1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. b3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Rc8 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 if 11... exd5 12. Bd3 c5 13. Bf5 Qc7 14. Nh3 g6 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Nf2 Rac8 18. Qd2 h5 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. Rad1 Qf8 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. e4 Nb6 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Ne4 Re6 25. Qg5 Qg7 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxb2 28. Rd1 c4 29. Qg5 c3 30. Rd8+ 1-0, G. Kasparov - J. Hjartarson It (active) Madrid ESP, 1989 (But Black has improved since this game was played.) 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 13.Bxc7 is possible too. Below are two examples: 13. Bxc7 Nd5 14. Bd6 Nxe3 15. Kf2 Nc2 16. Rd1 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. Ne2 a6 19. Bd3 (19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd3 Rc6 23. Bc5 e5 24. b4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Nb6 27. Bxb6 Rxb6 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Rd3 1/2-1/2, V. Salov - A. Karpov World Cup Skelleftea SWE (3), 08.1989) 19... Nd5 20. Rc1 Nce3 21. Bf4 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Bd2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. h4 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Bc6 27. Kg3 f6 28. h5 Kf7 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Ke6 31. Bc7 b5 32. Bb6 Be8 33. Kh4 Bc6 34. Bc5 a5 35. Bb6 a4 36. Bc5 Be8 37. d5+ Kxd5 38. Bf8 g5+ 39. hxg6 Bxg6 40. Bxh6 1/2-1/2, S. Atalik - Z. Ribli Geza Maroczy GM Szeged HUN (7), 20.11.1997 13... Nd5 14. Bf2 f5!? The most common alternative is 14...c5!?, however other moves have been tried as well: 14...Rac8; 14...Rfd8; 14...Ne7; 14...e5?!; and 14...N5f6. 15. Bb5!? This is a relatively new move. Other attempts have been 15.Bc4; 15.Bd3 and 15.Rc1. 15... c6 The most common response, but moving the knight to f6 or protecting it with one of the rooks or the other knight seem to be playable options. 16. Bd3 16.Ba4!? is also possible: 16. Ba4 16... e5! Attacking the center immediately and threatening to open the e-file makes sense since White has not castled yet. Kramnik tried 16...c5 in his 1998 match with Kasparov. The game continued: 16... c5 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. O-O cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Be2 Nc4 21. Rfc1 Ncxe3 22. Nxe6 Rfe8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Bxe3 Nxe3 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Kf2 f4 28. g3 Nf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Ke1 fxg3 31. hxg3 Rd7 32. b4 Kf7 33. Rc4 g5 34. f4 Be6 35. Rc6 Re7 36. Kf2 gxf4 37. gxf4 Kg7 38. Bd3 Bd5 39. Rd6 Bb3 40. f5 Rf7 41. Rg6+ Kf8 42. Rxh6 Ke7 43. Ke3 Rf6 44. Rh7+ Rf7 45. Rh4 Kd6 46. Kd4 Rf6 47. Rg4 Bf7 48. Rg7 a5 49. b5 a4 50. Be4 Be8 51. Rb7 Rf8 52. Rxb6+ Kc7 53. Re6 Bxb5 54. Ke5 Bd7 55. Re7 Kd8 56. f6 Re8 57. Kd6 Bb5 58. Bf5 Rf8 59. f7 Rh8 60. Be6 Ba6 61. Ra7 Bc8 62. Bxc8 1-0. But Black could certainly have played better. 17. Ne2 Developing the knight and preparing to castle short. 17... Rae8 18. O-O 18.Rc1 and 18.e4 have been played, but I prefer the text. 18... exd4 19. exd4 As as I know, 19.Nxe4 has not been tried. eg: 19. Nxd4 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Rxe3 21. Bxf5 19... Nb8!? The most common response, with the idea of trading off White's good bishop . 20. Nc3 20.Rfe1; 20.Rac1 20... Ba6 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rfe1 g5 This move appears to be new. I could not have find any practical example in my 6 million plus game database. 23... Nc7, 23...f4 and 23...Kf7 all lead to draws in the games I found. 24. Rac1 Kf7 If 24... Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 is best. 25. Rc6!? Rxe1+! 26. Bxe1 Re8 27. Kf2 Re6 And the position appears to be dead even. It would be difficult for White to try for anything more than draw in this position, even after the exchange of rooks. If White tires to get behind the Black pawns with 28.Rc8, Black simply plays 28...Re8. 1/2-1/2

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rd8 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Qc7 Rd7 14. Qe5 h6 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne5 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 f6 20. Rfd1 fxe5 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Rc1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 h6 12. Bf4 exd5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. O-O-O Ne5 15. g4 Bc8 16. Nf2 Bd7 17. h4 b5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. g5 b4 20. Qe3 bxa3 21. gxf6 axb2+ 22. Kb1 Rb8 23. Bc4 Qxf6 24. Nd3 Bb5 25. Ba2 Qb6 26. f4 exf4 27. Nxf4 Ba4 28. Rde1 Qa5 29. Rhg1 Bc2+ 30. Kxc2 Qxa2 31. Rb1 Qa4+ 32. Kd2 Rxe4 33. Qc3 Rd4+ 34. Nd3 Rb3 35. Qc2 c4 36. Ke1 Qe8+ 37. Kf2 Rbxd3 0-1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 f5 13. h4 Qf6 14. f4 Ne6 15. Qf3 Nc5 16. Bb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bxe3 18. dxe3 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bd2 c6 21. Bc3 Be6 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. Qg5 Qxg5?! 24. hxg5 Bd5 25. Rh2 Be4? 26. O-O-O! Rf7 27. g6 hxg6 28. Rdh1 Rff8 29. Rh7 Kf7 30. Rxg7+ Ke6 31. Rhh7 a5 32. Re7+ Kd6 33. Rd7+ Kc5 34. Bd4+ 1-0

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8. Qe2 g5 9. Nxg5 Qxe5 10. d4 cxd3 11. Bxd3 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 13. Na3 d5 14. Be3 d4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bb5+ Nxb5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. Bd4 Bd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc3 Rac8 21. O-O-O Bf5 22. Rhe1 Na4! 23. Re3 Rc4 24. Rd5 e6 25. Rb5 b6 26. Kd2 Rd8+ 27. Ke1 Nc5 28. a3 Rd6 29. Rg3 Kf8 30. h3 h6 31. Nf3 a6 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Nd2 Rd8 34. Re3 Rc6 35. g4 Bg6 36. Ke2 Rcd6 37. Nb3 Bd3+ 38. Kf3 Bc4 39. Nc1 Rd2 40. b3 Bf1 41. Kg3 Rc2 42. N1a2 a5 43. Re1 a4 44. Re3 axb3 45. Nb4 Rc1 46. Na4 b5 47. Nb2 Bc4 48. a4 Rb1 49. Nxc4 bxc4 50. Rc3 b2 51. Rxc4 Rg1+ 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 f5 15. Bb5 c6 16. Bd3 e5 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. O-O exd4 19. exd4 Nb8 20. Nc3 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rfe1 Nc7 24. Kf1 Kf7 25. Bg3 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Re8+ 27. Be5 Ne6 28. Kd2 Rc8 29. Rf1 Ke7 30. g3 h5 31. h4 a6 32. Re1 Kd7 33. Re3 Kc6 34. g4!? hxg4?! better is 34... g6!? 35. fxg4 fxg4 36. Rc3+ Kd7 37. Rxc8 Kxc8 38. h5 Kd7 39. Bxg7! Ke7 39... Nxg7?? 40. h6! wins 40. Be5!! Ng5 41. Ke3 Nh3 a desperate, but inadequate attempt to keep the king away from my g-pawn 42. h6! + 42... Ng5 43. Kf4 Nh7 44. Kxg4 1-0

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bxf5 exf5 6. Qd3 Qc8 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 b6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb2 g6 14. Rfc1 Qa6 15. Qc3 Rd8 16. Rc2 Nd7 17. Rac1 b5 18. Ne5 b4 19. Qd2 Qb7 20. Rc6 Nb8 21. R6c2 f6 22. Nd3 Nd7 23. Nc5 Qb5 24. Qd1 Nf8 25. Qf3 Be7 26. h4 h5 27. a4 Qe8 28. Qe2 Rac8 29. Qa6 Rd6 30. Qxa7 Ra8 31. Qb7 Rb8 32. Qc7 Rc8 33. Qa5 Rb8 34. Nd3 Ne6 35. Ba1 Bd8 36. Qa7 Rdb6 37. Rc8 R6b7 38. Qxb8 Rxb8 39. Rxb8 Qe7 40. Nxb4 f4 41. e4 dxe4 42. d5 Nc7 43. Nc6 Qa3 44. Rxd8+ Kg7 45. Re1 Ne6 46. dxe6 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Bb3 d5 10. d4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bd6 14. Qh4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc2 f5 17. Bb3+ Kh8 18. Bg5 f4 19. Be7 Re8 20. Bd8 Qd7 21. Bc2 h6 22. Bg5 Qg4 23. Bg6 Qxh4 24. Bxh4 Re6 25. Bf7 Rf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rad1 Kg7 28. Bh5 Bf5 29. Rd2 a5 30. Red1 b5 31. Bf3 Rc8 32. a4 Be6 33. Ra1 Bb3 34. axb5 cxb5 35. Rxa5 b4 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Rdd7 bxc3 38. Rg7+ Kf5 39. Bg4+ Ke4 40. Bxc8 cxb2 41. f3+ Ke3 42. Bf5 Be6 43. Bb1 Kd2 44. Ra6 Bd4+ 45. Kh1 Kc1 46. Be4 f5 47. Rc7+ Kd2 48. Bb1 1-0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Rfc1 Rc8 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qb7 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h3 h4 16. Bh2 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Ne1 a5 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. Rd1 h3 21. Rac1 c5 22. Nb5 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Bh4 24. Bf4 cxd4 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. exd4 h2+ 28. Kxh2 Bxf2 29. Bc7 a4 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. Kh3 Ne4 32. Kg4 Kf8 33. Kf3 Ke7 34. Rc1 Kd7 35. Bf4 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 Be1 37. Ke2 Bb4 38. Kd3 Kc6 39. Nc3 a3 40. Nd1 axb2 41. Bxb2 Kb5 42. Ne3 Bd6 43. Ng4 f6 44. Nh6 Nf2+ 45. Ke2 Bg3 46. Ng8 Ne4 47. Kd3 Kb4 48. Ne7 Nf2+ 49. Ke2 Kc4 50. Nc6 Ne4 51. Nd8 Ng5 52. Nc6 Bc7 53. Kd2 Nf7 54. Ne7 Bb6 55. Nc6 Nd8 56. Nxd8 Bxd8 57. g4 Bb6 58. Ke3 e5 59. Ba1 e4 60. Bb2 Ba5 61. Ba3 Bb4 62. Bc1 Bc3 63. Ke2 Bxd4 64. g5 fxg5 65. Bxg5 Bc5 66. Kd2 d4 67. Kc2 d3+ 68. Kd2 e3+ 69. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 70. Kxe3 Kc3 71. a4 d2 72. Ke2 Kc2 0-1