Four opening systems to start with

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[Result "*"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 dxc3 6. Bxf7+ *

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1-0
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same as Yusupov-Lobron}
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{.
Alekhin or Alekhine? Alekhine is a French spelling of a Russian
name. Pronounce it Al-yekh-in, with the kh sounding like a
Scottish loch, and the stress on the middle syllable. Think: "I got
a checkin' from Alekhin".}
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 Four opening systems to start with
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16.Qxb7 Qxb7 17.Bxb7 Rab8 18.Bf3 Rxb2}
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{*** Illegal move
Actually 11...O-O may be as good
5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.Qxd5 Nc6
7.Nxd5 Be6 8.e4 Bxd5 (8...Nf6!?) 9.Qxd5 Qxd5 10.exd5 Bb4+
11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Kxd2 O-O-O=}
{*** Illegal move
Glikshtein-Shkurovich, Hazin 1970}
{*** Illegal move}
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[Event "?"]
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[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 dxc3 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+

7... Kf8 8. Qxc5+ Qe7 9. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 10. Be3 d6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Nbd2 Qb4
13. Qd3 Qxb2 14. Rfb1 Ne5 15. Qf1 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Qa3 17. Qc4
1-0
{Harding,TD - Dashkevich,V [C44] EU/M/GT/360 corr, 1992
White has an attack but I don't know why Black resigned so
early!
}
[Event "?"]
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[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 dxc3 6. Nxc3 d6 7. Bg5 f6
8. Bh4 Nh6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bf7 12. Nd5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5
{and now best is}
14. Qb3
1-0
{Harding,TD - Zlobinsky,E [C44] EU/M/GT/360 corr, 1992}
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 Four opening systems to start with
[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O! Qf6 7. e5 Qe7

8. a3 cxb2 9. Bxb2 Bc5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bxg7 Bg4
14. Re1+ Nge7 15. Nf6#
1-0
{Staunton,H-Brodie [C44] London, 1851}

[Event "?"]
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[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 d3 6. b4 Bb6 7. Qb3 Qf6
8. O-O d6 9. a4 a6 10. a5 Ba7 11. b5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5
{and now best is}
13. Be3!
1-0
{Sveshnikov,E-Petrosian,A [C44] USSR, 1974}
[Event "?"]
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[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4
{this is where we come in from the Scotch
Gambit}
6. cxd4 Bb6? 7. e5 Ng4 8. h3 Nh6 9. d5 Ne7 10. d6 Ng6 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6
12... gxf6 13. Qe2+ Kf8 14. Bxh6#
1-0
{Boleslavsky - Scitov [C54] USSR 1933}

[Event "?"]
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[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2
7... Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O
{Littlewood-Paish [C54] Italian, 1993}
1-0
[Event "?"]
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[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2
7... Nxe4! 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ Kf8!
{Coleman,D-Parker,J [C55] Isle of Man, 1999}
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 Four opening systems to start with
[Round "?"]
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[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4
8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. g4 h6 13. h4 g6 14. Bxh6
14... Bxg4 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 O-O 18. Kg2 Nf5 19. Rg4 Qe7
20. Rh1 Kg7 21. Re4
1-0
{Rodriguez-Gillon [C54] IECG, Cat-M 1995}
[Event "?"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4
[Event "?"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5!?

[Event "?"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4!?

[Event "?"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. a4

8... a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Bb3 c6 12. d4 Bg4 13. Bb2 d5 14. h3 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Ng3 Qc8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Qf3 Nd2 20. Qf4 Nxb3
21. Nxf5 Qe6 22. Rad1 Bc7 23. c4 Nc5 24. b6 Nxa4 25. bxc7 Nxb2 26. Rd6 Qxc4
27. Qg5
1-0
{Muller-N.N. [C50] Vienna, 1927}
[Event "?"]
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[Result "?"]
[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d4 Bxd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. O-O Nf6 7. f4 d6
8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Qe7 10. Nc3 Qc5 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5+
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 Four opening systems to start with
13... Ke6 14. Rxf6+ Kxf6 15. Nd5+ Ke6 16. Qh6+ Kd7 17. Qg7+ Kd6 18. Qe7+ Kc6
19. Qxc7+ Kb5 20. a4+ Kc4 21. Ne3+ Kb4 22. c3+ Kb3 23. Qxc5 Kxb2 24. Qa3#
1-0
{Doghri,N -Matsuo, [C56] Yerevan (7), 1996}
[Event "?"]
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[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5
8. Be3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. O-O Bb6 13. Re1 Qg6
14. Nb3 O-O 15. Bc5 Rfe8 16. a4 Bf5 17. Rc1 Rab8 18. Re3 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxb2
20. Qd4 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Bxc2 22. h3 a5 23. Kh2 Bf5 24. Rg3 Qh6 25. f4 g6
26. Nb3 Ra8 27. Rc3 Qh4 28. Rxc6 Rb8 29. Nxa5 Qe1 30. Rc5 Be4 31. e6 c6
32. Nxc6 Re8 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Rc8
1-0
{Prasad,D-Kalyanasundaram [C55] India, 1965}
[Event "?"]
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[Result "?"]
[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4

8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 O-O-O 12. g4 Qe5 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. Bg5 g6? 15. f7 Rd7 16. Bf6
1-0
{Liuboshitz - Shushkta [C56] USSR, 1958}
[Event "?"]
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[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5!

7... Qxd5 8. Nc3! Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2!? Qd5 11. Bg5 Bc5? 12. c4 Qf5
13. Nh4 Qe5 14. Nf6+
1-0
{White,R-Al Marif,S [C51] London LB, 1990}

[Event "?"]
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[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4
8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bb2 Qf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qf4 13. e6 Bxf3
14. exf7+ Kf8 15. fxg8=Q+ Rxg8 16. Ba3+ Ne7 17. Bxe7+
1-0
{Fischer - Fine [C52] Skittles, 1963}
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 Four opening systems to start with
[Result "?"]
[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5! 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O
7... dxc3?! 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Nxc3 Nf6?! 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5
13. Bb2 Qg5 14. h4 Qxh4 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Rfe1+ Kd8 17. Qg3
1-0
{Alekhin,A - Sorokin [C52] Kiev, 1916}

[Event "?"]
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[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bb6
8. Be3 Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. d5 e4 14. Rxe4
14... Bxf2+ 15. Kh1 Bg3 16. Nbd2 Na5 17. Bd3 Qxd5 18. Rd4 Qc6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6
20. Ne4 Qf4 21. Neg5 Qe3 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Qa4 Qxc3 24. Rad1 b5 25. Rd8 Bxh3
26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Qe4 Rf8 28. Nxf7+
1-0
{Fischer,R - Celle,O [C51] Davis sim, 1964}
[Event "?"]
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[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7!? 6. d4 d6 7. dxe5 Nxe5

8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qxe5 Nf6 11. Ba3 Rf8 12. O-O Ng4 13. Qg3 Bxa3
14. Nxa3 Qe7 15. Bb5+ c6 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Rad1 cxb5 18. Qc7 Bd7 19. Nd6+ Ke7
20. Nf5+ gxf5 21. exf5 Rac8 22. Rxd7+ Qxd7 23. f6+ Nxf6 24. Re1+ Ne4
25. Rxe4+ Kf6 26. Qxd7 Rfd8 27. Qg4
1-0
{Evans,-MacDonnell [C51] London, 1829}
[Event "?"]
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[Result "?"]
[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 exd4
8. cxd4 Bb6 9. e5 d5 10. exf6 dxc4 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Ba3+ Kg8 13. d5 Na5
14. Be7 Qd7 15. fxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd2 Qg4 17. Qc3+ Kg8 18. Qxh8+ Kxh8 19. Bf6+
19... Qg7 20. Re8#
1-0
{Tartakower -Prokofiev [C51] Paris, 1934}
[Event "?"]
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[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. Bb2 d6 7. b5 axb5
8. axb5 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Nb8 10. d4 f6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 Nh6 13. Nxe5 fxe5
14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 16. Ke2 Qd7 17. Rd1 Qg4+ 18. Kxf2 Nd7 19. Qxc7
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 Four opening systems to start with
19... Ke7 20. Nc3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Rd8 22. Qd6+ Ke8 23. Be6 Qh5 24. Rd5 Nf7
25. Bxd7+ Bxd7 26. Qxd7+ Rxd7 27. Rxh5 Rd2 28. Rd5 Rxc2 29. Nd1
1-0
{Short,N-Nielsen,P [C52] Samba Cup 1st Skanderborg (8), 2003}
[Event "?"]
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[Result "?"]
[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 Qe7
8. O-O Bb6 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Nb5 d5 13. exd5 Bxa1
14. Ba3 Qe5 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Qe3 17. Nxd4 Qxb3 18. Re1+ Kd8 19. Be7+ Kd7
20. Nxb3 c6 21. d6 b6 22. Bxf7 c5 23. Nd2 Kc6 24. Nc4 Bf5 25. Ne5+ Kb7
{and now best is}
26. Re3!
{idea Rg3xg7 +-}
1/2-1/2
[Event "?"]
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[Black "BLACK"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
{What is Black's idea?
"I won't defend, but counterattack White's e-pawn! "[
What should White do?
.
As usual, I think White should put pressure on the centre with .
}
3. d4
{If Black goes for.}
3... exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4
{you have a nice easy position to play
Better is...}
*

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3
*
[Event "?"]
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[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5
{Latvian Gambit}
3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qg6 6. d3!
{Undermining the Black centre.}
6... Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 exd3 9. Bxd3
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 Four opening systems to start with
*
[Event "?"]
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[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5
{Elephant Gambit
Well, as Steinitz thought, it's often worth taking a centre pawn,
but don't be afraid to give it back if you start getting stuck. }
3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. d3
{is better for White}
*
[Event "?"]
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[Result "?"]
[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5
{Elephant Gambit
Well, as Steinitz thought, it's often worth taking a centre pawn,
but don't be afraid to give it back if you start getting stuck. }
3. exd5 Bd6 4. d4 e4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Qe7 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Bxd7
9... Bxd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O
{And White is a pawn up for nothing.}
*

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6
{Philidor Defence}
3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5! Nxe4 5. Qd5! Nc5 6. Bg5!
*
[Event "?"]
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[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1 Ngf6 7. Bc4 h6
8. Be3 c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qc4+ Ke7 13. Nh4 Nb6
14. Ng6+ Ke8 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Nxh8 g5 17. Ng6 Bc5 18. O-O-O
{Shirov}
1-0
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 Four opening systems to start with
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6
8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Rd1 b6
{White has more space thanks to the d-pawn, but the pawn might
become weak in an endgame. Black is well-developed and has
good control of d5.
Both King's Bishops (e2,e7) are a little quiet at the moment, so,
as well as getting the rest of the pieces out, both sides will want
to get those bishops doing a bit more work. Chances are about
equal.
}
[Event "?"]
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[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6
8. Bb5 Bd7 9. exd6 e6 10. O-O Bxd6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bd3
{This position also has a single d-pawn for White, The King's
Bishops have each found a better home, but it's early days yet
for the middlegame.
}

[Event "?"]
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[Result "?"]
[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4
8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. a3 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
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[Result "?"]
[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]
1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 e6
8. O-O Be7 9. d4 Nc6 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3
{Sometimes it is White to move in this
position! }
14... g6 15. h4 Qd6 16. Bg5 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qb8 18. Bb3 a6 19. d5! Na5
20. dxe6 Nxb3 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Qc4+ Kg7 23. Ne5 Ng8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qf7+
25... Kh8 26. Qxb3 Qd4 27. Re3 Rf8
{Jussupow,A-Lobron,E [D42] Nussloch, 1996}
1-0
28. Bxe7 Nxe7 29. Nf7+ Kg7 30. Rxe7
{A wonderfully logical game. .}
1-0
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 Four opening systems to start with
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bd3 Nb4
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bc4 Bc6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc2 13. d5 Nd4
14. Qg4 dxe5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Qh3 Qb6 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rfe1
19... Be7 20. Rxe6 Qc5 21. Rae1 dxc3 22. Rxe7+ Qxe7 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qe6+
24... Kd8 25. Qd6+ Ke8 26. Bb5+ Kf7 27. Qc7+
{Motwani,P-Collins,S [B22] British Ch, 2003}
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1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6

{Harley- Roberts [B22] British Ch, 1993}
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1. e4 c6
{Black thinks to attack the undefended pawn on e4. It's better
than the French, because the Bc8 can get out, and it's worse
than the French, because the Nb8 can't go to c6.
As White, play the Panov-Botvinnik Attack and steer for an IQP
position.}
2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4
{You often get an IQP attacking positions.}
4... Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3
{Hebden,M-Macak,S [D42] 4NCL (4), 2007}

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bf6 12. h4 Bxh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4
14. Re4 Qe7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 f5 17. Rh4 Re8 18. Rh3 Bd7 19. Bg5 Qf7
20. Re1 Rac8 21. Ree3 Ne7 22. Rh4 f4 23. Bxf4 Rxc3 24. Bxg6 Rc1+ 25. Kh2
25... Nxg6 26. Rg3 Rc6 27. Be5 Re7 28. Rf4 Qe8 29. Rxg6+
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3! Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O
8. Be2! Nbd7 9. Bf3! Nb6 10. Nge2! Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. a4 Rad8
14. d6! exd6 15. a5 Nc8 16. O-O
{with pressure.
Karpov,A-Ovetchkin,R [B14] Smolensk 2000}

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Ba5 10. a3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bb5+ Bd7
14. O-O Qd5 15. c4 Qf5 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Qb2 b6 18. a4 f6 19. Rd1+ Kc6
20. c5 Rad8 21. Qb5+ Kc7 22. Be3 Kb8 23. Qc6 Qh5 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. Qd7 Rhd8
26. Qxg7 Qe5 27. Bf4 Qxf4 28. c6
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1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Bc4

{,
delaying d2-d4 until we see 6...Be7 played...
Then Black started being sneaky, playing moves like .}

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1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5!?
{See what you think!}

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1. e4 Nf6
{"I'm going to tempt White to make lots of Pawn moves and then
White's centre will be a big hollow target for me!" [
How to respond?
Surely chase the knight and set up a nice centre, which you
should be doing in the opening anyway, but don't get distracted
from developing and castling, which you must do as well. .
] "I'll grab only as much space as I am sure I can hang on to." }
2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6
{5... cxd6 can be played; use the same scheme of development
for both sides.}
6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2
{White just plays to keep the advantage in the centre.}
8... O-O 9. b3!
{The idea is, if 9...Nb4, 10.Bb1}
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 Four opening systems to start with
[White "WHITE"]
[Black "BLACK"]

1. e4 d5
{"I can hit back straight away and play my sort of game!"
"I'll take the Pawn on d5 and try and set up a decent centre
around the d-Pawn."}
2. exd5
{and Black has a choice:}
2... Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3
{White is looking good but Black has no weaknesses and is not
behind in development. Black normally plays moves like ...Bf5,
...c6, and ...e6; White can try to gain time for improving the
position of the Nc3 by playing Bd2 and Ne4.
If Black plays ...Bf5 you can play b2-b4, with the idea ...Qxb4
Rb1 and Rxb7}
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5
{and Black has a choice:}
2... Nf6 3. c4!
{and now .}
3... e6
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4! c6 4. d4

{will turn into the lines we recommend against the French and Caro-
Kann.}
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3
{... is a sound way to play, keeping your options open.;}
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6
{;}
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1. e4 g6
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. g4 h6 6. h3 c5 7. d5 O-O 8. h4 e6
9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Ne8 11. Qd3 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nc6 13. Qg3 Be6 14. Qh4 f5
15. Qh7+ Kf7 16. Qxg6+ Kxg6 17. Bh5+ Kh7 18. Bf7+ Bh6 19. g6+ Kg7 20. Bxh6+
1-0
{Liu Wenze - Donner,J [B07] B Aires, 1978}
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4
{I don't think this variation has a name!}
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4

8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6
14. Bf4 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Bc2 Ra5 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Be5 Be7 19. Qd3 g6 20. Re3
20... Kh7 21. Rg3 Rg8 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. Rg4 Rf8
{Regis-Evans [C01] East Devon (1), 2000
and now I should have played 24.Qf5!}
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 f6 7. Ng5 fxg5 8.
Qh5+ g6 9. Bxg6+ hxg6 10. Qxg6+ Ke7 11. Ne4 Ndxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qf6+ Kd7
14. Qxe5 dxe4 15. Bxg5 Qe8 16. O-O-O+ Bd6 17. Qb5+ c6 18. Rxd6+ Kxd6 19. Rd1+
Kc7 20. Bf4+ {Hellers,F - Jacobson [C04] Sweden, 1985} *
P/Q4xN/K5 15. B/QB1xP/KN5 Q/Q1-K1
16. O-O
{Hellers,F - Jacobson [C04] Sweden, 1985}
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3!?

{White has cut off the defence of the d-Pawn by the White Queen.
But Black should not take the d-Pawn:}
6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4? 8. Nxd4 Qxd4??
{.
White now has a deadly discovery:}
9. Bb5+
{and Black loses the Queen...}
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. b3 {White hopes to take the
pressure off the b-Pawn and support d4 with a Bishop on b2, but...} (6. Be2
cxd4 (6... Nh6 $6 7. Bxh6 $1 7... Qxb2 $2 8. Be3 Qxa1 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4
11. cxd4 Ba3 12. Bb5+ $40) 7. cxd4 7... Nh6 $1 8. Bxh6 $6 8... Qxb2 $1 9. Bc1
Qxa1 10. Qc2 {and now the Black Queen escapes, winning.}) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4
Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Nxd4 *
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4

8. e5 Nd7 9. O-O Qb6 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bxh7+!
1-0
{Efler,L-Kubat,A [C05] CZE-chT, 1993 Black resigned! Can you follow
why?}

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2
8... Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rb1 O-O-O 11. b4 cxb3 12. c4 Ba4 13. c5 Qc7 14. Bb2
14... Nec6 15. Re1 Rg8 16. Bd3 g5 17. Kh1 b5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Rc1 Kb8
20. Nb1 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nc3 Qb7 23. Rb1 g4 24. Ng1 Ka8 25. Nge2 Nc4
{Black slowly invades the Queen's-side...}
26. Nc1 Rb8 27. Qd3 N6a5 28. a4 a6 29. Re2 Ka7 30. Nd1 Ba3 31. Bc3 h5 32. g3
32... Rgc8 33. f3 b2 34. Bxb2 Bxb2 35. Nxb2 Nxb2 36. Qh7 Qc7 37. Qxh5 Nxa4
38. Rxb8 Qxc1+ 39. Kg2 Kxb8 40. Qxg4 Nc3
{Lebedev - Petrosian, [C02] Moscow Torpedo-Spartak m, 1958}
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5
{If White pushes forward with e4-e5 on move 3 (Advance
Variation), you can play very logical moves to attack d4:}
3... c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Na3 Nf5 8. Nc2

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6
{Black's last move is not the sort I usually recommend but White
might be tempted to castle Queen's-side, and that is pretty risky
when Black can play ...b5 so quickly.}

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5
{I like this opening for Black; your pieces come to very natural
squares.
You usually get an IQP position, which you need to play a bit
more slowly and carefully because White can set up a good
attacking position against your pawn.}

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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8
{White has set up strong pressure against d5, but Black can equalise.}
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Qc8 15. Rfd1 Bh3 16. Bh1 Ng4 17. Bd2 Qe6
18. Be1 Rad8 19. e4 Qf6 20. exd5 Ne3 21. Qa4 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Qe6
24. Ba5 Bc5 25. Qc2 Bb6 26. Nxb6 Qf5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
{0-1
It's more important to have active pieces than tidy pawns; Black
went on to win this Grandmaster game . But pawns do matter: if
you have untidy pawns and only so-so pieces, then you will
probably lose!}
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 Be7
8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Nxd4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. e3 Nf3+
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14. Nxf3 exf3 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. Rac1
{16.Qxb7 Qxb7 17.Bxb7 Rab8 18.Bf3 Rxb2}
16... Rab8 17. Qe4 Qc7 18. Rc3 b5 19. a3 c4 20. Bf3 Rfd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+
22. Bxd1 Rd8 23. Bf3 g6 24. Qc6 Qe5 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 a5
28. Rc2 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Bf3 Rb1 31. Be2 b3 32. Rd2 Rc1 33. Bd1 c3
34. bxc3 b2 35. Rxb2 Rxd1 36. Rc2 Bf5 37. Rb2 Rc1 38. Rb3 Be4+ 39. Kh3 Rc2
40. f4 h5 41. g4 hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Rxh2 43. Rb4 f5+ 44. Kg3 Re2 45. Rc4 Rxe3+
46. Kh4 Kg7 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. Rd7 Bg2 49. Rd6+ Kg7
{Marshall,-Capablanca [D33] NY m23, 1909}
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 d4 6. Na4 b5 7. cxb6 axb6
8. Qb3 b5 9. Qxb5+ Bd7 10. Qe5+ Be7 11. b3 Bxa4 12. bxa4 Nc6 13. Qb5 Bb4+
14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Ne7 16. Nf3 Rb8 17. Qc5 O-O 18. g3 Qd7 19. Bg2 Rb2+
20. Ke1 Rfb8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Ng6 23. Qa5 Qe7 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Bd5 Nd3+
0-1
{Plath,B - Petzold,V [D32] corr, 1989}
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Bd7

8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. O-O g5
{The theory position ends up with opposite-side castling, where
Black's King is probably less safe than White's. But can White
last that long?}

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Bd7
8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Bc4 O-O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qe2 Ne5
14. Bb3 a6 15. e4 Rd3 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5
{[Glikshtein-Shkurovich, Hazin 1970] when Black should have played}
17... Rxf3!!
{winning}
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1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3
{Black can break the Golden Rule of Queen's Pawn positions and
play the Queen's Knight in front of the c-pawn.}
3... Nc6
{with two ideas:}
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4. c3 e5!
{White's position doesn't make any sense without control of e5.}

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1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. f4 Nb4! 5. Be2 Bf5! 6. Na3 c5!
{White's position doesn't make any sense without a Bishop on d3}

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