Balogh Counter Gambit : early exf5
1 e4 d6 2 d4
[2 Nf3 f5 3 exf5 Bxf5 4 d3 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bxf6 Bxf6 8 Be2 Nc6 9 0-0 0-0 10 Re1 d5 11 a3 a6 12 b4 e4 13 dxe4 dxe4 14 Nd2 Bxc3 0-1, zzxxyy - Drawyah (2145), Oklahoma City OK, FICS 2-12 blitz, 1997]
[2 Nf3 f5 3 exf5 Bxf5 4 d4 Nf6 5 Bd3 Qd7 6 c4 g6 7 Nc3 Bg7 8 0-0 0-0 9 Re1 Bg4 (9 ... Nc6?! 10 d5!) 10 h3? (10 Be2 Nc6 11 d5 Bxf3 12 Bxf3 Ne5 13 Be2) 10 ... Bxf3 11 Qxf3 Nc6 12 d5 Ne5 13 Qd1 Rae8? (13 ... Nh5 14 Be2 Nf4 15 Bxf4 Rxf4 16 g3 Rd4 =+)14 Be2 e6 15 f4?! (15 Be3) 15 ... Nf7 16 Qb3 e5? (16 ... c6! ƒ) 17 Qxb7 exf4 18 Bxf4 Rb8 19 Qxa7 Rxb2 20 Qa3 Rbb8 21 Rf1 Ra8 22 Qb3 Qe7 23 Rae1 Ne5 24 Qc2 Rfe8 25 Nb5 Nf7 26 Kh2 Qd7 27 a4 Re7 28 Bd3? (28 Bf3! +-) 28 ... Rxe1 29 Rxe1 Nh5 30 g3 Nxf4 31 gxf4 Bh6 32 Re4 Qd8 33 Nd4 Qf6 34 Ne6 Rb8 35 Qg2 Rb2 36 Be2 Ra2 37 Qg4 Qf5 38 Qxf5 gxf5 39 Re3 Ne5 40 Rg3+ Ng6 41 Rg2 Rxa4 42 Bd3 Kf7 43 Bxf5 Nh4 44 Bc2 Rxc4 45 Rf2 Ng6 46 Kg3 1/2, Bogolyubov - Tartakower, Nottingham 1936]
[2 Nf3 f5 3 exf5 Bxf5 4 g3 Nc6 5 Bg2 e5 6 d3 Nf6 7 Nbd2 Be7 8 0-0 0-0 9 Nh4 Be6 10 b3 Qd7 11 Bb2 Bh3 12 Nc4 Bxg2 13 Kxg2 Rf7 14 Ne3 Raf8 15 Qe2 Ne8 16 Qg4 Qxg4 17 Nxg4 h5 18 Ne3 g5 19 Ng6 Nf6 20 Nxf8 Kxf8 21 c3 Ke8 22 Rad1 Kd7 23 Rfe1 a6 24 h3 Bf8 25 Bc1 Ne7 26 Re2 c6 27 Nc4 Nh7 28 Rde1 Nd5 29 Bd2 Bg7 30 Ne3 Ne7 31 Nc2 Ng6 32 Be3 Ne7 33 Bd2 Bf6 34 d4 Ng6 35 dxe5 Nxe5 36 Re3 Bd8 37 Rxe5 dxe5 38 Rxe5 Bc7 39 Re2 g4 40 h4 Nf6 41 Nd4 Bb6 42 c4 Ne8 43 Be3 c5 44 Nc2 Nf6 45 Rd2+ Kc8 1/2-1/2, Ivanovskis Paul (1605) - Hayward Keith (2300), Haltom TX, GFWCC, 1995]
[2 Nf3 f5 (BT) 3 exf5 Bxf5 4 Nh4 Qd7 5 Nxf5 Qxf5 6 d4 Nf6 7 Bd3 Qg4 8 Qxg4 Nxg4 9 0-0 g6 10 Nc3 Bh6 11 Nd5 Nd7 12 Be2 1-0, Jackson R - Wilson P, Olympiad Manila Philippines (6), 1992]
2 ... f5 3 exf5 Bxf5 4 Qf3
[Many of the 4 Nc3 Nf6 (BT) variations below came from the move order 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 exf5 Bxf5]
[4 Nc3 Nf6 (BT) 5 Bd3 Qd7 6 Nge2 Nc6 7 0-0 Bxd3 8 Qxd3 Nb4 9 Qc4 Nxc2 10 Nb5 c6 11 Qxc2 cxb5 12 Nf4 e5 13 dxe5 dxe5 14 Re1 Be7 15 Rxe5 0-0 16 Qb3+ Rf7 17 Qxb5 Qd1+ 18 Qf1 Qxf1+ 19 Kxf1 Bd6 20 Re6 Bc7 21 h3 Rd8 22 Re1 Bb6 23 Be3 Bxe3 24 Rxe3 g5 25 Rd3 Rc8 26 Nd5 1/2-1/2, Patterson Tony (2225) - Hayward Keith (2300), Minneapolis MN, TCCL, 1994]
[4 Nc3 Nf6 (BT) 5 Bd3 Qd7 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 0-0 Bxd3 8 Qxd3 e5 9 Re1 0-0-0 10 Bg5 h6 11 dxe5 hxg5 12 exf6 gxf6 13 Nd4 d5 14 Ne6 Bd6 15 Nxd8 Bxh2+ 16 Kf1 Rxd8 17 Nxd5 Qxd5 18 Qh3+ g4 19 Qxh2 Nd4 20 Kg1 Nxc2 21 Rac1 Qd2 22 Qh7 1-0, Valvo Michael IM - Hayward Keith, Bloomington MN, 6th Glacier Vending, 1993]
[4 Nc3 Nf6 5 Bd3 Qd7 6 Bxf5 Qxf5 7 Qf3 Qxf3 8 Nxf3 Nc6 9 Bg5 (9 Bf4 e6 10 0-0-0 g6 11 Rhe1 +=, Ahues - Brinkman 1930) 9 ... e6 10 0-0-0 Be7 11 Rhe1 Kd7 12 Kb1 Rae8 13 Bxf6 Bxf6 14 Ne5+ Bxe5 15 dxe5 d5 16 f4 1/2, Edward Frumkin - KRH, Postal APCT 85RS3 1986-87]
[4 Nc3 Nf6 (BT) 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 d5 Nb4 7 Nd4 Bg4 8 f3 Bd7 9 Bc4 c6 10 dxc6 Nxc6 11 Ne6 Qc8 12 Nxf8 Rxf8 13 0-0 Ne5 14 Bb3 Qc5+ 15 Kh1 Rc8 16 Re1 b5 17 Bg5 Nc4 18 Bxf6 Rxf6 19 Ne4 Qe5 20 Nxf6+ Qxf6 21 Bxc4 Rxc4 22 Qd5 Bc6 23 Qd3 Qxb2 24 Qxd6 Qf6 25 Qxf6 gxf6 26 Re2 Kf7 27 Kg1 Bd5 28 Rd2 e6 29 Rb1 a6 30 Ra1 Rc3 31 a4 bxa4 32 Rxa4 Rc6 33 Kf2 f5 34 Ke3 Kf6 35 Kd3 e5 36 c4 Be6 37 Kc3 h5 38 Rd8 Kg5 39 Ra8 Bc8 40 Ra5 Kf4 41 g3+ Kxf3 42 Rxe5 h4 43 gxh4 Kg4 44 h5 Kxh5 45 Kd4 Be6 46 c5 Kg4 47 Rd8 1-0, Ellis Maurice - Hayward Keith, Postal, APCT 94R1, 1994]
[4 Nc3 Nf6 (BT) 5 Qf3 Bc8 6 Bg5 e6 7 0-0-0 Be7 8 Nh3 Nc6 9 Bb5 0-0 10 Qg3 Nh5 11 Qh4 Bxg5+ 12 Nxg5 Rf5 13 Nce4 g6 14 Bxc6 bxc6 15 g4 Rf4 16 Qh3 h6 17 gxh5 hxg5 18 hxg6 Rh4 19 Qe3 g4 20 Qf4 Qe7 21 Rhg1 e5 22 dxe5 dxe5 23 Rd8+ Kg7 24 Re8 exf4 25 Rxe7+ Kxg6 26 Rxc7 Rxh2 27 Rxc6+ Kg7 28 Rxc8 1-0, Lens J - Besemer G, NLD th corr (x), 1978]
[4 Nc3 Nf6 (BT) 5 Qf3 Qc8 6 Bd3 Bxd3 7 Qxd3 Na6 8 f3 Qd7 9 a3 g6 10 Nh3 Bg7 11 Be3 e6 12 0-0 c6 13 Rad1 Nc7 14 Ne2 Ncd5 15 Bc1 0-0-0 16 c4 Nc7 17 Be3 Rde8 18 b4 d5 19 c5 e5 20 dxe5 Rxe5 21 Bf4 Ree8 22 Nd4 Ne6 23 Nxe6 Qxe6 24 Bg3 Qe3+ 25 Bf2 Qxd3 26 Rxd3 Nd7 27 f4 Re2 28 Rfd1 Bf6 29 Kf1 Rhe8 30 Ng1 R2e4 31 g3 a5 32 Rb1 axb4 1/2-1/2, Versteeg H - Lens J, NLD th corr (x), 1978
[4 Nc3 Nf6 (BT) 5 Qf3 Qc8 6 Bd3 Bxd3 7 Qxd3 c6 8 f3 Na6 9 a3 Qd7 10 Nh3 0-0-0 11 Be3 d5 12 Ng5 e6 13 0-0-0 h6 14 Nh3 g5 15 Rhe1 Rg8 16 Re2 Nc7 17 Rde1 Bd6 18 g3 Rde8 19 Nf2 Qg7 20 Qd2 Nh5 21 Nd3 b6 22 Ne5 Kb7 23 g4 Nf6 24 h4 Bxe5 25 dxe5 Nd7 26 hxg5 hxg5 27 Bg1 Ref8 28 Qd3 Rh8 29 Nb1 Rh3 30 Nd2 Rf7 31 c4 1/2-1/2, Lens J - Versteeg H, NLD th corr (x), 1978]
[4 Nc3 Nf6 (BT) 5 Qf3 Qc8 6 Bd3 Bxd3 7 Qxd3 Nc6 8 Nf3 Qd7 9 a3 0-0-0 10 0-0 e6 11 Re1 Re8 12 Bg5 Be7 13 Re2 h6 14 Bxf6 Bxf6 15 Rae1 Nd8 16 Ne4 Rhf8 17 c4 g5 18 Nxf6 Rxf6 19 d5 e5 20 c5 1-0, Lens J - Borst J, NLD th corr (x), 1978]
[4 Nc3 Nf6 (BT) 5 Qf3 Qc8 6 Bd3 Bxd3 7 Qxd3 Nc6 8 Nf3 e6 9 0-0 Be7 10 d5 exd5 11 Nxd5 Nxd5 12 Qxd5 Qg4 13 Ng5 Bxg5 14 Bxg5 Rf8 15 Rae1+ Kd7 16 Re4 Qf5 17 Qxf5+ Rxf5 18 h4 Re8 19 Rfe1 Rfe5 20 Rxe5 Rxe5 21 Rxe5 Nxe5 22 f3 1/2-1/2, Lens J - Van Rikxoort D, NLD th corr (x), 1978]
[4 Nc3 Nf6 (BT) 5 Qf3 Qc8 6 Bd3 Bxd3 7 Qxd3 e6 8 Nh3 Qd7 9 0-0 Nc6 10 d5 exd5 11 Nxd5 Ne5 12 Nxf6+ gxf6 13 Qb3 0-0-0 14 Be3 Kb8 15 f3 Qf7 16 Qxf7 Nxf7 17 Bd4 Bg7 18 Nf4 1-0, Lens J - Knoek J, NLD th corr (x), 1978]
[4 Nc3 Nf6 (BT) 5 Qf3 Qc8 6 Bd3 e6 7 Bxf5 exf5 8 Bg5 Be7 9 Bxf6 Bxf6 10 0-0-0 0-0 11 Qd5+ Kh8 12 Nf3 Nc6 13 Rhe1 Ne7 14 Qc4 c6 15 Re6 d5 16 Qe2 Qc7 17 Re1 Nc8 18 Ne5 Kg8 19 g4 Nd6 20 gxf5 Nxf5 21 Qg4 Nd6 22 h4 Rae8 23 Re3 Bxe5 24 R3xe5 Rxe6 25 Qxe6+ Rf7 26 f4 Nc4 27 Qe8+ Rf8 28 Qe7 Qb6 29 Ne2 Qxb2+ 0-1, Kruis R - Versteeg H, NLD th corr (x), 1978]
[4 Nc3 Nf6(BT) 5 Qf3 Qc8 6 Bd3 Bg4 7 Qg3 Nc6 8 Be3 e5 9 dxe5 Nxe5 10 Bd4 Nxd3+ 11 Qxd3 Be7 12 f3 Bf5 13 Qd2 0-0 14 Nge2 Qe6 15 0-0-0 Qc4 16 Qg5 Bd7 17 Nf4 Qf7 18 Qg3 c6 19 Rhe1 b5 20 Rd2 b4 21 Rde2 Bd8 22 Nb1 Qxa2 23 Re7 Bxe7 24 Rxe7 Rf7 25 Bxf6 Bf5 26 Bxg7 Qc4 27 Bf6+ Kf8 28 Rxf7+ Qxf7 29 Nh5 Qd7 30 Nd2 Bg6 31 Bg7+ Kf7 32 Qf4+ 1-0, Lens J - Kruis R, NLD th corr (x), 1978]
[4 Nc3 Nf6 (BT) 5 Bg5 e6 6 g4 Bg6 7 Qe2 Qd7 8 Bg2 Nc6 9 d5 Nd4 10 dxe6 Qe7 11 Nd5 Nxd5 12 Bxe7 Nxe2 13 Bxf8 Rxf8 14 Nxe2 Nf4 15 Nxf4 Rxf4 16 Bxb7 Rb8 17 Bd5 Rxb2 18 Bc6+ Ke7 19 Bd5 Rxc2 20 f3 Rd4 21 Bb3 Rg2 22 Rd1 Bd3 23 Rd2 Rxd2 24 Kxd2 c5 25 Ke3 Bg6 26 f4 Re4+ 27 Kf3 Rd4 28 f5 Be8 29 Rg1 c4 30 Ke3 Rd3+ 31 Ke2 Bb5 32 a4 Ba6 33 Bc2 Rh3 34 Rg2 Bb7 35 Rf2 h6 36 a5 d5 37 Ba4 d4 38 Bb5 Bd5 39 Ke1 Rb3 40 Bd7 d3 41 Kd2 Rb2+ 42 Ke3 c3 43 Rf1 Bc4 44 Kd4 c2 45 f6+ gxf6 0-1, Lorca (1760) - Drawyah (2110), Oklahoma City OK, FICS 2-12 blitz, 1997]
[4 c4 e5! 5 dxe5 Nc6! 6 exd6 Bxd6 7 Nf3 Qe7+ 8 Be2 (8 Qe2 0-0-0 9 Qxe7 Bxe7 10 Be2 Bb4+ -+) 8 ... 0-0-0 9 Nbd2 g5! 10 h3 Nf6 11 Qb3 Rhe8 12 Qe3 Qg7! 0-1, Bardos - Balogh Janos, 1934/5?, 13 Qxg5 Qxg5 14 Nxg5 Nd4!; 13 Qb3 h5]
[4 Bc4 (BT) Nf6 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 0-0 e6 7 Re1 d5 8 Bd3 Be7 9 c3 0-0 10 Bf4 Ne4 11 Be3 Bd6 12 Qc2 e5 White withdrew 0-1, Alexis Ray - Hayward Keith, Postal, APCT 94RS3, 1995]
[4 Bc4 Nf6 (BT) 5 Nc3 e6 6 Bd3 Nc6 7 d5 Ne5 8 Bxf5 exf5 9 f4 Ned7 10 Nge2 Qe7 11 0-0 Nc5 12 Nd4 g6 13 Re1 Nce4 14 Ne6 Kd7 15 Qd4 Bh6 16 Nb5 c6 17 Nbc7 Nxd5 18 Nxa8 Rxa8 19 c4 Qxe6 20 cxd5 Qxd5 21 Qxd5 cxd5 22 Be3 Bg7 23 Rad1 Ke6 24 Bd4 Bxd4+ 25 Rxd4 Rc8 26 b3 Rc2 27 a4 a5 28 Rd3 h6 29 h4 Rf2 30 Rf3 Rd2 31 h5 gxh5 32 Rh3 d4 33 Rxh5 d3 34 Rxh6+ Kd5 35 Rh7 Re2 36 Rd1 d2 37 Rxd2+ Rxd2 38 Rxb7 Rc2 39 b4 axb4 40 Rxb4 Ra2 41 Rb5+ Ke6 42 a5 Nc3 43 Rb3 Ne2+ 44 Kf1 0-1, Diani - Saadi, Cordoba Spain, 1970]
[4 Bd3 Bxd3 5 Qxd3 c6 6 Nf3 Nf6 7 0-0 h6 8 c4 Na6 9 Nc3 Qa5 10 Qg6+ Kd7 11 c5 Nc7 12 Bd2 Qa6 13 Qf7 g5 14 cxd6 Kxd6 15 Ne5 Ncd5 16 Nxd5 cxd5 17 Bb4+ Kc7 18 Rfc1+ Kd8 19 Ng6 1-0, Quednau H - Puls G, DDR 7 corr (x), 1977]
[4 Bd3 Bxd3 5 Qxd3 Nc6 6 Nf3 Qd7 7 0-0 0-0-0 8 Bd2 e6 9 b4 Nf6 10 b5 Nb8 11 c4 Re8 12 Re1 Be7 13 Nc3 Rhf8 14 a4 h6 15 Qg6 Bd8 16 a5 c6 17 bxc6 Nxc6 18 a6 b6 19 Nb5 Ng8 20 Qg3 Bc7 21 d5 exd5 22 cxd5 Nce7 23 Nfd4 Kb8 24 Nxc7 Qxc7 25 Ne6 1-0, Fauth Heinz - Nicklich, DDR Mkl corr (x)
[4 Bd3 Bxd3?! 5 Qxd3 Nf6 (5 ... Nc6 6 Nf3 e6 7 0-0 Qd7 8 c4 +- Taimanov) 6 Qb5+ Qd7 (6 ... Nc6 6 Qxb7 Nxd4 7 Na3 +-, Walbrodt - Makavetz, 1892) 7 Qxb7 Qc6 8 Qxc6+ Nxc6 9 Ne2 g6 10 a3 Bg7 11 0-0 Rb8 12 Ra2! Na5 13 b3 Nd7 14 Bd2 (14 Be3 Staunton) 14 ... Nc6 15 d5 Nce5 16 f4 Ng4 17 b4 Nb6 18 Nbc3 Nf6 19 Be3 Nfxd5 20 Nxd5 Nxd5 21 Bxa7 Ra8 22 c4 Nxf4 23 Nxf4 Rxa7 24 Ne6 Bf6 25 Rd1 Kf7 26 Nd4 Rha8 27 Nb5 Rb7 28 Rf2 c6, De Riviere - Laroche, Paris 1856, 29 Nxd6+! exd6 30 Rxd6 +-]
[4 Bd3 Qd7 5 Nc3 Nf6 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 Be3 e6 8 Bxf5 exf5 9 d5 Nd8 10 0-0 Be7 11 Bg5 0-0 12 Re1 Nf7 13 Bxf6 Bxf6 14 Qd3 Rae8 15 Rxe8 Rxe8 16 Re1 Rxe1+ 17 Nxe1 a6 18 Nf3 Ne5 19 Nxe5 dxe5 20 f3 g6 21 Qc4 Qd6 22 a4 Kf8 23 Kf1 e4 24 h3 exf3 25 gxf3 Qh2 26 Qc5+ Kg7 27 Qf2 Qxf2+ 28 Kxf2 Bxc3 29 bxc3 a5 30 c4 b6 31 Ke3 g5 32 Kd4 h5 33 c5 bxc5+ 34 Kxc5 g4 35 fxg4 fxg4 36 hxg4 hxg4 37 Kd4 Kf6 38 c4 g3 39 Ke3 Ke5 0-1, del Valle Arturo Mujica - Hayward Keith, Postal, Pacific Area TT Bd 6, 1985]
[4 Bd3 Qd7 5 d5 Nf6 6 c4 e5 7 Nc3 Be7 8 Nge2 0-0 9 Ng3 Bxd3 10 Qxd3 Na6 11 0-0 Nc5 12 Qc2 a5 13 f3 Rf7 14 Be3 Na6 15 a3 c6 16 b4 cxd5 17 cxd5 axb4 18 axb4 Rc8 19 Qb3 Rxc3 20 Qxc3 Nxd5 21 Qd2 Naxb4 22 f4 exf4 1/2-1/2, Zilbershtain Michael - Hayward Keith, Postal, APCT-Israel M, 1996]
[4 Bd3 Qd7 5 Be3 Nf6 6 Nc3 Nc6 7 h3 e5 8 d5 Nb4 9 Bb5 c6 10 dxc6 bxc6 11 Ba4 Be7 12 a3 Na6 13 Nf3 0-0 14 g4 Be6 15 g5 Ne8 16 Nxe5 dxe5 17 Qxd7 Bxd7 18 0-0-0 Nd6 19 Rd2 Be8 20 Re1 Nf5 21 Bb3+ Bf7 22 Bxf7+ Rxf7 23 Rd7 Nxe3 24 Rxe3 Bxg5 0-1, Swanson Randall (1645) - Hayward Keith (2300), Dallas TX, DCC, 1995]
[4 Bd3 Qd7 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 0-0 g6 7 c4 Bg7 8 Nc3 Bxd3 9 Qxd3 Nf6 10 d5 Nd8 11 Bg5 0-0 12 Rfe1 c5 13 Re2 Nf7 14 Rae1 Rae8 15 b3 Kh8 16 Re6 Nd8 17 R6e3 Nf7 18 Nb1 Nxg5 19 Nxg5 Ng4 1-0, Winterstein Wolfgang - Czech Ludwig, Giessen Germany, 1991]
[4 Bd3 Qd7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 Nc6 7 a3 e5 8 Bb5 e4 9 Re1 Be7 10 d5 exf3 11 Qxf3 Nxd5 12 Qxd5 Kd8 13 c4 Bg6 14 Nc3 Rf8 15 Bg5 Qf5 16 Bxe7+ Nxe7 17 Qxb7 Qxf2+ 18 Kh1 Rc8 19 Ba6 Be8 20 Ne4 Qf5 21 Qxa7 Bc6 22 Bxc8 Nxc8 23 Qe3 h6 24 Ng3 Qg4 25 c5 Re8 26 Qd2 Rf8 27 Qe3 h5 28 cxd6 h4 29 Ne4 Bxe4 30 dxc7+ Kxc7 31 Rac1+ Kb8 32 Qxe4 Rf1+ 33 Rxf1 Qxe4 34 Rf8 h3 35 Rfxc8+ Kb7 36 R8c7+ Kb6 37 R7c6+ Kb7 38 R6c2 g5 39 b4 g4 40 Rc7+ 1/2-1/2, Weinberg Rob (2165) - Hayward Keith (2295) Dallas TX, TX State Chp, 1995]
[4 Bd3 Qd7 5 Qf3 Bxd3 6 Qxd3 e5 7 Ne2? (7 dxe5!) 7 ... Nf6 8 0-0 Nc6 9 dxe5 Nxe5 10 Qb3 0-0-0 11 f4 Nc6 12 c3 d5 13 Nd4 Bc5 14 Qd1 Rhe8 15 b4 Bb6 16 Kh1 Re4 17 Nxc6 Qxc6 18 a4 Rde8 19 b5 Qe6 20 a5 Bc5 21 f5 Qe5 22 g3 Re2 23 Qd3 Ng4 0-1, Krenosz - Balogh Janos, Budapest, 1939]
[4 Bd3 Qd7 5 Qh5+ g6 6 Bxf5 Qxf5 7 Qxf5 gxf5 =, Pokes L - Balogh Janos, Haag 1928]
[4 Bd3 Qd7 5 Bxf5 Qxf5 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 Be3 e5 8 c3 e4 9 Nd2 Nf6 10 0-0 d5 11 Re1 Bd6 12 Nf1 0-0 -+, Geier V - Balogh Janos, Postal 1927]
[4 Bd3 Qd7 5 Bxf5 Qxf5 6 Nf3 Nf6 7 Nc3 Nc6 8 0-0 e5 9 Nh4 Qg4 10 dxe5 Nxe5 11 Qxg4 Nexg4 12 Re1+ Kf7 13 h3 Ne5 14 Bg5 Nfd7 15 b3 h6 16 Bd2 Nf6 17 Rad1 1/2-1/2, Albano Tony - Hayward Keith, Postal, APCT 96K1, 1996]
[4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Bd3 Qd7 6 c4 g6 7 Nc3 Bg7 8 0-0 0-0 9 Re1 Bg4 10 h3 Bxf3 11 Qxf3 Nc6 12 d5 Ne5 13 Qd1 Rae8 14 Be2 e6 15 f4 Nf7 16 Qb3 e5 17 Qxb7 exf4 18 Bxf4 Rb8 19 Qxa7 Rxb2 20 Qa3 Rbb8 21 Rf1 Ra8 22 Qb3 Qe7 23 Rae1 Ne5 24 Qc2 Rfe8 25 Nb5 Nf7 26 Kh2 Qd7 27 a4 Re7 28 Bd3 Rxe1 29 Rxe1 Nh5 30 g3 Nxf4 31 gxf4 Bh6 32 Re4 Qd8 33 Nd4 Qf6 34 Ne6 Rb8 35 Qg2 Rb2 36 Be2 Ra2 37 Qg4 Qf5 38 Qxf5 gxf5 39 Re3 Ne5 40 Rg3+ Ng6 41 Rg2 Rxa4 42 Bd3 Kf7 43 Bxf5 Nh4 44 Bc2 Rxc4 45 Rf2 Ng6 46 Kg3 1/2-1/2, Bogoljubow Efim - Tartakower Savielly, It Nottingham (England) (x), 1936]
[4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Bd3 Qd7 6 Bg5 Nc6 7 c3 Bxd3 8 Qxd3 0-0-0 9 Nbd2 e5 10 0-0-0 exd4 11 Nxd4 Ne5 12 Qc2 Be7 13 f3 h6 14 Bh4 Kb8 15 Kb1 Nd5 16 Bxe7 Qxe7 17 Nf5 Qd7 18 Nb3 Nb6 19 Nbd4 g6 20 Ng3 Nbc4 21 Rhe1 g5 22 Qb3 d5 23 Ngf5 Rhf8 24 Ne3 Rf6 25 Nxc4 Nxc4 26 Qc2 Rb6 27 Nb3 a5 28 Ka1 a4 29 Nc5 Qc6 30 Nxa4 Ra6 31 b3 Na5 32 b4 Nc4 33 Nc5 Ra3 34 Re6 Qb5 35 Rd4 b6 36 Nd3 c5 0-1, elad - Drawyah (2070), Oklahoma City OK, FICS 2-12 blitz, 1997]
[4 Nf3 Nf6 5 c4 Nc6 6 d5 Ne5 7 Nxe5 dxe5 8 Qb3 e6 9 Qb5+ Nd7 10 dxe6 Bxe6 11 Qxb7 Bc5 12 Qc6 Bf7 13 Bd3 Bxf2+ 14 Kxf2 0-0 15 Ke1 e4 16 Bxe4 Qe7 17 Be3 Ne5 18 Bc5 Nd3+ 19 Kd1 Nxc5 20 Nd2 Rad8 21 Re1 Nxe4 22 Qxe4 Qb4 0-1, Howell W Dave - Hayward Keith, Postal, APCT 94RS3, 1994]
[4 Nf3 Nf6 5 c4 Qd7 6 Be2 e6 7 0-0 Be7 8 Nc3 0-0 9 Re1 Nc6, Keemink - Balogh Janos, Postal, 1941]
[4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Bc4 Nc6 6 Ng5 d5 7 Bb3 Qd6 8 0-0 h6 9 Nf3 Bg4 10 c3 0-0-0 11 Be3 Kb8 12 Nbd2 g5 13 Bc2 e5 14 dxe5 Nxe5 15 Bd4 Nc6 16 Re1 Bg7 17 h3 Bh5 18 Bf5 Nxd4 19 cxd4 g4 20 Ne5 gxh3 21 Qb3 hxg2 22 Rac1 Ka8 23 Qb5 Be8 24 Qa5 Kb8 25 Nb3 Ne4 26 Bxe4 dxe4 27 Rxe4 h5 28 f4 h4 29 d5 h3 30 Nc6+ Bxc6 31 dxc6 Qg6 32 cxb7 h2+ 33 Kf2 g1Q+ 34 Ke2 Q6g4# 0-1, Salas Alex (1605) - Hayward Keith (2300), Dallas TX, DCC, 1996]
[4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Bd3 Qd7 6 0-0 Nc6 7 a3 Bxd3 8 Qxd3 e5 9 dxe5 dxe5 10 Qxd7+ Nxd7 11 Nc3 Bd6 12 Bg5 0-0 13 Rad1 h6 14 Bh4 Nf6 15 Rfe1 a6 16 Nd5 Nh5 17 Nd2 Nd4 18 Be7 Rf7 19 Bxd6 cxd6 20 c3 Nc6 21 Nc4 Rd8 22 Ndb6 Rf6 23 Rd2 Nf4 24 Red1 e4 25 Nd5 Nxd5 26 Rxd5 Rdf8 27 R1d2 Ne5 28 Nxe5 e3 29 Ng4 exd2 30 Nxf6+ Rxf6 31 Rxd2 Kf7 32 f3 Ke6 33 Kf2 Rf7 34 Ke3 d5 35 Kd3 Kd6 36 Re2 Rf5 37 Re8 Rg5 38 g4 Rg6 39 h4 Rf6 40 Ke3 Rf7 41 h5 a5 42 f4 b5 43 f5 b4 44 Kd4 bxa3 45 bxa3 1-0, Johnson Leonard - Hayward Keith, Bloomington MN, 6th Glacier Vending, 1993]
4 ... Qc8
[4 ... Bxc2 5 Qxb7 Nd7 6 Na3 +- Euwe]
5 Bd3
[5 Bb5+ c6 6 Bd3 Bg4 7 Qg3 Nf6 8 Nd2 Na6 9 h3 Bf5 10 a3 g6 11 Ne2 Bg7 12 0-0 0-0 13 Bxf5 Qxf5 14 Qb3+ Kh8 15 Qxb7 Qb5 16 Qxb5 cxb5 17 a4 Nb4 18 c3 Nc2 19 Ra2 b4 20 a5 Rab8 21 a6 b3 22 Ra5 Nh5 23 Rd1 e5 24 dxe5 dxe5 25 Nc4 e4 26 Nd6 h6 27 Ra4 Kh7 28 Rxe4 Rfd8 29 g4 Nf6 30 Re7 Rb6 31 Bxh6 Rbxd6 32 Rxd6 Rxd6 33 Bxg7 Ng8 34 Rb7 Rxa6 35 Be5+ Kh6 36 f4 g5 37 fxg5+ Kxg5 38 Rg7+ Kh4 39 Kh2 1-0, woodman (2475) - Drawyah (2145), Oklahoma City OK, FICS 2-12 blitz, 1997]
[5 Bb5+ c6 6 Bd3 Bg4 7 Qg3 Nf6 8 h3 Bf5 9 Ne2 Na6 10 c3 Nc7 11 0-0 g6 12 c4 Bg7 13 Bxf5 Qxf5 14 Qb3 Rb8 15 Be3 0-0 16 Nbc3 Kh8 17 Ng3 Qd7 18 Rac1 b5 19 cxb5 cxb5 20 Nge4 Nh5 21 Ne2 e6 22 Qb4 Rb6 23 Qd2 Nd5 24 Bh6 b4 25 Bxg7+ Kxg7 26 f4 h6 27 g4 Nhf6 28 N4g3 Rc8 29 Rxc8 1/2-1/2, Pedersen N Eric - Hayward Keith, Postal, APCT 96K1, 1996]
5 ... Bg4
[Euwe's suggestion; 5 ... Bxd3 6 Qxd3 Nc6 7 Nf3 e6 8 0-0 Qd7 9 c4 0-0-0 10 Re1 Nf6 11 Bd2 Re8 12 Na3 Be7 13 b4 (13 d5? Ne5 14 Nxe5 dxe5 15 Rxe5 exd5 16 cxd5 Bxa3 A. Gillam) 13 ... Rhf8 14 b5 Nd8 15 Nc2 Nh5 16 a4 g5 17 a5 g4 18 Ng5 d5 19 b6! cxb6 20 axb6 a6 21 c5! Bxg5! 22 Bxg5 Nc6 23 Reb1! Qg7? (23 ... e5!? 24 dxe5 ƒ A. Gillam) 24 Be3 Kd7 25 Nb4 Nxb4 26 Rxb4 Rc8 27 Rxa6 bxa6 28 b7 Rb8 29 Qxa6 Qe7 30 Bg5 Qxg5 31 Qd6+ Ke8 32 Qxb8+ Kf7 33 Qxf8+ Kxf8 34 b8Q+ 1-0, Euwe - Weenink, Amsterdam, 1923]
[5 ... Bxd3 6 Qxd3 e5 7 dxe5 dxe5 8 Nf3 Bd6 9 0-0 Nc6 10 a3 Qd7 11 b4 0-0-0 12 Bb2 Nf6 13 Nbd2 Qf7 14 Qc4 Qh5 15 Rfe1 Rhe8 16 Ne4 Nxe4 17 Rxe4 Rd7 18 Rae1 Rde7 19 Qe2 Qf5 20 Qd2 Rd8 21 Qc1 Nb8 22 c4 c6 23 c5 Bc7 24 Bxe5 Rde8 25 Rf4 Qe6 26 Re3 Qa2 27 Bxc7 Kxc7 28 Rxe7+ Rxe7 29 Rf8 Na6 30 Qf4+ 1-0, Arsintescu - Gheorghiu C, Postal, 1977]
[5 ... Bxd3 6 Qxd3 g6 7 Nf3 Na6 8 0-0 c6 9 c4 Bg7 10 Bd2 Nh6 11 Na3 0-0 12 Rae1 Nf5 13 Qe4 Nc7 14 Nc2 e6 15 Re2 Qd7 16 Ne3 Nxe3 17 Rxe3 Rae8 18 Rfe1 b6 19 b3 e5 20 Qd3 exd4 1/2-1/2, Kruis R - Lens J, NLD th corr (x), 1978]
[5 ... e6 6 Ne2 Bxd3 7 Qxd3 Nc6 8 Nbc3 Qd7 9 0-0 0-0-0 10 d5 exd5 11 Nxd5 Nge7 12 Be3 Nf5 13 b4 Nxe3 14 Qxe3 Re8 15 Qd2 Qf7 16 b5 Na5 17 Rfe1 Nc4 18 Qd4 Na3 19 Ne3 Kb8 20 Qa4 d5 21 Nc3 Bc5 22 Ncxd5 Qd7 23 c4 c6 24 bxc6 Qxc6 25 Qb3 Qa6 26 Red1 Rhf8 27 Rd3 Re4 28 Rc1 Rc8 29 Rdc3 Qd6 30 g3 Qf8 31 Kg2 Rc6 32 Qd1 Rh6 33 Qd3 Rd4 34 Qf5 Qe8 35 Qf3 Rd2 36 Ng4 Rxa2 37 Re3 Bxe3 38 Re1 Nc2 39 Qf4+ Ka8 40 Nc7+ 1/2-1/2, Kruis R - Van Rikxoort D, NLD th corr (x), 1978]
6 Qg3
[6 Qe3 Nf6 7 Nc3 Nc6 8 f3 Bf5 9 Nge2 g6 10 0-0 Bg7 11 Re1 0-0 12 Bxf5 Qxf5 13 Ng3 Qd7 14 Qe2 Kh8 15 Be3 e5 16 dxe5 Nxe5 17 Rad1 a6 18 Bd4 Nc6 19 Bxf6 Bxf6 20 Qc4 Rae8 21 Rxe8 Rxe8 22 Nge4 Bg7 23 a4 Ne5 24 Qb3 b6 25 Nd5 Qf7 26 Qc3 Rf8 27 Kh1 b5 28 axb5 axb5 29 Qxc7 Qf5 30 Nxd6 Qh5 31 Nxb5 Nxf3 32 h3 Ne5 33 Nbc3 Ng4 34 Kg1 Ne5 35 Rf1 Rxf1+ 36 Kxf1 Qf5+ 37 Kg1 h6 38 Ne7 Qe6 39 Ncd5 Kh7 40 Nf4 Nf3+ 41 gxf3 Qe1+ 42 Kg2 Qd2+ 43 Kg3 Qe1+ 44 Kh2 Be5 45 Qc4 Qf2+ 46 Kh1 Qxf3+ 47 Kg1 Qg3+ 48 Ng2 Qh2+ 49 Kf1 Qh1+ 50 Kf2 1-0, HomerS (2190) - Drawyah (2190), Oklahoma City OK, FICS 2-12 blitz, 1997]
[6 Qd5 Nf6 7 Qb3!= Edwards Jon]
[6 Qf4 g6 7 Be3 Nf6 8 h3 Bf5 9 Bxf5 Qxf5 10 Qxf5 gxf5 11 Nf3 Nc6 12 Nc3 e6 13 Ng5 Kd7 14 0-0-0 d5 15 Rhg1 Rg8 16 a3 Bd6 17 g3 a6 18 Ne2 Na5 19 f3 Nc4 20 Bf4 Bxf4+ 21 gxf4 Raf8 22 h4 h6 23 Nh3 Ne3 24 Rde1 Ng2 25 Ref1 Nxh4 26 Rh1 Ng6 27 Rfg1 Nh8 28 Kd2 Nf7 29 Ke3 Rxg1 30 Nhxg1 Rg8 31 Kf2 b6 32 Nc1 c5 33 c3 c4 34 Rh2 b5 35 Rg2 Rxg2+ 36 Kxg2 a5 37 Nh3 Nd8 38 Ne2 Nc6 39 Ng3 b4 40 axb4 axb4 41 Ne2 bxc3 42 bxc3 Na5 43 Kf2 Kc6 44 Ke1 Kb5 45 Kd1 Ka4 46 Kc2 Ka3 47 Nhg1 Nb3 48 Kb1 Nd7 49 Ng3 Nf6 50 N3e2 Nh5 51 Kc2 Ka2 52 Nh3 Na1+ 53 Kd2 Kb2 54 Nf2 Nb3+ 55 Kd1 Nf6 56 Nh1 h5 57 Nf2 h4 58 Ke1 Nc1 59 Nd1+ Kc2 60 Ne3+ Kd3 0-1, Howell W Dave - Hayward Keith, Postal, APCT 82RF2, 1984]
[6 Qe4 g6 7 Nf3 Bf5 8 Qe2 Bxd3 9 Qxd3 tempo! Edwards Jon]
[6 Qf4 Nf6 7 h3 Bh5 8 Nc3 Nc6 9 d5 Ne5 10 Bf5 Qd8 11 Be3 Bf7 12 0-0-0 c6 13 Qa4 b5 14 Qb3 a5 15 Be6 b4 16 Na4 Nxd5 17 Bxf7+ Nxf7 18 Rxd5 cxd5 19 Qxd5 Ne5 20 f4 Nd7 21 Nf3 Nf6 22 Qc6+ Kf7 23 Ng5+ Kg8 24 Qc4+ d5 25 Qc6 Qc8 26 Qb5 h6 27 Nf3 e6 28 Qd3 Qe8 29 Nb6 Rb8 30 Re1 Bd6 31 f5 Bc7 0-1, Anderson Bryan - Hayward Keith, Casual Game E-mail, 1994]
[6 Qf4 g6 (idea ...Bh6) 7 Bd2 Bh6 8 Qg3 Nc6 9 Bc3 (9 c3) 9 Nf6 10 d5 Nd8 11 Nf3 Nh5 12 Qh4 Nf7 13 Bxh8 g5 14 Nxg5 Bxg5 Edwards Jon]
[6 Qf4 g6 (idea ...Bh6) 7 h3 Bh6 8 Qxg4 Qxg4 9 hxg4 Bxc1 10 Bxg6+ Kd7! 11 Nd2 Bxb2 12 Rb1 Bxd4 hxg6 13 Be4 Nc6 Edwards Jon]
6 ... Nc6
[6...g6 7 Nc3 Bg7 8 Be3 Nc6 9 Nge2 (9 d5 Ne5 10 Be2 Bxe2 11 Ngxe2 Nc4 12 Bc1 Qf5 13 Qd3 Qxd3 14 cxd3 Nb6 =); 7 h3 Bf5 8 Nc3 (8 Nf3 Bxd3; 8 Bxf5 Qxf5) 8 Bg7 9 Nge2 (9 Bxf5 Qxf5 =) 9 Nc6 10 Be3 Bxd3 11 cxd3 Qf5 = Edwards Jon]
[6...g6 7 f4 Bg7 8 Be3 Nc6 9 c3 Nf6 10 Nd2 Nd5 11 Bc2 (11 h3 Nxe3 12 Qxe3 Bf5 13 g4 Bxd3 14 Qxd3 e5 15 fxe5 dxe5 16 dxe5 Nxe5 17 Qe4 0-0 =) 11 ... Bh6 Edwards Jon]
[6...g6 7 Nf3 Bg7 8 c3 Nf6 9 h3 Bf5 10 Bxf5 Qxf5 11 0-0 0-0 12 Re1 Nc6 = Edwards Jon]
6...g6 7 Nf3 Bg7 8 Nbd2 Nc6 9 c3 (9 d5 Ne5 10 Nxe5 Bxe5 =) 9 ... Nf6 10 h3 Bf5 11 Bxf5 Qxf5 = Edwards Jon]
[6...g6 7 Nf3 Bg7 8 Be3 Nc6 9 c3 Nf6 10 h3 (10 Nbd2 Nh5 11 Qh4 e5 12 dxe5 Nxe5 13 Nxe5 Bxe5 14 h3 Bf5 15 Bxf5 Qxf5 16 g4 Nf4 17 gxf5 Ng2+ 18 Kf1 Nxh4 19 fxg6 hxg6 =; 10 0-0 Nh5 11 Qh4 e5 12 dxe5 Bxf3 13 gxf3 =) 10 ... Bf5 11 Bxf5 Qxf5 = Edwards Jon]
[6...g6 7 Nf3 Bg7 8 Be3 Nc6 9 Nbd2 Nf6 10 a3 Bf5 11 Bxf5 Qxf5 12 Rc1 Nh5 13 Qh4 Bf6 14 Qe4 unclear Edwards Jon]
7 h3
[7 Bb5 Nf6 8 Nc3 a6 9 Bxc6+ bxc6 10 Qe3 Rb8 11 Nge2 Bf5 12 Qd2 g6 13 0-0 Bg7 14 Ng3 Nd5 15 Nxd5 cxd5 16 Re1 Rf8 17 Qe2 e5 18 dxe5 dxe5 19 c3 Be6 20 b3 Kf7 21 Bb2 Qb7 22 Qe3 Qb6 23 Ba3 Qxe3 24 fxe3 Rfd8 25 Rf1+ Kg8 26 Bc5 Bf8 27 Bxf8 Rxf8 28 Rxf8+ Kxf8 29 Kf2 Ke7 30 Ke2 Rf8 31 Rf1 Rxf1 32 Nxf1 Kd6 33 Nd2 a5 34 b4 axb4 35 cxb4 c5 36 bxc5+ Kxc5 37 Nf3 Bg4 38 Kd2 Bxf3 39 gxf3 g5 40 Kd3 Kb4 41 e4 d4 42 Kc2 Ka3 43 Kb1 Kb4 44 Kc2 1/2-1/2, Gomotka H - Braune P, BdF-Meisterkl-VorrJ33 corr (x), 1987]
7 ... Bf5
[7 ... Bh5 8 c3 Nf6 9 Nf3 Qe6+ 10 Be3 0-0-0 11 0-0 Ne4 12 Qf4 d5 13 Ng5 Qf6 14 Nxe4 dxe4 15 Qxf6 gxf6 16 Bxe4 e6 17 Nd2 Bd6 18 Nc4 Be7 19 Rfe1 Bf7 20 Nd2 f5 21 Bc2 Rhg8 22 Bf4 Rg7 23 Bb3 Rdg8 24 g3 Nd8 25 Kf1 h5 26 h4 Rg4 27 Nf3 Rxf4 28 gxf4 Bf6 29 Ng5 1-0, Ulrich James - McCollough Roy, CNFC Concord Open x (x), 1967]
[7 ... Bh5 8 Nc3 Nc6 9 d5 Nd8 10 Nge2 e5 11 Qc4 Bf7 12 Bg5 c6 13 Bxf6 gxf6 14 Qa4 Qd7 15 dxc6 Nxc6 16 Nb5 Be7 17 Ng3 Be6 18 0-0-0 f5 19 Bc4 Bxc4 20 Qxc4 a6 21 Nc3 Rc8 22 Qe2 0-0 23 Nd5 Bg5+ 24 Kb1 Qf7 25 c3 Bh4 26 Nf1 Nd4 27 cxd4 Qxd5 28 dxe5 Qxe5 29 Ne3 Rc6 30 g3 Bf6 31 f4 Qe4+ 32 Qd3 Re8 33 Rhe1 Rb6 34 b3 Bc3 35 Qxe4 Rxe4 36 Re2 Bd4 37 Rde1 Bxe3 38 Rxe3 d5 39 Rxe4 1/2-1/2, Kruis R - Borst J, NLD th corr (x), 1978]
8 c3 Nf6 9 Ne2 e5 10 0-0 Be7 11 Bb5 0-0 12 Bxc6 bxc6 13 dxe5 dxe5 14 Nd2 Qe6 15 Re1 Nh5 16 Qe3 Qg6 17 Nc4 Be4 18 Ng3 Nxg3 19 fxg3 Bd5 20 Nxe5 Qh5 21 Qe2 Qf5 22 c4 Be6 23 Bd2 Bc5+ 24 Kh2 Rae8 25 Bc3 Bd6 26 Rf1 Qg5 27 Rxf8+ Rxf8 28 Re1 c5 29 b3 h5 30 Bd2 Qf5 31 Nd3 Bd7 32 Bf4 h4 33 Bxd6 cxd6 34 gxh4 Re8 35 Qd2 Rxe1 36 Nxe1 Qe5+ 37 Kg1 Bc6 38 Qf2 a5 39 Nd3 Qe4 40 Nf4 a4 41 Kh2 a3 42 h5 Qe5 43 Qg3 Be4 44 Nd5 Qe6 45 Nc3 Bc6 46 Nb1 Bxg2 47 h6 g6 48 Qc3 1-0, Edwards Jon - Hayward Keith, Postal, APCT CM866, 1996
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