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1 Zollner Gambit Database: 3-XII-200 (4,399,53 games) Report:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 (46 games) ECO: B73 [Sicilian: Dragon, Classical, Zollner Gambit] Generated by Scid 4.2.2, Statistics and History 0.. Statistics rzbz0skz opz0opap 0lno0mpZ Z0Z0O0Z0 0Z0M0O0Z Z0M0A0Z0 POPZBZPO S0ZQZRJ0 Games :0 2 : 2 0: Score All report games % 0..2 Oldest games : :0(40) Zollner Kranki, Bad Oeynhausen : : 4 (38) Ahues Rellstab, Bad Elster 938 3: :0(28) Rometti De Ronde, Buenos Aires : :0(38) Kramer Euwe, Leeuwarden : : 23 (78) Palda Galia, Vienna 947 6: 0:(33) Magergut Aronin, Moscow : : 7 (30) Aratovsky Ilivitsky, 948 8: 0:(27) Isaacs Donovan, Baltimore Newest games : 0:(55) Bharathi 203 Gagare 20, Chennai (India) : : 24 (30) Cipka 2247 Skarba 2366, ICCF : :0(4) Zupec 758 Rihtaric 955, ICCF : 0:(49) Eilmes 232 Chripko 207, ICCF : : 9 (44) Chitescu 2096 Ticleanu 229, ICCF : 0:(26) Caglayan Bryar, ICCF : : 24 (42) Speisser 295 Prevenios 264, ICCF : 0:(77) Kerman 2059 Neagu 2345, ICCF

2 0..4 Current popularity Year Once every X games Frequency in all years: once every games In the 0 years to today: once every games (down 26% from all years) In the 5 years to today: once every games (down 26% from all years) In the year to today: once every 0 games (no change from all years) 0..5 Most frequent players (White) : % Grechkin, Dmitry M 23 2: % Martin, Raymond 8,3 3: % Bazaj Bockai, Snjezana 6,23 4: % 232 Eilmes, Don P 24 5: % 2259 Sleich, Jan 24 6: % 2247 Cipka, Ivan Most frequent players (Black) : % Donovan, Jeremiah,3 2: % Radocaj, Radmila 6,23 3: % 2430 Rogoff, Kenneth S 6 4: % 2399 Aagaard, Jacob 24 5: % 2366 Skarba, Ing. Stanislav 24 6: % 2365 Donnelly, Dr. Mike J. (ENG/B) Ratings and Performance 0.2. Average ratings and performance White rating: 245 (3 games); White performance: 26 (33% vs 224) Black rating: 224 (2 games); Black performance: 2232 (62% vs 245) Games with highest average rating : : 7 (30) Aratovsky Ilivitsky, 948 2: 0:(59) Grechkin Sherbakov, : 0:(59) Grechkin Shcherbakov, Riga : 0:(50) Nezhmetdinov Pogrebissky, Tbilisi : 0:(23) Aguera Naredo Georgiev, 996 6: :0(38) Kramer Euwe, Leeuwarden : : 4 (38) Ahues Rellstab, Bad Elster 938 8: 0:(40) Kleijberg Boll, 987 7

3 0.3 Result Trends 0.3. Result lengths and frequencies Score Game length Frequency :0 : 0: :0 : 0: Report games 45.6% % 7.3% 45.6% All games 53.9% % 30.5% 30.7% Shortest wins (White) : :0(2) Konijn Borst, : :0(22) Martin Vollmar, Fort Worth : :0(27) Georgelin 2056 Edouard 222, : :0(27) Ciprys Vrubl J, : :0(28) Bazaj Bockai Radocaj, Shortest wins (Black) : 0:(7) Slater Derek Donaldson, : 0:(23) Aguera Naredo Georgiev, 996 3: 0:(26) Caglayan Bryar, ICCF : 0:(27) Lahteenmaki Jukka Lehtinen, : 0:(27) Isaacs Donovan, Baltimore Moves and Themes 0.4. Move orders reaching the report position There were 29 move orders reaching this position: :.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 (6) 2:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 (5) 3:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 (3) 4:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 (3) 5:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.f4 d6 9.O-O Qb6 0.e5 (2) 6:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 (2) 7:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 (2) 8:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 (2) 9:.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 () 0:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 () :.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 ()

4 2:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Qb6 0.e5 () 3:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 () 4:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Bg7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 () 5:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 () 6:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 () 7:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.f4 O-O 9.O-O Qb6 0.e5 () 8:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.f4 Nc6 9.O-O Qb6 0.e5 () 9:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 O-O 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 () 20:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 () 2:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.f4 Nc6 9.O-O Qb6 0.e5 () 22:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 () 23:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Qb6 0.e5 () 24:.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.f4 d6 9.O-O Qb6 0.e5 () 25:.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 () 26:.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Be3 Nc6 0.e5 () 27:.e4 d6 2.f4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Be3 Qb6 0.e5 () 28:.e4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 d6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5 () 29:.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.O-O Qb6 0.e5 () Moves from the report position Move ECO Frequency Score µelo Perf µyear % Draws dxe5 46:00.0% 45.6% % Total 46:00.0% 45.6% % Positional Themes Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game: Same-side castling: 00% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 0% Opposite castling: 0% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 0% Kingside pawn storm: 9% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 0% Queens exchanged: 63% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 2% Only one side has Bishop pair: 0% Open c/d/e file: 00%

5 0.4.4 Endgames Material at the end of each game: p BN R R BN Q Q BN QR QR BN Report games 0% 4% 2% 39% 0% 7% 9% 39% All games 3% 9% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%

6 0.5 Theory Table.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.f4 Qb6 0.e5: +7 =8 2 (2/46: 46%) e5 fxe5 Nf5 Qxd8 Nxe7+ Bg5 Bxf6 Rxf6 4: 50% dxe5 Nxe5 Qd8 Rxd8 Kh8 2 Bg4 Bxf6 Bxe2 3 2 Nxg7 4 Nb5 5 Bd4 Rxf6 Qd3 6: 42% Qe6 Kxg7 Neg4 6 Ne3 exf6 Nd5 7 3 Qd2 Bd4 Qf4 Qg3 4: 00% Neg4 8 Qd7 9 Qf5 Qe6 0 4 Rae Bd4 Bd3 7: 50% Kg8 Bd7 2 Bc6 3 Nfd7 4 5 Nxe7+ Bd4 5 Ned5 7 Nb5 Bc3 8: 75% Qxb2 Kh8 Ng8 6 Qa3 8 Qa5 Qd8 9 6 Nxc8 Nb5 2 Rb 4: 25% Qb4 Rd8 20 Raxc8 Qe c3 4: 3% Qe Bxe5 Qxe7 Qd4 Nh5 Bxg7+ 9: 7% Nxg7 24 2Qc7 3.Nb5 Qd7 4.Qxd7 Bxd7 5.Nxe7+ Kh8 6.Nc7 Rad8 7.Bg5 Ne4 8.Be3 Bg4 9.Bf3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nd2 2.Bxd2 Rxd2.Rf2 Rfd8 23.Re R2d7 24.Ncd5 Rxd5 25.Nxd5 Rxd5 26.f4 Nd7 27.Re8+ Bf8 0:(55) Bharathi 203 Gagare 20, Chennai (India) 2008; 3.Nxg7 Kxg7 4.Bd4 Kg8 5.Rxf6 exf6 6.Ne4 Qd8 7.c3 Bf5 8.Ng3 Qd7 9.Qf Rfe8 20.Qf4 Rad8 2.Rf a6 22.Qh6 Bc3.Rf4 f5 24.Bc4 Kh8 25.Nh5 f6 26.Nxf6 Qg7 27.Qg5 Rxd4 0:(48) Ghafoul Amine Ghebeche Nour Eddine, Kf8 5.Bc5 Ke8 6.Nxc8 Raxc8 7.Bb5+ Nfd7 8.Ne4 Rxc5 9.Nxc5 a6 20.Bxd7+ Nxd7 2.Rfe+ Ne5 22.Nd3 Rd5 23.Rad Kf8 24.Nxe5 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 Bxe5 26.b3 Ke7 27.h3 h5 :0(50) Konijn Slobbe, Re Rd7 9.Ned5 Bc4 20.Rxe5 Kg7 2.Rf4 :0 Konijn Borst, Nd4 Qd7 4.Qe Neg4 5.Bf3 Nxe3 6.Qxe3 Ng4 7.Bxg4 Bxd4 8.Bxd7 Bxe3+ 9.Kh Bxd7 20.Rae Bg5 2.Ne4 Bf6 22.Rxf6 exf6 23.Nxf6+ Kg7 24.Nxd7 Rfe8 25.Rf Re6.Nc5 b6 27.Nd3 Rxc2 0: Lahteenmaki Jukka Lehtinen, Bg5 Qb6+ 5.Kh Bf5 6.Qd2 Rfd8 7.Bh6+ Kh8 8.Qg5 Rg8 9.Qg3 Neg4 20.Bg5 Nh5 2.Qh4 f6 22.Bd2 g5 23.Qxh5 Nf2+ 24.Rxf2 Qxf5.Rf Qc5 26.Rxf5 Qxf5 27.Bd3 :0 Georgelin 2056 Edouard 222, 2003; 5Rd8 6.Qe Bf5 7.Qg3 Qe6 8.Rae Nfd7 9.Nb5 f6 20.Nd4 Qf7 2.Rxf5 gxf5 22.Nxf5+ Kh8 23.Bc4 Qg6 24.Bh6 Qxg3 25.hxg3 Nxc4 26.Rxe7 Kg8 27.Rg7+ Kh8 : (30) Visconti Bazan, Buenos Aires Bf4 Qb6+ 5.Kh Neg4 6.Qe Ne3 7.Qh4 Nxf 8.Rxf Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 20.cxd3 Rfd8 2.Be5 Rxd3 22.Ne4 Rc8 23.Nxf6 exf6 24.Rxf6 Kg8 25.Rf Rcd8 26.Qf4 Qe6 27.h3 Rd 0:(33) Magergut Aronin, Moscow Nc6 5.Qc Bd7 6.Nc7 Qe5 7.Nxa8 Rxa8 8.Bf3 Nd4 9.c3 Nxf3+ 20.Rxf3 Qh5 2.Qd2 Bg4 22.Rff Kg8 23.Qf2 Be2 24.Rfe Ba6 25.Bd4 Ng4 26.Qg3 e5 27.Bxe5 Nxe5 :0(28) Jursevskis Miervaldis Duval Leo M, Rf Kg8 9.c4 Nb4 20.Qd2 f5 2.Nc7 Qe7 22.Nxa8 Nc6 23.Bc3 Be6 24.b4 Rxa8 25.b5 Qc5+ 26.Kh Ne5 27.Qg5 Bxc4 0:(40) Kleijberg Boll, Ng8 5.Nb5 Qd7 6.Qc3 f6 7.Nc7 Rb8 8.Bxa7 Nc6 9.Bxb8 Nxb8 20.Rad Qa4

7 2.Qc4 Qa5 22.Bf3 Kh8 23.Kh Qb6 24.Nb5 Nd7 25.a4 Ne5 26.Qc7 Qxc7 27.Nxc7 Nxf3 :0(38) Kramer Euwe, Leeuwarden Re8 5.Rae Bd7 6.Bd4 Bc6 7.Qf4 Ned7 8.Bg4 Qd6 9.Qxd6 exd6 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 2.Bxd7 Bxd7 22.Nd5 :0 Martin Vollmar, Fort Worth Nh6 6.Rae Nf5 7.Bd3 Qd6 8.Bxf5 Bxf5 9.Rxf5 gxf5 20.Qg5+ Kh8 2.Nb5 Qd7 22.Rxe7 Qxe7 23.Bxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qxf6+ Kg8 25.Nd6 Rad8 26.Nxf5 Rd+ 27.Kf2 :0 Ciprys Vrubl J, Rae Nh6 9.Bd3 Qg4 20.Qe5 Ng8 2.Nd5 Bd7 22.Rxf6 exf6 23.Nxf6 Qxd4+ 24.Qxd4 Nxf6 25.Rf Bf5 26.Bxf5 Rad8 27.Bd7 Rxd7 :0(28) Rometti De Ronde, Buenos Aires Bd4 Rd8 6.Qf4 Nc6 7.Bf2 Qd6 8.Qh6 Bf5 9.Bg3 Qd0.Bf4 Qxc2 2.Rab Nd4 22.Rf2 Nxe2+ 23.Rxe2 Qxb+ 0: Aguera Naredo Georgiev, 996; 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qh6 Bf5 9.Rf2 Nd4 20.Raf Nxe2+ 2.Nxe2 Qxb2.g4 Be6 23.Nf4 Bc4 24.Re Qb4 25.c3 Qxc3 26.Rxe7 Qc+ 27.Kg2 Bd5+ 0: Isaacs Donovan, Baltimore Kh Nc4 6.Bxc4 Qxc4 7.Rxf6 Bf5 8.Rxf5 gxf5 9.Bh6 f4 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 2.Ne2 Rc8 22.c3 f3 23.gxf3 Qc6 24.Nd4 Qd6 25.Rg Rc5 26.Qg2 Qg6 27.Qh3 Rg5 :0(4) Zupec 758 Rihtaric 955, ICCF Bg5 Qb6+ 6.Kh Rd8 7.Qf4 Ned7 8.Bc4 Qxb2 9.Nd5 Qe5 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 2.Rae Qf8 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Qxf6 Rd7 24.Rf4 Rc7 25.Bb3 Bf5 26.Rxf5 gxf5 27.Re3 f4 :0(36) Watson Lucia, Las Vegas Nc6 6.Bd3 Qd7 7.h3 Nh5 8.Qf2 Ng7 9.Qh4 Qd8 20.Ne4 f6 2.Nc5 Ne5 22.Be4 Nf5 23.Bxf5 Bxf5 24.Qg3 Qc8 25.Nb3 Nc6 26.Bc5 Rf7 27.Rf2 b6 0:(50) Nezhmetdinov Pogrebissky, Tbilisi Qd6 7.Qf4 Nfg4 8.Bxg4 Nxg4 9.Qxd6 exd6 20.Nd5 Rfd8 2.Re7 Be8 22.Rxb7 a5 23.h3 Ne5 24.Nf6+ Kg7 25.Nxe8+ Rxe8 26.Rfxf7+ Kg8 27.Rg7+ Kf8 :0(34) Martin Donovan, Fort Worth Rf4 f6 9.Rh4 Qf7 20.Bf Rad8 2.Qf2 b6 22.b3 Qg7 23.Nd Bb7 24.Bb2 Rfe8 25.Ne3 Nf7 26.Rg4 Nde5 27.Ra4 Nc6 (38) Ahues Rellstab, Bad Elster : Qd2 Be6 5.Rab Qa3 6.Rxb7 Rfd8 7.Qe Ne4 8.Nd Nc4 9.Bf4 Qc5+ 20.Kh Ned6 2.Rb3 Rab8 22.Qh4 Re8 23.Bh6 Bxh6 24.Qxh6 Ne4 25.Qf4 Rxb3 26.Qxe4 Re3 27.Nxe3 Qxe3 :0(29) Sanguineti Marini, Buenos Aires Nfg4 5.Ned5 Qa3 6.Nb5 Qa5 7.h3 Nh6 8.Rf6 Nc6 9.Bc3 Qd8 20.Nbc7 Ne7 2.Qd2 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Be6 23.Rxe6 fxe6 24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qc3+ Kg8 26.Ne3 Rc8 27.Qa3 Qd2 0:(28) Castro 2200 Rogoff 2430, Graz Nfd7 5.Nb5 Qb4 6.Nd5 Qa4 7.Rf4 g5 8.Re4 a6 9.Nbc7 Rb8 20.Kh b5 2.Bd3 f5 22.Bxe5 fxe4 23.Bxg7+ Kxg7 24.Ne6+ Kg8 25.Qh5 Ne5 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Nxf8 exd3 :0(28) Bazaj Bockai Radocaj, Ned7 5.Ncd5 Qa3 6.Nxc8 Raxc8 7.Nxf6 Nxf6 8.Bxf6 Qe3+ 9.Kh Bxf6 20.Rxf6 Rcd8 2.Bd3 Rd7 22.Qf3 Qe5 23.Rf Kg7 24.Qf4 Qd5 25.Qe4 Qxa2 26.Qe5 Kg8 27.Qc5 a6 :0(3) Gutierrez Castillo 222 Cantos Galan, Rd8 5.Ncd5 Qxd4+ 6.Qxd4 Nxd5 7.Qh4 Be6 8.Nxd5 Bxd5 9.Rad h6 20.c4 g5 2.Qg3 Be4 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Qa3 f5 24.Rd Rf8 25.Rd6 f4 26.Kf2 g4 27.Re6 Rf7 :0(39) Rompotti Pertti Westerinen, Nb5 Qb4 6.Nd5 Qa4 7.Rf4 g5 8.Re4 f6 9.Nxf6 Bxf6 20.Rxe5 Rd8 2.Re4 Bxd4+ 22.Rxd4 Rxd4 23.Nxd4 Bd7 24.Nf3 Re8 25.Qd2 Qc6 26.Rf Qc5+ 27.Kh h6 2 : 2 (30) Aratovsky Ilivitsky, Be6 6.Nb5 Nf3+ 7.Bxf3 Qxb5 8.Bxg7+ Kxg7 9.Qd4+ f6 20.Nc7 Qc4 2.Qd6 Rae8 22.Nxe8+ Rxe8 23.Rae Bf7 24.Rxe8 Bxe8 25.Bxb7 Bf7 26.Qc6 Qd4+ 27.Kh Bxa2 :0(40) Zollner Kranki, Bad Oeynhausen Bb4 Nc6 9.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.c4 Bxa 2.Qxa+ Qg7 22.Nd6 Qxa 23.Rxa Kg7 24.Bf3 Nd4 25.Re Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 Bd7 27.c5 Bc6 : (44) Chitescu 2096 Ticleanu 229, ICCF Raxc8 6.Bxe5 Rfd8 7.Bd3 Qc5+ 0: Slater Derek Donaldson, 987; 7.Nd5 Rxd5 8.c3 Rxc3 9.Bxc3 Qc5+ 20.Bd4 Rxd4 2.Rc Qb6 22.Qe Rd+ 23.Qf2 Qxf2+

8 24.Kxf2 Ne4+ 25.Kf3 Nd2+ 26.Kg4 h5+ 27.Kh3 Rxf :0(30) Gilde Wilshusen, Bxe5 Rxd 7.Raxd Rxc8 8.Rxf6 Qe7 9.Bg4 Qxe5 20.Rxf7 Rf8 2.Rxf8+ Bxf8 22.Nd5 Bd6 23.g3 h5 24.Bf3 h4 25.Nf4 Kg7 26.Rd5 Qe3+ 27.Kg2 Bxf4 0:(3) Forest Charles Girard, Nxa7 Ra8 9.Nb5 Nc6 20.c3 Nxd4 2.cxd4 Qe3+ 22.Kh Ne4 23.Qd3 Qxd3 24.Bxd3 Nd5.Rxf7 Nxb 26.Bxb Bxd4 0: Caglayan Bryar, ICCF Qb3 Nc6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Rae Re8 2.Bf3 Qxe 22.Rxe Rxe+ 23.Kf2 Rc 24.Qxf7 Bh4+ 25.Ke2 Rd8 26.Nd4 Re+ 27.Kd2 Nxd4 0:(59) Grechkin Sherbakov, 954; 0:(59) Grechkin Shcherbakov, Riga Nxa7 Rxc3 9.Qe Rc0.Nb5 Nc6 2.Bd3 Qxe 22.Raxe Nxd4 23.Bxc2 Nxc2 24.Re7 b6 25.Rxf7 Ng4 26.Re7 Bf8 27.Rb7 Bc5+ 0:(56) Bazaj Bockai Radocaj, 998; 20.Bd Rxd4 2.Bxc2 Qc5 22.Kh Ng8 23.Bb3 Qxa7 24.Bxf7 Nxf7 25.Rxf7 Qa4 26.Rc Re4 27.Qf2 Qb4 : (78) Palda Galia, Vienna Bf3 Be6 9.Rab Rfd8 20.Nd5 Qd6 2.c4 b6 22.Kh Rac8 23.Rbc Rc5 24.Qh4 Nf5 25.Qf6+ Kg8 26.Qb2 Bxd5 27.Bxd5 Re8 0:(77) Kerman 2059 Neagu 2345, ICCF 2005; 26.Qc3 Bxd5 27.Bxd5 Qf8 0:(49) Eilmes 232 Chripko 207, ICCF 2006; 22.Rbc Rac8 23.Qb2 Rc5 24.Rfd Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.cxd5 Kg8 27.Rc6 Qf4 0:(37) Mills Mark Braun, 200; 9Rac8 20.Rxb7 Qc5 2.Qxc5 Rxc5 22.Ne4 Rxc2 23.a4 a6 24.Ng5 Rc5 25.Nxe6 Nxe6 26.Ra7 Ra5 27.Bd Nc5 : (30) Cipka 2247 Skarba 2366, ICCF 2007; 8Re8 9.Rad Bf5 20.Nd5 Qe5 2.Qb4 a5 22.Qxb7 Bxc2 23.Rd2 Ba4 24.Qxf7 Rad8 25.Qa7 Ne6 26.h4 Bc6 27.Nf6 Qxf6 : (42) Speisser 295 Prevenios 264, ICCF Rae Be6 9.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Rad8 2.Qb3 b6 22.Kh Qc7 23.Rf3 Rde8 24.Rf2 f5 25.Rd Qc5 26.Rdf Re3 27.Bd3 Rfe8 0:(47) Hansen 2227 Aagaard 2399, 999; 9.Bc4 Kg8 20.Nd5 Qg5 2.Nf6+ Kh8 22.Re5 Rad8 23.Qxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxg5 Bxc4 25.Re Ne6 26.Rg4 b5 27.a4 a6 0:(45) Madison Pahlen Hans, Bc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Ne4 b6 2.Qe5 Rad8 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Rf Rxf+ 24.Kxf h6 25.Nf6 Qd8 26.Ke Nf5 27.g4 Qd4 : (30) Lavoisier 2224 Donnelly 2365, BFCC Nd5 Qd6 9.c4 Be6 20.Rad Rfd8 2.Kh Bxd5 22.cxd5 f5 23.Bf3 Re8 24.Rb b6 25.Rbc Rac8 26.Rfd Kg8 27.Qa4 Rxc 0:(60) Sleich 2259 Cernousek 2259, 2000.

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