TWIC THEORY

Tuesday 5th April, 2005

BATTLING ON IN THE
KING’S GAMBIT:

NEW IDEAS IN THE

KIESERITZKY

By IM Bernd Rechel

Bernd Rechel is an International Master with a current rating of 2408.

He qualified for the title in 2001 and is currently playing for Wood Green in the 4NCL and
for Hofheim in the German Bundesliga. Bernd has played the King’s Gambit for many
years, with many exciting wins and very few losses.

He is 35 years old and has been living in London since 2001 with his wife and one
daughter.

Spassky,Boris V (2551) - Fressinet,Laurent (2575) [C39]

Paris Paris (2.2), 06.04.2001

In the 1990s, the King's Gambit has experienced a remarkable renaissance. Thanks to such
pioneers as Joe Gallagher, a number of strong grandmasters have occasionally taken up this
opening, including Morozevich, Grischuk, Short and Nunn. Alexei Fedorov, a grandmaster above
the Elo 2600 threshold, even used the King's Gambit consistenly in his practice. Some people at
the time went so far as to suggest that 2.f4 would have been a suitable weapon for Kasparov to
avoid the "Berlin wall" in his match against Kramnik in 2000. The hearts of King's Gambit fans
lept when Alexei Fedorov was invited to the tournament in Wijk aan Zee in 2001. Finally
someone would dare to take on the strongest players in the world with this romantic opening!
Against Anand in round 4, Fedorov had the first chance to play the King's Gambit. However,
Anand easily equalised in a line of the Kieseritzky Gambit. In round 6, things got even worse,
when Fedorov's King's Gambit was convincingly crushed by Ivanchuk. When Fedorov was
confronted with 1...e5 by Kramnik in a later round, he did not dare to move his f-pawn again and
has only played the gambit sporadically since. Many other grandmasters also have stopped
toying with this opening.
Are we standing again at the "Sickbed of the King's Gambit", as Rudolf Spielmann's famous
article in 1924 was titled? I think the jury is still out. It is true that Black's play has been vastly
improved over recent years, but many alternatives for White have still to be tested in practice.
Brave volunteers needed!

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5

3...g5 is the most principled reply to the King's Gambit. It has been chosen in recent years by
Anand, Ivanchuk, Shirov and Adams.

4.h4

4.Bc4 is the principal alternative to 4.h4. The disadvantage of this move is that Black will be able
to consolidate his pawn chain with Bg7 and h6. According to Gallagher, the best White can hope
for is an equal game.

4...g4 5.Ne5

The Kieseritzky Gambit, "heart and soul of the King's Gambit" (Gallagher), has developed into the
main theoretical battlefield of this opening.

The Allgaier Gambit 5.Ng5?! h6! 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 does not offer White enough for the piece, but can
be a tricky choice in practical play.

5...Nf6

The Berlin Defence.

5...d6 will be considered in the following games. White does not need to be afraid of the
alternatives 5...h5 (the "long whip"), 5...Bg7, 5...d5, 5...Qe7 or 5...Nc6.

6.d4

The more aggressive 6.Bc4 is considered playable by Gallagher, but has not featured
prominently in games of strong players. Possible is now 6...d5 7.exd5 Bd6 (The alternative
7...Bg7 may be stronger.) 8.d4 Nh5 (8...0–0 9.Bxf4!? Nh5 10.g3 f6 11.Nxg4 Qe8+ 12.Kd2 Nxf4
13.gxf4 Bxf4+ 14.Kc3+/- is given by both Gallagher and McDonald.) 9.Bb5+!? c6 10.dxc6 bxc6
11.Bc4 Bxe5 12.dxe5 with equal chances according to Gallagher.
6...d6 7.Nd3 Nc6!?

Until recently, 7...Nxe4 was almost played automatically. After 8.Bxf4 Bg7 (8...Qe7 used to be
the old main variation, but after Gallagher's 9.Be2!? (also possible is 9.Qe2 ) 9...Bg7 White has
good chances, for example 10.Nc3!? Bxd4 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.c3 Be6 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.cxd4 Bxd5
15.Nb4 Nf6 16.Bg5 Bxg2 17.Rh2 with a total mess, Henris-Goossens, Charleroi 1994) 9.c3
(Bangiev recommends 9.Qe2!? Qe7 10.c3; or 9.Be2!? h5 10.Nc3) 9...0–0 10.Nd2 Re8 11.Nxe4
Rxe4+ 12.Be2 (12.Kf2 c5!‚) 12...g3 13.Kd2 c5 14.Bg5 and in this unclear position, I would prefer
the White pieces, as in the game Rechel-Wortel, Groningen 1998;

7...Nh5!? is another move that has been discovered in recent years and will be considered in the
next game.;

7...f3 has been played in Spassky-Xie Jun, Monaco 1994, but does not appear to be critical. In
his 1996 book on the King's Gambit, Bangiev recommends the reply 8.Nc3!? Nc6 9.Bg5 (9.Be3!?)
9...h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.N3f4 with initiative.

8.c3

8.d5 is the main alternative. After 8...Ne5 9.Bxf4 Ng6! (Weaker was 9...Qe7?! 10.Nc3 h5 as in
Hartmann-Bettermann, corr 1990. With 11.Nxe5! dxe5 12.Bg5 White could have achieved a clear
plus.) 10.Nc3 (10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.h5 Ne5 13.Nc3 deserves attention.) 10...Nxf4 11.Nxf4
Bh6!? 12.Bb5+ c6! (but not 12...Bd7 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.0–0 and White is fine) 13.dxc6 0–0
14.cxb7 Bxb7 15.Nfd5 Bxd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qb6 18.Qf5 d5! with compensation followed
in Rechel-Ibragimov, 2.BLO 2000/2001

8...Nxe4 9.Bxf4 d5 10.Be2!?N

An improvement over 10.Nd2?! Bd6 11.Ne5 0–0 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qc2 Qf6 14.Bg5 (14.Qxe4 Bf5
15.Qe3 Rae8-/+) 14...Qf5 15.Nxc6 Bg3+ 16.Kd1 bxc6 17.Bc4 Bf2 18.Qe2 Be6 19.Rf1 g3-/+
Fedorov-Ivanchuk, Wijk aan Zee 2001

10...h5 11.Qc1 Bd6

Fritz suggests 11...Ne7!? directed against Qe3, but after 12.Nd2 Nf5 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Ne5 White
seems to be OK.

12.Qe3 Bf5 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.Nxe4 Qxe4 15.Kd2 0–0–0 16.Bxd6 Qxe3+ 17.Kxe3 Rxd6 18.Nf4
Ne7 19.Bd3

A typical King's Gambit endgame has arisen: in view of the poor Black pawn structure on the
kingside, White has good compensation for the pawn, but nothing more.

19...Kd7 20.Raf1 Rhh6 21.g3 Bxd3 22.Kxd3 c6 23.Rh2 ½–½

Shabalov,Alexander (2566) - Smagin,Sergey (2583) [C39]

Bad Wiessee (5), 27.10.1999

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.d4 d6 7.Nd3 Nh5!?N
A very interesting and potentially strong novelty. Instead of capturing the central pawn e4, Black
moves his knight to the edge to protect the doomed pawn f4. The idea of this at first non-sensical
move is to contest White's usual control of the black squares and to disrupt his development.
Perhaps because of the outcome of this game, 7...Nh5 has been repeated only once - we should
see more of it in the future.

8.Bxf4

After 8.Nxf4!? Ng3 is unpleasant, but perhaps this is how White should continue. After 9.Rh2
Be7 10.Qd3! (10.Nd5? Bxh4 11.Rxh4 Qxh4 12.Nxc7+ Ke7 13.Nxa8 Nxe4+ and Black wins.)
10...Bxh4 11.Kd1 an unclear position arises, in which White should have some compensation for
his material disadvantage in his pawn centre and the weaknesses of Black's kingside. Practical
tests are needed to evaluate this position.

8...Bg7 9.c3

9.Nc3?! Bxd4 10.Qd2 Nxf4 11.Nxf4 does not offer White enough play for the pawn.

9...0–0 10.Nd2 f5
11.exf5?

11.Qb3+ Kh8 12.exf5 Qe8+ 13.Kd1 Bxf5 14.g3 Nc6 15.Qxb7 Nxf4 16.gxf4 g3 17.Bg2 (17.Be2!?)
17...Qe3 (17...Nxd4!?) 18.Qxc6 Qxd3 19.Be4 Bg4+? (19...Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxe4 21.Nxe4 g2–+)
20.Kc1 Qe3 unclear Nimtz-Oppitz, Oberliga 2000;

11.g3!? is an interesting alternative to the text move. After 11...fxe4 12.Nxe4 Re8 13.Bg2 d5
14.Qb3 White is on the verge of losing his knight on e4, but is about to complete his development
and to turn his attention to the vulnerable position of the black king. A possible continuation is
14...Kh8 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.Bxe5+ Rxe5 17.dxe5 dxe4 18.Qf7! Nxg3 19.Rd1 Bd7 20.e6 Nxh1 21.e7
Qg8 22.Qf6+ Qg7 23.Qf8+ with perpetual check.

11...Qe8+ 12.Kf2 Bxf5

White is already in great trouble.

13.g3 Qg6 14.Nc4?

Now White is lost, but in any case Black has a devastating attack.

14...Nc6

14...Qf7! 15.b3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Nxf4 17.gxf4 Qxf4+–+ would have won on the spot.

15.Kg1 Be4 16.Rh2 Nxg3! 17.Qb3

17.Bxg3 Rxf1+ 18.Qxf1 Bxd3 19.h5 Bxf1 20.hxg6 Bxc4 21.gxh7+ Kh8–+

17...d5?

17...Bxd4+! 18.cxd4 Nxd4–+ is curtains.

18.Bxg3 Bxd3 19.Nd2 Bxf1 20.Qxd5+ Kh8 21.Rxf1 Qd3 22.Rg2?

22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Rg2+/=

22...Rxf1+ 23.Nxf1 Rf8?

23...Nxd4!-/+

24.Rf2 Re8 25.Qd7 Qe4 26.Rf7

26.Be5!+-

26...Re7 27.Qc8+ Re8 28.Qxc7 Ne7 29.Qd7 Nd5 30.Rxg7 1–0

To play the King's Gambit, a certain degree of luck is often required!

Fedorov,Alexei (2575) - Anand,Viswanathan (2790) [C39]

Corus Wijk aan Zee (4), 17.01.2001

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6

This move has emerged as one of the major modern responses to the Kieseritzky Gambit. Black
returns the gambit pawn immediately in order to quickly develop his pieces.
6.Nxg4

Bangiev also mentions the yet untested 6.Nd3!? although it is difficult to gain confidence in this
move.

6...Nf6

6...Be7 is not dangerous. One possible continuation is 7.d3!? (7.d4 Bxh4+ 8.Nf2 Qg5 9.Qf3 Nc6
10.Qxf4 Bxf2+ 11.Kxf2 Qxf4+ 12.Bxf4 Nxd4 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Nb5 Nxb5 15.Bxb5+ with
compensation) 7...Bxh4+ 8.Nf2 Qg5 9.Qf3 Bg3 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Ne2 Nb4!? 12.Kd1 Nxc2 13.Kxc2
Qc5+ 14.Kd1 Bxf2 15.Bxf4 with compensation (Gallagher)

7.Nxf6+

The alternative 7.Nf2 will be considered in the next game.

7...Qxf6 8.Nc3 Nc6!

Considerably stronger than 8...Be6 or 8...c6 which had been played previously. Now Qe2 or Qf3
runs into Nd4.

9.Nd5

The pawn sacrifice 9.d4?! has been played twice by J. Hector: 9...Qxd4 10.Bxf4 (10.Qf3 Bh6
11.Nd5 Nb4! 12.Nxb4 Qxb4+ 13.c3 Qc5 14.g3 (14.g4!?) 14...Rg8 15.gxf4 Bg4 16.Qf2 Qc6
17.Bg2 Bf5-/+ Hector-Nielsen, Copenhagen 1995) 10...Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxe2
13.Kxe2 Bg7 14.Nd5 (14.Rdf1?! Nd4+ 15.Kd3 Ne6 16.Be3 Rg8=/+ Hector-Nielsen, Middelfart
2003) 14...0–0–0 15.c3 Rde8 16.Kd3 with a roughly equal position.;

9.Bb5 might offer more than the text move: 9...a6 (9...Kd8!? possibly to pre-empt an improvement
for White on the next move. 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.d3 Rg8 12.Qf3 Bh6 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.Ne2 Rxb2
15.Bxb2 Qxb2 16.0–0 Qxc2 17.Nxf4 Qxf2+ draw, Fedorov-Carlsen, Dubai op 2004.) 10.Bxc6+
(10.Nd5!? (if this idea holds, it would improve White's play considerably) 10...Qg6 11.0–0! axb5
12.Nxc7+ Kd8 13.Nxa8 Bg4 14.Qe1 Nd4 15.d3+/- Gommers-Geenen, BEL-chT 2003) 10...bxc6
11.Qf3 Rg8 12.d3 Bh6 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.Ne2 Rxb2! 15.Bxb2 Qxb2 16.0–0 Qxc2 17.Rac1 Qxa2
18.Nd4 (18.Rxc6!?) 18...Qxf2+ 19.Kxf2 unclear Short-Shirov, Las Vegas 1999;

9.Nb5!? (Bangiev)
9...Qg6!

This move seems to offer Black full equality.

9...Qg7?! 10.g4! fxg3 11.Bg2 Nb4 (11...h5 12.0–0 Bg4 13.Qe1 0–0–0 14.d3 with compensation
(Bangiev)) 12.Nxb4 Bg4 13.Bf3 Qd4 14.Qe2 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxb4 16.c3+/=

10.d3

10.Kf2? Bg7 11.c3 Qxe4 12.Nxc7+ Kd8 13.Nxa8 Bd4+ 14.cxd4 Qxd4+-/+ (Bangiev)

10...Qg3+ 11.Kd2

11...Ne7N

11...Be6 12.c3 (12.Nxc7+ Kd7 13.Nxe6 Qe3+ 14.Kc3 Bg7+! 15.Nxg7 Qd4+ 16.Kd2 Qe3+ with
perpetual check.) 12...0–0–0 13.Kc2 Bxd5 14.exd5 Ne7 15.Qh5 Qg6 16.Qf3 Bh6 17.Bxf4
(17.h5!? (Bangiev)) 17...Bxf4 18.Qxf4 Nxd5 19.Qf3 Qe6 20.g3 Ne3+ 21.Kd2 Nxf1+ 22.Rhxf1=
Agaard-Rasmussen, Copenhagen 1996

12.Qe1 Nxd5 13.exd5+ Be7 14.Qxg3 fxg3 15.Be2 Rg8 16.Kd1 Bg4 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Bxg4

with an equal endgame. There followed:

18...Bf6 19.Bf5 Kf8 20.c3 Re8 21.d4 h5 22.Rh3 Bg7 23.Rxg3 ½–½

Fedorov,Alexei (2646) - Shirov,Alexei (2746) [C39]

Rubinstein mem Polanica Zdroj (5), 21.08.2000

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nf2

In view of the problems White faces with 7.Nxf6, this move may again become more fashionable.

7...Rg8!

Weaker is 7...Nc6 8.d4 Bh6 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Nd5! (11.Bf3 0–0–0 12.a3?! Nxe4!-/+
Short-Shirov, Madrid 1997) 11...Nxd5 12.exd5 Nb4 13.c4 Fedorov-Timman, Las Vegas 1999
8.d4 Bh6 9.Nc3 Nc6

9...Qe7 10.Nd3! Bg4 11.Be2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nc6 13.e5+/- Fedorov-Timoshenko, Romania 1998

10.Nd5?!

"Fedorov is obviously fond of this idea, but here he has to look for alternatives" (Gallagher)

10.Qd3!? Bd7 (10...Rg3!?) 11.Ne2 Qe7 12.Bxf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4+/= Borge-Olsen, Nordic Grand Prix
1999;

10.Nd3 Bg4 11.Be2 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Qe7 13.Bxf4 Bxf4 14.Ndxf4 Qxe4 15.Qd2 0–0–0 16.0–0–0
Nd5= (Gallagher)

10...Nxd5 11.exd5 Qe7+!N

Improving even further on a game that Fedorov barely survived.

11...Ne7 12.Qe2 Kf8! 13.g4 (13.Qh5? Nf5 14.g4 Qe7+ 15.Kd1 Rxg4! 16.Nxg4 Ng7 17.Qxh6
Bxg4+ 18.Kd2 Qe3#) 13...Nxd5 14.g5 Bf5! 15.Bd2 (15.gxh6 Qf6–+) 15...Qd7 16.0–0–0 Re8
17.Qf3 Qa4 18.Bd3 Qxa2 19.c3 Bg6 20.Ne4 Nb6 21.Rde1 Na4 22.Nf6 Qxb2+ 23.Kd1 Qb3+
draw, Fedorov-Pedersen, Aars 1999

12.Be2 Nb4 13.c4 Bf5 14.Qa4+ Kf8 15.Qxb4 Re8

All black pieces are now involved in the attack, while the white king is stuck in the centre. Not a
pleasant position to have against such an attacking player as Shirov.

16.Qd2 Rxg2 17.Kf1 Rg3 18.Qd1 Be4 19.Rh2 f5 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Bg4 e3 22.Bf3 Qg7 23.Rh1
Rg2 0–1

Supplementary Games

Fedorov,Alexei (2575) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2717) [C39]

Corus Wijk aan Zee (6), 20.01.2001

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.d4 d6 7.Nd3 Nc6 8.c3 Nxe4 9.Bxf4 d5 10.Nd2
Bd6 11.Ne5 0–0 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qc2 Qf6 14.Bg5 Qf5 15.Nxc6 Bg3+ 16.Kd1 bxc6 17.Bc4 Bf2
18.Qe2 Be6 19.Rf1 g3 20.Be3 c5 21.Bxf2 Bxc4 22.Qxc4 gxf2 23.Qe2 cxd4 24.Rxf2 Qe5 25.Qg4+
Kh8 26.Rf5 Qd6 27.Kc2 d3+ 28.Kd2 Rae8 29.Re1 e3+ 30.Rxe3 Rxe3 31.Kxe3 d2 32.Rf1 Re8+
33.Kf2 Qf6+ 34.Qf3 Qb6+ 0–1

Rechel,Bernd (2365) - Wortel,Marten (2285) [C39]

Groningen op Groningen (11), 20.12.1998

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.d4 d6 7.Nd3 Nxe4 8.Bxf4 Bg7 9.c3 0–0 10.Nd2
Re8 11.Nxe4 Rxe4+ 12.Be2 g3 13.Kd2 c5 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Bf3 Rxd4 16.Ke3 Ra4 17.Bd5 Be6
18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qh5 Nd7 20.Rhf1 Rf8 21.Rxf8+ Nxf8 22.Qe8 d5 23.Rf1 Re4+ 24.Kd2 Bxc3+
25.Kc1 Bxb2+ 26.Kb1 Bg7 27.Qf7+ Kh8 28.Bf6 Re1+ 29.Rxe1 Qb5+ 30.Nb2 1–0

Spassky,Boris V (2565) - Xie Jun (2515) [C39]

Veterans-Women Monte Carlo (2), 1994

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.d4 d6 7.Nd3 f3 8.gxf3 Nc6 9.c3 Be7 10.Bg2 Rg8
11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.h5 d5 14.Qe2 Kf8 15.Nd2 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Bg5 17.f4 Bh4+ 18.Kd2 a5
19.Nec5 Bf6 20.Rae1 Rb8 21.Kc1 Ne7 22.Ne5 Nf5 23.Ne4 Be7 24.Rd1 c6 25.Rhg1 ½–½
Rechel,Bernd (2402) - Ibragimov,Ildar (2575) [C39]
BL2-Ost 0001 Germany (6.2), 18.02.2001

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.d4 d6 7.Nd3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Bxf4 Ng6 10.Nc3
Nxf4 11.Nxf4 Bh6 12.Bb5+ c6 13.dxc6 0–0 14.cxb7 Bxb7 15.Nfd5 Bxd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5
Qb6 18.Qf5 d5 19.Bd3 Rfe8 20.e5 Qe3+ 21.Kf1 Qf4+ 22.Qxf4 Bxf4 23.e6 fxe6 24.Ke2 Be5
25.Rab1 Kg7 26.c4 h5 27.b4 dxc4 28.Bxc4 Rac8 29.Bb3 Rc3 30.Rbd1 Re7 31.Rd3 Rxd3
32.Kxd3 Bf6 33.Ke4 Rb7 34.Rc1 Rxb4+ 35.Kd3 Rd4+ 36.Ke3 Rd7 37.Rc6 Bxh4 38.Rxe6 Bf6
39.Ke4 Kg6 40.Bd5 Kg5 41.g3 Rd8 42.Ra6 Re8+ 43.Kd3 Be5 44.Rxa7 Bxg3 45.a4 Re5 46.Kc4
h4 47.Rg7+ Kf4 48.Rf7+ Ke3 49.a5 h3 50.a6 Rxd5 51.Kxd5 Bb8 52.Rh7 Kf2 53.Kc6 g3 54.Kb7
g2 55.Kxb8 g1Q 56.Rxh3 Qg8+ 57.Kb7 Qd5+ 58.Kb8 Qd6+ 59.Kb7 Qd7+ 60.Kb8 Qb5+ 61.Ka7
Qc6 62.Rb3 Qc5+ 63.Rb6 Ke3 64.Kb7 Qe7+ 65.Kb8 ½–½

Nimtz,Manfred - Oppitz,Peter (2250) [C39]

Oberliga Nord W 0001 Germany (3.1), 10.12.2000

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.d4 d6 7.Nd3 Nh5 8.Bxf4 Bg7 9.c3 0–0 10.Nd2 f5
11.Qb3+ Kh8 12.exf5 Qe8+ 13.Kd1 Bxf5 14.g3 Nc6 15.Qxb7 Nxf4 16.gxf4 g3 17.Bg2 Qe3
18.Qxc6 Qxd3 19.Be4 Bg4+ 20.Kc1 Qe3 21.Kc2 Qxf4 22.Raf1 Qh6 23.Qxc7 Rae8 24.Rxf8+ Bxf8
25.Rf1 Bh5 26.Rf6 Qg7 27.Qxg7+ Bxg7 28.Rf1 Rxe4 29.Nxe4 Bg6 30.Kd3 d5 31.c4 g2 32.Rc1
Bxe4+ 0–1

Hector,Jonny (2540) - Nielsen,Peter Heine (2500) [C39]

Copenhagen BSF Copenhagen (1), 1995

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.d4 Qxd4
10.Qf3 Bh6 11.Nd5 Nb4 12.Nxb4 Qxb4+ 13.c3 Qc5 14.g3 Rg8 15.gxf4 Bg4 16.Qf2 Qc6 17.Bg2
Bf5 18.Qf3 Kf8 19.Rh2 Bxe4 20.Qh5 d5 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Be3 Rg3 23.Re2 Re8 24.Rd1 Qf6
25.Rd5 Qg6 26.Kd1 Qxh5 27.Rxh5 Rg6 28.Bc5+ Kg8 29.f5 Re5 30.Bd4 Rd5 31.Rxe4 Rg1+
32.Ke2 Rg2+ 33.Kf3 1–0

Hector,Jonny (2570) - Nielsen,Peter Heine (2620) [C39]

Middelfart SIS-MH Masters Middelfart (2), 05.04.2003

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.d4 Qxd4
10.Bxf4 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxe2 13.Kxe2 Bg7 14.Rdf1 Nd4+ 15.Kd3 Ne6 16.Be3 Rg8
17.Rf2 Bxc3 18.Kxc3 Rg3 19.Kd2 Nc5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Ke2 Rd8 22.Rh3 Rg4 23.Kf3 h5 24.Rg3
Rxh4 25.Rg5 b6 26.Re5+ Kf8 27.g3 Rh1 28.Rf5 Rdd1 29.Kf4 h4 30.Kg4 hxg3 31.Rxf7+ Ke8
32.Rf8+ Ke7 33.R8f7+ Ke6 34.R2f6+ Ke5 35.Rf5+ Kxe4 36.Re7+ Kd4 37.Rd7+ Kc4 38.Rxd1
Rxd1 39.Kxg3 Rd2 40.Rf2 Rxf2 41.Kxf2 Kd4 42.Ke2 c4 43.c3+ Ke4 44.Kd2 Kf3 45.a3 b5 46.Kc2
Ke2 0–1

Short,Nigel D (2675) - Shirov,Alexei (2734) [C39]

FIDE-Wch k.o. Las Vegas (4.2), 10.08.1999

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bb5 a6
10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qf3 Rg8 12.d3 Bh6 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.Ne2 Rxb2 15.Bxb2 Qxb2 16.0–0 Qxc2
17.Rac1 Qxa2 18.Nd4 Qxf2+ 19.Kxf2 f3 20.Rxc6 fxg2 21.Rg1 Kd8 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 Rg4
24.Rc4 Rxc4 25.dxc4 Ke7 26.Kf3 Kf6 27.Kg4 Bd2 28.Rxg2 Bb4 29.Kf4 a5 30.Rg8 a4 31.Rc8 d5
32.cxd5 h5 33.Ke4 Bd6 34.Ra8 a3 35.Re8 Be5 36.Ra8 Bd6 ½–½
Aagaard,Jacob (2290) - Rasmussen,Per Arnt [C39]
Politiken Cup 18th Copenhagen (1), 1996

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nd5 Qg6
10.d3 Qg3+ 11.Kd2 Be6 12.c3 0–0–0 13.Kc2 Bxd5 14.exd5 Ne7 15.Qh5 Qg6 16.Qf3 Bh6 17.Bxf4
Bxf4 18.Qxf4 Nxd5 19.Qf3 Qe6 20.g3 Ne3+ 21.Kd2 Nxf1+ 22.Rhxf1 Rdf8 23.Rfe1 Qh6+ 24.Kc2
f5 25.Re7 Qg6 26.Rae1 Rhg8 27.Rxc7+ Kxc7 28.Re7+ Kb6 29.Rxb7+ Ka5 30.b4+ Ka4 31.Qc6+
1–0

Short,Nigel D (2690) - Shirov,Alexei (2690) [C39]

Torneo Magistral 6th Madrid (8), 30.05.1997

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nf2 Nc6 8.d4 Bh6 9.Be2 Qe7 10.Nc3
Bd7 11.Bf3 0–0–0 12.a3 Nxe4 13.Nd5 Qe8 14.0–0 f5 15.c3 Rg8 16.Re1 Qf7 17.Bxf4 Bxf4
18.Nxf4 Ne7 19.Nxe4 fxe4 20.Rxe4 d5 21.Qb3 Rdf8 22.Rxe7 Qxe7 23.Nxd5 Qxh4 24.Ne3 c6
25.Rf1 Qg5 26.c4 Re8 27.Nd1 Qh4 28.d5 Qd4+ 0–1

Fedorov,Alexei (2659) - Timman,Jan H (2650) [C39]

FIDE-Wch k.o. Las Vegas (3.2), 07.08.1999

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nf2 Nc6 8.d4 Bh6 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Be2
Bd7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nb4 13.c4 Bf5 14.0–0 Bc2 15.Qd2 0–0–0 16.Bf3 Qxh4 17.Qxb4 ½–½

Fedorov,Alexei (2600) - Timoshenko,Georgy (2595) [C39]

ROM-chT Timisu de Sus (1), 1998

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nf2 Rg8 8.d4 Bh6 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Nd3
Bg4 11.Be2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.dxe5 Ng4 15.Nd5 Qd7 16.Nf6+ Nxf6 17.exf6+ Kf8
18.0–0 Rg4 19.Nxf4 Kg8 20.Ne6 Rxh4 21.Qf2 Rg4 22.Nc5 Qd5 23.Bxh6 Qh5 24.Qe3 Ne5
25.Rae1 Ng6 26.Rf3 Rh4 27.Rh3 Rxh3 28.gxh3 Qh4 29.Nd3 Rf8 30.Bxf8 Nxf8 31.Qf3 Ng6
32.Kh2 Qh6 33.Qxb7 1–0

Borge,Nikolaj (2426) - Olsen,Heini (2292) [C39]

VISA Nordic GP Final Gentofte (4), 10.08.1999

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nf2 Rg8 8.d4 Bh6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Qd3
Bd7 11.Ne2 Qe7 12.Bxf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Bf5 14.0–0–0 Bxe4 15.Qh3 d5 16.Re1 Nxd4 17.Nxd5
Nxd5 18.Nxe4 Ne6 19.Ng5 0–0–0 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Qxe6+ Qxe6 22.Rxe6 Nf4 23.Re4 Rge8
24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.g3 Ne2+ 26.Bxe2 Rxe2 27.Rf1 Rg2 28.Rf8+ Kd7 29.Rf7+ Kc6 30.Rg7 h5 31.b3
b6 32.Kb2 a5 33.Kc3 Kd6 34.Kd3 Kc6 35.a3 Kd6 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Kd5 38.c4+ Ke5 39.Rg5+
Kd6 40.Ke4 Rc2 41.Kd3 Rb2 42.c5+ Kc6 43.Kc3 Ra2 44.cxb6 cxb6 45.Kd4 Ra4 46.Kc4 Ra3
47.Rg6+ Kc7 48.Kb5 Rb3 49.Rg7+ Kd6 50.Rg5 Kc7 51.Rxh5 Rxg3 52.Rh7+ Kb8 53.Kxb6 Rg6+
54.Kc5 Rg4 55.b5 Rf4 56.Kb6 Rf6+ 57.Ka5 Kc8 58.h5 Re6 59.Rg7 1–0
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