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Witalis, Jr. Typography and Diagrams by the author, Printed in the United States of AmericaINTRODUCTION Grob’s Attack, also known as the Spike, is characterized by the King Knight Pawn advancing two squares, 1 g2-g4. This opening was pioneered by the Swiss International Master, Henry Grob (1904-1974), who analyzed it extensively and played hun- dreds of games beginning with 1 g4. One of the first to play this unusual opening was Carl Ahlhausen (1835-92) of Berlin. Earlier references called 1 g4 Ahlhausen’s Opening. Saviely Tartakower (1887-1958) some- times chose this opening in simultaneous exhibitions and called it the Genoa or San Pier D’Arena Opening, after the city and suburb of Genoa where he first employed this opening. In Czechoslovakia the opening is called Fric’s Opening and other parts of the world it is called Kolibri’s Opening. Today the opening is part of the repertoire of International Masters Michael Basman (ELO 2385) and Spiros Skembris (ELO 2415), and FIDE Master Gerard Welling (ELO 2355). Many ideas have been tested in correspondence play as well, especially by the American Claude Bloodgood. This unusual and unorthodox opening contains many tactical traps and good attacking chances for both sides. White develops in a hypermodern style while preparing the Bishop to control the long hi-a8 diagonal. The capture of the g4 pawn leads to a trappy game with quick development for White and threats against Black’s Queen Knight file. The book is arranged similar to the opening classification of the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO). A collection of 50 gamies is included to supplement the variations,REFERENCES Basman, M. The Macho Grob Boulder: Sound Chess, 1983 Benjamin, J. & E. Schiller Unorthodoz Openings London: Batsford, 1987 Bloodgood, C. The Tactical Grob Sutton Coldfield: Chess Ltd., 1978 Dubini, R., "1. g4" L’Arcimatto, 12/81 & 2/82 Euwe, M., "Grob-Flankenspiel" Theorie Der Schach-Eroffnungen, Teil VI-VII, Berlin: Siegfried Engelhardt Verlag, 1965 Ganzo, J., "Apertura Ahlhausen" Aperturas En La Moderna Teoria, Madrid: 1960 Grob, H. Grob’s Angriff Zurich: Schachverlag Grob, 1969 Harding, T. Irregular Openings Dallas: Chess Digest Magazine, 1974 Harding, T. Irregular Openings for the 1990's Dallas: Chess Digest, 1988 Matanovic, A. (ed) Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, Volume A Belgrade: Chess Informant, 1979 (section edited by Bent Larsen) Welling, G., "Grob’s Attack in Practice” Myers Opening Bulletin, Vol 2, No 6 (No. 20), 1981ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Ray Alexis, Frank Cunliffe, and Bob Dudley for providing material in preparation for this book. Spe- cial thanks goes to Geoffrey McCauliffe and Val Zemitis for their contributions. This book is dedicated to my mother, Bobbie, who raised nine children and taught them all the game of chess. SYMBOLS check slight advantage for White advantage for White slight advantage for Black advantage for Black White has a won position Black has a won position the position is equal the position is unclear good move excellent move ? weak move ” blunder n interesting move tt dubious move (1-0, 48) | White won in 56 moves corr. correspondence gameCONTENTS 1g4b5 1 g4 cd 1 g4 6 1g4d6 1 g4e6 1 ¢4 Nf6 1¢4¢5 1 g4 6 1g4h5 1 g4 Nh6 1g4e5 14 e5 2 Bg2 1g4d5 1g4d52h3 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 Bxg4 3 c4 <6 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 c4 dxcd 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3h3 1 g4 d5 2 Be2 c6 3 c4 GAMES GAMES INDEX woonn ll 12 13 14 15 22 26 27 36 39 45 49 52 64 68 70 74 841g4 Grob’s Attack The main lines are 1..e5 and 1...d5. Other moves are: A) 1...b5 F) 1...Nf6 B) 1...c5 G) 1.5 CO) 1...c6 H) 1...g6 D) 1...48 1) 1..h5 E) 1...06 J) 1...Nh6 A) 1 g4 bb 2 Bg2 Black can play: A1) 2...8 A2) 2...d5 Al) 2...c6 3 a4 [threatening 4 axb5] d5 [3...Qb6?! 4 axb5 Qxb5 5 Nc3; 3...Qa5 4 b3 and 5 BbQ] 4 axbd Bxg4 [4...cxb5? 5 Ne3 win- ning a pawn) 5 bxc6 Nf6 [5...Nxc6 6 c4] 6 cd! NxcB (8...dxe4? 7 c7 Qxe7 8 Bxa8] 7 Ne3 [7 cxd5 Nxd5 8 Qad (threatening 9 QxcB+ and 9 Qxg4) Qd7 9 Nc3 Be6B 10 NS +=] 0B 8 cxd5 exdb [8...Nxd5? 9 Qa4 threatening 10 QxcB+ and 10 Qxg4] 9 Qa4 Qd7 10 d4 += (Grob) A2) 2...d5 3 e4 dxed 4 Bxe4 c6 5 h3 Nf6 6 Bg2 Bb7 [6...Be6 - see game 1} B) 1 g4 cb B1) 3...d6 4 d3 [4 f4 Nf6 5 g5 Nd7 6 Ne2 e5 7 O-O exf4 8 Nxf4 Qxg5 9 d4 Qd8 10 e5) Nf6 5 g5 Nd7 6 f4 e5 7 {5 Be7 8 h4 b5 9 Ne3 b4 10 Nd5 Nb6 11 Ne3 Kd7 12 a4 a5 13 Nf3 f6 14 Ng4 Bb7 15 O-O Ke7 16 c3 Qe8 17 d4 RcB 18 d5 (1-0, 46) Dubini-Mesters, Milan 1981 B2) 3...e5 4 d3 Nge7 5 h4 d5 6 Ne3 dxe4 7 Nxe4 b6 [7...Nd5; 1..Nd4) 8 Be3 Bb? 9 Ng3 Qd7 [9...Qc7] 10 Be4 Nd5 11 Bd2 Be7 12 BS Qe7 13 Nf3 += Grob- N.N., corr. B3) 3...g6 4 Ne2 Bg7 5 f4 d6 6 Ng3 hd 7 gxh5 ed 8 £5 gxf5 9 exf5 Qh4 10 0-0 Nf6 11 c3 [11 Bxc6+] Nxh5 12 Qf3 Nf4 13 Rf2Qxh2+ 14 Kfl Ne7 15 Qg4 [threatening 18 BcB+ and 17 Rxh2] Bd7 16 Bxb7 (16 Qxg7 Rg8} Bb5+ 17 Ne2 Qhi+ 18 Bxhi Rxhi+ 19 Qgi Bxe2+ 20 Rxe2 Rxgl+ [21 Kxgl Nxe2+] 0-1 Jellison-Fordon, Boulder, CO 1981 C) 1 g4 6 White’s choices are: C1) 2 4 C2) 2 d4 C3) 2 Bg2 C1) 24 Black ean play: Cla) 2...45 Cib) 2...g5 Cis) 2...d5 3 Qb3 [3 cxd5? Qxdd 43 Bxgdl] Qc7 [3...dxe4 4 Qxcd] 4 exd5 cxdd 5 Ne3 [5 Bg2?? Qxcl mate] ¢6 6 d4= Ctb) 2..g5 3 d4 h6 4 e4 e6 5 dd d6 (5...b67! - see game 2] C2) 2 d4 db 3 h3 Nd7 4.Nd2 05 5 dxeb Nxe5 6 Ngf3 Ng6 7 e3 Bdé [7...Be7 8 Bd3; 8 cd] 8 cd Qe7 [8...N8e7] 9 cxd5 cxd5 10 Bb5+ 8 Kf8 [10...Bd7 11 Qb3] 11 Nb3 += Grob-N.N., corr. C3) 2 Bg2 e6 (2...b5 - see 1 g4 b5 2 Bg2 cB; 2...d5 - see 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6] 3 d3 Nf6 [3...d5] 4 g5 Negé? (4...Ng8] 5 d4 [trapping the Knight] ¢5 6 h3 Nxf2 7 Kxf2 Qc7 8 c3 Bd6 9 e4 £6 10 gxf6 Bg3+ 11 Kfi exd4 (11...0-O 12 5 gxf6 13 Qg4+] 12 fxg7 Rg8 13 Qh5+ Ke7 [13...Kd8?? 14 BgS mate] 14 Bg5+ Kd6 15 Nad [threatening 16 Nb5+] a6 [15...Qc5? 16 Be7+ Kxe7 17 Qxc5+ +-] 16 exd4 [16...e5 17 Qh6 mate; 16...Ke6 17 Rel+ and 18 Rxe7; 16..Rxg7 17 eb+ Bxe5 18 dxe5+ Kxeb 19 Be7+ Kd4 (19...Kf4 20 Qf8+ Ke5 21 Qe4 mate) 20 Rdl+ Ke3 21 Qf3 mate] Grob-Hasselblatt, corr. D) 1 g4 d6 2 Bg2 Black’s choices are: Di) 2...5 D5) 2...Qa7D1) 2...a5 3 d4 Bxg4 4 Bxb7 Ra7 5 Bf3 Bxf3 6 Nxf3 Wall-Lausing, corr. 1974 D2) 2...a6 3h3 hd 4 gb eb 5 d3 £6 6 gxf8 Nxf6 7 Nf3 Be7 8 NgS h4 9 c4 Nh5d 10 Ned BfS 11 Qb3+ Grob-Gabrielli, corr. D3) 2...Ne6.- White can play: D3a) 3 e4 D3b) 3 g5 D3c) 3 h3 D3a) 3 e4 eb 4 d3 Be7 5 Nc3 Be8 {5...g5 6 Nd5 Nh6 7 h4 gxh4 (7...Nxg4 8 Nxe7 Qxe7 9 hxg5, trapping the Knight) 8 Bxh6 Bg5 9 Bxg5 (9...Qxg5 10 Nxe7+) 1-0 Cunliffe-Clark, Pittsburgh 1986] 6 Be3 Nf6 7 h3 h6 8 Nd5 Qd7 9 Qd2 Nb8 10 Nxe7 Qxe7 11 ¢4 cB 12 g5 hxg5 13 Bxg5 NaB 14 b3 Qc7 15 d4 += (1-0, 28) Burk- Jordan, Dayton 1980 D3b) 3 g5 £6 - see game 3 D3c) 3 h3 g6 4 d4 Bg7 5 c3 e6 6 e4 Nge7 7 Ne2 O-O 8 Be3 bB 9 Nd2 Bb7 10 Ng3 f5 11 f4 e5 12 dxe5 Nxe5 13 O-O [13 fxe5 £4 14 Bxf4 Rxf4] Nd3 14 exfS Bxg2 15 Kxg2 Qd7 [15...Nxb2? 16 Qb3+ and 17 Qxb2] 16 Nf3 Qb5 17 Rb Nd5 [17...Nxb2? 18 Qc2] 18 Qd2 Rae8 19 Nd4 += (1-0, 40) Grob-Heinrich, corr. D4) 2...c6 3 h3 [3 e4 - see game 4] Black can play: Daa) 3...26 D4b) 3...h8 D4a) 3...g8 4 c4 Bg7 5 Nc3 Nd7 6 d4 e5 7 Nf3 exd4 8 Nxd4 Ned 9 b3 Nh6 10 Bb2 0-0 11 e4 Qe7 12 Qd2 {6 13 0-0-0 Nf7 Wall- McDaniel, Sunnyvale, Ca 1986 D4b) 3...h6 4 c4 e5 5 Ne3 BeB [5...f5] 6 b3 Be7 7 Nf3 Nf6 8 d3 Nbd7 9 e4 d5 10 exd5 cxd5 11 Qe2 Bb4 12 Bd2 Qad 13 Rel e4 14 dxe4 dxe4 15 Nxe4 Nxe4 16 Qxed Neb 17 Qc2 += (1-0, 49) Grob-Stoll, corr. D5) 2...Qd7 3 d3 Nc [8...Qxg4? 4 Bh3 and 5 Bxc8 +-] 4 h3 h5 5 g5 e5 6 Ne3 {6 7 h4 Qed 8 Kf1 Be6 9 Nf3 [threatening 10 Bh3; 9 Bh3? Qxh4!] Qb4 10 a3 Qb6 11 b4 D8) 2...e5 - see 1 g4 e5 2 Bg2 dé D7) 2...g6 3 c4 Bg7 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 h3 e5 6 d3 Nge7 7 4 [7 g5!?] hd 8 g5 Nd4 9 Bd2 Nef5 10 e3 Ne8 11 Nf3 exf4 12 exf4 O-O 13 0-0 8B 14 Kh2 Re8 15 Rel Qb6 16 Re2 Bd7 17 Ne4 d5 += Basman- Rowson, England E) 1 g4 e6White’s choices include: E1) 2 43 E2) 244 E3) 2 Nf3 E4) 2 Bg2 El) 2 d3 d5 3 Bg2 [3 Nc3 5 (3...Bb4 4 Bd2) 4 e4 dxed (4...NcB; 4...d4 5 Nee? e5 6 Ngf3) 5 dxe4 (5 Nxed £5) Qxdi+ 6 Nxd1 Nf6 7 f3] cb 4 c4 d4 5 Qb3 Qc7 6 Nd2 Nc6 7 Ned Nf 8 g5 Nxe4 9 Bxed Be7 10 h4 h6 11 Nh3 hxg5 12 hxg5 e5 13 Bg2 g6 14 Bd2 Qb6 15 0-0-0 Qxb3 16 axb3 a5 17 f4 Bxh3?! 18 Rxh3 Rxh3 19 Bxh3 exf4 20 Bxf4 += (1-0, 39) Bloodgood-Sanderson, corr. 1973 E2) 2 d4 Black’s choices are: Baa) 2...d5 E2b) 2...05 E2a) 2...d5 3 Nf3 (3 Bg2 c5 4 <3 Nc8 5 Nf3 Nf6] Nf6 [3...c5 4 3 Nc8 5 Bg2 cxd4 6 exd4 Bb4+] 4 Regi h6 5 h4 Ncé [5...Nfd7] 6 3 Be7 7 g5 hxg5 8 hxg5 Ned 9 g6 £6 10 Nbd2 £5 11 Nxed4 fxe4 12 Ne5 Nxe5 13 dxe5 Rhd 14 Bf Bg5? 15 e3 Bxfd 16 Qxh5 +- Grob- Schaufelberger, corr. E2b) 2...15 3 h3 Nf8 4 Bg5 Be7 5 Ne3 Ne4 6 Nxed fxed 7 Bxe7 Qxe7 8 Qd2 0-0 9 h4 dd 10 £3 e5 (0-1, 55) Agdestein-Hayward, Minnesota 1986 E3) 2 NfS d5 3'd4 [3 c4 dxed4 (3...d4 4 d3 and 5 Bg2) 4 Qa4+ Bd? (4...c8) 5 Qxe4 Bc (5...Nc6; 10 5...c5 6 Ned) 6 Bg2 Nd7] c5 4 e3 Nc6 5 h3 Nf6 6 Nbd2 h6 7 c3 Bd7 8 Bg2 Qc7 9 0-0 0-0-0 [9...Bd8] 10 dxe5 Bxc5 11 b4 Bdé 12 Bb2 Ne5 13 Nxe5 Bxe5 14 a4 += (1-0, 39) Grob-Ruegg, corr. E4) 2 Bg? h5 3 h3 hxg4 4 hxg4 Rxhi 5 Bxhi Qh4 6 Bf3 Nf6 7 e4 d6 8 d4 e5 9 g5 Nh7 10 dxed Nxg5 11 Bxg5 Qxg5 12 Ne2 Qxed 13 Nbe3 Nc® 14 Nd5 Kd8 15 Nec3 Nd4 18 Ne3 Nxf3+ 17 Qxf3 f6 18 O-0-0 Be =+ Bloodgood-Stroemer, corr. 1972 F) 1 4 Nf White can play: F1) 2 d4 Bronstein Gambit F2) 2 g5 Fi) 2 d4 Nxg4 Fla) 3 e4 Fib) 3 £3 Fla) 3 e4 d6 4 h3 [4 £3 NIB 5 Nc3 (or 5 c4) g6] Nf6 5 Ne3 g6 6 Be3 Bg7 7 Qd2 0-0 8 0-0-0 cB 9 Bg2 b5 10 Nxb8!? a5 (10...cxb5 11 e5 d5 12 exf6 Bxf6 13 Ne2) 11 Nc3 Bb7 12 Nge2 Nbd7 13 Ng36 14 £4 Nb6 15 b3 a4 16 Kb2 a3+ 17 Kel Qb8 18 Qf2 (1-0, 51) Wheeler-Sfougaris, Massachusetts 1983 Fib) 3 {3 Nf6 4 e4 d6 5 Be3 g6 6 Ne3 Bg7 7 Qd2 Nc6 8 0-0-0 O- O 9 Bd3 e5 10 d5 Nb4 11 Bed a5 12 a3 Na6 13 h4 Nhd 14 Nge2 {5 15 BgS Bf 16 f4 (1-0, 28) H. Bogart-N.N., New York 1933 F2) 2g5 Black’s choices are: Fa) 2...Nd5 F2b) 2...Ne4 F2c) 2...Ng4 F2d) 2...Nh5 F2a) 2...Nd5 3 d4 e8 4 33 [4 ed] Be7 5 e4 Nb6 6 [4 += Fb) 2...Ned - see game 5 F2c) 2...Ng4? 3 d4 Nc6 4 h3 win- ning the Knight, Welling-"Chess 3.5", 1975 Fad) 2...Nh5 F2d1) 3 b3 F2d2) 3 43 D2d3) 3 e3 F2d1) 3 b3 g6 4 Bb2 Bg7 Fdia) 5 d4 F2dib) 5 Bxg7 Fadia) 5 d4 e5 6 hd exdd 7 Bxd4 £6 [7...0-O%! 8 Nc3 Nc6 9 Bxg7 Kxg7 10 Nd5 {6 11 Qd2+] 8 Nh3 Nc6 9 Bb2 d6 10 Nc3 Bxh3 11 Rxh3 {5 12 €3 Qd7 13 Be2 0-0-0 = (2-1/2, 29) Krnic-Karaklajic, Wijk aan Zee 1970 F2dib) 5 Bxg7 Nxg7 6 Qcl 0-0 7 Qb2 d5 [7...d8] 8 Bg2 cB 9 Nf3 Nd7 10 d4 Nh5 11 Nbd2 a5 12 e3 a4 13 Nfl Nb6 14 Ngo Kholmoy-Oplackin, USSR 1986 F2d2) 3 d3 e5 4 ed g6 [4...NE4?! 5 Bxf4 exf4 6 Qg4] 5 Be2 Ng7 6 Nf3 d6 7 d4+ F2d3) 3 e3 g6 4 Be2 Ng7 5 Bxh5 Nxh5 6 Qxh5 h6 G) 1 g4 g5 x eee z # @ BAbwenon White’s options are: G1) 2e4 G2) 2 Bg2 G3) 2h4 G1) 2 e4 Bg? 3h h6 G2) 2 Bg2 Nf6 33 d5 4 d4 hO 5 Nc3 cB 6 a3 Qd7 7 b4 Nxgd? 8 hxg4 Qxe4 9 Bh3 Qhd 10 Bd7+ 1-0 Wall-Tyra, Dayton 1984 G3) 2 h4 e6 [2.6 3 d4 Bh6 4 Nf3+] 3 Nf3 [3 hxg5 Qxgd 4 e4 d6 5 d3 Qe7 6 g5 d5 7 Bg2 d4 8 f4 eb 9 £5] Be7 [3...gxh4 4 Rxhd] 4 hxgS BxgS 5 Nxg Qxgd 6 ed 11Nf6 7 d4 Qxgd?! 7...Qg6 8 13 h5 (8...Nxg4? 9 Rgl h5 10 Nc3) 9 5 Nxg4? 10 Bd3! ] 8 Qxg4 Nxg4 9 ed [threatening 10 £3] h5 [9...Nc6 10 3 h5 11 £3+] 10 £3 Nh6 11 Rxh5 White can play: H1) 2 e4 H2) 2 Bg? Hi) 2 ed dB [2...e5 3 d3 Be5 4 h4 Nc6 5 Ne3 d6 6 Nd5 h8 7 c3+] 3 e5 [3 Bg2 Nf6] Bg? 4 d4 {6 5 f4 Nh6 6 h3 0-O 7 Be3 Be6 8 Nf3 Qc8 9 Nbd2 [9 Qd2] cb 10 3 Nd7 11 Bd3 fxe5 12 dxe5 (12 fxe5] Nb6 13 Ng5 d4 14 exd4 exd4 15 Bxd4 Rxf4 18 Be3 RIS= Grob-N.N., corr. H2) 2 Bg? Black can play: Ha) 2...d5 H2b) 2...Bg7 H2c) 2...h8 Ha) 2...d5 - see 1 g4 dd 2 Bg2 368 7 H2b) 2...Bg7 White can play: 12 H2b1) 3 Ne3 H2b2) 3 c4 H2b3) 3 d3 H2b4) 3 d4 H2b1) 3 Nc3 - see game 8 H2b2) 3 c4 d6 [3...c5 4 g5 eb 5 d3 Ne7 6 h4 h5 7 Nc3 Nbc6 8 e4 dB 9 Be3 Be6 10 Bh3 Bxh3 11 Nxh3 Qd7 12 a4 a5 13 Nb5 O-O= (+ %, 17) Bloodgood-Carlson, corr. 1974] 4 h3 [4 Nc3 Nf 5 h3 0-0 8 d4 cB 7 Be3 a6 8 Qb3 Nbd7 9 Rd1 Qb6 10 Nf3 Qxb3 11 axb3 45 12 O-O Nb6 13 Ne& (1-0, 27) Bloodgood-S. Patterson, corr. 1975] e6 5 h4 Ne7 6 Nc3 a6 7 b4 Nd7 8 Bb2 RbS 9 b5 cB 10 Qc2 cxb5 11 cxb5 5%! 12 Nxd5! Bxb2 13 Nc7+ Kf8 14 Qxb2 Rg8 15 Rel Nb6 16 h5 Nbd5 17 b6 Nf4 18 Bed Qd8 19 Nf3 += (1-0, 43) Bloodgood-P. Patterson, corr. 1973 H2b3) 3 d3 d6 [3...d5 4 c4 c6 5 Qb3 d4 6 h3 Qc7 7 Nf3 e5 8 Nbd2 Nf6 9 g5 Nfd7 10 Ne4 c5 11 Bd2 Nc6 12 h4 b6 13 Bh3 NfB 14 Bxc8 Rxc8 15 O-O-O Nd7 16 h5 O-O (0-1, 47) Spangler- Mosher, corr.1975] 4 h3 c5 5 e4 Nc6 6 Nc3 e6 7 Be3 Nge7 8 f4 Nd4 9 Nf3 Nec6 10 0-0 0-0 11 Qd2 b5 12 Ndi Qa5 13 ¢3 Nb3 + (0-1, 30) Britt-Blossom, Dayton 1977 H2b4) 3 d4 d6 4 e4 Nd7 5 g5 6 8 Be3 Ne7 7 h4 cd 8 c3 Rb8?! [8...h5] 9 h5 b6 10 h8 BIS 11 Qe2 Bb7 12 d5 (1-0, 29) Dubini-Masoero, Italy 1981 H2c) 2...h6 3 ed Bg7 4 dd 8 5 Nf3 d5 [5...Nf6 6 Ne5 dé 7 Nd3] 6 Nbd2 dxe4 7 Nxe4 £5 [7...Nf6 8 Nxf6+ Bxf6} 8 gxf5 gxf5 [8...exf5} 9 Ne5 Nc6 10 c3 b6 11 Nh4 Qd6 (11..Qxh4? 12 BxcB+] 12 Nd3 Bd7 13 Ng6 Rh7 14 Bf4 e5 15 N8xe5+ Grob-Bartschiger, corr. 11 g4 hb aa White’s choices are: I) 2 gb 12) 2 gxhd 11) 2.g5 Black can play: Ia) 2...e5 lib) 2...h4 Ma) 2...e5 Tlal) 3 d4 T1a2) 3 h4 Tal) 3 d4 exd4 4 Qxd4 NcB 5 Qe4+ Qe7 6 Bg2 dB 7 Nc3 f5 8 Qxe7+ Ngxe7 9 h4 Bd7 10 Be3 0-0-0 11 Nh3 Be6 12 Nf4 Bf7 13 0-0 d5 14 Be5 bB 15 Bxe7 Nxe7 16 Rfdi c6 17 e3 Ng6 18 Nxg6 Bxg6 19 4?! Bc5 (0-1, 27) Green-Dubini, corr. 1981 Ia2) 3 h4 d5 4 Bg? [4 d3] Ne7 5 c4 dxcd 6 Qe2 [6 Qad+ Bd7 7 Qxc4 Bc8!] c8 7 Qxc4 Beb Maa) 8 Qc3 Ta2b) 8 Qc2 Ha2a) 8 Qe3 Ng6 9 d3 Qbé 10 Qc2 Bc5 11 e3 Na6 12 a3 O-O-O 18 Be4 Rd7 14 Ne2 Rhd8 15 Nd2 Ne? 16 Ne4 Qc7 17 Bd2 f5 =+ (0-1, 62) Grob-Wettstein, corr. Ia2b) 8 Qc2 Na 9 a3 Qe? [9...Nd5 10 b4 £5 11 Bb2 Qe7 12 Nf3 Bd6 13 e3 Dubini-Siviero, corr. 1981] 10 d3 5 [10...Nf5 11 Nf3 (11 e3 Nc5 12 Nd2 0-0-0) Nc5 12 Nbd2 ad 13 b3 f6 14 Bb2 a4 15 b4 Nb3 16 Nxb3 Bxb3 17 Qc3 Ne7 18 e4 Grob-Wettstein, corr.] 11 b4 O-0-O 12 Ne3 Nd5 13 Nh3 [13 Nxd5 Bxd5 14 Bxd5 Rxd5 15 Bb2 Nxb4 16 axb4 Bxb4+ 17 Kfl a5 18 Nf3 Rhd8= (4%, 62) Grob-Wettstein, corr.] Nxc3 14 Qxc3 Rd4 15 f4 Nxb4 16 fxe5 [16 Be3 Nd5!] Qxe5 17 Nf4 [17 Bf? Nxd3+ 18 Qxd3 Rxfé] Bc5 [17..Nd5 18 Bxd5 Bxd5 19 13Rel c5 20 Ng6 Qh2 21 Be3=; 17...Ne2+ 18 Qxe2 Rxf4 19 Rb1] 18 Rh3 Rxd3! F Grob-Wettstein, corr. I1b) 2...h4 3 d4 cB [8...d6 4 Qa3 g8 5 Bg? Nc6 (5...Bg7 - see game 7) 8 c3 Bd7 7 Na3 Qc8 8 h3 €5 9 d5 Nce7 10 Nf3 {5 11 gxf6 Nxf6 12 Bg5 BES 13 Qed Nixd5 14 Nxh4 c6 15 e4 NbB 16 Qd3 BeB Mehnert-Grob, corr.] 4 d5 g8 5 e4 dB 6 h3 £5 7 £3 e5 8 dxeb BxeB 9 exf5 (9 Nc3] BxfS 10 Bed Ne7 11 Ne3 Bg? 12 Nd5 Nxd5 13 Qxd5 [13 Bxd5] Qe7+ 14 Kat NcB 18 3 0-O-O 18 Rh2 Rde8 17 Re2 Qd7 18 Bi4= (%%, 22) Grob-Wettstein, corr. 12) 2 gxh5 Nf6 3 d4 Nxh5 [3...d5] 4 c4 eB 5 ed Qh4 6 Bg2 c5 7 Nh3 {threatening 8 Bg5] Qf6 8 e5 Qf5 9 Be3 cxd4 10 Qxd4 Nc6 11 Bxc6B bxc6 12 Ng5 £6 13 exf6 gxf6 14 5 Bxc5 [14...fxg5? 15 Qxh8 +-] 15 Qxc5 Qxc5 16 Bxc5 fxg5 17 Bd6 Ba6 Grob- N.N., corr. J) 1 g4.Nh6 White can play: 14 Jt) 2 5 J2) 2 h3 Ji) 2 g5 NfS 3 ed [3 h4 db 4 a3 d4 =+] Nh4 [3...Nd6] 4 f4 h6 5 Qhd Ng6 6 £5 hxgs 7 Qxgs Nh4 8 3 e6 =+ (Bucker) J2) 2 h3 £5 White can play: J2a) 3 d3 Jab) 3 d4 J2c) 3 exfd J2d) 3 g5 J2a) 3 d3 d5 [3...g6 4 e4] 4 Bxh6 gxh6 5 gxf5 Bxf5 J2b) 3 d4 NIT 4 gxf5 d5 5 Qd3 Qd7 6 Bg2 c6 7 e4 dxet 8 Bred Nd8 =+ (Bucker) J2c) 3 exfS NxfS 4 e4 Nh6 5 d4 g6 6 f4 e6 J2d) 3 g5 Ni7 4 d4 c5 5 db e6 6 h4 Nd61 g4 eb A) 2 Ne3 B) 2 4 C) 243 D)2d4 E) 2 e4 F) 2h3 G)2h4 2 Bg2 - see next section A) 1 g4 e5 2 Ned 2.h5 3 gd dd [3...Qxg5 4 Nf3] 4 44 NcB 5 Bg? Bb4 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3 Nge7 8 Nf3 ed 9 Nh4 NgB 10 Nxg6 fxg6 11 c4 O-O 12 Rb1 Nab 13 cxd5 Qxd5 14 Qd3 Qa? 15 Qb5 a8 16 Qb2 [16 Qxa5? Qxbi] Qd5 =+ (01, 61) Skembris-Velimirovic, | Budva 1981 B) 1 g4 eb 2 c4 hb B1) 3 d4 B2) 3 gxh5 ) a B1) 3 d4?! hxgd 4 dxed NeB 5 Qd5 Rh5! 6 £4 [6 Bf] Qh4+ 7 Kd1 d6 8 e4 dxe5 [threatening 9...Be8 10 Qd2 Rd8 -+; 10 Qb5 0-0-0+] 9 £5 Nf6 10 Qd3 Bxf5! 11 exfS Rd8 12 Qxd8+ Kxd8 13 Bd3 e4 0-1 Schraner-Grob, corr. B2) 3 gxh5 Rxh5 4 Nc3 Ne6 5 d3 6 (5...Bb4; 5...Bc5] 6 Bg2 NIG 7 h4 Ng4 8 Nf3 Nd4 9 Bg5 6 10 Bd2 5 11 Bg5 Be7 12 Bxe7 Qxe7 13 Nxd4 exd4 14 Nd5! += (1-0, 58) Basman-Arkell, Southampton 1986 C) 1 g4.e5 2 da C8) 2...h6 C1) 2...Be5 White can play: Cla) 3&3 15C1b) 3 Nf3 Cte) 3 h4 Cd) 3 Bg2 Cla) 3 e3 d5 [3...d8 4 Bg2 6 5 c4 BeB 6 Nc3 Nd7 7 a3 a5 8 h3 van der Heiden-Sterrenburg, Hol- land 1979] 4 Bg2 Cal) 4...Be6 Cia2) 4...Ne7 Clad) 4...Nf6 Clal) 4...Be6 5 h4 c6 [5...Nc6 - see game 8] Cla2) 4...Ne7 5 c4 O-O [5...dxc4 6 Qa4+ and 7 Qxc4] 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 a3 cB 8 h4 [5 9 gb f4 10 e4 Nc7 11 Nf3 Qd6 12 Qc2 Nd7 13 Nbd2 bd 14 b4 Bb6 15 Bb2 Re8 16 Bh3 Nf8= = (%%, 43) =~ Grob- Schaufelberger, corr. Cla3) 4...15 5 gxfS Bxfs 6 Qf3 Ne7 (6...Be6? 7 Qh5+ and 8 Qxe5] 7 Qh5+ [7 Qg3?! Qd6 8 Qxg7? Rg8} g6 8 Qh6 Ci1a4) 4...Nf6 5 h3 O-O 6 g5 Nfd7 7 Bxdd5 Qxg5 8 Qf3 Nc6 9 16 BxcB bxc8 10 Qxc6 1-0 Ebright-Queen, corr. 1975 C1b) 3 NI3 NcB 4 e4 NIG 5 g5 Ned 6 d4 exd4 7 h3 Nged 8 Nxe5 Nxe5 9 £4 NcB 10 Bg? b6 11 a3 a5 [11..Bb7? 12 b4 Be7 13 bd NbS 14 Qxd4] 12 h4 Bb7 13 Nd2 Qe7 14 Qe2 0-0-0 15 Nb3 Rhe8 16 Bd2 += (1-0, 56) Grob- Hirzel, corr. Cic) 3h4 d5 White can play: Clct) 4 e3 Cle?) 4 g5 Cict) 4 e3 {5 5 gxfS Bxfd 6 Qh5+ g6 7 Qe2 Ne6 8 a3 Qd7 9 b4 Be7 10 Bb? (threatening 11 b5 and 12 Bxe5] a6 11 Nd2 Nf6 12 Bh3 Bxh3 [12...d4] 18 Nxh3 RfB 14 0-0-0 0-0-0 15 c4 44 18 Nb3 += (1-0, 38) Grob- Debrunner, corr. 1965 Cic2) 4 g5 Bgd 5 c4 Ne7 [5...dxc4 6 Qad+ Bd7 7 Qxe4 Bb6 8 Bg2 Bc6 9 Nf3 Nd7 10 Bd2 Ne? 11 Bc3 Ng6 12 Qg4 Qe7 13 hd Bxf3 14 Bxf8 Nf4 15 Bxb7+ (1-0, 42) Bloodgood-Monroe, 1973] 6 Bg2 BeB 7 Qb3 Bb6 8 Nc3 dxc4 9 Qb5+ Nbc6 10 dxc4 a6 11 Qa4 O-O 12 Bh3 Bxh3 13 Nxh3 £5 14 c5 Ba7 15 Qc4+ Kh8 16 h5 Nd4 17 Ndi Qe8 18 h6 g6 19 [4 += (1-0, 30) Bloodgood-Sanderson, 1973 Cid) 3 Bg2 - see 1 g4 e5 2 Bg2 BcbB 3 d3 C2) 2...Nc6 White can play:C2a) 3 e4 2b) 3 Bg2 (2a) 3. cd Black’s choices are: C2al) 3...d5 C2a2) 3...d8 C2a3) 3...Nge7 C2a1) 3...d5 4 Bg2 [4 cxds? Qxd5] dxe4 5 BxcB+ bxcB 6 Qad C2a2) 3...d6 4 ed h8 5 Nc3 Nge7 6 h4 Ng6 7 Bh3 Nf4 8 Be3 Nb4 9 Bxf4 exf4 10 Qa4+ Nc6 11 Nf3 Bd7 12 Qb3 b6 13 O-0-O Be7 14 Nd5 Be6 15 Qb5 Bd7= (%4, 33) Bloodgood-Stroemer, 1972 C2a3) 3...Nge7 4 Nc3 Ng8 5 NI3 Bb4 6 Bd2 d6 7 g5 Welling- ‘Veugen, Holland 1980 2b) 3 Bg2 dé 4 e4 NIB 5 h3 BeB 6 c4 Be7 7 Nc3 Nd4 8 Nge2 Nxe2 9 Qxe2 Nd7 [9...0-O] 10 Be3 6 11 b3 Bg5 12 Bxg5 Qxg5 13 Qd2 hB 14 Ne2 Nf8 15 f4 Qh4+ 16 Kdi 0-0-0 (%%, 28) O’Brien- Harding, England 1972 03) 2...d5 3 Bg2 [3 g5% h6 (3...Be7) 4 Nf3 hxg5 5 Nxed £6? (5...Bd6) 6 Ng6 Rh6 7 Nxi8+ Grob-N.N., corr.] 8a) 3...a5 3b) 3...Be5 C3c) 3...c8 03d) 3...Ne6 3e) 3...Bxg4 C3f) 3...BeB 3a) 3...a5 4 ed dxed 5 Bxed NfG [5...Qh4 6 h3 Nf6? 7 Nxf3 Bxgd 8 Nxh4 Bxd1 9 Kxd1] 6 B3 Be7 7 Nc3 c6 8 h3 O-O 9 Nge2 Re8 10 Ng3 Bb4 11 Bg5 Be7 [11...h6 12 Bd2 Nh7 13 h4 Be7 14 g5| 12 Bxfé Bxfé 13 Nce4 Bh4 14 Qa? Bxg3 15 Nxg3 Nd7 18 0-0-0 Grob-Rutter, corr. C3b) 3...Bce5 4 g5 [4 Nf3 Neb 5 g5 £5 6 c4 e4 7 Nh4 dxc4 8 O-0 cxd3 9 exd3 BeB 10 dxe4 Welling-van Amstel, Holland 1979] Nc6 5 Nc3 Be6 6 e4 Nge7 7 h4 Qd7 8 a3 0-0-0 9 exd5 Nxd5 10 Ne4 Be7 11 Ne2 f5 12 N4c3 hB 13 Ng3 Nxc3 14 bxc3 Bdd 15 £3 f4 + Grob-Tien, corr. White can play: C3ct) 4 e4 C3c2) 4 h3 17C3c3) 4 g5 O8c1) 4 e4 C3eta) 4...Be5 O3e1b) 4...dxe4 O3cla) 4...Be5 5 Qe? [5 h4 dxed 8 Bxed Nf6 7 BIS Qd4 8 Qe2 Bxgd] d4 6 g5 Be 7 f4 exfd 8 Bxf4 Ne7 9 Nd2 Bb4 10 23 Bad 11 b4 Bb8 12 Bh3 Bxh3 13 Nxh3 0-O 14 Ne Be7 15 O-O Bxf4 16 Nxf4 Ng6 17 Rac Nxf4 18 Rxf4 Nd7 19 Refl Qe7 20 Qg4 += (1-0, 35) Bloodgood-Boothe, 1973 C3cib) 4...dxed 5 Bxed Nf6 [5...Be6 6 h3 Be7 7 Be3 Nf6 8 Ne3 Nbd7 9 Qf3 Qad 10 Bd2 Qb6 11 b3 Nc5 12 Nge2 0-0-0] 6 Bf3 Bc5 7 Nc3 Nxg4?! 8 Ne4 Qh4 9 Qe2 Bb 10 Bg5 Bxf2+ 11 Nxf2 Qxg5 12 Bxg4 Bxg4 13 Nxg4 +- Clark-Kawas, corr. 1980 ©3c2) 43 O3c2a) 4...Bed C3c2b) 4...Ne7 O3c2a) 4...Beé 5 Nf3 Nd7 6 Nc3 [8 ed Ngf® 7 g5 dxed 8 Nxe5 Nxe5 9 gxf6 Qxf8 10 d4 Bxdd 11 0-O (11 Qxd4 NfB+ 12 Bxf3 Qxd4) Bxh3 12 Bxh3 Nf3+ 13 Kh1 Qe5 (threatening 14...Qh2 mate) 0-1 Ulrich-Green, corr. 1982] Ne7 7 e4 O-O 8 Bg5 d4 9 Ne2 Bb4+ 10 3 dxc3 11 bxc3 Bab 12 0-O {6 13 Be3 Ng8 14 Qb3+ Kh8 15 Ny3 Re8 16 gb Nafé (0-1, 37) Saremba-Hohlfeld, West Germany 1983 18 C3cQb) 4...Ne7 5 Nf3 Ng6 6 Nc3 h6 7 e3 Bd6 8 e4 d4 9 Ne? c5 10 Ng3 Qe7 11 b3 NcB 12 Bd2 BeB 13 0-O {8 14 Nf5 += (1-0, 41) Grob-Stingelin, corr. C3c3) 4 g5 hd 5 h4 BES 6 Nc3 Welling-Buys, Holland 1979 C3d) 3...Ne6 4 h3 Nge7 =+ ECO C3e) 3...Bxg4 4 c4 | ee te he ow ne eo Black can play: Cel) 4...Bb4+ O3e2) 4 C3e3) 4. C3e4) 4 O3e5) 4. 0308) 4...NfB O3el) 4...Bb4+ 5 Nd2 c6 6 cxdd Ne7 7 dxc6 NbxcB 8 a3 Bxd2+ 9 Bxd2 O-O 10 Nf3 Qd7 11 Be3 £6== Grob-Aebi, corr. C3e2) 4...c8 5 exd5 exdd 6 Qb3 Ne? {6...NcB 7 Ne3 Nd4 Welling- van Rey, Holland 1975] 7 Qxb7 Nbe6 8 Bxd5! Qxd5 [8...Nxd5 9 Qxc6+] 9 Qxa8+ Bc8 10 Nf3Kd7 11 Ne3 Qad5 12 Bd2 £6 13 Ne4 Qb5 14 b4 Nd5 {14...Bb7 (14...Nxb4 15 Qxa7+) 15 Qxb7 Qxb7 16 Ne5+ Ke7 17 Nxb7 +-] 15 a4 Qb6 16 b5 Ncb4 [16...Bb7 17 bxeB+ Bxc6 18 a5 Qc7 19 Ne5+ Ke7 (19...Bxc5 20 Quxh8) 20 Na6 Qd7 21 Qb8; 16...Kd6 17 Nb7+ Bxb7 18 Qxa7 Kd7 19 a6} 17 a5 Qc7 18 O-O+ (1-0, 26) Grob-Kellenberger, corr. 03e3) 4..Bc5 5 Qb3 Nd7 6 Qxb7? Rb& 7 QaB Qh4 8 e3 Rxb2! 9 Bxb2 Bxe3 10 Nh3 Bxh3 11 Bxh3 Qxf2+ (12 Kd1 Qf3+ 13 Kel Bf2+ 14 Kfl Bg3+ 15 Kgl Qf2 mate} O1 Giaszi- Boncompagni, corr. 1982 C3e4) 4...Nd7 5 cxd5 Rb8 6 Qad Nf6 7 Bg5 Bc5? 8 Bxfé Qxfé6 9 Qxg4 +- van der Heiden-Raay, Holland 1980 O8e5) 4...Be6 5 Qb3 b6 6 cxd5 Be8 7 Ne3 Bb7 8 Qb5+ Nd7 9 Nf3 Bdé 10 Bd2 Nf6 11 e4 0-0 12 Bg5 Nc 13 Qc4 BaB 14 Nb5 (44, 36) Fewell-Spedale, Mary- land 1980 C3e8) 4...Nf6 5 Qb3 Nbd7 6 cxd5 Nc5 7 Qb5+ Bd7 8 Qc4 Bdé 9 Bg5 O-O 10 Nc3 a6 11 b4 bd 12 Qh4 Nad 13 Ne4 Bxb4+ 14 Kft Be? 15 NI3 h8 16 Nxe5? (16 Bxf6) hxg5 17 Nxg5 B&S 18 NcB Qd? 19 e4 Nh7! -+ W. Fuller- Thimann, corr. 1978/79 C3f) 3...Be6 4 h3 c6 5 Nf3 Nd7 6 Ng5 Bcb 7 Nxe6 fxe6 8 3 Welling-Scholten, Holland 1981 C4) 2...d6 3 e4 NcB 4 h3 g6 5 Bg2 h5 6 g5 Nge7 7 Nc3 Beb 8 Nd5 Bg7 9 c3 += 5) 2...Be7 OSa) 3 ed 5b) 3 NIB Ca) 3 ed dd 4 Qe? d4 5 h3 Bgd 6 Nd2 Be6 7 Ngf3 Bf4 8 Nb3 Bxcl 9 Nxcl Qd6 10 Qd2 Nd7 11 Ne2 Ne7 12 a3 (1-0, 45) Grob- Bruckmann, corr. 1985 C5b) 3 Nf3 dB 4 h3 [4 g57! he] £5 [4...h5 5 g5] 5 g5 f4 6 h4 Bed 7 Nbd2 h6 8 Bg? hxg5 9 hxgd Rxh1 10 Bxhl Nc6 [10...Bxg5! 11 Nxg5 Qxg5 12 Ned Qh4 13 Kd2 Ne6 =+] 11 Ne4 Bxf3 12 Bxf3 Bxg5 13 Bh5+ Kd7 14 e3 (1-0, 20) Bloodgood-Fuller, corr. 1973 C6) 2...g8 3 e4 h6 4 Nc3 Bg7 5 Be3 8 6 Bg? Ne7 7 h3 d5 8 Bed d4 9 Nce2 BeBS 10 Qd2 bB 11 Bxe7 Qxe7 12 Ng3 Nd7 13 a3 Re8 14 Nle2 c5 15 0-0 0-0= Grob-Wieland, corr.C7a) 3...Be7 O7b) 3...h4 C7a) 3...Be7 4 h4 d5 5 Bg2 Bg4 6 Nd2 c6 7 Ngf3 Nd7 8 e4 d4 9 Bh3 Bxh3 10 Rxh3 {6 11 Nc4 b5 12 gxf6 Bxf8?! [12...gxf8] 13 Nd6+ Ke7 14 NfS+ Kf7 15 Ng5+ Bxg5 16 Bxg5 Qc7 17 Qf3 Ngf8 18 0-0-0 Raf8 19 Rg3 += Bloodgood-Cacalano, 1961 O7b) 3...n4 4 Bh3 [4 f4 exf4 5 Bxf4 d5 6 Bg2 c6 7 e4 BeB 8 Nc3 d4 9 Nce2 Be7 10 Qd2 h3 11 Bfl Bg4 =+ Bloodgood-R. Lewis, 1960] d8 5 Bxc8 Qxc8 6 h3 Ne7 7 e4 Ng6 8 Qf3 Be7 9 Ne2 Nc6 10 c3 Qd7 11 Bed Rf8 12 Nd2 0-0- O 13 0-0-0 Kb8 14 Qg2 += Grob-N.N. 8) 2...h6 White can play: CBa) 3 e4 C8b) 3 Bg? 8c) 3 h4 C8a) 3 e4 NcB 4 Ne3 [4 hd db 5 Bg? d4 6 g5 hxg5 7 hxg5 Rxhi 8 Bxhi 6 9 Qh5+ Kd7 10 Qf7+ Nge7 11 gxf6 gxf6 12 Qxf8+ Bloodgood-Leonard, 1973] 20 Black’s choices are: C81) 4...Nge7 C822) 4...N6 C8a1) 4...Nge7 5 h4 [5 Bg? Ng6 6 Nf3 d6 7 h3 Be7 8 Be3] d5 [5...8 6 Bg2 Nd4 7 f4 d6 8 Be3 Nec8 9 Nd5 Bxg4 Grob-Hoffmann, corr.] 6 Bg? d4 7 Nd5 BeB 8 g5 hxgb 9 hxg5 Rxhi 10 Bxhi Ng6 11 Qh5 Nf 12 Nufd exf4 13 Bxf4 Qd7 14 Nf3 0-0-0 15 Ne5 Nxe5 16 Bxe5 Bd6?! (16...Bg4] 17 Bxg? Bed 18 Qh6 Bi 19 BIB Rg8 20 £3 BeB 21 Ke2+ Bloodgood-Christy, 1972 C8a2) 4...Nf6 5 Bg2 [5 h4 d5 6 Bg2 d4 7 Nd5 Nugt ¥ Bloodgood-Sarkis, 1973] Bc5 6 h4 d5 7 g5 hxg5 8 hxg5 Rxhl 9 Bxh1 Ng4 10 Nh3 d4 11 Ndd Be6 12 f4 exf4 13 Bxf4 Bd6 14 Qf3 Nge5 15 Qh5 += Bloodgood- Sarkis, 1973 C8b) 3 Bg? Nf6 4 h3 cB 5 ef [5 c4 d6 6 Nc3 a6 7 f4 exf4 8 Bxft Be7 9 e3 Nh7 10 Bg3 Bh4 11 Qf3 Ng5 12 Qf2} d5 6 Nd2 d4 7 Ne4 Nbd7 8 Nf3 Qc7 9 Nh4 g6 10 g5 hxg5 11 Bxg5 Nh5 12 Qf3 Nf 13 Bxf4 exf4. =+ Bloodgood- Sanderson, 1973 O8c) 3 h4 dd 4 3 Nf6 5 Be2 a6 6 Nd2 Nc8 [6...c5] 7 Nfl Bc5 8 Ng3 Be6 9 £4 exf4 10 exf4 Be7 [10...d4; 10...Qd8] 11 3 d4 12 c4 b5 [12...Bb4+ 13 Kft] 13 b3 BdB 14 Bf3 Bd7 15 Nh3 Qe7+ 16 Kf2 [threatening 17 Rei Be6 18 £5 Bxg3+ 19 Kxg3 Qd6+ 20 Bf4] 0-0 17 gb hxg5 18 hxg5 Nh7 19Bd2 Rae8 20 gO! (1-0, 26) Grob-Steinbruchel, corr. D) 1 g4e5 2d4 D1) 2...exd4 D2) 2...e4 D1) 2...exd4 3 Qud4 NcB 4 Qa4 D2) 2...e4 3 cd Qh4 4 h3 Bb4+ 5 Ne3 Bxe3+ 6 bxc3 Qe7 7 Bf4 48 8 e3 g5 9 Bg3 Be6 10 Rb1 Bc8 11 Be2 Nf6 12 h4 gxh4 13 Bxh4 Qe6 14 g5 Nfd7 15 Nh3 Grob- N.N., corr. E) 1 g4 cb 2 e4 db FE YR CTY nt me me El) 3 Nc3 E2) 3 Qf3 E1) 3 Nc3 d4 4 Nb1 Nf6 5 £3 Nxg4 6 fxg4 Qh4+ 7 Ke2 Bxg4+ 8 Nf3 Bxf3+ 9 Kxf3 Qh5+ 10 Kf2 Qxdi 11 Bbd c6 12 Bxc6+ Nxc6 13 Rxd1 B2) 3 Qf3 dxe4 4 Qxe4 Bd8 5 h3 Nc6 6 c3 {5 7 Qe2 [7 gxfS Qf6] Qe7 8 d3 26 9 g5 Bd7 10 Bg2 O- 0-0 11 h4 Qf7 12 Qf Re 13 Nd2 Nd8 14 Ne2 BcB 15 Qh3 Kb8 16 Ned Ne7 4 Schraner- Grob, corr. F) 1 g4 6 2 h8 faiwen jR2 227 2) a i F3) 2. Ft) 2...d5 - see 1 g4 d5 2h3 e5 F2) 2...Ne7 3 d4 exd4 4 Qxd4 Nbc6 - see game 9 F3) 2...h5 3 gxh5 Rxh5 [3...Nf6!?] 4 d4 e4 5 c4 Basman- Schuermans, Liege 1981 G) 2 h4 dd 3 g5 - see 1 g4 dd 2 gd e5 3h4 al1 g4 eb 2 Bg2 Black can play: E) 2...Ne7 F) 2...h5 A) 2...Be5 Al) 34 A2) 3 e3 A3) 3 h3 Ad) 3 h4 A5) 3 d3 A1) 3 c4 d6 [3...Qh4 4 3 h5 5 h3 threatening 8 Nf3 - Welling] 4 h3 Nf6 5 Ne3 O-O 6 d3 Nbd7 7 Bg5 h6 8 Bh4 c6 9 Nf3 Wall-Messer, Mt. View 1988 A2) 3 e3 Ne6 (3...d5 - see 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 e5 3 e3 Bcd) Aa) 4 Nc3 A2b) 4 03 Adc) 4 Ne2 A2a) 4 Nce3 d6‘5 Nad Bb6 6 Nxb6 axb6 7 h3 Nge7 [7...f5 8 d3 fxg4 9 hxg4 Qg6 10 Rhd5 Qxg4 22 (10...Qg8 11 Bed) 11 Qxg4 Bxg4 12 Rgd] 8 d4 exd4 9 exd4 d5 10 a3 O-O 11 Nf3 Ng6 12 0-0 Nce7= -Grob A2b) 4 c3 dB (4...d6 5 d4 Bb6 6 Nbd2 Nh6! =+ Welling- Webbink, Holland 1981] 5 d4 exd4 6 exd4 Qe7+ 7 Be3 Bb6 8 g5 {6 9 h4 {5 10 Nh3 Be6 11 Nf4 0-0-0 12 Nd2 h6?? 13 Ng8 1-0 Bloodgood-Christy, 1972 A2c) 4 Ne2 d8 5 BxcB+ bxc6 6 h3 Bab 7 a4 d5 8 c3 Wall- Lauseng, corr. 1974 A3) 3 h3 Qh4 4 e3 Nf6?! 5 d4 exd4 6 exd4 Bd6 7 Nf3 1-0 Bloodgood-Mizesko, corr. A4) 3 h4 d5 4 c4 dxc4 5 Qa4+ cB 8 Qxc4 Qb6 7 Nh3 BeB 8 Qa4 Nd7 9 Nc3 hd 10 g5 Ne7 11 Rbi Ng6 12 e3 Be7 13 Ngl Ned 14 Qc2 0-0-0 15 Bfl e4 16 Na4 Nxa4 17 Qxa4 Bd5 18 b4 [6 19 Bb2 Kb8 20 Bd4 c5 21 gxf6 gxf8 22 Bc3 cxb4 23 Bxb4 Ned (0-1, 31) Niles-Pedersen, 1978 A5) 3 d3 d5 4 g5 [4 cd] NeB 5 Nf3 Qd8 6 Nbd2 f5 7 gxf8 Nxf6 8 e4 dxe4 9 dxed Bg4 10 c3 0-0-0 11 Qe2 [11 Qc2} Rhfs 12 0-0 Nh5 13 Nb3 Bb6 14 h3?? Ng3 0-1 Haessler-Gallagher, Tacoma 1981 B) 2...Nc6 3 c4 [3 Nc3 Be5 4 Na4 Bxf2+ 5 Kxf2 Qh4+ 6 Kft Qxg4 7 c3 Nge? 8 Nc5 d6 9 Ne4 Wall- Lauseng, corr. 1974] Black canplay: B1) 3...Be5 BQ) 3...d8 BS) 3...Nge7 Bi) 3...Be5 White’s choices are: Bla) 4 Nc3 Bib) 4 e3 Bia) 4 Nc3 Blal) 4...a8 Bia2) 4...48 Bia3) 4...Nge7 Blad) 4...Qh4 Bia5) 4...Nh6 Blal) 4...a8 5 e3 d6 6 h3 Nge7 7 Nge2 Ng6 8 d4 Ba7 9 d5 Nh4 10 Be4 Ne7 11 Ng3 f5 =+ -Grob Bla2) 4...d8 5 BxcB+ bxc6 6 ¢3 45 7 Nad Qe7 8 Qc2 Wall- Lauseng, corr. 1974 Bia3) 4...Nge7 5 d3 d6 6 g5 BeB 7 Bd2 d5 8 cxd5 Nxd5 9 Ned BbB 10 Nf3 Qd7 11 Rel 0-0-0 12 Qad Nde7 13 Nc5 Bxe5 14 Rxcd Kb8 15 b4 Nd4 16 Qa3 Ng6 17 Nxd4 Qxd4 18 0-0 += (1-0, 33) Burk-Mantia, Dayton 1980 Biad) 4...Qh4 5 Ned Qxgd 6 BI3! (6 Nxc5? Qxg2) Bla5) 4...Nh6 5 h3 O-O 6 a3 d6 7 b4 Bd4 8 Bb2 5 9 Bdd+ Kh8 10 g5 QxgS 11 Nf3 Qg? 12 Rfl Qxh3 13 Nxd4 Nxd4 14 Nb5 cB 15 Nxd4 exd4 16 BI3 Re8 17 e3 43?” 18 Rh 1-0 Wall- Holsapple, Dayton 1981 Bib) 4 e3 d6 5 a3 a5 [5...Nge7 - see game 10} 8 Nc3 Bd7 7 h3 Nge7 8 Nge2 O-O 9 d4 exd4 10 exd4 Ba7 11 Be3 Ng6 12 Qd2 [12 Ng3 Nh4 13 Bed {5 14 gxf5 Nxf5 15 NxfS Bxf5 16 Qd3=] Qc8 13 0-0-0 Nce7? [13...f5] 14 Ng3+ Grob-Ruegg, corr. B2) 3...d8 4 h3 [4 Ne3?! Bg 5 Qa4 Bd7 8 d3 Nf 7 Nd5 Nxd5 8 exd5 Nd4 9 Qd1 g6 10 e3 NfS 11 Qb3 Nh4! (0-1, 25) Rhodes- Yeager, corr. 1978] B2a) 4...Ne7 B2b) 4...Nf6 B2a) 4...Ne7 5 d3 Ng8 6 Nf3 Be7 7 Nc3 O-O 8 g5 £6 9 Nd5 fxg5 10 Nxe7+ Qxe7 11 Bxg5 Qf7 12 Be3 Nf4 13 Bfl Qh5 14 Qd2 BIS 15 0-0-0 Nxd3+ 16 exd3 Qxf3 17 Be2 Qg2 18 Rdgl Markus- Henneberger, 1964 Bab) 4...Nf6 5 d3 [5 Nc3 Ne7 6 Qb3 cB 7 Nf3 d5 8 cxd5 Nexd5 9 Nxe5+ Wall-Stauffer, Dayton 1982] Be7 6 Nc3 O-O 7 Nf3 Re8 8 ed BIS 9 Be3 Ne7 10 g5 Nd7 11 h4 {5 12 exfS NxfS 13 g3 h6 14 Ng3 Nxe3 [14...hxg5? 15 Bd5+ 23Kh8 16 hxg5+ Nh6 17 gxh6] 15 fxe3 cB 16 Nf7 Qe7 17 Ne4 Qe68 18 NegS Qe7 19 Ned41/2-1/2 Grob-Henneberger, 1942 B3) 3...Nge7 4 Ne3 Ng6 5 h3 Bc5 6 d3 b6 7 Nf3 Bb7 8 e3 Nce7 9 e4 Nf47! 10 Bxf4 exf4 11 a3 (threatening 12 d4 Bd6 13 e5] Ng6 12 Qd? 6 13 d4 Be7 14 Ne2 d5 [14...Qc7 15 e5 cb 18 Nxf4 exd4 17 Nxg6 and 18 Qxd4] 15 exd5 Qd6 [15...cxd5) 16 dxcB BxcB 17 e5 QeB 18 Rel (1-0, 29) Grob-Mosimann, corr. C) 2...d5 ~ see 1 g4 d5 2 Bg? ed D) 2...48 D1) 34 D2) 3 43 D3) 3h3 D1) 3 4 Dia) 3...c5 Dib) 3...c8 Dia) 3...c5 [3...Bxg4?? 4 Bxb7 1-0 Cunliffe-Friedlander, Pitts- burgh 1986] 4 Qb3 [4 Nc3 Ne7 5 Qa4+ Nbc6 6 h3 a6 7 Nd5 Bd7 Wall-Flores, Mt. View 1988] Nf6 5 h3 Nc6 6 Nc3 Be7 7 d3 h6 8 Bd2 Qc7 9 0-0-0 Nd4 10 Qad+ Bd7 11 Qa3 a6 12 e3 Nc6 13 Nd5 Qd8 14 [4 exfd 15 exfd b5 16 Nxe7 Qxe7 17 Ret Be6 18 {5 1-0 Wall-T. Bell, North Carolina 1979 Dib) 3...c6 4 h3 £5 5 e3 g6 6 Nc3 BeB 7 Qb3 += Bloodgood-R. Jackson, corr. 1974 24 D2) 3 d3 - see game 11 D3) 3 -h3 g6 4 h4 Bxg4!? 5 Bxb7 Nd7 6 Bxa8 Qxa8 7 £3 Bhd 8 Nc3 Ngf6 9 Nb5 Qb7 10 a4 Bh6 11 d3 Bxel 12 Rxel a6 13 Na3 Qb4+ 14 Qd2 Qud2+ 15 Kxd2 0-0 16 b4 Nb6 17 b5 Ra8 18 c4 axb5 19 cxb5 Rxa4 20 Nb1 Nfd5 21 e4 Nf4 22 Rxe7 Rb4 23 Nc3 Rb2+ 24 Ke3?? Ng2 mate O1 McCreary-Webb, Tennessee 1978 E) 2...Ne7 3 d4 exd4 4 Qxd4 Nbc6 5 Qad Ng6 6 h4 Bed [6...Nxh4? 7 Qe4+ Be7 8 Rxh4] 7 Nc3 Nxh4 8 Bd5 [8 Qe4+ Kf8} Qe7 9 g5 Nfd [9...Ng6] 10 Nf3 Nb4 11 a3 b5 12 Qb3 Nc6 13 gB!? fxg6 [13...Nfd4 14 Nxd4 Nxd4 15 Rxh7 O-O 16 Bxf? Rxf7 17 Qd5+; 13...0-O!?] 14 Bg5 Nfid4 15 Nxd4 Qxg5 16 Nxc8 Bxf2+ 17 Kxf2 Ri8+ 18 Bf3 Qcd+ 19 Kel dxc6 20 Qb4 1-0 Basman- Plaskett, Cambridge 1981 F1) 3 ¢3 F2) 3 Nf3 F3) 3 5F4) 3 h3 F5) 3 gxh5 F1) 3 e3 hxg4 4 Qxgd d5 F2) 3 Nf3 hxgd 4 Nxeb d6 5 Nxg4 Bxgd! 6 Bxb7 Nd7 7 Bxa8 Qxa8 8 {3 Neb! 9 Kf2 Be7 10 fxg Nxgd 11 Kg3 Bh4+! 0-1 Eduardo-Lagerstom, Berlin 1956 F3) 3 g5 Qxgd 4 Kfl Qd8 [4...Nf5 5 d4 Q£5 6 dxe5 Ng4 7 Nf3 Nc6} 5 c4 NcB 6 d3 dB 7 Nc3 BeB 8 a3 Qd7 9 h4 Nge7 [9...Be7] 10 Nh3 f6 11 e3 NfS5 12 Ngl Ng8 13 Nge2 c6 14 b4 Be7 15 e4 Nd4 18 Nxd4 exd4 17 Ne2 c5 18 Nf4 NcB 19 Nxe8 Qxe6 20 Bh3 (1-0, 32) Diebert-Hayes, Columbus, Ohio 1984 F4) 3: h3 hxg4 4 hxg4 Rxhl 5 Bxh! Qh4 6 Bf3 e4 7 Bxed? Qxg4, winning a piece F5) 3 gxh5 Fa) 3...d5 F5b) 3...Q¢5 Fc) 3...Rxh5 F5o) 3...d5 4 d4 ed 5 BEd BdB 6 Bg3 Nf6 7 Qd2 NaB 8 Nc3 cB 9 Qg5? Rxh5 10 Qxg7?? BIS -+ Hengstler-Schlenker, Germany 1976 F5b) 3...Qg5 4 Kft [4 Bf3 Qh4 5 Nc3 Nf6 6 e4 Bc5 7 d4 Bxd4 8 Qe2 Bxc3+ 9 bxc3 Nxh5 10 Be3 Nf4 11 Qb5 Nc6 12 0-0-0 a6 13 Qa4 Qf6 14 Ne2 NeB 15 Bg4 dé 16 Qb3 Nec5 17 Bxcd Qgi+ 18 Be3 Qxg4 19 Ng3 (1-0, 36) Skembris-Mariotti, Budva 1981) Qxh5 5 d4 Nc6 =+ Welling- Landsman, Netherlands 1984 F5c) 3...Rxh5 4 e3 Rh8 [4...Nf6 5 c4 cB 6 Nc3 di 7 cxd5 Rg5 8 BI3 exd5 9 Qa4+ NcB 10 d3 Rg6 11 e4 d4 12 Nd5 BeB 13 Qb5 Qd7 14 Bd2 Bxd5 15 exd5 Nb4 16 Qxd7+ Kxd7 17 Bxb4 Bxb4+ 18 Kdi = Hug-Grob, corr.] 5 c4 Black can play: F5cl) 5...c8 F5c2) 5...f5 Fct) 5...c8 6 Nc3 Bb4 7 Nge2 Qg5 8 Ng3 f5 9 d4 Bxc3+ 10 bxe3 [4 11 exfd exf4 12 Qe2+ Ne7 13 Qf3 Ng6 14 Ned Qe7 15 d5 Ne5 18 Qe2 += (1-0, 53) Bloodgood-Monroe, 1973 F5c2) 5...f5 6 Qc2 g6 7 Nc3 <6 8 Nge2 Nf6 9 d4 d6 10 Bd2 Be6 11 d5 cxd5 12 exd5 BE? 13 Qa4+ Nbd7 14 Rel a6 15 Ng3 Be7 16 O-O b5 17 Qb3 Nc5 18 Qc2 e4 19 £3 exf3 20 Bxf3 b4 21 Na4 Rb8= Ott-Grob, corr. 25The main lines are 2 h3 and 2 Bg2. Other moves are: A) 263 B) 23 Gedult Attack C)2¢5 A) 203 €5 Al) 3.43 A2) 3 h4 A3) 3 Bg2 Ad) 3 Bb5+ Al) 3 d3 NcB 4 a3 f5 5 Bh3 fxg4 6 Bxg4 Bxg4 7 Qxg4 Nf6 8 Qe6+ Qe7 9 Qxe7+ Nxe7 10 Nf3 Nc 11 Nc3 h6 12 h3 O-O-O 13 Bd2 d4 14 Ne4 Be7 (0-1, 25) Valenti- Franceschini, Italy 1981 A2) 3 h4 g6 4 f4 Bg7 5 Nc3 Ne7 8 Bh3 c5 7 d3 Nbc6 8 Nf3 a6 9 fxe5 Nxe5 10 Nxe5 Bxe5 11 Qf3 0-0 12 hd b5 13 Bg2 BeB 14 hxg6 fxg6 15 Qh3 Rf7 16 e4 Ra7 17 Bg5 Qd7 18 Bf3 b4 (0-1, 27) J. Hayes-Wenzel, Dayton 1971 A3) 3 Bg2 BcS -,see 1 g4 db 2 Bg? e5 3 e3 Bed 26 A4) 3 Bb5+ c6 4 Be2 Nh6 5 h4 gd 6 hxgS Qxgh 7 Nf3 Qxgd 8 Nxe5 Qf5 9 d4 Rg8 10 Bd3 Qf6 11 Bxh7 Rg2 12 Qe2 Ng4 13 Nxg4 Bxg4 14 Qfl Qf3 15 Nd2 Qd1 mate 0-1 Apra-Guanciale, corr. 1981 B) 2 £3? e6 [2...NfB 3 d4c5 4 g5 Nh5] 3 h4 [to prevent 3...Qh4 mate] Bd6 [threatening 4 Bg3 mate] 4 Kf2 [4 Rh3? Qxh4+! 5 Rxh4 Bg3 mate] C) 2 g5 5 [2...Nc6 3 £4 BES 4 d3 h6 5 Bg2 e6 6 h4 h5 7 Nh3 Bxh3 8 Rxh3 g6 9 e4 Nge7 10 Be3 Qd7 11 Nd2 Ng7 12 e5 O-O-O 13 d4 (1-0, 38) Fletcher-Sporkin, Las Vegas 1975] 3 h4 [3 c4 dxc4 4 Na3 Bxa3 5 bxa3?? Qd4! (6 Rbi Qe4) 0-1 Nemet-Knerevic, Yugoslavia 1972] C1) 3...Be5 C2) 3...c6 C3) 3...h6 C1) 3...Be5 4 3 NB [4nd4 5 Bg2] 5 b4 Bd8 [5...Bb6 6 b5 and 7 d4] 6 Bg2 Nge7 7 b5 Nad 8 43 6 9 ad a8 10 bxaB Rxab 11 Qc? BIS 12 Nd2 Ng6 13 Nb3 Nxb3 14 Qxb3 Rb 15 Qc2 Qe7 16 e3 h5 17 Ne2 Grob-Schnirel, corr. C2) 3.106 4 Bg? - see 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 g5 e5 4 hd C3) 3...h6 4 d4 e4 5 c4 cB B Ne3 Be7 7 Nh3 hxg5 8 hxg5 BeB 9 Qb3 Qd7 10 cxd5 cxd5 11 BE Nc6 12 Nb5 Bb4+ 13 Kdt ReB 14 Qg3?! [14 Nxa7] Nge7 15 e3?Bgd+ 16 Be2 [16 Ket Nxd4+] Rxh3 17 Bxg4 Rxhl+ 18 Ke? (18 Ke2?? Nxd4 mate] Nxd4+ [19 Nxd4 Qb5+! 20 Nxb5 Rc2 mate; 19 exd4 Qxb5+ 20 Ke3 Qd3 mate] 0-1 Fornoff - Baldock, Pittsburgh 1974 1 g4.d5 2h8 Black’s main variation is 2...e5. Other moves are A) 2.05 B) 2...g5 B) 2.08 F) 2...86 ©) 2.06 GG) 2..n5 D) 2.85 H) 2...h6 A) 2...c5 3 Bg2 [3 d3 eb 4 Bg? Ne6 5 Ne3~] Black can now play: Al) 3...06 A2) 3...Nc6 Al) 3...e6 4 c4 Nf6 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 Ne3 d4 7 gb! dxc3 8 gxf6 Qxf6 9 dxe3 Be7 10 Be3 h6 11 h4 0-0 12 Qc2 Qf5 13 Qxf5 exfS 14 O- 0-0 Be6 15 b3 += Basman-Van der Molen, England 1981 A2) 3...NcB 4 c4 e6 5 Nc3 Nge7 6 exd5 Nxd5 7 d3 Nxc3 8 bxc3 [8 Bxc6+ bxc8 9 bxc3 Qd5 10 Nf3 c4}] Qc7 9 Nf3 Bd6 10 g5 Bd7 11 h4 0-0-0 12 Rb1 e5 13 Nd2 Nad 14 c4 [5 15 gxf6 gxf6 18 Ned Bc6 17 Bh3+ Kb8 18 £3 (1-0, 39) Wind-De Jong, corr. 1982 B) 2...c8 3 Bg2 - see 1 g4 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 h3 C) 2...e6 3 Bg2 c6 - see 1 g4 db 2 Bg2 c6 3 h3 e6 D) 2...f5 3 Bg2 [3 g5 e5; 3 gxfd Bxf5] fxg4 4 hxg4 Bxg4 5 c4 068 6 Qb3 Nf6 7 cxd5 exdd 8 Nc3 Nbd7 9 d4 Nb6 10 Bg5 c6 11 Nf3 Bd6 12 Ne5 Be6 13 Ng6 Rg8 (0- 1, 28) Duckworth-Goncer, Pasadena 1983 E) 2...g5 3 Bg? 6 - see 1 g4 db 2 Bg? c6 3 h3 g5 F) 2...g6 3 d3 Bg7 4 Bg? 5 [4...Nf6 5 a3 O-O 6 Nc3 d4 7 Ned NeB 8 Nf3 Nxe4 9 dxe4 b6 =+ Alonso-Ivanov, Philadelphia 1985] 5 Nc3 [5 c4 dxcd 8 Qa4+] 6 6 Bi4 NcB 7 Qd? a6 8 ad h6 9 Bg3 Nge7 10 e4 O-O 11 f4 dxe4 12 Nxe4 Bxb2 13 Rbl Bg7 14 Ne2 4 15 dxcd Qxd2+ 16 Nxd2 Nad 17 Bf2 e5 18 Bb6 Nec6 19 0-0 (1-0, 40) Basman-Joksic, Biel 1979 G) 2...h5 G1) 3 gxh5 G2) 3 gb G1) 3 gxh5 Nf6 4 Nf3 (4 d4 BES 5 Nf3 Nc6 (5...c6) 6 c4 dxcd (8...06) 27