pterodactyl 264
Anderson Tom vs. Schiller, Eric 264
Colle Pterodactyl 266
Pterodactyl: Anti-Grob 269
Introduction
Quiet Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 4.dxc5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Qa5.
Q ueen Pteronodon
11
21 b C d e f g h
Q ueen Pterodac ty l
1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 B g7 3.e3 c 5 4.B d3 4.dx c 5 Q a5+
a b c d e f g h
Colle R hamphorhy nc hus
;
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+
a b c d e f g h
Western R hamphorhy nc hus
Unpin V ariation
Against Expert Recommendations
6.Be3
6.d5 is always met by 6...Nd4 (6...Bxc3+!?
7.bxc3 Nd4 8.Bb2 Nxe2 9.Qxe2 Nf6 deserves
tests.) 7.O-O Nxf3+ 8.Bxf3
and now 8...Be5 deserves consideration.
6...Nf6 7.O-O Ng4
7...O-O 8.d5!
7.Nd2
7.Bd3 c4!? 8.Be2 Nxe4 9.Bb2 Qb6 10.Qd4 O-
O is about equal.
7...Qxc3 8.Rb1 Nxe4 9.Rb3 Qd4 10.Nxe4
Qxe4+ 11.Re3
11...Qd4
11...Qa4!?
12.Qe2
12.Qxd4 cxd4 13.Re4!?
12...e6
12...O-O! is a powerful pawn sacrifice that
redeems the line. 13.Rxe7 Na6 14.Bh6 d6
15.Bxf8 Kxf8 16.Re8+ Kg7
and Black will follow up with ...Nc7 or Nb4
according to Storey, who gives further 17.Qe7
(17.Qc4 Qf6 18.Re3 Nb4 19.a3 b5 20.Qc3
Qxc3+ 21.Rxc3 Nxd5 22.Rd3 Bb7) 17...Qc3+
18.Kd1 Bg4+ 19.f3 Rxe8 20.Qxe8 Bxf3+
13.c4 Qa1
13...O-O is simpler.
14.Qc2 Na6 15.a3 d6
Why isn't Black getting castled? 16.Bd3 Bd7
17.O-O
White now has the advantage.
a b c d e f g h
17...Qg7 18.Bb2
18.f4 should have been played first.
18...e5! 19.f4 f6 20.fxe5 fxe5 21.Ref3 O-O-O
22.Rf7 Qh6 23.Qf2!
The idea is to trap the queen after Bc1, h3 and Be2.
a b c d e f g h
23...Bf5?! 24.Bxf5+ gxf5 25.Qxf5+ Kb8 26.Bc1
Black is still a pawn up, but his queen is sweating.
26...Qh4 27.Bg5 Qd4+ 28.Kh1 Rc8 29.Qd7
His king, too. 29...Nc7 30.Be7! Ka8 31.Bxd6
Rhd8 32.Qf5 Na6
32...Nxd5 33.cxd5 Qxd5 34.Bxe5 c4 might
have been the best try.
33.Bxe5 Qxc4 34.d6 Nb8 35.Rb1 Qd5
a b c d e f g h
36.Rc7?
36.Rfxb7 Qxb7 37.Rxb7 Kxb7 38.Qxh7+ Rd7
39.Qb1+
should have been simple enough.
36...Rg8
Counterplay! 37.Qf3 Qxf3 38.gxf3 Rxc7 39.dxc7
Nc6 40.Rd1
a b c d e f g h
40...b5?
At the last move of time control Black falters.
40...b6
41.Rd5! Kb7 42.Bd6 Kb6 43.Rxc5 a5 44.f4 Na7
45.Rh5
Black resigned.
Sicilian Anhanguera
Nicholson, John G vs. Keene, Raymond D.
Esbjerg , 1981
Sicilian Anhanguera
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Be3
Nf6 6.Nd2!?
Normally the queen moves to this square. 6...cxd4
The pawn sacrifice is only temporary. 7.Nb3 Qc7
8.Nxd4 d6 9.Be2 O-O
We now have a fairly typical Sicilian position, but one
which hasn't been reached before.
10.g4?!
A bit too ambitious.
10.O-O Nc6 11.Qd2 Ng4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.h3
Bd7=, Azadmanesh vs. Stoffers, Rijswijk 2000.
10...Nc6 11.g5 Ng4! 12.Bxg4
12.Nd5 is met by Qa5+.
12...Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Nxd4 14.O-O-O
The king will not be safe on the queenside!
14...Qc4!
The queen overprotects d4 and puts herself in a
position to attack the queenside. 15.Rd3 Rfc8
16.Qd1 Nc6
Threatens to capture at c3 and then a2. 17.a3
Bxc3 18.Rxc3 Qa2
The infiltration is useful even without the capture.
19.f4 Na5 20.Bd4 Nc4!
Threatens checkmate so White must sacrifice the
exchange.
7...cxd4 8.Nxd4
Now 8...d6 leads to a Dragon but Black has a much
better reply! 8...Nxe4! 9.Nxe4 Qxd2+ 10.Nxd2
1 0.K x d2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxd4 12.c3 Bg7
13.Re1 O-O
and Black's extra pawn and bishop pair le to a
win in Grosar Aljosa 2370 - Kaposztas Miklos
Berlin 1987;
1 0.B x d2 Nxd4 11.O-O-O d6 12.c3 Nc6
13.Bc4 Bf5 14.Rhe1 O-O
brought Black an upset win in Babich M 2035 -
Vardanyan Tatevik 1806, Vladivostok 9
10...Nxd4 11.O-O-O O-O
White has nothing to show for the missing pawn.
a b c d e f g h
12.g4 d6 13.Bg2 Be6 14.Nb3 Nc6 15.Nd4?
White should not be introducing exchanges when he
is a pawn down. 15...Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4
17.Rxd4 Rab8 18.Ra4 a6 19.Rb4 b6 20.Rd1
Rfc8 21.Bd5? Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Rc6
a b c d e f g h
23.a4 e6 24.Rd2 d5
Black has strengthened his pawn structure. 25.c3
Kg7 26.Kd1 a5 27.Rb5 Rc5 28.Rxc5?
White continues his policy of trading when down.
28...bxc5 29.Ke2 Kf6 30.f4 g5 31.fxg5+ Kxg5
32.Kf3 Kf6 33.Kg3 Ke5 34.Re2+ Kd6 35.Rf2
Rb7 36.Kh4 d4 37.Kg5 Kd5
White resigned.
Guido, Flavio vs. Schiller, Eric
Internet Chess Club, 2002
Sicilian Anhanguersa (by transposition)
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Be3 Qa5 5.Qd2
cxd4 6.Bxd4 Bxd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Nf3
The game has transposed to a Sicilian Anhanguera.
8...d5
8...d6 9.O-O Nf6 can't be too bad for Black.
Probably about even, given the weakness of
White's pawns.
8...b6!? comes into consideration. 9.O-O Bb7
10.Rb1 Nf6 11.Re1 (11.Qe2 Qc7 12.e5 Nh5
13.Bh6 Rg8 14.Rfe1 Ng7 15.Nd4 Ne6 16.Nxe6
fxe6 17.Rb4 Nc6 18.Rh4 1/2-1/2, Videki Sandor -
Dobos Jozsef Budapest 2000 18...Nd8! intending
...Nf7.) 11...Na6 12.a4 Qc8 13.Bh6 Nc5 14.Rb4
Ne6 15.Qa1 Qc5 16.Rb5 Qc7 17.a5 Bc6 18.Rb3
bxa5 19.Ra3 Rg8 20.Rxa5 g5 21.Bxg5 Nxg5
22.Rxg5 Rxg5 23.Nxg5 Qf4 24.Nh3 Qh6 25.Qa5
Qh5 26.Qc7 Qc5 27.Rb1 Kf8 28.Qf4 1/2-1/2,
Berthelot- Olivier 1991.
9.exd5 Qxd5 10.O-O Bg4 11.Bc3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3
Qxf3 13.gxf3
White's pawns are a mess but he does have the
bishop pair.
a b c d e f g h
13...f6 14.Rab1 Nd7 15.Rxb7 Nc5 16.Bb5+
Kf8 17.Rc7 Ne6 18.Rd7 Rc8 19.Bb4 Rxc2
20.Re1 Kf7?
20. . . N g5 21.Bxe7+ Nxe7 22.Rexe7 a6
23.Bxa6 Rxa2 24.Bc4 Rd2! 25.Rc7±;
20...Rb2!? 21.Rxe6 Rxb4 22.a4²
21.Ba4 Rxa2 22.Bb3 Ra6 23.Rxe6 Rxe6
24.Rxa7
Black resigns
Clawitter, Craig vs. Schiller, Eric
Los Angeles, 1995
Pteronondon
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc3+
5.bxc3 Qa5 6.Qd3
6 . B b 2 Nc6 7.Nf3 also flies into Sicilian
Pterodactyl territory. 7...Nf6
is then the best move. (7...Qxc5 8.Bd3 Nf6
9.O-O d6 10.c4 O-O 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3
13.Qxf3 Ne5 gave Black the initiative in Kuzin-
Onoprienko, 2006);
6.Rb1!? Qxc5 (6...Qxc3+ 7.Qd2 Qxc5 8.Bd3
Nf6 9.Nf3 a6 10.O-O Nc6 is comfortable for
Black and a better way to play.) 7.Qd4 Qxd4
8.cxd4 with a strong center, Stripunsky - Karen,
2001;
6.Nf3 transposes to Sicilian Pterodactyl.
6...Qxc5 7.Nf3
We have transposed to a Sicilian Pterodactyl line.
a b c d e f g h
7...d6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O Nbd7
Black will be able to castle soon enough. 11.Nd2
Nc5 12.Qc4 Be6 13.Qd4 Bd7 14.Rab1 O-O
Black can be totally satisfied with the position. The
superior pawn structure balances out the bishop
pair.
a b c d e f g h
15.f3 e5
This creates a backward pawn at d6 but I saw I
could get it to d5. 16.Qb4 b6 17.Rfd1 d5!?
18.Bg5!
I had overlooked this. 18...Na4!?
19.Bxf6 Nxc3 20.Re1! Nxb1 21.Rxb1 Qxc2
22.exd5 Bf5 23.Bxe5 Qxa2
White is better but I have some useful pressure.
24.Rf1 Rac8 25.Bc4 Qc2 26.Bb3 Qd3
Pressure often leads to opponents blundering, as
happens now.
a b c d e f g h
27.Qh4??
27.Qf4 f6 28.d6+ Kh8 29.Bd4 g5 30.Qe5!!
would have been very strong.
27...Qe3+ White resigned.
Fink, Stanley vs. Wojtkiewicz , Aleksander
Mt. Vernon , 1999
Pteronondon
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3
Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 Qxc5 8.Rb1 d6
9.Rb3 Qc7 10.Bc3 f6 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.O-O
Nh6 13.Ng5 e5 14.f4 fxg5 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.Bxc6+ bxc6 17.Qd2 Be6 18.Qxg5 Bxb3
19.Qxh6 Bc4 20.Rf2 O-O-O 21.h3 Qb6 22.Qh4
Rhf8
White resigned.
Szieberth Adam vs. Al Sayed Mohamad N
Budapest , 2001
Pteronondon
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3
Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ 7.Qd2 Qxa1 8.c3 Nf6
9.Bd3 Na6 10.O-O Nxc5 11.Ng5 Nxd3 12.Ba3
Qxf1+ 13.Kxf1 Ne5 14.f4 Nc4 15.Qd4 Nxa3
16.e5 Nc2 17.Qf2 Ng4 18.Qh4 d6 19.Nxh7
dxe5 20.Nf6+ exf6 21.Qxh8+ Ke7 22.h3 Nge3+
23.Kf2 exf4
White resigned.
Georgiev, Krum vs. Macieja, Bartlomiej
Greece, 2005
Pteronondon
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3
Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 Qxc5 8.Rb1 Nf6
9.Bd3 d6 10.Rb5 Qc7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 a6
13.Ba5 b6
White resigned.
Sicilian Quetzecoatlus
Ortega, Juan Manuel de dios vs. Schiller,
Eric
Internet Chess Club, 2003
Quetzalcoatlus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Be3
d6
6.Bb5+
6. Q d2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 transposes to a
Dragon.
6...Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.O-O Rc8
8...Ngf6 9.Qd2 cxd4 10.Bxd4 O-O 11.Nd5 Qd8
12.Rfe1 Nxd5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.exd5 Nf6 15.c4
Rc8 16.b3 Qd7 17.Qe3 b5
gave Black good counterplay in Tabjbzada-
Schneider, Germany 1997.
9.Qd2 a6 10.Nd5?!
10.Rad1=
10...Qxd2 11.Bxd2 cxd4
Black is clearly better with a healthy extra pawn.
17...Rxc3!
An excellent, if obvious, exchange. 18.Bxc3 Nxe4
19.Nd5 Nxc3 20.Nxc3 Rc8. White's position is
hopelessly lost. 21.Rd1 Nb6 22.Rxd6 Nc4
23.Rd1 Nxb2 24.Rc1 e4 25.Nd2 Rxc3. Black
has had an excellent focus on c3 throughout the
game. 26.Rxc3 Bxc3 27.Nxe4 Bb4. White should
have resigned here. 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Nd7 b5
30.Kf1 Bc3 31.Ke2 Bd4 32.f3 a5 33.Kd2 b4
34.Nb8 a4 35.Nc6 Bc3+ 36.Kc2 Nc4 37.g3
Ne3+ 38.Kd3 Nf1 39.Kc4 Nxh2 40.Nxb4 Bxb4
41.Kxb4 Nxf3 42.Kxa4 f5 43.Kb3 g5 44.a4 Ne5
45.a5 Nc6 46.a6 f4 47.gxf4 gxf4 48.Kc4 h5
49.Kd3 Kf6 50.Ke4 Kg5 51.Kd5 Na7 52.Kc5 f3
53.Kb6 f2 54.Kxa7 f1=Q 55.Kb7 Qb5+ 56.Ka7
h4 57.Ka8 Qxa6+. White resigns
Jaracz, Pawel vs. Schiller, Eric
Internet Chess Club, 2003
Sicilian Quetzalcoatlus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Be3
d6
6.Qd2
6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.O-O Rc8 9.Qd2
a6 10.Nd5 (10.Rad1=) 10...Qxd2 11.Bxd2 cxd4
12.Rac1 e6³
6...Nc6 7.dxc5!?
7.d5 Ne5 8.Nxe5 Bxe5 9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.Bd3=,
Szabo vs. Haag, Hungarian Championship 1961.
7.h3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O
is a Classical Dragon.
7...Bxc3
7...dxc5 8.Nd5 Qxd2+ 9.Kxd2 Kf8 is a bit
better for White.
8.bxc3
8...Nf6 9.Bd3
9.cxd6 Nxe4 10.Qd3 Nxd6. White suffers from
weak queenside pawns.
9...dxc5 10.e5 Nd5 11.Be4 Qxc3
11...Nxc3!? might have been better, but not at
this time control!
12.Qxc3 Nxc3 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Bxc5
The endgame holds equal chances.
13.Qc1 Nf6
13...h5!? comes into consideration.
14.Bh6 O-O 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qe3 Rfb8 17.f4
b5 18.e5 Ng8 19.e6!?
This aggressive thrust turns out to be quite
successful. Black must deviate earlier.
19.Ne4 Bf5 20.b3 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Nh6 22.e6 f5
and Black will be fine after getting the knight to f6.
19...fxe6 20.dxe6 Bc6 21.f5!? bxc4 22.fxg6!
Nf6 23.gxh7 Rxb2 24.h8=Q+! Rxh8 25.Qg5+
Kf8 26.Rxf6+
Black resigns
Sicilian Rhamphorhynchus
Lutikov, Anatoly vs. Larsen, Bent
Beverwijk , 1967
Rhamphorhynchus
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3
Nf6?!
This is often played, but White can boast some
advantage in many different lines.
6.Nd5! Qa5+
6...Na6 guards c7 but only for a moment.
7.Bxa6 bxa6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Be3 (9.b4 is even
stronger.) 9...Qa5 10.Bd4 Bb7 11.c4 Bxd5
12.exd5 O-O 13.Bc3 Qc7 14.Qa4 (14.b3)
14...Rfc8 15.b3 Nxd5 16.Bxg7 was clearly better
for White in Ashley Maurice - Epstein Esther
Connecticut 2001.
7.Bd2 Qd8 8.Bc3
By contesting the long diagonal White secures a
lasting advantage thanks to his domination of the
center and lead in development.
14...Nh6
14...e6 15.Nb4 Qe7 was a superior plan.
15.Bc4 Nf7 16.O-O e6 17.Nb4?
Wrong direction! 17...Qe7 18.Nd3 f5 19.exf5
19.Bxg7+ Kxg7 should have been inserted
first.
19...gxf5 20.Re1 Bxc3 21.Nxc3 Qf6 22.Qd2
Rg8 23.Re3?? d5 24.Bb3 d4
White resigned.
Sicilian Siroccopteryx
Abrahamyan, Tatiana vs. Schiller, Eric
Los Angeles, 1995
Siciliaq Siroccopteryx
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Bc4?
The Siroccopteryx is an opening trap.
1.e4
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c5 is the line
without Nf3.
ChessBase Statistics
Black scores averagely (44%).
Black performs Elo 2229 against an opposition of Elo
2271 (-42).
White performs Elo 2335 against an opposition of Elo
2293 (+42).
White wins: 105 (=41%), Draws: 80 (=31%), Black
wins: 74 (=29%)
The drawing quote is lower than average. (3%
quick draws, < 20 Moves)
5.d5 (5.dxc5 Bxc3+ (5...dxc5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8
7.Be3 (7.Nge2 Nc6 8.Be3 Nd4 9.O-O-O e5
10.Nd5 Bd7 11.f4 f6 12.h3 h5 13.fxe5 fxe5
14.Nec3 Bh6 15.Bxh6 Nxh6= in a game White
won van der Spoel vs. van Loon, 1989) 7...Bxc3+
8.bxc3 b6 9.Nf3 (9.O-O-O+ Ke8 10.e5 Nc6
11.Nf3 h5 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.Bf4 Rc8=) 9...Nc6
10.Be2 (10.Bf4 Na5 11.h3 f6 12.e5 Be6 13.Nd2
Ke8 14.Be2 Rd8 15.g4 Kf7 16.Bg3 Kg7= in a
game White won Stockl vs. Robatsch, 1961)
10...Ke8 11.O-O Na5 12.Nd2 Be6 13.f4 f5 14.e5
Rd8 15.Rab1 Nh6 16.h3 Kf7 17.Kf2 Rd7³ in a
game Black won Huque vs. Crawley, 1989.)
7.dxc5
7 . B e3 Nc6 8.d5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 (9.gxf3 Nd4
10.O-O Nf6 11.Bxd4 cxd4 12.Nb5 Nh5 13.Nxd4
Qb6 14.Qa4+ Kf8³ in a game Black won
Koscielski vs. Nesterov, 1993 . ) 9...Nd4 (9...Ne5
10.Qb3 Nf6 11.O-O Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Qc7 13.Qc2
O-O= in a game Black won Beilfuss vs. Ivanov,
1989) 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.Nb5 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qb6
13.Rb1 O-O 14.O-O a6= in the drawn game
Kiviaho vs. Blokh, 1997.
7...dxc5 8.O-O
8. Q b3 Nc6 9.O-O (9.Qxb7 Bxc3+ 10.Bd2
Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 Rd8 12.Qxc6+ Bd7©) 9...O-O-O
10.Ng5 in a game White won Meyer vs.
Ivanov/Bermuda 1989 10...Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Nh6›.
8...Nc6 9.Bf4 Nf6 10.e5
10.Nd5 O-O 11.Bc7 b6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 in
a game White won Magomedov vs. Sakhatova,
1994 13...Ne8!³
10...Nh5 11.Bd2 O-O 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3
Nxe5 14.Bxh5 gxh5›
a b c d e f g h
15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Bc3 e6 17.Qxh5 Ng6 18.Bxg7
Kxg7 19.Ne3 Qc7 20.Ng4 f5 21.Nh2 Nf4
22.Qf3 Rf6 23.h4 e5 24.g3 Ne6 25.Qh5 Nd4
26.Nf3 Kh8 27.Ne1 Rg8 28.Ng2 Qc6 29.Kh2
Rh6 30.Qd1 f4 31.Ne1 Qf6 32.Nf3 e4 33.Ng1
Qg5 34.Nh3 fxg3+ 35.Kg2 Qxh4 in a game Black
won , Sherzer vs. Soltis, 1992.
Central Pterodactyl
[...]
13.f5 Nf4 14.Qf3 Bd7 15.g3 Nxd3 16.f6 Bh8
17.Qxd3 Qd8 18.Qf3 a6 19.a4= Rb8= in a game
White won , Georgiev - Solomunovic 2003.
Browne Walter vs. Schiller, Eric
San Meteo, 2000
Central Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Qa5
4...Bxc3+!? 5.bxc3 Qa5!? 6.Bd2 d6=
5.Bd2 d6 6.Nf3
6...Bg4 7.Bb5+
7.Be2 Nd7 8.O-O Ngf6 9.Ne1 Bxe2 10.Qxe2
Zvara vs. Lys, 1992. 10...O-O=
7...Nd7?!
This seemed natural. In a 15 minute game I couldn't
spend a lot of time early. But the bishop at g4 is
actually overworked, because while it pins f3, it also
has to defend d7 or I won't be able to castle.
7...Bd7 After the game we immediately agreed
that this had to be played.
8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxd7+ Kxd7 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.O-O²
White's advantage is not huge, but it is persistent.
My king will be a target forever. 11...a6?!
I never considered moving my king to c8, but that's
what the computers recommend. I admit I still don't
understand it, 12.e5!?
Grandmaster Browne goes for the jugular. This
particular rapid tournament had a nice prize, and
there was no room for mercy. 12...dxe5 13.d6!
Opening lines which will prove fatal to me. 13...Qb4
14.dxe7 e4 15.Qe2 Qb6
15...Rae8 16.Bg5±
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4± Qc6 18.Qc4 Qe6
18...Kxe7 19.Rfe1+ Kf8 20.Bc3±
19.Qxc5 Rac8 20.Qb4 Rxc2 21.Rad1 Kc8
22.Rfe1� Be5 23.Bc3 f6 24.f4 Qc6 25.Re4
White won.
Dobrev, Nanko vs. Schiller, Eric
Internet Chess Club, 2003
Central Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c5 5.d5 Qa5
5...Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5
6.Bd2 Nf6 7.Nf3
6...Bg4
6...a6 is a reasonable alternative.
7.Be2 Nd7 8.O-O Ngf6 9.h3 Bxf3
There is no viable retreat. 10.Bxf3 O-O 11.a3
It is not easy to come up with a plan for White.
11...a6 12.Be2 b5
A temporary pawn sacrifice.
11.h3
11.Kh1 c4› Hausmann-Meiossner 1996.
11...e6
11...c4 12.Be3²
12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Re8 14.f5!? Ne5
14...gxf5 15.exf5 Ne5 16.Bf4›
15.fxe6 Bxe6 16.Nxe6 Rxe6 17.Bg5 Rf8
18.Nd5²
a b c d e f g h
18...Qd7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Bg4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4
Bd4+
21...Qe8!=
22.Kh1 Rfe8 23.c3 Bg7 24.Rf4
24.Rae1²
24...Qd8 25.Raf1 Kh8 26.Qf3 c4 27.g4 Re5
28.Rf7 b5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Nc7 R8e7 31.Rxe7
Qxe7 32.Nd5 Qe8 33.Ra1
a b c d e f g h
33...h5?
33...Rxe4! 34.Nc7 Re3 35.Nxe8 Rxf3 36.Nxd6
Be5 37.Ra8+ Kg7 38.Ra7+ Kf8! 39.Nxb5 Rxh3+
40.Kg1³
34.Nc7 Qe7 35.Ra8+ Kh7 36.Nd5 hxg4
37.hxg4 Qh4+ 38.Kg2 Rg5 39.Ne3 Re5 40.Ra1
Kg8 41.Nd5 Qh6 42.Nf4 Re8 43.Nh3 Rf8
44.Qe2 Qh4 45.Rh1 Qe7 46.Qe3 d5 47.Ng5
Qe5 48.Nf3
Black is doing well, but here I go astray in time
trouble.
a b c d e f g h
48...Qe7?
48...Qxe4 49.Qxe4 dxe4 50.Ng5 e3µ
49.e5 Rxf3?
49...Qe6 50.Qd4 Rd8 51.Rd1 Rd7=
50.Qxf3 Qxe5 51.Rd1
Black forfeits on time
Sakaev, Konstantin vs. Schiller, Eric
Dos Hermanas Qualifier 2002
Central Benoni Beefeater
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3
Bxc3+!?
This is an interesting way to head into Beefeater
territory. 6.bxc3 Qa5
Instead of an immediate ...f5 break, Black first
places pressure at c3. White has to deal with the
threat, and ...f5 can be played later.
7.Bd2
7 .Qc 2 f5 transposes to the Beefeater, an
opening popularized by the creative Grandmaster
Roman Dzindzichashvili. That is probably Black's
best option. (7...Nf6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.f4 (9.Nf3 b5
10.cxb5 c4 11.Bxc4 Nxe4 12.O-O Ndc5 13.Bb2
Nf6 14.Nd4± in a game White won Naumann vs.
Bangiev, Nord W9596 1996. ) 9...Qc7 (9...e5
10.Nf3 Qc7 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.O-
O² in a game Black won Kreiling vs. Petri, 1999.)
10.Nf3 a6 11.O-O Nh5 12.Re1 O-O 13.e5! Nb6
14.e6 fxe6 15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Qxg6+ Ng7 17.Ng5
in a game White won Claas vs. Fantino, 1995;
7...Nd7 8.Bd2 Ngf6 9.f4 a6 10.Nf3 b5 11.e5! Nh5
12.exd6 exd6 13.Qe4+± in a game Black won
Claas vs. Schmelzle, 1998.) 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.Bd3
Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.Nf3 (11.f4 Ngf6 12.Nf3
Nb6 13.O-O Qa6 14.Nd2 Nbxd5 15.Re1 Nc7
16.Nf1 d5³ in a game White won Szymanski vs.
Thorarinsson, 2001) 11...Ngf6 12.O-O O-O-O
13.Re1 Rde8 14.Bf4 Nb6 15.Nd2 in the drawn
game Sapi vs. Laco, 1989/EXT 89op2 ;
7.Qb3 f5 (7...Nf6 8.Bd3 O-O (8...Nbd7 9.Nf3
O-O (9...a6 10.O-O Rb8 11.Rb1 O-O 12.Bf4 Ng4
13.Be2 f5 14.exf5 Rxf5› in the drawn game
Baginskaite vs. Khan, 2000/CBM 78 ext) 10.O-O
Ng4 11.Bd2 Nge5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Be2² in the
drawn game Zeller vs. Kekelidze, 1997/98.)
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.f4 a6 11.O-O b5 12.cxb5 axb5
13.Qxb5 Qxb5 14.Bxb5 Nxe4³ 15.c4 Nb6 16.f5
Bxf5 17.Rf4 h5 18.a4 Rfb8 19.Ra3 Ra7 20.Re3
Nf6 21.Bb2 Ng4 22.Rxg4 Bxg4 in a game Black
won Corsi Ferrari vs. Cristobal, del Plata 2000)
8.Bd3 (8.exf5 Bxf5 9.Ne2 Na6 (9...Qc7²) 10.Ng3
Bd7 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.O-O (12.Qxb7 Qxc3+
13.Ke2 Nb4!!) 12...Qa4!? 13.f4 (13.Qxb7 Rb8
14.Qxa7 O-O 15.Bc2! Qxc2 16.Qxa6 Ra8
17.Qb7 Rfb8 18.Qc7 Qa4!°) 13...O-O-O 14.h3
Rhg8 15.Bd2 Nc7 16.Rae1 Qxb3 17.axb3 Rg7 in
the drawn game Chow vs. Tate, 1998 18.f5! g5
19.Ra1 a6 20.Ne4 h6 21.b4 White's attack looks
stronger.) 8...fxe4 9.Bxe4 Nf6 10.Bd3 Na6
(10...O-O would be my choice.) 11.Ne2 Bd7
12.O-O O-O-O 13.Rb1
White has a strong queenside attack and Black
has nothing. Kula vs. Nielsen, 1990.
7...Nf6
I wasn't expecting Bd2, I had reckoned on a queen
move. So I decided to play it safe. White has the
bishop pair, but bad pawns. Still, White must have a
slight advantage thanks to the control of the center.
7...Nd7 8.f4 Nb6 9.Bd3 Bd7 10.Nf3 Qa4
11.Qe2 O-O-O 12.O-O f6 13.Rab1² in a game
White won Kuzmin vs. Belkhodja, 2002 ;
7...f5!? might be best.
8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Nf3
9.f4 Nb6 (9...b5 10.Qe2 bxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O is
probably best.) 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.O-O h5 12.e5 Ng4
13.Qe2 O-O-O 14.Ng5 Rdf8 15.Nxf7 Rxf7 16.e6
Rg7 17.exd7+ Nxd7 18.Qe6 Qd8 19.Rab1± in a
game White won Minnican vs. Montgomery,
1999/EXT 2000
a b c d e f g h
9...Ng4 10.Be2 Qa6 11.O-O Nb6
a b c d e f g h
12.h3N
12.a4 Qa5 13.h3 Nf6 14.e5 Ne4 15.Bd3 Nxd2
16.Qxd2 dxe5 17.Nxe5 O-O› in a game Black
won Malinao vs. Maga, 1996.
12...Nf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Ne4 15.Bh6
15.Bd3 Nxd2 16.Qxd2²
15...f5!?
15...Nxc3 16.Qe1 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2©
16.Bd3 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.Bg7 Rg8
19.Be5²
White's bishop pair is worth something.
5...d6
Playing it safe against a Grandmaster.
5...Bxc3+!? 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 (7.Qd2?
Qxa1 8.c3 Qb1!) 7...Qg7 8.Bd3 d6 9.O-O Bg4
(9...Nf6!) 10.Rb1 b6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3
(12.Bb5+ Nd7 13.Bxd7+ Kxd7 14.Qxf3 is
stronger.) 12...Nd7 13.Bb5 Ngf6 14.Bc3! Rd8
15.e5 dxe5 16.d6 exd6 17.Rbd1 (17.Rfd1 Ke7
18.Qb7!?) 17...Ke7 18.Qc6 Ne8 19.f4 f6 20.Qb7
Rf8 21.Qxa7 Rf7 22.Bc4 Rf8 23.fxe5 fxe5
24.Rxf8 Kxf8 25.Rf1+ Ndf6 26.Qxb6 Qe7 27.Bd2
Kg7 28.Be3 Rd7 29.a4 Rb7 30.Qc6 Rb4 31.Bb3
h6 32.a5 Qc7 33.Bd5 Nxd5 34.Qxd5 Ra4 35.Qe6
Rf4 36.Bxf4 exf4 37.Qxe8 d5 38.Re1
Black resigns in a game White won , Frhat - Schiller,
2004.
6.h3?!N
So much for ...Bg4 plans! This was a bit
disconcerting, especially at such a fast time control.
a) 6.Nd2!? Bxc3 (6...a6 7.Nc4 Qc7 8.a4 Nf6
9.a5. White has an annoying queenside
advantage. Still, this may be less risky than the
main line.) 7.bxc3 Qxc3 8.Rb1 Qa5 (8...Nf6
9.Bd3 Qa5 (9...a6!?
This might be the way to go. Black's queen
isn't under attack and the pin is useful. Castling
will be available for a while. 10.O-O b5 11.Bb2
Qa5 The position is unclear. ) 10.O-O a6
Waltemathe vs. Kleinsorgen, a 1977
correspondence game. 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Nb6
is clearly better for White.) 9.Bd3 a6 (9...Nf6
10.O-O O-O 11.Nc4 Qc7 doesn't look too bad
for Black.) 10.O-O b5?! (10...Nd7 11.Nc4 Qc7
12.a4. White will play a5 with a queenside
advantage.) 11.a4! c4 (11...Qxa4 12.Bxb5+!
axb5 13.Bb2 Nf6 14.Ra1 Qxa1 15.Bxa1
Material is about even, but White must be a bit
better. (Computer analysis). ) 12.Bxc4 bxc4
13.Nxc4 Qc7 14.Nb6 Bb7 (14...Ra7? 15.Nxc8
Qxc8 16.Qd4!) 15.Qd4 Nf6 16.Bh6 Nbd7
17.Nxa8 Bxa8
White had better prospects in Vasiukov vs.
Zakharov, 1961.
6.Be2 Nd7 (6...Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qxc3+ 8.Bd2
Qa3 is worth exploring as another Poisoned Pawn
variation. 6...Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a6
A solid approach, with no more than a minimal
advantage for White.) 7.O-O a6 8.Bd2 Ngf6
9.a4 O-O 10.Re1 Rb8 (10...Ng4!?) 11.h3 Ne8
12.Bg5 is not at all pleasant for Black, Zuidema
vs. Bobotsov, 1964.
b) 6.Bd2 a6 (6...Qb4? 7.Bd3 was seen in
Tischer vs. Feustel, Correspondence 1975 but
the Poisoned Pawn is truly poison here! 7.Bb5+!
Bd7 8.a3 Qa5 9.Qe2 Bxb5 10.Qxb5+ Qxb5
11.Nxb5 Na6 12.Bc3 White is better. ) 7.Be2 Qc7
8.a4 b6! 9.O-O Nf6 10.Re1 O-O
White has only a small advantage, since the a5-
bind can't be established. Matkovic vs.
Gnjezdur, 1966.
6...a6 7.Bd2 Qb4!
I had been studying this idea in a variety of
Pterodactyl contexts. I knew the queen could not get
into much trouble. It is similar to the Poisoned Pawn
Variation of the Najdorf Sicilian, except that I have a
lot more firepower on the long diagonal.
a b c d e f g h
8.Bd3 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5!?
Strange, but 10.e5 has the been a main lline of the
Poisoned Pawn, too! It is a very interesting move,
and another surprise.
10.Rb3 Qa5. I expected the game to go this
way, and was just trying to figure out what
happens if the knight moves, with a discovered
attack on my queen. The best move is probably
11.a4, but then I could retreat the queen to c7.
11.Nb5 Qd8 12.Ra3
An interesting possibility, but Black can just
develop with ...Nf6 and then castle.
10...Qa5 11.Qe2
11.Nb5 Qd8;
11.exd6? Bxc3;
11.O-O Black might be able to take the pawn
and live, so Jaracz defended it.
11...Qc7 12.Bf4 Nd7
The dark squares are so weak for White, that the d-
pawn is taboo.
a b c d e f g h
13.O-O
I didn't expect a Grandmaster to fall for the trap at
d6.
13.exd6? Bxc3+ 14.Nd2 Bxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Qa5+
13...Nxe5?!
Poor judgment. I thought that getting a pair of knights
off would work in my favor, especially since my light
square bishop would wake up. Capturing with the
pawn would have been much better.
13...dxe5!µ 14.Bg3 c4! 15.Be4 (15.Bxc4? b5)
15...f5 16.Ng5!
Because of the fork at e6, I can't grab the
bishop. This is post-game computer analysis.
16...Nf8 (16...fxe4 17.Ne6 Qa5 18.Qxc4 b5
19.Qc6 Rb8 20.Nxg7+ Kf7 21.Ne6
White is clearly better, the tripled pawns are
disgusting. But I am sure we couldn't have
found these moves at the board!) 17.Bf3
14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Bh2
The bishop would have more options at g3. 15...b5
Black is clearly better, with two extra pawns and a
nice queenside initiative. White's pawn at d5 is weak.
16.Be4
16.Rfe1 b4 17.Na4 Bd7 18.Nb2³
16...Rb8
16...f5? 17.d6!
17.a4 b4µ 18.d6!
This came a shock. My rook on b8 is no longer at a8.
What's the big deal?
a b c d e f g h
18...exd6?
Oops! I haven't done anything about f7, and it is
nearly move 20. Now a dangerous diagonal is open
for business.
18...Qd7 19.dxe7 Nxe7 20.Rbd1 Qe6. Black
has a great game.
19.Nd5!
The bishop will get to the diagonal later. 19...Qa5
20.f4
Smashing open one major file. 20...Ne7!?
Just let me get castled!
20...f5 21.fxe5 fxe4 22.exd6 Bd4+ 23.Kh1 Bf5
24.d7+! Kxd7 25.Bxb8.
21.fxe5
Oh, I can't get castled, the knight will be hanging. But
I didn't dare to exchange at d5, because then the f7-
square falls apart. I was wrong.
21...dxe5
21...Nxd5! Indeed, this was best. I might have
been able to save the game. I missed a clever
way to take care if problems on the e-file. 22.Bxd5
(22.exd6 Bd4+! (22...O-O 23.Bxd5 Bd7 24.Bxf7+
Rxf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Qe7+ Kg8 27.Qxd7 I didn't
like the look of this.) 23.Kh1 Ne3! This is what I
missed. Black must be ok here, probably much
better. After all, a knight and a pawn is a lot of
extra material, Black can walk the king to g7 if
White checks at c6.) 22...O-O 23.e6!?
During the game, there was no time to analyze.
I just felt White had enough going on to find a
way to win. Coldblooded machine analysis
suggests otherwise. (23.exd6 Bf5) 23...Bxe6
(23...fxe6 24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.Bxe6+ Bxe6
26.Qxe6+ Kh8 27.Be5+!! dxe5 28.Qxe5+ Kg8
29.Qxb8±) 24.Bxe6 (24.Bxd6 Bxd5 25.Bxb8
Rxb8
An easy win for Black, who has two bishops
and two pawns for the rook.) 24...fxe6
25.Qxe6+ Kh8 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Bxd6 Qb6!
Of course I didn't spot this pin, which also sets
up a discovered check.
22.Nxe7 Kxe7 23.Bd5�
It is all over.
a b c d e f g h
23...Be6
23...Rf8 24.Bxe5 Be6 25.Bxg7 Rg8 26.Bxe6
fxe6 27.Bf6+;
23...f6 24.Bxe5!! fxe5 25.Rf7+ Kd6 26.Be4!
Mate in seven.
24.Bxe5! Qb6 25.Bxg7 Rhe8 26.Bf6+ Kf8
27.Qd2
Black resigns
Carpino Nigel vs. Schiller, Eric
Dos Hermanas Qualifier 2003
Benoni Gambit
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 b5!?
The Benko Gambit approach works well here. In
fact, it is easy to transpose to the main lines of that
opening. 5.cxb5 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nf3
8.Nf3
8.e5 Nc6!;
8.O-O-O Nc6 9.Qd2 d6 10.Bc4 O-O
is balanced. 8...Nc6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bc4 Qb4!
11.Bb3 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 13.Qe3 Qxe3+
14.fxe3 Na5µ
13.bxa7
1 3 .Nd4 looks stronger. 13...Qxb6 14.Qxb6
axb6 but White's extra pawn is useless.
13...Rxa7 14.Kf2!?
14.Nd4 Qc7=
14...Bxe2 15.Kxe2 Ra4
Black's initiative compensates for the pawns.
16.Qb3
6.Ne2!?
A very rare line. I was caught by surprise.
a) 6.Bd3 Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 Qxc5. Black is a pawn
up, but is going to be far behind in development.
8.Nf3 (8.Rb1 d6 9.Ne2 Nf6 10.Rb5 Qc7
11.Bh6 Nbd7 12.O-O a6 13.Rg5 Nc5 14.Bg7
Ncxe4 15.Bxh8 Nxg5 16.Bxf6 exf6³ Nippula
vs. Turunen, 2000.) 8...d6 9.O-O (9.Rb1 Nf6
10.Rb5 Qc7 11.Bh6 Beaton vs. Norris, 1999.
11...a6=) 9...Nf6 10.Bh6 (10.Rb1 Nbd7
11.Re1 a6 12.Qc1 O-O 13.Bb4 Qc7=
Pel vs. L. Day, 2001.) 10...Ng4 11.Bg7 Rg8
12.Bd4 Qc7 13.h3 Ne5 14.c4 Nbc6= Hertan
vs. L. Day, 1985.
b) 6.Bd2 Qxc5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bd3 d6 9.O-O Nc6
10.Rb1 (10.h3 O-O 11.Qe2 Qh5 12.Rab1 a6
13.a4 Nd7 14.Bc4 Nc5 15.Ra1 Be6 16.Rfb1
Rac8 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qc4 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Ne5
20.Qe2 Qxh3
Schweinhagen vs. Bangiyev, 1996.) 10...Qa5
11.Nd4 O-O=
crocodile vs. Dzindzichashvili, 1994.
c) 6.Bb2 Qxc5?! (6...Nf6! 7.e5 Ne4 8.Qd4
Nxc5=) 7.Qd4 Qxd4 8.cxd4 Nf6 9.Bd3² Ito vs.
Zoki, 1995.
d) 6.Qd4! Nf6 7.Qb4! is White's most
dangerous plan.
d1) 7.Bd3 d6!=. A new move which refutes
White's plan. 8.cxd6? Nc6!µ;
d2) 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.Qe3 Rb8! 9.Nf3 b6 10.Bc4
Qxc5 11.Bb3 Qxe3+ 12.fxe3 Stevz vs. Zoki,
1995. 12...Nxe4µ;
d3) 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Qe3 Ng4! 9.Qg3 Nf6 10.Qe3
Ng4 11.Qg3
Polzer vs. Bangiyev, 1996.
d4) 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qe3 b6!? (8...O-O 9.Bd2 b6
10.cxb6 axb6 11.Ne2 Ne5 12.Nd4 Ba6
13.Bxa6 Rxa6= Hnydiuk vs. Gritsak, 2001.)
9.cxb6 axb6 10.Bc4 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6= in a
game Black won El Debs vs. Hadad, Paulo
2000 ; 7...Qc7 (7...Qxb4 8.cxb4 Nxe4!) 8.Bd3
(8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Qc4 (9.Qa4 Ne5 10.Nxe5
(10.Qd4 Nc6 11.Qa4 Ne5 12.Qd4 Nc6 13.Qa4
Galego vs. Gdanski, 2000.) 10...Qxe5 11.Qd4
Qxe4+ 12.Be3 O-O 13.Qxe4 Nxe4= in the
drawn game Fressinet vs. Silva, 1999) 9...b6
10.cxb6 axb6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.Qb3 Na5
(12...Ng4²) 13.Qb4 d6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Qb5+
Qc6 16.Qxa6 Qxc3+ 17.Bd2 Qxa1+ 18.Ke2 in
a game White won , NETSURFER vs.
Dzindzichashvili, 1996.) 8...Nc6 9.Qa4 (9.Qa3
Nxe4! 10.Bxe4 Qe5 11.f3 f5) 9...Qe5 10.Ne2
Qxc5 11.Rb1 a6 (11...Ng4 12.O-O Qh5 13.h3
Nge5 14.Nf4±) 12.O-O O-O 13.Be3 Qa5
14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.e5 Ng4 (15...Ne8 16.Bh6
Ng7²) 16.Bb6 Nc6 17.f4 d6 18.h3 Nh6
19.exd6 exd6 20.c4 Re8 21.Nc3 in a game
White won Ringel vs. Bangiev, 1996.
6...Qxc5
6...Nf6!? 7.e5 Ne4 8.Qd5 Nxc5 9.Be3 Nba6›;
6...Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2² in a game
White won Ganbold vs. Htun Htun Than, 1999.
7.g3
7.Be3 Qa5 8.g3 Nf6 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.O-O d6
11.h3 O-O 12.Bh6 Rd8 13.f4 Qh5 14.Bg5
Bxh3 15.Bxf6 exf6 16.Rb1 b6³ 17.c4 Qc5+
18.Kh2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qxc4 20.Rh1 d5 21.e5
fxe5 22.fxe5 Qe4+ 23.Kh2 Nxe5 24.Nf4 Nf3+
25.Kh3 Ng5+ 26.Kh2 Rac8 27.Rb2 Rc3
in a game Black won BigAl vs. Dzindzichashvili
1994.
7...Nc6 8.Bg2 Nf6 9.O-O d6 10.h3 O-O
11.Nf4!?
a b c d e f g h
11...Qxc3
11...Ne5!?=
12.Rb1 Qc4 13.Bb2 Ne5?!
13...Nxe4 14.Re1 f5 15.Qd5+ Qxd5 16.Nxd5
Kf7µ
14.Re1 Qxa2 15.Nd5! Nxd5 16.exd5 Bf5
16...Re8!? 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Rxe5 a5³
17.Qd4! Qc4?!
17...Rfc8! 18.Ra1 Qc4 19.f4 Qxd4+ 20.Bxd4
Nc4 21.Rxe7 Bxc2 22.Rxa7 Rxa7 23.Bxa7
b6!=
18.f4! Qxd4+ 19.Bxd4 Nc4 20.Rxb7›
9.Bc3
Greet offers 9.Qf3 Bxb2 and now Khalifman’s 10.Bc3!
since taking the rook looks too dangerous.But 10…Bxc3
is not so clear: 11.Qxc3 f6 12.Nc7+ Kd8 13.Nxa8 Qxe4+
14.Ne2 Qxa8 15.O-O Qd5 with counterplay or 12e5!? a6
when White might try 13.O-O-O axb5 14. Exf6 Nxf6
15.Nxf6 and Black has nothing better than Kf7.
9...Bxc3+
9...f6 10.Qf3 a6 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.O-O-O
White is better, according to Bangiev. This is
the conclusion in "Attacking with 1.e4 by
Emms".
10.Nxc3 Nf6
I think Black can play this position wthout much risk,
White might castle queenside and try a kingside
pawn storm, but Black will have normal Sicilian
counterplay after ...a6, ...b5 and so on. The pieces
are a bit tangled, but White has no immediate
threats, so it should work out.
22.Qxg5
22.f4 would have created serious difficulties for
Black.
22...hxg5 23.Nxb5 exf3 24.gxf7 Re5
24...Kxf7 25.Nd6+ and White wins.
25.Rd7?
25.Nd6 fxg2 26.Rhg1 Re2 27.Rd5!
25...Rf8 26.Nd6?
26.Nc3 to cover e4.
26...f2! 27.Kd2 Nc5 28.Ne8+ Kg6 29.Rd8 Ne4+
30.Kd3 Rxf7
White resigned.
Part 4: Western Variations
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Western Pterodactyl
6.Bd3??
6.Bc4?? cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qb4 is another opening
trap.
6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Ng4 is the main line, with
equal chances. See Foune vs. Bilek.
6...cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Bxd4 Bxd4
White fell into the opening trap and cannot recover.
9.Qd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Qh6
d6 13.Rab1 Ng4 14.Qd2 Qh5 15.Be2??
Another blunder ends the game.
15.h3 Ne5°
15...Qxh2#
Western Rhamphorhynchus
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5 6.Be3
2.
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c) 7.Be2
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a b C d e f g h
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a b C d e f g h
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a b C d g h
7...Nf6
7...e5 see Bryson vs. Dunnington.
8.e5
8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.Rc1 (9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O d6
11.Bxc6 Qxc6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 b6 14.Nd4
Qd5 15.Qf3 Bb7 16.Qxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7
18.Rfe1 Rfd8 19.N2f3 e6 20.Ne5 Rac8 21.Rad1
a6 22.f3 b5 23.Nb3 Rc7 24.Kf2 Rdc8 25.Na5
Ba8 26.Nd3 Kf6 27.a3 Ke7 28.Rd2 Nb6 29.Nb4
Ra7 30.Red1 Nc4 31.Nxc4 bxc4 32.Nc2 Bc6
33.Ne3 Ba4 34.Re1 Rb7
in the drawn game Kotronias vs. Markowski,
1998) 9...d6 10.Bc4 O-O 11.O-O b6 12.b4 Bb7
13.Qb3 e6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Rfe1 Rac8 16.Re3
Ne5 17.Be2 Ng4 18.Rd3 d5 19.e5 Nxe5
20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.h3 Ba6 22.b5 Bb7 23.a4
Bg7 24.Rg3 Rfe8
in a game Black won Graham vs. Marino, 1995
8...Ng4
8...Nh5 9.Na3 (9.Qd2 d6 (9...f6 10.Na3 fxe5
11.Nb5 Qd8 12.Bxe5 Bxe5 13.Nxe5 O-O
14.Bc4+ Kg7 15.g4 Nf4 16.Nf7 Ng2+ 17.Kf1
Rxf7 18.Bxf7 Nh4 19.Bd5 Nc6 20.Qg5 e6
21.Qxd8 Nxd8 22.Bb3 d5 23.f4 Bd7 24.Nd4 g5
25.Re1 gxf4 26.Bxd5 Kf6 27.g5+ Kxg5 28.Nf3+
Nxf3 29.Bxf3 Nf7 30.Kf2 Kf6 31.h4 Ne5 32.Be4
Bc6 33.Bxc6 bxc6 34.Rd1 Kf5 35.Rhg1 Ng4+
36.Ke2 h5 37.Rd7 f3+ 38.Kd2 Rf8
in the drawn game Kotronias vs. Borg, 1998)
10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Bxg7 Qxd2+ 12.Nbxd2 Nxg7
13.O-O-O (13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Bxd7+ Nxd7
15.O-O-O Ne6 16.Nb3 Ndc5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5
18.Kc2 Ne4 19.Rhf1 Rd8 20.Rde1 Nf6 21.Re5
Rd5 22.Rxd5 Nxd5 23.Rd1 e6 24.c4 Nb4+
25.Kc3 Nc6 26.b4 Ke7 27.Nd4 Rc8 28.Nxc6+
Rxc6 29.a4 Rd6 30.Re1 Kd7 31.g4 h6 32.h4 f6
33.f4 b6 34.g5 fxg5 35.fxg5 hxg5 36.hxg5 a5
37.bxa5 bxa5 38.Re5 Ra6 39.Rb5 Kd6 40.Kd4
Ra8 41.Rb6+ Kd7 42.Ke5 Rf8 43.Rd6+ Kc7
44.Kxe6 Rf4 45.Rd5 Kb6 46.Rb5+ Ka6 47.c5
Rxa4 48.Rb6+ Ka7 49.Kd5 Rg4 50.Rxg6 a4
51.Rg7+ Kb8 52.Kc6 a3 53.Rb7+ Ka8 54.Rb3
Rxg5 55.Kb6 Kb8 56.Rf3 Rg8 57.c6 a2 58.Ra3
Rg7 59.Rxa2 Rb7+ 60.cxb7
in the drawn game Klip vs. Ghysels, 1997)
13...O-O 14.Bc4 Nc6 15.Bd5 Be6 16.Bxc6
bxc6 17.Rhe1 Rfd8 18.b3 Rac8 19.c4 f6 20.h3
Kf7 21.Ne4 h5 22.Nc5 Bf5 23.Nh4 Rxd1+
24.Rxd1 Ne6 25.Nb7 Rc7 26.Nxf5 Rxb7
27.Nd4 Nd8 28.Ne2 Ne6 29.Kc2 Nc5 30.Nc3
e5 31.Rd6 Ne6 32.Ne4 Rc7 33.b4 f5 34.Nd2
e4 35.c5 Nf4 36.Nc4 Nd3 37.Kc3 Re7 38.f3
Ne5 39.Nxe5+ Rxe5 40.fxe4 fxe4 41.Kd2 Rd5+
42.Ke3 Rxd6 43.cxd6 h4 44.Kxe4 Ke6 45.d7
Kxd7 46.Ke5 Kc7 47.Kd4 Kd6 48.a3 Kc7
49.Kc5 Kd7 50.b5 cxb5 51.Kxb5 Kc7 52.Kc5
Kb7 53.Kd5 Kb6 54.Ke5 Kb5 55.Kf6 Ka4
56.Kxg6 Kxa3 57.Kg5 a5 58.Kxh4 Kb2 59.g4
a4 60.g5 a3 61.g6 a2 62.g7 a1=Q 63.g8=Q
Qe1+ 64.Kh5 Qe5+ 65.Qg5 Qe2+ 66.Qg4 Qe5+
67.Kg6 Qd6+ 68.Kf5 Qd5+ 69.Kf4 Qd4+
70.Kf3 Qc3+ 71.Kf2 Qc5+ 72.Kg2 Qc6+
73.Kh2 Qc7+ 74.Qg3 Qc2+ 75.Qg2 Ka1 76.h4
Qc7+ 77.Kh1 Qf7 78.Qg1+ Ka2 79.Qg5 Kb3
80.h5 Qf1+ 81.Kh2 Qe2+ 82.Kh3 Qf1+ 83.Qg2
Qf5+ 84.Qg4 Qf1+ 85.Kh2 Qf2+ 86.Qg2 Qf8
87.Qg6 Qf2+ 88.Kh3 Qf1+ 89.Kg4 Qd1+
90.Kg5 Qd2+ 91.Kf6 Qc3+ 92.Kf7 Qc7+
93.Kg8 in the drawn game Kramer H.-
Ekebjaerg O./NBC-25 -94) 1994 ; 9.Be3 Bxe5
10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Nf3 Qc7
13.Bb5 d6 14.Bh6 Ng7 15.O-O a6 16.Bd3 Bg4
17.h3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Nc6
in a game Black won Payne vs. Dammkoehler,
1996) 9...Nc6 10.Nb5 (10.Qe2 Nxd4 11.cxd4
O-O 12.Qd2 d6 13.Rc1 (13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Be2
Be6 15.Nc4 Qf4 16.Ne3 Rfd8 17.O-O Bxd4
18.Nxd4 Rxd4 19.Qc3 Nf6 20.g3 Qd6 21.Rfd1
Rd8 22.Bf3 Qb6 23.Rxd4 Rxd4 24.a3 Rd7
25.Rc1 h5 26.h4 Nd5 27.Bxd5 Bxd5 28.Qc8+
Qd8 29.Nxd5 Rxd5 30.Qxd8+ Rxd8 31.Rc7
Rd2 in the drawn game O'Shaughnessy vs.
Beaumont, 1994) 13...Qd8 14.exd6 exd6
15.Be2 Qf6 16.Nc4 Nf4 17.Ne3 Be6 18.b3 h5
19.O-O Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Bg4 21.Nd5 Qd8
22.h3 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Bxd4 24.Qe4 Bg7 in the
drawn game McDonald vs. Beaumont, 1994 ;
10.Nc4 O-O 11.Qd2 b5 12.Ne3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5
Bxe5 14.Bxb5 Rb8 15.Bxe5 Qxe5 16.Bc4 Bb7
17.O-O-O Nf6 18.f3 d5 19.Bb3 Rfd8 20.Kb1
Bc6 21.Rhe1 Qxh2 22.Qd4 Qc7 23.Qh4 Kg7
24.Ng4 Ng8 25.Rd4 e6 26.f4 a5 27.Rh1 h5
28.Ne5 Be8 29.Qh3 f6 30.Ng4 a4 31.Bxa4
Bxa4 32.Rxa4 d4 33.c4 Qb7 34.b3 Qe4+
35.Ka1 Ra8 36.Rxa8 Rxa8 37.Nh2 Qc2 38.a4
Rb8 39.Rb1 d3 40.Qxe6 d2 41.Qd7+ Kh8
in a game Black won Koskinen vs. Ekebjaerg,
1985) 10...Qb8 11.Qe2 Nf4 12.Qe3 Ne6
13.Bd3 a6 14.Na3 b5 15.O-O Bb7 16.Nc2 O-
O 17.Be4 Ncxd4 18.cxd4 Bh6 19.Qe1 Rc8
20.Rd1 Nf4 21.d5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Bxd5
23.Bxd5 Rxc2 24.Qe4 Rc4 25.Bxc4 bxc4
26.Rb1 Qc8 27.Qh4 Bf8 28.Qd4 Rb8 29.Nd2
c3 30.bxc3 Rxb1+ 31.Nxb1 Bg7 32.Qe4 Qb8
33.f4 Qb6+ 34.Kf1 Qb2 35.a4 Bh6 36.f5 Qc1+
37.Kf2 gxf5 38.Qxf5 Qe3+ 39.Kf1 e6 40.Qg4+
Bg7 41.Qd1 Qxe5 42.g3 d5 43.Qd3 a5 44.Kf2
h6 45.h3 Bf6 46.Kf3 Kg7 47.h4 Qh5+ 48.Kf2
Qg4 49.Nd2 Qxa4 50.c4 Qc6 51.cxd5 Qxd5
52.Qxd5 exd5 53.Nb3 a4 54.Nc1 Bb2 55.Na2
Kf6 56.Nb4 Ke5 57.Ke3 Bd4+ 58.Ke2 in a
game Black won Kronberg vs. Kamenets, 1985
;
8...Nd5 9.Na3 (9.e6 f6 10.exd7+ Nxd7 11.Qb3
e6 12.Bc4 N7b6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.Bxd5 exd5
15.Qxb6 axb6 16.Na3 O-O 17.O-O Re8 18.Nd4
Bd7
in the drawn game Schweber vs. Quinteros,
Aires 1991) 9...Nc6 10.g3 f6 11.Nb5 Qd8
12.Bc4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Nb6 14.Qc5 Nxc4
15.Qxc4 Kf8 16.Rd1 Qb6 17.Rd6 Qd8 18.Rd3
Qb6 19.Nc7 Rb8 20.Ng5 e6 21.exf6 Bxf6
22.Rf3 Kg7 23.Rxf6 Kxf6 24.Qf4+ Ke7
25.Nd5+ exd5 26.Qe5+ in a game White won
Hertneck vs. Sibilio/St Cugat 1987 ;
8...Ng8 9.e6 f6 10.exd7+ Bxd7 11.Na3 Nc6
12.Bc4 Nh6 13.O-O Nf7 14.Re1 O-O 15.Bc5 Bg4
16.Nb5 Qc8 17.Be2 Rd8 18.Qb3 b6 19.Bxe7
Be6 20.Qa3 Rd7 21.Nbd4 Bd5 22.Nxc6 Bxc6
23.Nd4 Bb7 24.Rad1 Ne5 25.Bb5 Rd5 26.Qb3
Kh8 27.c4 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Qe6 29.Bb4 a6 30.Bd7
Qf7 31.Qd1 a5 32.Bc3 Bf8 33.Bh3 Qc7 34.Rxe5
Qxe5 35.Rd7 Qe4 36.Bxf6+ Kg8 37.Rxb7 Re8
38.g3 Qxb7 39.Bg2 Re4 40.Bxe4 Qxe4 41.Qd5+
in a game White won Nunn vs. Sakhatova, Of Man
1994 ;
8...Ne4 9.e6 (9.Na3 b6 10.Nb5 Qc6 11.Be3
Bb7 12.Nbd4 Qc8 13.Bd3 O-O 14.h4 d6 15.exd6
Nxd6 16.h5 e5 17.Nb5 Nxb5 18.Bxb5 Rd8
19.Qc2 Qg4 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Be2 e4 22.Rd1 Na6
23.Nh4 Qe6 24.Qb3 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Bd5 26.Qc2
Rc8 27.a3 Bc4 28.Be2 Nc5 29.Bxc5 Rxc5
30.Qd2 Bxe2 31.Qd8+ Bf8 32.Kxe2 Rd5 33.Qb8
Qg4+ in a game Black won Behl vs. Tonoli, 1999)
9...f6 10.exd7+ Bxd7 11.Na3 Nd6 12.Qb3 Qc8
13.Nb5 Nxb5 14.Bxb5 Bxb5 15.Qxb5+ Qc6 in the
drawn game Thirion vs. Tonoli, 1997
9.e6
9.Na3 Nc6 (9...O-O 10.h3 Nh6 11.Nb5 Qa5
12.b4 Qd8 13.Nxa7 Nf5 14.Nxc8 Qxc8 15.Qb3
Nxd4 16.cxd4 d6 17.Bb5 Qf5 18.Bd3 Qf4 19.O-O
dxe5 20.Rfe1 Nc6 21.Re4 Qf5 22.dxe5 Rad8
23.Re3 Qc8 24.Rc1 Qb8 25.Rc5 e6 26.Re4 Qa7
27.Bb5 Ne7 28.Qa4 Qb6 29.Bc4 Nc6 30.Qb3
Rfe8 31.a4 Bf8 32.Rb5 Qc7 33.a5 Na7 34.Rb6
Nc8 35.Rb5 Na7 36.Rb6 Nc8 37.Rb5 Na7 in the
drawn game Nilsson-Ros, 1994) 10.Nb5 Qb8
(10...Qa5 11.b4 Qd8 12.e6 f6 13.h3 Nh6
14.exd7+ Bxd7 15.Bc4 a6 16.Na3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4
e5 18.Nb3 Bc6 19.O-O b5 20.Be6 Qc7 21.Na5
Rd8 22.Qb3 Ke7 23.Rfd1 Rd6 24.Nxc6+ Qxc6
25.Bd5 Qd7 26.c4 Rd8 27.Bf3 Nf5 28.Rxd6 Qxd6
29.cxb5 Nd4 30.Qc4 f5 31.Rc1 e4 32.Qc7+ Qxc7
33.Rxc7+ Kf8 34.bxa6 exf3 35.a7 Ne2+ 36.Kh1
Be5 37.Rd7 Rxd7 38.a8=Q+ Ke7 39.g3 Nxg3+
40.fxg3 Rd1+ 41.Kh2 Rd2+ in the drawn game
Martin-Ros/Correspondence 1992) 11.e6 f6
(11...Nxd4 12.exd7+ (12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.cxd4 Qf4
14.Bc4+ Kf8 15.O-O a6 16.Nc3 b5 17.Bd5 Rb8
18.Qc1 Qxc1 19.Raxc1 e6 20.Bb3 Bb7 21.d5
exd5 22.Bxd5 b4 23.Bxb7 bxc3 24.Bxa6 cxb2
25.Rb1 Rb6 26.Bc4 Rb4 27.Bb3 Bc3 28.Rfd1
Ke7 29.Ne1 Rhb8 30.Nd3 Rd4 31.Nxb2 Rxd1+
32.Nxd1 Bd4 33.h3 Ne5 34.Ne3 Rf8 35.Rd1 Bc5
36.Rd2 d6 37.Bd5 Rf4 38.Bb3 Kd8 39.Kh2 h5
40.Bd5 h4 41.g3 Bxe3 in the drawn game Singh
vs. Markowski, 2001) 12...Bxd7 13.Nbxd4 Ne5
14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O Rd8 16.Qb3 Nc6 17.Ng5 e6
18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Bf3 Qc7 20.Rad1 h6 21.Bxc6
bxc6 22.Nf3 Rdb8 23.Qc2 c5 24.Rd2 Rb7
25.Rfd1 Rab8 26.b3 a5 27.c4 a4 28.bxa4 Qa5
29.g3 Rb4 30.Rd7 Rxa4 31.Nh4 Rxa2 32.Qe4
Ra1 33.Qf3 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Qa1 35.Qxa1 Bxa1
36.Rc7 Bd4 37.Nf3 Rb1+ 38.Kg2 Rc1 39.Nxd4
cxd4 40.h4 Kf8 41.c5 f5 42.f4 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5
44.Rd7 Rc2+ 45.Kg1 gxf4 46.gxf4 Rxc5 47.Rxd4
Rd5 48.Ra4 Rd2 49.Kf1 Ke7 50.Ke1 Rb2 51.Rd4
Kf6 52.Ra4 Ke7 53.Rd4 Ra2 54.Kf1 Rh2 55.Kg1
Re2 56.Rd3 Re4 57.Rf3 Kd6 58.Kf2 Kd5 59.Kg3
Rc4 60.Re3 Rc6 61.Re5+ Kd6 62.Kf3 Rc3+
63.Ke2 Ke7 64.Kd2 Rf3
in a game Black won Leger vs. Baltgailis, wmn
1993) 12.h3 (12.Bc4 a6 13.Na3 Nge5 14.O-O
d6 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bd5 Qc7 17.Qb3 O-O
18.Bb6 Qb8 19.f4 Nc6 20.f5 Bh6 21.Qc2 Ne5
22.b4 a5 23.b5 Kg7 24.Qe4 Bd2 25.Qd4 Bh6
26.Nc2 a4 27.a3 Rg8 28.Rad1 Kf8 29.Ne3
Bxe3+ 30.Qxe3 g5 31.Qh3 Kg7 32.Qh5 Ra5
33.c4 Ra8 34.Rfe1 Rf8 35.Re3 h6 36.Rh3 Rh8
37.Re1 g4 38.Rxe5 in a game White won
Heymann vs. Loesch, 1996.) 12...Nge5
13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.exd7+ Bxd7 15.Qb3 a6
16.Na3 b5 17.Be2 Qd6 18.O-O Be6 19.Qc2
O-O 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.Rfe1 Kh8 22.Bxe5 fxe5
23.Bd3 Rac8 24.Be4 Qc5 25.Qe2 Rf4 26.Qe3
Qxe3 27.Rxe3 Rcf8 28.f3 Bxa2 29.Rd7 R4f6
30.Rxe7 Rd6 31.Ra7 Rfd8 32.Re2 Bh6
33.Nc2 Bc4 34.Re1 Bf4 35.Ne3 Bg3 36.Nxc4
bxc4 37.Rf1 Rd2 38.Rxa6 Rxb2 39.Rc6 Bf4
40.Kh1 Rdd2 41.Rg1 Be3 in the drawn game
Kosten vs. Hodgson, 1990
9...f6
9...O-O 10.exf7+ Rxf7 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Qd4+
Nf6 13.Nbd2 Nc6 14.Qh4 d5 15.Be2 e5 16.O-O
h6 17.Ne1 Bd7 18.Nc2 Re8 19.Rae1 Qb6 20.b4
Ne7 21.Ne3 g5 22.Qg3 Ng6 23.a3 Qc6 24.c4 d4
25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.cxd5 Qc2 27.Nb3 Nf4 28.Bd1
Qg6 29.Nc5 Bb5 30.Bb3 Bxf1 31.Kxf1 Rc7
32.Ne4 Qa6+ in a game Black won Grabarczyk
vs. Markowski, 1998
10.h3
10.Bb5 Nc6 (10...O-O 11.exd7 Nxd7 12.Qb3+
Kh8 13.h3 e5 14.hxg4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Ne5 16.Nd2
Nxg4 17.N2f3 Bh6 18.Kf1 a6 19.Bd3 Re8 20.Rh4
Kg7 21.g3 Bg5 22.Re1 Be3 23.Qc2 Bxf2
24.Rxh7+ Kxh7 25.Bxg6+ Kg7 26.Bxe8 Ne3+
27.Kxf2 Nxc2 28.Nxc2 Bg4 29.Ba4 Qb6+ 30.Nfd4
Rh8 31.Kg2 Qa5 32.Bb3 Qh5
in a game Black won Hresc vs. Ankerst, 1998)
11.exd7+ Bxd7 12.O-O a6 13.Be2 O-O-O
14.h3 Nh6 15.Qb3 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Qd6
17.Nbd2 Kb8 18.Bc4 f5 19.Rfe1 Bf6 20.Ne5
Be8 21.Ndf3 g5 22.d5 g4 23.Nc6+ Bxc6
24.dxc6 Qxc6 25.Re6 in the drawn game
Pelgrom vs. van Gijzen, 1972 ;
10.Na3 Nc6 11.Qa4 (11.Nb5 Qd8 12.Qb3 d6
13.h3 Nge5 14.Be2 O-O 15.Rd1 a6 16.Na3 b5
17.Bxe5 fxe5 18.Ng5 Qb6 19.Bf3 Na5 20.Qc2
Bb7 21.Bxb7 Nxb7 22.O-O Rf5 23.h4 Raf8
24.Qe2 Nd8 25.c4 b4 26.c5 Qxc5 27.Rc1 Qa7
28.Nc2 h6 29.Ne4 Nxe6 30.Qc4 Qd7 31.Nxb4
Kh7 32.Nd5 Nd4 33.Qxa6 Qe6 34.Qc4 Ne2+
35.Qxe2 Qxd5 36.Nc3 Qb7 37.Rcd1 Rf4 38.g3
Rf3 39.h5 gxh5 40.Qe4+ Qxe4 41.Nxe4 Ra8
42.Kg2 Rff8 43.a3 Rfb8 44.Rd2 Kg6 45.Rc1 Kf5
46.Rc4 Rb3 47.Rc3 Rxc3 48.Nxc3 e4 49.Rd5+
Be5 50.Nb5 Rg8 51.b4 e3 52.Rd3 exf2 53.Kxf2
Ke4 54.Re3+ Kd5 55.a4 Rg4 56.Rb3 Kc4 57.Rb1
Rxg3 58.Na7 Ra3 59.Nc6 Rxa4 60.Nxe5+ dxe5
61.b5 Ra7 62.b6 Rb7 63.Ke3 Kc5 64.Rh1 Rxb6
65.Ke4
in a game Black won Bednarich vs.
Chatalbashev, Gorica 2000) 11...O-O 12.Nb5
Qf4 13.exd7 Bxd7 14.Qc4+ Kh8 15.Bc5 Qxc4
16.Bxc4 Rfc8 17.Be2 Nge5 18.Rd1 Nxf3+
19.Bxf3 Be6 20.b3 Bf8 21.Be3 a6 22.Nd4 Bd7
23.Ne2 Be8 24.Nf4 Bf7 25.Nd5 Rd8 26.Ke2
Rab8 27.Bb6 Rd7 28.Nf4 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Ne5
30.Bd5 Bxd5 31.Rxd5 Kg8 32.Ne6 Kf7
33.Nxf8 Kxf8 34.Bc7 Rc8 35.Bxe5 fxe5 36.c4
b5 37.c5 e4 38.b4 Kf7 39.Ke3 a5 40.a3 axb4
41.axb4 Ra8 42.c6 Ra3+ 43.Kd4 Rd3+ 44.Kc5
Ke6 45.Rd7 Rxd7 46.cxd7 Kxd7 47.Kxb5
in a game White won van Blitterswijk vs.
Schebler, 2000
10...Nh6 11.exd7+
11.Na3 Nc6 12.Nb5 Qa5 (12...Qd8 13.exd7+
(13.Qb3 dxe6 14.O-O-O Bd7 (14...Nxd4
15.Nbxd4 Qb6 16.Bb5+ Kf7 17.Rhe1 Rd8
18.Nxe6 Rxd1+ 19.Kxd1 Bxe6 20.Rxe6 Rd8+
21.Kc1 Qxe6
in a game White won Klip vs. Tonoli, 1997)
15.Nxa7 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Nf7 17.Nxe6 Bh6+
18.Kc2 Bxe6 19.Qxe6 Qa5 20.Bb5+ Kf8
21.Rd7
in a game White won Sax-Jadoul/Brussels
1985) 13...Bxd7 14.Bc5 O-O 15.Qd5+ Nf7
16.Rd1 Bf5 17.Qc4 Qc8 18.Nfd4 Rd8 19.Be2
a6 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Nd4 Qxg2 22.Bf3 Rxd4
23.Qxf7+ Kxf7 24.Bxg2 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Rd8+
26.Ke2 Bd3+ 27.Kf3 e5 28.Kg3 e4 29.f3 f5
30.fxe4 fxe4 31.Re1 Re8 32.Bd6 Ke6 33.Bf4
Kd5 34.Kf2 Kc4 35.Ke3 a5 36.Bf1 a4 37.Kd2
Bxf1 38.Rxf1 Rf8 39.Rf2 Rxf4 40.Rxf4 Bh6
41.Ke3 Bxf4+ 42.Kxf4 Kd3 in a game Black
won Svicevic vs. Malakhov, U14 Bratislava
1993) 13.Be3 a6 14.Nbd4 Nxd4 15.exd7+
Bxd7 16.Nxd4 e5 17.Nb3 Qc7 18.Nc5 Nf5
19.Qxd7+ Qxd7 20.Nxd7 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Kxd7
22.Bc4 Ke7 23.a4 Rhd8 24.e4 a5 25.Ke2 Rac8
26.Bd5 b6 27.Ra3 f5 28.c4 f4 29.b4 axb4
30.Rb3 Rd6 31.Rxb4 Rf8 32.Rhb1 Rff6 33.a5
bxa5 34.Rb7+ Kf8 35.Rb8+ Ke7 36.R1b7+
Rd7 37.Rxd7+ Kxd7 38.Rb7+ Kd6 39.Rxg7 in
a game White won Schweber vs. Garcia, 1973
;
1 1 .B b5 Nc6 12.exd7+ Bxd7 13.O-O Nf5
14.Qb3 e5 15.Bc5 b6 16.Ba3 O-O-O 17.Nbd2
Na5 18.Qa4 Bxb5 19.Qxb5 Qd7 20.Qa6+ Qb7
21.Qe2 h5 22.Rfd1 Qc6 23.b3 Nb7 24.Ne4
Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.Qd3+
Qd7 28.Qxd7+ Kxd7 29.Kf1 Ke6 30.c4 in the
drawn game Drimer vs. Haag, 1961 .
11...Bxd7 12.Na3 Nc6 13.Bc4
13.Nb5 Qc8 14.Bc5 O-O 15.Be2 Rd8 16.Qb3+
Be6 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4+ Kh8 19.Qe2 a6
20.Nbd4 e5 21.Nb3 e4 22.Nfd4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4
Nf5 24.Bc5 Qc6 25.O-O b6 26.Ba3 Rd3 27.Rfe1
Re8 28.Nd2 Qd5 29.Nxe4 Nh4 30.Qg4 f5
31.Qxh4 fxe4 32.Be7 e3 33.Rxe3 Rxe3 34.fxe3
Qd2 35.Bf6 Qxe3+ 36.Kh1 Qd2 37.Rf1 Qd7
38.Bxg7+ Qxg7 39.Qa4 Ra8 40.Qc6 Rb8 41.Qd6
Re8 42.Qxb6 Ra8 43.Qc6 Qa7 44.Qf6+ Kg8
45.Qe6+ Kg7 46.Rd1 Kh6 47.Qd7 Qb8 48.Qd2+
Kg7 49.Qd4+ Kg8 50.Qc4+ Kh8 51.Rd7 Qf8
52.Qd4+ Kg8 53.Qd5+ Kh8 54.Rf7 in a game
White won Westerinen vs. Remmel, 1998
13...Nf7 14.O-O O-O 15.Re1 Rad8 16.Qe2
Kh8 17.Rad1 Nd6 18.Bb3 b6 19.Nc4 Nf5
20.Be3 e5 21.Bc1 Bc8 22.Bc2 Ba6 23.Bd3
Rfe8 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 Bb7 26.Be4 Na5
27.Bxb7 Nxb7 28.Qe2 Nc5 29.Qc4 Rd7
30.Be3 Red8 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.Bxc5 Qxc5
33.Qxc5 bxc5 34.Kf1 Kg8 35.Ke2 Kf7 36.Nd2
f5 37.f3 Ke6 38.Nc4 Bf6 39.Nd2 h5 40.Nb3
Be7 41.Nd2 h4 42.Nc4 Bg5 43.Rd1 Rxd1
44.Kxd1 Kd5 45.b3 e4 46.Ke2 Bh6 47.a4 Bf4
48.fxe4+ Kxe4 49.Na5 Bd6 50.Nb7 Be7 51.Na5
a6 52.Nc6 Bd6 53.b4 Kd5 54.b5 axb5 55.axb5
Kc4 56.Na7 Kxc3 57.b6 Kc4 58.b7 Kd5 59.Nc8
Bb8 60.Ne7+ Kd6 in the drawn game Kusnetsov
vs. Arkhipov, 2001.
Bryson, Douglas vs. Dunnington, Angus
Rotherham (England), 1997
Western Rhamphorhynchus
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Bd4 e5
This seems logical, but White has scored well.
8.Be3 Nf6
8. . . N e7 9.Na3 a6 (9...O-O 10.Nb5 Qd8
11.Qd6 Nbc6 12.Nc7
± Wisnewski vs. Noack, 2004.) 10.Nc4 Nbc6
11.Bb6 Qb8 12.Nd6+ Kf8 13.Bc4 f6 14.O-O
Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.Qxd4 Black resigned,
Tolonen vs. Rajamaki Keijo,1998.
9.Na3
9.Qd3 d5!;
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O (10.c4 b5!? 11.cxb5 d5 =,
Varga vs. Benidze, 2006.) 10...Na6 11.Nbd2
d5 =, Naiditsch vs. Podzielny, 2000.;
9.N bd2 O-O 10.Bd3 d5 =, Buescher vs.
Stabolewski, 2001.
9...Nxe4?!
9...O-O is better, but White has a serious
advantage after 10.Nb5!, Drimer vs. Forintos
1966.;
9...Ng4 is likewise countered by 10.Nb5!,
Penrose vs. Breazu, 1987.;
9...a6 prevents Nb5 but 10.Nc4 is strong,
Galego vs. Cajal, 1991.
10.Nb5! Qc6 11.Nxa7 Qc7
11...Rxa7 12.Bxa7 Na6 13.Be3 Nac5 14.Bc4
d6 15.O-O Be6 16.Bxe6 Nxe6 17.Qb3 ±,
Trabattoni vs. Cuartas, 1981.
12.Nb5 Qc6 13.Qb3 O-O
a b c d e f g h
14.Bc4
White takes aim at f7, the soft underbelly of Black's
position. 14...Nc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.Ng5
Piling on the pressure. 16...Ra6
16...d5 is the only try. 17.Bxd5 Bd7 18.c4 Qe7
may be defensible.
17.Nxf7 Re6 18.Bxe6 dxe6 19.Nbd6 Rxf7
20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.O-O-O
Black has no compensation for the material deficit.
a b c d e f g h
21...Nc6 22.Kb1 Bf6 23.Qc2 Ne7 24.h4 e4
The pawn is sacrificed to activate the bishop at c8.
25.Qxe4 e5 26.g4 Be6
26...h5 might have slowed down White's attack.
27.h5 Qa5 28.hxg6+ hxg6 29.Rh7+?!
29.c4! would have eliminated the pressure at
a2. The kingside attack could wait.
29...Kg8
a b c d e f g h
30.Rxe7
White doesn't have much choice. It is too late for c4
since the Rh7 hangs. 30...Qxa2+ 31.Kc1 Qa1+
32.Kc2
a b c d e f g h
32...Bb3+! 33.Kxb3 Qxd1+ 34.Ka2 Bxe7
35.Qxg6+
Now White must bail out and try for a draw. 35...Kf8
36.Qf5+ Ke8 37.Qxe5 Qa4+ 38.Kb1 Qd1+
39.Ka2
drawn.
Kapu, Jeno vs. Bakonyi, Elek
Budapest , 1951
Western Rhamphorhynchus
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.Bc4
a) 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 (9.Bc4 Nc6 (9...d6 10.O-O
b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Qe2 h6
14.Bh4 a6 15.a4 Nh5 16.Nd4 Ne5 17.Bb3 Nf4
18.Qe3 Ned3 19.Reb1 e5 20.Ne2 Nc5 21.Bc2
where 21...d5! should have been played in a
game White won Krnic vs. van den Berg,
2000.) 10.O-O Na5 (10...Rd8!?) 11.Bd3 d5
12.Qc2 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nd5 14.Bd4 e5 15.Bc5
Rd8 16.b4 f5 17.Bd6 Qc6 18.Nxe5 Bxe5
19.Bxe5 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Qe6 with advantage to
Black in a game Black won Gershon vs.
Malakhov, 1993.) 9...b6 (9...Nc6 10.O-O
a b c d e f g h
10...d5! The Sicilian break equalizes. 11.Re1
(11.Bc5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Qxc5 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.f4
Nxe4 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Qd5 Bf5 17.Nc5 Rad8
18.Qxb7 Qxc5+ 19.Kh1 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Rb8
21.b4 Qxc3 22.Qxe7 Qxb4 23.Qxa7 Qc3
24.Qe7 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Qxh3+ 26.Kg1 Qg3+
27.Kh1 Rb2 in a game Black won Tokmacheva
vs. Melaxasz, 1999) 11...Rd8 (11...dxe4
12.Nxe4 Nd5 13.Bg5 Rd8 14.Qb1 b6 15.Bh4
Ne5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Qc2 Bb7 with equality in
a game White won Lau vs. Sakhatova, 1994.)
12.Qc2 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nd5 14.Bd2 (14.Bg5
Nf4 15.Bf1 Bf5 16.Qa4 Nd3 17.Re3 b5
18.Qxb5 Rab8 and Black was much better in a
game White won Goloshchapov vs. Kamenets,
1995.) 14...h6 15.Rad1 e5 with equality in a
game White won Sergievsky vs. Forintos,
1968.) 10.O-O Bb7 11.Re1 d6 12.Bf4 Nbd7
13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nh5 15.Nxg6 Nxf4
16.Nxe7+ Kh8 with insufficient compensation
for the bishop in a game Black won Lendvai vs.
Bednarska, 1998.;
b) 8.Bd3 O-O with ...d5 to follow.;
c) 8.Nd4 Nc6 9.Be2 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qa4
O-O 12.O-O Rb8 13.b3 a5 14.Rac1 Rd8
15.Rfe1 h6 16.h3 e5=
in a game White won Srebrnic vs. Velickovic,
2001.
8...O-O 9.Qe2
a ) 9.O-O b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.e5 Ng4 12.Bf4
Nc6 13.Rfe1 h5 14.h3 Nh6 15.Rad1 Rac8
16.Bd3 Nd8 17.Qe3 Kh7 18.e6! with a strong
initiative in a game White won Milavsky vs.
Bitansky, 1996.;
b) 9.Nd4
a b c d e f g h
9...a6 10.e5 Qxe5 11.O-O d5 12.N2f3 Qc7
13.Bb3 Nc6 14.Qd2 e5 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Bc2
Ng4 17.h3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Rb8 19.Rab1 f5
with a big advantage in a game Black won
Janssen vs. Gentenaar, 2000.
9...d6
9...Nc6 10.O-O d6 11.Nd4 Ng4 12.Nb5 Qd8
13.f4 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 a6 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.cxd4
d5 17.exd5 b5 = in the drawn game
Schlotthauber vs. Bangiev, 1996.
10.h3 Nbd7 11.O-O b6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Bb7
Black can be satisfied with the results of the
opening.
8.Nbd2
a ) 8. N a 3 Nf6 9.Nd4 (9.Nb5 Qb8 10.Qc2
(10.Nbd4 d5=) 10...d5 11.O-O-O dxe4
12.Bxe4 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nbd4 c5
15.Nb3 Bf5 16.Qe2 c4 17.Qxc4 Ne4 18.Nfd4
Rc8 19.Qe2 Qb4 20.Nxf5 Nxc3 21.Nxe7+
Qxe7 22.bxc3 Rxc3+ 23.Kd2 Qb4 24.a3 Rc2+
0-1, Onischuk - Shkuran, Kiev 2003.) 9...d5
10.Nab5 Qd8 11.Qf3 Ne5 12.Qe2 Nxd3+
13.Qxd3 a6 14.Na3 Nxe4 15.O-O O-O µ,
Schmid vs. Hirn, 1988.;
b) 8.h3 d6 9.O-O Nf6 10.c4 (10.Nd4 O-O 11.f4
a6 12.f5 Ne5 13.Bc2 Nc4 14.Bc1 b5 15.b3
Ne5 16.Bb2 Bb7 17.Nd2 d5 18.Qe1 Rad8
19.Rd1 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 drawn, Stehr vs.
Wingender, 2002. ) 10...Nd7 11.Nc3 Bxc3
12.bxc3 Nce5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Be2 Be6
15.Qd4 g5 with counterplay, Hagarova vs.
Lakos, 1998.;
c ) 8.O-O d6 9.Na3 a6 10.Nc4 (10.Qd2 Nf6
11.Bh6 O-O 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 =, Juroszek vs.
Holemar, 2004. ) 10...b5 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nd5
Qd8 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.cxd4 Bb7
16.Qb3 e6 =, Zimmermann vs. Schneider,
1998.
8...Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nd4
1 0.Qe2 Ng4 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 d6 13.h3
Nge5=
10...d5!
a b c d e f g h
11.Nxc6
11.f3 Rd8 12.Qc2 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nd5 14.Nxc6
Nxe3 15.Qe2 Rxd3 16.Qxd3 Nxf1 17.Nb4
Qxh2+ 0-1, Eggink vs. Kuzmicz, 2009.
11...Qxc6 12.Qc2 e5
Black has seized the center. 13.f4 Ng4!
14.Rae1??
14.Bf2 exf4 15.exd5 Qxd5 16.Be4 Qe5 µ
14...Nxe3 15.Rxe3
a b c d e f g h
15...exf4?
15...Qb6 wins immediately.
16.Ref3 Be5 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Be4 Qc5+
19.Kh1 Rb8
Black has a solid extra pawn. 20.Nb3 Qc7
21.R3f2 b5 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Nf3 Bd6 24.Nd4 b4
25.Ne2 bxc3 26.Nxc3 Be6 27.Bd5 Be5 28.Bf3
28.Bxe6 fxe6 29.Qe4 Rbc8
28...Rfc8 29.Re1 Bxc3 30.bxc3 Qxc3 31.Qxc3
Rxc3
The endgame is hopeless for White.
a b c d e f g h
32.a4 Rb4 33.a5 Ra3 34.h4 Rxa5 35.Rd2 Rab5
36.Be4 a5 37.Ra1 Rxe4
White resigned.
Ilfeld, Etan vs. Donaldson, John
San Francisco (USA), 2000
Western Rhamphorhynchus
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.h3 Nc6
8.Qd3
a) 8.Na3 Nf6 9.Bc4 (9.Nb5 Qb8 10.Bd3 (10.e5
Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Qd4 Nh5 13.Qc4 O-O
14.O-O-O a6 15.Nc7 b5 16.Qc5 Rb8 17.Rd5
Qe4 drawn, Mujic vs. Majeric, 2008.) 10...d5!
11.e5!? Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.O-O a6
14.Re1 O-O 15.Bb6 Qg5 16.Be3 Qe5 17.Bb6
drawn, Rechel vs. Sanchez Guirado, 1999.;
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O d5! 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.exd5
Nxd5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 Nf4 (14...Rd8!?)
15.Bxf4 Qxf4 16.Qe2 a6 17.Na3 (17.Nbd4
Nxd4 18.cxd4 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Rad1›)
17...Be6 18.Bxg6?! (18.Be4) 18...Bd5
(18...Bxh3!?›) 19.Bh5 Rad8 20.Rfd1 b5
21.Ne1 b4! 22.cxb4 Nxb4 23.Nd3 Nxd3
24.Rxd3 e6 (24...Be6!?³) 25.Rg3
=, Fridman vs. Schiller, 2002. ) 9...O-O 10.Nb5
(10.Bd5 e6 11.Bxc6 Qxc6 12.e5 Nd5 ³, Lakos
vs. Kadimova, 1997.) 10...Qb8 11.Qc2 a6
12.Nbd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.Bd3 d6 15.O-O
e5 =, Troeger vs. Jansa, 1961.;
b) 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.c4 (10.Nbd2 d5
=, Lau vs. Sakhatova, 1994.) 10...Nh5 11.Qd2
Qa5 12.Nc3 d6 13.Rab1 Be6 14.b4 Qd8
15.Nd5 with a strong position for White,,
Mariotti vs. Bilek, 1975.;
d) 8.Nbd2 Nf6 9.Bc4 (9.c4 O-O 10.Be2 Nh5
11.Rb1 Nf4 12.Bf1 a5
³, Nogueira vs. Duarte, 1997.) 9...O-O 10.O-
O Na5 11.Bb3 Nxb3 12.Qxb3 d6 =, Taimanov
vs. Onoprienko, 1995.
8...Nf6 9.Nbd2 O-O
10.g4!? d6
10...d5!? looks good. 11.exd5 Rd8 12.c4 Nxd5
13.cxd5 Nb4 14.Qb1 Nc2+, for example.
11.Be2 Be6 12.Nd4 d5?!
This lets White gain the advantage.
12...Nxd4 13.cxd4 Rfc8 is safer.
13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.O-O Rad8
a b c d e f g h
15.f4?!
The kingside weaknesses will later haunt White.
15...dxe4 16.Qc4 Nd5 17.Qxe4 Kh8
17...Bh6?
18.Nb3 Bh6! 19.Qxe6 Bxf4 20.Bd4+ Nxd4
21.Nxd4 Be3+ 22.Kg2 Bxd4 23.cxd4
a b c d e f g h
23...Nf4+
Crushing. 24.Rxf4 Rxf4 25.d5 Rdf8 26.Rf1 Rxf1
27.Bxf1 Qf4
White resigned.
McShane, Luke vs. Beaumont, Chris
West Bromwich (England), 1997
Western Rhamporhynchus
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Na3
The idea behind this move is a quick Nb5.
7...Nc6 8.Qa4
a) 8.Nd4 Nf6 9.Ndb5 Qb8 10.f3 O-O 11.Be2
a6 12.Nd4 d5 ³, Beni vs. Mista, 1969.;
b) 8.Nb5 Qb8 with
b1) 9.Nbd4 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.h3 d5
12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 ³, Mijovic
vs. Nikcevic, 2007.;
b2) 9.Qd2 d6 10.O-O-O Nf6 11.Bd3 O-O
12.h3 a6 13.Nbd4 Bd7 14.Bh6 b5
15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Nd4
Qb7 =, Paehtz vs. Kosintseva, 2001.;
b3) 9.Bc4 Nf6 10.e5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5
12.Qd4 Nh5 13.Qd5 O-O 14.g4 Nf4 µ,
Peli vs. Ekebjaerg, 1989.;
b4) 9.Nfd4 Nf6 10.Bd3 d6 11.f4 O-O
12.f5 d5 µ, Cyboran vs.Akopova, 2008.;
b 5 ) 9.Nd2 Nf6 10.c4 d6 11.Be2 O-O
12.O-O Nd7 13.Nc3 Nc5 14.Rc1,
Watzka vs. Cuartas, 1972. 14...a5=;
c) 8.Bd3 d6 9.h3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Nc2 b6
12.Ncd4 Bb7 13.Nb5 Qd8 14.Qc2 Nd7
15.Rfe1 Rc8 16.Qb1 a6 17.Nbd4 Nde5
18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Bf1 Nc4 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bc1
e5 22.Nf3 b5 =, Fedorov vs. Donaldson, 1995.;
d) 8.Bc4 a6 (8...Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bd3 Rd8
11.Nb5 Qb8 12.c4 Ng4 13.Bc1 a6 14.Nc3
Nd4 15.a3 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3
and in a game whose players will be spared the
embarassment of identification Black missed
the mate at h2.) 9.Bb3 b5 10.O-O Nf6 11.Re1
d6 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.f3 O-O 14.Nxc6 Bxc6
15.Nc2 a5 16.a4 Rfb8 17.axb5 Bxb5 =,
Segovia vs. Zhao Xue, 2000.;
e) 8.Be2 Nf6 9.Nb5 Qb8 10.Qa4 O-O 11.Nbd4
d6 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.h4 Nb4 15.Qb1
Na6 16.Ng5 h6 17.Nh3 Nc5 ³, Mikenas vs.
Piesina, 2001.
8...a6
8...Nf6 9.Nb5 Qb8? (9...Qd8=) 10.Bb6 ±, Wall
vs. Pinter, 2009.
9.O-O-O d6 10.e5!?
Aggressive but too ambitious.
10.Nb5 Qb8 11.Nbd4 Bd7=
10...dxe5 11.Bb5?!
11.Ng5 h6 12.Ne4 Nf6 is also good for Black.
11...Be6 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.g4 Bd7 14.Qb3 Nh6
Black easily defends f7. 15.Bc4 O-O 16.Bb6 Qc8
17.f3 e4!
18.Nxe4 Ne5 19.Be2
19.h3 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Qxc4 21.Nxc4 Be6=
19...Be6 20.Qb4 f5!
The f-file can be used efffectively by the rook.
21.gxf5 Nxf5 22.Kb1 Nh4!? 23.Qxe7 Nhxf3
24.Nd6
Black now heads for an endgame.
a b c d e f g h
24...Qd7 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Bc7 b5!
Gaining valuable queenside space. 27.Nc2 Nc5
28.Ne1 Ne5 29.Rf1 Rxf1 30.Bxf1 Rf8
a b c d e f g h
31.Nc2 Bg4
Black is winning. 32.Re1 Nf3 33.Be2 Nxe1
34.Bxg4 Nxc2 35.Kxc2 Rf2+ 36.Kb1 Nd3
37.Be6+ Kf8 38.Ne4 Re2
White resigned.
Jaffrey, John vs. Schiller, Eric
San Mateo 2001
Western Ramphorhynchus
5...Nf6
5...Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.d5 Nd8 8.Bd2 d6 9.Bd3
O-O 10.a4 Qc7 11.O-O a6 White is a bit better
due to greater control of space, Cima Rozana
2130 - Nuritdinova Elena, Calvia 10/24/2004
Olympiad (w);
5...cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nb3 Qd8
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O d6
is a typical Dragon position, Burnoiu Nicolae-
Costel - Cioara Andrei Nestor , Bucharest
1995 It (open)
6.Bd2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6
7...Nxe4? 8.Nxe4 Qe5 9.Bd3 d5 10.Nf3 Qxb2
11.Rb1 Qxa3
is a good poisoned pawn position for White,
Hofrichter Jens - Schneider Igor , Friedrichroda
1997 Germany (juniors) (under 13)
8.Nb3 Qd8 9.Be2
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Kh1 is a typical
Dragon but the bishop looks strange at d3.
11...a6 (11...d5!) 12.f4 b5 13.Be3 Bb7
with equal chances, Smith Hazel 2051 -
Baltgailis Vesma 2015 , Toronto 2001 Canada
(w)
9...d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Bf3 Nxc3 12.Bxc6+
bxc6 13.Bxc3 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Qd5 15.O-O O-O
Black has the better pawn structure.
5.Nbd2
5.Bg2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.e4 O-O
9.Be3 (9.Na3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 a6 12.Nxc6
Bxc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nc4 Qd5
16.Nxe5 in the drawn game Jurek vs. Kuemin,
1999 16...Rfe8) 9...d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Na3 Rac8
12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Qd2 Rfd8 14.Rac1 Ne5 15.Nd4
a6 16.c4 Qb8= in the drawn game Macek vs.
Fercec, Open 2000 ;
5.Bd2 Nf6 6.b4 (6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4
Nd6 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.O-O O-O= in the drawn game
Kurajica vs. Speelman, 1994) 6...cxb4 7.cxb4 in
the drawn game Romanishin vs. Minasian, 2001
7...Qb6=;
5.d5 b5!? (5...Nf6= in the drawn game Godes
vs. Davies, 1993) 6.d6!? Bb7 7.Bg2 exd6 8.Qxd6
Qb6 9.Qd3 (9.Bf4 Ne7 10.O-O Qxd6 11.Bxd6
Na6 12.Na3 Bc6=) 9...Ne7 10.Bg5 Nbc6 11.O-O
d5= in a game Black won Galliamova Ivanchuk vs.
Ivkov, Tumba 1992 ;
5 . e 3 Nf6 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 cxd4
9.exd4 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Qh5 11.Nc4 Bh3 12.Ng5
Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 b5³ in a game
Black won Konopka vs. Chatalbashev, 1997.
5...cxd4 6.Nb3 Qb6 7.cxd4
a) 7.Nbxd4 Nf6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bg2 (9.Nb5 Qd8
10.Be3 a6 11.Na7 O-O 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.Bb6
Qe8= in a game White won Hausrath vs.
Lemmers, 1999) 9...O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Be3 a6=
in a game Black won Vogel vs. Davies, aan Zee
1982 ;
b) 7.Nfxd4 Nf6 8.Bg2 O-O 9.e4 d6 10.h3 e5
11.Nc2 Be6 12.Nb4 a5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Nd5
Bxd5 15.exd5 a4 16.Nd2 a3 17.Qc2 axb2
18.Qxb2 Nbd7= in a game Black won Helgason
vs. Abolianin, 1999.
7...Nf6
7 ...d5= in the drawn game Callergard vs.
Horvath, 1988.
8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O
9...d6
9...a5 10.Nc5 d6 (10...Qa7 11.Bg5 d6 12.Bxf6
Bxf6 13.Ne4 Bg7 14.e3 b5= in a game Black won
Saidy vs. Ivanov, PA 1995 ) 11.Na4 Qa6 12.Nc3
b5 13.a4 bxa4 14.e4 in the drawn game
Romanishin vs. Istratescu, 2001 14...Bb7=
10.Re1
10.Nfd2 Bd7 11.Nc4 Qa6 12.Nca5 d5 13.Bg5
Ne4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Rc1 b6 16.Nc4 Bb5³ in a
game White won Vucic vs. Ivanov, York 1991 ;
10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Nc4 Qa6 12.Ne3 e5 13.d5
Ne7= in a game Black won Honos vs. Horvath,
1996
10...Bf5 11.Nh4 Be4 12.Bxe4
12.f3 Bc6 13.e4 Ba4 14.Be3 Na6 15.Bh3 in
the drawn game Rashkovsky vs. Khalifman, 1998
12...Nxe4 13.f3 Nf6 14.e4 Nbd7 15.Be3 Qa6
16.Qe2 Qa4=
in the drawn game Georgiev vs. Dzindzichashvili,
1984
a b c d e f g h
King's Indian Attack
6.c4
6. B e2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Qc7 9.c4 d6
10.Nd4 Nc6=
in the drawn game Barcza vs. Bondarevsky,
1961 ;
6.a3 d6 7.b4 Qc6=
6...d6 7.Be2
7.a3 a5 8.b4 Qc7 9.Rb1 Nf6 10.Bb2 O-O=
in a game White won Känel vs. Giudici, 1991
7...Nf6 8.a3 Qb6 9.O-O O-O=
in the drawn game Känel vs. Wirthensohn,H int+
1989.
Pterodactyl: Anti-Grob
1.g4 g6 2.Bg2
There are a few other moves, but Black can adopt
typical Pterodactyl strategies.
2.e4 d5!? 3.e5 Bg7 4.d4 Grob vs. Unknown,
1964. 4...c5! 5.c3 Nc6 6.h3 cxd4 7.cxd4 f6=;
2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.d3 d6 5.h3 Nc6=;
2. d4 Bg7 3.c3 (3.e4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5=) 3...c5. Even with a pawn already on c3,
this sac works! 4.dxc5 Na6 5.Be3 Qc7=;
2.h3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5=
2...Bg7
8
2.
1
a b C d e f g h
3.d4
3.c4 c5 4.g5 (4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Qa4 e5 6.e3 Nge7
7.a3 a5 8.Nd5 Ra6 9.Ne2 O-O= in a game White
won Ponomarev vs. Joelson/Wyoming 1992)
4...e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.h4 h5 7.Nc3 Nbc6 8.e4 d6
9.Be3 Be6 10.Bh3 Bxh3 11.Nxh3 Qd7 12.a4 a5
13.Nb5 O-O=
Bloodgood-Carlson/Correspondence 1974 ;
3 .d3 d6 4.h3 c5 5.e4 Nc6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be3
Nge7 8.f4 Nd4 9.Nf3 Nec6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd2
b5 12.Nd1 Qa5 13.c3?? (13.Qxa5 Nxa5=)
13...Nb3µ Britt-Blossom, OH 1977 ;
3.Nc3 c5=;
3.e4 c5=;
3.h3 c5 4.d3 Nc6=;
3.g5 c5 4.h4 h6!? (4...d6 5.d3 Nc6=) 5.d3 Nc6
6.h5!? hxg5 7.hxg6 fxg6 8.Rxh8 Bxh8 9.Be4
Ne5›
3...c5 4.d5
4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 (5.c3 Qxc5=) 5...Qxc5
6.Bc3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 Nf6=
4...d6 5.e4 Nf6 6.g5 Nfd7 7.f4 O-O 8.h4
8
2.
1
a b C d e f h
White is leaving his king too exposed. Black has
plenty of kingside defense, so this is just reckless.
8...b5 9.Nf3 Qa5+ 10.c3 b4 11.Bd2 Na6
12.Qc2 Nb6 13.a3 Bd7 14.c4 Ba4 15.Qc1 Bb3
16.Bf1 Nc7 17.Kf2 Qa6
White resigned, Wirtz vs. Rada, 1983.The c-pawn
falls, and White's game is hopeless.
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The Pterodactyl (1…g6, 2…Bg7, 3…c5 and an early …Qa5) is one of the most
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it has only gained true popularity in the 21st century. With the structure
closely resembling the Sicilian Dragon, Black relies on a very powerful
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