Fly The Pterodactyl

Eric Schiller
FLY THE P TERODACTYL
BY ERIC SCHILLER
ISHI P RESS
NEW Y ORK
2012
Copyright 2012 by Eric Schiller. All rights reserved.
Fly the Pterodactyl
A Chess Works Publication
by Eric Schiller
Published in April 2012 by
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Introduction 7
Pterodactyl Defense Variations 9
Against Expert Recommendations 36
Part 1: Sicilian Variations 41
Foune, A vs. Bilek, Istvan 41
Gallagher, Joe vs. Bilek, Istvan 44
Hamberger vs. Bilek 47
Green Krotki vs. Day Lawrence A 47
Mortensen, Erling vs. Keene, Raymond D 48
Sicilian Anhanguera 54
Nicholson, John G vs. Keene, Raymond D. 54
Martin, Emilio Rodriguez vs. Schiller, Eric 57
Antunac, Goran vs. Szabo, Laszlo 60
Guido, Flavio vs. Schiller, Eric 63
Sicilian Pteronodon 65
Johansson, Jan vs. Schiller, Eric 69
Clawitter, Craig vs. Schiller, Eric 71
Fink, Stanley vs. Wojtkiewicz , Aleksander 75
Szieberth Adam vs. Al Sayed Mohamad N 76
Georgiev, Krum vs. Macieja, Bartlomiej 76
Sicilian Quetzecoatlus 77
Ortega, Juan Manuel de dios vs. Schiller, Eric 77
Jaracz, Pawel vs. Schiller, Eric 80
Li Shilong vs. Schiller, Eric 86
Sicilian Rhamphorhynchus 89
Lutikov, Anatoly vs. Larsen, Bent 89
Antal, Gergely vs. Barbero, Gerardo 94
Sicilian Siroccopteryx 98
Abrahamyan Tatiana vs. Schiller, Eric 98
Sicilian Pterodactyl Unpin 101
Adrian, Robert vs. Jakab, Attila 101
Dezanvilliers vs. Bilek, Istvan 101
Part 2: Central Variations 102
Central Quetzalcoatlus 102
Betaneli, Aleksandr vs. Donaldson, John W 106
Central Quezalcoatlus 6.Be2 107
Central Pterodactyl 119
Browne Walter vs. Schiller, Eric 123
Dobrev, Nanko vs. Schiller, Eric 125
Hebden, Mark vs. Schiller, Eric 126
Porter, R. vs. Schiller, Eric 132
Martinez, Christi vs. Schiller, Eric 133
Pinto Mark vs. Schiller, Eric 133
Central Benoni 135
Apicella Manuel vs. Schiller, Eric 135
Sakaev, Konstantin vs. Schiller, Eric 139
Benoni Pterodactyl: Gaprindashvili Gambit 148
Jaracz Pawel vs. Schiller, Eric 151
Carpino Nigel vs. Schiller, Eric 159
Pterodctyl: Ahlback Gambit 161
Part 3: Eastern Variations 163
Eastern Anhanguera 163
Me Kevin vs. Schiller, Eric 166
Mrva, Martin vs. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 171
Eastern Pteronondon 171
Serpik Ilya vs. Schiller, Eric 180
Eastern Rhamprhynchus 180
Part 4: Western Variations 191
Western Pterodactyl 191
Keogh, Richard vs. Schiller, Eric 191
Bell, David vs. Schiller, Eric 192
Western Rhamphorhynchus 193
Bryson Douglas vs. Dunnington Angus 210
Kapu, Jeno vs. Bakonyi, Elek 215
Beals David vs. Stuifbergen Jan 218
Ilfeld Etan vs. Donaldson John 222
McShane, Luke vs. Beaumont, Chris 226
Jaffrey John vs. Schiller, Eric 231
Part 6: Miscellaneous Variations 233
Lorincz Otto vs. Ionescu Doru Alexandru 233
Atalik Suat vs. Schiller, Eric 235
Austrian Pterodactyl 238
Harrington E vs. Schiller, Eric 238
Anti-Modern 3.c3 241
Stein vs. Nei 241
Anti-Modern 3.c3 d5!? 245
Fianchetto lines 249
King's Indian Attack 255
Queen Pterodactyl 264
Anderson Tom vs. Schiller, Eric 264
Colle Pterodactyl 266
Pterodactyl: Anti-Grob 269
Introduction
The Pterodactyl is reached by many different move

orders. The essential elements are a kingside
fianchetto, ...c5, and ...Qa5 for Black when White
establishes the pawn center with pawns at c4, d4,
and e4. The early queen development is reasonable
here because she is not overly exposed at a5. It is
not easy to force it to evacuate. The opening is
similar to the so-called “Sniper” except for the
placement of the queen at a5.
Ray Keene named the variation. He wrote that “The
reptilian element in the opening’s designation is a
kind of homage to Black’s infamous fianchettoed
bishop from the Dragon Variation, a hallmark of both
lines. I have been using the Pterodactyl on and off in
my own games occasionally since 1981.”
There are many species in the Pterodactyl family
and they are catalogued in the next chapter, using
mostly names of related species. In some cases te
game can transpose to a standard Dragon line or
variation of the Modern Defense. This is a very
flexible opening!
Black's themes are the same as in the Sicilian. The
Sicilian break ...d5 is a common liberating move and
you will often see it as an equalizer. The queen at a5
puts pressure on c3 and often recaptures a pawn at
c5. The bishop at g7 has great influence on the long
diagonal.
The Pterodactyl has been played by Grandmasters
Adorjan, Bellon, Bilek (the most enthusiastic early
adopter of the Pterodactyl plans), Blackburne(!),
Blatny, Conquest, Forintos, Jansa, Kavalek, Keene,
Kupreichik, Woitkiewicz and many others with a
delay in bringing the queen to a5. It is fully playable at
all levels of competition but has not had a lot of
attention and therefore has room for original ideas. I
have included lengthy game references to illustrate
middle game ideas. For reasons of space, I have
limited game references to players and year in most
cases. But full references can be found in most
databases for example online at
www.chessbase.com.
This is the first in-depth study of the Pterodactyl. It
will, I hope, encourage others to take up this exciting
opening and further enrich our library of practical
experiences.
Pterodactyl Defense Variations
Overview of named variations
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3.Qa5
Quiet Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 4.dxc5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Qa5.
Q ueen Pteronodon
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 4.d5 Qa5

8
11
21 b C d e f g h
Q ueen Pterodac ty l
1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 B g7 3.e3 c 5 4.B d3 4.dx c 5 Q a5+
a b c d e f g h
Colle R hamphorhy nc hus
1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Qa5+

a b c d e f g h
Colle Ptrodac ty l
1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 cxd4 5.exd4

Qa5+ )
a b c d e f g h
Colle Siroc c ptery x
1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4

Qa5+.
a b c d e f g h
London Pterodac ty l
1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Qa5+

a b c d e f g h
Fianc hetto Q ueen Pterodac ty l
1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5

a b c d e f g h
Pterodac ty l Grand Prix
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.c3 Qa5

Austrian Pteronodon
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5

a b c d e f g h
Western Austriadactylus
Variations with c4 are the Central Variations,

which include some Benoni formations.
1.e4 g6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c5 4.Be3 d6 5.Nc3 Qa5
Central Anhanguera
1.e4 g6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c5 4.Ne2 d6 5.Nbc3 Qa5

a b c d e f g h
Central B ogolubov ia
1.e4 g6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5+

a b c d e f g h
Central Pterodac ty l
1.e4 g6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c5 4.Nf3 d6 5.Nc3 Qa5

a b c d e f g h
Central Q uetzalc oatlus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 d6

Central Q uetzalc oatlus Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 Qa5+

B enoni Pterodac ty l
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3

Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5
B eefeater Pterodac ty l
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+

Fianc hetto R hamphorhy nc hus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 Qa5+

a b c d e f g h
Fianc hetto King Pterodac ty l
Variations with Nc3 but not Nf3 are the Eastern

Variations.
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5
Eastern R hamprhy nc hus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Qa5

Eastern Pteronodon
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Be3 Qa5

Eastern Anhanguera
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3

Qa5
)
3...c5 4.Nc3
Variations with both Nf3 and Nc3 are the
Sicilian Variations. Variations with Nf3 but not Nc3
are the Western Variations.
4.Be3 Qa5+ is the Western Anhanguera.
a b c d e f g h
Eastern B enoni Pteronodon
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.c3 Qa5

a b c d e f g h
Western Pterodac ty l
;
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+
a b c d e f g h
Western R hamphorhy nc hus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Bc4 cxd4 5.Nxd4

Qa5+
a b c d e f g h
Western Siroc c optery x
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Be3

a b c d e f g h
Sic ilian Anhanguera
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.d5

a b c d e f g h
Sic ilian B enoni Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.dxc5

Qxc5
a b c d e f g h
Sic ilian R hamphorhy nc hus
(5...Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ is the Eastern

Pteronondon (by transposition)
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Be2
d6
a b c d e f g h
Sic ilian Q uetzalc oatlus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Bc4?
Sic ilian Siroc c optery x

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Bd2
Unpin V ariation
Against Expert Recommendations
In this chapter we examine lines recommended in

various books, especially those claiming to be a
complete repertoire for White. In each case, I note
where Black might wish to depart from the line. More
analysis is presented in the other games. The
purpose here is just to make a quick reference to the
lines that opponents will find if they seek help in the
literature. I haven't tried to cover all of the literature,
just a representative sample. You may want to keep
this game up-to-date by adding material from newer
books or those I haven't mentioned. 1.e4
1.d4 g6. Angus Dunnington's "Attacking with
1.d4" only covers 1...d6. His preferred formation
is 2.c4, 3.Nc3, when 3...c5 will come as a
surprise. 2.Nf3. This is the move order used by
fans of the Colle, Torre Attack. London System,
and some Indian games with c4 coming later.
(2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5. Raymond Keene's "An
Opening Repertoire for White" only has 3...d6.
4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Bd3 (6.h3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ne7
8.Nf3 O-O) 6...Ne7 7.h4 h5 8.Nge2 Nd7 9.Nb5
Nf6 is Charles Storey's Sniper approach based
on Cumbers-Storey, 2009. 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
4.d5 Qa5. Andrew Soltis's "Winning with d4, 2nd
edition" gives only 4...Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5.) 2...Bg7
3.Bg5 (3.b4 d6 4.Bb2 a5 5.b5 c5 6.Nbd2 Nh6
7.e4 O-O 8.c3 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 a4 11.Ba3
f6 12.Be2 Nf5 with unclear complications, Arkell -
Storey 2009.) 3...c5 4.e3 Qb6 Eric Tangborn's "A
Winning White Repertoire", based on the Torre
Attack, doesn't discuss the pure ...g6 line, only
those with ...d6. The fact that there is no Black
knight on f6 makes a big difference!;
1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 (2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Qa5
5.O-O Nc6 will not be completely symmetrical, but
it is hard to see what the queen accomplishes at
a5.) 2...Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Qa5 has not been
played, as far as I know, but it is reasonable.
1...g6
Many books give only generic advice against the
Modern Defense lines. The particular move order of
the Pterodactyl (or related lines called The Sniper by
Charles Storey) often falls through the cracks. Some
1.e4 repertoire books have coverage only via the
move order 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4, but only when
2.Nf3 and 3.d4 are already part of the repertoire.
2.d4
2.Nc3 Bg7 3.f4. My "White to Play 1.e4 and
Win" did not recommend an early d-pawn advance,
and 3...c5 would just lead to a Grand Prix Attack.
The Pterodactly is not a good idea against this
formation. I suggest: 3...c6. The line in the book
continues 4.Nf3 d5 5.e5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3
e6 8.O-O Ne7 9.b3 Nf5 10.Kh1 and here instead
of the weak attacking move 10...Qh4, which is
met by 11.Ne2, Black can play 10...Nd7 11.d4 O-
O then ...f6, with equality.
2...Bg7 3.Nc3
3 .c 4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5
7.Qb3 Nf6 8.Bd3. White has a small advantage in
Dragan Barlov's "1.d2-d4 White is Better!";
3.Nf3 c5. This is often recommended via 1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 c5. Dragen Barlov's "How to
play against the Sicilian Defence" gives 3.c3, but
this can transpose, since he follows it with 4.d4.
Nick de Firmian's "Modern Chess Openings"
(MCO14) mentions possible transpositions to
Dragons and Benoni, but no Pterodactyls. 4.dxc5
(4.c3 Qa5 5.Nbd2 (5.dxc5 Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7
7.Bd4 Nf6 8.e5 Ng4 9.e6 O-O) 5...cxd4 6.Nb3
Qd8 7.cxd4 Nf6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.e5 Ne8
11.Bf4 White has a small advantage. Barlov cites
Kernazickij vs. Tabarov, Soviet Union 1978.
4.Nc3. See 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 move order. 4.c4
Qa5+ 5.Nc3 d6 6.d5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qxc3+ 8.Bd2
Qa3 needs tests, says it is equal. So does
Fritz12.) 4...Qa5+ 5.Nc3. Modern Chess Opening
Encyclopedia provides analysis only of knight
moves, but our Sicilian Pteronodon is reached
after 5...Bxc3+!?, which they omit.
3...c5
Many repertoire books assume 3...d6 instead.
Keene and Levy's "An Opening Repertoire for the
Attacking Player", for example. 4.Nf3
4.Be3. Players who have the 150 Attack in their
repertoire will probably choose this move. In
Aaron Summerscale's "A Killer Chess Opening
Repertoire", ...d6 is always included. So the
Pterodactyl with an immediate Qa5 is not
mentioned. 4...Qa5;
4.dxc5 Qa5 5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Nd5. is the choice of
Emms . This is also the recommendation of Chris
Baker in "A Startling Chess Opening Repertoire"
and Andrew Greet's " Beating Unusual Chess
Defenses 1.e4" It is fair to say that this line is the
consensus recommendation among the
authorities. Therefore it is essential to study it
thoroughly. 6...b6. Kasparov and Keene, in BCO2,
give only the 6...Na6 line. 7.Bb4 (7.Be3 Qc6
8.Bb5 Qb7 9.Bf4 Bxb2 10.Rb1 Bg7 11.Nf3 Kf8
12.Nc7 Qxe4+ 13.Be3 Bc3+ 14.Kf1 Bb7
15.Nxa8 Bxa8 16.Rb3 Bf6! 17.Qd2. Baker
acknowledges the position is unclear. Both sides
can play for a win. Learn this line because there
are a lot of tactics.) 7...Qc6 8.Bb5 Qb7 9.Bc3
Bxc3+!? (9...f6 10.Qf3 a6 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.O-O-
O. Evaluated as better for White by Bangiev, and
given by Emms.) 10.Nxc3 Nf6. I believe Black can
play this position. After castling, Black plays ...d6,
...a6, ...b5. Practical tests are needed.
4...Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Qa5. Is not mentioned in
Emms' "Attacking with 1.e4.” Greet gives
analysis of several lines besides 5...Qa5, and
against the Pterodactyl move he offers 6.Qd4!
Nf6 7.Qb4!, which is surely White's most
promising approach. 7...Qc7 is the right defense,
and he claims an advantage for White after 8.Bb5,
to take the sting out of 8...Nc6. He gives 9.Bxc6
Qxc6 10.Ne2, a plan we examine in Van
Oosterom-Alvir, where Black had no problems.
4...Qa5
The Sicilian Pterodactyl lines are not often mentioned
in the literature. However, bringing out both knights is
one of the most common responses to an unusual
opening, so it is going to be seen quite a lot.
5.Be2 is the most common response.

a) 5.Be3 d6 (5...Nf6 6.Qd2 Nc6 7.dxc5 Ng4
8.Bc4 O-O (8...Nxe3 9.Qxe3 Nb4 10.Bb3 Na6 ±
Fritz12; 8...h5 9.O-O Nxe3 10.Qxe3 Bh6 11.Qd3
Qxc5 12.e5 White had a slight advatange in
Fernandez vs. Day, according to the Modern
Chess Openings Encyclopedia.) 9.O-O ² CAP.)
6.Qd2 (6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 Black has
easy equality, see Ortega vs. Schiller.) 6...Nc6.
See Jaracz vs. Schiller.
b ) 5.dxc5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 Qxc5
8.Bd3 d6 9.Rb1 (9.O-O) 9...Nf6 10.O-O O-O
11.Re1 Nbd7 12.h3 Qc7 PB11 and CAP.
c ) 5 . d 5 d6. I have played this move, as
capturing at c3 isn't so clear. (5...Bxc3+ 6.bxc3
Nf6 7.Nd2 Qxc3 8.Rb1 Nxe4 9.Rb3 Qd4 10.Nxe4
Qxe4+ 11.Re3 Qd4 12.Qe2. White has
compensation, according to the Modern Chess
Openings Encyclopedia. They cite Mortensen vs.
Keene. 12...e6 13.c4 Qa1 14.Qc2 O-O should be
a bit better for Black.
a b c d e f g h
) 6.Bd2 Bg4 (6...a6!?) 7.Bb5+ Bd7! This is an
improvement over Browne vs. Schiller. There I
played 5...Nd7, but I was improvising in a 15-
minute tournament game, and the check was a
theoretical novelty at the time.
5...Nc6 is the Bilek Variation. See Foune vs. Bilek.
6.d5 Nd4 7.O-O Nxf3+ 8.Bxf3 d6 9.Bf4 ²
PowerBook2011.
Part 1: Sicilian Variations
These are the most common lines. The Hungarian
player Istvan Bilek pioneered the Black side.
Foune, A vs. Bilek, Istvan
Metz , 1984
Sicilian Pterodactyl
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Be2
Nc6
The Bilek Variation is one of the main lines of the
Pterodactyl.
6.Be3
6.d5 is always met by 6...Nd4 (6...Bxc3+!?
7.bxc3 Nd4 8.Bb2 Nxe2 9.Qxe2 Nf6 deserves
tests.) 7.O-O Nxf3+ 8.Bxf3
and now 8...Be5 deserves consideration.
6...Nf6 7.O-O Ng4
7...O-O 8.d5!
8.Bd2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxg4 d6

Black can claim equality here.
a b c d e f g h
11.Nd5 Bxg4 12.Bxa5 Bxd1 13.Rfxd1 Rc8
Black has the initiative. 14.c3 Nc6 15.Bb4
This bishop is awkwardly placed. 15...e6 16.Re1
Kd7 17.Ne3 Nxb4 18.cxb4 Bxb2
White has no compensation for the missing pawn.
19.Rab1 Bd4 20.Ng4?
The knight has nowhere to go from here. 20...h5
21.Red1 Rc4
White resigned.
Gallagher, Joe vs. Bilek, Istvan
Metz, 1986
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Be2
Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.O-O Ng4 8.Bd2 cxd4 9.Nxd4
Nxd4 10.Bxg4 d6 11.Bxc8
11.Nd5 see Foune vs. Bilek.
11...Rxc8 12.Nd5
12...Qb5 13.c3 Nc6 14.a4 Qd3 15.Re1 e6

16.Bg5?
A miscalculation.
16.Nf4 Qa6 17.Be3 remains equal.
16...Qxd1 17.Raxd1 exd5 18.exd5+ Ne5 19.f4
h6! 20.Bh4 g5
Now White can't get the piece back.
21.fxe5 gxh4 22.exd6+ Kd7 23.Re7+ Kxd6

24.Rxb7
The pawns are not enough compensation. 24...Rc7
25.Rxc7 Kxc7 26.b4 Re8 27.c4 Re4 28.Rc1
Bb2
a b c d e f g h
29.Rb1?
29.Rc2 is forced.
29...Bc3 30.Kf1 Kd6
30...Rxc4 is simpler.
31.c5+ Kxd5 32.c6 Kxc6 33.Rc1 Rc4 34.Ke2
Kd5 35.Rf1? f6 36.Kd3 Be5
White resigned.
Hamberger vs. Bilek
Kalocsa, 1989
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Be2
Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.d5 Nxe4 8.Bd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2
Nd4 10.O-O O-O 11.Rfe1 d6 12.Bd1 Re8
13.Qg5 h6 14.Qc1 e5 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.Nd2
Rad8 17.Rf1 c4 18.Nf3 Nc6 19.Ne2 Bg4
20.Ng3 d5 21.c3 Be6 22.Ne2 Bf5 23.Ng3 Bd3
24.Re1 d4 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.cxd4 Re1+
White resigned.
Green Krotki vs. Day Lawrence A
Toronto , 1978
1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Be2
Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 7.O-O a6 8.Bd2 d6 9.Kh1 Nxf3
10.gxf3 Nf6 11.f4 Qc7 12.a4 b6 13.Bf3 Rb8
14.Qe2 O-O 15.Rae1 Kh8 16.Rg1 e6 17.dxe6
fxe6 18.Qf1 Bb7 19.Qh3 Qf7 20.Rg5 d5 21.e5
Ng8 22.Ne2 Nh6 23.Reg1 Kg8 24.Ng3 Qe7
25.Nh5 Nf5 26.Nxg7 Qxg7 27.Bh5 d4+ 28.f3
Kf7 29.Bg4 Ke7 30.Bxf5 Rxf5 31.Rxf5 exf5
32.Be1 Ke6 33.Bh4 Qh6 34.Qg3 Qh5 35.Kg2
Bc6 36.b3 Rb7 37.Bg5 Rd7 38.Rd1 a5 39.Kf2
b5 40.axb5 Bxb5 41.Ra1 d3 42.c4 Bc6 43.Ke3
Rd4 44.Rd1 h6 45.Bf6 Rxf4 46.Rf1 g5 47.Kxd3
Bxf3 48.Kc3 Qg4 49.Qf2 Bd1 50.Qxc5 Qh3+
51.Kb2 Qxb3+ 52.Ka1 Qc3+
White resigned.
Mortensen, Erling vs. Keene, Raymond D
Gausdal , 1983
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.d5
Bxc3+
5...b5 is suggested by Lawrence Day.
6.bxc3 Nf6
Rather than grab the c-pawn right away Black
develops and aims the knight at the weakling at e4.
7.Nd2
7.Bd3 c4!? 8.Be2 Nxe4 9.Bb2 Qb6 10.Qd4 O-
O is about equal.
7...Qxc3 8.Rb1 Nxe4 9.Rb3 Qd4 10.Nxe4
Qxe4+ 11.Re3
11...Qd4
11...Qa4!?
12.Qe2
12.Qxd4 cxd4 13.Re4!?
12...e6
12...O-O! is a powerful pawn sacrifice that
redeems the line. 13.Rxe7 Na6 14.Bh6 d6
15.Bxf8 Kxf8 16.Re8+ Kg7
and Black will follow up with ...Nc7 or Nb4
according to Storey, who gives further 17.Qe7
(17.Qc4 Qf6 18.Re3 Nb4 19.a3 b5 20.Qc3
Qxc3+ 21.Rxc3 Nxd5 22.Rd3 Bb7) 17...Qc3+
18.Kd1 Bg4+ 19.f3 Rxe8 20.Qxe8 Bxf3+
13.c4 Qa1
13...O-O is simpler.
14.Qc2 Na6 15.a3 d6
Why isn't Black getting castled? 16.Bd3 Bd7
17.O-O
White now has the advantage.
a b c d e f g h
17...Qg7 18.Bb2
18.f4 should have been played first.
18...e5! 19.f4 f6 20.fxe5 fxe5 21.Ref3 O-O-O
22.Rf7 Qh6 23.Qf2!
The idea is to trap the queen after Bc1, h3 and Be2.
a b c d e f g h
23...Bf5?! 24.Bxf5+ gxf5 25.Qxf5+ Kb8 26.Bc1
Black is still a pawn up, but his queen is sweating.
26...Qh4 27.Bg5 Qd4+ 28.Kh1 Rc8 29.Qd7
His king, too. 29...Nc7 30.Be7! Ka8 31.Bxd6
Rhd8 32.Qf5 Na6
32...Nxd5 33.cxd5 Qxd5 34.Bxe5 c4 might
have been the best try.
33.Bxe5 Qxc4 34.d6 Nb8 35.Rb1 Qd5
a b c d e f g h
36.Rc7?
36.Rfxb7 Qxb7 37.Rxb7 Kxb7 38.Qxh7+ Rd7
39.Qb1+
should have been simple enough.
36...Rg8
Counterplay! 37.Qf3 Qxf3 38.gxf3 Rxc7 39.dxc7
Nc6 40.Rd1
a b c d e f g h
40...b5?
At the last move of time control Black falters.
40...b6
41.Rd5! Kb7 42.Bd6 Kb6 43.Rxc5 a5 44.f4 Na7
45.Rh5
Black resigned.
Sicilian Anhanguera
Nicholson, John G vs. Keene, Raymond D.
Esbjerg , 1981
Sicilian Anhanguera
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Be3
Nf6 6.Nd2!?
Normally the queen moves to this square. 6...cxd4
The pawn sacrifice is only temporary. 7.Nb3 Qc7
8.Nxd4 d6 9.Be2 O-O
We now have a fairly typical Sicilian position, but one
which hasn't been reached before.
10.g4?!
A bit too ambitious.
10.O-O Nc6 11.Qd2 Ng4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.h3
Bd7=, Azadmanesh vs. Stoffers, Rijswijk 2000.
10...Nc6 11.g5 Ng4! 12.Bxg4
12.Nd5 is met by Qa5+.
12...Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Nxd4 14.O-O-O
The king will not be safe on the queenside!
14...Qc4!
The queen overprotects d4 and puts herself in a
position to attack the queenside. 15.Rd3 Rfc8
16.Qd1 Nc6
Threatens to capture at c3 and then a2. 17.a3
Bxc3 18.Rxc3 Qa2
The infiltration is useful even without the capture.
19.f4 Na5 20.Bd4 Nc4!
Threatens checkmate so White must sacrifice the
exchange.
21.Rxc4 Rxc4 22.b3?

22.Qd3 Rxd4! 23.Qxd4 Qa1+ 24.Kd2 Qxh1
with an extra rook.
22...Qxb3 23.Bb2 Rac8 24.Kb1 Rxc2 25.Qd4
R8c3!
White must sacrifice the queen to avoid checkmate
so he resigned.
Martin, Emilio Rodriguez vs. Schiller, Eric
Internet Chess Club, 2002
Sicilian Anhanguera
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Be3
d6 6.Qd2
6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.O-O Rc8 9.Qd2
a6
is equal. 10.Nd5?! (10.Rad1) 10...Qxd2
11.Bxd2 cxd4µ 12.Rac1 e6 13.Nb4 Ngf6
14.Rfe1 e5 15.c3 dxc3 16.Rxc3 O-O 17.Rec1
(17.Ng5 h6 18.Nh3 Rxc3 19.Bxc3 Rc8µ)
17...Rxc3 18.Bxc3 Nxe4 19.Nd5 Nxc3
20.Nxc3 Rc8°, Ortega vs. Schiller, 2002.
6...cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.f3 Nc6 is a Yugoslav
Attack in the Dragon.
7.dxc5
White wins a pawn but pays a high price. 7...Bxc3
8.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nf6 10.cxd6 Nxe4
11.dxe7 Kxe7
White's extra pawn is crippled and insignificant.
a b c d e f g h
12.Nd4 Rd8 13.Nxc6+ bxc6 14.Bd3 Nxc3
15.O-O
White has returned the pawn but owns the bishop
pair. 15...Be6 16.Rfe1 Rd7 17.Bc5+ Kf6
18.Re3 a5 19.Be4?
After this mistake Black eliminates the bishop pair
and takes control of the seventh rank 19...Nxe4
20.Rxe4 Rd2
a b c d e f g h
21.Bd4+ Ke7 22.c3 Rb8 23.a3 Kd7 24.Re5
Bd5 25.Rae1 Kd6 26.h3
White has no useful moves and the pawn at a3 is too
weak. 26...Rb3 27.Re8 Rxa3 28.Bg7 Kc7
29.R1e7+ Kb6 30.Rb8+ Kc5
Black's king is safe in the middle of the board.
a b c d e f g h
31.Re3 Ra1+ 32.Kh2 Kc4 33.Kg3 Rg1 34.Ra8
Rxg2+ 35.Kh4 Rdxf2 36.Rxa5 Rf4#
White checkmated
Antunac, Goran vs. Szabo, Laszlo
Zagreb , 1964
Sicilian Anhanguera
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Be3
Nc6 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.h3
A tepid move that meets with a vigorous response.
7...cxd4 8.Nxd4
Now 8...d6 leads to a Dragon but Black has a much
better reply! 8...Nxe4! 9.Nxe4 Qxd2+ 10.Nxd2
1 0.K x d2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxd4 12.c3 Bg7
13.Re1 O-O
and Black's extra pawn and bishop pair le to a
win in Grosar Aljosa 2370 - Kaposztas Miklos
Berlin 1987;
1 0.B x d2 Nxd4 11.O-O-O d6 12.c3 Nc6
13.Bc4 Bf5 14.Rhe1 O-O
brought Black an upset win in Babich M 2035 -
Vardanyan Tatevik 1806, Vladivostok 9
10...Nxd4 11.O-O-O O-O
White has nothing to show for the missing pawn.
a b c d e f g h
12.g4 d6 13.Bg2 Be6 14.Nb3 Nc6 15.Nd4?
White should not be introducing exchanges when he
is a pawn down. 15...Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4
17.Rxd4 Rab8 18.Ra4 a6 19.Rb4 b6 20.Rd1
Rfc8 21.Bd5? Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Rc6
a b c d e f g h
23.a4 e6 24.Rd2 d5
Black has strengthened his pawn structure. 25.c3
Kg7 26.Kd1 a5 27.Rb5 Rc5 28.Rxc5?
White continues his policy of trading when down.
28...bxc5 29.Ke2 Kf6 30.f4 g5 31.fxg5+ Kxg5
32.Kf3 Kf6 33.Kg3 Ke5 34.Re2+ Kd6 35.Rf2
Rb7 36.Kh4 d4 37.Kg5 Kd5
White resigned.
Guido, Flavio vs. Schiller, Eric
Sicilian Anhanguersa (by transposition)
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Be3 Qa5 5.Qd2
cxd4 6.Bxd4 Bxd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Nf3
The game has transposed to a Sicilian Anhanguera.
8...Nc6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bc4

10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O Bg4 12.Qe3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3
Ne5 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Rab1 Rfc8 16.Kh1 Qc5
17.f4 Nc4 18.b4 Qe3! 19.Rfe1 Qxe2 20.Rxe2
Nd2 21.Rxd2 in a game Black won , Romero Jose
R - Biyiasas Peter Ventura 1971.
10...Qb4 11.Bd3 d6 12.h3!?
12.Rb1
12...Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qa3 14.O-O Qa5 15.Rb5
Qc7 16.Qh6?!
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5© Ne5 18.Nxe5 dxe5
19.c4 b6
16...Be6µ 17.Rfb1 Ne5! 18.Nxe5 Qxc3!
19.Nf3 b6 20.a4 Bc4 21.Bxc4 Qxc4 22.e5 dxe5
23.R1b4 Qxc2 24.Rh4 Rfd8! 25.Ng5 Rd1+
26.Kh2 Qxf2° 27.Rxe5 Rg1
White resigns.
Sicilian Pteronodon
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc3+

5.bxc3 Qa5 6.Nf3 Qxc3+
a b c d e f g h
7.Bd2
7.Qd2? has been tried a few times. 7...Qxa1
8.c3 Nf6 9.Bd3 Na6! 10.O-O Nxc5 11.Ng5 Nxd3
12.Ba3 Qxf1+ 13.Kxf1 Ne5 14.f4 Nc4 15.Qd4
Nxa3 16.e5 Nc2 17.Qf2 Ng4 18.Qh4 d6 19.Nxh7
dxe5 20.Nf6+ exf6 21.Qxh8+ Ke7 22.h3 Nge3+
23.Kf2 exf4 in a game Black won Szieberth vs. Al
Sayed, 2001.
7...Qxc5
a b c d e f g h
8.Bd3
8.Rb1?! is inferior. 8...Nf6 (8...d6 9.Bb5+ Nd7
(9...Bd7 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.Qc1 Bc6 12.Bc3 e5
13.Qa3 Ne7 14.Bb4 Nc8 15.Nd2 a5 16.Bc3 Nd7
17.O-O O-O 18.f4 b5 19.Qc1 b4 20.Ba1 Ncb6
21.f5 f6 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Nf3 Kg7 24.Nh4 Rh8
25.Qe1 Rag8 26.Qg3 Kf7 27.Rf2 g5 28.Nf5 Nc5
29.Nxd6+ Qxd6 30.Bxe5 Qe6 31.Rxf6+ Qxf6
32.Bxf6 in a game White won Robatsch vs. van
Scheltinga, 1963.) 10.O-O Ngf6 11.Bh6 Nxe4
12.Rb3 a6 13.Bd3 Nef6 14.Re1 Ng4 15.Qd2
Nde5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Be4 Rb8 18.Be3 Qc7
19.Bb6 Qd7 20.Qh6 Rf8 21.h3 Nc4 22.Ba7 Ra8
23.Bd4 d5 24.Bd3 f6 25.Qxh7 e5 26.Bxg6+ Kd8
27.Qh6 Rg8 28.Bb6+ Nxb6 29.Rxb6 Qe7 30.Bh5
Bxh3 31.Bf3 Be6 32.c4 e4 33.cxd5 Bxd5 34.Qf4
Qe5 35.Qxe5 fxe5 36.Bxe4 Bxe4 37.Rxe4 is
better for White, Tseshkovsky –Zablotsky, 2003 ;
8...b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.e5
Nh5 13.Bh6 Rg8 14.Rfe1 Ng7 15.Nd4 Ne6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Rb4 Nc6 18.Rh4
in the drawn game Videki vs. Dobos, 2000)
9.Bd3 d6 10.O-O (10.h4 Ng4 11.Qe2 h5 12.O-
O O-O 13.Rb5 Qc7 14.e5 Nc6 15.exd6 Qxd6
16.Bc3 e5 17.Bc4 Nd4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Qe4
Bd7 20.Rg5 Kg7 21.Bd5 Rac8 22.Qxd4+ White
is better, Handke vs. Al Modiahki, 2000 )
10...O-O (10...Qc7 11.Bh6 Ng4 12.Bg7 Rg8
13.Bb2 Nc6 14.Qd2 Be6 15.a4 O-O-O 16.h3
Nge5 17.Ng5 Nc4 18.Qc3 Nxb2 19.Nxe6
Nxa4 20.Qa3 fxe6 21.Qxa4 Rgf8 22.Rb2 b6
23.Qa6+ Kb8 24.Rfb1 Ka8 25.Rxb6 Rb8
26.Rxb8+ Rxb8=, Jackova vs. Kosintseva,
2001) 11.Rb5 (11.Qc1 Nbd7 12.h3 a6 13.Re1
Qc7 14.Bb4 Re8 =, Zapata vs. Hoffman, 2001)
11...Qc7
a b c d e f g h
12.Bg5 (12.Qa1 Nc6 (12...Nbd7 13.Bc3 b6
14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Ba6 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Rd5
Bb7 18.Rg5 f6 19.Rg3 Rac8 20.Bb4 Ne5 21.f4
Nxd3 22.cxd3 a5 23.Bd2 Qc2 24.Qe1 Qxa2 25.f5
Kf7 26.Rf2 Qd5 27.Rh3 Rh8 28.Re2 Qc5+
29.Kh1 gxf5 30.d4 Qd6 31.Rhe3 Be4
in a game Black won Cheutshenko vs.
K rupens ki, 2001) 13.Ng5 b6 14.f4 Ba6
15.Rbb1 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Qd7, Black is a bit
better, Naiditsch vs. Kuzmin, 2001) 12...a6
13.Rb3 Be6 14.Rb2 Nc6 15.Bxf6 exf6 16.Qd2
b5 17.Qc3 Kg7 18.a4 b4 19.Qd2 a5 20.Rc1
Rad8 21.c3 d5 22.Qe1 Qf4 23.Re2 d4 24.cxd4
Nxd4 25.Nxd4 Rxd4 26.Re3 Rfd8 27.g3 Qd6
28.Be2 Rd2 29.f4 Qd4 30.Qf2 b3 31.Re1 b2
32.Rf3 Rxe2 in a game Black won
Krivoborodov-Li, 2002.
8...d5
8 . . . d6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Rb1 Ngf6 11.Bh6
(11.Rb5 Qc7 12.Qa1 a6 13.Rbb1 e5 14.Bc3 O-O
is better for Black. Paragua vs. Chatalbashev,
2000) 11...b6 (11...a6 12.Qd2 b6 13.Rfe1 Bb7
14.Bg7 Rg8 15.Bxf6 exf6 is equal despite Black's
inability to castle kingside, Savanovic-Golubovic,
2002 ; 11...Ng4 12.Bg7 Rg8 13.Bd4 Qh5 14.Be2
Qh6 15.Bb5 f6 16.h3 Nge5 17.Bxe5 fxe5 18.Qd5
Rf8 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Rfd1 Rf6 21.Bxd7+ Bxd7
22.Qxd7+ Kf8 23.Qxb7 Re8 24.Qxa7 Qf4 25.f3
Rc6 26.Rb8 Qf7 27.Qa8 Rxb8 28.Qxb8+ Kg7
29.Qxe5+ in a game White won Dworakowska-
Rasmussen, 2003) 12.Qe2 (12.Rb5 Qc7 13.e5
dxe5 14.Re1 a6 15.Rbxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Be6
17.Qf3 Bd5 18.Qf4 b5 19.a4 Qa5 20.Qe3 Be6
21.Nxf7 Qxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Kxf7 23.axb5 axb5
24.h3 Bc4 25.Bxc4+ bxc4 26.Bg5 Rac8 27.c3
Rhd8 28.Bxf6 exf6 29.Qe4 Rd7 30.h4 Rc5 31.g3
f5 32.Qe3 Rc6 33.h5 Re6 34.hxg6+ hxg6 35.Qc5
Re4 36.f3 Rd1+ 37.Kf2 Rd2+ 38.Kf1 Re7
39.Qxc4+ Kg7 40.Qc5 Rb7 41.Qe5+ Kh7 42.Qe1
R h 2 in a game Black won Berni-Chatalbashev,
2002.) 12...Bb7 (12...Ng4 13.Bg7 Rg8 14.Rb5
Qc7 15.Ba1 Nge5 16.Nd4 g5 17.Rbb1 a6 18.f4
gxf4 19.Rxf4 Nc5 20.Qh5 Bg4 21.Nb5 axb5
22.Bxb5+ Ncd7 23.Qxh7 O-O-O 24.Qh4 Bf3
25.Bd4 Qxc2 26.Rb2 Qd1+ in a game Black won
Ristic vs. Chatalbashev, 2000) 13.a4 Qh5 14.Bg7
Rg8 15.Bxf6 exf6 16.Bb5 Rd8 17.a5 Qc5
18.axb6 axb6=, Rendle-Melaxasz, 2002 .
9.exd5 Qxd5 10.O-O Bg4 11.Bc3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3
Qxf3 13.gxf3
The bishop pair gives White the advantage.
a b c d e f g h
�
Johansson, Jan vs. Schiller, Eric
Dos Hermanas Qualifier 2003
Pteronondon
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc3+
5.bxc3 Qa5 6.Nf3 Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 Qxc5 8.Bd3
A solid move. I may have over-reacted.
8...d5
8...d6 9.O-O Nf6 can't be too bad for Black.
Probably about even, given the weakness of
White's pawns.
8...b6!? comes into consideration. 9.O-O Bb7
10.Rb1 Nf6 11.Re1 (11.Qe2 Qc7 12.e5 Nh5
13.Bh6 Rg8 14.Rfe1 Ng7 15.Nd4 Ne6 16.Nxe6
fxe6 17.Rb4 Nc6 18.Rh4 1/2-1/2, Videki Sandor -
Dobos Jozsef Budapest 2000 18...Nd8! intending
...Nf7.) 11...Na6 12.a4 Qc8 13.Bh6 Nc5 14.Rb4
Ne6 15.Qa1 Qc5 16.Rb5 Qc7 17.a5 Bc6 18.Rb3
bxa5 19.Ra3 Rg8 20.Rxa5 g5 21.Bxg5 Nxg5
22.Rxg5 Rxg5 23.Nxg5 Qf4 24.Nh3 Qh6 25.Qa5
Qh5 26.Qc7 Qc5 27.Rb1 Kf8 28.Qf4 1/2-1/2,
Berthelot- Olivier 1991.
9.exd5 Qxd5 10.O-O Bg4 11.Bc3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3
Qxf3 13.gxf3
White's pawns are a mess but he does have the
bishop pair.
a b c d e f g h
13...f6 14.Rab1 Nd7 15.Rxb7 Nc5 16.Bb5+
Kf8 17.Rc7 Ne6 18.Rd7 Rc8 19.Bb4 Rxc2
20.Re1 Kf7?
20. . . N g5 21.Bxe7+ Nxe7 22.Rexe7 a6
23.Bxa6 Rxa2 24.Bc4 Rd2! 25.Rc7±;
20...Rb2!? 21.Rxe6 Rxb4 22.a4²
21.Ba4 Rxa2 22.Bb3 Ra6 23.Rxe6 Rxe6
24.Rxa7
Black resigns
Clawitter, Craig vs. Schiller, Eric
Los Angeles, 1995
Pteronondon
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc3+
5.bxc3 Qa5 6.Qd3
6 . B b 2 Nc6 7.Nf3 also flies into Sicilian
Pterodactyl territory. 7...Nf6
is then the best move. (7...Qxc5 8.Bd3 Nf6
9.O-O d6 10.c4 O-O 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3
13.Qxf3 Ne5 gave Black the initiative in Kuzin-
Onoprienko, 2006);
6.Rb1!? Qxc5 (6...Qxc3+ 7.Qd2 Qxc5 8.Bd3
Nf6 9.Nf3 a6 10.O-O Nc6 is comfortable for
Black and a better way to play.) 7.Qd4 Qxd4
8.cxd4 with a strong center, Stripunsky - Karen,
2001;
6.Nf3 transposes to Sicilian Pterodactyl.
6...Qxc5 7.Nf3
We have transposed to a Sicilian Pterodactyl line.
a b c d e f g h
7...d6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O Nbd7
Black will be able to castle soon enough. 11.Nd2
Nc5 12.Qc4 Be6 13.Qd4 Bd7 14.Rab1 O-O
Black can be totally satisfied with the position. The
superior pawn structure balances out the bishop
pair.
a b c d e f g h
15.f3 e5
This creates a backward pawn at d6 but I saw I
could get it to d5. 16.Qb4 b6 17.Rfd1 d5!?
18.Bg5!
I had overlooked this. 18...Na4!?
19.Bxf6 Nxc3 20.Re1! Nxb1 21.Rxb1 Qxc2
22.exd5 Bf5 23.Bxe5 Qxa2
White is better but I have some useful pressure.
24.Rf1 Rac8 25.Bc4 Qc2 26.Bb3 Qd3
Pressure often leads to opponents blundering, as
happens now.
a b c d e f g h
27.Qh4??
27.Qf4 f6 28.d6+ Kh8 29.Bd4 g5 30.Qe5!!
would have been very strong.
27...Qe3+ White resigned.
Fink, Stanley vs. Wojtkiewicz , Aleksander
Mt. Vernon , 1999
Pteronondon
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3
Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 Qxc5 8.Rb1 d6
9.Rb3 Qc7 10.Bc3 f6 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.O-O
Nh6 13.Ng5 e5 14.f4 fxg5 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.Bxc6+ bxc6 17.Qd2 Be6 18.Qxg5 Bxb3
19.Qxh6 Bc4 20.Rf2 O-O-O 21.h3 Qb6 22.Qh4
Rhf8
White resigned.
Szieberth Adam vs. Al Sayed Mohamad N
Budapest , 2001
Pteronondon
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3
Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ 7.Qd2 Qxa1 8.c3 Nf6
9.Bd3 Na6 10.O-O Nxc5 11.Ng5 Nxd3 12.Ba3
Qxf1+ 13.Kxf1 Ne5 14.f4 Nc4 15.Qd4 Nxa3
16.e5 Nc2 17.Qf2 Ng4 18.Qh4 d6 19.Nxh7
dxe5 20.Nf6+ exf6 21.Qxh8+ Ke7 22.h3 Nge3+
23.Kf2 exf4
White resigned.
Georgiev, Krum vs. Macieja, Bartlomiej
Greece, 2005
Pteronondon
Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 Qxc5 8.Rb1 Nf6
9.Bd3 d6 10.Rb5 Qc7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 a6
13.Ba5 b6
White resigned.
Sicilian Quetzecoatlus
Ortega, Juan Manuel de dios vs. Schiller,
Eric
Quetzalcoatlus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Be3
d6
6.Bb5+
6. Q d2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 transposes to a
Dragon.
6...Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.O-O Rc8
8...Ngf6 9.Qd2 cxd4 10.Bxd4 O-O 11.Nd5 Qd8
12.Rfe1 Nxd5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.exd5 Nf6 15.c4
Rc8 16.b3 Qd7 17.Qe3 b5
gave Black good counterplay in Tabjbzada-
Schneider, Germany 1997.
9.Qd2 a6 10.Nd5?!
10.Rad1=
10...Qxd2 11.Bxd2 cxd4
Black is clearly better with a healthy extra pawn.
12.Rac1 e6 13.Nb4 Ngf6 14.Rfe1 e5

14...Nc5 would have been better.
15.c3 dxc3 16.Rxc3 O-Oµ 17.Rec1
1 7 .Ng5 h6 18.Nh3 Rxc3 19.Bxc3 Rc8 is
horrible for White.
17...Rxc3!
An excellent, if obvious, exchange. 18.Bxc3 Nxe4
19.Nd5 Nxc3 20.Nxc3 Rc8. White's position is
hopelessly lost. 21.Rd1 Nb6 22.Rxd6 Nc4
23.Rd1 Nxb2 24.Rc1 e4 25.Nd2 Rxc3. Black
has had an excellent focus on c3 throughout the
game. 26.Rxc3 Bxc3 27.Nxe4 Bb4. White should
have resigned here. 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Nd7 b5
30.Kf1 Bc3 31.Ke2 Bd4 32.f3 a5 33.Kd2 b4
34.Nb8 a4 35.Nc6 Bc3+ 36.Kc2 Nc4 37.g3
Ne3+ 38.Kd3 Nf1 39.Kc4 Nxh2 40.Nxb4 Bxb4
41.Kxb4 Nxf3 42.Kxa4 f5 43.Kb3 g5 44.a4 Ne5
45.a5 Nc6 46.a6 f4 47.gxf4 gxf4 48.Kc4 h5
49.Kd3 Kf6 50.Ke4 Kg5 51.Kd5 Na7 52.Kc5 f3
53.Kb6 f2 54.Kxa7 f1=Q 55.Kb7 Qb5+ 56.Ka7
h4 57.Ka8 Qxa6+. White resigns
Jaracz, Pawel vs. Schiller, Eric
Sicilian Quetzalcoatlus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Be3
d6
6.Qd2
6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.O-O Rc8 9.Qd2
a6 10.Nd5 (10.Rad1=) 10...Qxd2 11.Bxd2 cxd4
12.Rac1 e6³
6...Nc6 7.dxc5!?
7.d5 Ne5 8.Nxe5 Bxe5 9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.Bd3=,
Szabo vs. Haag, Hungarian Championship 1961.
7.h3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O
is a Classical Dragon.
7...Bxc3
7...dxc5 8.Nd5 Qxd2+ 9.Kxd2 Kf8 is a bit
better for White.
8.bxc3
8...Nf6 9.Bd3
9.cxd6 Nxe4 10.Qd3 Nxd6. White suffers from
weak queenside pawns.
9...dxc5 10.e5 Nd5 11.Be4 Qxc3
11...Nxc3!? might have been better, but not at
this time control!
12.Qxc3 Nxc3 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Bxc5
The endgame holds equal chances.
14...Be6 15.O-O Bd5 16.Nd4 Na4 17.Ba3

Rd8?!
17...c5 should have been played right away.
18.Rfd1 Be4 19.f3 c5!? 20.Nb5!
20.N e6 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 fxe6 22.fxe4 Rf8
should lead to a draw.
20...Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Bxc2 22.Nc7+ Kf8
23.Rd7?!
23 .R c 1 Bd3 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Rxc5 Kg7
26.Nd5 is headed toward a draw.
23.Rd8+! Kg7 24.Rd7 is good for White.
23...Bf5 24.Rd8+
24.e6!? f6 25.g4 would have brought White a
lasting advantage.
24...Kg7 25.Ne8+ Kh6
The pin on the knight hurts White.
a b c d e f g h
26.g4 Be6 27.h4 g5 28.Bc1 Kg6 29.h5+ Kh6.
Black now has the advantage. 30.f4
30.Be3 f6›
30...f6 31.f5?!
3 1 .B e3 would keep the knight tied to the
defense of c5.
31...Bxa2 32.e6 Bb3 33.Kf2 Nc3 34.Ke3 Nb5
35.Rb8 Ba4
Black's advantage has grown and I am now winning.
a b c d e f g h
36.Rc8 Nd4 37.Nd6 Rxc8 38.Nxc8 Bd1!
I will now proceeed to munch on kingside pawns.
39.Nxe7 Bxg4 40.Ke4 Kxh5 41.Ng8 Bxf5+
42.Ke3 Nxe6
All gone!
a b c d e f g h
43.Nxf6+ Kg6 44.Nd5 h5 45.Bb2 Kf7 46.Be5 a5
47.Nc3 h4 48.Bd6 h3 49.Na4 Nf4
White resigns.
Li Shilong vs. Schiller, Eric
Internet Chess Club, Unknown
Sicilian Quetzecoatlus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Be2
d6
5...Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.e5 Ne8 8.d5 d6 9.e6!?
fxe6 10.dxe6 Nc6 (10...Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qxc3
12.Rb1 Nc6 13.Bb2 Qa5 14.Bc4
White has some compensation for the pawn,
but the position remains unclear. ) 11.Re1 Nf6
12.Bc4 a6 was about even in Seifert vs.
Tsvetkov, Moscow 1964.
6.O-O Nc6
6...Bg4 7.dxc5 Qxc5 8.Nd5 Nd7 9.Be3 Qc8
10.Bd4 Ngf6 11.Bb5 Kf8 12.Bxd7 Qxd7 13.Nxf6
Bxf6 14.Bxf6 exf6 15.Qd4 is clearly better for
White, Arnason vs. Conquest, Brighton 1981.
7.d5 Nd4 8.Nxd4 Bxd4
Perhaps Black is better off capturing with the pawn.
8...cxd4 9.Nb5 Qb6 10.c3 dxc3 11.Nxc3 Nf6
12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Bxd7+ Nxd7
15.Bd4 O-O 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd4+ f6 18.Rac1
Rfc8 brought Black equality in Luboshitz vs.
Reinemer, Leverkusen 2002.
9.Nb5
9.Bb5+ Kf8!? followed by ...a6 should be okay
for Black.
9...Bg7 10.c4 a6 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Bd2 Qc7
Black can be satisfied with the position out of the
opening.
13.Qc1 Nf6
13...h5!? comes into consideration.
14.Bh6 O-O 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qe3 Rfb8 17.f4
b5 18.e5 Ng8 19.e6!?
This aggressive thrust turns out to be quite
successful. Black must deviate earlier.
19.Ne4 Bf5 20.b3 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Nh6 22.e6 f5
and Black will be fine after getting the knight to f6.
19...fxe6 20.dxe6 Bc6 21.f5!? bxc4 22.fxg6!
Nf6 23.gxh7 Rxb2 24.h8=Q+! Rxh8 25.Qg5+
Kf8 26.Rxf6+
Black resigns
Sicilian Rhamphorhynchus
Lutikov, Anatoly vs. Larsen, Bent
Beverwijk , 1967
Rhamphorhynchus
Nf6?!
This is often played, but White can boast some
advantage in many different lines.
6.Nd2 Qxc5 7.Nc4

7.Nb3 Qc7 8.Nb5 Qc6 9.Be3 looks clearly
better for White, since 9...Nxe4? loses to 10.Na5!
Qf6 11.Nc7+
7...O-O 8.e5
8.Be3 Qc6 9.e5 Ne8 10.Nd5 Qe6 11.Be2 is a
promising position for White, since Black should
not dare to take the e-pawn: 11...Bxe5? 12.Nxe5
Qxe5 13.Qd4! Nc6 (13...Qxd4 14.Nxe7+ Kh8
15.Bxd4+ Ng7 16.Nd5 is very good for White.)
14.Qxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe7+ Kg7 16.O-O-O d6
17.Nxc8 Rxc8 18.Bxa7 and White won easily in
Beeckmans vs. Van Damme, Belgium 1997.
8...Ng4 9.Qxg4 d5
10.Be3! Qb4 11.Qh4 dxc4 12.O-O-O
Black has nothing better now than to take the e-
pawn. 12...Nc6?!
12...Bxe5 13.a3 Qa5 14.Rd5 Qc7 15.Nb5.
Black has poor development and can't get the
queenside attack going, so White is much better.
13.Rd5!
White hangs on to the pawn. Why not? 13...e6
14.Rc5 f5
A rather desperate attempt to keep the kingside
closed. 15.f4
15.Bxc4 is simple and strong.
15...Qb6 16.Qg3
The queen steps aside so that the h-pawn can
advance and crack the fortress walls.
a b c d e f g h
16...a6 17.h4 Qc7 18.h5
18.Bxc4? b6
18...b5 19.Be2 Bb7 20.h6!
20.hxg6 h6 would keep the king safe for a
while.
20...Bh8
The bishop cannot move, but the king remains safe.
21.Bf3 Rfd8 22.Qh3 Qd7 23.Rd1! Qe8 24.g4
The kingside attack returns after a brief intermission.
a b c d e f g h
24...b4
Black takes the initiative on the queenside. 25.Ne2
Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Rd8+ 27.Ke1!
The king sill be safer on the kingside. Black's
position is a heap of weaknesses, or a sea of holes.
27...b3 28.axb3 cxb3 29.gxf5
a b c d e f g h
29...exf5?
29...bxc2 30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Rxc2 was not
pleasant, either.
30.Qg2!
It turns out that it is on the queenside that Black
suffers most. 30...Nxe5
There is nothing better.
30...Rc8 31.Bd5+ Kf8 32.Rc3 bxc2 33.Bc5+
Ne7 34.Bxb7 and it is all over.
31.fxe5 Bxf3 32.Qxf3 Bxe5 33.Bg5!
Black resigned. If the rook leaves the d-file, then
Qd5+ wins. If it advances on the d-file, then Qb7 sets
up Qg7+ and Rc8.
Antal, Gergely vs. Barbero, Gerardo
Budapest , 2000
Sicilian Rhamphorhynchus
Qxc5
T he Rhamphorhynchus is dubious and Black does
better to adopt the Pteronondon by capturing at c3.
6.Nd5! Qa5+
6...Na6 guards c7 but only for a moment.
7.Bxa6 bxa6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Be3 (9.b4 is even
stronger.) 9...Qa5 10.Bd4 Bb7 11.c4 Bxd5
12.exd5 O-O 13.Bc3 Qc7 14.Qa4 (14.b3)
14...Rfc8 15.b3 Nxd5 16.Bxg7 was clearly better
for White in Ashley Maurice - Epstein Esther
Connecticut 2001.
7.Bd2 Qd8 8.Bc3
By contesting the long diagonal White secures a
lasting advantage thanks to his domination of the
center and lead in development.
8...f6 9.Nd4 Nc6 10.Nb5 Rb8 11.b4?

11.Bd4!
11...a6
11...Nh6!?
12.Nbc7+ Kf8 13.b5 axb5 14.Nxb5
14...Nh6
14...e6 15.Nb4 Qe7 was a superior plan.
15.Bc4 Nf7 16.O-O e6 17.Nb4?
Wrong direction! 17...Qe7 18.Nd3 f5 19.exf5
19.Bxg7+ Kxg7 should have been inserted
first.
19...gxf5 20.Re1 Bxc3 21.Nxc3 Qf6 22.Qd2
Rg8 23.Re3?? d5 24.Bb3 d4
White resigned.
Sicilian Siroccopteryx
Abrahamyan, Tatiana vs. Schiller, Eric
Los Angeles, 1995
Siciliaq Siroccopteryx
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Bc4?
The Siroccopteryx is an opening trap.
5...cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc5

Black wins a piece. 7.Ncb5
7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Be3 has been tried. 8...Qa5
9.O-O Nf6 10.f4 Rf8 11.h3 Kg8 12.Qd2 d6 13.f5
Nc6 14.Nb3 Qd8 15.fxg6 hxg6 16.Bh6 Be6 and
Black went on to win in Cornelis Frans B - Villarroel
Geber Habana 1966
7...a6 8.Bb3
8.Qd3 axb5 9.Nxb5 was preferable.
8...axb5 9.Be3 Qb4+ 10.c3 Qa5 11.O-O Nc6
12.f4 b4 13.f5 Nf6 14.Nxc6 dxc6 15.g4
A desperate attempt at a kingside attack.
15...O-O 16.Qf3 bxc3 17.g5 cxb2 18.Rad1

Nxe4! 19.fxg6
19.Qxe4 Bxf5 20.Qxe7 Rad8 21.Bxf7+ Kh8! is
hopeless.
19...Nxg5 20.gxf7+ Kh8 21.Qg2 Bh3
21...Nh3+ 22.Kh1 Bf5 was more efficient.
22.Qxg5 Qxg5+
White resigned.
Sicilian Pterodactyl Unpin
Adrian, Robert vs. Jakab, Attila
Tapolca , 2001
Sicilian Pterodactyl Unpin
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Bd2
cxd4 6.Nd5 Qd8 7.Bf4 d6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+
Qxd7 10.Nxd4 e5 11.Nb5 Na6 12.Ndc7+ Nxc7
13.Nxd6+ Ke7 14.Nxf7 Qxd1+ 15.Rxd1 exf4
16.O-O Kxf7 17.Rd7+ Ne7 18.Rxc7 Rhc8
19.Rxb7 Rxc2 20.Rd1 Rxb2
Dezanvilliers vs. Bilek, Istvan
Bagneux, 1984
Unpin
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Bd2
cxd4 6.Nd5 Qd8 7.Bf4 d6 8.Bg3 Nc6 9.Qd2 e6
10.Bh4 f6 11.Nb4 Bh6
Part 2: Central Variations
Central Quetzalcoatlus
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.c4 d6
a b c d e f g h
5.Nc3
a) 5.d5 Nf6 leads to standard Benoni and
King's Indian positions. (5...e6 is a Benoni break.
6.Nc3 exd5 7.exd5 Bg4 8.Be2 Nf6 9.O-O O-O
10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 a6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Qd2 Re8
14.Qf4 Nbd7›
Velikhanli vs. Mohamed,2001. 5...b5 can lead
to a Benko Gambit.);
b) 5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qxc5 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Be2
Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qxc4 10.Rc1 Qc8 11.Nb5 Nc6
12.Ba5 Kf8 13.Bg4 f5 14.exf5 gxf5µ
J. Marshall vs. Arlinsky, 1993.
c) 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Ng4 7.Bf4 cxd4 8.Nd5 e5
(8...e6! 9.Nb4 a5 10.Nd3 e5) 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.c5 O-
O 11.h4 h6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxh6 Bg7 14.Qd2
dxc5 15.h5ƒ with a very strong attack for White in
Stephan vs. Neumann, 1996.
d) 5.Be2 Qa5+!? (5...Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 --> Modern
Defense: Averbakh Variation on eventual Nc3.
5...Nf6 6.Nc3 --> Benoni lines or Averbakh
System 6...Qa5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 --> King's
Indian Defense.) 6.Bd2 (6.Nc3 Nc6!? 7.dxc5
(7.d5 Nd4 8.Bd2 Nxe2 9.Qxe2 Qb6›) 7...Bxc3+
8.bxc3 dxc5=) 6...Qb6 7.Bc3 Nf6 8.d5 O-O
9.Nbd2 e5 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.O-O Nc6 12.h3 Nd4
13.Re1 Nd7 14.Bf1 Ne5³ Lengyel vs. Tarjan,
1974.
a b c d e f g h
5...Qa5
Black can head for Maroczy Bind positions by
capturing on d4, but the Pterodactyl is more
interesting.
ChessBase statistics:
Black scores well (54%).
Black performs Elo 2359 against an opposition of Elo
2331 (+28).
White performs Elo 2406 against an opposition of Elo
2434 (-28).
White wins: 5 (=42%), Draws: 1 (=8%), Black wins:
6 (=50%)
The drawing quote is very low. (0% quick draws, <
20 Moves)
White wins are shorter than average .
Black wins are shorter than average .
Draws are shorter than average . 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2
The standard plan.
7.Qc2 Ng4 8.Be2 Nxe3 9.fxe3 Nc6 10.Rd1 O-
O 11.a3 Bd7 12.O-O Rfd8= Coleman vs. Leon
Hoyos 2001.
a b c d e f g h
7...Bg4 8.Be2
8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Nd5 Qxd2+ 10.Nxd2 Na6 11.f3
Bd7 may be a shade better for White.
8...Bxf3 9.Bxf3 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.Be3 O-O
12.Be2 Rfc8 13.f3 a6 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.b3
Rab8›
I prefer this to the immediate advance of the b-pawn.
a b c d e f g h
Betaneli, Aleksandr vs. Donaldson, John W
Chicago , 1997
Central Quetzalcoatlus
1.c4
1...g6 2.e4 c5 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Nc3 Qa5
6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 Bg4 8.Be2
8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Nd5 Qxd2+ 10.Nxd2 Na6 11.f3
Bd7 looks better for White.
8...Bxf3 9.Bxf3 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.Be3 O-O
12.Be2 Rfc8 13.f3 a6 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.b3
15...b5
15...Rab8 is unclear. I prefer this to the
immediate advance of the b-pawn.
16.Nd5 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 e6 18.cxb5 axb5
19.Rxc6 Rxa2+ 20.Ke1 Ra1+ 21.Bd1 Rd8
22.Nb6 Nc5 23.Rc8 Rxc8 24.Nxc8 Nxb3
25.Nxd6 b4 26.Nc4 Nd4 27.e5 Nb5 28.Kd2
Ra2+ 29.Kd3 Rxg2 30.Bb3 Nc3 31.Ra1 h6
32.Ra8+ Kh7 33.Ra7 Nd5 34.Rxf7 Rxh2
35.Nd6 Nxe3 36.Kxe3 Rh5 37.Ne8 Kg8
38.Rxg7+ Kf8 39.Rxg6 Rxe5+ 40.Kd4 Rf5
41.Rf6+. Black resigned.
Central Quezalcoatlus 6.Be2
1.e4
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c5 is the line
without Nf3.
ChessBase Statistics
Black scores averagely (44%).
2271 (-42).
2293 (+42).
White wins: 105 (=41%), Draws: 80 (=31%), Black
wins: 74 (=29%)
The drawing quote is lower than average. (3%
quick draws, < 20 Moves)
5.d5 (5.dxc5 Bxc3+ (5...dxc5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8
7.Be3 (7.Nge2 Nc6 8.Be3 Nd4 9.O-O-O e5
10.Nd5 Bd7 11.f4 f6 12.h3 h5 13.fxe5 fxe5
14.Nec3 Bh6 15.Bxh6 Nxh6= in a game White
won van der Spoel vs. van Loon, 1989) 7...Bxc3+
8.bxc3 b6 9.Nf3 (9.O-O-O+ Ke8 10.e5 Nc6
11.Nf3 h5 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.Bf4 Rc8=) 9...Nc6
10.Be2 (10.Bf4 Na5 11.h3 f6 12.e5 Be6 13.Nd2
Ke8 14.Be2 Rd8 15.g4 Kf7 16.Bg3 Kg7= in a
game White won Stockl vs. Robatsch, 1961)
10...Ke8 11.O-O Na5 12.Nd2 Be6 13.f4 f5 14.e5
Rd8 15.Rab1 Nh6 16.h3 Kf7 17.Kf2 Rd7³ in a
game Black won Huque vs. Crawley, 1989.)
6.bxc3 dxc5 (6...Qa5? 7.cxd6 Qxc3+ 8.Bd2±

in a game White won Wall-Lovett,H/Dayton, OH
1984 .) 7.Qxd8+ (7.Bd3 Nc6 8.f4 Qa5 9.Ne2 in
a game White won Steiner vs. Havasi, 1926 .
9...Bg4 10.O-O Rd8 11.Qc2 Nf6=) 7...Kxd8
8.Ne2 in a game White won Bazant vs.
Markovic, 2000 (8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Bd3
b6=; 8.Be3 see Huque-Crawley, main line. )
8...Nc6 9.Be3 Nf6!= 10.f3 b6 11.Rd1+ Ke8;
5.Be3 Qa5 6.Nge2 (6.Qd2 cxd4 7.Bxd4 Bxd4
8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.O-O
Nc6 12.Qd2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ne5³
Burtman vs. Epstein, 1991.) 6...Nf6 7.f3 O-O
(7...Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Rd1 a6 10.Nd5 Nxd5
11.cxd5 Nb4 12.Kf2! Qxa2 13.Nc3 Qa5
14.dxc5 dxc5³ in a game Black won Siponen
vs. Tommiska, 1987 .) 8.Nc1 Qc7 9.d5 e6
10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 b6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Nd3
Nbd7 14.a4 Qb7 15.Qd2 Rfc8 16.Rad1 Bc4
17.Bh6 Bxd3 18.Bxd3 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 c4
20.Be2 a6 21.f4 b5 22.e5 dxe5 23.fxe5 Qb6+
24.Kh1 Nxe5 25.d6 Qd8 26.Qf4 Nfd7 27.axb5
axb5 28.Nxb5 Rc5 29.Nc3 Rb8 30.Nd5 Rc6
31.Rd2 Rbb6 32.Qh6 Qf8 33.Qh4 Rb8 34.h3
Re8 in the drawn game Kamsky vs. Ivanov,
1991 .) 5...Qa5 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2
Bg4 9.O-O)
1...g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3
For lines without Nf3 see note to move 1. 3...c5
4.c4 Qa5+
ChessBaase Statistics
Black scores above average (50%).
2406 (0).
2411 (0).
wins: 124 (=29%)
The drawing quote is higher than average. (14%
quick draws, < 20 Moves)
4...d6 postpones the Pterodactyl deployment of
the queen.
5.Be2 (5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qxc5 7.Nc3 Bg4

8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qxc4 10.Rc1 Qc8 11.Nb5
Nc6 12.Ba5 Kf8 13.Bg4 f5 14.exf5 gxf5µ
in a game Black won Marshall vs. Arlinsky,
Class MX 1993 ; 5.Be3 Nf6 (5...cxd4 6.Nxd4
Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 a6 9.O-O Nc6 10.Qd2
Ng4 11.Bxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Rc8
14.b3 f5› in a game White won Matvienko vs.
Gumilevskaja, 2000) 6.Nc3 Ng4 7.Bf4 cxd4
8.Nd5 e5 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.c5 O-O 11.h4 h6
12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxh6 Bg7 14.Qd2 dxc5
15.h5ƒ in a game White won Stephan vs.
Neumann, 1996 ; 5.d5 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Nc3
Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.Qc2 a6) 5...Qa5+!? (5...cxd4
6.Nxd4 Nf6 --> Maroczy Bind; 5...Nc6 6.d5
Nd4 --> Modern Defense: Averbakh Variation
on eventual Nc3. 5...Nf6 6.Nc3 --> Benoni lines
or Averbakh System 6...Qa5 7.O-O cxd4
8.Nxd4 --> King's Indian Defense.) 6.Bd2 Qb6
7.Bc3 Nf6 8.d5 O-O 9.Nbd2 e5 10.dxe6 Bxe6
11.O-O Nc6 12.h3 Nd4 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Bf1
Ne5³ Lengyel vs. Tarjan, 1974.
a b c d e f g h
5.Nc3
5.Bd2 Qb6 6.Bc3 (6.Nc3 cxd4 7.c5 Qd8 8.Nb5
Nf6 9.Bf4 Na6 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.e5 Ne8 12.O-O-
O Nec7 13.Be3 Ne6 14.Qd5²
in a game White won Nevostrujev vs. Batsanin,
1995) 6...Nf6 (6...cxd4 7.Nxd4 (7.Bxd4 Bxd4
8.Qxd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 (10.Nb5
Kd8 11.N1c3 (11.c5 f5 12.N1c3 Nf6 13.Bd3
Nb4 14.Bb1²
in the drawn game Rohr vs. Bachmann, 1986)
11...d6 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.b3 Nf6 14.Kb2 Rc8
in a game White won Rukavina-Barlov, 1985)
10...bxc6 11.c5 Rb8 12.b3 Nh6 13.Nc3 f6
14.O-O-O in the drawn game Bruned vs. De la
Villa Garcia, 2000 14...Ng4›) 7...Nc6 8.Nb3
(8.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 9.Nxc3 dxc6=) 8...Nf6 9.c5
Qc7 10.N1d2 O-O 11.Be2 b6 12.cxb6 axb6
13.O-O e5 14.Bc4 Rd8› 15.Nf3 Nxe4 16.Qd5
Nd6!³ (16...Nxc3?? 17.Qxf7+ Kh8 18.Ng5
Ne2+ 19.Kh1 in a game White won Kritz vs.
Kovchan, 1999)) 7.d5 (7.dxc5 Qxc5 8.Bd3 d6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nbd2 e5 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.c5
dxc5 13.Nxe5 in the drawn game Masic vs.
Lengyel, 1974 .)
a b c d e f g h
7...O-O 8.Nbd2 (8.Bd3 d6 9.h3 (9.O-O Bg4
10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3² in the drawn
game Timar vs. Barati, 1989) 9...e5!? 10.Nbd2
(10.g4 h5 11.g5 Nh7 12.Qc1 Qd8 13.Bd2 f6
14.Nc3 Na6=
in a game White won Timman vs. Vadasz, 1974
.) 10...Nh5 11.g3 Bh6 12.Qe2 Ng7 13.O-O-O
Qc7 14.Nh2 f5› in a game White won Landa
vs. Permiakov, 1996 .) 8...d6 9.Be2 (9.h3 e5
10.g4 Qd8 11.Be2 Ne8 12.Qc2 Bh6 13.O-O-O
Bf4 14.Rdg1 a6= in a game Black won
Rodriguez Vargas vs. Bellon Lopez, Palmas
1975) 9...e5 10.O-O Qd8 (10...Bh6 11.Qc2
Nh5 12.g3 Bh3 13.Rfb1 Nd7 14.Nh4 Ndf6› in
the drawn game Gipslis vs. Stein, Soviet
Georgia 1966 ; 10...Bd7!?; 10...Nh5!„)
11.Ne1 Bh6 12.Qc2 Nbd7 13.g3 Nh5 14.Bxh5
gxh5 15.Ng2 Nf6 16.Nf3 Bh3 17.Nfh4 Bg5
18.f4 Bxh4 19.Nxh4 Ng4 20.Nf5 f6 21.a4 a5
22.Rf3 Qc7 23.Nh4 Rf7 24.Bd2 Kf8 25.f5 Ke7
26.Rb3 Rg7 27.Qd1 b6 28.Qe1 Rag8 29.Kh1
Qd7 30.Raa3 Qa7 31.Rb5 Rb8 32.Nf3 h4
33.Ng1 in a game White won Ljubojevic vs.
Bellon Lopez, 1975 .
5...d6
a) 5...Nf6 6.Bd2 (6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 -->
Hedgehog Formation 8.Be3 Ne5 9.O-O Nfg4
10.Nb3 Nxe3 11.Nxa5 Nxd1 12.Raxd1 b6
13.Nb3 Ba6µ in a game Black won Weiser vs.
Comp Pilgrim/EQ#21 1992) 6...cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6
(7...O-O 8.Be2 (8.Nc2 d6 9.Be2 Be6 10.O-O Rc8
11.b3 Nc6 12.Kh1 Nd7 13.Qe1 Qd8 14.f4 Nc5=
in a game White won Shchekachev vs. Malakhov,
1999 ; 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Rc1 d6 11.O-O
Be6 12.f3 Qb6+ 13.Kh1 Rfc8 14.Nd5 Qd8› in
the drawn game Miles vs. Biyiasas, Vegas NV
1976) 8...d6 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nc2 a6 11.Rb1 Be6
12.b3 Rfc8 13.a3 Nd7 14.Nd5 Qd8› in a game
White won Charpentier vs. Jimenez, 1999) 8.Nb3
Qd8
9.Be2 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 (11.Be3 Be6

(11...a5 12.Qd2 Be6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 a4›
in a game Black won van den Doel vs. Malakhov,
1993) 12.f3 Nd7 13.Qd2 a5 14.Rac1 a4„ in a
game Black won Grigoriants vs. Malakhov, 1996)
11...Be6 12.Rc1 a5 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5›
in the drawn game Sammalvuo vs. Day, 1996 ;
b) 5...Nc6
a b c d e f g h
6.d5 (6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxe4
9.Nxc6 Qxc3 10.Qxc3 Nxc3 (10...Bxc3+
11.bxc3 dxc6 12.Bd3 Nd6 13.c5 Nf5 14.Bxf5
Bxf5µ in a game Black won Maciejewski vs.
Krasenkov, 1993 ) 11.Nxa7 O-O 12.a4 d5
13.Nxc8 Rfxc8µ in a game Black won Ivanov vs.
Kovchan, 2000) 6...Nd4 7.Bd2 Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 d6
9.Bd3 (9.Be2 Nf6 10.Qd3 (10.h3 O-O 11.O-O a6
12.Qd3 Qb6 13.b3 e5 14.Rfe1 Qc7› in a game
Black won Cedeno vs. Jimenez, 2001) 10...O-O
11.O-O a6 12.Kh1 Qb6 13.Rab1 Bd7 14.f4
Qc7› in a game White won Boronowsky vs.
Benson, 1995) 9...Nf6 10.Qe2 (10.O-O O-O
11.Qe2 in the drawn game Andreev vs. Kovchan,
2000 ; 10.h3 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.a3 e6 13.b4
Qd8 14.Rab1 b6² in a game White won Khaetsky
vs. Kovchan, Ukraine, U20 Men 2000) 10...O-O
11.O-O Qb6 12.f4 Nd7 13.b3 a6 14.Rae1² in a
game White won Smikovski vs. Romanovich,
Petersburg 1997.
6.Be2
a ) 6.Rb1 Nc6 7.d5 Nb4 8.Bd2 Nxa2 9.Nxa2
Qxa2 10.Bd3 Qa6 11.O-O Qb6 12.b4 cxb4
13.Bxb4 Qc7 14.Qa4+ Bd7= in a game White won
Zontakh vs. Meister, 1994 ;
b ) 6.h3 Nf6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Nb3
Qd8 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 b6 12.Rc1 (12.f4 Bb7
13.a3 Nd7 14.Bc2 Rc8=
in the drawn game Enklaar vs. Hartoch, 1976)
12...Bb7 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.Bb1 Nd7= in a game
White won Korbut vs. Kosintseva, 1999 ;
c ) 6.d5 in the drawn game Suran vs. Ivanov,
1999 6...Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nf6!›;
d ) 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.Bd2 Bg4 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.Be2
Nc6 10.Bc3 Bxc3+ 11.Nxc3 Nf6 12.O-O O-O= in
a game Black won Kaczmarek vs. Fatabelikowa,
Naleczow w 1985
6...Bg4
6...Nc6 7.Be3 (7.dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 dxc5=;
7.d5 Nd4 8.Bd2 Nxe2 9.Qxe2 Qb6›) 7...Nf6 8.O-
O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Re1 O-O
12.Rc1² in a game Black won Kuligowski vs.
Novak, 1976 .
7.dxc5
7 . B e3 Nc6 8.d5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 (9.gxf3 Nd4
10.O-O Nf6 11.Bxd4 cxd4 12.Nb5 Nh5 13.Nxd4
Qb6 14.Qa4+ Kf8³ in a game Black won
Koscielski vs. Nesterov, 1993 . ) 9...Nd4 (9...Ne5
10.Qb3 Nf6 11.O-O Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Qc7 13.Qc2
O-O= in a game Black won Beilfuss vs. Ivanov,
1989) 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.Nb5 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qb6
13.Rb1 O-O 14.O-O a6= in the drawn game
Kiviaho vs. Blokh, 1997.
7...dxc5 8.O-O
8. Q b3 Nc6 9.O-O (9.Qxb7 Bxc3+ 10.Bd2
Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 Rd8 12.Qxc6+ Bd7©) 9...O-O-O
10.Ng5 in a game White won Meyer vs.
Ivanov/Bermuda 1989 10...Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Nh6›.
8...Nc6 9.Bf4 Nf6 10.e5
10.Nd5 O-O 11.Bc7 b6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 in
a game White won Magomedov vs. Sakhatova,
1994 13...Ne8!³
10...Nh5 11.Bd2 O-O 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3
Nxe5 14.Bxh5 gxh5›
a b c d e f g h
15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Bc3 e6 17.Qxh5 Ng6 18.Bxg7
Kxg7 19.Ne3 Qc7 20.Ng4 f5 21.Nh2 Nf4
22.Qf3 Rf6 23.h4 e5 24.g3 Ne6 25.Qh5 Nd4
26.Nf3 Kh8 27.Ne1 Rg8 28.Ng2 Qc6 29.Kh2
Rh6 30.Qd1 f4 31.Ne1 Qf6 32.Nf3 e4 33.Ng1
Qg5 34.Nh3 fxg3+ 35.Kg2 Qxh4 in a game Black
won , Sherzer vs. Soltis, 1992.
Central Pterodactyl
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.c4 Qa5+

Chessbase statistics:
2228 (+62).
2321 (-64).
wins: 16 (=41%)
The drawing quote is Average. (8% quick draws, <
20 Moves)
Black wins are of average length .
Draws are short .
a b c d e f g h
5.Nc3
5.Bd2 Qb6 6.Bc3 (6.Nc3 cxd4 7.c5 Qd8 8.Nb5
Nf6 9.Bf4 Na6 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.e5 Ne8 12.O-O-
O Nec7 13.Be3 Ne6 14.Qd5²
in a game White won Nevostrujev vs. Batsanin,
1995) 6...cxd4 (6...Nc6 7.d5 (7.dxc5 Bxc3+
8.Nxc3 Qxb2 9.Nd5 Kf8! 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Rb1
Qxa2 12.O-O Nxe4 13.Qd3 Nxc5 14.Qe3 Ne6
15.Qc3 f6 16.Ra1 Qxe2 17.Rfe1 Qxe1+
18.Rxe1 with a big advantage for Black, Doric -
Sebenik, 5) 7...Nd4 8.e5 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 f6
10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Bd3 O-O with equality. 6...Nf6
7.d5 (7.dxc5 Qxc5 8.Bd3 d6 9.O-O O-O
10.Nbd2 e5 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.c5 dxc5 13.Nxe5
in the drawn game Masic vs. Lengyel, 1974)
7...O-O 8.Nbd2 (8.Bd3 d6 9.h3 (9.O-O Bg4
10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3² in the
drawn game Timar vs. Barati, 1989) 9...e5!?
10.Nbd2 (10.g4 h5 11.g5 Nh7 12.Qc1 Qd8
13.Bd2 f6 14.Nc3 Na6= in a game White won
Timman vs. Vadasz, 1974 .) 10...Nh5 11.g3
Bh6 12.Qe2 Ng7 13.O-O-O Qc7 14.Nh2 f5›
in a game White won Landa vs. Permiakov,
1996 .) 8...d6 9.Be2 (9.h3 e5 10.g4 Qd8
11.Be2 Ne8 12.Qc2 Bh6 13.O-O-O Bf4
14.Rdg1 a6= in a game Black won Rodriguez
vs. Bellon Lopez, 1975) 9...e5 10.O-O Qd8
(10...Bh6 11.Qc2 Nh5 12.g3 Bh3 13.Rfb1
Nd7 14.Nh4 Ndf6› in the drawn game Gipslis
vs. Stein, Soviet Georgia 1966 ; 10...Bd7!?;
10...Nh5!„) 11.Ne1 Bh6 12.Qc2 Nbd7 13.g3
Nh5 14.Bxh5 gxh5 15.Ng2 Nf6 16.Nf3 Bh3
17.Nfh4 Bg5 18.f4 Bxh4 19.Nxh4 Ng4 20.Nf5
f6 21.a4 a5 22.Rf3 Qc7 23.Nh4 Rf7 24.Bd2
Kf8 25.f5 Ke7 26.Rb3 Rg7 27.Qd1 b6 28.Qe1
Rag8 29.Kh1 Qd7 30.Raa3 Qa7 31.Rb5 Rb8
32.Nf3 h4 33.Ng1 in a game White won
Ljubojevic vs. Bellon Lopez, 1975) 7.Nxd4
(7.Bxd4 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6
10.Nxc6 (10.Nb5 Kd8 11.N1c3 (11.c5 f5
12.N1c3 Nf6 13.Bd3 Nb4 14.Bb1² in the
drawn game Rohr vs. Bachmann, 1986)
11...d6 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.b3 Nf6 14.Kb2 Rc8
in a game White won Rukavina-Barlov, 1985)
10...bxc6 11.c5 Rb8 12.b3 Nh6 13.Nc3 f6
14.O-O-O in the drawn game Bruned vs. De la
Villa Garcia, 2000 14...Ng4›) 7...Nc6 8.Nb3
Nf6 9.c5 Qc7 10.N1d2 O-O 11.Be2 b6
12.cxb6 axb6 13.O-O e5 14.Bc4 Rd8› 15.Nf3
Nxe4 16.Qd5 Nd6!³ (16...Nxc3?? 17.Qxf7+
Kh8 18.Ng5 Ne2+ 19.Kh1 in a game White won
Kritz vs. Kovchan, 1999.)
5...Nc6
5...Nf6 6.Bd2 (6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 -->
Hedgehog Formation 8.Nb3 (8.Be3 Ne5 9.O-O
Nfg4 10.Nb3 Nxe3 11.Nxa5 Nxd1 12.Raxd1 b6
13.Nb3 Ba6µ in a game Black won Weiser vs.
Comp Pilgrim/EQ#21 1992) 8...Qd8 9.Be3 O-O
10.O-O d6 11.h3 b6 12.f4 Bb7 13.a3 Nd7
14.Bc2 Rc8= in the drawn game Enklaar vs.
Hartoch, 1976) 6...cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 (7...O-O
8.Be2 (8.Nc2 d6 9.Be2 Be6 10.O-O Rc8 11.b3
Nc6 12.Kh1 Nd7 13.Qe1 Qd8 14.f4 Nc5= in a
game White won Shchekachev vs. Malakhov,
1999 ; 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Rc1 d6 11.O-O
Be6 12.f3 Qb6+ 13.Kh1 Rfc8 14.Nd5 Qd8› in
the drawn game Miles vs. Biyiasas, Vegas NV
1976) 8...d6 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nc2 a6 11.Rb1 Be6
12.b3 Rfc8 13.a3 Nd7 14.Nd5 Qd8› in a game
White won Charpentier vs. Jimenez, 1999) 8.Nb3
Qd8 9.Be2 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 (11.Be3 Be6
(11...a5 12.Qd2 Be6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 a4›
in a game Black won van den Doel vs. Malakhov,
1993) 12.f3 Nd7 13.Qd2 a5 14.Rac1 a4„ in a
game Black won Grigoriants vs. Malakhov, 1996)
11...Be6 12.Rc1 a5 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5›
in the drawn game Sammalvuo vs. Day, 1996.
6.d5
6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxe4 9.Nxc6
Qxc3 10.Qxc3 Nxc3 (10...Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 dxc6
12.Bd3 Nd6 13.c5 Nf5 14.Bxf5 Bxf5µ
in a game Black won Maciejewski vs.
Krasenkov,M 1993) 11.Nxa7 O-O 12.a4 d5
13.Nxc8 Rfxc8µ in a game Black won Ivanov
vs. Kovchan, 2000.
6...Nd4
a b c d e f g h
7.Bd2 Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 d6 9.Bd3
9.B e2 Nf6 10.Qd3 (10.h3 O-O 11.O-O a6
12.Qd3 Qb6 13.b3 e5 14.Rfe1 Qc7› in a game
Black won Cedeno vs. Jimenez, 2001) 10...O-O
11.O-O a6 12.Kh1 Qb6 13.Rab1 Bd7 14.f4
Qc7› in a game White won Boronowsky vs.
Benson, 1995.
9...Nf6 10.Qe2
1 0.O -O O-O 11.Qe2 in the drawn game
Andreev vs. Kovchan, Ukraine, U20 Men 2000 ;
10.h3 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.a3 e6 13.b4 Qd8
14.Rab1 b6² in a game White won Khaetsky vs.
Kovchan, 2000.
10...O-O 11.O-O e5
11...Qb6 12.f4 Nd7 13.b3 a6 14.Rae1² in a
game White won Smikovski vs. Romanovich,
1997.
12.f4 Nh5
Chances are about even.
[...]
13.f5 Nf4 14.Qf3 Bd7 15.g3 Nxd3 16.f6 Bh8
17.Qxd3 Qd8 18.Qf3 a6 19.a4= Rb8= in a game
White won , Georgiev - Solomunovic 2003.
Browne Walter vs. Schiller, Eric
San Meteo, 2000
Central Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Qa5
4...Bxc3+!? 5.bxc3 Qa5!? 6.Bd2 d6=
5.Bd2 d6 6.Nf3
6...Bg4 7.Bb5+
7.Be2 Nd7 8.O-O Ngf6 9.Ne1 Bxe2 10.Qxe2
Zvara vs. Lys, 1992. 10...O-O=
7...Nd7?!
This seemed natural. In a 15 minute game I couldn't
spend a lot of time early. But the bishop at g4 is
actually overworked, because while it pins f3, it also
has to defend d7 or I won't be able to castle.
7...Bd7 After the game we immediately agreed
that this had to be played.
8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxd7+ Kxd7 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.O-O²
White's advantage is not huge, but it is persistent.
My king will be a target forever. 11...a6?!
I never considered moving my king to c8, but that's
what the computers recommend. I admit I still don't
understand it, 12.e5!?
Grandmaster Browne goes for the jugular. This
particular rapid tournament had a nice prize, and
there was no room for mercy. 12...dxe5 13.d6!
Opening lines which will prove fatal to me. 13...Qb4
14.dxe7 e4 15.Qe2 Qb6
15...Rae8 16.Bg5±
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4± Qc6 18.Qc4 Qe6
18...Kxe7 19.Rfe1+ Kf8 20.Bc3±
19.Qxc5 Rac8 20.Qb4 Rxc2 21.Rad1 Kc8
22.Rfe1� Be5 23.Bc3 f6 24.f4 Qc6 25.Re4
White won.
Dobrev, Nanko vs. Schiller, Eric
Central Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c5 5.d5 Qa5
5...Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5
6.Bd2 Nf6 7.Nf3
7...O-O 8.Be2 Bg4 9.O-O a6 10.a3 Nbd7 11.h3

Bxf3 12.Bxf3 b5 13.Nxb5! Qb6 14.Nc3 Qxb2=
15.Na4 Qe5
15...Qd4!? and 15...Qb8!? come into
consideration.
16.Bc3 Qf4 17.g3 Qh6› 18.Kg2 Rab8 19.Bd2
g5 20.h4 Qg6 21.h5 Qh6 22.Qc1 Nxh5 23.Rh1
Bxa1 24.Bxh5
24.Rxh5!? Qf6 25.Bxg5 Bb2!? 26.Bxf6 Bxc1
27.Bxe7±
24...Qg7 25.Qxa1 Qxa1 26.Rxa1 h6² 27.f4?
27.Bg4 Ne5 28.Be2 Kg7 29.f4!±
27...Nf6 28.Bd1 Nxe4= 29.Be3 f5 30.Bc2 gxf4
31.Bxf4 Rf6 32.Rh1
32.Bxe4 fxe4 33.Nc3²
32...Kg7 33.Bc1 Rg6 34.Rh3
34.Bxe4 fxe4 35.Nc3²
34...e5 35.dxe6 Rxe6 36.Rh5 Rg6 37.Rxf5
Rxg3+ 38.Kh2 Rg4 39.Rh5?
3 9. R f 4 Rxf4 40.Bxf4 Rf8 41.Bxh6+ Kxh6
42.Bxe4 Rf2+ 43.Kg3 Ra2=
39...Nf6 40.Bxh6+?
40.Rxh6 Rxc4 41.Rg6+ Kf7 42.Rg2 d5³
40...Kf7° 41.Rh3 Rbg8 42.Rc3 Rg2+ 43.Kh3
Rf2 44.Bc1 Rf1 45.Bd2 Rh1#
White checkmated
Hebden, Mark vs. Schiller, Eric
Dos Hermanas Qualifier, 2004
Central Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Qa5 5.Bd2 d6
6.Nf3
6...Bg4
6...a6 is a reasonable alternative.
7.Be2 Nd7 8.O-O Ngf6 9.h3 Bxf3
There is no viable retreat. 10.Bxf3 O-O 11.a3
It is not easy to come up with a plan for White.
11...a6 12.Be2 b5
A temporary pawn sacrifice.
13.Nxb5 Qb6 14.Nc3 Qxb2 15.Qb1 Rfb8

16.Bd3?
16.Qxb2 Rxb2 17.Rfc1 is only temporarily
passive. White is better.
16...Ne5 17.Qe1?!
White should have held on to the bishop. 17...Nxd3
18.cxd3 Qc2
18...Nd7 is suggested by Rybka and is much
stronger.
19.Qe3 Rb2
Black's position is definitely preferable.
20.Rfd1 Nh5 21.Ne2?

This leads to the loss of the d-pawn. 21...Rb3
22.Rac1 Qxd3 23.Qxd3 Rxd3 24.Bc3 Rxd1+
25.Rxd1 Bxc3 26.Nxc3
Black is a healthy pawn ahead.
a b c d e f g h
26...Rb8 27.a4 Nf6 28.f3 Nd7 29.Kf2 Ne5 30.f4
Nc4 31.Rb1 Rb4 32.Ke2?
32.Rc1
32...Nb6 33.a5
a b c d e f g h
33...Nc4?
33...Na4! would have won easily.
34.Ra1 e6 35.Kd3 Kf8 36.g4 Ke7 37.g5 Kd7
38.h4 e5 39.Rf1 exf4 40.Rxf4 Ke7 41.Rf1 Nb2+
42.Kc2 Na4 43.Re1 Nxc3 44.Kxc3
This rook ending should be winning for Black.
a b c d e f g h
44...Ra4 45.Rb1 Rxa5 46.Rb7+ Kf8 47.Rd7
Ra3+ 48.Kd2 Rh3 49.Rxd6 Rxh4 50.Kd3 Rg4
51.Rxa6 Rxg5 52.Kc4 Re5 53.Ra8+?
53.Kxc5 Rxe4 54.d6 Re1 55.Kc6 Rc1+ 56.Kd5
Rd1+ 57.Kc6 would have led to a draw.
53...Ke7?
53...Re8 was of course correct.
54.Kxc5 Rxe4 55.d6+ Ke6??
55...Kd7 56.Ra7+ Ke8 57.Ra8+ Kd7 58.Ra7+
draws. My nerves failed me in time pressure.
56.Re8+ Kd7
56...Kf5 57.Rxe4 Kxe4 58.d7
57.Rxe4 f5 58.Re7+ Kd8 59.Rxh7 f4 60.Rf7 g5
61.Rf5 Kd7 62.Rxg5
Black resigns
Porter, R. vs. Schiller, Eric
Mechanics' Institute, Unknown
Central Pterodactyl
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Qa5 5.Bd2 d6
6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3
10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Ne5 12.Bb3 Rac8 13.f4
Ned7 14.Bc4 Nh5 15.Kh2 Qc7 16.Qf3 Nb6
17.Be2 a6 18.Nd1 Na4 19.g4 Nf6 20.b3 Nxd5
21.Rc1 Nb4 22.Bxb4 cxb4 23.bxa4 Qa5 24.Qb3
e5 25.f5 Bh6 26.Rb1 Bf4+ 27.Kg2 gxf5 28.exf5
Qc5 29.Qxb4 Qd5+ 30.Bf3 Rxc2+ 31.Rf2 Qxa2
32.Qb3 Rxf2+ 33.Nxf2 Qd2 34.Rd1 Qa5
35.Ne4 b5 36.axb5 axb5 37.Nxd6 b4 38.Nxf7
Qa3 39.Bd5 Kg7 40.Qxa3 bxa3 41.Ra1 Rb8
42.Rxa3 Rb2+ 43.Kf1 e4 44.Ra2 Rb1+ 45.Kg2
e3 46.Nd8 Kf6 47.Ne6 Be5 48.Re2 Rd1 49.Bf3
Black resigned.
Martinez, Christi vs. Schiller, Eric
Central Pterodactyl
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6
6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qd2 a6 8.a4 Qb6 9.Ra2 e6
10.Bc4 Qb4 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qd3 exd5
13.Bxd5 Nc6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Nd2 Qd4 16.Bxc6
bxc6 17.Nc4 Be6 18.Ne3 Qxd3 19.cxd3 Bxc3
White resigns
Pinto Mark vs. Schiller, Eric
San Francisco , 1999
Central Pterodactyl
1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 O-
O 6.Qd2 c5 7.d5 a6 8.a4 Qa5
9.Ra3 Re8 10.Be2 Qb4 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Re1

Ng4 13.Rb3 Qa5 14.h3 Nge5 15.Nh2 Nb6
16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Qf4 Nxa4 18.Qg3 Nxc3
19.Rxc3 Nd7 20.f4 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 Bxc3 22.bxc3
Nf6 23.c4 Nxe4
White resigned.
Central Benoni
Apicella Manuel vs. Schiller, Eric
Unknown, UnknownDos Hermanas Qualifier 2002
Eastern Benoni
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6
4...B x c3 + 5.bxc3 Qa5. The Pteronondon
doesn't work well here. 6.Bd2 Nf6 (6...d6!?) 7.c4
Qc7 8.Bd3² Nxe4?? 9.Bxe4 Qe5 10.f3 f5 11.Ne2
fxe4 12.Bc3 Wang vs. Schiller, 2003.
5.f4 Qa5
6.Bd2 Nd7 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 a6 9.Be2 Ngf6

10.O-O O-O
11.h3
11.Kh1 c4› Hausmann-Meiossner 1996.
11...e6
11...c4 12.Be3²
12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Re8 14.f5!? Ne5
14...gxf5 15.exf5 Ne5 16.Bf4›
15.fxe6 Bxe6 16.Nxe6 Rxe6 17.Bg5 Rf8
18.Nd5²
a b c d e f g h
18...Qd7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Bg4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4
Bd4+
21...Qe8!=
22.Kh1 Rfe8 23.c3 Bg7 24.Rf4
24.Rae1²
24...Qd8 25.Raf1 Kh8 26.Qf3 c4 27.g4 Re5
28.Rf7 b5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Nc7 R8e7 31.Rxe7
Qxe7 32.Nd5 Qe8 33.Ra1
a b c d e f g h
33...h5?
33...Rxe4! 34.Nc7 Re3 35.Nxe8 Rxf3 36.Nxd6
Be5 37.Ra8+ Kg7 38.Ra7+ Kf8! 39.Nxb5 Rxh3+
40.Kg1³
34.Nc7 Qe7 35.Ra8+ Kh7 36.Nd5 hxg4
37.hxg4 Qh4+ 38.Kg2 Rg5 39.Ne3 Re5 40.Ra1
Kg8 41.Nd5 Qh6 42.Nf4 Re8 43.Nh3 Rf8
44.Qe2 Qh4 45.Rh1 Qe7 46.Qe3 d5 47.Ng5
Qe5 48.Nf3
Black is doing well, but here I go astray in time
trouble.
a b c d e f g h
48...Qe7?
48...Qxe4 49.Qxe4 dxe4 50.Ng5 e3µ
49.e5 Rxf3?
49...Qe6 50.Qd4 Rd8 51.Rd1 Rd7=
50.Qxf3 Qxe5 51.Rd1
Black forfeits on time
Sakaev, Konstantin vs. Schiller, Eric
Central Benoni Beefeater
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3
Bxc3+!?
This is an interesting way to head into Beefeater
territory. 6.bxc3 Qa5
Instead of an immediate ...f5 break, Black first
places pressure at c3. White has to deal with the
threat, and ...f5 can be played later.
7.Bd2
7 .Qc 2 f5 transposes to the Beefeater, an
opening popularized by the creative Grandmaster
Roman Dzindzichashvili. That is probably Black's
best option. (7...Nf6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.f4 (9.Nf3 b5
10.cxb5 c4 11.Bxc4 Nxe4 12.O-O Ndc5 13.Bb2
Nf6 14.Nd4± in a game White won Naumann vs.
Bangiev, Nord W9596 1996. ) 9...Qc7 (9...e5
10.Nf3 Qc7 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.O-
O² in a game Black won Kreiling vs. Petri, 1999.)
10.Nf3 a6 11.O-O Nh5 12.Re1 O-O 13.e5! Nb6
14.e6 fxe6 15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Qxg6+ Ng7 17.Ng5
in a game White won Claas vs. Fantino, 1995;
7...Nd7 8.Bd2 Ngf6 9.f4 a6 10.Nf3 b5 11.e5! Nh5
12.exd6 exd6 13.Qe4+± in a game Black won
Claas vs. Schmelzle, 1998.) 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.Bd3
Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.Nf3 (11.f4 Ngf6 12.Nf3
Nb6 13.O-O Qa6 14.Nd2 Nbxd5 15.Re1 Nc7
16.Nf1 d5³ in a game White won Szymanski vs.
Thorarinsson, 2001) 11...Ngf6 12.O-O O-O-O
13.Re1 Rde8 14.Bf4 Nb6 15.Nd2 in the drawn
game Sapi vs. Laco, 1989/EXT 89op2 ;
7.Qb3 f5 (7...Nf6 8.Bd3 O-O (8...Nbd7 9.Nf3
O-O (9...a6 10.O-O Rb8 11.Rb1 O-O 12.Bf4 Ng4
13.Be2 f5 14.exf5 Rxf5› in the drawn game
Baginskaite vs. Khan, 2000/CBM 78 ext) 10.O-O
Ng4 11.Bd2 Nge5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Be2² in the
drawn game Zeller vs. Kekelidze, 1997/98.)
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.f4 a6 11.O-O b5 12.cxb5 axb5
13.Qxb5 Qxb5 14.Bxb5 Nxe4³ 15.c4 Nb6 16.f5
Bxf5 17.Rf4 h5 18.a4 Rfb8 19.Ra3 Ra7 20.Re3
Nf6 21.Bb2 Ng4 22.Rxg4 Bxg4 in a game Black
won Corsi Ferrari vs. Cristobal, del Plata 2000)
8.Bd3 (8.exf5 Bxf5 9.Ne2 Na6 (9...Qc7²) 10.Ng3
Bd7 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.O-O (12.Qxb7 Qxc3+
13.Ke2 Nb4!!) 12...Qa4!? 13.f4 (13.Qxb7 Rb8
14.Qxa7 O-O 15.Bc2! Qxc2 16.Qxa6 Ra8
17.Qb7 Rfb8 18.Qc7 Qa4!°) 13...O-O-O 14.h3
Rhg8 15.Bd2 Nc7 16.Rae1 Qxb3 17.axb3 Rg7 in
the drawn game Chow vs. Tate, 1998 18.f5! g5
19.Ra1 a6 20.Ne4 h6 21.b4 White's attack looks
stronger.) 8...fxe4 9.Bxe4 Nf6 10.Bd3 Na6
(10...O-O would be my choice.) 11.Ne2 Bd7
12.O-O O-O-O 13.Rb1
White has a strong queenside attack and Black
has nothing. Kula vs. Nielsen, 1990.
7...Nf6
I wasn't expecting Bd2, I had reckoned on a queen
move. So I decided to play it safe. White has the
bishop pair, but bad pawns. Still, White must have a
slight advantage thanks to the control of the center.
7...Nd7 8.f4 Nb6 9.Bd3 Bd7 10.Nf3 Qa4
11.Qe2 O-O-O 12.O-O f6 13.Rab1² in a game
White won Kuzmin vs. Belkhodja, 2002 ;
7...f5!? might be best.
8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Nf3
9.f4 Nb6 (9...b5 10.Qe2 bxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O is
probably best.) 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.O-O h5 12.e5 Ng4
13.Qe2 O-O-O 14.Ng5 Rdf8 15.Nxf7 Rxf7 16.e6
Rg7 17.exd7+ Nxd7 18.Qe6 Qd8 19.Rab1± in a
game White won Minnican vs. Montgomery,
1999/EXT 2000
a b c d e f g h
9...Ng4 10.Be2 Qa6 11.O-O Nb6
a b c d e f g h
12.h3N
12.a4 Qa5 13.h3 Nf6 14.e5 Ne4 15.Bd3 Nxd2
16.Qxd2 dxe5 17.Nxe5 O-O› in a game Black
won Malinao vs. Maga, 1996.
12...Nf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Ne4 15.Bh6
15.Bd3 Nxd2 16.Qxd2²
15...f5!?
15...Nxc3 16.Qe1 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2©
16.Bd3 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.Bg7 Rg8
19.Be5²
White's bishop pair is worth something.
19...O-O-O 20.Re1 Nd6 21.a4

21.Rb1!?
21...Nf7 22.Bh2
22.Rb1 Nxe5 23.Rxe5² White enjoys more
space.
22...Rge8 23.Qf3 e5!=
a b c d e f g h
24.dxe6 Rxe6 25.Qf4 Qd6 26.Bf1 Qxf4 27.Bxf4
g5
27...Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Re8 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8 30.a5
Nd8 31.Be3 Ne6 32.f4 b6 33.axb6 a5 34.g3 Kb7
28.Be3 Rde8 29.Red1 b6 30.a5 f4 31.axb6
axb6 32.Bd2 Bc6 33.Ra6 Bb7 34.Raa1 Rd8³
Black's weaknesses are inaccessible.
a b c d e f g h
35.Be1 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Ne5
36...Rd6 37.Rxd6 Nxd6 38.g3³
37.h4 g4
37...gxh4 38.Bd2 Rd6!
38.Rb1 f3 39.g3 Rd6! 40.Ra1 Bc6 41.Rb1 Kb7
42.Ra1 Nd7 43.Rb1 Nf6 44.Ra1 Ne4 45.Rb1
Nd2µ 46.Bxd2 Rxd2
a b c d e f g h
47.Re1 Rc2?
47...Bd7 48.Re7 h6 49.Rh7 Rd1!µ
48.h5 Rxc3 49.Re7+ Ka6 50.Kh2 Rc2 51.Re6“
Game drawn by mutual agreement. I should have
played on, for example
a b c d e f g h
51...Bd7 52.Re7 Rxf2+ 53.Kg1 Rd2µ 54.Rxh7
a b c d e f g h
54...f2+! 55.Kh2 Bc6 56.Rf7 Bf3! 57.h6
57.Rxf3! lasts longer. 57...gxf3 58.g4 Rd1
59.Bh3 f1=Q 60.Bxf1 Rxf1 61.h6 f2 62.Kg2 Rh1.
57...Rd1 58.Bg2 Rh1+! 59.Kxh1 f1=Q+ 60.Kh2
Qxg2#
Benoni Pterodactyl: Gaprindashvili Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 b5
Women's World Champion Gaprindashvili was the

first star to use this gambit, which may have been
developed by her trainer Eduard Gufeld. It resembles
the Benko Gambit, but without a knight at f6 to
interfere with the bishop. However, the game almost
always transposes eventually, though there are a
number of side paths to explore. 5.cxb5
a) 5.Qc2 d6 6.Bd2 Nd7 7.f4 Ngf6 8.Bc3 b4
9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Nd2 a5µ
in a game Black won Glatt vs. Renaut, 1992 ;
b ) 5.a4 bxc4 (5...b4=!) 6.Bxc4 d6 7.Nc3 Nf6
8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3
Svoboda vs. Voloshin,1996/97. White is a bit
better here. The Black pawn at a6 is just in the
way.
5...d6
5...a6
is a more direct, but inferior method of
implementing the gambit. 6.bxa6 (6.Nf3 axb5
7.e5 (7.Bxb5?? Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3
Qxb5° illustrates the difference between the
Gaprindashvili Gambit and the Benko, where
the bishop is blocked by a knight at f6.) 7...b4
8.Bc4 d6 9.Bf4 Nd7 10.Qe2 dxe5 11.Nxe5
Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bxe5 13.Qxe5 Nf6 14.O-O O-O
15.a4 in the drawn game Jouhki vs. Vetemaa,
Kalakukko 1993 ; 6.Nc3! d6 (6...Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
Qa5 8.Qb3±) 7.Nf3 Nf6 Transposes to the
normal Benko Gambit.) 6...Bxa6 (6...d6 7.Bb5+
Nd7 (7...Bd7 8.Bc4 Nxa6 9.Nf3 f5 10.exf5
Bxf5 11.O-O Nf6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.h3 Nc7
14.Re1² in a game White won Sammalvuo vs.
Hansen, 1998) 8.Ne2 Bxa6 9.Bxa6 Rxa6
10.Nbc3 Ngf6 11.O-O O-O A typical Benko
Gambit position, but White seems better, and
Black can get into trouble, for example 12.Rb1
Qa5 13.b3 Rb6 14.Bd2 Qa6 15.Qc2 Rfb8
16.a4 Rb4 17.f3 R4b7± in a game White won
Baigorri Navarro vs. Campos Luis, 1995)
7.Bxa6 Qa5+ (7...Nxa6 8.Nc3 d6 9.Nf3 Nf6
10.O-O Nd7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qe2² in the
drawn game Essing vs. Boehle.) 8.Bd2 Qxa6
9.Bc3 Nf6 10.Nd2 d6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Nc4
Nfd7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nf3 Nb6 15.Nxb6
Qxb6 16.O-O± in a game White won Acosta vs.
Bouton, 1973.
6.Nc3 Nf6
The game has transposed to a normal Benko
Gambit.
6...a6
Gaprindashvili later switched to the immediate
offer of the a-pawn, but didn't fare too well with
it. 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.a4 O-O 9.Bf4 (9.Bd3 axb5
10.Bxb5 Ba6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bf4 Qa5 13.O-O
Qb4 14.Qc2 Bxb5 15.axb5² in a game White
won Clavijo vs. Gamboa, 1999) 9...Qa5 10.Nd2
axb5 11.Bxb5 Ba6 12.O-O Qb4 13.Qc2 Bxb5
14.axb5² in a game White won Hort vs.
Gaprindashvili, 1971.
7.Be2
a)7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nge2 a6 9.O-O axb5 10.Bxb5
Qb6 11.Qc2 Ba6 12.a4 Bxb5 13.Nxb5 Na6
14.Nec3² in a game Black won Terner vs. Darius,
2000 ;
b) 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 transposes.
7...O-O 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.O-O a6 10.bxa6
1 0 . a 4 axb5 11.Bxb5 Ba6 12.Re1 Bxb5
13.Nxb5 is rightly considered a bit better for
White. The endgames are difficult to win, however,
because the queenside pawns remain weak.
Black can use the standard ...Ng4-e5 plan.
10...Bxa6 11.Bxa6
1 1 .R e1 ! Ng4 12.h3 Nge5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5
14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Bf4
White is better, but converting the advantage
into a full point is not going to be easy.
11...Rxa6 12.Qe2
a)1 2.R e1 !? Nb6 (12...Ng4 13.Nd2 Nge5
14.Qe2 Qb6 15.g3± in the drawn game
Grabuzova vs. Maistrovsky, 1996 ) 13.Bg5 Qa8
14.b3 e6? (14...Nxe4! 15.Nxe4 Bxa1 16.Bxe7
Rxa2! 17.Bxf8 Qxf8=) 15.dxe6 fxe6 in a game
White won Ionov vs. Nybäck, 2001 16.e5!;
b)1 2 . h 3 Qa8 13.Re1 Nb6 14.Qc2 Na4
15.Nxa4 Rxa4 16.a3± in a game White won
Timoshenko vs. Shliahtin, 1990 ;
12.Rb1 Qa5 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.Nc4 is a bit better
for White, Vacek vs. Sulek, 2000.
c) 12.Qc2 Qa8 13.a4 Rb8 14.Ra3 e6 15.dxe6
fxe6 16.e5 dxe5 17.Re1 was much better for
White in Caramia vs. Florentin, 1993.
12...Qa8
Black can also retreat the rook, but I prefer this
move. At times the pressure on the long diagonal can
be useful, if White fails to keep an eye on the center.
12...Ra7 13.h3 Nb6 14.Bd2 Nfd7 15.Nb5 Ra8
16.Bc3 Bxc3 17.Nxc3 Na4 18.Nxa4 Rxa4 19.b3
Rb4 20.Nd2 Qa8 ept the pressure on the
queenside in Rachela vs. Kupka,1998.
13.Nd2
a ) 13.e5? doesn't work out well. 13...dxe5
14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qxe5 e6! 16.dxe6 Rxe6
17.Qxc5 was layed in Tozer vs. Fulgsang, 1988.
Instead of the immediate 17...Rc8, Black should
have opened up the long diagonal. 17...Ne4!
18.Nxe4 Rxe4 Despite being down two pawns, it
is going to be hard for White to untangle and free
the rooks.
b) 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.Rab1 Ne8 16.h4
Nc7 gives Black plenty of counterplay, Campos
vs. Lhagvasuren, 1998.
1 3 .h3 Rb8 14.e5 (14.Rd1 Rb4 15.a3 Rb7
16.Ne1 Rab6 17.a4 Ne8 18.Ra3 Nc7 19.f4 Rb3
20.Rxb3 Rxb3 White's pieces are a mess.
Heimbrodt vs. Berdichersky, 1998. ) 14...dxe5
15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Qxe5 Rb7 White's d-pawn is
too weak. Katzir vs. Zalkind, 2000.
13...Rb8 14.Nc4 Nb6 15.Nxb6 Raxb6 16.Rd1
Ne8 17.Qd3 Rb4 18.Re1 Qa7
Black went on to win. Mukitashvili vs. Gaprindashvili,
Gori 1968.
Jaracz Pawel vs. Schiller, Eric
Internet Chess Club, Unknown
Benoni Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.d5
The Benoni Gambit Variation, daring Black to capture
at c3.
5...d6
Playing it safe against a Grandmaster.
5...Bxc3+!? 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 (7.Qd2?
Qxa1 8.c3 Qb1!) 7...Qg7 8.Bd3 d6 9.O-O Bg4
(9...Nf6!) 10.Rb1 b6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3
(12.Bb5+ Nd7 13.Bxd7+ Kxd7 14.Qxf3 is
stronger.) 12...Nd7 13.Bb5 Ngf6 14.Bc3! Rd8
15.e5 dxe5 16.d6 exd6 17.Rbd1 (17.Rfd1 Ke7
18.Qb7!?) 17...Ke7 18.Qc6 Ne8 19.f4 f6 20.Qb7
Rf8 21.Qxa7 Rf7 22.Bc4 Rf8 23.fxe5 fxe5
24.Rxf8 Kxf8 25.Rf1+ Ndf6 26.Qxb6 Qe7 27.Bd2
Kg7 28.Be3 Rd7 29.a4 Rb7 30.Qc6 Rb4 31.Bb3
h6 32.a5 Qc7 33.Bd5 Nxd5 34.Qxd5 Ra4 35.Qe6
Rf4 36.Bxf4 exf4 37.Qxe8 d5 38.Re1
Black resigns in a game White won , Frhat - Schiller,
2004.
6.h3?!N
So much for ...Bg4 plans! This was a bit
disconcerting, especially at such a fast time control.
a) 6.Nd2!? Bxc3 (6...a6 7.Nc4 Qc7 8.a4 Nf6
9.a5. White has an annoying queenside
advantage. Still, this may be less risky than the
main line.) 7.bxc3 Qxc3 8.Rb1 Qa5 (8...Nf6
9.Bd3 Qa5 (9...a6!?
This might be the way to go. Black's queen
isn't under attack and the pin is useful. Castling
will be available for a while. 10.O-O b5 11.Bb2
Qa5 The position is unclear. ) 10.O-O a6
Waltemathe vs. Kleinsorgen, a 1977
correspondence game. 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Nb6
is clearly better for White.) 9.Bd3 a6 (9...Nf6
10.O-O O-O 11.Nc4 Qc7 doesn't look too bad
for Black.) 10.O-O b5?! (10...Nd7 11.Nc4 Qc7
12.a4. White will play a5 with a queenside
advantage.) 11.a4! c4 (11...Qxa4 12.Bxb5+!
axb5 13.Bb2 Nf6 14.Ra1 Qxa1 15.Bxa1
Material is about even, but White must be a bit
better. (Computer analysis). ) 12.Bxc4 bxc4
13.Nxc4 Qc7 14.Nb6 Bb7 (14...Ra7? 15.Nxc8
Qxc8 16.Qd4!) 15.Qd4 Nf6 16.Bh6 Nbd7
17.Nxa8 Bxa8
White had better prospects in Vasiukov vs.
Zakharov, 1961.
6.Be2 Nd7 (6...Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qxc3+ 8.Bd2
Qa3 is worth exploring as another Poisoned Pawn
variation. 6...Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a6
A solid approach, with no more than a minimal
advantage for White.) 7.O-O a6 8.Bd2 Ngf6
9.a4 O-O 10.Re1 Rb8 (10...Ng4!?) 11.h3 Ne8
12.Bg5 is not at all pleasant for Black, Zuidema
vs. Bobotsov, 1964.
b) 6.Bd2 a6 (6...Qb4? 7.Bd3 was seen in
Tischer vs. Feustel, Correspondence 1975 but
the Poisoned Pawn is truly poison here! 7.Bb5+!
Bd7 8.a3 Qa5 9.Qe2 Bxb5 10.Qxb5+ Qxb5
11.Nxb5 Na6 12.Bc3 White is better. ) 7.Be2 Qc7
8.a4 b6! 9.O-O Nf6 10.Re1 O-O
White has only a small advantage, since the a5-
bind can't be established. Matkovic vs.
Gnjezdur, 1966.
6...a6 7.Bd2 Qb4!
I had been studying this idea in a variety of
Pterodactyl contexts. I knew the queen could not get
into much trouble. It is similar to the Poisoned Pawn
Variation of the Najdorf Sicilian, except that I have a
lot more firepower on the long diagonal.
a b c d e f g h
8.Bd3 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5!?
Strange, but 10.e5 has the been a main lline of the
Poisoned Pawn, too! It is a very interesting move,
and another surprise.
10.Rb3 Qa5. I expected the game to go this
way, and was just trying to figure out what
happens if the knight moves, with a discovered
attack on my queen. The best move is probably
11.a4, but then I could retreat the queen to c7.
11.Nb5 Qd8 12.Ra3
An interesting possibility, but Black can just
develop with ...Nf6 and then castle.
10...Qa5 11.Qe2
11.Nb5 Qd8;
11.exd6? Bxc3;
11.O-O Black might be able to take the pawn
and live, so Jaracz defended it.
11...Qc7 12.Bf4 Nd7
The dark squares are so weak for White, that the d-
pawn is taboo.
a b c d e f g h
13.O-O
I didn't expect a Grandmaster to fall for the trap at
d6.
13.exd6? Bxc3+ 14.Nd2 Bxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Qa5+
13...Nxe5?!
Poor judgment. I thought that getting a pair of knights
off would work in my favor, especially since my light
square bishop would wake up. Capturing with the
pawn would have been much better.
13...dxe5!µ 14.Bg3 c4! 15.Be4 (15.Bxc4? b5)
15...f5 16.Ng5!
Because of the fork at e6, I can't grab the
bishop. This is post-game computer analysis.
16...Nf8 (16...fxe4 17.Ne6 Qa5 18.Qxc4 b5
19.Qc6 Rb8 20.Nxg7+ Kf7 21.Ne6
White is clearly better, the tripled pawns are
disgusting. But I am sure we couldn't have
found these moves at the board!) 17.Bf3
14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Bh2
The bishop would have more options at g3. 15...b5
Black is clearly better, with two extra pawns and a
nice queenside initiative. White's pawn at d5 is weak.
16.Be4
16.Rfe1 b4 17.Na4 Bd7 18.Nb2³
16...Rb8
16...f5? 17.d6!
17.a4 b4µ 18.d6!
This came a shock. My rook on b8 is no longer at a8.
What's the big deal?
a b c d e f g h
18...exd6?
Oops! I haven't done anything about f7, and it is
nearly move 20. Now a dangerous diagonal is open
for business.
18...Qd7 19.dxe7 Nxe7 20.Rbd1 Qe6. Black
has a great game.
19.Nd5!
The bishop will get to the diagonal later. 19...Qa5
20.f4
Smashing open one major file. 20...Ne7!?
Just let me get castled!
20...f5 21.fxe5 fxe4 22.exd6 Bd4+ 23.Kh1 Bf5
24.d7+! Kxd7 25.Bxb8.
21.fxe5
Oh, I can't get castled, the knight will be hanging. But
I didn't dare to exchange at d5, because then the f7-
square falls apart. I was wrong.
21...dxe5
21...Nxd5! Indeed, this was best. I might have
been able to save the game. I missed a clever
way to take care if problems on the e-file. 22.Bxd5
(22.exd6 Bd4+! (22...O-O 23.Bxd5 Bd7 24.Bxf7+
Rxf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Qe7+ Kg8 27.Qxd7 I didn't
like the look of this.) 23.Kh1 Ne3! This is what I
missed. Black must be ok here, probably much
better. After all, a knight and a pawn is a lot of
extra material, Black can walk the king to g7 if
White checks at c6.) 22...O-O 23.e6!?
During the game, there was no time to analyze.
I just felt White had enough going on to find a
way to win. Coldblooded machine analysis
suggests otherwise. (23.exd6 Bf5) 23...Bxe6
(23...fxe6 24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.Bxe6+ Bxe6
26.Qxe6+ Kh8 27.Be5+!! dxe5 28.Qxe5+ Kg8
29.Qxb8±) 24.Bxe6 (24.Bxd6 Bxd5 25.Bxb8
Rxb8
An easy win for Black, who has two bishops
and two pawns for the rook.) 24...fxe6
25.Qxe6+ Kh8 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Bxd6 Qb6!
Of course I didn't spot this pin, which also sets
up a discovered check.
22.Nxe7 Kxe7 23.Bd5�
It is all over.
a b c d e f g h
23...Be6
23...Rf8 24.Bxe5 Be6 25.Bxg7 Rg8 26.Bxe6
fxe6 27.Bf6+;
23...f6 24.Bxe5!! fxe5 25.Rf7+ Kd6 26.Be4!
Mate in seven.
24.Bxe5! Qb6 25.Bxg7 Rhe8 26.Bf6+ Kf8
27.Qd2
Black resigns
Carpino Nigel vs. Schiller, Eric
Benoni Gambit
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 b5!?
The Benko Gambit approach works well here. In
fact, it is easy to transpose to the main lines of that
opening. 5.cxb5 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nf3
7...O-O 8.Qc2 a6 9.bxa6

This is a Benko Gambit, where White's queen does
not sit well at c2. Black can capture with the knight in
this position. 9...Nxa6 10.a3 Nb4
The pin on the a-file makes this possible. 11.Qb1
11.Qd1 would have been a better choice.
11...Qa5 12.Be2?!
12.Bd2 Na6 13.Be2 Bd7 14.O-O Rfb8. Black
has sufficient counterplay for the pawn. Black can
play ...Qb6 and it is hard to find a constructive
plan for White.
12...Nxe4! 13.Nxe4
13.axb4 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Qxa1 and Black wins.
13...Nc2+ 14.Kf1 Nxa1 15.Qxa1 Ba6 16.Bxa6
White has two pieces for the rook, but the pices are
badly placed. 16...Qxa6+ 17.Kg1?
1 7 . K e 1 keeps the game alive. 17...Qd3
(17...Qc4 18.Nc3 Bxc3+ 19.bxc3 Qxd5 20.Qb1
Rfb8 21.Qc2 Qc4 also looks very promising for
Black.) 18.Ned2 Qxd5 19.Qb1 Qc6 followed by
...d5, ...e5 and central pawnroller. Remember,
White can't castle!
17...Qa4°
Severe problem at d1! And another at e4. 18.Nc3
Bxc3
White resigns.
Pterodctyl: Ahlback Gambit
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 b5
The Ahlback Gambit. It isn't much of a gambit, since

capturing the pawn loses a piece. 5.Be2
a ) 5.e5 Qb6!? (5...a6 6.a4! bxa4 7.Nbd2 Nh6
8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Nc4 is
clearly better for White. Akvist vs. Kertesz, 1965)
6.Nc3 a6 7.a4 Qa5 8.Be3 b4 9.Ne4 d6 10.exd6
Bf5 11.Ned2 Bxb2 12.Nc4 Bc3+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+
14.Qxd2 Qd8› in the drawn game Sebastian vs.
Raupach, 2001;
b ) 5.c3!? a6 6.a4 (6.Be3 d6 7.a4 b4 8.cxb4
cxb4 9.Bd4 Nf6 10.a5 O-O 11.Nbd2 e6 12.dxe6
Bxe6 13.Qa4 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Rc1 Re8 16.Be2
Bd7 17.Qxb4 Nc6 18.Qb6 Nxd2 19.Kxd2 Nxd4
20.Qxd4 Bh6+ in a game Black won Wesely-
Mehwald/Correspondence 1975) 6...bxa4 7.Qxa4
Nf6 8.Nbd2 (8.Be3 Qc7 9.Na3 Bb7 10.Be2 O-O
11.O-O d6 12.Nd2 Nbd7= in a game White won
Barnes vs. Borg, 2000) 8...O-O 9.Qa5 d6
10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Bd3 e6 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.O-O
is better for White. Kavalek vs. Szabo, 1967.
c ) 5.c4 is probably best handled by aiming for
Benko Gambit territory with 5...Nf6 since 6.e5
Ng4 7.Qe2 d6 8.exd6 Qxd6 seems safe for Black,
who has superior development and pressure in
the center and on the long diagonal.
d ) 5.a4 b4 6.d6 exd6 7.Nbd2 d5 8.exd5 Nf6
9.Nc4 O-O 1/2-1/2, Hammel Ralf - Standke
Wolfgang, Germany 1996;
e) 5.Bxb5? Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qxb5;
f) 5.Nbd2 Qb6 6.a4 Ba6 7.axb5 Bxb5 8.c4 Ba6
9.Qa4 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.Qa5 Nfd7
13.Qxb6 axb6 14.Ra2 Rc8 15.b3 Rc7 16.Bb2
Bxb2 17.Rxb2 Bc8 18.Rfb1 Rca7 19.Kf1 Na6
20.Ra2 Nb4 21.Rxa7 Rxa7 22.Ke2 Kg7 23.h3
Kf6 24.Ke3 h5 25.Ne1 Ra2 in a game Black won
Savolainen vs. Ahlback, 1954
5...Bb7
5...Qb6 doesn't work here. 6.O-O d6 7.a4 bxa4
8.Nbd2 Bd7 9.Nc4 Qd8 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nfxe5 a5
12.Be3 Nf6 13.Bxc5 Black is in trouble.
Chiburdanidze vs. Semenova, 1979.
6.O-O Nf6 7.Nbd2 c4 8.c3 O-O 9.Nd4 a6 10.a4
Qb6 11.b3 Bxd5!?
11...e5 12.N4f3 cxb3 13.Qxb3 is a bit better
for White.
12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Ne4
13.Bb2 Bxd4 14.Bf3 would have brought White
the advantage, for sure!
13...Nxc3 14.Nxc3 Qxd4 15.Qxd4 Bxd4
16.axb5 Bxc3
Black emerges with extra material. Weinitschke vs.
Hobusch, 1975
Part 3: Eastern Variations
Eastern Anhanguera
Unknown, 2003
Unknown
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Be3 Qa5
Chessbase Statistics:
2067 (+63).
2166 (-64).
wins: 15 (=52%)
The drawing quote is very low. (0% quick draws, <
20 Moves)
Black wins are of average length .
Draws are long .
5.Qd2
5.N ge2 Nf6 6.Qd2 (6.f3 cxd4 (6...d5!?N)
7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O (9.Nb3 Qc7
10.Bh6 Bxh6 11.Qxh6 a5 12.a4 d5!=
in a game Black won Faulks vs. Zamora, 1996)
9...d6
--> Dragon 10.Nb3 Qd8 11.Bh6 Re8 12.h4
Bh8 13.h5ƒ
in a game White won Totsky vs. Polovnikova,
1997) 6...Nc6 (6...cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O -->
Dragon) 7.dxc5 (7.h3 cxd4! (7...O-O 8.dxc5
Nb4 9.f3 b6 10.Nd4 bxc5 11.Nb3 Qc7
12.Bxc5 Qg3+ 13.Bf2± in the drawn game
Johnson vs. Fang, Hampshire 1993) 8.Nxd4
Nxe4! 9.Nxc6 Qxc3!! 10.Qxc3 Nxc3 11.Bd4
Bxd4 12.Nxd4 Nd5=) 7...Ng4!;
5.Nf3 --> 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Be3
5...cxd4 6.Bxd4 Bxd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6
8.O-O-O
8.Nf3
is the obvious alternative. 8...Nc6 9.Qd2 O-O
10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O Bg4 12.Qe3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3
Ne5 14.Qe2 Qb6=
in a game Black won Romero vs. Biyiasas,
1971
8...Nc6 9.Qd2
9. Q e 3 d6 10.Bc4 (10.a3 Be6 11.h3 Rc8
12.Nf3 O-O 13.g4 Ne5 14.Nxe5 dxe5=
in a game Black won Carter-Barry/871987 ;
10.f3 Be6 11.a3 a6 12.Nge2 b5 13.Nf4 b4
14.Ncd5 Bxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Rxd5 Qc7
in the drawn game Lang vs. Amura,1998)
10...O-O 11.f4 Ng4 12.Qe2 Qc5 13.Rd2 Ne3
14.Bb3 a5„
9...d6 10.Bc4 Qb4!
10...O-O 11.f3 Kg7 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.Nge2
Rac8 14.h4 h5›
in a game White won Blom vs. Hansen,V 1965 ;
10...Be6!? 11.Bxe6 fxe6
a b c d e f g h
11.Bb3 Nxe4 12.Qd5 Nxc3 13.Qxf7+ Kd8
14.bxc3 Qxc3³
in a game Black won Corsi Ferrari-Amura,1989.
15.Ne2 Qa1+ 16.Kd2 Qe5
Black is better.
Me Kevin vs. Schiller, Eric
Unknown, Unknown
Eastern Anhanguera
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Be3 Qa5 5.Qd2
cxd4 6.Bxd4 Bxd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6
Black has a solid position.
8.Nf3
8.e5 Nc6!;
8.O-O-O Nc6 9.Qd2 d6 10.Bc4 O-O
is balanced. 8...Nc6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bc4 Qb4!
11.Bb3 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 13.Qe3 Qxe3+
14.fxe3 Na5µ
15.Bd5 e6 16.Be4 Nc4 17.O-O-O Nxe3 18.Rd2

d5 19.Bd3 Nc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4
a b c d e f g h
21.Ne5 b5 22.Rf1 a6 23.Rdf2 Ra7 24.Nc6 Rc7
25.Ne5 Bb7 26.Ng4 Kg7 27.c3 Be4 28.Ne5 f6
29.Ng4 Bf5°
Black should win this easily.
a b c d e f g h
30.Ne3 h5 31.Nxf5+ gxf5 32.Rf3 Rd8 33.Re3
Rc6 34.Rf2 Rcd6 35.Re1 Kg6 36.h4 e5 37.g3
Rd3 38.Ref1 Rxg3 39.Rxf5 Rd6 40.R5f3 Rg4
41.Rh3 f5 42.Re3 e4 43.Rh3 Rd3 44.Rh2 e3
45.Kc2 Rd2+ 46.Rxd2 exd2 47.Kxd2 Rxh4
48.Rf2 f4 49.b3 cxb3 50.axb3 Kf5 51.c4 bxc4
52.bxc4 Rg4 53.Kd3 h4 54.c5 h3 55.c6 Rg7
56.Kc4 Kg4 57.Kc5 Kg3 58.Rf1
a b c d e f g h
58...f3??
58...h2°
59.Rg1+ Kh4 60.Rxg7 h2 61.Rh7+ Kg3
62.Rg7+ Kf2 63.Rh7
a b c d e f g h
63...Kg2 64.c7 h1=Q 65.Rxh1 Kxh1 66.c8=Q
f2 67.Qxa6 Kg1 68.Qg6+ Kh1 69.Qh5+ Kg1
70.Qg4+ Kh1 71.Qf3+ Kg1 72.Qg3+ Kh1
73.Qxf2
Black stalemated
Mrva, Martin vs. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab
Neum (Bosnia & Herzegovina), 2000
Eastern Anhanguera
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Be3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Qd2
cxd4 6.Bxd4 Bxd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.O-O-O Nc6
9.Qe3 d6 10.Bc4 Bd7 11.h3 Rc8 12.Bb3 Be6
13.Kb1 Ne5 14.Nge2 Nc4 15.Qd4 O-O 16.f4 b5
17.Rhf1 b4 18.f5 bxc3 19.fxe6 Nxb2 20.Rxf6
exf6 21.Qxf6 Nc4 22.e7 Rfe8 23.Nxc3 Rxe7
24.Nd5 Re6 25.Qd4 Qc5 26.Qd3 Kg7 27.Rf1
Rxe4
Eastern Pteronondon
Van Oosterom, C vs. Alvir, A

Vienna, 2011
Eastern Pteronondon
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc3+
5.bxc3 Qa5 6.Qd4 Nf6 7.Qb4 Qc7 8.Bb5 O-O
Black doesn't have to bring the knight to c6
immediately.
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Bxc6

This is the approach recommended by Greet.
10...Qxc6 11.f3 b6! 12.cxb6 Ba6!
Black develops and threatens to capture at e2,
depriving White of his castling privilege.
13.bxa7
1 3 .Nd4 looks stronger. 13...Qxb6 14.Qxb6
axb6 but White's extra pawn is useless.
13...Rxa7 14.Kf2!?
14.Nd4 Qc7=
14...Bxe2 15.Kxe2 Ra4
Black's initiative compensates for the pawns.
16.Qb3
16...Nxe4! 17.fxe4 Qxe4+ 18.Be3 Qxg2+

19.Kd3 Qe4+ 20.Kd2 Qg2+ 21.Kd3 Qe4+
Agreed drawn.
Margulis, Isaak vs. Schiller, Eric

Berkeley, 2002
Eatern Pteronondon
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc3+!
I think this is stronger than the immediate ...Qa5.
5.bxc3 Qa5
The Eastern Pterondon. White's pawns are a mess
but the mighty bishop is gone.
6.Ne2!?
A very rare line. I was caught by surprise.
a) 6.Bd3 Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 Qxc5. Black is a pawn
up, but is going to be far behind in development.
8.Nf3 (8.Rb1 d6 9.Ne2 Nf6 10.Rb5 Qc7
11.Bh6 Nbd7 12.O-O a6 13.Rg5 Nc5 14.Bg7
Ncxe4 15.Bxh8 Nxg5 16.Bxf6 exf6³ Nippula
vs. Turunen, 2000.) 8...d6 9.O-O (9.Rb1 Nf6
10.Rb5 Qc7 11.Bh6 Beaton vs. Norris, 1999.
11...a6=) 9...Nf6 10.Bh6 (10.Rb1 Nbd7
11.Re1 a6 12.Qc1 O-O 13.Bb4 Qc7=
Pel vs. L. Day, 2001.) 10...Ng4 11.Bg7 Rg8
12.Bd4 Qc7 13.h3 Ne5 14.c4 Nbc6= Hertan
vs. L. Day, 1985.
b) 6.Bd2 Qxc5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bd3 d6 9.O-O Nc6
10.Rb1 (10.h3 O-O 11.Qe2 Qh5 12.Rab1 a6
13.a4 Nd7 14.Bc4 Nc5 15.Ra1 Be6 16.Rfb1
Rac8 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qc4 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Ne5
20.Qe2 Qxh3
Schweinhagen vs. Bangiyev, 1996.) 10...Qa5
11.Nd4 O-O=
crocodile vs. Dzindzichashvili, 1994.
c) 6.Bb2 Qxc5?! (6...Nf6! 7.e5 Ne4 8.Qd4
Nxc5=) 7.Qd4 Qxd4 8.cxd4 Nf6 9.Bd3² Ito vs.
Zoki, 1995.
d) 6.Qd4! Nf6 7.Qb4! is White's most
dangerous plan.
d1) 7.Bd3 d6!=. A new move which refutes
White's plan. 8.cxd6? Nc6!µ;
d2) 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.Qe3 Rb8! 9.Nf3 b6 10.Bc4
Qxc5 11.Bb3 Qxe3+ 12.fxe3 Stevz vs. Zoki,
1995. 12...Nxe4µ;
d3) 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Qe3 Ng4! 9.Qg3 Nf6 10.Qe3
Ng4 11.Qg3
Polzer vs. Bangiyev, 1996.
d4) 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qe3 b6!? (8...O-O 9.Bd2 b6
10.cxb6 axb6 11.Ne2 Ne5 12.Nd4 Ba6
13.Bxa6 Rxa6= Hnydiuk vs. Gritsak, 2001.)
9.cxb6 axb6 10.Bc4 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6= in a
game Black won El Debs vs. Hadad, Paulo
2000 ; 7...Qc7 (7...Qxb4 8.cxb4 Nxe4!) 8.Bd3
(8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Qc4 (9.Qa4 Ne5 10.Nxe5
(10.Qd4 Nc6 11.Qa4 Ne5 12.Qd4 Nc6 13.Qa4
Galego vs. Gdanski, 2000.) 10...Qxe5 11.Qd4
Qxe4+ 12.Be3 O-O 13.Qxe4 Nxe4= in the
drawn game Fressinet vs. Silva, 1999) 9...b6
10.cxb6 axb6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.Qb3 Na5
(12...Ng4²) 13.Qb4 d6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Qb5+
Qc6 16.Qxa6 Qxc3+ 17.Bd2 Qxa1+ 18.Ke2 in
a game White won , NETSURFER vs.
Dzindzichashvili, 1996.) 8...Nc6 9.Qa4 (9.Qa3
Nxe4! 10.Bxe4 Qe5 11.f3 f5) 9...Qe5 10.Ne2
Qxc5 11.Rb1 a6 (11...Ng4 12.O-O Qh5 13.h3
Nge5 14.Nf4±) 12.O-O O-O 13.Be3 Qa5
14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.e5 Ng4 (15...Ne8 16.Bh6
Ng7²) 16.Bb6 Nc6 17.f4 d6 18.h3 Nh6
19.exd6 exd6 20.c4 Re8 21.Nc3 in a game
White won Ringel vs. Bangiev, 1996.
6...Qxc5
6...Nf6!? 7.e5 Ne4 8.Qd5 Nxc5 9.Be3 Nba6›;
6...Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2² in a game
White won Ganbold vs. Htun Htun Than, 1999.
7.g3
7.Be3 Qa5 8.g3 Nf6 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.O-O d6
11.h3 O-O 12.Bh6 Rd8 13.f4 Qh5 14.Bg5
Bxh3 15.Bxf6 exf6 16.Rb1 b6³ 17.c4 Qc5+
18.Kh2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qxc4 20.Rh1 d5 21.e5
fxe5 22.fxe5 Qe4+ 23.Kh2 Nxe5 24.Nf4 Nf3+
25.Kh3 Ng5+ 26.Kh2 Rac8 27.Rb2 Rc3
in a game Black won BigAl vs. Dzindzichashvili
1994.
7...Nc6 8.Bg2 Nf6 9.O-O d6 10.h3 O-O
11.Nf4!?
a b c d e f g h
11...Qxc3
11...Ne5!?=
12.Rb1 Qc4 13.Bb2 Ne5?!
13...Nxe4 14.Re1 f5 15.Qd5+ Qxd5 16.Nxd5
Kf7µ
14.Re1 Qxa2 15.Nd5! Nxd5 16.exd5 Bf5
16...Re8!? 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Rxe5 a5³
17.Qd4! Qc4?!
17...Rfc8! 18.Ra1 Qc4 19.f4 Qxd4+ 20.Bxd4
Nc4 21.Rxe7 Bxc2 22.Rxa7 Rxa7 23.Bxa7
b6!=
18.f4! Qxd4+ 19.Bxd4 Nc4 20.Rxb7›
20...a5! 21.g4 Bc8 22.Rc7! Na3?

22...Ba6 23.Rexe7 a4 24.Kf2 a3 25.g5 a2
26.Ra7 Nb6!! would have saved the game, but I
didn't see it. 27.h4 Rxa7 28.Rxa7 Ra8!
29.Rxa8+ Nxa8 30.Ke3 Nb6! 31.Ba1=
23.Bb2! Nb5 24.Rcxe7 Ba6 25.c4 Na7 26.Bd4
Nc8
a b c d e f g h
27.Rc7! Rb8 28.Rc6 Bb7 29.Rc7 Ba6 30.c5!
Rb4 31.Rd1 Be2 32.Re1 Re8??
32...Ba6 33.Bc3 Rxf4 34.cxd6 Rc4 35.Rxc4
Bxc4 36.d7 Nb6 37.Re7 Bb5 38.d8=Q! Rxd8
39.Rb7�
a b c d e f g h
33.Rxe2
Black resigned.
Serpik, Ilya vs. Schiller, Eric
Los Angeles, Unknown
Unknown
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc3+
5.bxc3 Qa5 6.Qd4 Nf6 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qe3 O-O
9.Bc4N b6! 10.cxb6 axb6 11.Ne2 d5! 12.exd5
Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.O-O Rxa2 15.Rxa2
Qxa2 16.Qxb6 Qc4 17.Bh6! Re8 18.Nd4 Nxd4
19.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 20.cxd4 Ba6 21.Re1 f6 22.Re6
Bc4 23.Rc6 Ba2 24.Be3 Kf7 25.c4 Rb8 26.d5
Rb4
Drawn.
Eastern Rhamprhynchus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5
Black scores below average (37%).
2286 (-93).
2245 (+92).
wins: 77 (=24%)
The drawing quote is low. (3% quick draws, < 20
Moves)
4...Bxc3+! is more promising. 5.bxc3 Qa5
Black scores averagely (44%).
2264 (-42).
2246 (+42).
wins: 28 (=30%)
The drawing quote is lower than average. (5% quick
draws, < 20 Moves)
Black wins are shorter than average .
Draws are of average length (5...Nf6!?) 6.Qd4
Nf6 7.Qb4 Qc7
5.Bd2!
This move, setting up Nd5, is the usual
recommendation for White.
5.Nge2 Nf6! 6.e5
a) 6.Ng3 Qxc5 7.Be3 Qa5 8.Be2 (8.Bc4 Nc6
9.O-O d6 10.h3 Be6 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Qd2 Nd7
13.Bh6 Nde5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7=
in the drawn game Prochownik vs.
Pokojowczyk, Gora 1974) 8...h5!? 9.O-O (9.f3
Nc6 10.Qd2 d6 11.O-O Be6 12.Rfd1 Rc8
13.Nd5 Qxd2 14.Rxd2 O-O=
in a game Black won Borngasser vs. Andre,
1978) 9...d6 10.h3 Nc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.a3 Rc8
13.Bf3 O-O 14.Qd2 Be6„
in a game Black won Naylor vs. Trent, 2000 ;
b) 6.Qd3 Na6 7.Be3 O-O 8.f3 Nxc5 9.Qb5
Qxb5 10.Nxb5 b6 (10...d6 11.Nc7 Rb8 12.e5
Ne8 13.Nd5²
in a game Black won Preissmann vs. Day,
Aires 1978) 11.O-O-O d6 12.Nc7 Rb8 13.Nc3
Bb7 14.N7d5²
in a game Black won Sveshnikov vs. Kuzmin,
Union 1988 ;
c) 6.Bd2 Qxc5 7.h3 (7.Be3 Qa5 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Nd4 Nxe4 10.Nxc6 Qxc3 11.bxc3 Nxd2
12.Nxe7 Nxf1 13.Kxf1 Kxe7 14.Re1 Kd8
in a game Black won Vajda vs. Kaposztas,
1993 ; 7.Nf4 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6 9.h4 d5 10.exd5
Nb4 11.Bf3 Bf5 12.Rc1 e5 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.O-
O
in a game White won Vargic vs. Armanda, 1999
14...e5›) 7...d6 8.g4 Nc6 9.Bg2 Bd7 10.Nf4
Ne5 11.g5 Nh5 12.Nxh5 gxh5 13.Nd5 Rc8
14.Bc3
in a game Black won Ruehrig vs.
Schlick,V/BL8485 1985 14...h6›;
d) 6.f3 Qxc5 7.Qd3 Nc6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 O-O
10.Nb3 Qc7 11.O-O-O d6 12.Qd2 Be6 13.g4
Rfc8 14.Kb1 Ne5„
in a game White won Sendur vs. Brustkern,
2001; 6...Ng4 7.f4 Qxc5 8.Ne4 Qa5+ (8...Qb6
9.N2c3 f5 (9...Ne3! 10.Qd3 Nxf1›) 10.Nd5
Qd8 11.Be2 Nh6 12.Ng5 Nc6 13.O-O Nf7
14.Nxf7 Kxf7±
in the drawn game Makarichev vs.
Tseshkovsky, 1978 ) 9.N2c3 f5 10.exf6 Nxf6
11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Bd2 Bg7 13.h4 Nc6 14.h5ƒ
in a game Black won Sveshnikov vs. Inarkiev,
2001/The Week in Chess (122);
5.Bd3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 Qxc5 8.Nf3
(8.Ne2 Nf6 9.O-O d5 10.e5 Ng4 11.e6 Bxe6
12.Nf4 Bd7 13.Qe1 Qc7 14.h3 Nf6µ
in a game Black won Leonardo vs. Silva, 1996)
8...Nf6 (8...d6 9.Rb1 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1
Nbd7 12.Rb5 Qc7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 a6=
in the drawn game Mortensen vs. Christensen,
1991) 9.O-O O-O 10.Rb1 Qc7 11.e5 Nd5
12.c4 Nb6 13.Qb3 Na6 14.Bh6 Nc5=
in a game White won Urquhart vs. Eldridge,
2000 ;
5.Qd3 Nc6 6.Be3 a6 7.f4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Nxe4
9.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 10.Kf2 Bxb2 11.Rb1 Bg7 12.Bc4
O-O³ in a game Black won Eberth vs.
Rittweger,S/creum987 1992
5...Qxc5 6.Nd5!?
This is considered White's strongest weapon against
the Pterodactyl.
6.Bd3 Nf6 7.f4!? (7.Nge2 a6 8.O-O d6 9.Be3
Qc7 10.h3 O-O 11.f4 b5 12.f5 gxf5 13.Nf4 Bb7›
in a game White won Jamieson vs. Calle/Haifa olm
1976) 7...d5?! (7...d6!=) 8.e5 Ng4 9.Qf3 Nc6
10.Nge2 Nb4 11.h3 Nxd3+ (11...Nh6 12.Bb5+
Kf8²) 12.cxd3 Nh6 13.Qxd5± in a game White
won Bogle vs. Eldridge, 2000 ;
6.Nf3 Nf6 (6...d6!? 7.Be2
a1) 7.h3 Be6 8.Bb5+ Nd7 9.O-O a6 10.Bxd7+
Bxd7 11.Be3 Qc6 12.Nd4 Bxd4 13.Bxd4 e5
14.Be3 Be6„ in a game White won Hedke vs.
Bathke, 1992 ;
a2) 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.h3 Be6 9.O-O Nf6 10.Be3
Qc8 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Bh6 Nc6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7
14.Rfe1 a6› in the drawn game Erismann vs.
Kraehenbuehl, 1996 ;
a3) 7.Bb5+ Nd7 8.O-O Ngf6 9.Be3 Qc7
10.Qd2 O-O 11.Bh6 a6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Bxd7
Nxd7 14.Qd4+² in a game Black won Blass vs.
Bitansky, Tikva B 1996 ;
a4) 7.Nd5 Bg4›; 7...Bg4 8.O-O Nf6 9.h3 Be6
10.Be3 Qc8 11.Nd2 O-O 12.f4 Nc6 13.Nb3 a5=
in a game White won Amura vs. Campos, Aires
1 996 ; 6...e6 7.Be2 Ne7 8.O-O a6 9.a4 O-O
10.Be3 Qc7 11.a5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxc3 13.Bd4
Qc6 14.Bf6 Qxe4 15.Bxe7 Re8 16.Bd3 Qd5
17.c4 Qh5 18.Bf6 Nc6 19.Ra4 e5 20.c5 e4
21.Rxe4 Rxe4 22.Bxe4 Qxc5 23.Qd2 Nxa5
24.Re1 Qb6 25.Bc6 in a game White won Durban
vs. Mejias, 2000) 7.Bd3 (7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Be3 Qa5 10.Nd4 Nc6 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.f4 a6
13.g4 b5 14.g5 Ne8= in a game White won
Butnorius vs. Dubinsky, 1962 . ; 7.Be3 Qa5 8.Qd2
Nc6 9.Bc4 O-O 10.Bb3 b5 11.Nd1 Nxe4 12.Qxa5
Nxa5 13.O-O Bb7 14.Re1 a6µ in a game Black
won Sariego vs. Amura, 1997) 7...Nc6 (7...a6
8.O-O d6 9.a4 O-O 10.a5 b5 11.axb6 Qxb6 in the
drawn game Stromberg vs. Rasmussen, 1995 ;
7...O-O 8.O-O d5 9.b4 Qc6 10.Bb5 Qe6 11.e5
Ne4 12.Be1 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Rd8 14.Bd3 Qc6„ in
a game White won Chutnovsky vs. Karen, NY
1998) 8.O-O d6 (8...O-O 9.a3 d6 10.b4 Qb6
11.h3 Bd7 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qb8= in a game
White won Calvo Minguez vs. Schlick, 8384 1984)
9.h3 O-O 10.a3 Bd7 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Rfc8
13.Rfe1 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5= in a game White
won Buzimkic vs. Hadzimustafic, 1999 ;
6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.O-O Qb6
10.h3 O-O 11.Rb1 Bd7 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Nf4
Rfc8= in the drawn game Markovic vs. Foisor,
1991
6...b6!?
This is perhaps not best. 6...Na6 is a fallback option.
See next game.
6...Bxb2? 7.Rb1! Be5 8.Nf3.�
7.Bb4
Greet and Emms both prefer this move. Though it is
less tactical and complicated than Baker's 7.Be3, it
leads to more promising positions for White.
7.Nf3 Nf6 (7...d6?? 8.Bb4 in a game White won
Curdo vs. Vilkas, 1974/Chess Author's Database
(8) 8...Qc6 9.Bb5�) 8.Bb4 Qc6 9.Bb5! (9.Bxe7
Nxd5 10.exd5 Bc3+ 11.Ke2 Qa4 12.bxc3 Qe4+
13.Kd2 Qxd5+ 14.Bd3 Kxe7› in a game White
won Petursson vs. Zaugg, 1991) 9...Qb7 10.Bc3
Nxd5 11.Bxg7 Rg8 12.exd5 Rxg7 13.O-O Qc7
14.Re1 Kf8›;
7.Be3 Qc6! 8.Bb5 Qb7 9.Bd4² (9.Bf4
Awarded !! by Baker, who came up with the
move himself. 9...Bxb2 10.Rb1 Bg7 11.Nf3
Kf8 12.Nc7 Qxe4+ 13.Be3 Bc3+ 14.Kf1 Bb7
15.Nxa8 Bxa8 16.Rb3 Bf6 17.Qd2
Baker gives this only in a footnote, with his
main line retreating the bishop to g7. But
Black's position is at least equal. So this line is
nothing to worry about, but you had better
remember it! Leaving the path can prove fatal.)
9...f6 10.Qf3 (10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Bc3 a6 12.Bd3
b5 13.f4 d6 14.Nf3 e5› in a game Black won
Mestel vs. Day, 1982 ; 10.Ne2²) 10...Nc6
11.Bc3 a6 12.Bd3 b5 13.b3 d6 14.h4 Ne5›
in the drawn game Pirrot vs. Bangiev, 1996 ;
7.Bf4 Bxb2! 8.Bd3 (8.Nc7+ Kd8 9.Nxa8 Qb4+
10.Bd2 Qxe4+ 11.Ne2 Bxa1 12.Qxa1 f6›)
8...Na6 9.Rb1 Bc3+ 10.Kf1 Bg7 11.Qe2 e6³ in a
game Black won Totsky vs. Meister, 2000
7...Qc6! 8.Bb5
8.Nf3 Bb7 9.Nd4 Qc8 10.Nb5 Bxd5 11.exd5
a6 12.Nd4 d6 13.Be2 Nf6 14.O-O O-O² in a
game White won Ceteras vs. Popescu,F1992
8...Qb7
9.Bc3
Greet offers 9.Qf3 Bxb2 and now Khalifman’s 10.Bc3!
since taking the rook looks too dangerous.But 10…Bxc3
is not so clear: 11.Qxc3 f6 12.Nc7+ Kd8 13.Nxa8 Qxe4+
14.Ne2 Qxa8 15.O-O Qd5 with counterplay or 12e5!? a6
when White might try 13.O-O-O axb5 14. Exf6 Nxf6
15.Nxf6 and Black has nothing better than Kf7.
9...Bxc3+
9...f6 10.Qf3 a6 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.O-O-O
White is better, according to Bangiev. This is
the conclusion in "Attacking with 1.e4 by
Emms".
10.Nxc3 Nf6
I think Black can play this position wthout much risk,
White might castle queenside and try a kingside
pawn storm, but Black will have normal Sicilian
counterplay after ...a6, ...b5 and so on. The pieces
are a bit tangled, but White has no immediate
threats, so it should work out.
Galyas, Miklos vs. Shurygin, Sergey

Budapest, 1994
Eastern Pterodactyl
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5 5.Bd2
Qxc5 6.Nd5 Na6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bc3
White has an obvious advantage --Greet.
a b c d e f g h
8...Kf8!?
This move may rehabilitate the variation with 6...Na6.
9.Bxg7+ Kxg7 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Qd2
11.e5 Ng4 12.Qe2 Qb6! followed by ...d6.
11...d5!
The Sicilian break equalizes.
a b c d e f g h
12.exd5 exd5 13.O-O-O Ne4!?
13...Nc7 is more conservative.
14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Nd4 Rd8
15...Re8 is safer.
16.Qe3 Qe7?
16...Qc7 ²
17.h4?!
17.Bxa6 bxa6 18.Nc6 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 looks
bad for Black.
17...h6 18.f3 Re8 19.Bb5
19.Qc3! Qf6 20.h5 looks very strong.
19...Bd7 20.h5 Bxb5 21.hxg6 Qg5
22.Qxg5
22.f4 would have created serious difficulties for
Black.
22...hxg5 23.Nxb5 exf3 24.gxf7 Re5
24...Kxf7 25.Nd6+ and White wins.
25.Rd7?
25.Nd6 fxg2 26.Rhg1 Re2 27.Rd5!
25...Rf8 26.Nd6?
26.Nc3 to cover e4.
26...f2! 27.Kd2 Nc5 28.Ne8+ Kg6 29.Rd8 Ne4+
30.Kd3 Rxf7
White resigned.
Part 4: Western Variations
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a b C d e f g h
Western Pterodactyl
Keogh, Richard vs. Schiller, Eric

Las Vegas, 2002
Western Pterodactyl
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.c3 Qa5?!
4...cxd4 5.cxd4 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4!
5.Bc4! cxd4 6.O-O Qc7 7.Qb3 e6 8.cxd4± Nc6
9.Nc3 a6 10.Qa3 Bf8? 11.Qa4 f6 12.d5 Nb4
13.Be2 exd5 14.exd5 b5 15.Bxb5 Bb7 16.Re1+
Kf7 17.Bxd7 Bd6 18.Bd2?! Nd3 19.Be6+ Kg7
20.Re3 Nxb2 21.Qh4 Nc4 22.Bxg8? Nxd2!?
23.Be6 Nxf3+ 24.Rxf3 Be5 25.Rc1 Rae8
26.Ne2 Qa5! 27.Rb3 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Qxd5
29.Ng3 Re7 30.Qg4 Bxg3 31.hxg3 Qd2 32.Qc4
Rhe8! 33.Rd3 Qxc1+! 34.Qxc1 Re1+ 35.Qxe1
Rxe1+ 36.Kh2 Re2 37.Ra3 Rxf2 38.Rxa6 h5
39.a4 Kh6 40.Rb6 Kg5 41.a5 Ra2 42.a6 f5
42...Ra5!? 43.Rc6 Kf5 44.Rb6 g5³
43.Rc6 Ra4 44.Kh3 Ra1 45.Kh2 Ra4 46.Kh3
Ra1 47.Kh2
Drawn.
Bell, David vs. Schiller, Eric
San Mateo, 2000
Western Pterodactyl
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Be3
Nc6
White must be careful to avoid opening traps here.
6.Bd3??
6.Bc4?? cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qb4 is another opening
trap.
6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Ng4 is the main line, with
equal chances. See Foune vs. Bilek.
6...cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Bxd4 Bxd4
White fell into the opening trap and cannot recover.
9.Qd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Qh6
d6 13.Rab1 Ng4 14.Qd2 Qh5 15.Be2??
Another blunder ends the game.
15.h3 Ne5°
15...Qxh2#
Western Rhamphorhynchus
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5 6.Be3
This is one of the most common and important

Pterodactyl lines.White seeks to gain time against
the Black queen.
a) 6.Na3
a 1 ) 6...Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qxc3+ 8.Qd2
(8.Bd2 Qxa3 9.Nd4 a6µ) 8...Qxa1 9.Nb5
Na6 10.Nc3 Nc5 11.Nd4 a6 (11...Nxe4
12.Nxe4 Qb1 13.Bd3 Qb6 14.Nb5²;
11...b5!? 12.Bxb5 a6 13.Bc4 Nf6 14.f3
d5›) 12.Be2 (12.f3!?) 12...b5! 13.O-O
Nf6 (13...b4›) 14.Ba3 Ncxe4 15.Nxe4
Nxe4 16.Qb4 Qxf1+ 17.Kxf1± in a game
White won Konopka vs. Degraeve, 2001;
a 2 ) 6...d6 7.Nb5 (7.Be3 Qa5 8.Nc4
Qd8 9.Bd4 Nf6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Ncxe5 O-
O= in the drawn game Sepp vs. Kengis,
2001) 7...a6 (7...Qb6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Bc4
Nc6 10.Qb3 Nd8 11.Nxa7± in a game
White won Markowski vs. Danner, 2000 )
8.Be3 Qc6 9.Na7 Qc7 10.Nxc8 Qxc8
11.h3 Nc6 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.O-O O-O= in
the drawn game Balogh vs. Soos, 2000.
a3) 6...Nf6 7.Nb5 O-O (7...b6 8.e5
(8.Be3 Qc6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Bb7
11.h3 a6 12.Nbd4 Qc7= in the drawn
game Balogh vs. Jakab, 2001) 8...Ng4
9.Qd4 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5+ 11.Qxe5
Bxe5 12.f4 a6 13.fxe5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Nc6
15.Bf4 Ba6 in the drawn game Robatsch
vs. Bilek, 1965 ; 7...Qb6 8.Be3 Qd8 9.Bf4
O-O 10.Bc7 Qe8 11.e5± in the drawn
game Renteria vs. Hoffman, 2001) 8.Be3
Qc6 9.Bd3 (9.Nfd4 Qxe4 10.Nc7 b6
11.Be2 Qb7 12.Nxa8 Qxa8 13.Bf3± in a
game White won Bruzon Bautista vs.
Malakhov, 2000) 9...b6 10.e5 Ng4
11.Bf4² in the drawn game Sutovsky vs.
Malaniuk, 1994 ;
b ) 6.Bd3 Nf6 (6...d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Na3 (8.h3
Nc6 (8...Nbd7 9.Qe2 O-O= in a game White won
Soman vs. Davies, 1997) 9.Be3 Qh5 10.Nbd2 O-
O² in a game White won Atlas vs. Wittwer, B
1996) 8...O-O 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Nb5
Qb8 12.Bc2 b6 13.Re1 Bb7= in a game Black
won Grichkevitch vs. Chomet/Zoo-Chess Max
1988) 7.O-O (7.c4 O-O 8.Nc3 d6 9.h3 Be6
10.Be3 Qb4 11.a3 Qa5 12.b4 Qd8 13.O-O› in
the drawn game Belikov vs. Cherniak, 1991)
7...O-O 8.Re1 (8.h3 Nc6 9.Re1 d6 10.Nbd2 Ne5
11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Bf1 b6› in a
game White won Edwards vs. Jimenez, 1992 ;
8.Na3 d6 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Nb5 b6 11.Re1 Bb7=
in a game White won Socko vs. Kiedrowicz,
1 995 ; 8.Qe2 d6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Nbd2 Nc6
11.Rad1 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4
14.Bxe4 Be6= in a game White won
Dworakowska vs. Bednarska, 1997 ) 8...d6
9.h3 Qc7 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Nb3 b6 12.a4
Bb7= in a game Black won Pohla vs.
Romanishin, Soviet Estonia 1977 ;
b) 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.h3 Nc6 9.Be2 O-O
10.O-O d5 11.exd5 Nxd5³ in a game Black
won Kocik vs. Schneider, 1990 ;
d) 6.Qd5 Qxd5 7.exd5 d6 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.O-O Bg4
10.a4 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nbd7³ in a game White won
Karklins vs. Chow,1993.
6...Qc7
a) 6...Qa5 7.Nbd2 (7.Bd4 Nf6 8.b4 (8.e5 Nh5
9.Be3 Bxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O
O-O 13.Na3 Ng7 14.Bh6 Qc7 15.Nb5 Qd8 16.c4
d6 17.Re1 a6 18.Nc3 e5 19.Bf1 Nd4 20.b3 Rb8
21.Qd2 b5 22.c5 f6 23.Ne4 dxc5 24.Nxc5 Ngf5 in
the drawn game Totsky vs. Lopushnoy, Russia
(club) 1995) 8...Qc7 9.Na3 Nc6 10.Nb5 Qd8
11.Bd3 d6 12.O-O a6 13.Na3 O-O 14.Qb3 Bg4
15.Nd2 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Nh5 17.Nc2 Rc8 18.Rac1
Nf4 19.Rfe1 Qc7 20.Bf1 Bd7 21.Qf3 Bh6 22.Nb3
Qb6 23.Ne3 Be6 24.Ng4 Bxg4 25.Qxg4 Rxc1
26.Rxc1 Nxg2 in a game Black won Zude vs.
Bilek, Maubuee 1988 ; 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Qd5 Qxd5
9.exd5 Ne5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.Nd2 d6 12.O-O
Nf6 13.Nf3 Ng4 14.Nxe5 Nxe3 15.Bb5+ Kf8
16.Nxg6+ hxg6 17.fxe3 in a game White won
Bhend vs. Dappen, 1991) 7...Nf6 (7...Nc6 8.Bc4
(8.Nb3 Qc7 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 d6
12.Nbd4 a6 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Rad1 Nde5 15.Nxe5
Nxe5 16.Bb1 Nc4 17.Bc1 b5 18.f4 Bb7 19.Nf3
Rad8 20.Kh1 Ra8 21.Qe1 a5 22.Qh4 e6 23.f5
Rfe8 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Ng5 h6 26.Nf7 h5 27.e5
dxe5 28.Bxg6 Qc6 29.Rf2 Rf8 30.Qxh5 in a game
White won Kiss vs. Juhasz, 1997) 8...Nf6 9.h3 O-
O 10.O-O d6 11.b4 Qd8 12.Qb3 e6 13.Rad1 b6
14.Bd3 d5 15.Bb1 Bb7 16.c4 d4 17.Nxd4 Qe7
18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.c5 b5 20.Bd4 e5 21.Be3 in a
game White won Lipka vs. Chernikov,1992) 8.Nc4
Qd8 9.Qa4 Na6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Bd4 O-O 12.Ncd2
Nac7 13.c4 Nf4 14.Be3 Nfe6 15.Rd1 f6 16.exf6
Bxf6 17.Qc2 Na6 18.c5 Qa5 19.Bc4 b5 20.Bb3
Bb7 21.a3 Qc7 22.O-O Kg7 23.Rc1 Qc6 in a
game White won Feustel vs. Kunsztowicz, 8384
1984 ;
b) 6...Qh5 7.Be2 Qg4 8.O-O Qxe4 9.Nbd2 Qc6
10.Nd4 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 Nf6 12.Bf3 d5 13.c4 Be6
14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Rc1 Qd7 16.Bxd5 O-O 17.Bxf6
exf6 18.Ne4 Kg7 19.Nc5 Qb5 20.Bxb7 Nc6
21.Bxa8 Rxa8 22.Qd7 Kg8 23.Qb7 Qxb7
24.Nxb7 Nd4 25.Rfe1 Rb8 26.Rc7 Ne6 27.Rd7
Kf8 28.Red1 Kg7 29.b3 Rc8 in a game White won
Jokelainen vs. Runonen, 1991
7.Bd4
There are plenty of alternative plans:
a) 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Na3
8...Nf6 9.Bd3 (9.Nb5 Qb8 10.Bc4 (10.Qc2 O-

O 11.Bc4 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.f4 Qxe4
14.Qxe4 Nxe4 15.Nc7 b5 16.Bd5 in a game White
won Strausz vs. Kaufmann, 1995) 10...O-O
11.Ng5 Ne5 12.f4 (12.Bd4 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Ne8
14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qd4+ f6 16.Nf3 a6 17.Na3 b5
18.O-O d6 19.Nc2 Be6 20.Qe3 Nc7 21.Nfd4 Bf7
22.Qg3 Kh8 23.Kh1 e5 24.Ne2 d5 25.exd5 Nxd5
26.Ne3 Nf4 27.Qf3 Bc4 28.Nxc4 bxc4 29.Nxf4 in
the drawn game Bosse vs. Haase, 1999)
12...Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Ng4 14.Bd2 d6 15.h3 Nf6
16.a4 h6 17.Nc7 hxg5 18.fxg5 Nxe4 19.Nd5 Ng3
20.Nxe7+ Kh7 21.Qh4+ Nh5 22.O-O-O Be5
23.Rde1 Bg3 24.Qc4 Be6 25.Qd3 Qe8 26.Nd5
Qxa4 27.Rhf1 Bxe1 28.Bxe1 Bxd5 29.Qxd5 Rae8
30.Rxf7+ Ng7 31.Bf2 Rxf7 in a game Black won
Alderete vs. Sanchez Guirado, 1997 ) 9...O-O
10.Nb5 Qb8 11.h3 d6 12.O-O Bd7 13.c4 b6
14.Nc3 Na5 15.Qb4 Nc6 16.Qb3 Na5 17.Qb4
Nc6 18.Qb3 Na5 19.Qb4 Nc6 in the drawn game
Marco vs. Blackburne, 1905!
b) 7.Nd4
8
2.
1
a b C d e f g h
7...Nc6 (7...a6 8.Na3 (8.Be2 Nc6 9.O-O Nf6

10.Nd2 O-O 11.f4 d6 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6
14.g4 Nd7 15.Nb3 b6 16.Rf2 Rac8 17.Qf1 Qb7
18.Qg2 Nf6 19.Nd2 b5 20.Re1 e5 in a game
Black won Lavoie vs. Pageau, 1979) 8...Nf6 9.f3
Nc6 10.Qd2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Ndb5 axb5
13.Qxd5 Rxa3 14.Bxb5 Be6 15.Qd1 Ra8 16.a4
O-O in a game Black won Niemi vs. Ahlback,
1978) 8.Be2 (8.g3 Nf6 (8...b6 9.Bg2 Ba6 10.Na3
Rc8 11.Nab5 Qb8 12.a4 Nf6 13.O-O O-O 14.Re1
Rfd8 15.Qb3 Ng4 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bc1 Nxd4
18.Nxd4 Ne5
in the drawn game Garbisu de Goni vs. Bellon
Lopez, 1999) 9.Bg2 O-O 10.Nd2 d6 11.h3 e5
12.Nb5 Qb8 13.c4 a6 14.Nc3 b5 15.O-O Bd7
16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Kh2 Nd4 18.Bxd4 exd4
19.Ne2 Qb6 20.c5 dxc5 21.e5 Ne8 22.Bxa8
Rxa8 23.Ne4 Bc6 24.Nxc5 Bxe5 25.Nd3 Bg7
in a game Black won Briestensky vs.
Gazik,1986) 8...Nf6 9.f3 O-O 10.c4 (10.O-O d5
11.Nb5 Qd8 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bf2 a6 14.Nd4
Nxd4 15.cxd4 Nf4 16.Nc3 Be6 17.Qd2 Nxe2+
18.Nxe2 Rc8 19.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20.Nxc1 Qd7 in
a game Black won Pahl vs. Wagner, 1930 )
10...Qe5 11.Nxc6 dxc6 (11...bxc6 12.Nc3
Rb8 13.Qc1 Qa5 14.O-O d5 15.e5 Nd7 16.f4
e6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Bd4 Ba6 19.Bxa6 Qxa6
20.b3 Rfc8 21.Qe3 Bf8 22.Rf3 Rxb3 23.Raf1
Ra3 24.Qf2 Qc4 25.f5 exf5 26.Kh1 Nc5 in a
game Black won Marcantoni vs. Onoprienko,
1996) 12.Nc3 Be6 13.O-O Qa5 14.a3 Rfd8
15.Qc2 Qc7 16.Rad1 b6 17.g4 Rxd1 18.Rxd1
Rd8 19.Kg2 Rxd1 20.Nxd1 h6 21.Qd2 Kh7 in
the drawn game Kral vs. Molnar, 1995 ;
c) 7.Be2
8
2.
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1 J
a b C d e f g h
7...Nf6 (7...Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Qa4 (9.Nbd2 O-O

10.Nd4 d5 11.Bf3 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4
Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Rd8 15.Qa4 e5 16.Be3 f5 17.Bc2
f4 18.Bc1 Be6 19.Qe4 Kh8 20.Qe2 Bc4 21.Qe1
Rd6 22.b3 Bxf1 23.Kxf1 Rad8 24.Ba3 Rd2 in a
game Black won Schoenwolff vs. Klostermann,
1989) 9...O-O 10.h3 d5 11.Nbd2 dxe4 12.Nxe4
Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bf5 14.Qh4 Ne5 15.Rfd1 Rad8
16.Nd4 Bf6 17.Qg3 Qc8 18.Nxf5 Qxf5 19.Bxa7
Qc2 20.Qe3 Qxb2 21.Rdb1 in a game White won
Shterenberg vs. Day, 1981 ; 7...d6 8.Nbd2 Nf6
9.O-O Nc6 10.Nd4 O-O 11.f4 e6 12.Rc1 a6
13.Bd3 Nd7 14.Bb1 e5 15.Ne2 Ne7 16.f5 Nf6
17.Qe1 d5 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Kh1 Be6 20.Ng3 Ng4
21.Bg1 Rxf1 22.Ndxf1 Rf8 23.exd5 Nxd5 24.h3
Nh6 25.Ne4 Nf4 26.Ne3 Qc8 27.Ng5 Bd7 28.Rd1
Nf5 29.Bh2 Nxe3 30.Qxe3 Bc6 31.Bxf4 exf4
32.Qe6+ Qxe6 33.Nxe6 Re8 34.Bc2 f3 35.Bb3
fxg2+ 36.Kg1 Kh8 37.Ng5 h6 38.Nf7+ Kh7
39.Bc2 Re2 40.Bb1 Rxb2 41.Nd8 Bf3 42.Re1
Bxc3 43.Re7+ Kg8 44.Re8+ Kg7 45.Re7+ Kf8
46.Rf7+ Ke8 47.Rxf3 Bd4+ in a game Black won
Huelsewig vs. Neumann, 1996) 8.Qc2 (8.Nfd2 O-
O 9.Na3 Nc6 10.O-O d5 11.Bf3 Rd8 12.Qa4 Ne5
13.exd5 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 Rxd5 15.Nb5 Qd8 16.c4
Rh5 17.Rfd1 Bd7 18.Qa3 a6 19.Nc3 b5 20.Bc5
Qc7 21.Bxe7 Bc6 22.Qd6 Qxd6 23.Rxd6 Bxf3
24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Rxf6 Bg4 26.cxb5 axb5 27.Rb6
Re5 28.h3 Bd7 29.a3 Rc8 30.Rd1 Bc6 31.f3 Kf8
32.Kf2 Ke7 33.Rd3 h5 34.Re3 Rxe3 35.Kxe3
Kd6 36.Kd4 Kc7 37.Kc5 Kd7 38.Kb4 Re8
39.Ra6 Re5 40.Ra7+ Ke6 41.Rc7 Bd7 42.Rc5
Re3 43.Nxb5 Bxb5 44.Rxb5 Re2 45.b3 in a game
Black won Schaefer vs. Schlick, 1996/97 1996)
8...Nc6 9.c4 Nxe4 10.O-O f5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nb5
Qd8 13.Rad1 a6 14.Nbd4 d6 15.a3 Qc7 16.b4
Nxd4 17.Nxd4 e5 18.Nb3 Be6 19.f4 Rfd8 20.Bd3
Nf6 21.c5 Ng4 22.Bc1 Qf7 23.Na5 dxc5 24.h3 e4
25.Bc4 Bxc4 26.Nxc4 Bd4+ 27.Rxd4 cxd4 28.Nb6
Nf6 29.Nxa8 Rxa8 30.Bb2 Rd8 31.Rd1 Qa2
32.Qc7 Rd7 33.Qc8+ Kf7 34.Rxd4 Qxb2
35.Rxd7+ Nxd7 36.Qxd7+ Kf6 37.Qd6+ in the
drawn game Baxter vs. Gibbs, England Whitby
1962 ;
d) 7.Bd3 see Beals vs. Stuifbergen
e)7.Na3 see McShane vs. Beaumont.
f) 7.h3 is popular, though it is hard to see the
point. See Federov vs. Donaldson.
g) 7.g3
8
2.
~
1 J
a b C d e f g h
7...d6 8.Bg2 Nf6 9.Qc2 O-O 10.O-O Nc6

11.Nd4 Ng4 12.Qd2 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Nxd4
14.cxd4 Qb6 in the drawn game Todorov-
Bilek/Maubuee 1986 ;
h) 7.Qd2
8
2.
1
a b C d g h
7...Nf6 (7...d6 8.Na3 Nc6 9.Bd3 b6 10.Nb5

Qb7 11.O-O a6 12.Nbd4 Bd7 13.Rfe1 Nf6
14.Bh6 O-O 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Rad1 e5 17.Nc2
Be6 18.c4 h6 19.Ne3 Ne8 20.Nd5 Ne7 21.b4 f5
22.Nxe7 Qxe7 23.c5 bxc5 24.bxc5 fxe4 25.Bxe4
in a game White won Twyble vs. Anderson, Open
1 995 ; 7...Nc6 8.Bd3 d6 9.h3 Nf6 10.Na3 b6
11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Bh6 O-O 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.O-O
Bb7 15.Qe3 a6 16.Nbd4 b5 17.Rad1 Rad8
18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Bc2 Qc8 in the drawn game Li
Qun-Zhou Weiqi/Suzhou, Jiangsu 2001) 8.e5 Ng4
9.Na3 Nc6 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Bd4 Ngxe5 12.Nxe5
Bxe5 13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.O-O-O a6 15.Nd4 d6
16.Qh6 Ng4 17.Qg7 Rf8 18.Rd2 Nf6 19.g3 e5
20.Nb3 Bf5 21.Bg2 Rg8 in a game Black won
Wouters vs. Braakhuis, 1995.
i) 7.Nbd2
7...Nc6 8.Be2 Nf6 9.Nd4 (9.O-O O-O 10.Re1

Ng4 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Nd4 Nxf2 13.Kxf2 e5 14.Nc4
Qc7 in the drawn game Kamal vs. Mtine, 2000)
9...d5 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.e5 Nxe5
13.Bxa7 Qd8 14.Qb3 O-O 15.Be3 Neg4 16.Bd4
Bh6 17.h3 Bxd2+ 18.Kxd2 e5 19.hxg4 exd4
20.Nxd4 Ba4 21.Qb4 Ne4+ in a game Black won
Tabor vs. Forintos, mem Kecskemet 1972 ). For
7...Nc6, the most popular move, see Kapu vs.
Bakonyi, below.
7...Nf6
7...e5 see Bryson vs. Dunnington.
8.e5
8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.Rc1 (9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O d6
11.Bxc6 Qxc6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 b6 14.Nd4
Qd5 15.Qf3 Bb7 16.Qxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7
18.Rfe1 Rfd8 19.N2f3 e6 20.Ne5 Rac8 21.Rad1
a6 22.f3 b5 23.Nb3 Rc7 24.Kf2 Rdc8 25.Na5
Ba8 26.Nd3 Kf6 27.a3 Ke7 28.Rd2 Nb6 29.Nb4
Ra7 30.Red1 Nc4 31.Nxc4 bxc4 32.Nc2 Bc6
33.Ne3 Ba4 34.Re1 Rb7
in the drawn game Kotronias vs. Markowski,
1998) 9...d6 10.Bc4 O-O 11.O-O b6 12.b4 Bb7
13.Qb3 e6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Rfe1 Rac8 16.Re3
Ne5 17.Be2 Ng4 18.Rd3 d5 19.e5 Nxe5
20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.h3 Ba6 22.b5 Bb7 23.a4
Bg7 24.Rg3 Rfe8
in a game Black won Graham vs. Marino, 1995
8...Ng4
8...Nh5 9.Na3 (9.Qd2 d6 (9...f6 10.Na3 fxe5
11.Nb5 Qd8 12.Bxe5 Bxe5 13.Nxe5 O-O
14.Bc4+ Kg7 15.g4 Nf4 16.Nf7 Ng2+ 17.Kf1
Rxf7 18.Bxf7 Nh4 19.Bd5 Nc6 20.Qg5 e6
21.Qxd8 Nxd8 22.Bb3 d5 23.f4 Bd7 24.Nd4 g5
25.Re1 gxf4 26.Bxd5 Kf6 27.g5+ Kxg5 28.Nf3+
Nxf3 29.Bxf3 Nf7 30.Kf2 Kf6 31.h4 Ne5 32.Be4
Bc6 33.Bxc6 bxc6 34.Rd1 Kf5 35.Rhg1 Ng4+
36.Ke2 h5 37.Rd7 f3+ 38.Kd2 Rf8
in the drawn game Kotronias vs. Borg, 1998)
10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Bxg7 Qxd2+ 12.Nbxd2 Nxg7
13.O-O-O (13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Bxd7+ Nxd7
15.O-O-O Ne6 16.Nb3 Ndc5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5
18.Kc2 Ne4 19.Rhf1 Rd8 20.Rde1 Nf6 21.Re5
Rd5 22.Rxd5 Nxd5 23.Rd1 e6 24.c4 Nb4+
25.Kc3 Nc6 26.b4 Ke7 27.Nd4 Rc8 28.Nxc6+
Rxc6 29.a4 Rd6 30.Re1 Kd7 31.g4 h6 32.h4 f6
33.f4 b6 34.g5 fxg5 35.fxg5 hxg5 36.hxg5 a5
37.bxa5 bxa5 38.Re5 Ra6 39.Rb5 Kd6 40.Kd4
Ra8 41.Rb6+ Kd7 42.Ke5 Rf8 43.Rd6+ Kc7
44.Kxe6 Rf4 45.Rd5 Kb6 46.Rb5+ Ka6 47.c5
Rxa4 48.Rb6+ Ka7 49.Kd5 Rg4 50.Rxg6 a4
51.Rg7+ Kb8 52.Kc6 a3 53.Rb7+ Ka8 54.Rb3
Rxg5 55.Kb6 Kb8 56.Rf3 Rg8 57.c6 a2 58.Ra3
Rg7 59.Rxa2 Rb7+ 60.cxb7
in the drawn game Klip vs. Ghysels, 1997)
13...O-O 14.Bc4 Nc6 15.Bd5 Be6 16.Bxc6
bxc6 17.Rhe1 Rfd8 18.b3 Rac8 19.c4 f6 20.h3
Kf7 21.Ne4 h5 22.Nc5 Bf5 23.Nh4 Rxd1+
24.Rxd1 Ne6 25.Nb7 Rc7 26.Nxf5 Rxb7
27.Nd4 Nd8 28.Ne2 Ne6 29.Kc2 Nc5 30.Nc3
e5 31.Rd6 Ne6 32.Ne4 Rc7 33.b4 f5 34.Nd2
e4 35.c5 Nf4 36.Nc4 Nd3 37.Kc3 Re7 38.f3
Ne5 39.Nxe5+ Rxe5 40.fxe4 fxe4 41.Kd2 Rd5+
42.Ke3 Rxd6 43.cxd6 h4 44.Kxe4 Ke6 45.d7
Kxd7 46.Ke5 Kc7 47.Kd4 Kd6 48.a3 Kc7
49.Kc5 Kd7 50.b5 cxb5 51.Kxb5 Kc7 52.Kc5
Kb7 53.Kd5 Kb6 54.Ke5 Kb5 55.Kf6 Ka4
56.Kxg6 Kxa3 57.Kg5 a5 58.Kxh4 Kb2 59.g4
a4 60.g5 a3 61.g6 a2 62.g7 a1=Q 63.g8=Q
Qe1+ 64.Kh5 Qe5+ 65.Qg5 Qe2+ 66.Qg4 Qe5+
67.Kg6 Qd6+ 68.Kf5 Qd5+ 69.Kf4 Qd4+
70.Kf3 Qc3+ 71.Kf2 Qc5+ 72.Kg2 Qc6+
73.Kh2 Qc7+ 74.Qg3 Qc2+ 75.Qg2 Ka1 76.h4
Qc7+ 77.Kh1 Qf7 78.Qg1+ Ka2 79.Qg5 Kb3
80.h5 Qf1+ 81.Kh2 Qe2+ 82.Kh3 Qf1+ 83.Qg2
Qf5+ 84.Qg4 Qf1+ 85.Kh2 Qf2+ 86.Qg2 Qf8
87.Qg6 Qf2+ 88.Kh3 Qf1+ 89.Kg4 Qd1+
90.Kg5 Qd2+ 91.Kf6 Qc3+ 92.Kf7 Qc7+
93.Kg8 in the drawn game Kramer H.-
Ekebjaerg O./NBC-25 -94) 1994 ; 9.Be3 Bxe5
10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Nf3 Qc7
13.Bb5 d6 14.Bh6 Ng7 15.O-O a6 16.Bd3 Bg4
17.h3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Nc6
in a game Black won Payne vs. Dammkoehler,
1996) 9...Nc6 10.Nb5 (10.Qe2 Nxd4 11.cxd4
O-O 12.Qd2 d6 13.Rc1 (13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Be2
Be6 15.Nc4 Qf4 16.Ne3 Rfd8 17.O-O Bxd4
18.Nxd4 Rxd4 19.Qc3 Nf6 20.g3 Qd6 21.Rfd1
Rd8 22.Bf3 Qb6 23.Rxd4 Rxd4 24.a3 Rd7
25.Rc1 h5 26.h4 Nd5 27.Bxd5 Bxd5 28.Qc8+
Qd8 29.Nxd5 Rxd5 30.Qxd8+ Rxd8 31.Rc7
Rd2 in the drawn game O'Shaughnessy vs.
Beaumont, 1994) 13...Qd8 14.exd6 exd6
15.Be2 Qf6 16.Nc4 Nf4 17.Ne3 Be6 18.b3 h5
19.O-O Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Bg4 21.Nd5 Qd8
22.h3 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Bxd4 24.Qe4 Bg7 in the
drawn game McDonald vs. Beaumont, 1994 ;
10.Nc4 O-O 11.Qd2 b5 12.Ne3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5
Bxe5 14.Bxb5 Rb8 15.Bxe5 Qxe5 16.Bc4 Bb7
17.O-O-O Nf6 18.f3 d5 19.Bb3 Rfd8 20.Kb1
Bc6 21.Rhe1 Qxh2 22.Qd4 Qc7 23.Qh4 Kg7
24.Ng4 Ng8 25.Rd4 e6 26.f4 a5 27.Rh1 h5
28.Ne5 Be8 29.Qh3 f6 30.Ng4 a4 31.Bxa4
Bxa4 32.Rxa4 d4 33.c4 Qb7 34.b3 Qe4+
35.Ka1 Ra8 36.Rxa8 Rxa8 37.Nh2 Qc2 38.a4
Rb8 39.Rb1 d3 40.Qxe6 d2 41.Qd7+ Kh8
in a game Black won Koskinen vs. Ekebjaerg,
1985) 10...Qb8 11.Qe2 Nf4 12.Qe3 Ne6
13.Bd3 a6 14.Na3 b5 15.O-O Bb7 16.Nc2 O-
O 17.Be4 Ncxd4 18.cxd4 Bh6 19.Qe1 Rc8
20.Rd1 Nf4 21.d5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Bxd5
23.Bxd5 Rxc2 24.Qe4 Rc4 25.Bxc4 bxc4
26.Rb1 Qc8 27.Qh4 Bf8 28.Qd4 Rb8 29.Nd2
c3 30.bxc3 Rxb1+ 31.Nxb1 Bg7 32.Qe4 Qb8
33.f4 Qb6+ 34.Kf1 Qb2 35.a4 Bh6 36.f5 Qc1+
37.Kf2 gxf5 38.Qxf5 Qe3+ 39.Kf1 e6 40.Qg4+
Bg7 41.Qd1 Qxe5 42.g3 d5 43.Qd3 a5 44.Kf2
h6 45.h3 Bf6 46.Kf3 Kg7 47.h4 Qh5+ 48.Kf2
Qg4 49.Nd2 Qxa4 50.c4 Qc6 51.cxd5 Qxd5
52.Qxd5 exd5 53.Nb3 a4 54.Nc1 Bb2 55.Na2
Kf6 56.Nb4 Ke5 57.Ke3 Bd4+ 58.Ke2 in a
game Black won Kronberg vs. Kamenets, 1985
;
8...Nd5 9.Na3 (9.e6 f6 10.exd7+ Nxd7 11.Qb3
e6 12.Bc4 N7b6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.Bxd5 exd5
15.Qxb6 axb6 16.Na3 O-O 17.O-O Re8 18.Nd4
Bd7
in the drawn game Schweber vs. Quinteros,
Aires 1991) 9...Nc6 10.g3 f6 11.Nb5 Qd8
12.Bc4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Nb6 14.Qc5 Nxc4
15.Qxc4 Kf8 16.Rd1 Qb6 17.Rd6 Qd8 18.Rd3
Qb6 19.Nc7 Rb8 20.Ng5 e6 21.exf6 Bxf6
22.Rf3 Kg7 23.Rxf6 Kxf6 24.Qf4+ Ke7
25.Nd5+ exd5 26.Qe5+ in a game White won
Hertneck vs. Sibilio/St Cugat 1987 ;
8...Ng8 9.e6 f6 10.exd7+ Bxd7 11.Na3 Nc6
12.Bc4 Nh6 13.O-O Nf7 14.Re1 O-O 15.Bc5 Bg4
16.Nb5 Qc8 17.Be2 Rd8 18.Qb3 b6 19.Bxe7
Be6 20.Qa3 Rd7 21.Nbd4 Bd5 22.Nxc6 Bxc6
23.Nd4 Bb7 24.Rad1 Ne5 25.Bb5 Rd5 26.Qb3
Kh8 27.c4 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Qe6 29.Bb4 a6 30.Bd7
Qf7 31.Qd1 a5 32.Bc3 Bf8 33.Bh3 Qc7 34.Rxe5
Qxe5 35.Rd7 Qe4 36.Bxf6+ Kg8 37.Rxb7 Re8
38.g3 Qxb7 39.Bg2 Re4 40.Bxe4 Qxe4 41.Qd5+
in a game White won Nunn vs. Sakhatova, Of Man
1994 ;
8...Ne4 9.e6 (9.Na3 b6 10.Nb5 Qc6 11.Be3
Bb7 12.Nbd4 Qc8 13.Bd3 O-O 14.h4 d6 15.exd6
Nxd6 16.h5 e5 17.Nb5 Nxb5 18.Bxb5 Rd8
19.Qc2 Qg4 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Be2 e4 22.Rd1 Na6
23.Nh4 Qe6 24.Qb3 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Bd5 26.Qc2
Rc8 27.a3 Bc4 28.Be2 Nc5 29.Bxc5 Rxc5
30.Qd2 Bxe2 31.Qd8+ Bf8 32.Kxe2 Rd5 33.Qb8
Qg4+ in a game Black won Behl vs. Tonoli, 1999)
9...f6 10.exd7+ Bxd7 11.Na3 Nd6 12.Qb3 Qc8
13.Nb5 Nxb5 14.Bxb5 Bxb5 15.Qxb5+ Qc6 in the
drawn game Thirion vs. Tonoli, 1997
9.e6
9.Na3 Nc6 (9...O-O 10.h3 Nh6 11.Nb5 Qa5
12.b4 Qd8 13.Nxa7 Nf5 14.Nxc8 Qxc8 15.Qb3
Nxd4 16.cxd4 d6 17.Bb5 Qf5 18.Bd3 Qf4 19.O-O
dxe5 20.Rfe1 Nc6 21.Re4 Qf5 22.dxe5 Rad8
23.Re3 Qc8 24.Rc1 Qb8 25.Rc5 e6 26.Re4 Qa7
27.Bb5 Ne7 28.Qa4 Qb6 29.Bc4 Nc6 30.Qb3
Rfe8 31.a4 Bf8 32.Rb5 Qc7 33.a5 Na7 34.Rb6
Nc8 35.Rb5 Na7 36.Rb6 Nc8 37.Rb5 Na7 in the
drawn game Nilsson-Ros, 1994) 10.Nb5 Qb8
(10...Qa5 11.b4 Qd8 12.e6 f6 13.h3 Nh6
14.exd7+ Bxd7 15.Bc4 a6 16.Na3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4
e5 18.Nb3 Bc6 19.O-O b5 20.Be6 Qc7 21.Na5
Rd8 22.Qb3 Ke7 23.Rfd1 Rd6 24.Nxc6+ Qxc6
25.Bd5 Qd7 26.c4 Rd8 27.Bf3 Nf5 28.Rxd6 Qxd6
29.cxb5 Nd4 30.Qc4 f5 31.Rc1 e4 32.Qc7+ Qxc7
33.Rxc7+ Kf8 34.bxa6 exf3 35.a7 Ne2+ 36.Kh1
Be5 37.Rd7 Rxd7 38.a8=Q+ Ke7 39.g3 Nxg3+
40.fxg3 Rd1+ 41.Kh2 Rd2+ in the drawn game
Martin-Ros/Correspondence 1992) 11.e6 f6
(11...Nxd4 12.exd7+ (12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.cxd4 Qf4
14.Bc4+ Kf8 15.O-O a6 16.Nc3 b5 17.Bd5 Rb8
18.Qc1 Qxc1 19.Raxc1 e6 20.Bb3 Bb7 21.d5
exd5 22.Bxd5 b4 23.Bxb7 bxc3 24.Bxa6 cxb2
25.Rb1 Rb6 26.Bc4 Rb4 27.Bb3 Bc3 28.Rfd1
Ke7 29.Ne1 Rhb8 30.Nd3 Rd4 31.Nxb2 Rxd1+
32.Nxd1 Bd4 33.h3 Ne5 34.Ne3 Rf8 35.Rd1 Bc5
36.Rd2 d6 37.Bd5 Rf4 38.Bb3 Kd8 39.Kh2 h5
40.Bd5 h4 41.g3 Bxe3 in the drawn game Singh
vs. Markowski, 2001) 12...Bxd7 13.Nbxd4 Ne5
14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O Rd8 16.Qb3 Nc6 17.Ng5 e6
18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Bf3 Qc7 20.Rad1 h6 21.Bxc6
bxc6 22.Nf3 Rdb8 23.Qc2 c5 24.Rd2 Rb7
25.Rfd1 Rab8 26.b3 a5 27.c4 a4 28.bxa4 Qa5
29.g3 Rb4 30.Rd7 Rxa4 31.Nh4 Rxa2 32.Qe4
Ra1 33.Qf3 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Qa1 35.Qxa1 Bxa1
36.Rc7 Bd4 37.Nf3 Rb1+ 38.Kg2 Rc1 39.Nxd4
cxd4 40.h4 Kf8 41.c5 f5 42.f4 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5
44.Rd7 Rc2+ 45.Kg1 gxf4 46.gxf4 Rxc5 47.Rxd4
Rd5 48.Ra4 Rd2 49.Kf1 Ke7 50.Ke1 Rb2 51.Rd4
Kf6 52.Ra4 Ke7 53.Rd4 Ra2 54.Kf1 Rh2 55.Kg1
Re2 56.Rd3 Re4 57.Rf3 Kd6 58.Kf2 Kd5 59.Kg3
Rc4 60.Re3 Rc6 61.Re5+ Kd6 62.Kf3 Rc3+
63.Ke2 Ke7 64.Kd2 Rf3
in a game Black won Leger vs. Baltgailis, wmn
1993) 12.h3 (12.Bc4 a6 13.Na3 Nge5 14.O-O
d6 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bd5 Qc7 17.Qb3 O-O
18.Bb6 Qb8 19.f4 Nc6 20.f5 Bh6 21.Qc2 Ne5
22.b4 a5 23.b5 Kg7 24.Qe4 Bd2 25.Qd4 Bh6
26.Nc2 a4 27.a3 Rg8 28.Rad1 Kf8 29.Ne3
Bxe3+ 30.Qxe3 g5 31.Qh3 Kg7 32.Qh5 Ra5
33.c4 Ra8 34.Rfe1 Rf8 35.Re3 h6 36.Rh3 Rh8
37.Re1 g4 38.Rxe5 in a game White won
Heymann vs. Loesch, 1996.) 12...Nge5
13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.exd7+ Bxd7 15.Qb3 a6
16.Na3 b5 17.Be2 Qd6 18.O-O Be6 19.Qc2
O-O 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.Rfe1 Kh8 22.Bxe5 fxe5
23.Bd3 Rac8 24.Be4 Qc5 25.Qe2 Rf4 26.Qe3
Qxe3 27.Rxe3 Rcf8 28.f3 Bxa2 29.Rd7 R4f6
30.Rxe7 Rd6 31.Ra7 Rfd8 32.Re2 Bh6
33.Nc2 Bc4 34.Re1 Bf4 35.Ne3 Bg3 36.Nxc4
bxc4 37.Rf1 Rd2 38.Rxa6 Rxb2 39.Rc6 Bf4
40.Kh1 Rdd2 41.Rg1 Be3 in the drawn game
Kosten vs. Hodgson, 1990
9...f6
9...O-O 10.exf7+ Rxf7 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Qd4+
Nf6 13.Nbd2 Nc6 14.Qh4 d5 15.Be2 e5 16.O-O
h6 17.Ne1 Bd7 18.Nc2 Re8 19.Rae1 Qb6 20.b4
Ne7 21.Ne3 g5 22.Qg3 Ng6 23.a3 Qc6 24.c4 d4
25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.cxd5 Qc2 27.Nb3 Nf4 28.Bd1
Qg6 29.Nc5 Bb5 30.Bb3 Bxf1 31.Kxf1 Rc7
32.Ne4 Qa6+ in a game Black won Grabarczyk
vs. Markowski, 1998
10.h3
10.Bb5 Nc6 (10...O-O 11.exd7 Nxd7 12.Qb3+
Kh8 13.h3 e5 14.hxg4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Ne5 16.Nd2
Nxg4 17.N2f3 Bh6 18.Kf1 a6 19.Bd3 Re8 20.Rh4
Kg7 21.g3 Bg5 22.Re1 Be3 23.Qc2 Bxf2
24.Rxh7+ Kxh7 25.Bxg6+ Kg7 26.Bxe8 Ne3+
27.Kxf2 Nxc2 28.Nxc2 Bg4 29.Ba4 Qb6+ 30.Nfd4
Rh8 31.Kg2 Qa5 32.Bb3 Qh5
in a game Black won Hresc vs. Ankerst, 1998)
11.exd7+ Bxd7 12.O-O a6 13.Be2 O-O-O
14.h3 Nh6 15.Qb3 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Qd6
17.Nbd2 Kb8 18.Bc4 f5 19.Rfe1 Bf6 20.Ne5
Be8 21.Ndf3 g5 22.d5 g4 23.Nc6+ Bxc6
24.dxc6 Qxc6 25.Re6 in the drawn game
Pelgrom vs. van Gijzen, 1972 ;
10.Na3 Nc6 11.Qa4 (11.Nb5 Qd8 12.Qb3 d6
13.h3 Nge5 14.Be2 O-O 15.Rd1 a6 16.Na3 b5
17.Bxe5 fxe5 18.Ng5 Qb6 19.Bf3 Na5 20.Qc2
Bb7 21.Bxb7 Nxb7 22.O-O Rf5 23.h4 Raf8
24.Qe2 Nd8 25.c4 b4 26.c5 Qxc5 27.Rc1 Qa7
28.Nc2 h6 29.Ne4 Nxe6 30.Qc4 Qd7 31.Nxb4
Kh7 32.Nd5 Nd4 33.Qxa6 Qe6 34.Qc4 Ne2+
35.Qxe2 Qxd5 36.Nc3 Qb7 37.Rcd1 Rf4 38.g3
Rf3 39.h5 gxh5 40.Qe4+ Qxe4 41.Nxe4 Ra8
42.Kg2 Rff8 43.a3 Rfb8 44.Rd2 Kg6 45.Rc1 Kf5
46.Rc4 Rb3 47.Rc3 Rxc3 48.Nxc3 e4 49.Rd5+
Be5 50.Nb5 Rg8 51.b4 e3 52.Rd3 exf2 53.Kxf2
Ke4 54.Re3+ Kd5 55.a4 Rg4 56.Rb3 Kc4 57.Rb1
Rxg3 58.Na7 Ra3 59.Nc6 Rxa4 60.Nxe5+ dxe5
61.b5 Ra7 62.b6 Rb7 63.Ke3 Kc5 64.Rh1 Rxb6
65.Ke4
in a game Black won Bednarich vs.
Chatalbashev, Gorica 2000) 11...O-O 12.Nb5
Qf4 13.exd7 Bxd7 14.Qc4+ Kh8 15.Bc5 Qxc4
16.Bxc4 Rfc8 17.Be2 Nge5 18.Rd1 Nxf3+
19.Bxf3 Be6 20.b3 Bf8 21.Be3 a6 22.Nd4 Bd7
23.Ne2 Be8 24.Nf4 Bf7 25.Nd5 Rd8 26.Ke2
Rab8 27.Bb6 Rd7 28.Nf4 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Ne5
30.Bd5 Bxd5 31.Rxd5 Kg8 32.Ne6 Kf7
33.Nxf8 Kxf8 34.Bc7 Rc8 35.Bxe5 fxe5 36.c4
b5 37.c5 e4 38.b4 Kf7 39.Ke3 a5 40.a3 axb4
41.axb4 Ra8 42.c6 Ra3+ 43.Kd4 Rd3+ 44.Kc5
Ke6 45.Rd7 Rxd7 46.cxd7 Kxd7 47.Kxb5
in a game White won van Blitterswijk vs.
Schebler, 2000
10...Nh6 11.exd7+
11.Na3 Nc6 12.Nb5 Qa5 (12...Qd8 13.exd7+
(13.Qb3 dxe6 14.O-O-O Bd7 (14...Nxd4
15.Nbxd4 Qb6 16.Bb5+ Kf7 17.Rhe1 Rd8
18.Nxe6 Rxd1+ 19.Kxd1 Bxe6 20.Rxe6 Rd8+
21.Kc1 Qxe6
in a game White won Klip vs. Tonoli, 1997)
15.Nxa7 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Nf7 17.Nxe6 Bh6+
18.Kc2 Bxe6 19.Qxe6 Qa5 20.Bb5+ Kf8
21.Rd7
in a game White won Sax-Jadoul/Brussels
1985) 13...Bxd7 14.Bc5 O-O 15.Qd5+ Nf7
16.Rd1 Bf5 17.Qc4 Qc8 18.Nfd4 Rd8 19.Be2
a6 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Nd4 Qxg2 22.Bf3 Rxd4
23.Qxf7+ Kxf7 24.Bxg2 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Rd8+
26.Ke2 Bd3+ 27.Kf3 e5 28.Kg3 e4 29.f3 f5
30.fxe4 fxe4 31.Re1 Re8 32.Bd6 Ke6 33.Bf4
Kd5 34.Kf2 Kc4 35.Ke3 a5 36.Bf1 a4 37.Kd2
Bxf1 38.Rxf1 Rf8 39.Rf2 Rxf4 40.Rxf4 Bh6
41.Ke3 Bxf4+ 42.Kxf4 Kd3 in a game Black
won Svicevic vs. Malakhov, U14 Bratislava
1993) 13.Be3 a6 14.Nbd4 Nxd4 15.exd7+
Bxd7 16.Nxd4 e5 17.Nb3 Qc7 18.Nc5 Nf5
19.Qxd7+ Qxd7 20.Nxd7 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Kxd7
22.Bc4 Ke7 23.a4 Rhd8 24.e4 a5 25.Ke2 Rac8
26.Bd5 b6 27.Ra3 f5 28.c4 f4 29.b4 axb4
30.Rb3 Rd6 31.Rxb4 Rf8 32.Rhb1 Rff6 33.a5
bxa5 34.Rb7+ Kf8 35.Rb8+ Ke7 36.R1b7+
Rd7 37.Rxd7+ Kxd7 38.Rb7+ Kd6 39.Rxg7 in
a game White won Schweber vs. Garcia, 1973
;
1 1 .B b5 Nc6 12.exd7+ Bxd7 13.O-O Nf5
14.Qb3 e5 15.Bc5 b6 16.Ba3 O-O-O 17.Nbd2
Na5 18.Qa4 Bxb5 19.Qxb5 Qd7 20.Qa6+ Qb7
21.Qe2 h5 22.Rfd1 Qc6 23.b3 Nb7 24.Ne4
Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.Qd3+
Qd7 28.Qxd7+ Kxd7 29.Kf1 Ke6 30.c4 in the
drawn game Drimer vs. Haag, 1961 .
11...Bxd7 12.Na3 Nc6 13.Bc4
13.Nb5 Qc8 14.Bc5 O-O 15.Be2 Rd8 16.Qb3+
Be6 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4+ Kh8 19.Qe2 a6
20.Nbd4 e5 21.Nb3 e4 22.Nfd4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4
Nf5 24.Bc5 Qc6 25.O-O b6 26.Ba3 Rd3 27.Rfe1
Re8 28.Nd2 Qd5 29.Nxe4 Nh4 30.Qg4 f5
31.Qxh4 fxe4 32.Be7 e3 33.Rxe3 Rxe3 34.fxe3
Qd2 35.Bf6 Qxe3+ 36.Kh1 Qd2 37.Rf1 Qd7
38.Bxg7+ Qxg7 39.Qa4 Ra8 40.Qc6 Rb8 41.Qd6
Re8 42.Qxb6 Ra8 43.Qc6 Qa7 44.Qf6+ Kg8
45.Qe6+ Kg7 46.Rd1 Kh6 47.Qd7 Qb8 48.Qd2+
Kg7 49.Qd4+ Kg8 50.Qc4+ Kh8 51.Rd7 Qf8
52.Qd4+ Kg8 53.Qd5+ Kh8 54.Rf7 in a game
White won Westerinen vs. Remmel, 1998
13...Nf7 14.O-O O-O 15.Re1 Rad8 16.Qe2
Kh8 17.Rad1 Nd6 18.Bb3 b6 19.Nc4 Nf5
20.Be3 e5 21.Bc1 Bc8 22.Bc2 Ba6 23.Bd3
Rfe8 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 Bb7 26.Be4 Na5
27.Bxb7 Nxb7 28.Qe2 Nc5 29.Qc4 Rd7
30.Be3 Red8 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.Bxc5 Qxc5
33.Qxc5 bxc5 34.Kf1 Kg8 35.Ke2 Kf7 36.Nd2
f5 37.f3 Ke6 38.Nc4 Bf6 39.Nd2 h5 40.Nb3
Be7 41.Nd2 h4 42.Nc4 Bg5 43.Rd1 Rxd1
44.Kxd1 Kd5 45.b3 e4 46.Ke2 Bh6 47.a4 Bf4
48.fxe4+ Kxe4 49.Na5 Bd6 50.Nb7 Be7 51.Na5
a6 52.Nc6 Bd6 53.b4 Kd5 54.b5 axb5 55.axb5
Kc4 56.Na7 Kxc3 57.b6 Kc4 58.b7 Kd5 59.Nc8
Bb8 60.Ne7+ Kd6 in the drawn game Kusnetsov
vs. Arkhipov, 2001.
Bryson, Douglas vs. Dunnington, Angus
Rotherham (England), 1997
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Bd4 e5
This seems logical, but White has scored well.
8.Be3 Nf6
8. . . N e7 9.Na3 a6 (9...O-O 10.Nb5 Qd8
11.Qd6 Nbc6 12.Nc7
± Wisnewski vs. Noack, 2004.) 10.Nc4 Nbc6
11.Bb6 Qb8 12.Nd6+ Kf8 13.Bc4 f6 14.O-O
Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.Qxd4 Black resigned,
Tolonen vs. Rajamaki Keijo,1998.
9.Na3
9.Qd3 d5!;
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O (10.c4 b5!? 11.cxb5 d5 =,
Varga vs. Benidze, 2006.) 10...Na6 11.Nbd2
d5 =, Naiditsch vs. Podzielny, 2000.;
9.N bd2 O-O 10.Bd3 d5 =, Buescher vs.
Stabolewski, 2001.
9...Nxe4?!
9...O-O is better, but White has a serious
advantage after 10.Nb5!, Drimer vs. Forintos
1966.;
9...Ng4 is likewise countered by 10.Nb5!,
Penrose vs. Breazu, 1987.;
9...a6 prevents Nb5 but 10.Nc4 is strong,
Galego vs. Cajal, 1991.
10.Nb5! Qc6 11.Nxa7 Qc7
11...Rxa7 12.Bxa7 Na6 13.Be3 Nac5 14.Bc4
d6 15.O-O Be6 16.Bxe6 Nxe6 17.Qb3 ±,
Trabattoni vs. Cuartas, 1981.
12.Nb5 Qc6 13.Qb3 O-O
a b c d e f g h
14.Bc4
White takes aim at f7, the soft underbelly of Black's
position. 14...Nc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.Ng5
Piling on the pressure. 16...Ra6
16...d5 is the only try. 17.Bxd5 Bd7 18.c4 Qe7
may be defensible.
17.Nxf7 Re6 18.Bxe6 dxe6 19.Nbd6 Rxf7
20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.O-O-O
Black has no compensation for the material deficit.
a b c d e f g h
21...Nc6 22.Kb1 Bf6 23.Qc2 Ne7 24.h4 e4
The pawn is sacrificed to activate the bishop at c8.
25.Qxe4 e5 26.g4 Be6
26...h5 might have slowed down White's attack.
27.h5 Qa5 28.hxg6+ hxg6 29.Rh7+?!
29.c4! would have eliminated the pressure at
a2. The kingside attack could wait.
29...Kg8
a b c d e f g h
30.Rxe7
White doesn't have much choice. It is too late for c4
since the Rh7 hangs. 30...Qxa2+ 31.Kc1 Qa1+
32.Kc2
a b c d e f g h
32...Bb3+! 33.Kxb3 Qxd1+ 34.Ka2 Bxe7
35.Qxg6+
Now White must bail out and try for a draw. 35...Kf8
36.Qf5+ Ke8 37.Qxe5 Qa4+ 38.Kb1 Qd1+
39.Ka2
drawn.
Kapu, Jeno vs. Bakonyi, Elek
Budapest , 1951
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.Bc4
a) 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 (9.Bc4 Nc6 (9...d6 10.O-O
b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Qe2 h6
14.Bh4 a6 15.a4 Nh5 16.Nd4 Ne5 17.Bb3 Nf4
18.Qe3 Ned3 19.Reb1 e5 20.Ne2 Nc5 21.Bc2
where 21...d5! should have been played in a
game White won Krnic vs. van den Berg,
2000.) 10.O-O Na5 (10...Rd8!?) 11.Bd3 d5
12.Qc2 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nd5 14.Bd4 e5 15.Bc5
Rd8 16.b4 f5 17.Bd6 Qc6 18.Nxe5 Bxe5
19.Bxe5 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Qe6 with advantage to
Black in a game Black won Gershon vs.
Malakhov, 1993.) 9...b6 (9...Nc6 10.O-O
a b c d e f g h
10...d5! The Sicilian break equalizes. 11.Re1
(11.Bc5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Qxc5 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.f4
Nxe4 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Qd5 Bf5 17.Nc5 Rad8
18.Qxb7 Qxc5+ 19.Kh1 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Rb8
21.b4 Qxc3 22.Qxe7 Qxb4 23.Qxa7 Qc3
24.Qe7 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Qxh3+ 26.Kg1 Qg3+
27.Kh1 Rb2 in a game Black won Tokmacheva
vs. Melaxasz, 1999) 11...Rd8 (11...dxe4
12.Nxe4 Nd5 13.Bg5 Rd8 14.Qb1 b6 15.Bh4
Ne5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Qc2 Bb7 with equality in
a game White won Lau vs. Sakhatova, 1994.)
12.Qc2 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nd5 14.Bd2 (14.Bg5
Nf4 15.Bf1 Bf5 16.Qa4 Nd3 17.Re3 b5
18.Qxb5 Rab8 and Black was much better in a
game White won Goloshchapov vs. Kamenets,
1995.) 14...h6 15.Rad1 e5 with equality in a
game White won Sergievsky vs. Forintos,
1968.) 10.O-O Bb7 11.Re1 d6 12.Bf4 Nbd7
13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nh5 15.Nxg6 Nxf4
16.Nxe7+ Kh8 with insufficient compensation
for the bishop in a game Black won Lendvai vs.
Bednarska, 1998.;
b) 8.Bd3 O-O with ...d5 to follow.;
c) 8.Nd4 Nc6 9.Be2 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qa4
O-O 12.O-O Rb8 13.b3 a5 14.Rac1 Rd8
15.Rfe1 h6 16.h3 e5=
in a game White won Srebrnic vs. Velickovic,
2001.
8...O-O 9.Qe2
a ) 9.O-O b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.e5 Ng4 12.Bf4
Nc6 13.Rfe1 h5 14.h3 Nh6 15.Rad1 Rac8
16.Bd3 Nd8 17.Qe3 Kh7 18.e6! with a strong
initiative in a game White won Milavsky vs.
Bitansky, 1996.;
b) 9.Nd4
a b c d e f g h
9...a6 10.e5 Qxe5 11.O-O d5 12.N2f3 Qc7
13.Bb3 Nc6 14.Qd2 e5 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Bc2
Ng4 17.h3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Rb8 19.Rab1 f5
with a big advantage in a game Black won
Janssen vs. Gentenaar, 2000.
9...d6
9...Nc6 10.O-O d6 11.Nd4 Ng4 12.Nb5 Qd8
13.f4 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 a6 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.cxd4
d5 17.exd5 b5 = in the drawn game
Schlotthauber vs. Bangiev, 1996.
10.h3 Nbd7 11.O-O b6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Bb7
Black can be satisfied with the results of the
opening.
14.Rad1 a6 15.Rfe1 Nh5

Black takes advantage of the weakness at f4.
16.Nd4 Ne5 17.Bb3 Nf4 18.Qe3 Ned3 19.Rf1
Nxb2 20.Qxf4 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 e5
µ due to the weakness at c3. 22.Qg3 exd4
23.Qxg6 d5 24.Qg4 Bc8 25.Qh5 dxc3
This pawn turns out to be the decisive factor.
26.Bxd5 Bb7 27.Qg4 Kh8 28.Bg3 Qe7 29.Nc4
Bxd5 30.Bd6 Qxe4 31.Bxf8 Qxg4 32.hxg4 Rxf8
33.Rxd5 c2
White resigned.
Beals, David vs. Stuifbergen, Jan
Haarlem , 1994
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Bd3 Nc6
8.Nbd2
a ) 8. N a 3 Nf6 9.Nd4 (9.Nb5 Qb8 10.Qc2
(10.Nbd4 d5=) 10...d5 11.O-O-O dxe4
12.Bxe4 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nbd4 c5
15.Nb3 Bf5 16.Qe2 c4 17.Qxc4 Ne4 18.Nfd4
Rc8 19.Qe2 Qb4 20.Nxf5 Nxc3 21.Nxe7+
Qxe7 22.bxc3 Rxc3+ 23.Kd2 Qb4 24.a3 Rc2+
0-1, Onischuk - Shkuran, Kiev 2003.) 9...d5
10.Nab5 Qd8 11.Qf3 Ne5 12.Qe2 Nxd3+
13.Qxd3 a6 14.Na3 Nxe4 15.O-O O-O µ,
Schmid vs. Hirn, 1988.;
b) 8.h3 d6 9.O-O Nf6 10.c4 (10.Nd4 O-O 11.f4
a6 12.f5 Ne5 13.Bc2 Nc4 14.Bc1 b5 15.b3
Ne5 16.Bb2 Bb7 17.Nd2 d5 18.Qe1 Rad8
19.Rd1 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 drawn, Stehr vs.
Wingender, 2002. ) 10...Nd7 11.Nc3 Bxc3
12.bxc3 Nce5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Be2 Be6
15.Qd4 g5 with counterplay, Hagarova vs.
Lakos, 1998.;
c ) 8.O-O d6 9.Na3 a6 10.Nc4 (10.Qd2 Nf6
11.Bh6 O-O 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 =, Juroszek vs.
Holemar, 2004. ) 10...b5 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nd5
Qd8 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.cxd4 Bb7
16.Qb3 e6 =, Zimmermann vs. Schneider,
1998.
8...Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nd4
1 0.Qe2 Ng4 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 d6 13.h3
Nge5=
10...d5!
a b c d e f g h
11.Nxc6
11.f3 Rd8 12.Qc2 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nd5 14.Nxc6
Nxe3 15.Qe2 Rxd3 16.Qxd3 Nxf1 17.Nb4
Qxh2+ 0-1, Eggink vs. Kuzmicz, 2009.
11...Qxc6 12.Qc2 e5
Black has seized the center. 13.f4 Ng4!
14.Rae1??
14.Bf2 exf4 15.exd5 Qxd5 16.Be4 Qe5 µ
14...Nxe3 15.Rxe3
a b c d e f g h
15...exf4?
15...Qb6 wins immediately.
16.Ref3 Be5 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Be4 Qc5+
19.Kh1 Rb8
Black has a solid extra pawn. 20.Nb3 Qc7
21.R3f2 b5 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Nf3 Bd6 24.Nd4 b4
25.Ne2 bxc3 26.Nxc3 Be6 27.Bd5 Be5 28.Bf3
28.Bxe6 fxe6 29.Qe4 Rbc8
28...Rfc8 29.Re1 Bxc3 30.bxc3 Qxc3 31.Qxc3
Rxc3
The endgame is hopeless for White.
a b c d e f g h
32.a4 Rb4 33.a5 Ra3 34.h4 Rxa5 35.Rd2 Rab5
36.Be4 a5 37.Ra1 Rxe4
White resigned.
Ilfeld, Etan vs. Donaldson, John
San Francisco (USA), 2000
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.h3 Nc6
8.Qd3
a) 8.Na3 Nf6 9.Bc4 (9.Nb5 Qb8 10.Bd3 (10.e5
Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Qd4 Nh5 13.Qc4 O-O
14.O-O-O a6 15.Nc7 b5 16.Qc5 Rb8 17.Rd5
Qe4 drawn, Mujic vs. Majeric, 2008.) 10...d5!
11.e5!? Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.O-O a6
14.Re1 O-O 15.Bb6 Qg5 16.Be3 Qe5 17.Bb6
drawn, Rechel vs. Sanchez Guirado, 1999.;
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O d5! 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.exd5
Nxd5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 Nf4 (14...Rd8!?)
15.Bxf4 Qxf4 16.Qe2 a6 17.Na3 (17.Nbd4
Nxd4 18.cxd4 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Rad1›)
17...Be6 18.Bxg6?! (18.Be4) 18...Bd5
(18...Bxh3!?›) 19.Bh5 Rad8 20.Rfd1 b5
21.Ne1 b4! 22.cxb4 Nxb4 23.Nd3 Nxd3
24.Rxd3 e6 (24...Be6!?³) 25.Rg3
=, Fridman vs. Schiller, 2002. ) 9...O-O 10.Nb5
(10.Bd5 e6 11.Bxc6 Qxc6 12.e5 Nd5 ³, Lakos
vs. Kadimova, 1997.) 10...Qb8 11.Qc2 a6
12.Nbd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.Bd3 d6 15.O-O
e5 =, Troeger vs. Jansa, 1961.;
b) 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.c4 (10.Nbd2 d5
=, Lau vs. Sakhatova, 1994.) 10...Nh5 11.Qd2
Qa5 12.Nc3 d6 13.Rab1 Be6 14.b4 Qd8
15.Nd5 with a strong position for White,,
Mariotti vs. Bilek, 1975.;
d) 8.Nbd2 Nf6 9.Bc4 (9.c4 O-O 10.Be2 Nh5
11.Rb1 Nf4 12.Bf1 a5
³, Nogueira vs. Duarte, 1997.) 9...O-O 10.O-
O Na5 11.Bb3 Nxb3 12.Qxb3 d6 =, Taimanov
vs. Onoprienko, 1995.
8...Nf6 9.Nbd2 O-O
10.g4!? d6
10...d5!? looks good. 11.exd5 Rd8 12.c4 Nxd5
13.cxd5 Nb4 14.Qb1 Nc2+, for example.
11.Be2 Be6 12.Nd4 d5?!
This lets White gain the advantage.
12...Nxd4 13.cxd4 Rfc8 is safer.
13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.O-O Rad8
a b c d e f g h
15.f4?!
The kingside weaknesses will later haunt White.
15...dxe4 16.Qc4 Nd5 17.Qxe4 Kh8
17...Bh6?
18.Nb3 Bh6! 19.Qxe6 Bxf4 20.Bd4+ Nxd4
21.Nxd4 Be3+ 22.Kg2 Bxd4 23.cxd4
a b c d e f g h
23...Nf4+
Crushing. 24.Rxf4 Rxf4 25.d5 Rdf8 26.Rf1 Rxf1
27.Bxf1 Qf4
White resigned.
McShane, Luke vs. Beaumont, Chris
West Bromwich (England), 1997
Western Rhamporhynchus
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Na3
The idea behind this move is a quick Nb5.
7...Nc6 8.Qa4
a) 8.Nd4 Nf6 9.Ndb5 Qb8 10.f3 O-O 11.Be2
a6 12.Nd4 d5 ³, Beni vs. Mista, 1969.;
b) 8.Nb5 Qb8 with
b1) 9.Nbd4 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.h3 d5
12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 ³, Mijovic
vs. Nikcevic, 2007.;
b2) 9.Qd2 d6 10.O-O-O Nf6 11.Bd3 O-O
12.h3 a6 13.Nbd4 Bd7 14.Bh6 b5
15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Nd4
Qb7 =, Paehtz vs. Kosintseva, 2001.;
b3) 9.Bc4 Nf6 10.e5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5
12.Qd4 Nh5 13.Qd5 O-O 14.g4 Nf4 µ,
Peli vs. Ekebjaerg, 1989.;
b4) 9.Nfd4 Nf6 10.Bd3 d6 11.f4 O-O
12.f5 d5 µ, Cyboran vs.Akopova, 2008.;
b 5 ) 9.Nd2 Nf6 10.c4 d6 11.Be2 O-O
12.O-O Nd7 13.Nc3 Nc5 14.Rc1,
Watzka vs. Cuartas, 1972. 14...a5=;
c) 8.Bd3 d6 9.h3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Nc2 b6
12.Ncd4 Bb7 13.Nb5 Qd8 14.Qc2 Nd7
15.Rfe1 Rc8 16.Qb1 a6 17.Nbd4 Nde5
18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Bf1 Nc4 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bc1
e5 22.Nf3 b5 =, Fedorov vs. Donaldson, 1995.;
d) 8.Bc4 a6 (8...Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bd3 Rd8
11.Nb5 Qb8 12.c4 Ng4 13.Bc1 a6 14.Nc3
Nd4 15.a3 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3
and in a game whose players will be spared the
embarassment of identification Black missed
the mate at h2.) 9.Bb3 b5 10.O-O Nf6 11.Re1
d6 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.f3 O-O 14.Nxc6 Bxc6
15.Nc2 a5 16.a4 Rfb8 17.axb5 Bxb5 =,
Segovia vs. Zhao Xue, 2000.;
e) 8.Be2 Nf6 9.Nb5 Qb8 10.Qa4 O-O 11.Nbd4
d6 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.h4 Nb4 15.Qb1
Na6 16.Ng5 h6 17.Nh3 Nc5 ³, Mikenas vs.
Piesina, 2001.
8...a6
8...Nf6 9.Nb5 Qb8? (9...Qd8=) 10.Bb6 ±, Wall
vs. Pinter, 2009.
9.O-O-O d6 10.e5!?
Aggressive but too ambitious.
10.Nb5 Qb8 11.Nbd4 Bd7=
10...dxe5 11.Bb5?!
11.Ng5 h6 12.Ne4 Nf6 is also good for Black.
11...Be6 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.g4 Bd7 14.Qb3 Nh6
Black easily defends f7. 15.Bc4 O-O 16.Bb6 Qc8
17.f3 e4!
18.Nxe4 Ne5 19.Be2
19.h3 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Qxc4 21.Nxc4 Be6=
19...Be6 20.Qb4 f5!
The f-file can be used efffectively by the rook.
21.gxf5 Nxf5 22.Kb1 Nh4!? 23.Qxe7 Nhxf3
24.Nd6
Black now heads for an endgame.
a b c d e f g h
24...Qd7 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Bc7 b5!
Gaining valuable queenside space. 27.Nc2 Nc5
28.Ne1 Ne5 29.Rf1 Rxf1 30.Bxf1 Rf8
a b c d e f g h
31.Nc2 Bg4
Black is winning. 32.Re1 Nf3 33.Be2 Nxe1
34.Bxg4 Nxc2 35.Kxc2 Rf2+ 36.Kb1 Nd3
37.Be6+ Kf8 38.Ne4 Re2
White resigned.
Jaffrey, John vs. Schiller, Eric
San Mateo 2001
Western Ramphorhynchus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Bd2

Qxc5 6.Bc3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O= 8.Nbd2?
Obviously White should castle, since f2 is weak.
8...Ng4! 9.O-O Bxc3 10.Nb3!
10.bxc3 Qxc3 11.Rb1 Nc6 12.Rb3 Qg7. White
has no compensation for the pawn.
10...Qc7 11.bxc3 Qxc3 12.Nfd4 Ne5 13.f4?
Again the weakness of the a7-g1 diagonal comes
into play. 13...Qe3+! 14.Kh1 Nec6 15.Rf3
A desperate pawn offer to try to get the initiative and
build an attack on the kingside. 15...Qxe4 16.Bd3
Qd5µ 17.c4 Qh5 18.Be2 Nxd4
White now blunders in time pressure, but White was

lost in any case. 19.Rh3??
19.Nxd4 d6 20.Rh3 Qc5 21.Rh4 Nc6 22.Nb3
Qb6. There is no eal kingside attack. White is just
down two pawns.
19...Qxe2 20.Qxd4 Nc6° 21.Qc3 Qe6 22.Re1
Qf6 23.Qd2 d5 24.f5 Bxf5 25.Rf3 dxc4 26.Nc5
Rad8 27.Qh6 Qg7
Black won.
Part 6: Miscellaneous Variations
Lorincz, Otto vs. Ionescu, Doru Alexandru

Miskolc , 1999
Nemicolopterus
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 Qa5 5.a3
The Nemicolopterus is harmless as b4 is not likely to
be coming soon. It is a rare bird indeed.
5...Nf6
5...Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.d5 Nd8 8.Bd2 d6 9.Bd3
O-O 10.a4 Qc7 11.O-O a6 White is a bit better
due to greater control of space, Cima Rozana
2130 - Nuritdinova Elena, Calvia 10/24/2004
Olympiad (w);
5...cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nb3 Qd8
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O d6
is a typical Dragon position, Burnoiu Nicolae-
Costel - Cioara Andrei Nestor , Bucharest
1995 It (open)
6.Bd2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6
7...Nxe4? 8.Nxe4 Qe5 9.Bd3 d5 10.Nf3 Qxb2
11.Rb1 Qxa3
is a good poisoned pawn position for White,
Hofrichter Jens - Schneider Igor , Friedrichroda
1997 Germany (juniors) (under 13)
8.Nb3 Qd8 9.Be2
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Kh1 is a typical
Dragon but the bishop looks strange at d3.
11...a6 (11...d5!) 12.f4 b5 13.Be3 Bb7
with equal chances, Smith Hazel 2051 -
Baltgailis Vesma 2015 , Toronto 2001 Canada
(w)
9...d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Bf3 Nxc3 12.Bxc6+
bxc6 13.Bxc3 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Qd5 15.O-O O-O
Black has the better pawn structure.
16.Qe2 Re8 17.Rfe1 a5 18.c4 Qf5 19.Qe4

Qxe4 20.Rxe4 a4 21.Nc5 Bf5 22.Re2 Kf8 23.f3
h5 24.h3 h4
The pawn at h4 is weak but puts a bind on the
kingside.
Atalik, Suat vs. Schiller, Eric
Los Angeles, Unknown
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.Ne2!? d6 5.dxc5

Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qxc5 7.Nbc3 Nf6 8.Nf4 Be6 9.Be3
Qc8 10.f3 Nbd7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Qd2 Ne5
13.b3 Qd7 14.Be2 Ne8 15.O-O Nc7 16.Rfd1
Na6 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Nd5 Rfd8 19.b4 Rd7
20.Nf4 Qf6 21.Nh3 Qh4 22.Nf2�! h6 23.f4
Rad8 24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.Ng4 f5 26.Bf2 Qg5
27.Nxh6+
a b c d e f g h
25.Rb1 Reb8 26.Rbe1 Ra7 27.Kf2 Rb2 28.c3
Rb3 29.Nxb3 axb3 30.Rb2 Rxa3 31.Ree2 Bc2
a b c d e f g h
32.Rbxc2
Pretty much forced but Black has a big advantage.
32...bxc2 33.Rxc2 Ra4 34.Ke3 Rxc4 35.Kd3
Rc5 36.c4 Rg5 37.Ke4 f6 38.f4 Rg3 39.Rd2
Kf7 40.f5 gxf5+ 41.Kxf5 Rc3 42.Rd4 Rc2
a b c d e f g h
43.Kg4
43.Rg4 e6+ 44.Kf4 Rxc4+ 45.Kf3 Rxg4 46.Kxg4
c5
Black wins.
43...c5 44.Re4 Rxg2+ 45.Kxh4 e5 46.Kh5 Ke6
47.Rg4 Rxg4 48.Kxg4
The rest is simple.
a b c d e f g h
48...f5+ 49.Kg5 f4 50.Kg4 Kf6 51.h4 Kg6
52.h5+ Kh6
White resigned.
Austrian Pterodactyl
Harrington, E vs. Schiller, Eric
San Francisco 2000
Austrian Pterodactyl
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.c3 Qa5
The Pterodactyl works well against this form of
Austrian Attack. 5.Bd2 Qb6 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.Nf3
White's position doesn't make much of an
impression. He can't castle and will have to dislodge
the Black queen before castling will be possible.
7...d6 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.Qb3

9.Qe2!?
After Be3 and Nbd2 White untangles. 9...Nf6
10.Be3 Qh5 11.O-O (11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.h3
Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.Nxf3 Nc5 15.Bxc5 dxc5
16.Kf2 e6 (16...c4!? 17.Bc2 Nd7=) 17.g4 Ke7
18.f5 Rad8 19.Bc2 Rd7 20.e5 gxf5 21.exf6+
Bxf6 22.gxf5 Rhd8 23.Rad1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1
Rxd1 25.Bxd1 in a game White won , Suarez
Santiago - Romero Ricardo Merida 1995)
11...O-O 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 Nc6
The position is about even.
9...Nd7?!
9...Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nd7 was the correct move
order. Then Black can lay claim to equality,
though the position is dynamic.
10.Bc4?!
10.Ng5! Black would be in some trouble here.
10...Nh6 11.h3 f6! 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.Qxe6 White
is better because of Black's weak light squares
and the bishop pair. Black has problems castling,
too.
10...e6 11.Ng5
Too late. 11...h6 12.Nxf7!?
Too ambitious with White's rooks sitting on their
home squares, and the remaining knight shut in the
stable. 12...Kxf7 13.h3 Nb6 14.Bd3 Nf6!
This solves Black's problems. The pawn at e6 is
weak but White is under-developed so Black will have
plenty of time to arrange a defense.
14...Qh5!? 15.Be3›;
14...Bh5 15.g4 Bf6 16.gxh5 Qxh5!›
15.hxg4 Nxg4 16.Rf1 Bf6?!
This doesn't really defend the f-file effectively.
16...d5!? With this bold move I could have
opened up the game, but I was afraid for my king.
It was certainly the best move, for example:
17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Rf3 Qxb3 19.axb3 Rhd8
20.Be4 Rd7
17.f5!
The barriers are smashed. 17...gxf5 18.Rxf5?
White probably missed the check at g1.
18.exf5! would have been the strongest move,
with pressure at e6. I could defend. 18...Rae8!
19.Be2 Ne3! 20.Bh5+ Kg7 21.Bxe8 Rxe8!‚
would havebeen a promising exchange
sacrifice. It is easy to give up a little material
when your opponent's queenside rook and
knight are on their home squares and your own
pieces are in active positions.
18...Qg1+! 19.Rf1 Qxg2
The tables have turned and now White is fighting to
survive. 20.Bf4 Nh2 21.Rf2?!
21.Bxh2 Qxh2 22.Na3 (22.Nd2 Qg3+ 23.Ke2
Ke7µ) 22...Qg3+ 23.Kd2 Rac8!›
21...Qg1+ 22.Bf1 Nxf1 23.Rxf1 Qg4! 24.Nd2
Bh4+! 25.Bg3+! Ke7 26.Bxh4+ Qxh4+ 27.Kd1
Rhf8 28.Rg1 Rf2µ 29.Kc2?? Qxe4+°
29...Rxd2+ was more efficient. 30.Kxd2 Qf2+
31.Kd3 Rf8!
30.Kc1 Qf4 31.Qd1
31.Qc2 Rg8! 32.Rd1 Nc4 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Qe4
Qxe4 35.Nxe4 Re2°
31...Nc4 32.Rg7+ Kf8 33.Rxb7 Nxd2
White resigned.
Anti-Modern 3.c3

Stein vs. Nei
Soviet Union, 1959

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 c5
Black offers the pawn, with no clear way of getting it

back. It seems that this move isn't fully playable, and
3...d6 followed by ...c5 is preferable, but best of all is
3...d5, making the pawn at c3 look rathger foolish.
That approach can lead to Colle lines if White later
plays e3. 4.dxc5
This is the main test of Black's 3rd move.
a) 4.Bc4 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qb6!?;
b)4.d5 d6 5.g3 (5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O
Na6 8.a3 Nc7 9.c4 a6 10.Nc3 Rb8 11.Qe2 Bg4
12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 b5= in a game Black won
Schild vs. Kaposztas, 2000) 5...Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O
7.Ne2 Nbd7 8.h3 Qc7 9.O-O c4!= in a game
Black won Pirrot vs. Stangl, 1986 ;
c) 4.Nf3 transposes to 3.Nf3 c5 4.c3.
d) 4.f4 cxd4 5.cxd4 in a game White won Bieri
vs. Zuend, Open B 1993 5...d5! 6.e5 Nh6=
4...Qc7
It is better to play this before moving the knight to a6.
White will in either case capture, and disrupt the
pawn structure. Otherwise Black has good chances
for equality.
4...N a6 5.Bxa6 bxa6 6.Be3 Rb8 (6...Qc7
brings us back to the 4...Qc7 main line.) 7.Qc2
Nf6 in a game Black won Parnicki vs. Kokeza,
2001 8.Nf3 Bb7 9.Nbd2±
5.Be3 Na6 6.Bxa6!
6.Na3?! Nxc5 7.Nb5 Qc6 doesn't cause Black
any serious problems. White can try 8.Qd5!? Ne6
but 9.Nxa7 (9.Qxc6 bxc6 10.Nd4 . Milos vs.
Quinteros, 1985 10...Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Nf6 12.e5
Nd5 13.Nf3 Nf4 14.Be3 Ne6 15.O-O-O›)
9...Bxc3+! 10.Kd1 Bxb2 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qb3
Bxa1 13.Nf3 Bg7› gave Black more than
enough for the queen, and White was already in
serious trouble in Yap vs. Sunye Neto, 1985.
6...bxa6 7.Bd4
a) 7.f3 Nf6 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Rb8 (9...Rd8 was
agreed drawn in Lehtivaara vs. Paavilainen, 1988.)
10.Qc2 a5 11.Na3 Ba6. Black has a nice game,
and went on to win in Fossan vs. Aarland, 1990.
7.Ne2 Rb8 . Black takes the initiative with this
move, though castling still has to be attended to,
so it can't last. 8.Qc2 a5 9.O-O Ba6 10.Re1 Bh6
11.Bxh6 Nxh6 12.b4 Ng4 13.Ng3 h5 Black's
powerful light square bishop is enough
compensation for the pawn. Gruet vs. Ruiz, 2000.
b ) 7.Nd2 Rb8 (7...Nf6!? 8.f3 O-O 9.Ne2 a5
10.O-O Ba6 11.c4 is a bit better for White. The
knight on e2 can get to c3. Smagin vs. Stanojoski,
1992.) 8.Nc4 (8.Qc2 Nh6 9.Ne2 Ng4 10.Bf4
Qxc5 11.O-O d6 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Rad1 O-O.
Black's bishops are more important than the weak
queenside pawns. Fodre vs. Vokac, 1989.) 8...d6
9.Bd4 Bf6!? looks odd, but computers like it. The
pawn at c5 is still pnned, and will be recovered.
Black should be okay here. (9...f6 is the only
move that has been tried. 10.b4 dxc5 11.Bxc5 f5
12.Ne2 Nf6 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Qa4+ (14.Qd4! White
has a clear advantage.) 14...Bd7 15.Qxa6 Ne4
16.Qxa7 Black has some pressure at c3, but an
unsafe king, and if queens come off, a really bad
endgame. Basjuni vs. Szabo, 1954.) 10.Qa4+ Bd7
11.Qa3 holds the pawn but 11...dxc5 12.Bxc5
Rc8 13.b4 Bb5
gives Black a lot of counterplay.
7...Nf6 8.f3
8.Nd2 O-O 9.f3 Rb8 10.b3 a5 11.Ne2 Ba6
12.O-O Bh6. Black's powerful bishops make up
for the missing pawn. Etchegaray vs.Lagunes,
1991.
8...Rb8 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Ne2 Rd8 11.O-O e5
12.Be3 Bf8
12...d5 13.cxd6 Rxd6 14.Qc2 Be6 probably
isn't enough for the pawn. Notice that Black's
bishop doesn't have much to do.
13.b4 d6 14.Rd1 Be6 15.cxd6 Bxd6 16.Qe1 a5
17.a3 Nd7 18.Nd2 Nb6 19.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 20.Qf2
Qc7 21.Nf1 Be7 22.Ne3 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 axb4
24.cxb4 a5 25.Rc1 Qb7 26.Nc4 Bxc4 27.Rxc4
axb4 28.axb4 Qa6
The bishop pair is gone and White has an extra
pawn. But in this sort of position the bishop is better
than the knight. White's king is a bit exposed, and the
extra pawn is falling. Black has all the chances..
29.Rc1 Rxb4 30.Ng3 Qb5 31.Qd2 Kg7 32.h3
Rb2
The seventh rank will be controlled by Black. White is
in serious trouble. 33.Qe3 h6 34.Qe1 Bg5
35.Ra1 Qc5+ 36.Kh1 Qc2 37.Qf1 Bf4 38.Kh2
g5 39.Ra7 h5
White resigned or lost on time, but the position is
clearly hopeless.
Anti-Modern 3.c3 d5!?
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d5!?

This defense is not part of the Pterodactyl complex,
but it is a good solid alternative, and offers a much
easier path to equality. 4.e5
a ) 4.Nd2 c5! 5.dxc5 (5.Ngf3 Nc6 (5...cxd4
6.cxd4 dxe4 might be the easiest poath for Black.
7.Nxe4 Nf6 8.Nxf6+ Bxf6 9.Bh6 Qa5+) 6.exd5
Qxd5 7.Bc4 Qh5 (7...Qf5!?) 8.Qb3 is very strong
for White, Schiewer vs. Ahrens, 1995.) 5...Nf6
6.exd5 (6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qa4 dxe4 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-
O Qc7 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.Nbd4 Ng4! 12.Ng3 Nxd4
13.Bxd7 Ne2+ 14.Kh1 Nxg3+ 15.hxg3 Nf6
16.c6! Nxd7 17.cxd7 Rfd8 18.Rd1 White is a little
better, but the king has no defenders. It is hardly
surprising that the game ended with perpetual
check. 18...Be5 19.Qxe4 Bd6 20.Be3 Rxd7
21.Rd2 Rad8 22.Rad1 Bc5 23.Rxd7 Rxd7
24.Rxd7 Qxd7 25.Bxc5 Qd1+ 26.Kh2
Qh5+Drawn. Bakulin vs. Razuvaev, 1963. )
6...Qxd5 7.Ngf3 Qxc5 8.Be2 (8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O
Qc7 10.Re1 Nc6 11.Nc4 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7=
Nielsen vs. Richardson, 1975.) 8...O-O 9.O-O
Qc7 10.Qa4 Nc6 11.Qh4 e5 12.Nb3 Ne7 13.Bg5
Nf5= Hennings vs. Gulko, 1968;
4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxe4 6.Qxb7 Nc6 7.Qa6
Rb8 8.Nd2 Nf6 9.f3 exf3 10.Ngxf3 O-O= in a
game Black won Buchman-Liuboshits, 1971 ;
b) 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 and now:
a)6.Bf3 O-O 7.Ne2 (7.Bf4 c6 8.h4 h5 9.Nd2
Be6 10.Ne4 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Bd5 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6
13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.O-O c5= in a game White won
Brandics vs. Soponyai, tt DUTÉP-Szombathely
1995) 7...c5!? 8.O-O (8.dxc5 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1
Rd8+ 10.Bd2 Ng4. Black has plenty of play for the
pawn.) 8...Nc6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.dxc5 Ba6 11.Nd2
Qd5 12.Re1 Rfd8 13.Qa4 Bxe2 14.Rxe2 Qxc5= in
the drawn game Petersen vs. Nugel, 1990 ;
b ) 6.Qc2 Nxe4 7.Qxe4 O-O 8.Nf3 c6 9.O-O
Bf5 10.Qe1? Bd3 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Ne4 Qc7
13.Be3 Bxe4 in a game Black won Olin-Comp
Pilgrim/EQ#15 1991 ; 6.Nd2 O-O 7.Ngf3 Nbd7
8.O-O c5 9.Re1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 e5 11.N4f3 Nc5.
White is already in trouble. Hernaez Fernandez vs.
Foreman, 1975.)
c) 6.Bd3 c5!? Of course Black has also
castled in this position, and that move is good
enough for equality. But why not take the initiative
instead? 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.Be3 (8.dxc5 Ne5!) 8...Ng4
9.O-O Nxe3 10.fxe3 cxd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.Kh1
e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bc2 Qb6 15.b3 Ng4 in a
game Black won Feliciano vs. Lim, 1993 ;
4.exd5 Nf6!? is a more interesting line than
4...Qxd5, though that is a fully playable, and much
more common approach. 5.c4 (5.Nf3 Nxd5=
Sevillano vs. Murshed, 1985.) 5...b5!? (5...O-O
6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 c6 8.dxc6 Nxc6 9.d5 Bxf3
10.gxf3 Ne5 11.f4 Ned7
is a more solid approach, Yakovich vs. From,
1993.) 6.cxb5 O-O 7.Nc3 Nxd5 8.Nf3 a6
9.Qb3 Nxc3 (9...Nb6 10.Be3 Be6 11.Qc2 Nd5
12.Qd2 axb5 13.Bxb5 c5 14.Bh6 Nxc3
15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.c4
White is better, Mainka vs. Kuijpers, 1997. )
10.bxc3 Bb7 11.Be2 axb5 12.Qxb5 Qc8!?
comes into consideration.
4...c5
Black is effectively a tempo up on the Gurgenidze
Defense, since no time was wasted on ...c6. 5.Nf3
5.Bd3 Nc6 (5...cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Ne2 Nh6
in the drawn game Pedersen vs. Petersen,
1971/Chess Author's Database (7)) 6.Ne2
Bd7 7.O-O Qc8 8.f4 c4 9.Bc2 Bf5 10.Bxf5 gxf5
11.Ng3 e6=
in the drawn game Tengely vs. Juhasz, Tch II
1993 ;
5.Bb5+ Nc6 (5...Bd7 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Qxd5 cxd4
8.Nf3 e6 9.Qe4 Nge7 10.O-O Nxe5 11.Nxd4
Bxb5 12.Nxb5 O-O 13.Bf4 Qd5 14.Qxd5 Nxd5
15.Bxe5 Bxe5=
in a game Black won Maksimenko vs. Ahrens,
1995) 6.Ne2 cxd4 (6...Qb6 7.Ba4 cxd4 8.cxd4
e6 9.O-O Nge7 10.Nbc3 O-O=
in a game White won Boeckenhaupt vs.
Thomas, ch-PF 1993) 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Bxh6?!
Bxh6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nbc3 Be6 11.Qa4 Qb6
12.Rfd1 Rfc8 13.Rab1 a6 14.Bxc6 Rxc6
In the long run, Black's ishops will be an
important factor. Probst vs. Wittke, 1989.
5.dxc5 Bxe5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O a6
9.Ba4 Bg4=
in a game Black won Fritsch vs. Harabor, 1990
;
5.Be3 Nc6 (5...cxd4 6.cxd4 Nh6 7.Bd3 Nc6
8.Ne2 O-O 9.Nbc3 a6 10.Nf4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 d4
12.Bd2 dxc3 13.Bxc3=
in a game White won Rottler Martin-Polzer
Hans/Bayern 1995) 6.Qd2 Bf5 7.Ne2 h5
8.Ng3 Nh6 9.Bb5 h4 10.Ne2 h3 11.g3 Be4
12.O-O Bg2
is a lot more fun to play as Black. Bank Friis vs.
Jorgensen, 1990 ;
5.Be2 Nc6 6.Nf3 (6.Bf3 Bf5 7.Ne2 e6 8.O-O
Nge7 9.Be3 O-O=
in the drawn game Ostl vs. Maus,S/BL9091
1991) 6...Bg4 (6...cxd4 7.cxd4 f6 (7...Bg4
8.Nc3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 e6 10.O-O Nge7 11.Bg5
Qb6 12.Bxe7 Kxe7=
in a game Black won Barglowski vs. Urban,
2000) 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O Qd6
11.Nb5 Qb8=
in a game Black won Ramlow vs. Reschke,
1994) 7.O-O (7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nh6 9.Nc2
e6 10.O-O O-O=
in a game White won Tatari vs. Bank, Open
1993) 7...e6 8.Na3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 cxd4 10.cxd4
Qb6 11.Be3 Nge7 12.Qa4 O-O 13.Qb5 Nxd4
14.Qxb6 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 axb6 16.f4 g5 17.Bxb6
gxf4 18.Bc5 Rfe8 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.Rfe1 f6
in a game Black won Fontana vs. Deuster,H
qual Doernigheim 1994 ;
5. h3 h5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Nh6 8.e6 Bxe6
9.dxc5 O-O 10.Bxh6 Bxh6 11.g4 hxg4 12.hxg4
Bg7
is unclear, with chances for both sides. Roth
vs. Krause,D/Landes-Einzelmeister 1992 ;
5.Bf4 Qb6 6.Qd2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Be3 Bf5
9.Nc3 Rd8 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6
Black is at least equal. Graff vs. Owens, 1996 ;
5.Bd2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nc3 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 e6 12.Qg3
Ne7 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Bf6 Bxf6 15.exf6 Qxg3
16.hxg3 Nc6 17.f4 Rc8 18.Nb5 Kd7 19.Kd2 h5
20.a3 a6 21.Nc3 Nd4 22.Kd3 Nf5 23.Ne2 Nh6
24.a4 Ng4 25.b3 Nf2+
in a game Black won Zamarbide vs. Fuster,
2000 ;
5.f4 Qb6
I think this is Black's most promisig move, an
equality has already been reached. 6.Qb3
(6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9.dxc5 Qxc5
10.Be3 Qc7 11.Na3 a6 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.O-O
O-O 14.Nc2 Nd7 15.Nd4 Rac8 16.Rae1 Nc6
17.g4 Ncxe5 18.Qe2 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Nc5
20.Qe2 Ne4
in a game Black won Villamil vs. Weisenburger
Correspondence 1980) 6...cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6
8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Bxf3 10.Bxc6+ Qxc6 11.Kf2
Be4 12.Nc3 Nh6 13.Re1 Nf5 14.Be3 O-O
15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.d5 Qd7 17.Qc4 Rac8
18.Qxe4 Qb5 19.Re2 Rc4 20.Qf3 Nxe3
in a game Black won McAlpine vs. Keene, 1968
5...Nc6 6.Be2
6.Bb5 Bg4 7.Nbd2 (7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9.O-O
Nge7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nd2 cxd4
13.cxd4 c5=
in the drawn game Arkell Lalic vs. Mok Tze
Meng/Kuala Lumpur 1992) 7...cxd4 8.Bxc6+
bxc6 9.cxd4 Nh6 10.h3 Bf5
Drawn, Leurer vs. Brueckner, 1985.
6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bg4 8.Be2 Nh6 9.O-O O-
O=
in a game Black won Hoffmann vs. Kiwitter,
U25 Open 1989 ;
6.Bf4 Qb6 7.Qb3
in a game Black won Dussol vs. Lupu,
Maubuee 1990 7...Qxb3! 8.axb3 Bg4=;
6.h3 Nh6 7.Bf4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.Nc3 Qxb2
10.Na4 Qa3 11.Bc1 Qb4+ 12.Bd2 Qa3 13.Bb5?
White should just repeat and take the draw.
13...O-O 14.O-O Nf5
White doesn't have compensation. Bade vs.
Stiller, 1999.
6...cxd4 7.cxd4 Bg4 8.Nc3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 e6
10.O-O Nge7=
in a game Black won Primavera vs. Ciocaltea, 1970
Fianchetto lines
1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5

2175 (+42).
2222 (-42).
wins: 125 (=42%)
The drawing quote is lower than average. (5% quick
draws, < 20 Moves)
a b c d e f g h
4.c3
a) 4.dxc5 Qa5+
a b c d e f g h
5.c3 (5.Nbd2 Qxc5 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.Bg2 Nf6
8.Bf4 d6 9.c4
in the drawn game Pomar Salamanca vs. Bilek,
1972. 9...Nh5!³; 5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Bc3 Nf6 7.Bg2
O-O (7...Ne4!? 8.Bd4 Bxd4 (8...Qb4+!?)
9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Nd6 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.O-
O-O Rb8 13.e4 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 b6 15.e5 Nf5
16.Rc4 Kd8 17.Rd1 Bb7 18.Bd5² in a game
White won Grabert vs. Wippermann, Open
1996) 8.O-O d6 9.Nbd2 Be6? (9...Qc7=)
10.Bxf6! exf6 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.Nfd4± in a game
White won Kapu vs. Kassai, Tch 1992 ; 5.Nfd2
Na6 6.c3 Qxc5 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.e4 d6 9.O-O O-O
10.h3 Be6 (10...Qc7=) 11.e5!? dxe5
(11...Qxe5? 12.Bxb7± in a game Black won
Krause vs. Schneider,B/BLN2 1995 ) 12.Bxb7
Bxh3 13.Re1 Nc7 14.Bxa8 Nxa8©) 5...Qxc5
6.Be3 (6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Na3 (7.Qd4 Qh5 8.Qe5
Qxe5 9.Nxe5 d6 10.Nd3 Nc6= in the drawn
game Schwarz vs. Horvath, Elekes 1994)
7...O-O 8.Qa4 Nc6 (8...d5!?) 9.Be3 Qh5
(9...Qa5=) 10.h3 h6 11.Rd1 (11.Nb5²)
11...d6 12.Qb5 (12.g4²) 12...Qxb5 13.Nxb5
Bd7= in a game White won Szekely vs. Ehlvest,
1999) 6...Qa5 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O d6 9.c4 Qh5
10.Nc3 O-O 11.Nb5 Nc6 12.Nc7 Rb8 13.Nd5
Ng4! 14.Bd2 Nge5= in a game Black won
Romanishin vs. Tseshkovsky, Soviet Estonia II
1979 ;
b) 4.c4 cxd4 (4...Qa5+!?N 5.Bd2 Qc7=) 5.Nxd4
d5 6.cxd5 (6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.Be3 Ngf6
9.Nc3 Ng4 10.Rd1 Nxe3 11.fxe3 O-O³ in a game
Black won Taddei vs. Nikolaidis, 2000 ) 6...Qxd5
7.Nf3 (7.Qc2 Nc6µ) 7...Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Nc6³ in a
game Black won Jimenez vs. Epishin, BC 2000 ;
c ) 4.d5 b5!? 5.d6 Bb7 (5...Qb6=) 6.Bg2 e6
7.Nc3 a6 8.Be3 c4 9.Bd4 Nf6 10.e4 Nc6 11.O-O
O-O 12.e5 Ng4 13.h3 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Nh6= in a
game Black won Guliev vs. Losev, 1997 ;
d ) 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 (6...cxd4
7.exd4 d5 8.Bf4 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nc6= in a game
White won Cacco vs. Di Lazzaro, 2000) 7.c4 cxd4
8.Nxd4 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3
Na5 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Ba3 Bd7 14.Qe2 Re8= in a
game White won Pomar Salamanca vs. Kavalek,
Palmas 1974.
4...Qa5
4...cxd4 5.cxd4 (5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nc2 d6 7.Bg2
Bd7 8.O-O
in a game Black won Muehl vs.
Schlick,V/BL8990 1990 8...Nf6=) 5...d5= in a
game Black won Barcza vs. Antoshin, 1966
8
5.Nbd2
5.Bg2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.e4 O-O
9.Be3 (9.Na3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 a6 12.Nxc6
Bxc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nc4 Qd5
16.Nxe5 in the drawn game Jurek vs. Kuemin,
1999 16...Rfe8) 9...d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Na3 Rac8
12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Qd2 Rfd8 14.Rac1 Ne5 15.Nd4
a6 16.c4 Qb8= in the drawn game Macek vs.
Fercec, Open 2000 ;
5.Bd2 Nf6 6.b4 (6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4
Nd6 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.O-O O-O= in the drawn game
Kurajica vs. Speelman, 1994) 6...cxb4 7.cxb4 in
the drawn game Romanishin vs. Minasian, 2001
7...Qb6=;
5.d5 b5!? (5...Nf6= in the drawn game Godes
vs. Davies, 1993) 6.d6!? Bb7 7.Bg2 exd6 8.Qxd6
Qb6 9.Qd3 (9.Bf4 Ne7 10.O-O Qxd6 11.Bxd6
Na6 12.Na3 Bc6=) 9...Ne7 10.Bg5 Nbc6 11.O-O
d5= in a game Black won Galliamova Ivanchuk vs.
Ivkov, Tumba 1992 ;
5 . e 3 Nf6 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 cxd4
9.exd4 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Qh5 11.Nc4 Bh3 12.Ng5
Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 b5³ in a game
Black won Konopka vs. Chatalbashev, 1997.
5...cxd4 6.Nb3 Qb6 7.cxd4
a) 7.Nbxd4 Nf6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bg2 (9.Nb5 Qd8
10.Be3 a6 11.Na7 O-O 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.Bb6
Qe8= in a game White won Hausrath vs.
Lemmers, 1999) 9...O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Be3 a6=
in a game Black won Vogel vs. Davies, aan Zee
1982 ;
b) 7.Nfxd4 Nf6 8.Bg2 O-O 9.e4 d6 10.h3 e5
11.Nc2 Be6 12.Nb4 a5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Nd5
Bxd5 15.exd5 a4 16.Nd2 a3 17.Qc2 axb2
18.Qxb2 Nbd7= in a game Black won Helgason
vs. Abolianin, 1999.
7...Nf6
7 ...d5= in the drawn game Callergard vs.
Horvath, 1988.
8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O
9...d6
9...a5 10.Nc5 d6 (10...Qa7 11.Bg5 d6 12.Bxf6
Bxf6 13.Ne4 Bg7 14.e3 b5= in a game Black won
Saidy vs. Ivanov, PA 1995 ) 11.Na4 Qa6 12.Nc3
b5 13.a4 bxa4 14.e4 in the drawn game
Romanishin vs. Istratescu, 2001 14...Bb7=
10.Re1
10.Nfd2 Bd7 11.Nc4 Qa6 12.Nca5 d5 13.Bg5
Ne4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Rc1 b6 16.Nc4 Bb5³ in a
game White won Vucic vs. Ivanov, York 1991 ;
10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Nc4 Qa6 12.Ne3 e5 13.d5
Ne7= in a game Black won Honos vs. Horvath,
1996
10...Bf5 11.Nh4 Be4 12.Bxe4
12.f3 Bc6 13.e4 Ba4 14.Be3 Na6 15.Bh3 in
the drawn game Rashkovsky vs. Khalifman, 1998
12...Nxe4 13.f3 Nf6 14.e4 Nbd7 15.Be3 Qa6
16.Qe2 Qa4=
in the drawn game Georgiev vs. Dzindzichashvili,
1984
a b c d e f g h
King's Indian Attack
1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6

Since White has hastened to castle, there is little
point in moving the queen to a5 right away. 5.d3
White delays the choice of opening formations,
keeping open the option of an English or King's Indian
Attack. If Black plays ...d5 then White has a King's
Indian with an extra tempo. That is still playable, but
such a strategy does not appeal to me.
a) 5.e4. The King's Indian Attack will normally
result from the early e4, but White can still try to
play for d4 after c3. 5...e6 transposes to b) 5.d3
e6 6.e4. (5...Nh6!? might be tried. 6.Nc3 d6 7.h3
O-O 8.d3 e5 9.Be3 Schaad vs. Bublitz, 1996.
9...f5=; 5...Rb8!? 6.a4 a6 7.c3 e5= Shih vs.
Doss, 1999.);
c) 5.c3 e5 6.d4 see Toran vs. Larsen.
d) 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 (6.Rb1 Nge7 7.a3 d5 8.b4 c4
9.Bb2 e5 10.b5 Na5 11.e3 O-O= in a game White
won Azadharf vs. Schussler, 1977 ) 6...Nge7 7.b4
b6 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Qb1 d5= in a game Black won
Westerinen vs. Keene, 1973 ;
e) 5.e3?! d5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.exd4 e6
9.c4!? (9.Re1 Qb6 10.c3 Nf6=) 9...dxc4 10.Nc3
Qxd4 (10...Ne7 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qxc4 O-O
13.Bxb7² in a game White won Loeffler vs.
Horvath, 2001) 11.Qxd4 Bxd4 12.Nb5 Be5
13.Re1 Bb8³ Analysis.
5...e6
This is a mainstream move, and there are some
interesting options.
5...Rb8!? is a rare move, but with a likely
transposition to a King's Indian Reversed on
5...d5, or a Symmetrical English with an eventual
c4, the move has considerable appeal. 6.c3 e5
7.a3 Nge7 8.b4 b6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 Nd5
11.Bg5 Qe8= in a game Black won Navarovszky
vs. Bednarski, Teplice 1974 ;
5...Nh6!? may not be bad. The knight can go to
f5 and d4, or even d6 if necessary. Black can also
try to get in both ...f5 and ...e5, a plan which
succeeds in the only game I could find. 6.e4 O-O
7.Nc3 d6 8.h3 f5 (8...e5 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nd4
11.Bxh6 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bxh3 13.Bg2 Bxg2
14.Kxg2 f5 15.exf5 Rxf5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rh1
Qh8 18.Qh6+ Kg8 19.Ne4 Raf8 20.Raf1 d5
21.Ng5 Qg7 22.Qxg7+ Kxg7 23.Ne6+ in a game
White won Schaad vs. Bublitz, Pizol 1996) 9.Ng5
e5 10.f4 Nf7 11.Nxf7 Rxf7 12.exf5 Rxf5= in a
game White won Maeki Uuro vs. Maki Frantti,
1991
6.e4
The King's Indian Attack. White can also switch to
the English, or delay a decision.
a ) 6 . c 4 leads to the symmetriical English.
6...Nge7 7.Nc3 d6 (7...d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bf4 O-
O= in the drawn game Hackenberg vs. Mandl,
1987) 8.a3 (8.Bg5 h6 9.Bd2 O-O= in a game
White won Petrzelka vs. Cvek, 2000) 8...a6 9.Bd2
b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.Rb1 b4³
in a game Black won Presado vs. Andrade,
2000 ;
b ) 6.Nc3 d5 7.e4 (7.Bd2 Nge7 8.Rb1 Rb8
9.Na4 Qd6 10.c4 O-O=
in the drawn game Knuth vs. Wahls, 1994)
7...d4 8.Ne2 Nge7 9.c3 O-O= in a game Black
won Siegel vs. Juhnke, Germany 1982 ;
6.Bg5 Nge7 7.c3 d5 8.e4 h6 9.Bxe7 Nxe7
10.Nbd2 O-O=
in a game Black won Olesko vs. Weglarz, 1988
;
c ) 6.Nbd2 d6 (6...Nge7 7.a3 O-O 8.Rb1 b6
9.b4 Nd5µ
in a game White won Heltzel vs. Plukkel, 2000)
7.e4 Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.Nb3 b6 10.d4 e5= in a
game Black won Michalek vs. Juergens, op-A
1992 ;
e) 6.a4 Nge7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.e4 Rb8 9.Re1 d6
10.Nf1 a6=
in the drawn game Wolf vs. van der
Veen,H/NRW-Liga II 1996
6...Nge7 7.c3
A very common position, reached over 1000 times.
Other paths have been explored:
a ) 7 . N c 3 O-O 8.Be3 Nd4!? 9.Qd2 Nec6
10.Ne1 (10.Nd1 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Nxd4 cxd4
13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Re8= in a game Black won
Parkanyi vs. Oltean, Flora90 1990) 10...Qa5
11.Bh6 d6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.f4 f5= in a game
White won Yukhtman vs. Koblencz, Soviet Georgia
1956 . ;
b ) 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nbd2 (8.e5 d6 9.exd6 Qxd6
10.Nbd2 Qc7=
in the drawn game Mirzoeva vs. Korbut, 2000)
8...b6 9.Nf1 Bb7 10.h4 h6 11.N1h2 f5 12.c3
Rf7 13.exf5 gxf5 14.d4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 e5
16.Nxc6 Bxc6= in the drawn game Stratil vs.
Vokac, Czecko, Team 1992 ;
c ) 7 .a4 d5 8.Na3 O-O 9.Qe2 h6 10.c3 Kh7
11.h4 a6 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.Nh2 b5³ in a game
White won Semenova vs. Baltgailis, 1984 ;
d) 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 see 7.Re1.
e ) 7.Qe2 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.Na3 Rb8 10.Nc2 b5
11.d4 b4 12.dxc5 bxc3 13.bxc3 d5= in a game
Black won Disconzi da Silva vs. Vescovi, Paulo
2000.
7...O-O 8.Be3
a) 8.Bf4 e5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 d6 11.Ne1 Be6=
in the drawn game Bilek vs. Trifunovic, 1960 ;
b ) 8.Na3 d5 9.Qe2 h6 10.e5 g5 11.h3 Bd7
12.Nc2 Ng6 13.Be3 b6=
in a game White won Karlsson vs.
McCambridge, 1982
8...b6
8...d6 9.Qd2 b6 10.Bh6 Ba6! 11.Bxg7 Kxg7
12.Re1 Ne5 13.d4 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 e5 15.Na3 Nc6
16.dxc5 dxc5 17.Rad1 Qf6
in the drawn game Stenborg vs. Jansson, B
Bollnas 1973
9.Qc1 d5 10.Bh6 Ba6 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Rd1
Qc7 13.Na3 Rfd8=
in a game White won Thiede vs. Niesel, 1991.
Toran, Albero vs. Larsen, Bent

Palma de Majorca (Spain), 1968
King's Indian Attack
1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.c3
e5 6.e4 Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.a3 d6 9.b4 b6
10.Nbd2 h6
11.Nc4
a ) 1 1 . B b2 a6 12.Qe2 f5 13.bxc5 bxc5
14.Rad1 Rb8 15.Ba1 f4 16.Nc4 g5 17.Nfd2 g4
with a strong kingside attack, , Olsson vs. b)
Eklund, 1998.;
11.b5 Na5 12.c4 Bd7 13.Bb2 a6 14.a4 Qc7
15.Nh4 Nb7 16.f4
, Szenetra vs.Groenegres, 2009. 16...exf4!
17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.gxf4 axb5 19.axb5 f6=
11...Be6
11...b5!? 12.Ne3 Be6 =, Lehtinen vs. Hjelm,
1999.
12.b5
White plays this before Black can seize the square.
1 2. N f d2 d5! 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.b5 Bxg2
15.Kxg2 Na5 =, Maeurer vs. Luecke, 1994.
12...Bxc4 13.dxc4 Na5 14.Qd3
14.Nd2 Qd7 15.Bb2 Rad8 16.f4 exf4 17.gxf4
f5 18.Bh3 Qb7 19.Qe2 fxe4 20.Be6+ Kh7
21.Nxe4 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 d5 23.Bd3 dxe4
24.Bxe4 Qc7 25.Qe3 Qd7 26.a4 Qg4+ 27.Kh1
Nd5 28.Bxd5 Rxd5 29.Rae1 Rdd8 30.Qf2
Rde8 31.Qg3 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Qxf4 33.Qxf4
Rxf4 34.Re7 Rf2 35.Ba3 Ra2 36.Bxc5 bxc5
37.Rxa7 h5 38.a5 Kh6 39.a6 Bxc3 40.Ra8
Be5 41.a7 Rxh2+ 42.Kg1 Ra2 43.b6 c4 44.Rc8
c3 45.a8=Q Bd4+ 46.Kh1 Rxa8 47.Rxa8 Bxb6
48.Rc8 Bd4 49.Rc4 Bf6 50.Rc5 g5 51.Kg2 h4
0-1, Van Nevele Rene 2280 - Dusart,1991..
14...Qd7 15.Rd1 Rad8 16.Ra2
16.Ne1 Qe6 17.Bf1 f5 18.f4 Nb3 19.Ra2 Nxc1
20.Rxc1 exf4 21.exf5 Qxf5 µ, Uribe vs.
Sanchez, 2009.
16...Qe6 17.Bf1 f5!
Larsen launches a powerful kingside attack.
18.Nh4 f4 19.Ng2 g5 20.Bd2 Qf7 21.Be1 h5

22.Rad2 Nb7
This knight can provide all the support the Pd6
needs.
23.h3 Qe6 24.Kh2 Rf6 25.f3 Rh6

The rook takes aim at the king. 26.Be2 Rf8 27.Bf2
Rf7 28.Rg1 Kf8
The king takes a trip to the center, in preparation for
the endgame. 29.Rdd1 Ke8 30.Rdf1 Kd8 31.Be1
Kc7
Though the position is closed, Black has a small
advantage.
32.Rh1 Na5 33.Kg1 Bf6 34.Qd1 Rg7 35.Qd3

Qg8 36.Rh2 Ng6 37.Qd5 fxg3 38.Bxg3 Nf4
39.Bxf4 gxf4 40.Qxg8 Rxg8 41.Kf2 Rhg6
Getting rid of queens hasn't made White's life any
easier.
42.Rb1 Kb7 43.a4 a6 44.Bd3 Kc7 45.Be2 Nb7
46.Ra1 Be7 47.Bd3 Kd7 48.Be2 Ra8 49.Rhh1
Ra7 50.Bd1 axb5 51.cxb5 c4! 52.Be2 Na5
53.Rhd1 Ra8 54.Rh1 Rag8 55.Rh2 d5!
The decisive breakthrough.
a b c d e f g h
56.exd5 Bc5+ 57.Kf1 Rg3 58.Bd1
White resigned, as 58...e4! wins.
Queen Pterodactyl
Anderson, Tom vs. Schiller, Eric

Mechanics' Institute, Unknown
Queen Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.e3
Timid. 5...Nf6 6.Bd2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.h3 Nbd7 12.Rac1
Ne5 13.Qg3
13...b6?!
13...Nxc4 14.Nd5! Nxd5 15.Bxc4;
13...e6 looks about even.
13...Bd7!?
14.b3
1 4. N d5! Nxd5 15.cxd5 gives White the
advantage.
14...Bb7 15.f3?!
15.Rfd1 Rac8 16.f3 e6 17.e4
15...e6 16.e4 Ned7
16...Nfd7
17.Nc2 Rac8 18.Ne3 Qb8 19.Rfd1 Nh5!
20.Qf2 Be5 21.Ng4 Bg3 22.Qf1?
22.Qd4 e5 23.Qd3
22...f5!
Black seizes the initiative. 23.Be1?
23.exf5 gxf5 24.Ne3 d5 is only a little better for
Black.
23...fxg4 24.hxg4 Bxe1 25.gxh5 Bg3°
26.hxg6 b5 27.gxh7+ Kh8 28.cxb5 Qa7+
29.Kh1 Rf4
White resigned.
Colle Pterodactyl
If White sets up a Colle formation, Black should play

...d6 rather than ...d5 and aim for counterplay in the
center.
1.d4
1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e3 c5 is another path to
the Colle Pterodacty.
1...g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e3 c5 4.dxc5
Although this is not the most common move, it is
thematic for the Pterodactyl. 4.Bd3 is the standard
Colle. Note that Black's move order is not mentioned
in Lane's The Ultimate Colle, while Summerscale's
Colle-based Killer Opening Repertoire only gives
3...d6. Once again the Pterodactyl move order falls
through the cracks!
a) 4.Bd3 d6. Black is playing for ...e5, possibly
preceded by a capture at d4. The absence of a
knight at f6 makes this plan easier to implement.
(4...cxd4 5.exd4 Nc6!? 6.c3. White cannot adopt
the b3 plan because the d-pawn is actually
hanging. 6...Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 d5 9.Re1 Bf5
10.Bxf5 gxf5 11.Nf1 e6 12.Bg5 Qb6› in the
drawn game Nielsen vs. Larsen, 1959 ; 4...Nf6
transposes to normal Colle lines, but even there
are quite acceptable for Black.) 5.O-O Nc6!? 6.d5
Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5?! (7...Bxe5 seems more
sensible.) 8.e4 Nf6 9.c4 O-O 10.Nc3 Ne8 11.Be3
b6 12.Qc2 Nd6 13.a3 f5 14.f3 e6 15.b4 exd5
16.Nxd5› in a game White won Nielsen vs.
Nielsen, 1958 ;
b ) 4.c3. This is the classical Colle Attack.
Black can develop the knight at f6, transposing to
popular lines, or play more originally, for example:
4...Qc7 5.Bd3 (5.Na3 a6 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.Nc2 d5
8.Be2 Nf6 9.Qd4 Qd6= in the drawn game Borik
vs. Chekhov, 1993.) 5...f5!? (5...b6 6.Nbd2 Nf6
7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 Bb7= is safer, and probably
wiser. Huizer vs. Rogers, 1991. ) 6.O-O Nf6
7.Nbd2 d6 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.e4
(10.Ng5!±) 10...fxe4 11.Nxe4 c4!? 12.Nxd6+
(12.Bxc4 Nxe4 (12...Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Qxc4
14.Nxd6+ Kd8 15.Nxc4�) ) 12...Qxd6 13.Bxc4
Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Bd7µ White really didn't have
enough for the piece in Bickford vs. Barry, 1989.
c) 4.c4 d6=;
d ) 4.B e2 Nf6 (4...b6 5.O-O Nf6 6.c4 cxd4
7.exd4 Bb7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bf4 d5 10.b3 Nc6= in a
game Black won Szalai vs. Abel, 1989 ; 4...Qb6
5.c3 d5 6.Qb3 Nf6= in the drawn game Pint vs.
Bardosi, 1992) 5.O-O (5.dxc5 Na6 6.c4 Nxc5
7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O b6= in the drawn game
Rödgaard vs. Zieher, 1980) 5...O-O 6.c4 (6.b3 b6
7.Bb2 Bb7 8.c4 Ne4 9.Nc3 f5= in a game White
won Sinclair vs. Blair, 1974 ; 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qd4.
This bold move is not likely to be played without
preparation, because the queen looks quite
vulnerable in the middle of the board. Black can
can play the position, knowing that White must
play perfectly to achieve anything at all. No one
has tried it as White yet. 7...Nh5 8.Qc4 Na6
regains the pawn. 9.c3 Qxc5 10.e4 d6 11.Be3
Qxc4 12.Bxc4 Nc5
While Black can't claim equality, White's
advantage is not terribly impressive.) 6...d6
(6...cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Nc3 Nc6 is a reversed
Classical Tarrasch, which is not to be feared
though I rather like it myself.) 7.Nc3 Bf5 (7...b6
8.Re1 Na6 9.Bf1 Nc7 10.h3 cxd4 11.exd4 d5
12.Bf4 Bb7 13.Be5 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Ncd5= in a
game Black won Vragoteris vs. Bousios,H
1993) 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Nc6
11.Rc1 in the drawn game Berg vs.
Westerinen, 1988 ;
f) 4.Nbd2 is another popular Colle move.
4...d6 5.Bd3
transposes to the 4.Bd3 line.
g) 4.b3 Nh6!? Black can play more directly for
...e5 with this move. (4...Nf6 is a normal Colle-
Zukertort line.) 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bd3 d6 (6...d5
7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.O-O Bf5 9.Qe2 Rc8 10.c3 Qa5=
in a game Black won Ax vs. Budde, 1990) 7.O-
O Nc6 8.c3. Necessary if White want to play
d5. 8...e5! 9.d5 Ne7 10.c4 Bg4 11.Nc3 f5=.
4...Qa5+ 5.Nbd2
5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Bc3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 d6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Nb3 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.e4 O-O
13.Nfd2 e5! 14.Bb4 Nc5=
in a game Black won Berger vs. Martinolich,
1907 .
5...Qxc5
5...Nf6 is also playable. White can't hold the
pawn at c5. 6.a3 (6.c4 Qxc5 7.a3 Qc7 (7...a5
8.b4 Qc7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O Nbd7
12.Nd4 b6 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Qe2 Ba6 15.Nd4 Ne5
16.Bc2 d5 17.b5 Bb7 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.Bb3 Nf6
20.Rac1 Qd6 21.f4 Ned7 22.Nc4 Qb8 23.Ne5
Nc5 24.Ba2 Be4 25.Ndc6 Qb7 26.Bd4 Ne6
27.Nxf7 Nxd4 28.Ng5+ Kh8 29.exd4 Bd5
30.Bxd5 Nxd5 31.Qe4 Rf5 32.a4 Nf6 33.Qxe7
Qxe7 34.Nxe7 Ng4 35.Nxf5 gxf5 36.Ne6 Bf6
37.Rf3 in a game White won Dizdar vs. Jicman,
Woerishofen Open 1992) 8.b4 O-O 9.Bb2 d6
10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rc1 (12.Qb1 Nbd7
13.h3 Rac8= in a game White won Mantovani vs.
Robatsch, 1988) 12...Nbd7 13.Qb3 (13.h3 Rac8
14.Rc2 Qb8 15.Qa1 Qa8 16.Rfc1 Bh6!?= in the
drawn game Känel vs. Ruf, 1989) 13...Rac8
14.Rfd1 Qb8 15.Ne1 (15.Qa2 Qa8 16.Qa1 a6
17.Ne1 Rc7 18.Bf3 Rfc8= in a game White won
Känel vs. Barbero, 1989) 15...Rc7 16.Qa2 Rfc8
17.Qa1 in a game Black won Känel vs. Bichsel,
1981 17...Bc6!=) 6...Qxc5 7.b4 Qc7 8.Bb2 O-O
(8...d5?! 9.c4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.Rc1² in a
game Black won Barcza vs. Kupper, 1959 ) 9.Be2
b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.c4 d6 12.Nd4 Nbd7=
in a game White won Dizdar vs. Supancic, 1990
6.c4
6. B e2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Qc7 9.c4 d6
10.Nd4 Nc6=
in the drawn game Barcza vs. Bondarevsky,
1961 ;
6.a3 d6 7.b4 Qc6=
6...d6 7.Be2
7.a3 a5 8.b4 Qc7 9.Rb1 Nf6 10.Bb2 O-O=
in a game White won Känel vs. Giudici, 1991
7...Nf6 8.a3 Qb6 9.O-O O-O=
in the drawn game Känel vs. Wirthensohn,H int+
1989.
Pterodactyl: Anti-Grob
1.g4 g6 2.Bg2
There are a few other moves, but Black can adopt
typical Pterodactyl strategies.
2.e4 d5!? 3.e5 Bg7 4.d4 Grob vs. Unknown,
1964. 4...c5! 5.c3 Nc6 6.h3 cxd4 7.cxd4 f6=;
2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.d3 d6 5.h3 Nc6=;
2. d4 Bg7 3.c3 (3.e4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3
Qxc5=) 3...c5. Even with a pawn already on c3,
this sac works! 4.dxc5 Na6 5.Be3 Qc7=;
2.h3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5=
2...Bg7
8
2.
1
a b C d e f g h
3.d4
3.c4 c5 4.g5 (4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Qa4 e5 6.e3 Nge7
7.a3 a5 8.Nd5 Ra6 9.Ne2 O-O= in a game White
won Ponomarev vs. Joelson/Wyoming 1992)
4...e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.h4 h5 7.Nc3 Nbc6 8.e4 d6
9.Be3 Be6 10.Bh3 Bxh3 11.Nxh3 Qd7 12.a4 a5
13.Nb5 O-O=
Bloodgood-Carlson/Correspondence 1974 ;
3 .d3 d6 4.h3 c5 5.e4 Nc6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be3
Nge7 8.f4 Nd4 9.Nf3 Nec6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd2
b5 12.Nd1 Qa5 13.c3?? (13.Qxa5 Nxa5=)
13...Nb3µ Britt-Blossom, OH 1977 ;
3.Nc3 c5=;
3.e4 c5=;
3.h3 c5 4.d3 Nc6=;
3.g5 c5 4.h4 h6!? (4...d6 5.d3 Nc6=) 5.d3 Nc6
6.h5!? hxg5 7.hxg6 fxg6 8.Rxh8 Bxh8 9.Be4
Ne5›
3...c5 4.d5
4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 (5.c3 Qxc5=) 5...Qxc5
6.Bc3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 Nf6=
4...d6 5.e4 Nf6 6.g5 Nfd7 7.f4 O-O 8.h4
8
2.
1
a b C d e f h
White is leaving his king too exposed. Black has
plenty of kingside defense, so this is just reckless.
8...b5 9.Nf3 Qa5+ 10.c3 b4 11.Bd2 Na6
12.Qc2 Nb6 13.a3 Bd7 14.c4 Ba4 15.Qc1 Bb3
16.Bf1 Nc7 17.Kf2 Qa6
White resigned, Wirtz vs. Rada, 1983.The c-pawn
falls, and White's game is hopeless.
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The Pterodactyl (1…g6, 2…Bg7, 3…c5 and an early …Qa5) is one of the most
exciting new chess openings. Used experimentally in the 1950s and 1960s,
it has only gained true popularity in the 21st century. With the structure
closely resembling the Sicilian Dragon, Black relies on a very powerful
Bishop and active Queen to put pressure on White's position. The opening
has been played by many grandmasters and the formation has been seen
in over 20,000 games, yet until now there has been no in-depth study of
the Pterodactyl.
FIDE master Eric Schiller presents the opening in all its glory with detailed
opening analysis and over. The complete illustrative games in this book
you will find all you need to know to take up it as black and confront your
opponents from the very earliest stages of the game. The author has
played the opening frequently and successfully even against Grandmasters
and has many insights into past that were geared more unexplored.
At the same time, this remains a new opening, so there is still room for
plenty of original play. So explore this exciting opening and use it to
confound your opponents no matter how they choose to open as White.
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FLY THE P TERODACTYL

The Pterodactyl is reached by many different move

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 4.d5 Qa5

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Qa5+

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 cxd4 5.exd4

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Qa5+

1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.c3 Qa5

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5

Variations with c4 are the Central Variations,

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c5 4.Ne2 d6 5.Nbc3 Qa5

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5+

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c5 4.Nf3 d6 5.Nc3 Qa5

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 d6

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 Qa5+

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 Qa5+

Variations with Nc3 but not Nf3 are the Eastern

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Qa5

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Be3 Qa5

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.c3 Qa5

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Bc4 cxd4 5.Nxd4

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Be3

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.d5

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.dxc5

(5...Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ is the Eastern

Sic ilian Siroc c optery x

In this chapter we examine lines recommended in

5.Be2 is the most common response.

8.Bd2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxg4 d6

12...Qb5 13.c3 Nc6 14.a4 Qd3 15.Re1 e6

21.fxe5 gxh4 22.exd6+ Kd7 23.Re7+ Kxd6

21.Rxc4 Rxc4 22.b3?

8...Nc6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bc4

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc3+

12.Rac1 e6 13.Nb4 Ngf6 14.Rfe1 e5

14...Be6 15.O-O Bd5 16.Nd4 Na4 17.Ba3

6.Nd2 Qxc5 7.Nc4

8...f6 9.Nd4 Nc6 10.Nb5 Rb8 11.b4?

5...cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc5

15...O-O 16.Qf3 bxc3 17.g5 cxb2 18.Rad1

6.bxc3 dxc5 (6...Qa5? 7.cxd6 Qxc3+ 8.Bd2±

5.Be2 (5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qxc5 7.Nc3 Bg4

9.Be2 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 (11.Be3 Be6

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.c4 Qa5+

7...O-O 8.Be2 Bg4 9.O-O a6 10.a3 Nbd7 11.h3

13.Nxb5 Qb6 14.Nc3 Qxb2 15.Qb1 Rfb8

20.Rfd1 Nh5 21.Ne2?

9.Ra3 Re8 10.Be2 Qb4 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Re1

6.Bd2 Nd7 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 a6 9.Be2 Ngf6

19...O-O-O 20.Re1 Nd6 21.a4

Women's World Champion Gaprindashvili was the

7...O-O 8.Qc2 a6 9.bxa6

The Ahlback Gambit. It isn't much of a gambit, since

15.Bd5 e6 16.Be4 Nc4 17.O-O-O Nxe3 18.Rd2

Van Oosterom, C vs. Alvir, A

9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Bxc6

16...Nxe4! 17.fxe4 Qxe4+ 18.Be3 Qxg2+

Margulis, Isaak vs. Schiller, Eric