Opening report

1.e4 e6 2.d3



C00, 2.d3

268 games in 'TWIC bas'



1. History


Earliest game:











(1) Gomez Baillo J - Palmisano J
01, open, General Pico City ARG, 1996



1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 g6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.d4 c5 7.c3 b6 8.h4 h6 9.Bd3 Ba6 10.Bc2 Nc6 11.a3 Qc7 12.Nf1 0-0-0 13.b4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Kb8 15.Ne3 f6 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Bb2 Ne4 18.Rc1 Bg7 19.Bb1 Qd6 20.Ng4 Nxb4 21.Nge5 Bb7 22.Nf7 Qe7 23.Nxh8 Bxh8 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Nc6 26.Qg4 1-0



, 01, open, General Pico City ARG 1996
Latest grandmaster game:











(2) Dorfman,J (2610) - Legky,N (2507) [A08]
National I Drancy FRA (1), 31.01.2003



1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.Re1 h6 9.h4 Qc7 10.c3 Be7 11.Qe2 dxe4 12.dxe4 0-0 13.Nf1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2



, National I Drancy FRA 2003
Latest game:











(3) Keskinen,S (2227) - Nevanlinna,R (2351) [A08]
TCh-FIN 2002-3 Finland FIN (8), 15.03.2003



1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Be7 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.0-0 b6 8.Re1 Bb7 9.c3 h6 10.Qe2 dxe4 11.dxe4 0-0 12.e5 Nd7 13.Nf1 Qc7 14.h4 Rfd8 15.Bf4 a5 16.N1h2 Nf8 17.h5 Ba6 18.Qe3 Rd3 19.Qe4 Rd7 20.Nd2 Bb7 21.Nc4 Nd8 22.Qe3 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 b5 24.Qf3 Nb7 25.Nd6 Bxd6 26.exd6 Qb6 27.Ng4 Rad8 28.Ne5 Rxd6 29.Nxf7 Rd3 30.Re3 Rxe3 31.Bxe3 Rd5 32.Nxh6+ gxh6 33.Bxh6 Rf5 34.Qg4+ Kf7 35.Bxf8 Kxf8 36.Rd1 Qc6+ 37.f3 Rd5 38.Qf4+ Ke8 39.Rxd5 Qxd5 40.h6 Qd3 41.g4 Nd8 1/2-1/2



, TCh-FIN 2002-3 2002


Games played in years (268)


Fashion index - Distribution of games relative to database [%]



2. Players

a) Strong grandmasters who used this line as White:
Gi Hernandez
Result=1/1 2002 Elo-Ø: 2546 games: 1
E Vorobiov Result=1/1 2003 Elo-Ø: 2541 games: 1
V Nevednichy Result=1/1 2003 Elo-Ø: 2567 games: 1
Zhang Zhong Result=1/1 2002 Elo-Ø: 2620 games: 1
J Dorfman Result=0.5/1 2003 Elo-Ø: 2610 games: 1

b) Other notable players:
J Brustkern Result=4/4 2002 Elo-Ø: 2290 games: 4
M Klinova Result=3/6 2002-2003 Elo-Ø: 2395 games: 6
G Jones Result=2/3 2002-2003 Elo-Ø: 2248 games: 3


3. Statistics

White scores averagely (54%).
White performs Elo 2324 against an opposition of Elo 2295 (+29).
Black performs Elo 2248 against an opposition of Elo 2277 (-29).
White wins: 109 (=41%), Draws: 69 (=26%), Black wins: 90 (=34%)
The drawing quote is low. (6% quick draws, < 20 Moves)

White wins are of average length (41).
Black wins are of average length (39).
Draws are shorter than average (36).


4. Moves and Plans

a) 2...d5

203 games, 1996-2003, Ø=2002
Black scores averagely (45%).
Elo-Ø: 2299, 154 games. Performance = Elo 2240
played by: Volkov, 2642, 1/1; Nikolic, 2633, 0.5/1; Rustemov, 2593, 0/2; Rozentalis, 2585, 0.5/1; Speelman, 2583, 0/1;

You should play: 3.Nd2 Click for games













(4) Movsziszian,K (2494) - Rustemov,A (2589) [C00]
III Open Villa de Albox ESP (8), 26.07.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Ngf3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Bc5 7.Bg2 e5 8.0-0 0-0 9.c3 a5 10.Qe2 b6 11.Nc4 Ba6 12.b3 Ne8 13.Nh4 Nd6 14.Nf5 Nxc4 15.bxc4 g6 16.Nh6+ Kh8 17.a4 Qe7 18.Rd1 Qe6 19.Bf1 Rad8 20.Rxd8 Nxd8 21.Ng4 f6 22.Ne3 Nb7 23.Nd5 Rf7 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 Nc5 26.h4 Kg7 27.h5 Qg4 28.h6+ Kf8 29.f4 exf4 30.Nxf4 Re7 31.Nd5 Rf7 32.e5 Qe6 33.Re1 Qxe5 34.Qxe5 fxe5 35.Rxe5 Nxa4 36.Nf4 Nc5 37.Bg2 Rf6 38.Bd5 c6 39.Ne6+ Nxe6 40.Bxe6 c5 41.g4 Bb7 42.g5 Rf4 43.Bd5 Bxd5 44.cxd5 Rf7 45.Re6 Rb7 46.Rc6 Ke7 47.c4 a4 48.Re6+ Kd7 49.Rf6 Kc7 50.Rf7+ Kb8 51.Rf8+ Ka7 52.Kf2 Re7 53.d6 Rd7 54.Ke3 Kb7 55.Ke4 Rxd6 56.Rf7+ Ka6 57.Rxh7 Rd8 58.Rf7 Ra8 59.h7 Ka5 60.Ra7+ Rxa7 61.h8Q a3 62.Kd3 b5 63.Qb8 Rd7+ 64.Kc3 b4+ 1-0



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(5) Reinderman,D (2541) - Nikolic,P (2633) [A08]
ch-NED Rotterdam NED (11), 10.06.1999



1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Bc7 9.c3 d4 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.e5 a5 1/2-1/2



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(6) Kogan,A (2530) - Ledger,A (2408) [A08]
11th Monarch Assurance Port Erin IOM (9), 06.10.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 b5 9.exd5 exd5 10.d4 c4 11.a4 Nb4 12.Ne5 Be6 13.c3 Na6 14.axb5 Nc7 15.b3 Nxb5 16.bxc4 dxc4 17.Nc6 Qd7 18.d5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Bc5 20.Bg2 Bg4 21.Ne5 1-0



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(7) Dorfman,J (2610) - Legky,N (2507) [A08]
National I Drancy FRA (1), 31.01.2003



1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.Re1 h6 9.h4 Qc7 10.c3 Be7 11.Qe2 dxe4 12.dxe4 0-0 13.Nf1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2



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(8) Sumets,A (2459) - Drozdovskij,Y (2449) [A08]
ch-UKR Alushta UKR (7), 09.05.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 Qc7 8.Re1 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.c3 0-0-0 11.a3 h6 12.b4 c4 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxc4 Nxc3 15.Qc2 Nd5 16.Bb2 Bf6 17.b5 Nce7 18.Nfe5 Rhf8 19.Rec1 Kb8 20.Qb3 Nf5 21.a4 Qe7 22.Ba3 Qc7 23.f4 Nfe7 24.a5 bxa5 25.Nxa5 Bxe5 26.Rxc7 Bxc7 27.Nc6+ Bxc6 28.bxc6+ Bb6+ 29.Bc5 Rfe8 30.Bxb6 axb6 31.c7+ Kxc7 32.Ra7+ 1-0



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(9) Kindermann,S (2519) - Sarana Hungeling,O (2291) [C00]
6th OIBM Bad Wiessee GER (8), 02.11.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Bc5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.d4 Bb6 7.Nb3 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Nxc5 Bxc5 11.Bxc5 Qxc5 12.c3 Bd7 13.Qb3 Nc6 14.Bd3 f6 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Qxb7 Rb8 17.Qc7 Rxb2 18.0-0 Qxc3 19.Rad1 Qa5 20.Qg3 Kf7 21.Rc1 e5 22.Bf5 Bxf5 23.Rxc6 Re8 24.Ng5+ fxg5 25.Qf3 Kg7 26.Qxf5 Qd8 27.Rfc1 Rb7 28.h4 Rf7 29.Qg4 Ref8 30.hxg5 Rxf2 31.g6 R2f4 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.R1c6+ 1-0





Main line:

3...Nf6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 55%, 2305 42 games
3...Nf6 4.Ngf3 b6 33%, 2250 23 games
3...c5 4.g3 46%, 2303 24 games

Critical line:
3...c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 38 % White. Click for games

Plans White:
Ng1-f3/g2-g3/Bf1-g2/0-0/Rf1-e1 (76) Click for games
Ng1-f3/e4-e5/d3-d4 (16) Click for games
0-0/e4-e5/Nd2-f1 (19) Click for games
0-0/c2-c3 (52) Click for games
Ng1-f3/c2-c3/Bf1-e2 (14) Click for games
Rf1-e1/e4-e5 (38) Click for games

Plans Black:
c7-c5/Nb8-c6/Ng8-f6/Bf8-e7 (48) Click for games
Ng8-f6/Nf6-d7/c7-c5 (23) Click for games
Ng8-f6/Nb8-c6/a7-a5/Nf6-d7 (3) Click for games
Nb8-c6/Bf8-d6/Ng8-e7 (21) Click for games



b) 2...c5

55 games, 1999-2003, Ø=2002
Black scores well (56%).
Elo-Ø: 2292, 50 games. Performance = Elo 2314
played by: Korchnoi, 2634, 0.5/1; Gurevich, 2634, 1/1; Pelletier, 2624, 1/1; Gleizerov, 2579, 0.5/1; Tukmakov, 2568, 0.5/1

You should play: 3.Nf3 Click for games













(10) Polgar,S (2462) - Korchnoi,V (2634) [B30]
40th Ann Open Curacao AHO (3), 20.11.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.Re1 0-0 8.c3 Bd7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Bd2 Bf6 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Be8 16.Qg4 Qc7 17.Rad1 a5 18.Rc1 Ne7 19.Nd3 Bc6 20.Bxc6 Nxc6 21.Nf4 g6 22.d5 Bxc3 23.Rxc3 exd5 24.Nxd5 Qd6 25.Rd1 Rce8 26.Nb6 Qe6 27.Qxe6 Rxe6 28.Rd7 Nd4 29.Rxd4 Rxb6 30.b3 Rf6 31.Rd7 Re8 32.Rc2 b6 33.Kg2 g5 34.Rd5 h6 35.a4 Re4 36.Rb5 Kg7 37.h3 Kg6 38.Rb2 h5 39.b4 axb4 40.R5xb4 Rxb4 1/2-1/2



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(11) Skripchenko,A (2501) - Pelletier,Y (2624) [B40]
28th Rapid Open Aubervilliers FRA (7), 26.01.2003



1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d5 5.Qe2 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.g3 0-0 8.Bg2 b5 9.0-0 a5 10.Re1 Ba6 11.e5 Nd7 12.Nf1 b4 13.c4 dxc4 14.dxc4 Nb6 15.b3 Ra7 16.h4 Rd7 17.Bg5 Bb7 18.N1h2 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Nd4 20.Qh5 h6 21.Bxb7 hxg5 22.Be4 f5 23.exf6 gxf6 24.Nf3 Rg7 25.hxg5 f5 26.Nxd4 cxd4 27.Bd3 Qe7 28.Qh6 Nd7 29.Rxe6 Qxg5 30.Qxg5 Rxg5 31.Be2 f4 32.Rd6 fxg3 33.fxg3 Rxg3+ 34.Kh2 Rg7 35.Rf1 Rxf1 36.Bxf1 Ne5 37.Bg2 Rd7 38.Rxd7 Nxd7 39.Kg3 Nc5 40.Kf4 Kf7 41.Ke5 d3 42.Kd4 d2 43.Bf3 Nd7 44.c5 Ke7 45.c6 Nf8 46.Kc5 Ne6+ 47.Kb6 Kd6 48.Bd1 Nc7 49.Kxa5 Nd5 50.Ka6 Kxc6 51.Ka5 Kc5 52.Ka6 Nc3 53.Bf3 Nxa2 0-1



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(12) Hasangatin,R (2517) - Hedman,E (2340) [B30]
Valoz Cup Olomouc CZE (3), 02.08.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qb6 7.Nb3 d6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Be2 a6 11.a4 b6 12.0-0 Bb7 13.f4 Bg7 14.Bf3 0-0 15.Qd2 Rfe8 16.Rad1 1/2-1/2



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(13) Djingarova,E (2269) - Tukmakov,V (2568) [A08]
26th Christmas Open Masters Zurich SUI (3), 27.12.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.Re1 b6 10.Nf1 dxe4 11.dxe4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.e5 Bb7 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Bf4 Rc8 16.Rad1 Nf5 17.Qb5+ Kf8 18.Qd3 h5 19.h3 Bh6 20.Bxh6+ Rxh6 21.Nh2 Kg7 22.Nf3 Rhh8 23.Re4 Qd5 24.Nxd4 Qxa2 25.Nxf5+ exf5 26.Rd4 Rhe8 27.Rd7 Rc5 28.Qd4 Kg8 29.Re1 Re6 30.Rb7 Qd5 31.Qxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxa7 Rexe5 33.Rxe5 Rxe5 34.Rb7 Re2 1/2-1/2



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(14) Abergel,T (2361) - Stojanovic,M (2472) [A04]
TSGM Dec Belgrade YUG (5), 25.12.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 Nge7 7.c3 b6 8.Re1 0-0 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 a5 12.Nc3 Ba6 13.a4 Qd7 14.Bf4 Nb4 15.Bf1 Bxf1 16.Rxf1 Rac8 17.Nb5 Rc6 18.Bd2 Na6 19.Qe2 Ra8 20.Rfc1 Bf8 21.Ne1 Nc7 22.Bg5 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Nxb5 24.Qxb5 Qxb5 25.axb5 Rc8 26.Rxc8 Nxc8 27.Bd8 Bh6 28.Nd3 Kf8 29.Kf1 Ke8 30.Bc7 Kd7 31.Bb8 Bg5 32.b3 Bd8 33.Nb2 f6 34.f4 fxe5 35.fxe5 h5 36.h3 Ne7 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Ng8 39.Kg2 Nh6 40.Kg3 Nf7 41.Nd3 Be7 42.Nf4 g5 43.Ng6 Bb4 44.Kf3 Kc8 45.Bd6 Bxd6 46.exd6 Nxd6 47.Nf8 Nxb5 48.Ke3 Nc3 49.Nxe6 Ne4 50.Kd3 Kd7 51.Nf8+ Kd6 52.Kc2 Nf2 53.Nh7 Ne4 54.Nf8 b5 55.Ng6 b4 56.Ne5 Kc7 57.Kb2 Kb6 58.Ng6 Kb5 59.Ne5 a4 60.bxa4+ Kxa4 61.Nd7 Kb5 62.Ne5 Nd2 63.Nf7 Nf3 64.Nd6+ Ka5 65.Nc8 Kb5 66.Nd6+ Kc6 67.Nf5 Nd2 68.Ne7+ Kd6 69.Nf5+ Ke6 70.Kc2 Nf3 1/2-1/2



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(15) Cabrilo,G (2457) - Weinzettl,E (2354) [B40]
TSGM Dec Belgrade YUG (7), 27.12.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d5 7.e5 Bg7 8.Nc3 f6 9.Bb5 Nge7 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Bh6 Rf7 13.Bxc6 Nxc6 14.Re1 Bh8 15.Re3 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Qh4 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Rxe6 Qxf2+ 19.Kh1 Qxb2 20.Rc1 Bxc3 21.Re2 Qa3 22.Qxd5 Qa5 23.Qc4 Qb4 24.Qe6 Qb6 25.Qe8+ Rf8 26.Bxf8 Rxe8 27.Rxe8 Kf7 28.Rc8 Be5 29.Rf1+ Bf6 30.Bc5 Qb5 31.Rf8+ Kg7 32.R8xf6 Qxc5 33.Rf7+ Kh6 34.Rxb7 Qc4 35.Rfb1 Qxa2 36.R7b3 a5 37.R3b2 Qc4 38.Ra1 a4 39.Rba2 Kg5 40.Rxa4 Qc2 41.Ra5+ Kh6 42.Re1 Qf2 43.Rae5 Qd4 44.h3 Qc3 45.Re7 Qd2 46.Rf1 Qd6 47.Ref7 Kg5 48.Re1 h5 1/2-1/2





Main line:

3...Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 Nge7 7.Re1 33%, 2186 6 games
3...Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 53%, 2278 31 games

Critical line:
3...Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 38 % White. Click for games

Plans White:
..(Nb8-c6)/g2-g3/Bf1-g2/0-0/Nb1-d2/Rf1-e1 (15) Click for games
0-0/c2-c3/Nb1-a3/Na3-c2/d3-d4 (2) Click for games
..(Nb8-c6)/g2-g3/d3-d4/ ..(c5xd4)/Nf3xd4/Nd4-b3 (2) Click for games
Rf1-e1/Nd2-f1/h2-h4/Nf1-h2/h4-h5 (2) Click for games
c2-c3/c3xd4/Nb1-c3/Rf1-e1 (2) Click for games
c2-c3/d3-d4/c3xd4 (5) Click for games

Plans Black:
Nb8-c6/g7-g6/Bf8-g7/Ng8-e7/0-0 (10) Click for games
Nb8-c6/d7-d5/Ng8-f6/Bf8-e7/0-0/Qd8-c7 (2) Click for games
Bf8-g7/0-0/f7-f6/Bg7xf6 (2) Click for games
Ng8-f6/0-0/Qd8-c7/Nf6-d7 (2) Click for games
0-0/d7-d5/Bc8-a6/Qd8-d7 (2) Click for games
0-0/b7-b6 (7) Click for games


Alternative: 3.g3











(16) Vorobiov,E (2541) - David,V (2356) [C00]
Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (1), 22.02.2003



1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d6 5.f4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.h3 Rb8 9.Nc3 b5 10.g4 Nd7 11.Ne2 b4 12.Ng3 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.g5 e5 15.Nf5 Nc5 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.f5 f6 18.Qh5 fxg5 19.Bxg5 Qc7 20.Rf3 Nd7 21.Rg3 Nf6 22.Qh4 Kh8 23.Kh1 d5 24.Rg1 Rb6 25.Bf3 dxe4 26.dxe4 Ne8 27.Bh5 Nf6 28.Bxf6 Rbxf6 29.Rxg7 Qxg7 30.Rxg7 Kxg7 31.Qg3+ Kh6 32.h4 1-0



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(17) Brynell,S (2524) - Santos Flores,A (2364) [B26]
Olympiad Bled SLO (8), 02.11.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 h5 8.h3 Nge7 9.f4 b6 10.Nf3 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Bf2 d4 13.Ne4 Bb7 14.0-0 Qd7 15.a3 Nd5 16.Rab1 a5 17.c4 Nde7 18.Nh4 0-0 19.Be1 f5 20.Ng5 Bf6 21.Nhf3 Rfe8 22.Qf2 a4 23.Bd2 Nc8 24.Rfe1 Nd6 25.Nh4 Kg7 26.Bd5 Bxg5 27.fxg5 Ne5 28.Qf1 Bxd5 29.cxd5 Qf7 30.b3 Qxd5 31.bxa4 Rxa4 32.Rxb6 Rxa3 33.Bf4 Ra2 34.Re2 Rxe2 35.Qxe2 Nef7 36.Qf3 Qa2 37.Ng2 Re6 38.Rc6 Qa1+ 39.Kh2 Qa2 40.Rxc5 Re2 41.Rc7 Nb5 42.Rd7 Rf2 43.Qc6 1-0



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(18) Hasangatin,R (2524) - Sambuev,B (2441) [C00]
10th Chigorin Mem St Petersburg RUS (3), 27.10.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 d5 7.Bb5 Nge7 8.exd5 Qxd5 9.0-0 Bd7 10.Be3 0-0-0 11.Nc3 Qe5 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.Be2 Nf5 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Bxe7 Ncxe7 16.Bd3 Bc6 17.Qe2 h5 18.Nb5 Bxb5 19.Bxb5 h4 20.Qc4 Nd4 21.Qxc7+ Kxc7 22.Nxd4 Rxd4 23.Rfd1 Rhd8 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.Be2 Rd2 26.Bd1 hxg3 27.hxg3 e5 28.Kf1 e4 29.Ke1 e3 30.fxe3 Rh2 31.e4 Nc6 32.a4 Rh1+ 33.Ke2 Nd4+ 34.Kd2 Nf3+ 35.Ke2 Nd4+ 36.Kd2 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2



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(19) Amin,B (2281) - Gleizerov,E (2579) [A08]
X Anibal Open Linares ESP (1), 28.02.2003



1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.Nd2 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.Ngf3 Bg7 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Re1 b6 9.e5 Qc7 10.Qe2 g5 11.Nxg5 Qxe5 12.Qxe5 Bxe5 13.c3 Ba6 14.Bf1 Bg7 15.Ndf3 0-0 16.h4 h6 17.Nh3 e5 18.Bd2 f5 19.Rad1 e4 20.dxe4 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 fxe4 22.Nh2 Ne5 23.Bf4 Nc4 24.Bc1 Ne5 25.Nf4 c4 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 Nd3 28.Ng4 Nxe1 29.Kxe1 Rad8 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Nxh6+ Bxh6 32.Bxh6 Kf7 33.Be3 Ke6 34.Ke2 Rf8 35.Bf4 Rf5 36.Ke3 Rb5 37.g4 Rxb2 38.h5 Rxa2 39.g5 Rc2 40.Kxe4 Rxf2 41.g6 Re2+ 42.Kf3 Re1 43.h6 Kf6 44.h7 Re8 45.Be5+ Kxg6 46.h8Q Rxh8 47.Bxh8 a5 48.Be5 b5 49.Ke4 b4 50.cxb4 axb4 51.Kd4 1/2-1/2



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(20) Bartsch,B (2320) - Gurevich,M (2634) [B26]
Bundesliga 2002-3 Tegernsee GER (4), 17.11.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Rb8 8.f4 Nge7 9.Nf3 Nd4 10.Nd1 b6 11.h4 h5 12.0-0 0-0 13.Ng5 f6 14.Nh3 d5 15.Ndf2 Ndc6 16.Qd1 dxe4 17.dxe4 Ba6 18.Re1 Qxd1 19.Rexd1 Rfd8 20.c3 Bh6 21.Bf1 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 f5 23.Ke2 Kf7 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Kxd1 fxe4 27.Nxe4 Nf5 28.Bd2 Na5 29.Ke2 Nc4 30.Bc1 Ke7 31.Kf3 e5 32.b3 Na5 33.Bb2 Nc6 34.Bc1 Kd7 35.Bd2 Bg7 36.Be1 exf4 37.Nxf4 Ne5+ 38.Ke2 Bh6 39.Bd2 c4 40.bxc4 Nxc4 41.Nxg6 Nxd2 42.Nxd2 Nxg3+ 43.Kd3 Bxd2 44.Kxd2 Ke6 45.Ke3 Kf5 46.Ne7+ Kg4 47.Nc8 Kxh4 48.Nxa7 Kg4 49.Nc6 h4 50.Ne5+ Kf5 51.Nf3 h3 52.Nh2 Ne4 53.c4 Ng5 54.Nf1 Kg4 55.a3 Nf3 56.a4 Ne5 57.Kd4 Kf4 58.c5 Nf3+ 59.Kd3 0-1



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(21) Rolletschek,H (2262) - Kuthan,A (2228) [B20]
ch-AUT Oberpullendorf AUT (5), 14.08.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Ne2 Bg7 6.c3 Nge7 7.Be3 b6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Ba6 10.Qa4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxd4 12.Qxa6 Bg7 13.0-0 0-0 14.Na3 Qc7 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Qc4 Qxc4 17.Nxc4 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.a4 Rd7 20.Ne3 Rfd8 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Rd3 Bh6 23.Ng4 Kg7 24.Rfd1 Bg5 25.h4 Bf6 26.Ne3 d4 27.Nc2 Rc8 28.Nxd4 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Re7 30.Rd7 Re2 31.R1d2 Rce8 32.Kg2 R8e4 33.b3 a6 34.Rxe2 Rxe2 35.Rd6 Rc2 36.Rc6 b5 37.axb5 axb5 38.Rc5 Kf6 39.g4 Ke6 40.Kf3 Kd6 41.b4 Ke6 42.Ke3 Kd6 43.f3 Ke6 44.Kf4 h6 45.h5 g5+ 46.Ke4 f6 47.Rc6+ Ke7 48.Kf5 Rf2 49.Re6+ Kd7 50.Re3 1-0






c) 2...Nc6

3 games, 1999-2002, Ø=2001
Black scores badly (33%).
Elo-Ø: 2056, 2 games. Performance = Elo 2082
played by: Fant, 2080, 1/1; Pali, 2033, 0/1

You should play: 3.Nf3











(22) Petersen,P (2207) - Fant,G (2080) [C44]
Politiken Cup Copenhagen DEN (4), 07.07.1999



1.e4 e6 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.Be2 Nf6 5.0-0 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nbd2 Nf4 8.Nc4 Nxe2+ 9.Qxe2 f6 10.c3 Qd5 11.Ne1 Be6 12.f4 e4 13.Ne3 exd3 14.Nxd3 Bc5 15.f5 Bf7 16.Kh1 Bxe3 17.Qxe3+ Ne7 18.Nb4 Qd7 19.b3 0-0 20.Qf3 c6 21.Ba3 Rfe8 22.c4 Rad8 23.h3 Qc7 24.Nd3 Qa5 25.Bb4 Qxf5 26.Nf4 Ng6 27.Qg3 Nxf4 28.Rxf4 Qd3 29.Rf3 Qg6 30.Qc7 Rc8 31.Qf4 Re4 32.Qd6 Re6 33.Qd7 Ree8 34.Bc3 b5 35.cxb5 Bd5 36.Rg1 Bxf3 37.gxf3 Qf7 38.bxc6 Red8 39.Qxf7+ Kxf7 40.c7 Rd5 0-1



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(23) Radnai,A - Pali,G (2033) [C00]
FSFM August Budapest HUN (2), 04.08.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nbd2 dxe4 5.dxe4 Bc5 6.Bc4 Nd4 7.0-0 Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 Qf6 9.Qe2 e5 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.a4 a6 12.a5 Ba7 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Qh6 15.Bxf7+ Ke7 16.Bxg8 Rxg8 17.Qc4 Qxe3+ 18.Kh1 Be6 19.Qxc7+ Bd7 20.Rad1 1-0








5. Opening keys

Key: 2.d3 ---

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