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One of the many types of openings, which has gained much popularity and as such played in tournaments by grandmasters, is the French Defense.

The opening has its own relative merits and demerits and the amount of variation and challenges it poses to the players is fascinating.  The challenge in French variation, especially for the black pieces, is the light-squared bishop or the bishop on the queenside.

The initial moves of black in French variation, viz., e6 and d5, literally block the development of the light-squared bishop, and, if not taken care of in the initial stages by way of a sacrifice as part of development, then black is literally handicapped and, if effectively exploited by White, might lead to a loss.

This is one of the reasons for the light squared bishop to be called as bad French Bishop.  This does not deter many exponents of the French Defense variation to play this opening and, as such, the opening has its pride of place in the list of various openings.

Application of effective tactics might help turn the bad French bishop or the light-squared black bishop into a very effective piece and aid in the prospective development and attack of the opponent’s King, especially in the middle game stage.

One of the games played in Bundesliga tournament between two grandmasters is an excellent example for the effective use of bad French bishop, which, at the conclusion of the game, can be rightly referred to as the most healthy and effective piece in the game.  Only thing that needs to be done is to switch the queenside bishop or the light-squared black bishop to the kingside.

Let us analyze this fascinating game, and, at the end, we can conclude with confidence that bad French bishop need not always be bad and can gain its rightful place in black’s armory.

The position of the board after the 15^th move by White is given below:

(Black to move)

Black’s light-squared bishop is presently at d7. The pawn at e6 and the Knight at c5 are effectively blocking the movement of the light-squared bishop, and as such, the bishop is passively supporting the c5 and e6 squares. Another cursory look indicates that the diagonal e8-h5 is open and can be exploited and black exactly did that one.

15. …… Be8

16. Bb5 Bh5   Bad French bishop has been moved to kingside

17. Bxc6 bxc6
18. Qd3 Nd7
19. Ng5 ……   White succeeded in breaking away the pin on f3 and now threatens h7 square

19. ….. Bg6   The light-squared bishop, which is now free from the shackles, is used effectively to thwart the threat

20. Qe3 e5
21. dxe5 Qxe5
22. Qd2 d4
23. Ne2 h6
24. f4 Qd5
25. Nf3 c5
26. Qa5 Be4

The position after 26 moves is given below:

(White to move)

A cursory look at the position reveals that the light-squared bishop of black is no more a bad French bishop and is playing an active part in the game, occupying the e4 square in the a8-h1 diagonal.

The game proceeded further as follows with decisive victory for the black.

27. Nd2 Bd3
28. Rf2 Rae8
29. Re1 Rf7
30. Nf1 Rfe7
31. Qd2 c4
32. 0-1

The black emerged winner convincingly, thanks to the support of the light-squared bishop. This is a good example for transforming the bad French bishop to an active piece in the kingside.

One more important fact that emerges out of this example and in general for players opting to play the French variation is that the light squared bishop should get top priority and should not be allowed to remain inactive.

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1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.e4 e6 4.f4 exd5!!

Full Metal Jacket Opening invented by Brian Wall in Josh Bloomer’s basement.

5.fxe5 Qh4+ 6.Ke2 Qxe4+ 7.Be3 Bc5 8.Qd3 Qxe5 9.Nf3 Qxe3+ 10.Qxe3+ Bxe3 11.Kxe3 d6

Notice in the Full Metal Jacket
(movie by Stanley Kubrick)

I have all 8 pawns (bullets) left

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Mongolian Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg took clear first in the 2009 Colorado Closed, the Incredible Tyler Hughes took clear second.
This is their story. Tyler told me he tried to Full Metal Jacket the Grandmaster, meaning a giant pawn wave. At the end Tyler was surviving mostly on his 5 second delay.

Hughes,T (2272) – Sharavdorj (GM),D (2470) [A50]
Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (1), 27.03.2009
2009 Colorado Closed
Round 1 Friday Night
March 27, 2009
40/2, Game/1 hour
5 second delay
Tivoli Center,
Denver, Colorado

White – The Incredible Tyler Hughes
Black – Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5
Tyler said he had good results with this in blitz.

5 … h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Qc2 Qe7
Played 10 times by GMs Radjabov (twice), Bologan, Socko et. al.

11.Nb5!! TN Hughes
Theoretical Novelty b7 Tyler Hughes.
Sharavdorj looked concerned.

11 0-0-0 played twice
11 Qb3 never played
11 c5 played once
11 Nd2 played 7 times
11 Qa4 never played
11 Rc1 never played
11 Ne4 never played
11 Bd3 Bd3 was played on move 9 by Moiseenko so he gets to also play 11 0-0-0 here
11 Rd1 played once

11 … Qd8!?
Very risky and provocative. SD can stop the potential sacs with
11 … N:g3 12 hg Qd8 but maybe he was trying to start a fight.
11 … Ndf6 is also possible.

12.c5
Tyler can simply play 12 0-0-0!! with a good lead in development. I would have played 12 B:d6!! cd 13 N:d6+!! Kf8 14 0-0 in a New York minute with a Full Metal Jacket, two pawns for a piece, a safer King and many ways to strengthen my attack.

After 12 B:d6!! cd 13 N:d6+!! Ke7 14 c5!!
The Mongolian’s King can be assailed in various ways. I can’t wait to crush Radjabov with this the next time he dares to play me in blitz.
Tyler manages to get an even better position after another GM mistake.

12 … a6!?
Must have been a pyromaniac like me as a kid, the GM is really playing with fire. Perhaps he is provoking an imbalance for winning chances.

The Grandmaster avoided … N:g3! twice on moves 11 and 12, maybe he didn’t like trading against a lower rated player, maybe he doesn’t believe in murky sacrifices, maybe he didn’t want to open up the h-file before Tyler 0-0ed.

13.Nxc7+!! Qxc7!! 14.Bxd6!!
Tyler ends up with a Bishop on d6 instead of a Knight. I bet Dashzeveg wishes he had traded that bishop off now.

14 … Qd8
Fritz 9 likes the more active 14 … Qc6 better but to any human that just begs for 0-0, b4, a4, b5 losing time

15.Nd2!! Nhf6! 16.e4
To establish a central baseball diamond with e5. It might be better and more flexible to just relax and 16 0-0

16 … Bf8 17.Nc4!! Bxd6 18.Nxd6+!!
Fishing Jacket, Bishing Jacket, Fishing Jacket, it’s all good.

18 … Kf8
To hide at g7

19.0-0!!!
It’s getting embarrassing, will Tyler knock out the GM in Round 1?

19 0-0-0!!, h4!!, b4!!, e5!! et. al. are all great options. It’s hard to know what good move to play first.

19 … Ne8! 20.Nc4!!
Avoid enemy trades in cramped positions although Watson attacks this as another myth in Secrets Of Modern Chess Strategy. I hate to retreat so I would have settled for the pawn wedge from hell with
20 e5 N:d6 21 cd followed by f4.

Taking on e8 or c8 are pretty strong too. The GM has a Bloomer position, meaning Josh likes his opponents to relax on comfy couches on the first two ranks while he does all the work. Tyler has a Brian position with a Full Metal Jacket (all 8 pawns) pawn wave about to flower.

20 … Qc7 21.b4!!!
How do you even pick a move in a position this good? I like to advance my pawns together like an army – Hold the line. Sherlock Holmes could deduce that Tyler’s middle name is Brian from this move alone.

21 … b6! 22.Qb2
Tyler’s idea is to sneak in d5 hitting the h8-rook and also to get off the c-file for his rook.

My idea is I want to shave wood between my rook and his King while I control the center so I like some combination of f4 and e5. Fritzy’s idea is to keep Tyler’s Queen super-active with Qc3.

Another idea is to play 22 Rac1 first and then see where you want to go with your Queen later.

22 … Rg8!
Catching Tyler’s sneaky 23 d5 plan

23.Rac1!!
Place the Rook against the King or Queen, no many how many pieces intervene. – GM Suba

23 … bxc5!
Sharavdorj breaks up Tyler’s Full Metal Jacket, only 7 pawns left.

24.bxc5
Both recaptures are strong. The idea of 24 dc is e5 followed by Nd6.
The idea of 24 bc is maybe e5 and Nd6 or maybe Rfd1, d5-d6. I like keeping my pawns in one bunch of bananas but now with an open b-file 22 Qb2 is exposed as a mistake.

24 … Rb8
Thanx for the free tempo, I needed that.

25.Qa3!! Kg7! 26.Ne3!!
Which pawn will Tyler push, c,d,e or the Aigner?

26 … Ndf6!
Josh doesn’t normally allow his opponents to cross beyond the second rank. He rapidly punishes such anomalies. The Asian mastermind is trying to slow down Tyler’s central steamroller by attacking the e-pawn. How will Tyler react?

27.Bf3!!
It takes a while for Fritz 9 to fully accept Tyler’s genius but he comes around like everyone else. 27 f3! is a solid gold option to set up Rfd1 and d5. 27 e5! looks like fun too.

27 … Kh8!
The Grandmaster finally has his King safe but Tyler still has his street sweepers heading downtown.

28.e5
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Fritz is patient – 28 g3!! g4 29 Bg2 plan – Rfd1, d5
no hurry, what can Black do?

Another cute idea is 28 h3! h5 29 e5 g4 30 hg hg 31 B:g4 N:g4 32 N:g4 R:g4? 33 Qh3+
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28 … g4!!
Checkmates tells you: I was impressed with his 28…g4!! move, he quickly realized that 28…Nd7 29.Ng4 was bad
28 … Nd7 29 Ng4, c6, Rfe1, Rfd1, Bh5, Nc4 are all good.
28 … Nh7 29 Rfe1, h3, Qd3, Rfd1 are the strongest of the many.

29.Be2!! Ne4 29 … Nd5! is a sturdier outpost

30.Nxg4!
Tyler wins by moving slowly and conscientiously. The Grandmaster makes sharp, snappy decisions pausing at critical moments to see if his house is in order.

Tyler has three pawns for a knight but his pawn wave looks a little stymied for the moment.

30 … f5! 30 … Rg6 31 Qe3 30 … Ng5 31 f4 30 … Bb7 31 f3

31.exf6 31 N:h6!! splat Rg6 32 Ng4!! fg 33 Bd3!! N8f6 34 c6!! or Rfe1! work out for Tyler but pretty messy scary stuff against a GM. After 31 N:h6!! Rg6 32 Ng4!! Qd8 33 c6!!, Ne3!!, Qd3!, Qh3+! are all good. 31 N:h6!! Rg6 32 Ng4!! Bb7 33 Ne3!!, f3! or c6! are good. 31 f3 instead of N:h6 or ef is also sweet pumpkin pie.

31 … N8xf6!!

32.Ne5!! 32 f3 is also winning. The GM’s pawns are isolated and weak but Tyler’s are not advancing for the moment.

32 … Qg7!

33.g3! Nd7

34.Nxd7 34 c6!! N:e5 35 fe Q:e5? 36 Qe3! wins

34 … Bxd7!

35.c6! 35 Qe3!! Nf6 36 B:a6! with 4 pawns for a knight.

35 … Bc8!

36.Qe3 36 Rc2, c7, Rfd1 keep a smidgin’ of advantage left

36 … Nf6 36 … Nd6!

37.Bf3?
Still some chances aftr 37 Qe5!!, Bc4!, Rfe1! and others.

37 … Rb5!

38.Rb1 Rf5!
The Mongolian has fully coordinated every piece and stands about even now, maybe slightly better.

39.Rb8 39 Bg2 is fine.

39 … Qg5? 39 … Nd5!! is a good middlegame but Dashzeveg thrives in the endgame.

40.Qxg5 hxg5!
First time control. Tyler has three pawns for a piece. Are they strong or weak?

41.Be2

41 Bg2!! is cozy but Tyler is targetting a6

41 … Rd5!! 3D Attacking d4

42.f4 g4

43.f5 43 Rb4, Rc1, Ra8, Rd1 should be Ok for Tyler. Every pawn trade gets Tyler closer to a draw. The GM said he missed 43 f5.

43 … Kg7 43 f5 ef? 4 Bc4 wins a exchange
43 f5 R:f5? 44 R:f5 ef 45 Bc4 Re8 46 Bf7 also wins an exchange.
43 f5 R:d4! 44 fe Kg7 transposes to the game, about equal

44.fxe6!
The GM is running out of pawns.

44 … Rxd4 45.c7
The position is tricky if Tyler can get a rook to d7 or d8. After all this endless complexity either side can win.

45 … Rd6!!

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Philipp Ponomarev had beaten me and we were analyzing Tyler’s game in another room with his doctor father Mikhail, 82 years old.
45 … Rd6!! 46 Rf4 is roughly equal, trying to eliminate g4.

I was proud of finding 45 c7 Nd5 46 Rf7+ Kh6 47 Rd7!! (47 e7!!)
We were starting to get excited about Tyler’s possibilities.

45 … B:e6?? 46 R:f6!!
Game Over
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46.e7 Re8
We didn’t like this move, Philipp found 46 e7 Rc6!! 45 B:g4 R:c7 ending all the tricks.
46 e7 Re8 47 Rf4 or R:f6 are about equal but Tyler missed a chance to disturb the balance with 47 Bd1!! Be6 48 Re1! wins
47 Bd1!! Rg8 48 Ba4! or Bb3! win
47 Bd1!! Rh8 48 Ba4! wins
47 Bd1!! Re6 48 Ba4! wins
47 Bd1!! Nd5 we have a switchback with 48 B:g4!! wins
Sharavdorj can improve with 47 Bd1!! R:e7 48 R:c8 Rc6! and Tyler will be up one pawn with reduced material – looks tough to win to me.
47 Bd1!! Re4 48 Rb6 R8:e7 49 Rf:f6 Re1+ 50 Kg2 R1e2+ 51 Rf2 R:f2+ 52 K:f2 R:c7 again with Tyler one very hard to convert pawn up 47 Bd1!! Rd7 48 Ba4 R:c7 49 B:e8 N:e8 followed by 50 .. Bd7 looks tough to call
47 Bd1!! Rc6 48 B:e8 or R:f6 gives Tyler the better of a possible draw again.

It would have been the Grandmaster sweating after 47 Bd1!!. The move reminds me of the ending two bishops versus a knight. No human could make sense of it. Finally a computer figured out the winning idea, place your bishops on d1 and e1 and then see which way the knight goes.

47.Rxf6! Kxf6!
Tyler should draw after 47 … R:f6 48 R:c8 R:c8 49 B:g4 Rook to (a, g or h)8 50 c8(Q) R:c8 51 B:c8 Ke7 and two connected pawns and a bishop should hold against a rook. Watch out for
47 … R:f6 48 R:c8 R:c8 49 B:g4 Re8??? 50 Bd7!! is amusing as one bishop humiliates two rooks. 47 … R:f6 48 B:g4 R:e7 49 R:c8 Rc6 and again two connected passed pawns and a bishop should hold up against a rook.

48.Bxg4!! Re6!!
Now the problem is how is Tyler supposed to get rid of that stupid wrong colored rook pawn? It’s sick to lose to such a pawn but as long as Dashzeveg keeps a rook on the board it’s a definite winning possibility. I saw GM Woitkiewicz do something similar, he had Rook and Knight versus Rook and four pawns.

He ate all the pawns then won the Rook and Knight versus Rook ending. Tyler’s clock ran down to 2 seconds plus 5 second delay and we all watched helplessly as the GM slowly picked off all of Tyler’s pawns and came in for the kill with Rook, opposite colored rook pawn and bishop against rook.

It was tough to watch.

49.Bxe6 Kxe6! 50.Rb2 Kxe7 One pawn down, 4 to go.

51.Kf2 Kd6 52.Rc2 Bd7 53.Rc3! a5 54.a3 Bc6! 55.g4! Kxc7!
Two pawns down, three to go

56.h4 Kd6 57.Rd3+ Ke5! 58.Rc3 Bd5 59.Rc5 Rf8+!

60.Ke2 a4! 61.Ra5! Rf4! 62.Kd2??
Missing his last chance to draw with 62 h5!! R:g4 63 h6!! Rh4 64 h7!! R:h7 65 R:a4! removing the last pawn with a theoretical draw but I doubt Tyler could hold Rook + 2 seconds plus a five second delay versus Rook and Bishop and Grandmaster.

Kamsky lost that ending this morning against Akobian at Nalchik. I lose all those endings – I lost Rook versus Rook and Knight against IM Dionisio Aldama in Florida 2008.

I think I lost Rook versus Rook and Knight versus Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev in a Colorado Closed.

I lost Knight versus Rook against Philipp Ponomarev and Robert Ramirez. I think some guy was drawing Tyler with Bishop versus Tyler’s rook as I was losing to Robert Ramirez in Boulder with Knight versus Rook.

All those endings are bad memories for me except teaching Jolina Rice how to draw with Knight versus Rook.

I saw 62 h5! from the sidelines and got excited but could say nothing. I thought it was clever how the a5-rook paralyzed all of the Grandmaster’s pieces. With a little move time Tyler would have seen that in a flash.

In Round 4 I put my rook on a5 to draw Mulyar.

62 … Rxg4 63.h5 Rh4 64.Kc3 Kd6!65.Ra6+ Bc6! 66.Ra5! Rh3+!

67.Kb2 Rb3+! 68.Ka2 Bd5! 69.Ka1! Rxa3+!
Three pawns down, one to go

70.Kb2! Rb3+! 71.Kc2! Rh3 72.Kb2 Bc6

0-1

Tyler resigned as his flag and position were falling about 10 moves later. I don’t have all the moves but I remember Sharavdorj’s King swooped in for the kill on the Queenside, pushing Tyler’s King back. Tyler said … Bb3 was the final winning move.

The peak age for a Chessplayer is said to be 35 years old. Tyler is 18. I am sure he will beat many GMs in the future, maybe even starting May 7th at the U.S. Closed.

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hughes-sharavdorj.pgn

Hughes,T (2272) – Sharavdorj (GM),D (2470) [A50]
Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (1), 27.03.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7

10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.c5 a6 13.Nxc7+ Qxc7 14.Bxd6 Qd8 15.Nd2 Nhf6 16.e4 Bf8

17.Nc4 Bxd6 18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.O-O Ne8 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.b4 b6 22.Qb2 Rg8 23.Rac1 bxc5

24.bxc5 Rb8 25.Qa3 Kg7 26.Ne3 Ndf6 27.Bf3 Kh8 28.e5 g4 29.Be2 Ne4 30.Nxg4 f5

31.exf6 N8xf6 32.Ne5 Qg7 33.g3 Nd7 34.Nxd7 Bxd7 35.c6 Bc8 36.Qe3 Nf6 37. Bf3 Rb5

38.Rb1 Rf5 39.Rb8 Qg5 40.Qxg5 hxg5 41.Be2 Rd5 42.f4 g4 43.f5 Kg7 44.fxe6 Rxd4

45.c7 Rd6 46.e7 Re8 47.Rxf6 Kxf6 48.Bxg4 Re6 49.Bxe6 Kxe6 50.Rb2 Kxe7 51.Kf2 Kd6

52.Rc2 Bd7 53.Rc3 a5 54.a3 Bc6 55.g4 Kxc7 56.h4 Kd6 57.Rd3+ Ke5
58.Rc3 Bd5 59.Rc5 Rf8+ 60.Ke2 a4 61.Ra5 Rf4 62.Kd2 Rxg4 63.h5 Rh4 64.Kc3 Kd6

65.Ra6+ Bc6 66.Ra5 Rh3+ 67.Kb2 Rb3+ 68.Ka2 Bd5 69.Ka1 Rxa3+ 70.Kb2 Rb3+ 71. Kc2

Rh3 72.Kb2 Bc6 0-1

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Full Metal jacket games that may have inspired Tyler Hughes.

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Third Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket game

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "m"]
[Date "1966.01.08" ]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qc7
12. Nf3 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bf4 O-O-O
17. a4 c4 18. Be2 a6 19. Kh1 Rdg8 20. Rg1 Rg4 21. Qd2 Rhg8
22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Nh2 Nxe5 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. e4 Bd6
27. Qe3 Nd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rd2 f5 31. exd5 f4
32. Qe4 Nf6 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. f3 Bc8 35. Qb1 g3 36. Re1 h3
37. Bf1 Rh8 38. gxh3 Bxh3 39. Kg1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 e4 41. Qd1 Ng4
42. fxg4 f3 43. Rg2 fxg2+ 0-1

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Original Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket Variation game
[Event "Poor Richard's"]
[Site "Colorado Springs"]
[Date "2009.03.04" ]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fred Spell"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "18:09:28"]
[TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Re1 Bc5 6. Re2 Nd4
7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. h3 Nxf2 9. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qh4+ 11. Kg1 Qxe4
12. Nc3 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 c6 14. Ba4 O-O 15. Qf3 d5 16. d3 f5 17. Be3 Qb4
18. Bb3 Be6 19. Qf2 b6 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Ne2 c5 23. Ng3 f4
24. Nf1 b5 25. a3 g5 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Qh5 h6 28. Qe2 Bf5 29. Kg1 a6
30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Bc3 d4 32. Bd2 e4 33. Qh5 e3 34. Bc1 c4 35. dxc4 bxc4
36. Ba4 Re7 37. Nh2 d3 38. cxd3 cxd3 39. Nf3 Qg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6
41. Kg1 Rd8 42. Bd2 Be4 43. Bc3 Bxf3 44. gxf3 d2 45. Bc2+ Kh5
0-1

Game available on my website in Chessbase click and move form
http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm

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Second Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket game
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.05" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "Danielle"]
[Black "DocOcc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1374"]
[BlackElo "1368"]
[Opening "Trompowsky attack (Ruth, Opocensk=FD opening)"]
[ECO "A45"]
[NIC "QP.07"]
[Time "23:30:45"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Bxf6 Bxf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 a6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Qb1 g6 10. h4 h5 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qxg6+ Bg7
13. Ng5 Rf6 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. Qxh5 Qe8 16. Nh7+ Ke7 17. Qxe8+ Kxe8
18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bb7 21. Rh2 Nc6 22. g5 Be7
23. f4 Kf7 24. h5 Nb4 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Rg1 Nd5 27. g6+ Kf6 28. h6 Bxf4
29. h7 Bxh2 30. g7
{Black resigns} 1-0

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Bill Weihmiller shouldn’t feel bad about how he lost to me in March. I’ve used that Petrosian tricks hundreds of times.

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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.04.17" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Allmeiddah" ]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "King's Indian: S=E4misch variation"]
[ECO "E80"]
[NIC "KI.54"]
[Time "02:07:04"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nge2 h6
8. Be3 a5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. h4 Ne8 11. g4 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. h5 g5
14. Kf2 Bd7 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Rhb1 Rb8 17. b3 b6 18. a3 Nf6 19. b4 axb4
20. axb4 Nb7 21. Ra7 Qd8 22. Rba1 Qc8 23. R1a3 Ne8 24. Qa2 Bf6
25. Kg2 Ng7 26. Nh1 Bd8 27. Nf2 Be7 28. Nd3 Ne8 29. c5 bxc5
30. bxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. Qc4 Rb4 33. Qd3 Rd4 34. Qc2 Nf6
35. Na4 Nxg4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. fxg4 Bxg4 38. e5+ Kh8 39. d6 cxd6
40. Rxe7 Qc6+ 41. Kg3 f5 42. Bxg4 dxe5 43. Bxf5 c4 44. Nb6 Qd6
45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Qxc4+ Rf7 47. Qxf7# {Black checkmated} 1-0

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The Ultimate Full Metal Jacket game, all 8 pawns on the board when Bill resigns on move 45.

[Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.11" ]
[Round "2"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Bill Weihmiler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Opening "King's Indian: S=E4misch, 5...O-O"]
[ECO "E81"]
[NIC "KI.51"]
[Time "23:59:02"]
[TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c5 9. g4 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. Nge2 Ng8 12. Ng3 a6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Be2 Qd8 15.h5 g5 16. O-O f6 17. a3 Rf7 18. b4 b6 19. Rfb1 Rb7 20. Ra2 Raa7 21. Rb3 Ne7 22. Rab2 Nd7 23. Qc1 Qc7 24. Qb1 Kg8 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. Bd3 Kg8 27. Nh1 Kh8 28.Be2 Kg8 29. Nf2 Kh8 30. Nd3 Kg8 31. Na4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Bf8 33. Ke1 Ng8 34. Kd2 Be7 35. Nf2 Bf8 36. Bd3 Ne7 37. Ke2 Ng8 38. Bd2 Ne7 39. Nh1 Kg7 40. Nc3 Kf7 41. Ng3 Kg7 42. Nd1 Kf7 43. Ne3 Nb8 44. Be1 Bd7 45. bxc5
1-0

Game available on my website in Chessbase click and move form
http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm

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[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Labuckas,Aidas"]
[Black "Bologan,Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5
8.Bg3 Nh5 9.Qc2 e6 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 c6 13.0-0-0 a6
14.Nb3 b6 15.Bf3 Bb7 16.Kb1 0-0-0 17.a4 Kb8 18.a5 f5 19.axb6 g4
20.Be2 c5 21.Na5 Nxb6 22.f3 Ba8 23.Qb3 Kc7 24.Qa3 gxf3 25.gxf3 Nd7
26.Nb3 Bb7 27.Na4 cxd4 28.exd4 Kb8 29.Na5 Rc8 30.Qb4 Rc7 31.Qxb7+ Rxb7 32.Nc6+ Kc7 33.Nxe7 Rb4 34.Nc3 Rhb8 35.Ned5+ exd5 36.Nxd5+ Kd8 37.Nxb4 Rxb4 38.Kc2 a5 39.Rh5 Nb6 40.Rxf5 Nxc4
41.Bxc4 Rxc4+ 42.Kb3 Rb4+ 43.Kc3 1-0

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[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dancevski,Orce"]
[Black "Socko,Bartosz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6
9.Be2 Qe7 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 f5 13.Bh5+ Kf8 14.Be2 Nf6
15.0-0-0 Bd7 16.f4 Kg8 17.e4 fxe4 18.Ndxe4 gxf4 19.gxf4 Rf8 20.Rhf1 Bc6 21.Kb1 Qe8 22.g4 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 Ba4 24.b3 Bd7 25.g5 Qe7 26.Qd3 hxg5 27.fxg5 Rh4 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Qg3 Rh8 30.Nf6 Bxf6 31.gxf6 Qf7 32.Qg5 Be8 33.Bd3 Qg8 34.Qf4 Bg6 35.Kb2 Rh3 36.Bxg6 Qxg6 37.c5 Qh5 38.Rd2 Qh6 39.Qxh6+ Rxh6 40.cxd6 cxd6 41.Rc2 Rxf6 42.Rc8+ Kg7 43.Rd8 d5 44.Re8 Kg6 45.Re7 Kf5 46.Rxb7 Ke4 47.Rxa7 Kxd4 48.a4 e5 49.Re7 e4 50.a5 e3 51.b4 Rf2+
52.Kb3 e2 53.a6 Rf3+ 54.Kc2 Re3 55.Rxe3 Kxe3 56.a7 d4 57.a8=3DQ d3+
58.Kb3 e1=3DQ 59.Qa7+ Kd2 60.Qa2+ Ke3 61.Qa7+ Ke2 62.Qe7+ Kd1 63.Qc5 Qg3 64.Qh5+ Ke1 65.Qe8+ Kd2 66.b5 Qe1 67.Qg6 Qb1+ 68.Kc4 Qc2+ 69.Kd4 Qc3+ 70.Kd5 Kc1 71.Qg1+ Kc2 72.Qg6 Kb2
0-1

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[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev,Murtas"]
[Black "Radjabov,Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5
8.e3 e6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Be2 Nd7 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 c6 13.g4 a6 14.Nde4 d5
15.Ng3 Nf6 16.0-0-0 b5 17.c5 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Nd7 20.f3 exd4
21.exd4 Nf8 22.Rhe1 Ne6 23.Bf1 0-0-0 24.Kb1 Qd7 25.Ne2 Rde8 26.Qd3 Qc7
27.Rc1 Re7 28.Red1 Rhe8 29.Qd2 Nd8 30.Rc3 Ne6 31.Rd3 Nf4 32.Nxf4 gxf4
33.a4 Re3 34.axb5 axb5 35.Qc3 Bf6 36.Kc2 Qa7 37.Qa3 Qxa3 38.Rxa3 Rxa3
39.bxa3 Kc7 40.Bd3 Ra8 41.Rh1 Bg5 42.Re1 Kd8 43.Rd1 Rxa3 44.Kb2 b4 45.Bc2 Rc3 46.Rd2 Bf6 47.Bb3 Rxc5 48.Ka2 Rc3 49.Rd1 Ke7 50.Re1+ Re3 51.Rc1 Re2+ 0-1

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[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moiseenko,Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov,Teimour"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5
7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.0-0-0 Ndf6
12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Nd2

1/2

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[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moiseenko,Alexander"]
[Black "Amonatov,Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6
9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.0-0-0 Ndf6 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Nd2 Nxg3 14.hxg3 c5
15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Nde4 Bc6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Be4 0-0 19.Rd2 Rfd8
20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Qd8 24.g4 Qd7 25.f3 Qd6
26.Qe2 f5 27.Nf2 Qh2 28.Nd3 Bf8 29.a3 Qd6 30.Ka2 Bg7 31.Qc2 Kh8
32.Ka1 Kg8 33.Kb1 Kh8 34.Qe2 Kg8 35.Kc2 Kh8 36.f4 gxf4 37.exf4 Kh7
38.gxf5 exf5 39.Qe8 Qg6 40.Qxg6+ Kxg6 41.Nxc5 Kh5 42.Ne6 Bf6 43.b4 a6
44.a4 Kg4 45.c5 Be7 46.Kd3 Kg3 47.Nd4 Kxg2 48.Nxf5 h5 49.Nxe7 h4 50.Nf5 h3 51.Ne3+ Kf3 52.Nf1 Kf2 53.Nh2 Kg3 54.Ke2 Kxh2 55.Kf2 Kh1 56.a5 Kh2 57.f5 1-0

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Brian Wall once wrote a long long time ago:

[Event "Aero Svit"]
[Site "Foros, Ukraine"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Rublevsky"]
[Black "GM_Mamedyarov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Opening "Four knights: Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[ECO "C48"]
[NIC "KP.03"]
[Time "07:44:42"]

Aerosvit International GM tournament
Foros/Yalta Ukraine
Strongest tournament ever held in the Ukraine

Game/2 hours plus
a 30 second increment per move

White – GM Sergei Rublevsky, World #23, 32 years old, Russian 2687
Black – GM Mamedyarov, from Azerbajain, World #19, 21 years old 2699

This is a complex game – I will try to decode it for you.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5
This is an interesting moment to me for many reasons -

1. Supposedly Black should have no trouble equalizing
2. I always have trouble equalizing

4 … Nd4
Rubinstein’s equalizer from 80 years ago

5. Ba4 c6!!
GM John Nunn says this is better than 5 … Bc5, despite the endorsement of Frank J Marshall, Rubenstein, Steiner, Szabo, Vidmar, Rueben Fine, Milner, Veresov, Makogonov, Lilienthal, Edward Lasker, Geller, Shamkovich, Hort, Alla Kushnir, Benko, Balashov, Shirov, Leko, Aronian, Khalifman, Ilescas, Timmerman, Short, Svidler and many other GMs.

5 … N:f3+ has been played 228 times by Schallop, Mason, Schlector, Simagin, Bolbochan, Ibragimov and others.
The goofy 5 … Qe7 has only been played once.
The Renae Delaware style 5 … Bd6 has been played 8 times.

6. Nxe5!! d5
The simple looking 6 … Qe7 7 Nf3 N:f3+ or … N:e4 has been tried several times.

6 … b5 has been tried.
Kramnik, Malaniuk, Hebden and others have tried 6 … d6

7. d3

Fritz 8 – 7 ed!!, d3, 0-0, a3?, Nf3?, f4?, h3?
Humans – 7 a3?, Nf3?, h3?, f4? never tried 7 0-0 tried by GM Nigel Short and Kaido Kulaots 7 d3 tried in 27 games including heavyweight battles – Nunn-Kamsky, Nunn-Piket and Nunn-Polgar

7 ed!!, the Fritz favorite is avoided by humans tried only 11 times by non-GMs. Not sure why – Fritz likes White after 7 ed!! N:d5, … Bd6 or … Qc7

7 ed N:d5 only played once by Arryn Pidwell
7 ed Bd6 tried 9 times
7 ed Qc7 never tried
7 ed b5?? 8 N:c6!! was tried only once, thankfully.

Maybe someone can explain to me why 7 ed Bd6 8 dc 0-0 is acceptable for Black – Fritz 8 thinks White is better after 9 cb Nf3! or Nc4!!
7 ed Bd6 8 dc 0-0 9 Nc4 Re8+ 10 Ne3 bc 11 0-0 is favored by Fritz but I admit it does look like Black has open attacking lines and good compensation like the main line of the Two Knights Defense. White’s Queenside is pretty jammed in.

7 … Bd6!!

Fritz 8 – 7 … Bd6!!, … Qc7!, … Bb4

8. f4!!

8 Nf3 has been played by Grandmasters, including Shirov – 8 Nf3 N:f3! 9 gf! (9 Q:f3? d4!) and the doubled f-pawns might help support the center while White attacks down the g-file. All the games after 8 Nf3 have been very lively and exciting with mixed results.
8 f4! and 8 Nf3 are the only two reasonable moves -
8 N:c6!? bc 9 Be3 Nb5 10 N:b5 cb 11 B:b5+
Black’s piece weighs more than 3 pawns in a middle game.
8 Bf4 Qc7 wins material
8 N:d5 B:e5 9 c3 a kind of Halloween attack doesn’t work out too well after 9 … b5, … Ne6, … N:d5 or … Nb5

8 … Bc5!?
Only played once before but probably heavily prepared by Mamdyarov before the game. Most likely Rublevsky was soon on his own, muttering, “Thing haven’t been bad enough – now what am I in for?”

9. exd5

9 Rb1, a3, Be3, Bb3, N:d5, Bd2, h4, Qd2 and Rf1 are all very close to equality, slightly better for White or Black.

9 … O-O

Fritz thinks 9 … N:d5!! is twice as good at first glance but castling looks more flexible and I suspect well tested by Mamedyarov.

Almost all opening gambits involve saccing the c-f-pawns for development.

10. Ne4
Rublevsky is in shock and gets in trouble quickly.

If you trust Fritz 8 then 10 dc, Be3, Bb3 , Ne4, d6, a3

10 dc leaves Rublevsky 3 pawns up but down in development with a King caught in the center, not a situation humans like, especially walking right into 2699 preparation in a Category 18 Super tournament.

Sample continuations – 10 dc bc 11 N:c6 N:c6 12 B:c6 Bg4
13 Qd2 Rc8 14 Be4 Re8 or 14 Bb5 Nd5 or 14 Ba4 Bb4 still up 3 pawns but with a King caught in a crossfire
10 Be3 N:c2+ 11 B:c2 B:e3 12 Qf3 Bd4 is probably best but
10 Be3 N:d5! 11 N:d5 Q:d5 12 Qd2 g5! is another can of worms to torture you with the clock ticking.
10 Bb3 N:d5, … cd or N:b3 is about equal.
None of this is something you want to work out over the board.
A real mess, possibly computer tested and supplemented by secret Azerbajain blitz games. At least that’s what I would be thinking.

10 … Nxe4!!

10 … Q:d5! 11 c4 Bb4+
is another approach. Mamedyarov is a little better or worse either way, some kind of irrational near-equality

11. dxe4! Qh4+! 12. g3!

12 Kd2? Q:f4+ is bad for Sergei but
12 Kf1 Nb3! or … cd might be tenable

12 … Qh3! 13. Be3

13 Qd2! looks very flimsy and rickety but it does prevent … Qg2 and Fritz declares it the only good move.
After 13 Qd2 Qh5! 14 Rf1 Bh3 15 Rf2 cd or … f6 is a scary form of dynamic equality.
The computer may be happy counting Rublevsky’s pawns but the Grandmasters are asking themselves how Sergei’s King is ever going to reach safety. Black has an easy plan of just aiming more and more pieces at the trapped monarch. White has nothing to look forward to except a miserable “only move” search each time.

13 … Qg2!
Rublevsky is fighting for equality now.

Kasparov from Azerbajain – I usually managed to engineer my games so
that the normal moves were inadequate.

14. Rg1

14 Rf1 is about the same answered by 14 … Bh3!!, … Q:e4!, … f6, … cd or … b5

14 … Qxe4!! 15. Kf2!!
The best move, 15 Qd3 is second best, anything else is wretched.

15 … Re8!!
Best – slightly better for Mamedyarov – also OK – 15 … f6, … Ne6, … Nb3 and … Rd8

16. Qd3?
Rublevsky was probably being pressured both on the board and on the clock. It was possible to analyze this position before the game began.
16 dc! bc or … R:e5 slightly better for Mamedyarov or 16 c3! R:e5!! 17 fe Bg4 slightly better for Mamedyarov or 16 d6 Bh3!!, … R:e5!!, … Bf5!, … b5!, … f6 or … Nb3 are all better for Black
16 Qd3?? is not the best move at a time when everything is going sour anyway. The 21 year old posed a real brain twister and the 32 year old was swamped with unclear variations.

16 … Rxe5!! 17. fxe5! Qf3+! 18. Ke1! Bf5!!
We are getting into multiple win territory now – 18 … Q:d5! is good too. Rublevsky is an exchange and a pawn up but Mamedyarov’s pieces are using the L.A. cop swarm technique.

19. Rf1!

19 Qd2 looks normal but 19 … Q:d5!!! threatening 20 … Nf3+! kills.
19 Qd2 Bg4!!, … Qe4!! , … B:c2! and … N:c2+! all win too.

19 … Bb4+!!
The idea is 19 … Bb4+ 20 Bd2 B:d3 21 R:f3 N:f3+ picks up a piece. Rublevsky’s way is also hopeless, two pawns down. It’s over.

20. c3! Bxd3!!
multiple win territory – 20 … B:c3+! works too

21. Rxf3!
Only move to avoid checkmate

21 … Nxf3+! 22. Kf2! Nxh2!!
multiple win territory – 22 … N:e5!! and … Be4 work

23. cxb4! Ng4+!! 24. Kf3! Nxe5+!! 25. Kf4! Ng6+!
multiple win territory – 25 … Re8! and … f6! work too

26. Kf3! cxd5!!
After 16 Qd3? the two Super GMs have produced 21 straight best moves between them. Rublevsky is two pawns down without much compensation.
That’s something I noticed a long time ago with strong players – they play best moves in lost positions, hoping for a miracle.

27. Rc1 Ne5+ 28. Kf4! Ng6+
multiple win territory – 28 … f6 and … Nc4 also work

29. Kf3! b5! 30. Bb3 Bc4 31. Bc2! Ne5+! 32. Kf4! f6 33. Rd1 Bxa2
34. b3! Rc8! 35. Bc5! a5! 36. Bf5 Bxb3!! 37. Rb1 Bc2! 38. Be6+ Kh8!
39. Ra1 Re8! 40. bxa5 Nd3+ 41. Kf3! Nxc5! 42. Bxd5! b4 43. a6! Nxa6 {Black wins} 0-1

Rublevsky resigns because of 44 R:a6 Rb8 followed by … b3 and marching the Kingside forward.

So far, after this, Rublevsky has a performance rating 224 points above his rating.
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[Event "Aero Svit"]
[Site "Foros, Ukraine"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Rublevsky"]
[Black "GM_Mamedyarov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Opening "Four knights: Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[ECO "C48"]
[NIC "KP.03"]
[Time "07:44:42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. d3 Bd6 8.
f4 Bc5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Be3 Qg2 14. Rg1
Qxe4 15. Kf2 Re8 16. Qd3 Rxe5 17. fxe5 Qf3+ 18. Ke1 Bf5 19. Rf1 Bb4+ 20. c3
Bxd3 21. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 22. Kf2 Nxh2 23. cxb4 Ng4+ 24. Kf3 Nxe5+ 25. Kf4 Ng6+
26. Kf3 cxd5 27. Rc1 Ne5+ 28. Kf4 Ng6+ 29. Kf3 b5 30. Bb3 Bc4 31. Bc2 Ne5+
32. Kf4 f6 33. Rd1 Bxa2 34. b3 Rc8 35. Bc5 a5 36. Bf5 Bxb3 37. Rb1 Bc2 38.
Be6+ Kh8 39. Ra1 Re8 40. bxa5 Nd3+ 41. Kf3 Nxc5 42. Bxd5 b4 43. a6 Nxa6
{Black wins}
0-1
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Rublevsky-Mamedyarov.pgn
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2006 Olympiad win beating the 4 knights Spanish
with the Renae Opening.

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Torino, Italy"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sammalvuo(FIN)"]
[Black "Gausel(NOR)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Opening "Four knights: Spanish variation"]
[ECO "C48"]
[NIC "KP.03"]
[Time "08:21:07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. g4 a6 6. Bc4 Bc5 7. Ng5 d5 8.
Nxd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Qxg5 10. d4 Qg6 11. Bd3 e4 12. dxc5 exd3 13. dxc6 Qe4+ 14.
Kd2 Bxg4 15. Re1 Be2 16. cxb7 Rd8 17. Rxe2 {Black wins} 0-1
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Sammalvuo-Gause.pgn
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Cohen tried the Renae Opening against Capablanca.
More Renae defenses againt the 4 knights Spanish to follow.

[Event "New York blindfold"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1911.12.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Capablanca,Jose Raul"]
[Black "Cohen,Aron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d4 Bb4 7.dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1
Bxc3
9.exf6 Bxf6 10.e5 Be7 11.Bg5 Bg4 12.Bxe7 Bxf3+ 13.gxf3 Kxe7 14.Rg1 Rad8+ 15.Ke2
g6 16.f4 f5
17.Rad1 Rd5 18.c4 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rc1 c5 21.h4 Rd4 22.Ke3 Re4+ 23.Kf3 Rd4
24.h5 Rd2
25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rh1 Rxb2 27.Rh7+ Kd8 28.Rg7 Rb6 29.Kg3 Re6 30.Kh4 b5 31.cxb5 c4
32.Kg5 c3
33.Rh7 Rb6 34.Rh1 Rxb5 35.Kxg6 Rb2 36.Kf7 c5 37.e6 Re2 38.Rd1+ Kc7 39.e7 c2
40.Rc1 Kd7
41.Rxc2 Rxe7+ 42.Kf6 Re6+ 43.Kxf5 Rc6 44.Re2 c4 45.Ke4 Re6+ 46.Kf3 c3 47.Rc2 Rc6
48.Ke4 Ke6
49.Kd4 Kf5 50.Rxc3 Ra6 51.a3 Ra4+ 52.Kc5 Rxf4 53.f3 Ke6 54.Kb5 Rf5+ 55.Ka6 Rf7
56.Rd3 Ke5
57.a4 Kf4 58.a5 Kg3 59.Rb3 Kf2 60.Rb7 Rxf3 61.Kxa7 Ke2 62.a6 Rf6 63.Rb6 Rf7+
64.Kb8 Rf8+
65.Kb7 Rf7+ 66.Kc6 Ra7 67.Kb5 Re7 68.Rd6 Re3 69.a7 Rb3+ 70.Kc6 Rc3+ 71.Kb7 1-0

Capablanca-Cohen1911.pgn
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[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gruber,B"]
[Black "Puc,Stojan"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.0-0 a6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bd5 0-0 8.d4 Nxd5
9.exd5 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Qxd4 Re8 12.Bf4 b4 13.Bxd6 bxc3 14.Ba3 Qg5 15.bxc3
d6 16.f4 Qg6
17.Rae1 Bf5 18.Re3 Re4 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.c4 h5 21.Qd2 h4 22.h3 Qg3 23.Rxe4 Bxe4
24.Bb4 f5
25.Qf2 Rb8 26.Qxg3 hxg3 27.Bc3 Bxc2 28.Re3 Rb1+ 29.Re1 Kf7 30.Rxb1 Bxb1 31.a3
Ba2 32.Ba5 Bxc4
33.Bxc7 Ke7 34.Ba5 Bxd5 35.Be1 Be4 36.Bxg3 Ke6 37.Be1 Kd5 38.Bb4 Kc6 39.Kf2 d5
40.g4 g6
41.Ke3 1/2
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[Event "Schilde op U18 5th"]
[Site "Schilde"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Jonghe,Peter"]
[Black "Verlinden,Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 Qe7 7.Bg5 Nxd4 8.Nd5 Qe6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Bc4 c6 11.Nb6 Qe7 12.Nxa8 b5 13.Bb3 Ba6 14.Nh4 f5 15.Nxf5 Nxf5
16.exf5 Rxa8
17.Re1 Qf6 18.Re3 Kh8 19.Qh5 Rg8 20.Qxf7 Qxf7 21.Bxf7 Rf8 22.Rd3 Rxf7 23.Rxd6
Rxf5 24.Rxd7
1-0
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[Event "GER-chT U20"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1978.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schreiner,J"]
[Black "Hoffmann,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 Nd4 6.Be3 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 0-0 8.0-0 Be7
9.d4 exd4 10.Bxd4 c5 11.Be3 d6 12.Rad1 Bg4 13.Qg3 Bxd1 14.Rxd1 Kh8 15.e5 Ne8
16.exd6 Bxd6
17.Bf4 Qe7 18.Bd3 Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Nf6 20.Ne4 Rfe8 21.f3 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Rad8 23.Re1 c4
24.Bxc4 Qc5+
25.Qe3 Qxc4 0-1
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Renae Opening tried in Women’s Olympiad

[Event "Dubai ol (Women)"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Fati,FM"]
[Black "Clarke,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 0-0 6.Bg5 a6 7.Bc4 b5 8.Bb3 Be7
9.0-0 Bb7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bd5 d6 12.Ne2 Rb8 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Ng3 Re8 15.Qd2 Bd7
16.Qe3 Re7
17.Nh5 Re8 18.d4 Bg4 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.d5 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Qxf3 22.gxf3 Rf8 23.Kh1 f5
24.b4 Rf6
25.a4 fxe4 26.fxe4 Rbf8 27.axb5 Rxf2 28.Rxf2 Rxf2 29.bxa6 Rf8 30.c4 Ra8 31.b5
Kf7 32.Kg2 Ke7
33.Kg3 Kf6 34.Rf1+ Kg6 35.h4 h5 36.Rf5 Ra7 37.Rf8 Kh6 38.Rb8 g5 39.Rb7 gxh4+
40.Kxh4 Ra8
41.Rxc7 1-0
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[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "1991.08.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cillo,L"]
[Black "Badaoui,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 a6 6.Ba4 0-0 7.0-0 Nd4 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 Be7 10.Nxe5 d6 11.Nf3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Ng4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd5 Qe5 15.Qf4
Qxf4 16.Nxf4 b5
17.Bb3 c6 18.a3 a5 19.c4 bxc4 20.Bxc4 Ba6 21.Rac1 Bxc4 22.Rxc4 c5 23.d4 cxd4
24.Rxd4 Rab8
25.Rxd6 Rxb2 26.h3 Nf6 27.Ra6 Nxe4 28.Rxa5 Nd2 29.Re1 Nc4 30.Ra4 Nb6 31.Ra6 Nc4
32.a4 Rb6
33.Rxb6 Nxb6 34.a5 Nc4 35.a6 Ra8 36.Ra1 Nb6 37.f3 Nc4 38.a7 Nd6 39.Nd5 Nc8
40.Nc7 Rxa7
41.Rxa7 Nxa7 42.g4 g5 43.Kg2 Kg7 44.Kg3 0-1
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[Event "New Delhi op 4th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saptarshi,Roy Chowdhury"]
[Black "Abdulla,Al Rakib"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 h6 6.a3 Nd4 7.Bc4 c5 8.Nxd4 cxd4
9.Nd5 Rb8 1/2
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[Event "Nova Gorica op 11th"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mestrovic,Zvonimir"]
[Black "Srebrnic,Ana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d4 Nxd4 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Qe7 8.Be3 Be5
9.Qd3 c6 10.Bc4 0-0 11.Nd1 Bc7 12.f3 Rd8 13.0-0 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Qe4 Qd6 16.g3
Nf6
17.Qh4 Bf5 18.Bb3 Bb6 19.g4 Be6 20.Qf2 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 Bxb3 22.axb3 Qf4 23.Rad1 g6
24.Ng2 Qe5
25.c3 Qb5 26.b4 Kg7 27.Rd4 Rxd4 28.Qxd4 Qb6 29.Rd1 Rd8 0-1
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These games are with 4 … Nd4 to help
explain the Rublevsky-Mamedyarov game.

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Agzamov,Georgy"]
[Black "Maslov,Leonid P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nf3 Nxf3+
9.gxf3 Qa5 10.Bd2 0-0 11.Nxd5 Qxa4 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Rg1+ Kh8 14.Bh6 Rg8 15.Rxg8+
Kxg8 16.Ke2 Kh8
17.Qd2 Be6 18.Rg1 Rg8 19.Rxg8+ Kxg8 20.Qc1 Kh8 21.Qg1 Qxc2+ 22.Ke3 Bc5+ 23.d4
Bxd4+ 24.Kxd4 Qxb2+
25.Kd3 Qa3+ 26.Kd2 Qxa2+ 27.Ke3 Qa3+ 28.Kf4 Qd6+ 29.Ke3 Qc5+ 30.Kf4 Qe5+ 31.Ke3
Qc3+ 32.Ke2 Bc4+
33.Kd1 Qxf3+ 34.Kd2 Qd3+ 35.Kc1 Qa3+ 36.Kc2 Qa2+ 37.Kc3 Qb3+ 38.Kd4 Qd3+ 39.Kc5
b6+ 40.Kxc6 Bb5+
41.Kb7 Qd7+ 42.Kb8 Qd6+ 0-1
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[Event "Casablanca"]
[Site "Casablanca"]
[Date "1994.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spraggett,Kevin"]
[Black "David,Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.Be3 Nxf3+ 10.gxf3 Bh5 11.exd5 0-0 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Rg1 g6 14.Bb3 Bxh2 15.Rh1
Be5 16.d4 Bc7
17.Qe2 Qd7 18.0-0-0 Qf5 19.Qd3 Qxd3 20.Rxd3 Bxf3 21.Rh4 Bg2 22.d5 Nxd5 23.Nxd5
cxd5 24.Bxd5 Bxd5
25.Rxd5 Bb6 26.Bxb6 axb6 27.a4 Ra5 28.Rxa5 bxa5 29.Rd4 h5 30.Kd2 Re8 31.c3 Ra8
32.Ke3 Kg7
33.Rd5 Kf6 34.f4 Re8+ 35.Kf3 Rb8 36.Rb5 Ra8 37.c4 Ra7 38.c5 Ke6 39.Ke4 1-0
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[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.Be3 Bc5 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qd2 Bxf3 12.gxf3 b5 13.Nxb5 cxb5 14.Bxb5+ Nd7 15.c3
Bb6 16.d4 dxe4
17.fxe4 0-0 18.0-0-0 Rb8 19.Rdg1 Nf6 20.e5 Bxd4 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Qxd4 Qxd4
23.cxd4 Rxb5 24.Rd1 Rc8+
25.Kb1 Rd8 26.Rd3 g5 27.Rhd1 Kg7 28.d5 Rd6 29.b3 a5 30.Kb2 Kf6 31.Ka3 Ke7 32.Ka4
Rc5
33.Re3+ Kd7 34.Rf3 Ke7 35.Rf5 f6 36.h4 gxh4 37.Rh5 Kd8 38.a3 Kc7 39.Rxh7+ Kb6
40.Rxh4 Rcxd5
41.Rxd5 Rxd5 42.Re4 Rf5 43.Re6+ Kb7 44.f4 Ka7 45.Re4 Kb6 46.b4 axb4 47.axb4 Kc6
48.Rc4+ Kb6
49.Rd4 Kc6 50.Kb3 Rh5 51.Kc4 Rh1 52.b5+ Kc7 53.Kd5 Kd7 54.Kc5+ Kc8 55.Rd6 1-0
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[Event "Newport op"]
[Site "Newport"]
[Date "2004.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gormally,Daniel"]
[Black "Hebden,Mark"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nf3 Nxf3+
9.gxf3 0-0 10.Bb3 Nh5 11.exd5 Re8+ 12.Be3 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Be6 14.Nc3 Qa5 15.Bxe6
Rxe6 16.Kf1 Qe5
17.Ne4 Be7 18.h3 Qb5 19.Rg1 Re8 20.c4 Qd7 21.f4 Rg6 22.Rxg6 hxg6 23.Kg2 b6 24.d4
Qc6
25.Qf3 Qxc4 26.f5 gxf5 27.Qxf5 Nf6 28.Nxf6+ Bxf6 29.b3 Qe2 30.Rc1 Qxa2 31.Rc8
Rxc8 32.Qxc8+ Kh7
33.Qf5+ Kg8 34.Qc8+ 1/2
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[Event "Regionalliga NordS 8889"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1988.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anhalt,Horst Peter"]
[Black "Kanonenberg,Wilhelm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Qe7 6.0-0 c6 7.d3 b5 8.Bb3 Nxb3
9.axb3 d6 10.h3 h6 11.Re1 g5 12.Nh2 Bg7 13.b4 0-0 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Bd2 Nh7 16.g4
Re8
17.Nf1 Nf8 18.Ng3 Ne6 19.Nf5 Nd4 20.Qd1 Be6 21.Be3 Rad8 22.Nxg7 Kxg7 23.Bxd4
exd4 24.Ne2 d5
25.Nxd4 dxe4 26.dxe4 Bc8 27.c3 a6 28.Qf3 c5 29.bxc5 Qxc5 30.Rad1 Bb7 31.Nf5+ Kg6
32.Rxd8 Rxd8
33.Nxh6 Rd2 34.Nxf7 Rd7 35.b4 Qc7 36.Qf5+ Kg7 37.Nxg5 Qd6 38.Ne6+ Kg8 39.Qg6+
Kh8 40.Qe8+
1-0

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[Event "BEM-ch U13"]
[Site "Braunschweig"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dannehr,Kerstin"]
[Black "Buttersack,Tillmann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bd6 6.0-0 0-0 7.d3 b6 8.Be3 Nxf3+
9.Qxf3 Ba6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.Bb3 d6 14.h3 h6 15.Rad1 c5
16.Bd5 Nxd5
17.exd5 Bb7 18.c4 a6 19.b3 b5 20.Rfe1 Qa5 21.Re2 bxc4 22.dxc4 f6 23.Qf5 Bc8
24.Qg6 Ra7
25.a4 Qb4 26.Re3 Qb7 27.Rdd3 Qf7 28.Qxf7+ Rfxf7 29.Rg3 Bf5 30.Rdf3 Be4 31.Re3 f5
32.Rc3 f4
33.Rg4 Bf5 34.Rh4 Rf6 35.Rh5 Bg6 36.Rh4 e4 37.Kf1 f3 38.Rg4 Bh5 39.Rg3 fxg2+
40.Rxg2 Bf3
41.Rg3 a5 42.Re3 g5 43.Rg1 Rb7 44.Rg3 Bd1 45.Ke1 Bf3 46.Rg1 Kg7 47.Rg3 Kg6
48.Rg1 h5
49.Rg3 h4 50.Rg1 Kh5 51.Rf1 g4 52.hxg4+ Kxg4 53.Rg1+ Kh5 54.Kf1 h3 55.Rxf3 Rxf3
56.Rh1 e3
57.Ke2 Kg4 58.Ke1 exf2+ 59.Kf1 Rbxb3 60.Ke2 f1=Q+ 61.Rxf1 Rxf1 62.Kxf1 h2 63.Kg2
Rb2+ 64.Kh1 Rb4
65.Kxh2 Rxa4 66.Kg2 Ra2+ 67.Kf1 Kf3 68.Ke1 Re2+ 69.Kd1 a4 70.Kc1 a3 71.Kb1 a2+
72.Ka1 Re4
73.Kxa2 Rxc4 74.Kb3 Rd4 75.Kc3 Rxd5 76.Kc4 Rd1 77.Kc3 Rc1+ 78.Kd3 c4+ 79.Kd2 Rf1
80.Kc3 d5
81.Kd4 Rd1+ 82.Kc3 Ke3 83.Kc2 Ke2 84.Kc3 Ke3 85.Kc2 Ke2 86.Kc3 Rd3+ 87.Kc2 c3
88.Kc1 Rd2
89.Kb1 c2+ 90.Kc1 d4 91.Kb2 Kd3 92.Kc1 Rd1+ 93.Kb2 c1=Q+ 94.Kb3 Qc2+ 95.Kb4 Rb1+
96.Ka3 Qb2+
97.Ka4 Ra1+ 0-1
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[Event "Villa Ballester op 48th"]
[Site "Villa Ballester"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Escandell,Bartolome"]
[Black "Miserendino,Alfredo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bd6 6.0-0 c6 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Ne2 Nxe4
9.Nxd4 0-0 10.c3 Bc7 11.Bc2 d5 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.d3 Nc5 15.Be3 Ne6 16.d4
f5
17.Bd3 Qd6 18.Re1 Rae8 19.Be2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.Ne5 Bxe2 22.Rxe2 Re6 23.Qc1
Qxc1+ 24.Rxc1 f4
25.Rce1 Rfe8 26.Kf1 Bxe5 27.Rxe5 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Rxe5 29.dxe5 Kf7 30.g3 g5 31.gxf4
gxf4 32.Ke2 Ke6
33.h4 Kxe5 34.Kd3 c5 35.f3 b5 36.b4 c4+ 37.Kc2 Kf5 0-1

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[Event "Wichern op 2nd"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1993.10.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grinfeld,Alla B"]
[Black "Malaniuk,Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Nf3 Nxf3+ 8.gxf3 d5
9.Qe2 b5 10.Bb3 d4 11.Nb1 Nh5 12.d3 Qh4 13.e5 Bf5 14.f4 Qh3 15.Rf1 Bb4+ 16.Kd1
0-0
17.f3 Kh8 18.Rg1 f6 19.Qf2 fxe5 20.fxe5 Bg4 21.Rxg4 Rxf3 22.Rh4 Rxf2 23.Rxh3
Rf1+ 24.Ke2 Raf8
0-1
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[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short,Nigel D"]
[Black "Piket,Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.0-0 Bd6 8.f4 b5
9.Bb3 1/2
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[Event "Neuwied op"]
[Site "Neuwied"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Kulaots,Kaido"]
[Black "Van Gisbergen,Stan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Nf3 dxe4
9.Re1 Bg4 10.Nxe4 0-0 11.d3 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Qa5 14.c3 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3
Qxa4 16.Be3 Rfe8
17.Qd1 Rxe4 18.Qxd6 Rg4+ 19.Kf1 Qc4+ 20.Re2 Qe4 21.Rd2 Re8 22.Ke2 f5 23.Rd4 Qc2+
24.Kf3 Qxb2
25.Qd7 Rxe3+ 26.Kxe3 Qxc3+ 27.Ke2 Qb2+ 28.Kf3 Qc3+ 29.Rd3 Qe5 30.Re3 Rf4+ 31.Kg2
Rg4+ 32.Rg3
1-0

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[Event "WC.2000.F.00003 email"]
[Site "IECG Email"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Knudsen,Niels M"]
[Black "Pidwell,Arryn Allen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.0-0 Nb6
9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 Bd6 11.d4 0-0 12.Ne4 Bc7 13.Re1 f6 14.Nf3 Re8 15.Nc5 Bg4
16.Nxb7 Bxh2+
17.Kh1 Qb8 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Kxh2 Qb8+ 20.Kg1 Qxb7 21.c4 Re8 22.Bf4 Qd7 23.Qd3
Bf5 24.Qc3 Re2
25.Re1 Rc2 26.Qb4 Nc8 27.d5 cxd5 28.Nd4 Rxb2 29.cxd5 Rb1 30.Rxb1 Bxb1 31.Ne6 Ne7
32.Qb8+ Nc8
33.Nc5 Qe8 34.g4 Qe1+ 35.Kg2 Be4+ 36.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 37.Kg3 Qe8 38.Be3 a6 39.b4 Qe5+
40.Qxe5 fxe5
41.Kf3 Nd6 42.Bc5 Ne8 43.Ke4 Nf6+ 44.Kxe5 Kf7 45.g5 Nd7+ 46.Kd6 Ke8 47.f4 h5
48.gxh6 gxh6
49.Ke6 a5 50.f5 axb4 51.Be7 Ne5 52.Kxe5 Kxe7 53.f6+ 1-0

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[Event "RUS-ch U18"]
[Site "Rybinsk"]
[Date "2001.02.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dolzhenkov,Yuriy"]
[Black "Afonin,Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C48"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.exd5 b5 8.Nxc6 Qb6
9.Nxd4 bxa4 10.Qe2+ Kd7 11.Qb5+ Qxb5 12.Ndxb5 Ba6 13.d3 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxb5 15.0-0
Rc8 16.Nc3 Ba6
17.a3 Bd6 18.Be3 Rc7 19.Bd4 Rb8 20.Rab1 f6 21.Rfe1 Kd8 22.Re6 Kd7 23.Re2 Rbc8
24.Rc1 Kd8
25.g3 Rd7 26.Rce1 Bxa3 27.Bxf6+ gxf6 28.Re8+ Kc7 29.bxa3 1-0

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Rublevsky comeback

GM Karjakin is the only Chessplayer to ever become a GM at age 12.
A solid draw with him from a position of strength is a good start.
Sergey versus Sergei.

Rublevsky comeback -
[Event "Aero Svit"]
[Site "Foros, Ukraine"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Karjakin"]
[Black "GM_Rublevsky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Taimanov variation"]
[ECO "B46"]
[NIC "SI.39"]
[Time "07:37:55"]
[TimeControl "7200+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5
8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Na4 O-O 12. c4 a5 13. Qg4 f5 14. exf6
Nxf6 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Bg5 e5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Rad1 Qb8 20. Kh1
Bb4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. a3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc7 24. Bb1 Rad8 25. Qh5 Kh8 26. Qh6
Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Ba2 Kf7 29. f4 exf4 30. Rd4 Rc8 31. Ra1 {Game drawn}
1/2-1/2
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This is a game inspired by Kasparov, who fired up the Scotch in 1985 to
surprise Karpov. Ponomariov should know what he is doing against it,
he was scheduled for a match against Kasparov until he foolishly insisted on
draw odds and the match was canceled. Rublevsky gives him a good taste of what
would have happened had the match been played.

[Event "Aero Svit"]
[Site "Foros, Ukraine"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Rublevsky"]
[Black "GM_Ponomariov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Opening "Scotch: Mieses variation"]
[ECO "C45"]
[NIC "SO.04"]
[Time "07:26:11"]
[TimeControl "7200+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5
8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 g5 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nd2 Rhe8 13. O-O-O Nb6 14.
f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qxe7 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Rxe7 19. Bh3 Rf8
20. Rhe1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Kd8 22. f5 Bc8 23. Nf3 c5 24. Rg1 d5 25. Ng5 h6 26.
Nh7 Rf7 27. Rg8+ Ke7 28. f6+ Kd6 29. Rd8+ Ke5 30. Re8+ Kd6 31. Bxc8 Nxc8 32.
Nf8 Rxf6 33. Rxc8 dxc4 34. bxc4 Rf2+ 35. Kb3 Rf3+ 36. Kc2 Rf2+ 37. Kd3 Rf3+
38. Kd2 Rf2+ 39. Ke3 Rxh2 40. Re8 c6 41. Re6+ Kc7 42. Ng6 Rxa2 43. Ne5 h5
44. Rxc6+ Kb7 45. Rxc5 h4 46. Nf3 h3 47. Rh5 Ra3+ 48. Ke4 Rc3 49. Nd2 Ra3
50. Kd4 a5 51. Ne4 a4 52. Nc3 Ra1 53. Rxh3 a3 54. Rh2 {White wins} 1-0
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It looked like a normal Scheveningen, the type I’ve played thousands of, until
Nisipeanu got carried away with desperate stabs like 17 f5?! and 18 b4?!
and 20 Bc4?!

It was almost like Nisipeanu beat himself.
Maybe his recent 4 game match with Topalov
rattled his nerves.

[Event "Aero Svit"]
[Site "Foros, Ukraine"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Nisipeanu"]
[Black "GM_Rublevsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Taimanov variation"]
[ECO "B46"]
[NIC "SI.39"]
[Time "07:33:36"]
[TimeControl "7200+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Bd7 8.
a4 Nf6 9. Nb3 Na5 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. f4 Bc6 13. Bd3 d5 14. e5 d4
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nde4 Be7 17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 dxe3 19. b4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4
Nc6 21. Bc4 Qd4 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Re5 Bxb4 24. Rb1 Nxc2 25. Ng5 Rac8 26. Ba2
Bc3 27. Re4 Nb4 28. Bb3 Nd3 29. Ba2 e2 30. Nxf7 Nc1 {Black wins} 0-1
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Maybe Rublevsky is just getting lucky – Volokitin was killing him all game but fell apart the last 10 moves, maybe in time pressure.

[Event "Aero Svit"]
[Site "Foros, Ukraine"]
[Date "2006.06.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Rublevsky"]
[Black "GM_Volokitin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Opening "Sicilian: closed"]
[ECO "B23"]
[NIC "SI.44"]
[Time "07:36:58"]
[TimeControl "7200+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 b4 7. Nd5 Nbd7 8.
O-O e6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. g4 Nd7 14. Ng3
g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Qd2 f5 20. Ng5
Bxb2 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Qf4 Bc3 23. Re2 Ba6 24. Re3 Bd2 25. Ne6 Bxe3 26. Qxe3
Qf7 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Bf4 Re8 29. Qg3+ Ng6 30. h4 Kh8 31. Bxd6 f4 32. Qg5 f3
33. Bh3 h6 34. Qxh6+ Qh7 35. Qg5 Rg8 36. h5 Nf4 37. Be5+ {White wins} 1-0
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Bologan started off with a better ending but something went slowly wrong and Rublevsky outplayed him, step by step. Rublevsky’s first Olympiad game against Issabayev was a long grueling endgame win too where he made something out of nothing. Then things went bad for a while.

[Event "Aero Svit"]
[Site "Foros, Ukraine"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Bologan"]
[Black "GM_Rublevsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Opening "QGA: 3.e4"]
[ECO "D20"]
[NIC "QG.04"]
[Time "07:39:09"]
[TimeControl "7200+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6
8. e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bb5 Qd5 11. Nbxd4 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 c5 14.
Nf5 Qe6 15. Ng3 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. a3 Ba5 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 c4 20.
Rac1 Be6 21. f4 Rfd8 22. Rf2 Rd4 23. Nb1 Na4 24. Nc3 Nc5 25. Rcc2 Nd3 26.
Nge2 Rdd8 27. Rf1 Rab8 28. Rd1 Bf5 29. Rcd2 Re8 30. b4 g5 31. fxg5 Rbd8 32.
Ng3 Bg4 33. Rf1 Rxe5 34. h3 Be6 35. h4 Rd4 36. g6 fxg6 37. Re2 Rxe2 38.
Ngxe2 Rxh4 39. Nb5 c5 40. Nc7 Bg4 41. Nc3 cxb4 42. axb4 Nxb4 43. Rf4 g5 44.
Rxc4 Bd7 45. Rc5 Rg4 46. N7d5 Nxd5 47. Nxd5 Rd4 48. Ne7+ Kf7 49. Nc6 Bxc6
50. Rxc6 a5 51. Rc5 a4 52. Rxg5 a3 53. Ra5 Rd3 54. Kh2 Ke6 55. g3 Rd2+ 56.
Kh3 a2 57. Kh4 Kd6 58. g4 Kc6 59. Ra8 Kb6 60. Ra3 Kb5 61. Ra7 Kb4 {Black
wins} 0-1
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14 … ba or … f5 was Ok but 14 … g6? was terrible and the Queen sac 21 R:b7!! iced the game. This is the kind of game that makes Josh Bloomer and I feel the awe of Rublevsky.

[Event "Aero Svit"]
[Site "Foros, Ukraine"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Rublevsky"]
[Black "GM_Harikrishna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[ECO "B51"]
[NIC "SI.01"]
[Time "07:52:33"]
[TimeControl "7200+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8.
h3 a6 9. Bf1 b5 10. d5 Ne8 11. a4 Rb8 12. b3 Nc7 13. Na3 Kh8 14. Nc2 g6 15.
Bh6 Rg8 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7 Bb7 20. Qa1 Ra8 21.
Rxb7 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 c4 23. Rxc7 cxb3 24. Rxd7 Qc8 25. Rxf7 Rg7 26. Rxg7 Kxg7
27. c4 bxc4 28. Nxc4 {White wins} 1-0

Rublevsky comeback
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