(1) Pedersen,Christian Kyndel (2406) - Schandorff,Lars (2520) [C96] Danish league, 11.11.2007 [Schandorff, Lars] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 d5!? 11.¤xe5 dxe4 12.d4 [12.b4 ¥d6 ; 12.¥xe4 ¤xe4 13.¦xe4 ¥b7© ] 12...exd3 [12...c5 with transposition to other lines.] 13.£xd3 £xd3 14.¤xd3 [14.¥xd3 ¦e8³ ] 14...¦e8 [14...¥d6 15.¥f4 ¥xf4 16.¤xf4 ¤c4 17.b3 ¤d6 ] 15.a4!„ ¥b7 [15...¥e6 16.axb5 axb5 17.¤f4 ¥d7 18.¤d2 ¥d6 19.¦xe8+ ¦xe8 20.¤f3 ¤c4³ ; 15...¥f5?! 16.axb5 axb5 17.b4 (17.¦e5 ¤c4 18.¦xa8 ¤xe5 19.¦xe8+ ¤xe8 20.¤xe5 ¥xc2³ ) 17...¤c6 18.¦xa8 ¦xa8 19.¤a3² ] 16.axb5 axb5 17.¥g5 ¥d6 18.¦xe8+ [18.¥xf6 ¦xe1+ 19.¤xe1 gxf6 20.¤d2 ] 18...¤xe8 19.¤d2 ¤c6 1/2-1/2

(2) Adams,Michael (2729) - Carlsen,Magnus (2714) [C96] World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (4.2), 04.12.2007 [Schandorff, Lars] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 d5 11.exd5 e4 12.¥xe4 ¤xe4 13.¦xe4 A pawn is a pawn. Adams had lost the first game and now at least gets some winning chances. 13...¥b7 14.d4 ¦e8 [14...¥xd5 ] 15.¥f4 ¤c4 16.¦e2 ¥xd5 [16...£xd5 With perfect centralisation. 17.¥xc7?! £d7 18.¥g3 ¥xf3 19.gxf3 £xh3 ] 17.¤e5 ¥g5! 18.¥g3 [18.¥xg5?! £xg5 Threatening mate on g2.] 18...¤xe5 19.¦xe5 ¦xe5 [19...¥f6 20.¦xe8+ £xe8 21.¤d2 c5 22.dxc5 £c6 23.£g4! £xc5 (23...¥xg2 24.f3 ) 24.¤e4 And White still has the pawn.] 20.¥xe5 £d7 21.¤a3 [21.a4 ] 21...f6 [21...¦e8 ] 22.¥g3 £c6 [22...¦e8 23.¤c2 a5 24.¤e1 £f7 25.b3 c6 26.¤f3 ¥h6© ] 23.f4 ¥h6 24.£d2 g6 [24...f5 ] 25.¤c2 ¥f8 26.f5! ¦e8 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.¦c1 ¦e4 [28...¥xa2 29.¤b4 ¥xb4 30.cxb4 £e4 31.¦xc7 ] 29.b3 £e6 30.¦e1 c6 31.¢h2 a5 32.£d3 f5 33.¥e5 a4 34.£g3 ¦xe1 35.¤xe1 ¥e4 [35...axb3 36.axb3 ¥xb3 37.¤d3 Gives White a dangerous initiative.] 36.¤f3 ¥xf3 37.£xf3 axb3 38.axb3 ¥e7 39.¢g1 ¢f7 White has good winning chances of course, but still it is not easy to break through. 40.¢f2 ¢e8 41.£e2 ¢f7 [41...£xb3 42.¥d6 £f7 43.¢g3! ¢d7 44.£xe7+ £xe7 45.¥xe7 ¢xe7 46.¢f4 ¢f6 47.h4+- ¢e6 48.¢g5 ¢f7 49.g3 ¢g7 50.h5 gxh5 51.¢xf5 ¢h6 52.¢f6 ¢h7 53.¢g5 ] 42.c4 bxc4 43.bxc4 ¥h4+ 44.¢f1 ¥e7 45.¢e1 ¥b4+ 46.¢d1 ¥e7 47.¢d2 ¥b4+ 48.¢d3 ¥e7 49.£e3 ¢e8 50.£h6 ¢d7 51.£h8 ¥d8 52.£g7+ ¥e7 53.¢c3 ¢e8 54.£h8+ ¢d7 55.£b8 ¥d8 56.¢b3 ¥e7 57.£b6 ¢e8 58.£b8+ ¢f7 59.¢c3 £d7 60.£h8 £e6 61.h4 ¥f8 62.g3 ¥e7 63.c5 ¥f8 64.¢b4 ¥e7 65.h5 gxh5 66.£xh5+ ¢f8 67.£h8+ ¢f7 68.£h1 ¢e8 69.£f3 ¢d7 70.£d3 ¥f8 71.¢c3 ¥e7 72.£b1 ¢e8 73.£b7 ¥d8 74.¢b4 ¥e7 75.£a8+ ¢d7 76.£a7+ ¢e8 77.£a6 ¢d7 78.£a8? Allowing a trick. 78...¥xc5+! 79.dxc5 [79.¢xc5 £d5+ 80.¢b6 (80.¢b4? c5+ ) 80...£b3+ 81.¢a7 £a3+ 82.¢b8 £f8+ 83.¢b7 £b4+= ] 79...£xe5 80.£b7+ £c7 81.£xc7+ ¢xc7 82.¢c4 ¢d7 83.¢d3 1/2-1/2

(3) Guliyev,Namig (2560) - Fressinet,Laurent (2654) [C96] ch-Euro Blitz Ajaccio FRA (24), 26.10.2007 [Schandorff, Lars] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 d5 11.exd5 e4 12.¤g5 ¤xd5 13.¤xe4 f5 14.¤g3 f4 15.¤e4 f3 16.d4 fxg2 17.£h5 g6 18.£h6 ¦f5! Threatening ...¦h5. 19.¤g3 ¥f8 20.£d2 ¦f7 21.b3? [21.¥e4 ] 21...¤f4! With a great attack. 22.¤e4 ¤xh3+ 23.¢xg2 £d7 24.£e3 ¥b7 25.f3 ¤f4+ 26.¢g1 £h3 27.£f2 £h5 28.¥xf4 ¦xf4 29.¤bd2 ¥g7 30.£g3 ¦af8 31.¢g2 £d5 32.¤g5 b4 33.¤e6 ¦xf3 34.¤xf3 ¦xf3 35.£h4 ¦g3+ 36.¢xg3 £f3+ 0-1

(4) Kuznetsov,Viktor2 (2448) - Gajewski,Grzegorz (2556) [C96] Pardubice Czech open GMA Pardubice (3), 22.07.2007 [Schandorff, Lars] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 d5 11.exd5 e4 12.¤g5 ¤xd5 13.¤xe4 f5 14.¤g3 f4 15.¤e4 f3 16.d4 fxg2 17.¤g3 £d6 18.¥e4 ¥b7!? [18...c6 ] 19.¤f5 ¦xf5 20.¥xf5 ¦f8© 21.¦e6 [21.£c2 ¢h8 ] 21...¦xf5!? Black was in the mood for sacrificing! 22.¦xd6 ¥xd6 23.a4 [23.£g4 ¦f6 ] 23...¥g3 Spectacular till the end. 24.f3 [24.fxg3 ¦f1+ 25.£xf1 gxf1£+ 26.¢xf1 ¤b3 27.¦a3 ¤xc1 ] 24...¥f4 25.axb5 ¥xc1 26.¦xa5? [26.£xc1 ¦xf3 27.bxa6! puts a question mark against Black's whole idea. 27...¥a8 28.£g5 ¦f1+ 29.¢xg2 ¤e3+ 30.¢h2 ¦f2+ 31.¢g3 ] 26...¤f4 27.£e1 ¥xf3 Now Black wins in style. 28.bxa6 ¤xh3+ 29.¢h2 ¥f4+ 30.¢xh3 g1¤+ 31.£xg1 ¦xa5 0-1

(5) Wang Hao (2624) - Jones,Gawain C (2526) [C96] UK-CHN Liverpool (3), 06.09.2007 [Schandorff, Lars] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 d5 11.exd5 e4 12.¤g5 ¤xd5 13.¤xe4 f5 14.¤g3 f4 15.¤e4 f3 16.d4 fxg2 17.¤g3 £d6 18.£d3 g6 19.¤e4 [19.¢xg2 ¥h4© ] 19...£e6 20.¥h6 [20.£g3 £xh3 21.£xg2 £xg2+ 22.¢xg2= was the safe option.] 20...¤f4 21.¥xf4 ¦xf4 22.¤bd2 £f7 Black keeps the tension. All three results are possible. [22...£xh3 23.¤f6+ ¥xf6 24.¦e8+ ¢g7 25.£xh3 ¥xh3 26.¦xa8 ¥h4 27.¢h2 ¥xf2 28.¢xh3 g1£ 29.¦xg1 ¥xg1 30.¦xa6 ¦f2 and the complications probably end in a draw.] 23.a4 ¥h4 [23...b4!? ] 24.axb5 ¥b7 The d5-variation seems to inspire Black players to be very creative. The young Englishman finds a deep combination that uses the fact that f2 is not that well defended. 25.¦xa5 ¦xe4 26.¤xe4 ¥xe4 27.£e3 ¥xc2 28.bxa6 ¥e4 29.a7 It is very unclear but maybe in some kind of balance. At least the opening duel is over! 29...¦f8 30.f4 ¥d5 31.¦e2 £f5 32.¦a1 ¥g5 33.£e5 ¥xf4 34.£xf5 gxf5 35.c4 ¥f3 36.¦xg2+ ¥xg2 37.¢xg2 ¦a8 38.¢f3 ¥h6 39.b4 ¢f7 40.d5 ¥d2 41.¦a4 f4 42.c5 ¥e3 43.¦a6 ¢e8 44.h4 h5 45.¢e4 ¢d8 46.d6 cxd6 47.cxd6 ¢c8 48.¢f3 ¥xa7 49.¦a5 ¢b7 50.¢xf4 ¦h8 51.¢g5 ¥b6 52.¦f5 ¢c6 53.¢g6 ¦g8+ 54.¢f7 ¦g4 55.¦xh5 ¦xb4 56.¦h6 ¢d7 57.h5 ¦h4 58.¢g6 ¦h1 59.¢f5 ¥e3 60.¦h8 ¥d4 61.¦h6 ¥e3 62.¦h8 ¢xd6 63.¢g4 ¢e7 64.¦a8 ¦g1+ 65.¢f3 ¥g5 66.¦a7+ ¢f8 67.¦a6 ¥e7 68.¦a5 ¢g7 69.¢f2 ¦c1 70.¦a7 ¢f6 71.¢f3 ¦c5 72.h6 ¦h5 73.¢g4 ¦h1 74.¦a6+ ¢f7 75.¢f5 ¦f1+ 76.¢g4 ¥f6 77.¦a3 ¢g6 78.¦h3 ¢h7 79.¦h2 ¦g1+ 80.¢f3 ¦g6 81.¢e4 ¥g5 82.¦g2 ¢xh6 83.¦h2+ ¢g7 84.¦g2 ¢f6 85.¦a2 ¢f7 86.¦g2 ¦e6+ 87.¢d5 ¥f6 88.¦a2 ¦e5+ 89.¢c4 ¢e6 90.¦a6+ ¢f5 91.¦b6 ¦e8 92.¢d5 ¦e1 93.¢c4 ¥e5 94.¢d3 ¦d1+ 95.¢e2 ¦d4 96.¦b3 ¦h4 97.¢d3 ¦h8 98.¦b1 ¦d8+ 99.¢c4 ¦d2 100.¦f1+ ¢e6 101.¦b1 ¢d6 102.¦b6+ ¢c7 103.¦g6 ¥d6 104.¦g8 ¢d7 1/2-1/2

(6) Kotronias,Vasilios (2614) - Mastrovasilis,Athanasios (2529) [C96] GRE-ch Igoumenitsa (1), 01.12.2007 [Schandorff, Lars] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 d5 11.d4 dxe4 12.¤xe5 c5 13.¥e3 ¥b7 14.¤d2 £d5 [14...£c7?! 15.¥f4 ; 14...¦c8 15.£b1 cxd4 (15...£d5 16.¤g4 ) 16.¥xd4 ¥c5 17.¤xe4 ¥xd4 18.cxd4 ¦xc2 19.£xc2 ¥xe4 20.¦xe4 ¤xe4 21.£xe4± ; 14...¦e8!? ] 15.¤g4! The fine point. The knights are exchanged and Black has problems with his e4-pawn. 15...cxd4 [15...¤xg4 16.hxg4 ] 16.¥xd4 e3 It was doomed anyway. 17.¤xe3 £c6 18.¤f3 White is a clear pawn up. 18...¦ae8 19.£d3 g6 20.¤e5 £d6 21.¤f5 gxf5 22.£xf5 £d5 23.£g5+ ¢h8 24.¥e4 £xd4 25.cxd4 ¤xe4 26.£f5 ¥b4 27.¦xe4 ¥xe4 28.£xe4 f6 29.d5 ¤c4 30.¤f7+ ¢g7 31.£d4 ¢xf7 32.b3 ¦c8 33.bxc4 bxc4 34.¦c1 ¥d6 35.¦xc4 ¦fe8 36.g4 1-0

(7) Volokitin,Andrei (2678) - Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2635) [C96] ETCC Crete GRE (8), 05.11.2007 [Schandorff, Lars] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 d5 11.d4 dxe4 12.¤xe5 c5 13.¥g5 ¥b7 14.dxc5 £c7! 15.¥xf6 ¦ad8! [Not 15...¥xf6? 16.¤d7 ] 16.£e2 ¥xf6 17.¤g4 [Safer was 17.c6!? ¤xc6 18.¤xc6 ¥xc6 19.¤d2 ] 17...¥g5 18.¤e3 f5 Black has strong bishops and dynamic pawns. He is already much better. 19.b4 f4! 20.¤f1 [20.bxa5? fxe3 21.fxe3 £xc5 and White's position is a mess.] 20...f3! 21.gxf3 e3! Black boldly sacrifices both pawns and seriously damages White's king's position. Every Black move contains a threat that is so strong that White never has time to take the knight on a5. 22.fxe3 ¦xf3 23.e4 [23.bxa5 ¦g3+ ] 23...¦df8 24.£g2 [24.bxa5 £xc5+ 25.¢h1 ¦xh3+ 26.¢g2 ¥c8 with a decisive attack.] 24...¥h4 25.¤bd2 ¦xc3 26.¦ec1 ¥c8! Strong play till the end. Finally White has had enough and takes the knight. 27.bxa5 £xc5+ 28.¢h1 ¦f2 Everything falls. 29.¥b3+ [29.£g1 ¦xh3+ 30.¤h2 ¦hxh2+ 31.£xh2 ¦xh2+ 32.¢xh2 £f2+ 33.¢h1 ¥h3 ] 29...¢h8 30.¦xc3 £xc3 31.£xf2 ¥xf2 32.¦d1 ¥xh3 33.¤h2 £g3 0-1

(8) Charbonneau,Pascal (2503) - Benjamin,Joel (2576) [C96] USCL 2007 ICC INT (10), 31.10.2007 [Schandorff, Lars] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 d5 11.d4 dxe4 12.¤xe5 ¥b7 13.¥g5 c5 14.¤d2 cxd4 15.cxd4 ¦e8 16.¥xf6 ¥xf6 17.¤xe4 ¥xe5 18.dxe5 ¦xe5= 19.b4 ¤c6 20.¤c5!? [20.£xd8+ ¦xd8 21.¦ed1 ¤d4 22.¤c5 ¥c6 ] 20...£xd1 21.¦axd1 ¦xe1+ 22.¦xe1 ¤xb4 23.¥b3 ¥c6 24.¦d1 a5 [24...¥e8! 25.a3 ¤c6 and Black is a pawn up.] 25.a3 a4 26.axb4 axb3 27.¤xb3 ¢f8 28.¦c1 ¥e8 29.¤d4 [29.¤a5 ¦d8 ] 29...¦a4 30.¦c8 ¦xb4 31.¤f5 ¦c4 32.¦b8 ¦c6! 33.¤xg7 ¢xg7 34.¦xe8 ¦b6 Rook behind passed pawn. 35.f4 b4 36.¢f2 b3 37.¦e1 b2 38.¦b1 ¦b3 39.¢e1 ¢g6 40.¢d1 ¢f5 41.¢c2 ¦b7 42.g3 ¢e4 43.¦e1+ ¢f3 44.¢b1 ¢xg3 45.f5 h5 46.f6 ¦b6 47.¦e3+ ¢f4 48.¦c3 ¢g5 49.¦c5+ ¢h4 50.¦f5 ¦b3 51.¦e5 ¦b6 52.¦f5 ¢xh3 53.¦xh5+ ¢g4 54.¦h7 ¦b7 55.¦h2 ¢f5 56.¦f2+ ¢e5 57.¦f1 ¦b5 58.¦f2 ¦b6 59.¦f1 ¦b4 60.¦f2 ¦b5 61.¦f1 ¦b6 62.¦f2 ¦xf6 63.¦e2+ ¢d4 64.¢xb2 ¢d3 65.¦e7 ¦f2+ 66.¢b3 f5 67.¦d7+ ¢e3 68.¢c3 f4 69.¦e7+ ¢f3 70.¢d3 ¦a2 71.¦f7 ¦a8 72.¢d2 ¦e8 73.¦f6 ¢g3 74.¦f7 f3 75.¦g7+ ¢f2 76.¦f7 ¦d8+ 77.¢c2 ¢g2 78.¦g7+ ¢f1 79.¦f7 f2 80.¦f6 ¦g8 0-1

(9) Dominguez,Lenier (2683) - Carlsen,Magnus (2714) [C96] World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.1), 30.11.2007 [Schandorff, Lars] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 d5 11.d4 dxe4 12.¤xe5 c5 13.¥g5 ¥b7 14.¤d2 cxd4 15.cxd4 ¦e8 16.¤b3 ¤xb3 17.¥xb3 ¤d5 [17...¥d5 18.¦c1 ] 18.¥xe7 ¦xe7= 19.¦c1 [19.£h5 ; 19.¦xe4?! f6 ] 19...¤f4 [19...a5!? ] 20.£g4 ¤g6 [20...£xd4? 21.¤xf7!+- ] 21.£f5 ¤xe5 22.dxe5 £f8 [22...£e8 23.¦c5 ¦d8 saves a tempo.] 23.¦c5 ¦d8 24.¦ec1 £e8 White has some pressure, but it is not easy to get anything tangible. 25.¦c7 h6 26.¦1c5 ¦xc7 27.¦xc7 ¥d5 With simplifications. 28.¥xd5 ¦xd5 29.¦c8 ¦d8 30.¦c7 ¦d1+ 31.¢h2 ¦d5 32.¦c8 ¦d8 33.¦xd8 £xd8 34.£xe4 £d2 35.£a8+ ¢h7 36.£e4+ ¢g8 37.f4 £xb2 38.e6 fxe6 39.£xe6+ ¢h7 40.£e4+ ¢h8 41.£a8+ ¢h7 42.£xa6 £d4 43.£xb5 £xf4+ 44.¢g1 £d4+ 45.¢h2 1/2-1/2

(10) Shirov,Alexei (2739) - Leko,Peter (2755) [C96] World Blitz Moscow RUS (19), 21.11.2007 [Schandorff, Lars] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 d5 11.d3!? dxe4 12.dxe4 £xd1 13.¦xd1 ¥b7 14.¤bd2 ¥d6 The position is completely equal, but it is a blitz game so there is no reason to stop and take the draw. 15.a4 ¤c6 [15...b4 16.cxb4 ¤c6 ] 16.¤b3 ¤e7 17.¦e1 ¦ab8 18.axb5 axb5 19.¥e3 ¤d7 20.¤a5 ¥a8 21.b4 White is a bit better. 21...h6 22.¦ed1 ¤f6 23.¤d2 ¦fd8 24.f3 ¤g6 25.¤db3 ¤f4 26.¦d2 ¤e6 27.¦ad1 ¦e8 28.¥d3! Suddenly it is serious. The threat is ¥a7. Only move is c6 but it shuts the bishop on a8 out of play. 28...¤h5 29.¥a7 ¦bc8 30.¥xb5+- ¦f8 31.¥d7 ¦cd8 32.¥xe6 fxe6 33.¥c5 ¤f4 34.¢h2 ¦c8 35.¤c4 ¥xc5 36.¤xc5 ¤g6 37.¤xe6 ¦fe8 38.¦d8 ¦exd8 39.¦xd8+ ¦xd8 40.¤xd8 ¤f4 41.¤xe5 ¤e2 42.c4 ¤d4 43.b5 ¢f8 44.¤dc6 ¤e2 45.¤b4 ¢e8 46.g3 ¥b7 47.¢g2 ¥c8 48.¢f2 ¤d4 49.¢e3 ¤b3 50.h4 ¤c5 51.¤d5 ¢d8 52.f4 ¤b3 53.f5 ¤c5 54.g4 ¤a4 55.g5 hxg5 56.hxg5 ¤c5 57.f6 gxf6 58.gxf6 ¤e6 59.¤c6+ ¢d7 60.e5 ¥b7 61.¤d4 ¤f8 62.¢e4 ¥c8 63.¤f4 ¤h7 64.e6+ ¢d6 65.f7 ¤g5+ 66.¢e3 ¥xe6 67.f8£+ 1-0