1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b4
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Picked up this from Goh Wei Ming, who returned from his 1995 World Under 12 Championships with this weapon. This wing gambit can be very potent especially at fast time controls 3...Nxb4 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d5 [6...d6 7.Be3 (7.d5 Nb8 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.Nbd2 g6 10.Rb1 Bg7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.Bb2 Ng4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Nd4 Nc5 16.Nf1 Bd7 17.Ng3 Rb8 18.f4 Nf6 19.e5 Ne8 20.e6 fxe6 21.dxe6 Bc6 Bertram,A-Manske,K/Germany 1995/EXT 99/1-0 (42)) 7...Nf6 8.Nbd2 e6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Ng5 e5 12.d5 Nb4 13.Be2 a5 14.Qb1 h6 15.a3 Na6 16.Ngf3 Nc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Nxe5 Bd6 19.Nec4 Qe7 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.Nc4 Chandler,P-Braeuer,K/Wiesbaden 1988/GER/1-0 (47)] 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qd8³ [8...Qa5 9.d5 (9.Bd2³) 9...e6! suggested by Tony Dempsey 10.dxc6 Bb4] 9.d5 Nb8 10.Bc4 Nf6 11.0-0 a6 12.Re1 b5 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.Ba3!
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Hitting the weakie 14...Qa5± [¹14...Qb6!?] 15.Qc1?!µ [¹15.Bxe7 Bxe7 16.d6+-] 15...b4??± letting the wind out of his own sails. Black is behind in development. [15...Nbd7 16.Bxe7 (16.d6 e6=) 16...Bxe7 17.d6 0-0 18.dxe7 Rfc8 19.Ng5 Rxc3 20.Bxf7+ Kh8 21.Qd2±] 16.Ba4+ Nbd7 17.Bxb4! Qxb4 18.Rb1 Qc5 19.Rxb7 Rc8??+-
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White to play and win.. after thinking for about 20 seconds, I missed the elegant mating combination...sigh... [¹19...Rd8±] 20.Ne4?= [¹20.Ng5!! Found by Junior 6.0 in nano-seconds... 20...Kd8 (20...Qxc3 21.Qxc3 Rxc3 22.Rb8+ Rc8 23.Rxc8#) 21.Nce4 Qxd5 22.Nxf6 Rxc1 23.Rxd7+ (23.Nxd5?? greedy! 23...Rxe1#; 23.Rxc1?! exf6 24.Nxf7+ Qxf7=) 23...Qxd7 24.Nxf7+ (24.Nxd7?? Rxe1#; 24.Rxc1?! is a weaker possibility 24...exf6 25.Bxd7 fxg5=) 24...Kc8 25.Bxd7+ Kb7 26.Rxc1 exf6 27.Nxh8+-] 20...Qxc1 21.Nd6+
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21...Kd8 22.Nxf7+ Ke8 23.Nd6+ Kd8 24.Nf7+ Ke8 25.Nd6+ Kd8 26.Nf7+ Ke8 27.Nd6+ Kd8 1/2-1/2
1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 Ne8 12.Rb1 f5 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Nf6 15.f3
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[15.c5 fxe4 16.Ndxe4 Nf5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.b5 b6 20.c6 Bc8 21.Bd3 Bg5 22.Ra1 Rxa1 23.Qxa1 Bf4 24.Ne2 Qh4 25.N4g3 h5 26.Qa7 Qe7 27.Re1 Bd2 28.Rd1 Bh6 29.Ne4 Nd4 Kamsky,G-Nunn,J/Monaco 1995/CBM 46 ext/1-0 (45)] 15...Bh6N [15...c6 A) 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.Nb5 (17.Nb3 Be6 18.Nb5 fxe4 19.Nxd6 exf3 20.Rxf3 e4 21.Rf2 Nxb4 22.Nc5 Nd3 23.Nxe6 Qxd6 24.Nxf8 Ng4 25.Bxg4 Bd4 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.Nxg6+ hxg6 28.Qg4 Bxf2+ 29.Kh1 Ne5 30.Qh3+ Kg7 31.Qh6+ Kf6 32.Bd5 e3 33.Bxe3 Bxe3 34.Rf1+ 1-0 Gleizerov,E-Zaitsev,I/Podolsk 1992/EXT 97 (34)) 17...Be6 18.Qc2 Qe7 19.Bd3 Nh5 20.c5 dxc5 21.Qxc5 Qg5 22.Bc4 Nf4 23.g3 Bxc4 24.Qxc4+ Kh8 25.Kh1 Nh5 26.Nb3 Qe7 27.Be3 fxe4 28.Bc5 Qf7 29.Qxf7 Rxf7 30.fxe4 Rxf1+ Chuchelov,V-Nunn,J/Leeuwarden 1995/EXT 97/1-0 (41); B) 16.c5 16...cxd5 17.exd5 Nexd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bc4 Be6 20.Ne4 fxe4 21.Bxd5 Qd7 22.Qb3 Bxd5 23.Qxd5+ Kh8 24.Qxe4 d5 25.Rd1 Rad8 26.Qh4 Qf5 27.Bg5 Rde8 28.Bh6 e4 29.Bxg7+ Kxg7 30.Rb3 Re5 31.Re3 g5 32.Qe1 exf3 33.Qc3 d4 34.Qxd4 Rd8 35.Qxd8 f2+ 36.Kf1 Rxe3 37.Qd7+ 1-0 Bernard,C-David,A/Andorra 1996/CBM 54 ext (37)] 16.Nb3 Bxc1 17.Nxc1?!³
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The Rook belongs on c1 to reinforce the c4-c5 break [17.Rxc1 fxe4 18.fxe4 Qe8=] 17...f4 18.Nd3 g5 19.Nf2 h5 20.h3 Rf7 [20...Ng6 21.Ra1=] 21.c5 Rg7
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There's nothing White can do to stop the thematic g4 break 22.Ra1 Rb8 23.Ra7 Ng6 [23...g4 24.fxg4 hxg4 25.Nxg4 Nxg4 26.hxg4=] 24.Nb5 Nh4 25.Qc2 g4
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White is in trouble now as Black crashes through first 26.hxg4 [26.cxd6? fails to 26...Bxb5 27.Bxb5 gxf3 28.dxc7 Rxc7-+] 26...hxg4 27.fxg4 [27.cxd6 gxf3 28.Ra3 Rxg2+ 29.Kh1 Nh5 30.Rxf3 Qg5 31.Ng4 Qxg4 32.dxc7 Rh2+ 33.Kxh2 Qg2#] 27...Nxg4 [27...Bxg4 28.cxd6 Bxe2 29.Qxe2-+] 28.c6??-+ [¹28.Nxg4 is just about the only chance 28...Bxg4 29.Rf2µ] 28...Ne3 Oops... 29.Qc3 Rg3-+ mouseslip [29...Rxg2+ 30.Kh1 Nf3 31.Bxf3 Qh4+ 32.Nh3 Qxh3#] 30.cxd7 Rxg2+ 31.Kh1 Qg5 32.Bg4 Nxg4-+ 33.Nxg4 Qxg4 34.d8Q+ Rxd8 35.Qh3 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nbd2 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.0-0 d6 8.a4 0-0 9.Re1 a6 [9...e5 10.Nc4 Kh8 11.Nh4 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nf3 f6 14.Nfd2 Be6 15.Ne4 b6 16.Bd2 Qd7 17.a5 Bg8 18.axb6 axb6 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Nc3 Nxc3 21.Bxc3 Rb8 22.Ne3 Nd4 23.b3 Be6 24.Bb2 b5 25.Ba1 Rd8 26.c4 Bh6 27.Bxd4 Qxd4 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 Qc3 30.Re2 b4 ½-½ Schmid,L-Weise,D/Oberursel 1972/MCD (30)] 10.c3N
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Presents Black with a target after Rb8 and b7-b5 [10.Nc4 b6 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bd2 Be6 (12...Rb8 13.Qc1 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Na5 Bg4 16.Nh4 Nxa5 17.Rxa5 Nc6 18.Ra6 Qc8 19.Rxc6 Qxc6 20.h3 Bc8 21.Bh6 Qc7 22.Nf5 Bxh6 23.Qxh6 f6 24.Ne3 Be6 25.f4 Qg7 26.Qh4 g5 27.Qh5 Minin,S-Schumann,B/Chicago 1993/EXT 99/0-1 (52)) 13.Nh4 Qd7 14.f4 exf4 15.gxf4 d5 16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Nc6 19.Bf4 Rae8 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Nf3 Nxe5 22.Rxe5 Bxe5 23.Nxe5 Qd4+ 0-1 Niermann,M-Lau,R/Eupen 1993/CBM 33 ext (23); 10.Nb3 b6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nfxd4 Bb7 13.c3 Ne5 14.Qe2 Rc8 15.Nc2 Rc7 16.Rd1 Nc8 17.Nb4 Nc4 18.Nd2 Nxd2 19.Bxd2 a5 20.Nc2 Rd7 21.Be3 Qc7 22.Na3 Bc6 23.Nb5 Qb7 24.Qc4 Re8 25.Bf4 Bf8 26.Re1 h6 27.Nd4 Rc7 28.Nxc6 Qxc6 29.Qxc6 Rxc6 30.Bf1 Na7 31.Be3 Rb8 32.Rab1 Nc8 33.b4 Ra8 34.Bd2 Bg7 35.e5 axb4 36.Rxb4 Ra7 37.Bb5 ½-½ Giertz,N-Ruf,M/Lenk 1989/EXT 97 (37)] 10...Rb8 11.Nf1 b5 12.d4 [12.axb5 axb5 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bb7=] 12...cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.d5 Nd4² [14...Nb4 15.axb5 Rxb5³] 15.axb5= [15.Nxd4 exd4 16.Kh1 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Qb6=] 15...axb5?!² [15...Nxb5 16.Bd2=] 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.f4 [17.Bf4 b4²] 17...f5?! [17...Re8 18.Bd2²] 18.e5±
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18...dxe5?!± [18...Re8 19.Qb3²] 19.fxe5 Nxd5 20.Qb3
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Opps, there goes the exchange 20...Be6 21.Ra6 Nc7 22.Rxe6 Nxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.Qd5 Qb6 25.Kh1 Rbd8 26.Qf3 Rfe8 27.Bf4 d3 28.Nd2 Rc8+- 29.Qxd3 Red8 30.Qe2 Rc2 31.e6 Re8 32.Qd3 Rxb2 33.e7 Qf2 34.Qe3± Rxd2 35.Qxd2 Qxd2 36.Bxd2 Bf6 37.Bb4 Kg8 38.Bd5+ Kg7 39.Bc6 Rxe7 40.Bxe7 Bxe7 41.Rxe7+ Kf6 42.Rb7 Kg5 43.Rxb5 h5 44.Kg2 Kg4 45.h4 f4 46.Rg5# [46.Bf3#] 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bc5 6.d4 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 c5² [8...Be6 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Ne2 g5 12.c3 h6 13.Ng3 Qd7 14.Ne1 0-0-0 15.Nf5 Rdg8 16.Nc2 Bd8 17.b4 Ne7 18.Nce3 Ng6 19.a4 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Nxh6 Rf8 22.Nhg4 Nf4 23.Nxf6 Rxf6 24.g3 Rfh6 25.gxf4 gxf4 26.Rxf4 Qg7+ 27.Ng2 Rxh2 28.Ra2 Qg3 29.Rf8+ Rxf8 30.Qe2 Qh3 31.Qxe6+ Qxe6 0-1 Steverink,M-Smits,M/Soest 1996/EXT 98 (31); 8...Bg4 9.Be2 h6 (9...Be7 10.Qf4 Be6 11.Qg3 g5 12.0-0-0 c6 13.Nd2 h5 14.Rhf1 Nd7 15.Bd3 Nf8 16.Bf5 Kd7 17.Ne2 Ng6 18.c4 Nh4 19.Bd3 Rc8 20.Kb1 Kc7 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Qf2 Kb8 23.Rc1 Rxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Dabrowska,K-Litinskaya,M/Svetlogorsk 1997/EXT 98/½-½ (47)) 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qf4 Be6 12.Nh4 Nc6 13.Rad1 Be7 14.Nf5 Bg5 15.Qg3 Ne7 16.Bd3 Ng6 17.Ne2 a5 18.Qf3 c5 19.c3 c4 20.Bb1 Qb6 21.Neg3 Nxe5 22.Qf2 Ng6 23.Qc2 Qc7 24.Rf3 Rfe8 25.Nh5 Bxf5 26.Qxf5 Rad8 27.Rdf1 Re7 28.h4 Bxh4 29.Nf4 Qd6 30.Qh5 Nxf4 31.Rxf4 Bf6 32.Bc2 Qe6 33.R1f3 Bg5 34.Rg4 Qe1+ 35.Kh2 Qd2 36.Rfg3 Qxc2 37.Rxg5 hxg5 38.Rh3 f6 39.Qh8+ Kf7 40.Qxd8 Qf5 41.Rf3 Qd7 42.Qxa5 Re1 43.Qb6 Kg6 44.b3 cxb3 45.axb3 g4 46.Rf4 Kg5 47.g3 Qe8 0-1 Dabrowska,K-Chelushkina,I/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (47); 8...Bf5 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 c6 11.Ng5 Bg6 12.a3 Be7 13.Nh3 Nd7 14.Nf4 Bg5 15.Bg4 Re8 16.Qf2 Bxf4 17.Qxf4 Nf8 18.Rf2 Ne6 19.Bxe6 Rxe6 20.Raf1 Qe7 21.Qg4 f6 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Rxf6 Mason,J-Marco,G/Paris 1900/HCL/0-1 (76); 8...Rf8 9.Qd3=] 9.a3= [9.dxc5 Qa5²] 9...Qa5 10.dxc5 Bxc3² [10...Nc6 11.Bb5=] 11.bxc3= [11.Qxc3!? Qxc3+ 12.bxc3²] 11...Nc6 12.Rb1³ [12.c4!? dxc4 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.Nd2=] 12...Qxa3 13.Bb5 0-0 14.Bxc6 bxc6 Opening the b-file gets Black a lot of play 15.0-0 Ba6 16.Rfe1 Qxc5+ 17.Nd4 Rab8 18.Kh1 Bc4³ [18...Rxb1 19.Rxb1 Bc8 20.Qe1³] 19.Nf5 Rxb1 20.Rxb1 Re8 21.Nxg7µ
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That's all folks! [¹21.Nd6!? is the best option White has 21...Ra8 22.Qg5 with a good attack] 21...Rxe5! [I was hoping for 21...Kxg7 22.Qg5+ Kf8 23.Qh6+ Kg8 24.Qg5+ Kf8 25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.Qg5+ Kf8=] 22.Qf4 Qb6!
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23.Rf1??-+ thought I was being clever but... 23...Bxf1! 24.Qg4 [24.Qxe5 Qf2] 24...Be2 25.Qg3 Qb1+ 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Be2 A specialty of FM Lim Hoon Cheng 3...g6 [3...Nf6 4.e5 Ng4 5.b4! was FM Lim Hoon Cheng-FM Ong Chong Ghee, Nat'l Ch (SIP) 1999] 4.c3 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.h3 Nf6 8.Nc3 0-0 9.0-0 e5?!
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Looks reasonable but all Black gets is an inferior version of the King's Indian Main Line Classical [9...d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Be3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Na5 13.Nd2 Be6 14.f4 Rc8 15.Rc1 Qd7 16.Bd3 f5 17.exf6 exf6 18.f5 Bf7 19.fxg6 Bxg6 20.Qc2 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Nc4 22.Nxc4 Rxc4 23.Rf5 Re8 24.Bd2 Rc6 25.Rcf1 Rce6 26.R1f3 Re2 27.Rh5 R8e4 28.Rff5 Qa4 29.Rf1 Qxa2 30.Rd1 a6 31.Kh2 b5 32.Kg3 Qb3 33.Rf1 b4 34.Rhf5 Qa2 35.Rd1 Bh6 36.Rf2 Rxf2 37.Kxf2 bxc3 38.Qxc3 Be3+ 39.Kf3 Bxd4 40.Qc8+ Kf7 41.Qb7+ Re7 42.Qb4 Qc2 43.Qxd4 Qxd1+ 44.Kg3 Qb3+ 45.Kh2 Qc4 46.Qb6 Re2 47.Ba5 Qf4+ 48.Kg1 Qe3+ 49.Qxe3 Rxe3 50.Kf2 Rb3 51.Ke2 Ke6 52.Bd2 d4 53.h4 f5 54.h5 Kd5 55.h6 Ke4 0-1 Poenisch,E-Franke,R/Australia 1988/Megacorr (55)] 10.d5 Ne7
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It's like a Classical KID Mar De Plata with White having played c4-c5 and h2-h3 for free 11.Be3 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Nd2 f5 15.f3 f4 16.Bf2 g5 17.Nc4
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17...Nc5? It's all downhill for Black now... [17...Rf6 18.Qb3±] 18.b4+- Nd7 19.Nxd6 Ng6 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Bxa6 Rb8 23.Nb5 h5 24.Nd6 g4 25.fxg4 hxg4 26.hxg4 Nf6 27.Nf5 Nxg4 28.Qh3+ Kg8 29.Qxg4 Rf7 30.Rc6 Ne7 31.Nh6+ Kf8 32.Nxf7 Kxf7 33.Qe6+ Kf8 34.Rc3 Ra8 35.Bb5 Rc8 36.Rxc8 Nxc8 37.Rc1 Nd6 38.Rc6 Nxb5 39.Rc8 Qxc8 40.Qxc8+ 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 b6 7.a3 Bb7 8.Bd3 d6 9.0-0 Nd7 [9...Be7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Bd2 0-0 12.Qe4 g6 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Nbd2 Rb8 15.Bc2 Nc7 16.Qg4 dxe5 17.dxe5 Nb5 18.Nb3 Nc7 19.Rad1 Nd5 20.h4 Bf8 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.h5 Kg7 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Rfe1 Jezierska,I-Krush,I/Chandler 1997/EXT 99/1-0 (38)] 10.Qe2 [10.Re1 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qc7 13.Bb5+ Bc6 14.Qa4 Rc8 15.Bd2 Qd7 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Qxc6+ Rxc6 18.Nc3 ½-½ Westerinen,H-Bellon Lopez,J/Alicante 1989/TD (18)] 10...Qc7?! 11.Bd2 Be7N [11...Rc8 12.Nc3² (12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 dxe5 14.dxe5 Be7 15.Rac1 Qb8 16.Rfd1 Qa8 17.Bb5 Rd8 18.Bb4 a6 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Rc7 axb5 21.Qxb5 Bd5 22.Qxb6 Qa4 23.Qd6+ Ke8 24.Rd2 h5 25.Nd4 Rh6 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.Rxc6 Rg6 28.Rc7 Rg4 29.b3 Qb5 30.a4 Re4 31.f3 Qb6+ 32.Qxb6 Nxb6 33.Rxd8+ Kxd8 34.Rxf7 Rxe5 35.Rxg7 Nd5 36.Kf2 Nb4 37.Kg3 Re3 38.Rb7 Rxb3 39.Kh4 Kc8 40.Rb5 Rb2 41.Kxh5 Rxg2 42.Rxb4 Rxh2+ 43.Kg5 Rf2 44.f4 Kd7 45.Kf6 Kd6 1-0 Stepovoj,V-Kochetov,D/Moscow 1998/EXT 99 (45); 12.Re1 dxe5 13.dxe5 Be7 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 0-0 16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Bb1 Nf8 18.Bd2 Qd7 19.Be3 Qa4 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Qg4 23.Be3 g5 24.h3 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Qxf3 26.gxf3 Kg7 27.f4 gxf4 28.Bxf4 Ng6 29.Be3 Bc5 30.Bxc5 bxc5 31.Kg2 Nxe5 32.b3 Nc6 33.Bc2 Nd4 34.Bd1 a5 35.Kg3 e5 36.f4 Kf6 37.fxe5+ Kxe5 38.Kg4 f5+ 39.Kg5 f4 40.Kh6 f3 41.Bxf3 Nxf3 0-1 Rodemann,E-Schaefer,M/Wiesbaden 1994/GER (41)) ] 12.Nc3= [12.Rc1 Qd8² (12...Qd8 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.Rxc3 Rc8 15.Rac1 Rxc3 16.Rxc3 0-0 17.exd6 Bxd6 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Be7 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qh6 Qd4 22.Bf1 Bc5 ½-½ Maric,M-Bojkovic,N/Belgrade 1990/TD (22)) ] 12...Nxc3 13.bxc3³ [13.Bxc3!? deserves consideration 13...dxe5 14.dxe5=] 13...0-0= [13...dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5³] 14.exd6 Bxd6 15.h3 Bf4!
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Picked this up from one of my ongoing correspondence games [15...Rad8 16.Kh1=] 16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.Ne5?!³
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The resulting pawn structure is just lost for White [17.Qe3!? Qd6 18.Rfd1=] 17...Nxe5 18.dxe5 Rac8 19.Rac1µ [19.c4 Rfd8³] 19...Rc5 20.Rfe1 Rfc8 21.Qe3 [21.Ba6 Bxa6 22.Qxa6 R8c7µ] 21...Qxe3 22.Rxe3 Bd5 23.Be2 Ra5 24.c4 Rac5 25.Rec3 b5 26.cxd5-+ Rxc3 27.Rxc3 Rxc3 28.d6 Rc5 29.f4-+ Kf8 30.Kf2 a5 31.Ke1 Rd5 32.Bf3 Rd4 33.Bc6 b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.g3 b3 36.Ba4 Rxa4 0-1