Anatomy of a Gambit: Dissecting the Halasz

by Glenn Budzinski

For everyone who plays a gambit, there's always someone else who must play 
against it.  And, given the plethora of different ways to give up a pawn, there's no 
way to avoid having to face those often nasty little proffered gremlins at least 
occasionally throughout one's playing career.

However, should one actually wish to experience a good dose either of the glory 
or dismay of gambit play (depending on which side of the board one sits on), a 
good place to start is blitz, or "five minute", chess where, it has been said, the 
gambit is king.  

In 25 years of blitz chess, I thought I had seen virtually every possible gambit at 
least once, until I ran into 1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 f4, known as the Halasz Gambit, 
according to the perpetrator and one of my daily lunchtime companions, Charley 
Wernquest.  Doing what every loyal fan of Larry Evans was taught to do, I 
naturally gobbled White's d-pawn and tenaciously tried to hang onto it with 
logical moves such as Bc5, a5 and Nc6, only to fall to blistering White kingside 
assaults in two straight games.  Clearly, the Halasz looked to be more than just a 
spur of the moment gambit and would require a little serious, home study to 
neutralize it.

Doing my research, I found that there is almost nothing to find, not only about 
the gambit itself, but its namesake, as well. There is little available theory.  
Typical is ECO Volume C's recommendation of 1 e4 e5 2 d4 ed4 3 f4 Bc5 4 Nf3 
Nc6 5 a3 a5 6 Bd3 Nf6 [6..d6 7 h3 Nf6 8 0-0 0-0, unclear] 7 0-0 d5!, assessed as 
unclear. A footnote addressing the opening exists in Watson and Schiller's "The 
Big Book of Busts," which offers the equally unenlightening 3..Nc6 4 Nf3 Bc5 5 a3 
a5 6 c3 dc3 7 Nc3 Nge7, with the comment that "Black is ahead in development 
as well as a pawn richer, Pohl-Augustin, corres. 1992". (The authors fail to 
mention that White obtained a good position after 8 Ng5 and eventually won the 
game.)  

The only true attempt at scholarship is Clyde Nakamura's article in the May-July 
1997 issue of "Chess Horizons" magazine, in which he analyzes a few Halasz 
games, adding that one of his students "discovered this obscure gambit 
independently of any known games or analysis".  Similar to my subsequent 
experiences, Nakamura also played some test games with the Halasz against 
MChess Pro computer software and tried out the opening in several blitz games, 
discovering that the "kingside attack is a very natural strategic goal with the 
pawn thrust e5 chasing Black's knight away from the f6 square and the bishop at 
d3 aiming for the h7 square."

The identity of Halasz, the person presumably after whom the gambit is named, 
appears to be even more elusive than the opening.  Other than knowing that he 
(or she) was a correspondence player in the 1980s, apparently of master 
strength and who played the system that bears his name, there is little more that 
can be said.  Other players named Halasz occasionally appear in games culled 
from databases, but it's unclear if they're the same or different persons.

Okay, since no one else appears to have done so to date, let's make a first 
attempt at identifying and categorizing a few main lines of the Halasz Gambit.  
Based on the 40 or so games that I've been able to locate and the existing 
theory (as minimal as it is), let me be so bold as to suggest that there are two 
principal lines of play:  the ECO line, 1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 f4 Bc5 4 Nf3 Nc6 5 
a3 a5 6 Bd3 Nf6 7 0-0, which we'll call Variation "A", and 3...Bb4+, which we'll 
call Variation "B".

Looking at our Variation "A", Black reaches a major crossroads at, or near, his 
7th move: either he tries 7...d5 or ...d6, or he can place his N on e7 and, again, 
continue with either ..d5 or ..d6. (Deserving of little more than the briefest of 
mentions is 7..0-0?, which led to immediate disaster in Halasz - Tanin, 1990 
corres.: 8 e5 Nd5 9 Bxh7+ Kh8 10 Ng5 g6 11 Qf3 Ne3 12 Bxg6 1-0, because 
mate will soon follow.)

So, after 7...d5, White invariably plays for the advanced e-pawn with 8 e5 and 
another critical position is reached. Black now has a choice of 8...Ng4 or 
8...Ne4.  After 8...Ng4, tournament praxis has seen 9 Qe1, 9 Qe2 and 9 Re1.  

Buss - Gills, corres. 1993, saw 9 Qe1.  After 9...Ne3 10 Rf2 Bf5 11 Bxf5 
(Nxd4!?) Nxf5 12 Kh1 0-0 13 Re2 Ne3 14 Qd2 f6 15 exf6 Rxf6!? (An interesting 
idea. Certainly, there can't be anything wrong with ...Qxf6) 16 c3 Rxf4 17 cxd4 
Rxf3! 18 gxf3 Nc4 19 Qd1 Nxd4 20 Rg2, Black should've tried 20...Nf5, with a 
good position.  Instead, he opted for  20...Qf6 and later lost.

White fared  better after 9 Qe2, when the continuation was 9...Ne3 10 Bxe3 dxe3 
11 Nc3 d4 12 Ne4 Ba7 (I've reached similar positions with the B on e7 in several 
casual games, but still have not been encouraged by my results with the Black 
pieces. One of the problems that Black faces is king placement.) 13 Nfg5 h5 
14 h3 Bf5? (Black's only hope was to follow Nakamura's suggestion of Qe7, Bd7 
and 0-0-0.) 15 Nxf7! Kxf7 16 Ng5+ Ke8 17 Bxf5 and White went on to win in 
Salminen - Lapine, 1994 corres.

9 Re1 led to wild complications after ..0-0 10 Nbd2 Ne3 11 Qe2 Nxc2!? 
12 Bxh7+ Kxh7 13 Qd3+ (13 Ng5+ Kh6!) g6 14 Qxc2 Bb6 15 Kh1 Bf5 16 Qd1 
Kg7 17 Ng5 Qd7 18 Ndf3 a4 and Black is better, although White managed to 
generate enough play to split the point in Chmiel - Noskowicz, 1992 Corres. Ch, 
Poland.    

After 7..d5 8 e5, there is also the reply 8..Ne4.  Simmelink - Engbersen, 1990 
corres., continued 9 Nbd2 Nxd2 10 Bxd2 0-0?! (Castling into the forthcoming 
assault does not look advisable.  Evidently Black has to try...Ne7 to prevent f5.) 
11 f5! (Of course. White already has the advantage.) Ne7 12 f6 (Maybe best is 
12 Ng5, leading to a messy position after f6 13 Qh5!? fg5 14 f6 Ng6 [..g6!?, 
returning the piece, is worth considering] 15 f7+ Rf7 16 Rf7 Kf7 17 Qh7 Ne5 18 
Rf1+ Ke6 19 Qg7 Nd3 20 cd3.) However, Black managed to hang on for a 24-
move draw.

The other Black option is 7...d6.  But, after 8 Qe1 (If 8 e5, then Black can play 
Nd5 with Ne3 and Bg4 to follow, according to Nakamura.  Nonetheless, after 
8 e5 Nd5 9 Qe1 Ne3 10 Bxe3 dxe3 11 Kh1, White's attacking chances should 
not be minimized.) 0-0 9 h3 Bd7 10 e5 Re8 11 Qg3 Nh5 12 Qh2 g6 13 g4 Ng7 
14 Nbd2 f5 15 exf6 Qxf6 16 Ne4 Qf8 17 Qg3 Re7 18 Qh4 (A typical Halasz 
position: Black has an extra pawn, but he is pinned down by a White attack.) Ne8 
19 f5! White's advantage is obvious and he went on to win in 26 moves in Blank - 
Wothe, 1991 corres.        

Black's N can also go to e7 rather than f6.  In Halasz - Johansen, corres. 1990, 
White go the better of it after 1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 f4 Bc5 4 Nf3 Nc6 5 a3 a5
 6 Bd3 Nge7 7 Nbd2 d6 8 0-0 0-0 (8...Ng6 9 Nb3 Bb6 10 f5 Nge5 11 Nxe5 Nxe5 
12 Qh5 a4 13 Bg5 Qd7 14 f6 0-0 15 Rf4 Ng6 16 e5 1-0, Latorre - Clemente, 
corres. 1992) 9 f5 f6 10 Qe1 Ne5 11 Nxe5 dxe5 12 Nf3 Bd7 13 g4 b5 14 g5 
Bd6 15 Qe2 Rb8 16 Nh4 c5 17 b3 Be8 18 gxf6 gxf6 19 Bh6 Rf7 20 Kh1 Kh8 
21 Rg1 Ng8 22 Rxg8+ Kxg8 23 Qg4+ Kh8 24 Rg1   1-0

A similar idea, but with a bit of a twist through the omission of a5, led to a good 
result for Black in Soto Perez - Marin, Seville 1992: 3...Nc6 4 Nf3 Bc5 5 Bd3 d5 
6 e5 Nge7 7 a3 Bf5 (After 7..Bg4, an interesting exchange sac was tried in 
Denaro - Benassi,  corres. 1990 Italy 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 a5 10.Nd2 0-0 11.Qh5 g6 
12.Qg4 a4 13.Nf3 Qc8 14.Bd2 f6 15.Qxc8 Raxc8 16.0-0-0 fxe5 17.fxe5 Rxf3 
18.gxf3 Nxe5 19.Bb5 Nxf3 20.Bxa4 Nxd2 21.Rxd2 c6, but Black succumbed in 
32 moves.) 8 b4 Bb6 9 Bb2 a6 10 0-0 Qd7 11 Nbd2 Bxd3 12 cxd3 Nf5, 
0-1 in 29.

Given the frequent unevenness of the competition and the effect that such has 
had on the resulting play, coupled with the lack of solid master-level tournament 
praxis (whether correspondence or over-the-board), means that it is difficult to 
provide a meaningful assessment of Variation "A".  My own less than conclusive 
experiences playing the line mostly from the Black side in casual games tend to 
indicate that White probably can maintain enough pressure to offset his pawn 
deficit. Black's chief difficulty lies in finding a secure place for his king, especially 
after the move ...a5.  If one is insistent upon playing this line as Black, perhaps 
the way to go is to refrain from ...a5 and proceed as in Soto Perez - Marin or 
Denaro - Benassi. 

Although our journey to find the truth in the Halasz is only beginning, 
Variation "B", 3...Bb4+, might be the toughest nut for White to crack.  Despite 
White's  encouraging results with 4 Nd2, Black's play has often left much to be 
desired in the few available examples. In the 4 Bd2 line, even with minimal 
praxis, one is tempted to suggest that as long as Black doesn't do anything 
downright foolish, the onus may be on White to prove his compensation. But 
first, let's explore 4 Nd2. 

Looking at the Black carnage that may have bolstered the White reputation here, 
one finds two games by the man himself, Halasz. The game Halasz-Menken, 
corres. 1990, went 1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 f4 Bb4+ 4 Nd2 Qe7?(Nakamura 
questioned this move as taking away a good square for Black's knight. 
Additionally, I would add that it unnecessarily wastes a valuable tempo that 
Black could use to get castled.) 5 Bd3 d5 6 e5 c5 7a3 Ba5 8 b4!? cxb4 9 axb4 
Bxb4 (Although Black is 2 pawns up, the second one is only temporary.) 10 Nf3 
Nc6 11 0-0 Nh6 12 Nb3 Bc3? (It is mandatory that the bishop remain on the 
a3-f8 diagonal.) 13 Ba3 Qd7? (With his king caught in the middle of the board, 
time is already running out on Black.) 14 Rb1 a6 15 h3 b6 16 Rf2 Qd8 17 g4 b5 
18 Bc5 g6 19 f5 gxf5 20 Qc1 Ng8 21 gxf5 Nge7 22 Qh6 Qc7 23 Bd6 Qd8 24 Rg2 
Bxf5 25 Qg7 Kd7 26 Nc5+ Kc8 27 Bxf5+ Nxf5 28 Qxf7 Nxd6 29 exd6 Ra7 30 
Qe6+ Kb8 31 Qxd5 Nb4 32 Rxb4 Bxb4 33 Nxd4 1-0    
          
Similarly, in Halasz-Nikolic, corres. 1990, Black's king was, again, all dressed 
up but had no place to go: 1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 f4 Bb4+ 4 Nd2 Nc6?! (This does 
not look to be correct due to the following maneuver.) 5 a3 Bc5 6 b4 Bb6 7 Ngf3 
d6 8 Bd3 Nf6 9 0-0 a6 10 e5 dxe5 11 fxe5 Nd5 12 Nc4 Bg4 13 Qe1 Qd7 14 Ng5 
Be6 15 Nxb6 Nxb6 16 Rxf7! (Very nice but predictable, given the state of the 
Black monarch.) Bxf7 17 e6 Qd5 18 exf7+ Kd7 19 Be4 Qd6 20 Bf5+ Kd8 21 Bf4 
Qd5 22 Be6 Qb5 23 Nxh7 1-0.  Black had taken enough punishment.

Things are not as difficult for Black as they might first appear, however.  By 
following Gimeno-Felez, 1993 Ibercaja Open, and entering into a position that 
resembles a Falkbeer Countergambit  (ECO variation C-31), Black  seems to be 
able to emerge relatively unscathed, with a pawn in his pocket. Thus, after 1 e4 
e5 2 d4 exd4 3 f4 d5 4 e5 Bb4+ 5 Nd2 Ne7 6 Nf3 Nf5 7 Bd3 c5 8 a3 Ne3 9 
Qe2, I would propose that Black try 9...Qa5, rather than Felez' ...c4.   After 
9...Qa5, a plausible continuation is 10 Rb1 c4 11 Nxd4 cxd3 12 cxd3 (12 Qxe3 
dxc2 13 Nxc2 Bc5 14 Qg3 15 b4 Qa4 16 Qb3 Qxb3 17 Nxb3 Bb6 =) 12...Nf5 13 axb4 
Qxb4 14 Nc2 Qxf4 15 Nf3 Qg4 16 0-0 0-0 and Black has an extra pawn to 
compensate for his slight underdevelopment.  Now, after 17 b4, there are at 
least two options, 17...Be6 or 17...a6.  Given the lack of available examples of 
this position, I tried both moves against  MChess Pro and achieved two draws.  
(See games below.)  Of course, these games can hardly be considered definitive 
tests of the line (especially since they were played at the quick time control of 
Game/30 minutes). They also beg the question of how good of a result this is for 
Black, if the best he can do is draw while a pawn ahead. In any event, while the 
value of these games can be debated, I felt that including even two casual 
contests was better than not including any games at all.

Despite the dearth of existing examples, I posit that 4 Bd2 is not the way for 
White to proceed.  As long as Black avoids Halasz-Gritschuk, corres. 1988,
1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 f4 Nc6 4 Nf3 Bb4+ 5 Bd2 Qe7 6 Bd3 Nf6 7 0-0 0-0 8 e5 Nd5 
9 Bxh7+ Kxh7 10 Ng5+ Kh6 11 Qg4  1-0, his extra pawn should be the telling 
factor.  In fact, the position looks so straight forward for Black, that one of the 
better plans was seen in the very first appearance of the opening, way back in 
1861 - over a century before the Halasz became known by its present name.  
Thus, Black can do well by following Pindar-Kipping, Manchester 1861, for the 
first seven moves: 4 Bd2 Qe7 (This must be correct here.) 5 Bd3 d5 6 e5 Nh6 
7 Nf3 Bxd2 8 Nbxd2 (It's time to turn the clocks ahead to 1998 and deviate from 
Pindar's 8 Qxd2, which is clearly inferior to 8 Nbxd2, recommended by 
Nakamura as an obvious improvement.  From here on, I offer my own analysis.) 
c5 9 0-0 Nf5 10 Re1 Ne3 (Highlighting White's missing dark-squared bishop.)
11 Qb1 (11 Qe2 leads to ...0-0 12 c3 dxc3 13 bxc3 Nf5 and White has nothing 
for the pawn.) Nc6 12 c3 dxc3 13 bxc3 Ng4 14 Bc2 (White is subjected to a 
powerful attack after the tempting 14 h3: c4! 15 Bxh7 Qc5+ 16 Kh1 Nf2+ 17 Kh2 
Nxh3! 18 gxh3 Qf2+ 20 Kh1 Bxh3. Black is winning.) g6 15 h3 Nh6 16 Qb3 Be6 
17 Qb5 0-0 18 Rab1 Rab8 19 Nb3 Rfc8 20 Ng5 (If 20 Qxc5, then Qxc5 21 Nxc5 
Nxe5! wins back the pawn.) b6 21 g4 c5 22 Nbd2 Qa3 23 Nxe6 fxe6 24 Qb2 
Qc5+ 25 Kg2 Rf8 26 Rf1 Rf7 27 Qb5 Qxb5 28 Rxb5 Rbf8, when Black is about 
to garner a second pawn.

Similar to other lesser known gambits, about all that can be stated with certainty 
about the Halasz at the present time is that more theory and practice is required.  
Of course, given its affinity to the King's Gambit and Falkbeer Countergambit, 
the opening should appeal to tactical players who excel at unbalanced, open 
positions. 

My goal in writing this article was to make a first attempt at identifying a few main 
lines of the opening through the use of existing games, or by offering my own 
ideas in the absence of praxis.  At the very least, I hope that I have inspired 
some of you to not overlook the fine art of king hunting, since it is this theme that 
perhaps best typifies the Halasz Gambit.  For the King's Gambit player looking to 
spring a surprise against a familiar opponent, the Halasz may well be the way to 
go.  On the other hand, players of Black who regularly respond with 1...e5 
against 1 e4 especially need to be cognizant of the Halasz, since the few lines of 
published theory may actually favor White, when all is said and done.

A collection of games follows.

GAMES

Variation A

Denaro-Benassi corr. Italy, 1990 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 d5 6.e5 Nge7 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 
9.Qxf3 a5 10.Nd2 0-0 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qg4 a4 13.Nf3 Qc8 14.Bd2 f6 15.Qxc8 
Raxc8 16.0-0-0 fxe5 17.fxe5 Rxf3 18.gxf3 Nxe5 19.Bb5 Nxf3 20.Bxa4 Nxd2 
21.Rxd2 c6 22.Re2 Nf5 23.Rhe1 Ne3 24.Rf2 Kg7 25.Bb3 Bb6 26.Ree2 c5 
27.Rf3 c4 28.Ba4 Ra8 29.Bb5 Rf8 30.Ref2 Rf5 31.Bd7 Bd8 32.Bxf5    1:0
          
Halasz-Johansen corr. FS, 1990 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 a5 6.Bd3 Nge7 7.Nbd2 d6 8.0-0 0-0 
9.f5 f6 10.Qe1 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nf3 Bd7 13.g4 b5 14.g5 Bd6 15.Qe2 Rb8 
16.Nh4 c5 17.b3 Be8 18.gxf6 gxf6 19.Bh6 Rf7 20.Kh1 Kh8 21.Rg1 Ng8 
22.Rxg8+ Kxg8 23.Qg4+ Kh8 24.Rg1    1:0

Halasz-Perlstrom corr 1990 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.a3 d5 6.e5 Bf5 7.Bd3 Qd7 8.b4 Bb6 9.0-
0 0-0-0 10.Bd2 Nh6 11.a4 a5 12.Qe1 Ng4 13.b5 Ne7 14.Bxa5 Bxd3 15.cxd3 Nf5 
16.Bxb6 cxb6 17.Qb4 Nge3 18.a5 Nxf1 19.axb6    1:0
     
Halasz-Tanin corr, 1990 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.a3 a5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.e5 Nd5 
9.Bxh7+ Kh8 10.Ng5 g6 11.Qf3 Ne3 12.Bxg6 1:0

Simmelink,J-Engbersen,J corr, 1990 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 a5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 d5 8.e5 Ne4 
9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Bxd2 0-0 11.f5 Ne7 12.f6 Ng6 13.fxg7 Kxg7 14.Bg5 Be7 
15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Qxd4 Be6 18.Qf4 c5 19.Rf2 f5 20.exf6+ Qxf6 
21.Qc7+ Rf7 22.Qxc5 Qxb2 23.Qd4+ Qxd4 24.Nxd4 Bd7     1/2

Blank-Wothe corr. 1990
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 a5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O
d6 8.Qe1 O-O 9.h3 Bd7 10.e5 Re8 11.Qg3 Nh5 12.Qh2 g6 13.g4
Ng7 14.Nbd2 f5 15.ef6 Qf6 16.Ne4 Qf8 17.Qg3 Re7 18.Qh4 Ne8
19.f5 gf5 20.Bh6 Rg7 21.Bc4 Kh8 22.Nfg5 Ne5 23.Be6 Be6
24.Ne6 Qg8 25.Bg7 Ng7 26.Nf6 1-0    

Ewald-Colo corr, 1991 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 a5 6.Bd3 d6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.h3 Nh5 
9.Qe1 0-0 10.g4 Re8 11.Qf2 Nf6 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.Qh4 h6 14.g5 hxg5 15.Nxg5 
Kf8 16.Ndf3 Ke7 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Rh8 19.exf6+ Kd7 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Qg5 
gxf6 22.Qxc5 Qg8+ 23.Kf2 Rxh3 24.Be4 Qg3+ 25.Ke2 e5 26.Bf5+    1:0

Sabele,D-Kirschner corr, 1991 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.a3 d6 6.Bd3 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.b4 Ba7 9.h3 
0-0 10.Re1 Re8 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nd5 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Ng5+ Kg6 15.Qd3+ 
f5 16.Qg3 Qe7 17.Qh4 f4 18.Qh7+ Kxg5 19.h4+ Kg4 20.Qg6+ Kxh4 21.Bxf4 
Nxf4 22.g3+ Kh3 23.gxf4 Be6 24.Nd2 d3+ 25.Kh1 Bg4 26.Qxd3+ Kh4 27.Kg2    
1:0

Tuominen-Koskinen corrch-SF, 1991 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 d5 5.e5 Nc6 6.a3 Bb6 7.Bd3 Nh6 8.0-0 Nf5 
9.Qe1 Ne3 10.Rf2 Bf5 11.b4 Bxd3 12.cxd3 a5 13.Raa2 Qd7 14.b5 Ne7 15.a4 
Qf5 16.Nxd4 Nxg2 17.Kxg2 Bxd4 18.Rf3 0-0 19.Rc2 c5 20.Nd2 c4 21.Ba3 Rfe8 
22.Qg3 f6 23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.Qh3 Qg6+ 25.Rg3 Qf7 26.Nf3 cxd3 27.Rd2 Be3 
28.exf6 Qxf6 29.Ng5 h6 30.Rxe3 hxg5 31.Rxe7 Qxe7 32.Qxd3 Rd8 33.Qf3 gxf4 
34.Rxd5 Rf8 35.Rh5 g6 36.Qd5+ Rf7 37.Re5 f3+ 38.Kf1 Qf6 39.Qe6 Kg7 
40.Qxf6+ Kxf6 41.Rc5 g5 42.Kf2 g4 43.h3 gxh3 44.Rh5 h2 45.Rxh2 Ke5 46.Rh1 
Kd5 47.Rc1 Rf6 48.Rc7 b6 49.Rc3 Rf4 50.Rc6 Rxa4 51.Kxf3 Ra3+ 52.Ke2 Rb3 
53.Rxb6 Kc5 54.Kd2 a4 55.Rb8 Rxb5 56.Rxb5+ Kxb5     1/2

Tuominen-Nieminen corr ch-SF, 1991 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 d5 5.e5 Nc6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 Bb6 8.Nbd2 d3 
9.Bxd3 Ng4 10.Qe2 Bf2+ 11.Kf1 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Rb1 Nf2 14.Nf3 Bg4 
15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 Nxh1 17.Nd4 Qh4 18.Kg1 Nf2 19.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Bd7 
21.Kf3 h5 22.f5 Ke7 23.Kf4 a6 24.Re1 Ba4 25.Ne2 Bb5 26.Nc3 c6 27.g3 f6 
28.e6 Bxd3 29.cxd3 a5 30.b5 Rhd8 31.Rb1 c5 32.b6 Rac8 33.Nb5 c4 34.Nc7 
Rd6 35.Ke3 d4+ 36.Ke4 c3 37.a4 Kd8 38.Nb5 Rxb6 39.Rc1 g6 40.fxg6 Rxe6+ 
41.Kxd4 c2 42.Na3 Ke8 43.Nc4 Rd8+ 44.Kc3 Re2 45.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 46.Kxc2 Rd5 
47.Kc3 Kf8 48.Ne3 Rg5 49.Kc4 Ke8 50.d4 Kd7 51.d5 Rxg6 52.Kc5 Rg5 53.Nc4 
Kc7 54.Nb6 Rf5 55.Nc4 Rf2 56.d6+ Kc8 57.Nxa5 Rxh2 58.Kd5 Re2 59.Nc4 Kd8 
60.Kd4 Rg2 61.Na5 b6    0:1

Chmiel,T-Noskowicz,K 1992, corr ch-Poland
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 a5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.e5 
Ng4 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nbd2 Ne3 11.Qe2 Nxc2 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.Qd3+ g6 14.Qxc2
Bb6 15.Kh1 Bf5 16.Qd1 Kg7 17.Ng5 Qd7 18.Ndf3 a4 19.h3 Rh8 20.Bd2 Nd8 
21.b4 axb3 22.Qxb3 Ra6 23.Kg1 c5 24.e6 Bxe6 25.Nxe6+ Nxe6 26.Ne5 Qd6 
27.f5 d3 28.Qb2 c4+ 29.Be3 Bxe3+ 30.Rxe3 Rb6 31.Qf2 Ng5 32.Rf1 Ra6 
33.fxg6 f6 34.Qf5 Qe6 35.Qf4 Qb6 36.Nd7 Qd6 37.Qg4 Ne4 38.Ref3 Qe7 
39.Rb1 Nc5 40.Nxf6 Rxf6 41.Rxf6 Qxf6 42.Rf1   1/2

Chmiel,T-Zabczyk,W 1992, corr ch-Poland
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 a5 6.Bd3 d6 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qd7 10.e5 Nge7 11.Nd2 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Qh5 Bd6 14.Ne4 
O-O-O 15.Nxd6+ Qxd6 16.Bf4 f6 17.Bxe5 fxe5 18.Rf7 g6 19.Qg5 Nd5 20.Qd2
Qe6 21.Rff1 Ne3 22.Qxa5 Nxf1 23.Rxf1 Kb8 24.Be4 Rd6 25.Rf3 Ra6 26.Qc5 
Rd8 27.b4 Qd6 28.Qc4 c6 29.b5 cxb5 30.Qxb5 Rb6 31.Qf1 Rc8 32.a4 Rc3 
33.Rf8+ Ka7 34.a5 Rb2 35.a6 d3 36.axb7 Rxb7 37.cxd3 Qc5+ 38.Kh2 Rc1 
39.Qf3 Qg1+ 40.Kg3 Qe1+ 41.Kg4 Rc5 42.Qf6 h5+ 43.Kg5 Qg3+ 44.Kh6 Qe3+ 
45.Kxg6 Rcb5 46.Kxh5 R5b6 47.Qh8 Rb8 48.Qg7+ R6b7 49.Bxb7 Rxb7 50.Rf7 
Rxf7 51.Qxf7+ Kb6 52.Qd5 Qg3 53.h4 Qg7 54.Qe6+ Kc5 55.g4 Kd4 56.Qd6+ 
Ke3 57.g5 Qh8+ 58.Kg4 Qc8+ 59.Kg3 Qf5 60.Qf6   1:0

Latorre,A-Clemente 1992, corr
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 a5 6.Bd3 Nge7 7.Nbd2 d6 
8.O-O Ng6 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.f5 Nge5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qh5 a4 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.f6
O-O 15.Rf4 Ng6 16.e5   1:0

Latorre,A - Ribas,J 1992, corr
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bd3 dxe4 6.Bxe4 Nf6 7.Qd3 Qe7 
8.Nbd2 Bf5 9.Ng5 Nxe4 10.Ndxe4 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Kh1 Rfe8 13.Re1 Nf6 
14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qg3 Qg6 16.Nf3 Qxg3 17.hxg3 Bxc2 18.Bd2 d3 19.Bc3 Bf2
20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Kh2 Re2 22.a4 Bb3 23.a5 Bd5 24.Rd1 Bxf3 25.Rxd3 Bc5 
0-1

Soto Perez,Sergio - Marin,Mihail (9) 1992, Seville
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.Bd3 d5 6.e5 Nge7 7.a3 Bf5 8.b4 
Bb6 9.Bb2 a6 10.O-O Qd7 11.Nbd2 Bxd3 12.cxd3 Nf5 13.Rf2 O-O 14.Nb3 f6 
15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.fxe5 Ne3 18.exf6 Nxd1 19.f7+ Kf8 20.Rxd1 
Qa4 21.Re1 Qxb3 22.Bc1 Qxd3 23.Bg5 Qe4 24.Kf1 d3 25.Rxe4 dxe4 26.Rf5 
h6 27.Bf4 Rd8 28.Ke1 Rd7 29.Re5 Re7   0:1

Buss,M-Gills,R 1993, corr USA tt
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 a5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.e5 
Ng4 9.Qe1 Ne3 10.Rf2 Bf5 11.Bxf5 Nxf5 12.Kh1 O-O 13.Re2 Ne3 14.Qd2 f6 
15.exf6 Rxf6 16.c3 Rxf4 17.cxd4 Rxf3 18.gxf3 Nc4 19.Qd1 Nxd4 20.Rg2 
Qf6 21.Nd2 Nxd2 22.Bxd2 Qxf3 23.Bc3 Qe4 24.b4 Ba7 25.Qg4 Qxg4 26.Rxg4 
Nf5 27.bxa5 d4 28.Bd2 Re8 29.Rg5 Rf8 30.Rb1 Nd6 31.Bb4 Rf5 32.Rxf5 
Nxf5 33.Rc1 Bb8 34.Rc5 Ne3 35.Re5 Kf7 36.Bc5 b6 37.Bxd4 Nc4 38.axb6 
cxb6 39.Rh5 h6 40.a4 Bc7 41.Rb5 g5 42.Rb4 Na5 43.Bxb6 Nc6 44.Rc4   1:0

Salminen,J-Lepine,G 1994, corr
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 a5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.e5 
Ng4 9.Qe2 Ne3 10.Bxe3 dxe3 11.Nc3 d4 12.Ne4 Ba7 13.Nfg5 h5 14.h3 Bf5 
15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Ng5+ Ke8 17.Bxf5 d3 18.Bg6+ Ke7 19.Bxd3 Nd4 20.Qe1 Nb3
21.Kh2 Nxa1 22.Qxa1 Qd4 23.Qa2 Qd7 24.Rd1 Raf8 25.Be2 Qf5 26.g3 h4 
27.Qc4 hxg3+ 28.Kxg3 Bb6 29.Bg4 Qg6 30.Rd7+ Ke8 31.Ne6   1:0

Zeus 3 (computer)-Frenchess (computer) 1995, Hong Kong WCCC8  (3)
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.a3 a5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.e5 
Ng4 9.Qe2 O-O 10.h3 Ne3 11.Bxe3 dxe3 12.Nc3 Ne7 13.Ng5 h6 14.Na4 Ba7 
15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.Bd3 c5 17.Qh5 c4 18.Be2 Kg8 19.Nf3 Nf5 20.Nc3 d4 21.Ne4
d3 22.cxd3 g6 23.Nf6+ Kg7 24.Qg4 Nd4 25.Qh4 Nxe2+ 26.Kh2 cxd3 27.g4 
Rh8 28.Ne1 Nd4 29.Nxd3 Nc2 30.Rac1 Qxd3   0:1

Variation B

Pindar,E-Kipping,JS Manchester, 1861 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bd3 d5 6.e5 Nh6 7.Nf3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 
c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Na3 a6 11.Rad1 b5 12.Ng5 Ng4 13.f5 Ncxe5 14.Nf3 f6 15.c3 
dxc3 16.bxc3 0-0 17.h3 Nh6 18.g4 Bb7 19.g5 Nhf7 20.g6 Nxf3+ 21.Rxf3 Ne5 
22.gxh7+ Kh8 23.Rg3 c4 24.Nc2 Qc5+ 25.Nd4 cxd3 26.Kh1 Qd6 27.Rdg1 Rf7    
0:1

Halasz-Gritschuk corrFS, 1988 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.e5 Nd5 
9.Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.Ng5+ Kh6 11.Qg4    1:0

Halasz-Menken corr FS, 1990 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 Qe7 5.Bd3 d5 6.e5 c5 7.a3 Ba5 8.b4 cxb4 
9.axb4 Bxb4 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.0-0 Nh6 12.Nb3 Bc3 13.Ba3 Qd7 14.Rb1 a6 15.h3 
b6 16.Rf2 Qd8 17.g4 b5 18.Bc5 g6 19.f5 gxf5 20.Qc1 Ng8 21.gxf5 Nge7 22.Qh6 
Qc7 23.Bd6 Qd8 24.Rg2 Bxf5 25.Qg7 Kd7 26.Nc5+ Kc8 27.Bxf5+ Nxf5 28.Qxf7 
Nxd6 29.exd6 Ra7 30.Qe6+ Kb8 31.Qxd5 Nb4 32.Rxb4 Bxb4 33.Nxd4    1:0
          
Halasz-Nikolic corr FS, 1990 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 Nc6 5.a3 Bc5 6.b4 Bb6 7.Ngf3 d6 8.Bd3 Nf6 
9.0-0 a6 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nd5 12.Nc4 Bg4 13.Qe1 Qd7 14.Ng5 Be6 15.Nxb6 
Nxb6 16.Rxf7 Bxf7 17.e6 Qd5 18.exf7+ Kd7 19.Be4 Qd6 20.Bf5+ Kd8 21.Bf4 
Qd5 22.Be6 Qb5 23.Nxh7    1:0

de Laat-Luuring corr 1990
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.f4 Bb4 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.Bd3 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Nf3
c5 8.O-O Nd2 9.Bd2 Bd2 10.Qd2 Qb6 11.b3 Qh6 12.Rae1 Nc6
13.Ng5 Bd7 14.e6 fe6 15.Rf3 O-O-O 16.Nf7 Qf6 17.Nd8 Kd8
18.a3 Kc8 19.Bb5 b6 20.b4 c4 21.Bc6 Bc6 22.Re5 d3 23.cd3
Rd8 24.Rf2 b5 25.Qe3 d4 26.Qh3 Bd5 27.dc4 bc4 28.Qh7 d3
29.Qh3 Kb7 30.Qe3 Qg6 31.f5 Qh6 32.Qe1 ef5 33.Ref5 Qd6
34.Qc3 Rd7 35.a4 Re7 36.a5 g6 37.Rg5 Re6 38.Rf1 Qd7 39.Qd4
Bc6 40.a6 Kc8 41.Rf8 Re8 42.Qf2 Rf8 43.Qf8 Kc7  1/2    

Schafer,Rudiger-Schmidt,Ralf Landes-Einzelmeister, 1990 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 d6 6.a3 Ba5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Nc4 Nf6 
9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 Be6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Ng4 14.Qe2 Nxb4 
15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Ng5+ Kg8 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Qxg4 Qf7 20.Bb2 
Rf8 21.Qe2 Nc6 22.Rd1 Qf4 23.Bc1 Qf5 24.g4 Qxe5 25.Qxe5 Nxe5 26.Rxd4 
Nf3+    0:1

Colo-Ewald corr, 1991 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nxd2 d5 7.e5 Bg4 8.Ne2 
Nh5 9.Qc1 Bxe2 10.Bxe2 Nxf4 11.Nf3 Nxe2 12.Kxe2 c5 13.Qf4 0-0 14.Rae1 Nc6 
15.a3 Qc7 16.Kd1 f6 17.Qf5 fxe5 18.Qe6+ Qf7 19.Ng5 Qxe6 20.Nxe6 Rf2 
21.Re2 Rxe2 22.Kxe2 b6 23.Nc7 Rd8 24.Rf1 Rd7    0:1
     
SanClaudio,F-Cabello,E
Spain,    1991 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 d5 4.e5 f6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 Nd7 
9.0-0 Ne7 10.h3 Bf5 11.Nb3 0-0 12.a3 Bxd3 13.cxd3 Ba5 14.e6 Nb8 15.Nfxd4 
Bb6 16.f5 c5 17.Ne2 c4+ 18.Nbd4 Nbc6 19.Be3 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Qd6 21.Nc2 
Bxe3+ 22.Nxe3 Qe5 23.Rf3 Rac8 24.d4 Qe4 25.Qd2 b5 26.Re1 Nc6 27.Nc2 
Qh4 28.Rf4 Qg3 29.Rg4 Qc7 30.Re3 Rfe8 31.Reg3 Re7 32.Qh6 Kh8 33.Qh5 
Qd8 34.Ne3 b4 35.Rh4 h6 36.Rxg7 Rxg7 37.Qxh6+    1:0

Born,T - Desmet,K 
1992, corr thematic
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 d6 7.Bd3 
Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Bg4 10.Qe1 Ng6 11.Nfxd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 d5 13.e5 c5 
14.Qg3 Bd7 15.Bxg6   1/2

Gimeno,M - Felez,C (4)
1993, Ibercaja op
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 d5 4.e5 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 Ne7 6.Nf3 Nf5 7.Bd3 c5 8.a3 
Ne3 9.Qe2 c4 10.Nxd4 cxd3 11.Qxe3 Bxd2+ 12.Bxd2 dxc2 13.O-O Qb6 14.f5 
Nc6 15.Bc3 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Qh6 17.Qd3 O-O 18.Qxc2 g6 19.e6 fxe6 20.fxg6 
Bd7 21.Qc7 Bb5 22.gxh7+ Qxh7 23.Qg3+   1:0

Karker,N - Smith,P 1993, corr ICCF Cup
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.Nf3 Bb4+ 
8.Nbd2 Bg4 9.O-O Nxd2 10.Bxd2 Qe7 11.a3 Bc5 12.Qe1 O-O-O 13.b4 Bb6 
14.a4 a6 15.b5 Nb8 16.Kh1 f6 17.bxa6 Nxa6 18.a5 Ba7 19.Qe2 Qe6 20.Rfb1
c5 21.c4 Bf5 22.Bxf5 Qxf5 23.cxd5 Rxd5 24.Qc4 Qd7 25.Rb3 Qc6 26.e6 Nc7
27.Rab1 Qa6 28.Qxa6 bxa6 29.Rb7 Nb5 30.R1xb5 axb5 31.Rxa7 Kb8 32.Rxg7 
b4 33.a6 Re8 34.Rb7+ Ka8 35.f5 Rxf5 36.e7 b3 37.Kg1 b2 38.Rxb2 Rxe7 
39.Rb5 Rd5 40.Bb4 Rc7 41.Nd2 d3 42.Bc3 Rdd7 43.Nc4 Ka7 44.Nb6 Rd8 
45.Nc4 Rd5 46.Nb6 Rd8   1/2

Bauer - Wolf-1995, corr Germany
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Bd3 d6 7.O-O Bc5 
8.a3 Bd7 9.b4 Bb6 10.Qe1 Nh6 11.h3 f5 12.b5 Nd8 13.e5 O-O 14.Bb4 Bc5 
15.exd6 Qxd6 16.Nbd2 Bxb4 17.axb4 Re8 18.Qf2 Ne6 19.Ne5 Re7 20.Ndc4 
Qxb4 21.Rfb1 Qc5 22.b6 a5 23.bxc7 Bb5 24.Rxa5 Rxa5 25.Nxa5 Bxd3 
26.Nxd3 Qxc7 27.Rxb7 Qd6 28.Nc4 Qd8 29.Rxe7 Qxe7 30.Qf3 Nf7 31.Qd5 g6 
32.Nce5 Nxe5 33.Qxe5 Qd7 34.Nb4 Nc7 35.Qf6 Ne6 36.Qe5 Nc7 37.Qf6 Ne6 
1/2

Nakamura,C. - Seid, E. 1996
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 Qe7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Nf3 Ba6 7.O-O Bxd3 
8.cxd3 Bxd2 9.Bxd2 c5 10.b4 d6 11.e5 Nc6 12.Re1 d5 13.f5 O-O-O 14.bxc5
Qxc5 15.Rc1 Qb5 16.Nxd4 Qxd3 17.Nxc6   1:0

MChess Pro 6.0 (computer software) G. Budzinski 1998 G/30,  (1)
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.f4 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 d5 5.e5 Ne7 6.Nf3 Nf5 7.Bd3
c5 8.a3 Ne3 9.Qe2 Qa5 10.Rb1 c4 11.Nd4 cd3 12.cd3 Nf5
13.ab4 Qb4 14.Nc2 Qf4 15.Nf3 Qg4 16.O-O O-O 17.b4 a6 18.Be3
Be6 19.Bc5 Rc8 20.Ne3 Ne3 21.Qe3 Nd7 22.Nd4 a5 23.Rb3 ab4
24.h3 Qg6 25.Bb4 Ra2 26.Rf2 Rf2 27.Kf2 h5 28.Ba3 b6 29.Kg1
Bf5 30.Qf3 Be6 31.Qe3 Bf5 32.Qf3 Be6 33.Qe3 1/2    

MChess Pro 6.0 (computer software) G. Budzinski 1998 G/30,  (2)
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.f4 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 d5 5.e5 Ne7 6.Nf3 Nf5 7.Bd3
c5 8.a3 Ne3 9.Qe2 Qa5 10.Rb1 c4 11.Nd4 cd3 12.cd3 Nf5
13.ab4 Qb4 14.Nc2 Qf4 15.Nf3 Qg4 16.O-O O-O 17.b4 Be6
18.Ne3 Ne3 19.Be3 Nd7 20.Bd4 Rfc8 21.Ra1 a6 22.Ra5 b6
23.Ra3 a5 24.Qa2 Qg6 25.Nh4 Qh6 26.Nf3 Rc1 27.ba5 Rf1
28.Kf1 Qc1 29.Kf2 ba5 30.Ra5 Rc8 31.Ra8 Nc5 32.Bc5 Qc5
33.d4 Qc6 34.Rc8 Qc8 35.Kg3 h6 36.Qb3 Qc1 37.Qb8 Kh7 38.Qb5
g5 39.Qd3 Kg7 40.Kf2 Qf4 41.Qd2 Qe4 42.Ne1 Bf5 43.Qc3 Qh4
44.Kg1 1/2    

Misc.     

Delmar,Eugene-Rosen,L TrentonFalls, 1908 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nf6 4.Bc4 b5 5.Bxb5 Nxe4 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 Bc5 
9.Nbd2 f5 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.a4 a6 12.a5 Ba7 13.Ne5 Qh4 14.Qe1 Qxe1 15.Rxe1 
c5 16.c4 dxc3 17.Bxe4 c4+ 18.Be3 fxe4 19.Nd4 cxb2 20.Rad1 0-0 21.g3 Bd7 
22.Nxd7 Nxd7 23.Nc2 Nf6 24.Bxa7 Rxa7 25.Nb4 Rb7 26.Nc2 Rfb8 27.Rb1 Rb3 
28.Re2 Rd3 29.Kf1 Nd7 30.Ke1 Nc5 31.Kf2 c3 32.Ne1 Rd2 33.Nc2 Nb3 34.Na3 
Nc1    0:1
               
Humecky,J-Novag (computer) Sunnyvale,CA, 1988 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Bd3 Ne7 5.Qg4 0-0 6.f5 d5 7.Bh6 Ng6 8.Bg5 f6 
9.Bh6 gxh6 10.h4 Na6 11.h5 Bb4+ 12.Nd2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 dxe4 14.hxg6 exd3 
15.gxh7+ Kh8 16.Rxh6 dxc2 17.Nf3 d3 18.Nh4 Bxf5 19.Nxf5 Qd7 20.Rg6 c1=Q+ 
21.Rxc1 Qxh7 22.Rh6 Qxh6+ 23.Nxh6 Rae8 24.Rh1 Re2+ 25.Kxd3 Nc5+ 
26.Kxe2 Re8+ 27.Kf1 Re1+ 28.Kxe1 Nd3+ 29.Kd2 Nxb2 30.Nf5#    1:0
          
Blank,B-Saether corr, 1990 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.0-0 Nc6 7.a3 Qd7 8.b4 Bb6 
9.Nbd2 d5 10.exd5 Qxd5 11.Re1+ Nge7 12.b5 Na5 13.a4 c5 14.Ba3 Kd8 
15.Re5 Qd7 16.Ne4 f6 17.Rxc5 Bxc5 18.Nxc5 Qc8 19.Be4 Ke8 20.Qxd4 Qd8 
21.Nxb7 Nxb7 22.Bxb7 Bxf3 23.Qxd8+ Rxd8 24.Bxf3 Nc8 25.Bc5 Kd7 26.a5 Kc7 
27.b6+ Kb8 28.bxa7+    1:0
          
Carnahan,S-Frisk,J corrNTC-01, 1991 
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nf6 4.Bd3 d5 5.e5 Ng4 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.b4 Nxb4 
9.axb4 Bxb4+ 10.c3 Bxc3+ 11.Nxc3 dxc3 12.Qa4+ Kf8 13.Qb4+ Kg8    0:1
          
Pohl,W - Augustin-1992, corr thematic
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.a3 a5 6.c3 dxc3 7.Nxc3 Nge7 
8.Ng5 g6 9.Nd5 h6 10.Nf6+ Kf8 11.Nf3 Nf5 12.Nd5 Nfd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 
14.h4 d6 15.Bb5 Bf6 16.Nxf6 Qxf6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Qc2 c5 19.Bd2 Qe6 
20.O-O Bb7 21.Bxa5 Bxe4 22.Qc3 Ke7 23.Rfe1 f5 24.Bxc7 Rhc8 25.Qg7+ Ke8
26.Rad1 Ra6 27.Bb8 Rb6 28.Bc7 Rb7 29.Rxd6 Qxd6 30.Qg8+ Kd7 31.Qxc8+ 
Kxc8 32.Bxd6 Rxb2 33.Kf1 c4 34.g3 c3 35.Rc1 c2 36.Bc5 Rb1   0:1

Ramos,L - Gracia,J 1992, corr
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 d5 4.e5 Bf5 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Nd7 7.O-O Nh6 8.c3 
a6 9.Be2 Be7 10.cxd4 c4 11.Nc3 Be6 12.b3 b5 13.Ng5 Nf5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 
15.g4 Nxd4 16.f5 Qb6 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Bf2 Nxe5 19.fxe6 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 
Bxf2+ 21.Qxf2 Qxe6 22.Rae1 O-O-O 23.Qc5+ Qc6 24.Qd4 Nd3 25.Re7 Qc5 
26.Qxc5+ Nxc5 27.Rff7 Kb8 28.b4 Ne4 29.Rb7+   1/2

Jaime Chavez,A - Torriente,CA 1993, corr Massow mem
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 d5 4.e5 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.b3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Nge7 8.O-O 
Qd7 9.Ba3 Ng6 10.Ng5 Be7 11.e6 fxe6 12.Bxf5 exf5 13.Re1 h6 14.Ne6 Kf7 
15.Qh5 Nd8 16.Qxf5+   1:0

Villajos - Gomez,D (9) 1993, Autonomico
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 d6 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qf2 f5 6.Bd3 fxe4 7.Bxe4 Bd7 
8.Ne2 Nf6 9.Bf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Ng4 12.Qe1 Nf6 13.Nbc3 Rb8 14.Nd5
Nxd5 15.Bxd5+ Kh8 16.Be3 a6 17.Rd1 Bf6 18.c3 Ne7 19.Bf3 Bc6 20.Nd4 Bd7
21.Qd2 Qe8 22.Rde1 Qc8 23.Kh1 Bg4 24.Bg1 Bxf3 25.Rxf3 Qd7 26.Ne6 Rfe8 
27.Rfe3 Ng6 28.Nc5 Qc6 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Rxe8+ Qxe8 31.f5 Ne5 32.Ne6 
Qe7 33.b3 Nc6 34.g4 h6 35.Qd3 Nd8 36.Nf4 Qd7 37.Ng6+ Kg8 38.Bd4 Qc6+ 
39.Kg1 Bxd4+ 40.Qxd4 Qc5 41.Qxc5 dxc5 42.Kf2 Kf7 43.Ke3 Kf6 44.Ke4 c6 
45.h4   1/2

Colombo Berra,Fernando - De las Heras,Juan (2) 1994, Mar del Plata op
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 d5 4.e5 Bc5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bd3 f5 7.a3 a5 8.Nbd2 
Nh6 9.h3 Bh5 10.O-O Bb6 11.b3 Nd7 12.Bb2 Nc5 13.Qe1 Ne6 14.Qg3 O-O 
15.Rae1 c5 16.Ng5 Qe7 17.Qh4 Bg6 18.Ndf3 Nf7 19.Nxe6 Qxe6 20.g4 Rae8 
21.Kh2 c4 22.bxc4 dxc4 23.Bxf5 Bxf5 24.gxf5 Qxf5 25.Nxd4 Bxd4 26.Bxd4 
Nh6 27.Rf2 Qd7 28.Bc3 Nf5 29.Qg4 Re6 30.Rd2 Qe7 31.Bxa5 Qxa3 32.Rd8 
Rg6 33.Rxf8+ Qxf8 34.Qf3 Qc5 35.Bb4 Nh4 36.Qxb7 Qf2+ 37.Kh1 h6 38.Qd5+
Kh7 39.Qe4 Nf3 40.Qe2 Rg1+   0:1


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