Weekend Variation: White mixes f3 and 2c4 33 U7 with a slight advantage for Black, Keres-Larsen, Beverwijk 1964. 2) On 9 Wd2 Black emerges a pawn up after 9...xe4, when the following three moves have been tried: 2a) 10 Axc6 Axd2 11 Axe7+ Sh8 12 Rxb6 Dxc4 13 Kc7 Rxc3+ 14 bxc3 He8 and Black won quickly in Pictre-Donaldson, Seattle 1978. 2b) 10 Axed Rxd4 11 Axd4 Wxd4 12 Wxd4 @xd4 13 0-0-0 %c6, Jons- son-Thorsteins, Reykjavik 1982. 2c) 10 fxe4 (best) 10...Rxd4 11 Sixd4 Wxd4 12 Wxd4 Axd4 13 0-0-0 Ac6 14 Dd5 Bb8 15 Rb5 Me8 16 Hd2 16 17 Re2 d6 18 h4 h6 19 g4 g7 20 25 Hh8 21 Hel hxg5 22 hxgs Bh4 23 R13 Reb 24 Be De5 25 Hf2 Hf 26 g3 &¢4 0-1 M.Babar-Rind, London Lloyds Bank 1991. 3) 9 Wd3 De5 10 We2 Wxb2 11 thd2 Wb4 12 &b5 d5 13 abl Was 14 b3 Dxf3+ 15 gxf3 ADxed+ 16 fred &xc3+ 17 Sd1 Wxa2 18 Bel dxe4 0-1 Almeida-Garcia Padron, Mesa 1992. 4) 90-0 Wxb2 10 Wd2 (10 Acb5 Wo4 11 We2 WaS 12 Mfdi d6 13 We2 &d7 and Black is a pawn up for noth- ing, N.-P.Nielsen-Yakovich, Aalborg 1993) 10...Wb4 11 Axc6 dxc6 12 e5 Wxc4 13 exf6 2xf6 14 Ded Bxal 15 Bxal Q£5 16 Dg3 Hfds 17 Was Bd5 18 We7 Wc3 0-1 Baraat-Kabli, Mos- cow 1994. 5) 9 DFS Wxb2 10 Ads Axd5 11 exd5 Wxal 12 Dn6+ @h8 13 Wxal Rxal 14 dxc6 06 15 &c5 Hg7 16 Rxf8+ SxfB 17 cxd7 Rxd7 18 He2 &g7 19 Ag4 Bc8 and Black’s extra pawn, two bishops and superior pawn structure should give him an easy win, Isaksen-Rasmussen, Copenha- gen 1995. 6) 9 AcbS a6 10 ALS WaS+ 11 &d2 Wd8 12 Dxg7 axb5 and White loses a decisive amount of material. xem udhe 9...Dxed! Atypical tactical motif. Black opens up his g7-bishop and piles on the pres- sure against d4. Also possible is 9...Ag4 10 fxg4 (10 424?! is well met by 10...Wb4+!, and not 10...Axe3 11 Axb6 Axd1 12 @®xa8 Dxb2 13 Axc6 bxc6 14 Ebi Rb7 15 Sd2 Rh6+ 16 Se2 Ra6+ 17 Sf2 Dc4 18 Dc7 Rb5 19 AxbS + Lester-Donaldson, Cincinnati 1975) 10...2xd4 11 &xd4 (White can also consider 11 @d5, even though Black’s chances should be preferred after 11...Wa5+ 12 c3 &xe3 13 DAxe3 Wg5 {or 13..d6 14 Wd2 Re6 15 Ads &xd5 16 exd5 De5 17 g5 WS! 18 0- 0-0 a5 19 Hdgl £6 20 2d1 fxg5 21 a4 W4d3, S.Owen-Donnelly, corr 1983-4} 14 Wa2 d6 15 0-0-0 &xg4 16 h4 Wh5 17 @xg4 Wxg4 18 h5 g5 19 h6 Sh8 20 Hdfl £6 and Black is a healthy pawn up, Kovacs-Petursson, Copen- hagen 1981) 11...Axd4! (also play- able is 11...Wxd4, which leads to a balanced endgame after 12 Wxd4