Bird ..Bg4

Bird's Opening : Early ... Bg4 lines

1 f4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6

[2 ... c5 3 e3 Nf6 4 Be2 Nc6 5 0-0 Bg4 6 Ne5 Nxe5 7 fxe5 Bxe2 8 Qxe2 1-0, Hayward Keith - Doyle Steve, Postal, APCT 82N52, 1982]

[2 ... c5 3 e3 Bg4 4 Be2 Nc6 5 Ne5 Ne5 6 fe5 Be2 7 Qe2 e6 8 0-0 9 d3 f6 10 e4 ef6 11 ef6 gf6 12 ed5 ed5 13 Nc3 Bd6 14 Nd5 Be5 15 Nc3 Ne7 16 Be3 b6 17 Kh1 Rhg8 18 Qf3 Kb8 19 Bf4 Nc6 20 Ne4 Qg7 21 Nc5 Rd6 22 Be5 fe5 +-, 1-0 in 29, KRH 2275 - Don Aldrich 2139, Budget Paper Congress, Bloomington, MN 25Oct88]

[2 ... c6 3 e3 Bg4 4 Be2 Nd7 5 0-0 Ngf6 6 d3 Qc7 7 Nc3 e6 8 e4 dxe4 9 dxe4 Bc5+ 10 Kh1 0-0-0 11 Qe1 Bb4 12 Be3 Nxe4 13 Bxa7 Qa5 14 Bd4 f6 15 a3 Bxc3 16 Bxc3 Nxc3 17 b4 Nxe2 18 bxa5 Nxf4 19 Rb1 Nc5 20 a6 Nxa6 21 h3 Bf5 22 Nh4 Rd4 23 Nxf5 exf5 24 Rxf4 Rxf4 25 Qe6+ Kc7 26 Qe7+ 1-0, Drawyah (2165) - Thorax (1700), Oklahoma City OK, FICS 2-12 blitz, 1997]

[2 ... Nc6 3 e3 Bf5 4 Bb5 Nf6 5 0-0 g6 6 Ne5 Bd7 7 Nxd7 Nxd7 8 Nc3 e6 9 d3 Bg7 10 e4 Qe7 11 exd5 Nd8 12 Kh1 c6 13 dxc6 bxc6 14 Bc4 Nb6 15 Bb3 0-0 16 Qf3 Qc7 17 Ne4 Nb7 18 c3 Rfd8 19 d4 c5 20 dxc5 Nxc5 21 Nxc5 Qxc5 22 Be3 Qc7 23 Rad1 Rdc8 24 Bd4 Bf8 25 g3 Qc6 26 Kg2 Qxf3+ 27 Kxf3 Bg7 28 Bxg7 Kxg7 29 Rd4 Rd8 30 Rfd1 Rxd4 31 Rxd4 Kf6 32 a4 Re8 33 a5 Nc8 34 Ba4 Re7 35 Bd7 e5 36 fxe5+ Rxe5 37 Bxc8 Rxa5 38 Bd7 Kg7 39 c4 Ra2 40 Rd2 Ra4 41 Bxa4 1-0, Hayward Keith - Dowd David, Minneapolis MN, St Patrick Day Open, 1991]

[2 ... Nc6 3 e3 Bg4 4 d4 e6 5 Be2 Nf6 6 0-0 Ne4 7 Nbd2 Nd2 8 Bd2 Bd6 9 c3 0-0 10 Qe1 Ne7 11 Bd3 c5 12 Bh7 Kh7 13 Qh4 Kg8 14 Qg4 Nf5 15 Qh5 f6 16 g4 Ne7 17 g5 Qe8 18 Qh3 Qf5 19 Rae1 Qg6 20 Kh1 cd4 21 ed4 Re8 22 ef6 Rf6 +=, 1-0 in 42, KRH - Brian Box, UNH Mar83]

[2 ... Nc6 3 e3 Bg4 4 d4 e6 5 Be2 Nf6 6 0-0 Ne4 7 Nbd2 Bd6 8 Ne5 Be2 9 Qe2 Ne5 10 fe5 Bb4 11 Ne4 de4 12 Qb5 +-, KRH - Chris MacLennan, Roseville 1983]

[2 ... Nc6 3 e3 Bg4 4 d4 e6 5 Be2 Nf6 6 0-0 h6 7 c4 Be7 8 Nc3 dxc4 9 Bxc4 0-0 10 a3 a6 11 b4 Nd5 12 Qe1 Nxc3 13 Qxc3 Bf6 14 Bb2 Bxf3 15 Rxf3 Qe7 16 Rd1 Rad8 17 Qc2 Nb8 18 e4 Qe8 19 e5 Be7 20 Ba2 c6 21 f5 exf5 22 Qxf5 Bg5 23 Rdf1 Qe7 24 e6 Kh8 25 exf7 Nd7 26 Bb1 Nf6 27 Qxg5 1-0, Hayward Keith - Schweig Karl, Postal, APCT 83RF8, 1984]

[2 ... Nc6 3 e3 Bg4 4 d4 Nf6 5 Be2 e6 6 0-0 Bd6 7 Ne5 Bxe2 8 Qxe2 Bxe5 9 fxe5 Ne4 10 Nc3 Nxc3 11 bxc3 0-0 12 Ba3 Re8 13 Rf3 Qd7 14 Raf1 Nd8 15 Rh3 Qa4 16 Bc1 Qxa2 17 e4 g6 18 Bg5 Qa3 19 Qf2 Qf8 20 Qh4 h5 21 g4 Qg7 22 gxh5 Qh7 23 Bf6 Rf8 24 hxg6 Qxh4 25 Rxh4 fxg6 26 Rh8+ Kf7 27 Bxd8+ 1-0, Hayward Keith (2300) - Jimenez Flor (1830), Haltom TX, GFWCC, 1995]

[2 ... Nc6 3 e3 Bg4 4 d4 Nf6 5 Be2 Bxf3 6 Bxf3 Ne4 7 c4 e6 8 0-0 Be7 9 cxd5 exd5 10 Bxe4 dxe4 11 Nc3 f5 12 a3 Qd7 13 b4 Bf6 14 Bb2 0-0 15 Qb3+ Qf7 16 Qxf7+ Rxf7 17 Nd5 Rd8 18 Nxf6+ gxf6 19 Rac1 Rfd7 20 Kf2 Ne7 21 Rg1 Nd5 22 g4 fxg4 23 Rxg4+ Rg7 24 Rcg1 Rdd7 25 h3 1/2-1/2, Hayward Keith (2300) - Ketcham Richard (2245), Dallas TX, Pinfork #3, 1996]

[2 ... Nc6 3 e3 Bg4 4 d4 g5 5 Be2 gxf4 6 exf4 Bg7 7 c3 e6 8 0-0 h5 9 Ne5 Bf5 10 Nd2 Nge7 11 Ndf3 h4 12 Bd3 Qd6 13 Ng5 Nd8 14 Bxf5 Nxf5 15 Nd3 b6 16 Re1 c5 17 dxc5 bxc5 18 Qa4+ Kf8 19 Qa3 c4 20 Qxd6+ Nxd6 21 Ne5 Kg8 22 Nef3 Rb8 23 Nd4 Bxd4+ 24 cxd4 Nf5 25 Nf3 Nc6 26 Rd1 Rh7 27 Rb1 Rg7 28 b3 h3 29 g3 Nxg3 30 hxg3 Rxg3+ 31 Kf2 Rg2+ 32 Kf1 Rxa2 33 Rd2 Rxd2 34 Nxd2 Nxd4 35 bxc4 Rxb1 36 Nxb1 Ne2 37 c5 Kf8 38 Bd2 Ke8 39 Nc3 Nd4 40 Be3 Nf5 41 Bf2 d4 42 Nb5 d3 43 Be1 Kd7 44 Nxa7 Nd4 45 Bc3 f6 46 Kf2 e5 47 fxe5 fxe5 48 c6+ Nxc6 49 Nxc6 Kxc6 50 Bxe5 Kd5 51 Bf4 1/2-1/2, Hayward Keith (2275) - Karklins Andrew (2410), Chicago IL, Midwest Masters, 1988]

[2 ... Bg4 3 e3 Nc6 4 d4 h5 5 Be2 e6 6 0-0 Nf6 7 c4 Ne7 8 Nc3 c6 9 Bd2 Nf5 10 Qc2 Bb4 11 Bd3 Bxf3 12 Rxf3 Bxc3 13 Bxc3 Nd6 14 Bb4 Nxc4 15 Bxc4 dxc4 16 Qxc4 Qd5 17 Qc2 Ne4 18 a4 Rd8 19 Raf1 f5 20 Ba3 Kf7 21 Rc1 1/2-1/2, Hayward Keith (2295) - Rohrbaugh James (2205), Dallas TX, TX State Chp, 1995]

[2 ... f6 3 e3 Bg4 4 Be2 Nd7 5 0-0 e6 6 Nc3 c6 7 Nd4 Bf5 8 g4 c5 9 gxf5 cxd4 10 exd4 exf5 11 Nxd5 Nb6 12 Bb5+ Kf7 13 Ne3 Qxd4 14 c3 Qc5 15 Qb3+ Kg6 16 d4 Qc7 17 Nxf5 Ne7 18 Nxe7+ Qxe7 19 f5+ Kh5 20 Qd1+ Kh4 21 Rf4+ Kg5 22 Qg4+ Kh6 23 Qh4# 1-0, Hayward Keith (2300) - Smeltzer Bob, Dallas TX, DCC, 1994]

[2 ... Bg4 3 e3 Nd7 4 Be2 Bxf3 5 Bxf3 c6 6 d4 Ngf6 7 0-0 g6 8 Nd2 Bg7 9 b3 0-0 10 Bb2 Rc8 11 c4 Qc7 12 Qe2 e6 13 g3 Rfd8 14 Rac1 Qd6 15 e4 dxe4 16 Nxe4 Nxe4 17 Qxe4 Nc5 18 dxc5 Qxc5+ 19 Kh1 Bxb2 20 Rcd1 Bd4 21 g4 Rd6 22 f5 Rcd8 23 fxe6 Rxe6 24 Qf4 Qd6 25 Qc1 Qe7 26 Qh6 Be3 27 Rxd8+ Qxd8 28 Qh3 Qd2 29 a4 Bf4 30 Qg2 Rd6 31 Qxd2 Rxd2 32 Bxc6 Rxh2+ 33 Kg1 bxc6 34 Rxf4 Rh3 35 b4 Ra3 36 b5 c5 37 Kf2 Rxa4 38 Ke3 a6 39 bxa6 Rxa6 40 Ke4 Rd6 41 Ke5 Rd1 42 g5 Rg1 0-1, Hayward Keith - Voth Jon, Postal, APCT Q100M, 1986]

[2 ... Bg4 3 e3 Nd7 4 d4 e6 5 Be2 Bf3 6 Bf3 Qh4 7 g3 Qf6 8 c4 c6 9 Nc3 g6 10 e4 de4 11 Ne4 Qg7 12 0-0 Ngf6 13 Nc3 h5 14 d5 cd5 15 cd5 Bc5 16 Kg2 0-0-0 17 Qb3 ed5 18 Nd5 Nb6 19 Nb6 Bb6 20 Be3 Rd6 21 Rfd1 Re6 22 Rac1 Kb8, 1-0 in 28, KRH - Dan Perry, APCT 83R5 Jan83-Jan84]

[2 ... Bg4 3 e3 Nd7 4 Be2 e6 5 0-0 Bd6 6 d3 Ngf6 7 Nc3 0-0 8 e4 dxe4 9 dxe4 Bb4 10 e5 Bxc3 11 bxc3 Nd5 12 Qe1 Qe7 13 Bd3 f5 14 exf6 N7xf6 15 Bd2 c5 16 c4 Nb4 17 Bxb4 cxb4 18 h3 Bxf3 19 Rxf3 Rae8 20 Qe5 b6 21 Re1 Nd7 22 Qe4 Qh4 23 f5 Qxe4 24 Bxe4 exf5 25 Bd5+ Kh8 26 Rxe8 Rxe8 27 Bc6 Re1+ 28 Kh2 1/2-1/2, Hayward Keith - Rubinsky David, Postal, ICCF 10USCCC, 1994]

[2 ... Bg4 3 e3 Nd7 4 Be2 e6 5 0-0 Bd6 6 d3 Ngf6 7 Nc3 c6 8 e4 Qb6+ 9 Kh1 0-0 10 e5 d4 11 Nb1 Bf5 12 exd6 Rad8 13 Na3 Qc5 14 Nc4 b5 15 b4 Qd5 16 Nce5 Qxd6 17 a4 Nb6 18 axb5 cxb5 19 Rxa7 Nc8 20 Ra5 Ne7 21 Rxb5 Qa6 22 Rc5 Qb6 23 Bd2 Qd6 24 Qe1 Rfe8 25 Rc4 Rc8 26 Rxd4 Qb8 27 c4 1-0, Drawyah (2155) - HomerS (2230), Oklahoma City OK, FICS 2-12 blitz, 1997]

[2 ... Bg4 3 e3 Nd7 4 Be2 e6 5 0-0 Bd6 6 d3 Ngf6 7 Nc3 c6 8 e4 Bxf3 9 Bxf3 d4 10 Ne2 e5 11 fxe5 Bxe5 12 Bf4 0-0 13 Qe1 Qb6 14 b3 c5 15 Qh4 Qd6 16 Rf2 b5 17 Raf1 c4 18 Bg4 Nxg4 19 Qxg4 Bxf4 20 Nxf4 Ne5 21 Qg3 Rae8 22 dxc4 bxc4 23 Nd5 Re6 24 Rd1 cxb3 25 axb3 Qc5 26 h3 h6 27 Kh2 Kh8 28 Nf4 Ra6 29 Rfd2 Re8 30 Ne2 Nc6 31 Qc7 Ra5 32 Qxf7 Rxe4 33 Ng3 Re3 34 Rf1 Kh7 35 Qf5+ Qxf5 36 Nxf5 Rc3 37 Rf4 Rac5 38 Nxd4 1/2-1/2, Hayward Keith - Edwards Jon, Postal, APCT CM866, 1995]

[2 ... Bg4 3 e3 Nd7 4 Be2 e6 5 0-0 Ngf6 6 b3 Bd6 7 Bb2 Qe7 8 c4 0-0-0 9 d4 c6 10 Nc3 h6 11 c5 Bc7 12 b4 g5 13 b5 gxf4 14 bxc6 Nb8 15 cxb7+ Kxb7 16 Qa4 Rhg8 17 Ba3 Ka8 18 Bb5 Bh3 19 Rf2 fxe3 20 Bc6+ Nxc6 21 Qxc6+ Kb8 22 Rb2+ Bb6 23 cxb6 Rxg2+ 24 Rxg2 Qxa3 25 Qc7+ Ka8 26 b7# 1-0, Hayward Keith (2300) - Harter Mike (1765), Arlington TX, Quad, 1996]

[2 ... Bg4 3 e3 e6 4 Be2 c6 5 0-0 Nd7 6 Ne5 Bxe2 7 Qxe2 Nxe5 8 fxe5 Qc7 9 d4 f6 10 e4 fxe5 11 exd5 cxd5 12 dxe5 Bc5+ 13 Kh1 Ne7 14 Nc3 a6 15 Bg5 Ng6 16 Rad1 Rf8 17 Qg4 Qc6 18 Qh5 Rh8 19 Ne2 Qb5 20 b3 d4 21 Nf4 Rf8 22 a4 Qc6 23 Nxg6 hxg6 24 Qxg6+ 1-0, Hayward Keith (2310) - Djuric Stefan GM (2585), Chicago IL, Midwest Masters, 1990]

[2 ... Bg4 3 e3 e6 4 Be2 c6 5 0-0 Nd7 6 Ne5 Bxe2 7 Qxe2 Ngf6 8 b3 Bd6 9 Bb2 0-0 10 d3 Qc7 11 Nxd7 Nxd7 12 Nd2 e5 13 f5 Nf6 14 e4 Rad8 15 g4 dxe4 16 dxe4 Bc5+ 17 Kh1 Nxg4 18 Qxg4 Rxd2 19 f6 g6 20 b4 Be3 21 Bc1 Rfd8 22 Bxd2 Rxd2 23 Rad1 h5 24 Qh3 Qd8 25 Rxd2 Qxd2 26 Qc8+ Kh7 27 Qf8 Bh6 28 Qxf7+ Kh8 29 Qe8+ Kh7 30 f7 1-0, Hayward Keith - Chaney Ron, Postal, APCT 94R1, 1994]

[2 ... Bg4 3 e3 e6 4 Be2 g6 5 0-0 Bg7 6 Ne5 Bxe2 7 Qxe2 Nd7 8 d4 Ne7 9 c4 Nxe5 10 fxe5 c6 11 Nc3 a6 12 Bd2 Nf5 13 b3 0-0 14 Rf3 Bh6 15 Raf1 Qg5 16 Bc1 Qg4 17 Rh3 Qxe2 18 Nxe2 Bg7 19 Ba3 Rfd8 20 Rhf3 Rd7 21 g4 Nh6 22 h3 dxc4 23 bxc4 f5 24 exf6 Bf8 25 Bc1 Kf7 26 Nc3 Ng8 27 Ne4 Nh6 28 Ng5+ Kg8 29 f7+ Kh8 30 Nxe6 Re7 31 Nxf8 Rxf8 32 Ba3 Rfxf7 33 Bxe7 Rxe7 34 Kf2 Kg7 35 Ke2 Ng8 36 Kd3 Rd7 37 e4 Ne7 38 Rf7+ Kg8 39 Rf8+ Kg7 40 R1f7+ Kh6 41 Re8 1-0, Hayward Keith (2295) - Swanson Randall (1925), Dallas TX, DCC, 1995]

3 e3

[3 Ne5 Bf5 4 d3 e6 5 Nc3 Bd6 6 Nf3 Nf6 7 e3 c6 8 Be2 h6 9 0-0 Nbd7 10 Qe1 Qc7 11 a4 Bh7 12 Bd1 0-0-0 13 Nd4 e5 14 Ndb5 cxb5 15 Nxb5 Qb6 16 Bd2 Bc7 17 Ra3 Kb8 18 Rc3 Bd6 19 Rb3 Rde8 20 fxe5 Nxe5 21 Bc3 Qd8 22 Qg3 Bg6 23 Qf4 Ka8 24 Nxd6 Qxd6 25 a5 Re6 26 h3 Rhe8 27 Qa4 Qc6 28 Qa3 Qd6 29 Qa4 Ned7 30 Qb5 Qc6 31 Qb4 Rxe3 32 Bd4 R3e6 33 a6 b6 34 Bf3 Nc5 35 Ra3 Kb8 36 Qd2 Qd6 37 b4 Ncd7 38 c4 dxc4 39 dxc4 Ne4 40 Qb2 Ng3 41 c5 Qf4 0-1, Hayward Keith - Edwards Jon, Postal, APCT 96King, 1996]

[3 Ne5 Bh5 4 g3 f6 5 Nf3 Nh6 6 Bg2 Nc6 7 d4 Qd6 8 Nc3 0-0-0 9 0-0 Kb8 10 Nb5 Qd7 11 a4 Bg4 12 c3 Nf5 13 Qd3 h5 14 h3 Nxg3 15 hxg4 Nxf1 16 Kxf1 hxg4 17 Ne1 e5 18 Be3 e4 19 Qd2 Black forfeited 1-0, Hayward Keith - Voth Jon, Postal, APCT 96K1, 1996]

[3 Ne5 Bh5 4 g3 Nf6 5 Bg2 Nbd7 6 0-0 e6 7 Nc3 Nxe5 8 fxe5 Nd7 9 d4 c5 10 Be3 a6 11 dxc5 Nxc5 12 Qd2 Rc8 13 a4 Be7 14 Bd4 Bg6 15 e3 0-0 16 Qe2 Qc7 17 Rf2 Nd7 18 e4 dxe4 19 Bxe4 Bxe4 20 Qxe4 Bc5 21 Bxc5 Qxc5 22 Re1 Qb6 23 Nd1 Rc5 24 Qf4 Rxc2 25 b4 f6 26 exf6 Rxf6 27 Qe3 Qxe3 28 Rxe3 Rc1 29 Rd3 Rxf2 30 Kxf2 Rc2+ 31 Ke3 Nf6 32 Rd8+ Kf7 33 Rb8 Nd5+ 34 Kf3 b6 0-1, Hayward Keith - Savage Allan, Postal, APCT 96K1, 1996]

3 ... Bg4

[3 ... c6 4 Be2 Bf5 5 0-0 e6 6 d3 Nbd7 7 Nc3 Qc7 8 a4 e5 9 Nh4 g6 10 g4 d4 11 Nb1 Be6 12 f5 gxf5 13 gxf5 Rg8+ 14 Kh1 Bd5+ 15 e4 Nxe4 16 dxe4 Bxe4+ 17 Bf3 Nf6 18 Bxe4 Nxe4 19 Qe2 Nf6 20 Bf4 Bd6 21 Nd2 0-0-0 22 Bg3 Ng4 23 Ne4 Ne3 24 Rf3 c5 25 Ng2 Qc6 26 Nxd6+ Rxd6 27 Nxe3 dxe3 28 Qxe3 Rd4 29 Re1 f6 30 Kg1 h5 31 c3 Rxa4 32 Kf1 h4 33 Bf2 Rgg4 34 Qxc5 Ra2 35 Qxc6+ bxc6 36 h3 Rga4 37 b4 Rc2 38 Bxh4 Raa2 39 Rf2 Rxf2+ 40 Bxf2 Rc2 41 Re3 Kd7 42 h4 Ke8 43 h5 Kf7 44 Rg3 Rd2 45 h6 Rd8 46 Rg7+ Kf8 47 Bc5+ 1-0, Hayward Keith (2245) - Ames Jeff (2065), Durham NH, UNH RR, 1982]

[3 ... Nc6 4 d3 (BT) Bg4 5 Be2 e6 6 0-0 Bc5 7 d4 Bd6 8 c4 Bxf3 9 Bxf3 dxc4 10 Qa4 0-0 11 Bxc6 bxc6 12 Qxc6 Rb8 13 Qxc4 Rb4 14 Qc2 Qa8 15 Nc3 c5 16 a3 Rbb8 17 dxc5 Bxc5 18 Kh1 Rfc8 19 Bd2 Ng4 20 Rae1 Qb7 21 Bc1 Nf6 22 Qe2 Qb3 23 Nb1 Bb6 24 Nd2 Qc2 25 Nf3 h6 26 Qxc2 Rxc2 27 Nd2 Ng4 28 Ne4 f5 29 Nc3 a5 eventually 1-0, Hayward Keith - Blanco Tony, Haltom TX, GFWCC, 1995]

[3 ... Bf5 4 Be2 e6 5 0-0 Bd6 6 d3 Nbd7 7 Nc3 0-0 8 Nh4 h6 9 Nf5 ef5 10 Bf3 c6 11 e4 fe4 12 de4 Bc5 13 Kh1 de4 14 Ne4 Ne4 15 Be4 Nf6 16 Bd3 Re1 17 Bd2 Ne4 18 Be1 Qd4 19 Rb1 Rad8 20 f5 Bb6 21 f6 Nf6 22 Bc3 Qh4 =/+=, 1/2 in 55, KRH - Jeff Higgins, MN Chp Roseville 21Feb87]

[3 ... Bf5 4 Be2 e6 5 0-0 Be7 6 d3 c6 7 Nc3 h6 8 Qe1 Na6 9 Kh1 Qc7 10 Bd2 Nc5 11 Ne5 Ncd7 12 e4 dxe4 13 dxe4 Nxe4 14 Nxe4 Bxe4 15 Bh5 Bxg2+ 16 Kxg2 Nxe5 17 fxe5 g6 18 Bf3 0-0-0 19 Ba5 b6 20 Bc3 h5 21 Qe4 Kb7 22 b4 a6 23 a4 b5 24 axb5 axb5 25 Bd4 Ra8 26 Qd3 Rxa1 27 Rxa1 Rb8 28 Ra7+ Kc8 29 Rxc7+ Kxc7 30 Bc5 Rd8 31 Bxe7 Rxd3 32 cxd3 1-0, Hayward Keith (2250) - Knuth Roy (1760), Northfield MN, St Olaf, 1983]

4 Be2 Bxf3

[4 ... e6 5 0-0 Bd6 6 Ne5 Bxe2 7 Qxe2 c6 8 b3 0-0 9 Bb2 Nbd7 10 d4 Ne4 11 Nd2 Nxd2 12 Qxd2 f6 13 Nf3 a5 14 c4 Bb4 15 Qd3 dxc4 16 bxc4 Re8 17 Rab1 b6 18 e4 Kh8 19 Rbd1 Bf8 20 e5 fxe5 21 Ng5 e4 22 Qh3 1-0, Hayward Keith (2375) - Polk Alan, Blaine MN, 97th MN Open, 1991

[4 ... e6 5 0-0 Bd6 6 Ne5 Bxe2 7 Qxe2 c6 8 b3 Bxe5 9 fxe5 Nfd7 10 d4 0-0 11 Nd2 f5 12 exf6 Rxf6 13 Bb2 Rxf1+ 14 Rxf1 Nf6 15 e4 dxe4 16 Nxe4 Nxe4 17 Qxe4 Qd5 18 Qf4 Nd7 19 c4 Qh5 20 Qc7 Rf8 21 Qxd7 Rxf1+ 22 Kxf1 Qf5+ 23 Ke2 Qe4+ 24 Kd2 Qxg2+ 25 Kc3 Qf3+ 26 Kb4 Qf8+ 27 c5 h6 28 Qxe6+ Kh8 29 a4 Qf2 30 Ka3 Qxh2 31 d5 Qc2 32 Qxh6+ 1-0, Hayward Keith (2300) - Hood Andrew (2050), Dallas TX, DCC, 1995]

[4 ... e6 5 0-0 Nbd7 6 d3 Bxf3 7 Bxf3 Be7 8 Nc3 0-0 9 Kh1 c6 10 e4 dxe4 11 dxe4 Qb6 12 Qe2 e5 13 f5 Nc5 14 Rb1 Qa6 15 Qf2 Rad8 16 Be3 Na4 17 Ne2 Nb6 18 g4 Nc4 19 g5 Nd7 20 f6 gxf6 21 gxf6 Bxf6 22 Bh6 Qxa2 23 Bg4 Ncb6 24 Bxd7 Nxd7 25 Rg1+ Kh8 26 Qxf6+ Nxf6 27 Bg7+ Kg8 28 Bxf6# 1-0, Hayward Keith (2295) - Drake Joe (1940), Dallas TX, DCC, 1995]

[4 ... e6 5 0-0 Nbd7 6 Ne5 Bxe2 7 Qxe2 Bd6 8 d4 Ne4 9 Nd2 g6 10 Nxe4 dxe4 11 c4 c6 12 b3 f5 13 Bb2 Nxe5 14 fxe5 Be7 15 Rad1 Qa5 16 a3 0-0-0 17 Qc2 Bg5 18 Rfe1 h5 19 b4 Qc7 20 a4 Be7 21 b5 cxb5 22 axb5 b6 23 Rc1 Kb8 24 c5 bxc5 25 dxc5 Rd5 26 Bd4 Rc8 27 c6 Bb4 28 Red1 Ba5 29 Bc5 Qxe5 30 Rxd5 exd5 31 Qa2 Qc7 32 Qxd5 Rd8 33 Qe6 Qg7 34 Bd4 Rxd4 35 exd4 Qxd4+ 36 Kh1 death 1-0, Hayward Keith - Weitthoff John, Postal, APCT 87R3, 1987]

[4 ... e6 5 0-0 Nbd7 6 Ne5 Bxe2 7 Qxe2 Be7 8 d4 0-0 9 Nd2 c5 10 b3 Rc8 11 c4 cxd4 12 exd4 b6 13 Bb2 Bb4 14 Ndf3 Qe7 15 Rad1 Ne4 16 Qd3 Ndf6 17 f5 exf5 18 Rc1 Rc7 19 cxd5 Nxd5 20 Rxc7 Qxc7 21 Rc1 Qb7 22 a3 Bd6 23 Nc4 Bb8 24 Re1 Rc8 25 Nfe5 f6 26 Nf3 Qc7 27 Ne3 Nxe3 28 Qxe3 Qf4 29 Qd3 Kf7 30 Rf1 Qc7 31 Ba1 Qc2 32 Qb5 Qc6 33 Qxf5 g6 34 Qxe4 Qxe4 35 Ng5+ Kg7 36 Nxe4 Rc6 37 d5 Rc8 38 Rxf6 Rc1+ 39 Rf1+ 1-0, Hayward Keith (2300) - Stokes Jed, Haltom TX, GFWCC, 1995]

[4 ... e6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Ne5 Bxe2 7 Qxe2 0-0 8 d4 c5 9 Nd2 Nc6 10 c3 Rc8 11 g4 Nd7 12 Ndf3 Nde5 13 Ne5 Ne5 14 fe5 Bg5 15 Bd2 Qb6 16 b3 Rc7 17 Rf3 Qa6 18 Qa6 ba6 19 Be1 Rb8 20 h4 Be7 21 Rc1 c4 22 b4 a5 +=, 1-0 in 61, KRH - Kendall Scott, Postal APCT Jan87-Dec88]

[4 ... e6 5 0-0 g6 6 Ne5 Bxe2 7 Qxe2 a6 8 b3 Bg7 9 Ba3 Nbd7 10 d4 Ne4 11 Nd2 Nxd2 12 Qxd2 Nf6 13 c4 Ne4 14 Qc2 c6 15 cxd5 Qxd5 16 Nc4 Rd8 17 Rad1 h5 18 Ne5 h4 19 h3 Nd6 20 Nxg6 Rg8 21 Ne5 Bf8 22 Bxd6 Bxd6 23 Rd2 f5 24 Rff2 Ke7 25 Nf3 Rg3 26 Rde2 Rdg8 27 Ng5 Bxf4 28 exf4 Qxd4 29 Qc4 1-0, Hayward Keith (2300) - Peters David (1865), Dallas TX, DCC, 1995]

[4 ... c5 5 0-0 Nc6 6 Ne5 Bxe2 7 Qxe2 Qc7 8 Nxc6 Qxc6 9 b3 e6 10 Bb2 0-0-0 11 d3 d4 12 e4 h5 13 c3 Ng4 14 cxd4 cxd4 15 Rc1 Bc5 16 b4 b6 17 bxc5 b5 18 Nd2 f5 19 exf5 exf5 20 Qf3 Qc7 21 Nb3 g5 22 Nxd4 Rhe8 23 Nxb5 Qxf4 24 Qxf4 gxf4 25 Nd6+ Rxd6 26 cxd6+ Kb7 27 Rc7+ Ka8 28 d7 1-0, Hayward Keith (2245) - Ellington Al (1605), Minneapolis MN, Holy Angels Tornado, 1983]

[4 ... c5 5 0-0 Nc6 6 Ne5 Bxe2 7 Qxe2 e6 8 Nxc6 bxc6 9 d3 Be7 10 b3 0-0 11 Bb2 d4 12 e4 Re8 13 Nd2 Qc7 14 Nc4 Rad8 15 Rf2 a6 16 Raf1 Bf8 17 Bc1 g6 18 Bd2 Qb8 19 g4 Bg7 20 f5 Nd5 21 f6 Nxf6 22 Rxf6 Bxf6 23 Rxf6 e5 24 Rxc6 Qa7 25 Bg5 Rd7 26 Bf6 1-0, Hayward Keith (2285) - Whipple Troy, Albert Lea MN, 1986]

[4 ... c5 5 0-0 Nc6 6 Ne5 Ne5 7 fe5 Be2 8 Qe2 1-0, KRH - Steve Doyle, Postal APCT 82N52 Jan-Apr82]

[4 ... c6 (BT) 5 Ne5 Bxe2 6 Qxe2 Nbd7 7 0-0 e6 8 b3 Bd6 9 Bb2 Qc7 10 Nxd7 Qxd7 11 d3 Qc7 12 Nd2 0-0-0 13 Nf3 Rhg8 14 Kh1 h6 15 c4 Kb8 16 Rac1 Qe7 17 Ne5 Nd7 18 d4 Nf6 19 cxd5 cxd5 20 Qb5 Bxe5 21 fxe5 Ne4 22 Qe2 Rc8 23 g3 Rxc1 24 Rxc1 Rc8 25 Rf1 f5 26 exf6 Nxf6 27 Qf3 Ka8 28 Qf4 Nd7 29 Qf7 Re8 30 Qxe7 Rxe7 31 Ba3 Re8 32 Rf7 Nf6 33 Rxg7 Rg8 34 Rxg8+ Nxg8 35 g4 Nf6 36 h3 Kb8 37 Kg2 Kc7 38 Bf8 Ng8 39 h4 Kd7 40 g5 hxg5 41 hxg5 1-0, Hayward Keith (2310) - Anderson Eric (1940), Minneapolis MN, Region 6, 1992]

[4 ... Nc6 5 Ne5 Nxe5 6 fxe5 Bxe2 7 Qxe2 Ne4 8 0-0 c6 9 d3 Nc5 10 b4 Ne6 11 Bb2 g6 12 Qf2 Bg7 13 Qxf7+ Kd7 14 Qf2 Rf8 15 Qe2 Rxf1+ 16 Kxf1 Qb6 17 Nd2 Rf8+ 18 Kg1 Bh6 19 d4 Qxb4 20 Rb1 Qa4 21 c4 Qc2 22 cxd5 cxd5 23 Qb5+ Qc6 24 Qd3 Qa6 25 Qb3 Qe2 26 Qxd5+ Ke8 27 Qxe6 Bxe3+ 28 Kh1 Bxd2 29 Qc8+ Kf7 30 Qc2 Kg8 31 Qd1 Rf2 32 Qxe2 Rxe2 33 g3 Kf7 34 d5 Bb4 35 e6+ Ke8 36 Bd4 a5 37 a3 Re1+ 38 Rxe1 Bxe1 39 a4 Bb4 40 Kg2 Kd8 41 Bb6+ Ke8 42 Kf3 Kf8 43 Ke4 Kg7 44 g4 Kf6 45 h4 Kg7 46 Bd4+ Kf8 47 h5 gxh5 48 gxh5 Bd2 49 Kd3 Bb4 50 Kc4 Ke8 51 Kb5 Kd8 52 Bb6+ Kc8 53 Bxa5 Bd6 54 Bb4 Bxb4 time 1-0, Hayward Keith (2245) - Berdahl Myron (2035), Minneapolis MN, Holy Angels Tornado, 1983]

[4 ... Nbd7 5 Ne5 Bxe2 6 Qxe2 e6 7 0-0 Bd6 8 d4 c6 9 Nd2 Qe7 10 b3 0-0 11 Bb2 Rac8 12 c4 c5 13 Kh1 cxd4 14 exd4 dxc4 15 bxc4 b6 16 Rf3 Bb4 17 Raf1 Bxd2 18 Qxd2 Ne4 19 Qd3 f5 20 Ba3 Nxe5 21 fxe5 Qc7 22 Bxf8 Kxf8 23 Qxe4 1-0, Hayward Keith (2275) - Murray William (2010), Circle Pines MN, 1988]

[4 ... Nbd7 5 Ne5 Bxe2 6 Qxe2 e6 7 0-0 Bd6 8 d4 Ne4 9 c4 c6 10 Nc3 g6 11 Nxe4 dxe4 12 Bd2 f5 13 Bc3 Nf6 14 Rad1 Qe7 15 a3 0-0 16 h3 Rac8 17 g4 Rfd8 18 Qf2 a6 19 Qh4 Nd5 20 Qxe7 Nxe7 21 Kf2 h6 22 Rg1 Kh7 23 gxf5 exf5 24 Nf7 Rd7 25 Nxd6 Rxd6 26 Bb4 Rd7 27 Bxe7 Rxe7 28 Rd2 Kg7 29 h4 Kf6 30 b4 Rd7 31 c5 Rg8 32 a4 Ke6 33 Ke1 Rdg7 34 Rdg2 Kd5 35 h5 g5 36 fxg5 hxg5 37 h6 Rh7 38 Rxg5 Rxg5 39 Rxg5 Rxh6 40 Rxf5+ Kc4 41 Kf2 Rh2+ 42 Kg3 Re2 43 Kf4 1/2-1/2, Hayward Keith - Hoffman Greg, Postal, APCT 88RF2, 1994]

[4 ... Nbd7 5 Ne5 Bxe2 6 Qxe2 e6 7 0-0 Bd6 8 d4 Ne4 9 Nd2 Nxd2 10 Bxd2 0-0 11 Nxd7 Qxd7 12 e4 f5 13 e5 Be7 14 h3 Kh8 15 Rad1 Qa4 16 Bc3 Rac8 17 b3 Qd7 18 Kh2 c5 19 Bb2 c4 20 g4 Rc6 21 c3 cxb3 22 axb3 Rb6 23 b4 Qb5 24 Qxb5 Rxb5 25 Ra1 a6 26 Bc1 g6 27 Bd2 Rc8 28 Kg3 Bd8 29 Rfb1 Kg8 30 Kf3 Kf7 31 gxf5 gxf5 32 Rg1 Be7 33 Ke3 Rb6 34 Kd3 Rbc6 35 Rg2 Rg8 36 Rxg8 Kxg8 37 Rg1+ Kf7 38 Rg2 Rc8 39 Be1 Rg8 40 Rxg8 Kxg8 41 c4 dxc4+ 42 Kxc4 b5+ 43 Kd3 Kf7 44 Kc3 Bf8 45 Kd3 Ke7 46 Bh4+ Kd7 47 Be1 Kc6 48 Bc3 Kd5 49 Be1 Be7 50 Bd2 Bh4 51 Bc3 Bf2 52 Bd2 Bxd4 53 Be1 Bb6 54 Bc3 Bd8 55 Be1 Be7 56 Bd2 Bh4 57 Bc3 Bf2 58 Bd2 0-1, Hayward Keith - Holzmueller Keith, Postal, APCT NTC12, 1992]

5 Bxf3 Nbd7

[5 ... g6 6 0-0 Bg7 7 d3 0-0 8 Nc3 c6 9 Qe1 Nbd7 10 Kh1 e5 11 e4 dxe4 12 dxe4 exf4 13 Bxf4 Re8 14 Rd1 Qc8 15 Qg3 Nf8 16 e5 Nh5 17 Bxh5 gxh5 18 Ne4 Qg4 19 Nd6 Qxg3 20 Bxg3 Re7 21 Nf5 Rd7 22 Rxd7 Nxd7 23 Rd1 Nc5 24 Nxg7 Kxg7 25 Kg1 Kf8 26 Bh4 Re8 27 Bf6 Ne4 28 Rd7 Nc5 29 Rc7 Rd8 1-0, Hayward Keith (2275) - Murray William (2010), Brooklyn Center MN, 1988]

6 d3 (BT)

[6 d4 g6 7 0-0 Bg7 8 c4 e6 9 Nc3 c6 10 b3 0-0 11 Bb2 Qc7 12 Qe2 Rfe8 13 Rac1 Rad8 14 g3 Nb6 15 Kh1 Nc8 16 c5 h5 17 h3 Kh7 18 g4 Rh8 19 gxh5 Kg8 20 hxg6 Rxh3+ 21 Kg2 Rh6 22 Rh1 Rxg6+ 23 Kf2 Ne7 24 Rcg1 Rxg1 25 Rxg1 Nf5 26 a3 Kf8 27 b4 Ke7 28 Rh1 Rg8 29 Rg1 Rh8 30 Qf1 Qb8 31 Rh1 Rg8 32 Ne2 Qf8 33 Rh3 Rh8 34 Qh1 Bh6 35 Ng3 Nxg3 36 Kxg3 Qg7+ 37 Kf2 Qg6 38 Qd1 Rg8 39 Ke2 Ne4 40 Qe1 Bg7 41 b5 Nxc5 42 Qc3 Ne4 43 Qb4+ Nd6 44 bxc6 Qc2+ 45 Qd2 Qxc6 46 Kf2 Qb5 47 Bc3 Nc4 48 Bb4+ Kd7 49 Be2 Bf8 50 Qc3 Bxb4 51 axb4 Qc6 - , Hayward Keith (2280) - Anderson Mark, Minneapolis MN, Aqua Open, 1984]

[6 d4 e6 7 0-0 Ne4 8 Nd2 f5 9 Nxe4 dxe4 10 Be2 Nf6 11 c4 c6 12 b3 Be7 13 Bb2 0-0 14 g4 Nxg4 15 Bxg4 fxg4 16 Qxg4 Rf6 17 Kh1 Rg6 18 Qe2 Qa5 19 a3 Bf6 20 Rg1 Rxg1+ 21 Rxg1 Qf5 22 b4 h6 23 Qg2 Kh7 24 a4 Rg8 25 Qg4 g5 26 b5 Qxg4 27 Rxg4 h5 28 Rg2 gxf4 29 exf4 Rd8 30 Re2 Bxd4 31 Bc1 Bc5 32 Kg2 Rd4 33 bxc6 bxc6 34 Be3 Rxc4 35 Bxc5 Rxc5 36 Rxe4 Kg6 37 Rxe6+ Kf5 38 Re7 Ra5 39 Kg3 Rxa4 40 Re5+ Kg6 41 Rc5 Ra3+ 42 Kh4 Ra4 43 Rxc6+ Kf5 44 Kxh5 Kxf4 45 Rf6+ Ke5 46 Rf8 Rf4 47 Ra8 Rf5+ 48 Kg6 Rf6+ 49 Kg7 Rf4 50 Rxa7 Rg4+ 51 Kf7 Rh4 52 Ra2 Kf4 53 Kg6 Kg4 54 Rf2 Kh3 55 Kg5 Rg4+ 56 Kf5 Ra4 1/2-1/2 , Hayward Keith (2280) - Radermacher Tim (2200), Minneapolis MN, MN Chp, 1985]

[6 d4 e6 7 0-0 Be7 8 b3 Be7 9 Bb2 Qb6 10 Nd2 Rc8 11 c4 0-0 12 Qe2 Qa5 13 Kh1 h6 14 a3 Qb6 15 b4 cb4 16 c5 Qa5 17 ab4 Qb4 18 Rfd1 a6 19 Ba3 Qc3 20 Bb4 Qc2 21 c6 Bb4 22 cd7 Qd2 =, 1/2 in 51, KRH - Daniel North, Postal APCT 87RS2 Aug88-Oct89]

[6 d4 e6 7 0-0 Be7 8 c4 c6 9 Nc3 0-0 10 Qe2 Re8 11 b3 Nf8 12 Bb2 Ng6 13 g3 Rf8 14 Rad1 Ne7 15 e4 g6 16 e5 Nd7 17 g4 Bg7 18 Bg2 Nc8 19 cd5 ed5 20 f5 Qh4 21 Qf3 Ne5 22 de5 Qe5 23 Qh3 Qh3 24 Bh3 Bc3 25 Bc3 Re3 26 Rde1 Rc3 27 Re8 Kg7 28 f6 Kh6 29 g5 Kg5 30 Rc8 Rc8 31 Bc8 d4 32 Be6 d3 33 Bf7 d2 34 b4 Rf3 35 h4 1-0, KRH - J. Franklin Campbell, Postal APCT 85RS4 Nov-Jul87]

6 ... e5

[6 ... e6 7 0-0 (BT) c6 8 Nc3 Qc7 9 Kh1 Bd6 10 Qe1 h6 11 e4 Bxf4 12 Bxf4 Qxf4 13 exd5 Qd6 14 dxe6 fxe6 15 Ne4 Nxe4 16 Qxe4 0-0-0 17 b4 Nf6 18 Qe2 Nd5 19 a3 Rhf8 20 Rae1 Rde8 21 g3 Kc7 22 d4 Nc3 23 Qd3 Nb5 24 Re4 e5 25 dxe5 Rxe5 26 Qxd6+ Kxd6 27 Rd1+ Rd5 28 Rxd5+ cxd5 29 Re3 Nd4 30 Bg4 Rf6 31 c3 Nc6 32 Kg2 Ne5 33 Be2 Nc4 34 Bxc4 dxc4 35 Re4 b5 36 Re8 Re6 37 Rxe6+ Kxe6 38 Kf3 Kf5 39 g4+ Ke5 40 h4 g5 41 h5 Kd5 1/2-1/2, Hayward Keith (2295) - Roloff Richard (1960), Dallas TX, DCC, 1995]

7 fxe5 Nxe5 8 0-0 c6 9 Nc3 Bd6 10 e4 dxe4 11 Nxe4 Nxe4 12 Bxe4 0-0 13 Bf4 f6 14 c3 Qd7 15 d4 Ng4 16 Bxd6 Qxd6 17 Qxg4 g6 18 Bxg6 hxg6 19 Qxg6+ Kh8 20 Rf5 1-0, Drawyah (2125) - Chell, Oklahoma City OK, FICS 2-12 blitz, 1997