[Event ""]
[Site "Torino"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky,B"]
[Black "Karpov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo ""]
[WhiteElo ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 
Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 12. Bf1 Ne6 13. Be3 
O-O 14. d4 Re8 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Red1 Bf6 19. c3 
Nc7 20. Be2 Re8 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Bf3 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Bc6 24. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event ""]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gufeld,E"]
[Black "Schussler,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo ""]
[WhiteElo ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 
8. c4 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. 
a3 a6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Bc2 Nce7 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. 
Bb3 c6 21. Ne5 Nfd5 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Rad1 Nf5 24. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petroff"]
[Black "Black system"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7.
Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 (9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. g4 Nfe7 $11) 9... Bd6 10.
Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 (11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. Re1 h5 $11
{Rodriguez,A (2565) - Ginzburg,M (2450), Villa Martelli (1) 1997-06-08}) 11...
f6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. g4 {Kasparov - Karpov, World Ch
(10) 1990} 15... Nd6 $1 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rde1+ Kf8 18. Rhg1 Re8 19. Rxe8+
Kxe8 $11 {Karpov}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 (4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bc4+
Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6 9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf5+ Ke8 13. Nc3 Nd4 $1
$17 {Vitolinsh,A (2415) - Dautov,R (2515), semi final (Minsk): ch-URS (1)
1988}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6
10. O-O Na6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 $11 {Spassky,B - Karpov,A, Torino (1) 1982}) 5... d5
6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O (7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 (8. Kf1 $6 O-O 9. cxd5 $2 Qxd5 $17 10.
Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxf3 $3 {Janowski,David - Marshall,F, Biarritz
(1) 1912}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Bxd2 Bg4 $1 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Re1 Nxd4 13.
Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd4 exf3 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bxc7 Rd2 $11 {Tarrasch,Siegbert -
Marshall,Frank James, St Petersburg 1914}) 7... O-O {Mason's Defense} 8. c4 (8.
Re1; 8. h3) 8... Nf6 9. h3 (9. Nc3 Nc6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13.
Re1 Nc6 14. a3 a6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 $11 {Gufeld,E - Schussler,H, Havana
(1) 1985}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Bg5
Be6 15. Ne5 (15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8
19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rc7 b6 21. Qc1 h6 $11 {Van der Sterren,P (2560) - Piket,J
(2670), Amsterdam ch-NED (1) 1995}) 16... Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 {Yusupov,A (2620) -
Hubner,R (2595), Belfort: World Cup (1) 1988}) 15... Re8 16. Rc1 Nc7 17. Bc2
Nd7 18. Qh5 Nf8 $11 {Yusupov,A (2620) - Hubner,R (2595), Belfort: World Cup (1)
1988}  *

[Event "FIDE (37) 1990-1993"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee cm"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sax,G"]
[Black "Kortchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 
8. c4 Nf6 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 
14. Bg5 Be6 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Ne4 Nf8 19. Nc5 Qe8 
20. Qf3 Rd8 21. Nxb7 Rxb7 22. Nxc6 Rxb3 23. Qxb3 Rd7 24. Qa3 Qa8 25. b4 
Ng6 26. b5 h6 27. Qf3 Qb7 28. Rc5 Nf6 29. a4 Bd5 30. Qg3 Ne4 31. Qb8+ Qxb8 
32. Nxb8 Nxc5 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. dxc5 Re7 35. Rxe7 Nxe7 36. a5 Kg6 37. a6 
Nc8 38. Nd7 Kf5 39. b6 Ne7 40. bxa7 Nc8 41. Nb6 Nxa7 42. Nxd5 Ke5 43. Ne3 
h5 44. Kh2 g6 45. Kg3 Kd4 46. Kf4 f6 47. g4 1-0

[Event ""]
[Site "Biarritz"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Janowski,David"]
[Black "Marshall,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo ""]
[WhiteElo ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c4 O-O 
8. cxd5 Bb4+ 9. Kf1 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxf3 13. cxb4 
Nc6 14. Bb2 Nxb4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. gxf3 Bh3+ 17. Kg1 Nxc2 18. Bxc2 Re2 
19. Rc1 Rae8 20. Bc3 R8e3 21. Bb4 Rxf3 22. Bd1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg prel"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 Bxd2+
9.Bxd2 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Re1 Nxd4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Qxd4 exf3 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8
16.Bxc7 Rd2 17.b3 fxg2 18.Kxg2 h6 19.Bf4 Rd3 20.Re3 Rxe3 21.Bxe3 a6 22.Kg3 Bd7
23.Rd1 Bc6 24.Bb6 Re8 25.Rd8 Rxd8 26.Bxd8 Be4 27.b4 Bd3 28.b5 Bxc4 29.bxa6 Bxa6
30.a3 f6 31.Kg2 Kf7 32.Kg1 Ke6 33.Ba5 g5 34.Bb4 h5 35.Bc3 h4 36.Ba5 g4 37.Bd8 Be2
38.Kh1 h3 39.Kg1 f5 40.Bc7 Kd5 41.Bb8 Ke4 42.Bc7 Bf3 43.Bd6 Bg2 44.Bc7 f4
45.Bd6 Kf3 46.Bc7 b5 47.Bd6 Ke4 48.Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-URS, semi final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitolinsh,A"]
[Black "Dautov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bc4+ 
Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6 9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf5+ Ke8 13. Nc3 
Nd4 14. Qh3 Qd7 15. e6 Qxe6 16. Qd3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Nxc1 19. 
Raxc1 Kf7 20. Rce1 Qc6 21. Qf5+ Kg8 22. Re6 Qd7 23. Qe5 Bxc5 24. f4 h5 
25. f5 Bf8 26. f6 Qf7 27. Rf3 Rh6 28. Rg3 Rg6 29. Rxg6 Qxg6 30. Qxd5 Qf7 
0-1

[Event "FIDE (36) 1987-1990"]
[Site "New York wch-m"]
[Date "1990.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, G"]
[Black "Karpov, A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2730"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qxe4 14. Nxe4
Be7 15. g4 a6 (15... Nd6 $1 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rde1+ Kf8 18. Rhg1 Re8 19. Rxe8+
Kxe8 $11 {Karpov}) 16. Bc4 Nd6 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Rde1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodriguez, A"]
[Black "Ginzburg, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2450"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14.
Re1 h5 15. h3 c5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. Nfd2 Re6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Rxe6
fxe6 21. Re1 e5 22. Nc4 Rf8 23. f3 Rf6 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. a3 g5 26. Kg1 Ke6 27. b4
cxb4 28. axb4 Rf7 29. Na5 Nh4 30. Re2 Ng6 31. c4 Nf4 32. Rd2 Ba8 33. b5 e4 34.
fxe4 Bxe4 35. Ba3 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Rxd6+ Ke5 38. Rd2 Bd3 39. Bc5 g3 40.
Bxa7 Ke4 41. Bb8 Ke3 42. Bxf4+ Rxf4 43. Rd1 Ke2 44. Rc1 Be4 45. Nb3 Rf2 46.
Nd4+ Kd2 47. Nb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1988.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yusupov,A"]
[Black "Hubner,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Bxc4 Be7 7. Nf3 
O-O 8. h3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Re1 Nbd5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Ne5 Re8 
14. Rc1 Nc7 15. Bc2 Nd7 16. Qh5 Nf8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rcd1 f6 19. Nf3 Qd7 
20. Qc5 Ree8 21. Re3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bb3 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event ""]
[Site "Amsterdam ch-NED"]
[Date "1995.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Sterren,P"]
[Black "Piket,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O 
O-O 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rc1 Re8 
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Rc7 b6 19. 
Qc1 h6 20. Qc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 Re8 22. Kf1 Re4 23. Rc8+ Kh7 24. Rc7 Bxd4 
25. b3 a5 26. Rxf7 a4 27. Nd2 axb3 28. axb3 Re5 29. Nf3 Re4 30. Nd2 Re5 
31. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE (36) 1987-1990"]
[Site "New York wch-m"]
[Date "1990.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, G"]
[Black "Karpov, A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2730"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qxe4 14. Nxe4
Be7 15. g4 a6 $6 (15... Nd6 $1 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rde1+ Kf8 18. Rhg1 Re8 19.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {Karpov}) 16. Bc4 $6 (16. Ba4 b5 17. Bb3 (17. gxf5 bxa4 18. Ng3
O-O-O) 17... Nfd4; 16. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 17. Rhe1 Bxe4 (17... Nd6 $2 18. Nxd6+ cxd6
19. Nd4 $16) 18. Rxe4 Nd6 19. Re2 $14 {with the idea of N-d4-e6 Karpov}) 16...
Nd6 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Rde1+ 1/2-1/2 

[Event "FIDE (37) 1990-1993"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee cm"]
[Date "1991.01.00"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sax, G"]
[Black "Kortchnoi, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Bg5 Be6
15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne5 Nd7 (16... Nc7 {is probably better, as in Yusupov - Hubner,
Belfort 1988}) 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Ne4 Nf8 19. Nc5 Qe8 20. Qf3 Rd8 21. Nxb7 Rxb7
22. Nxc6 Rxb3 23. Qxb3 Rd7 24. Qa3 Qa8 25. b4 Ng6 26. b5 h6 27. Qf3 Qb7 28. Rc5
Nf6 29. a4 Bd5 30. Qg3 Ne4 31. Qb8+ Qxb8 32. Nxb8 Nxc5 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. dxc5
Re7 35. Rxe7 Nxe7 36. a5 Kg6 37. a6 Nc8 38. Nd7 Kf5 39. b6 Ne7 40. bxa7 Nc8 41.
Nb6 Nxa7 42. Nxd5 Ke5 43. Ne3 h5 44. Kh2 g6 45. Kg3 Kd4 46. Kf4 f6 47. g4 1-0 

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petroff"]
[Black "Black system"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 {Line 2} 3... exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6.
exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 {Æ} 8... Nf5 $1 9. Bb5 (9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11.
g4 Nfe7 $11) 9... Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 (11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxe4 13.
Nxe4 O-O 14. Re1 h5 $11 {Rodriguez,A (2565) - Ginzburg,M (2450), Villa Martelli
(1) 1997-06-08}) 11... f6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. g4
{Kasparov - Karpov, World Ch (10) 1990} 15... Nd6 $1 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rde1+
Kf8 18. Rhg1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {Karpov}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 (4. Nxf7 {Line 3
The Coscrane Gambit Æ} 4... Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bc4+ Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6
9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf5+ Ke8 13. Nc3 Nd4 $1 $17 {Vitolinsh,A
(2415) - Dautov,R (2515), semi final (Minsk): ch-URS (1) 1988}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4
(5. Qe2 {Line 4 Spassky's "Draw Line"} 5... Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2
Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 $11 {Spassky,B - Karpov,A, Torino (1)
1982}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O (7. c4 {Line 5 Marshall's Line} 7... Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 (8. Kf1 $6 O-O 9. cxd5 $2 Qxd5 $17 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Qxf3 $3 {Janowski,David - Marshall,F, Biarritz (1) 1912}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bxd2
10. Bxd2 Bg4 $1 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd4 exf3 15. Qxd8
Raxd8 16. Bxc7 Rd2 $11 {Tarrasch,Siegbert - Marshall,Frank James, St Petersburg
1914}) 7... O-O {Mason's Defense - Line 1, the main line.} 8. c4 (8. Re1; 8.
h3) 8... Nf6 {Æ The key retreat, establishing an isolated queen pawn
middlegame.} 9. h3 (9. Nc3 Nc6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6
14. a3 a6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 $11 {Gufeld,E - Schussler,H, Havana (1)
1985}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Bg5 Be6
15. Ne5 (15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.
Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rc7 b6 21. Qc1 h6 $11 {Van der Sterren,P (2560) - Piket,J (2670),
Amsterdam ch-NED (1) 1995}) 16... Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 {Yusupov,A (2620) - Hubner,R
(2595), Belfort: World Cup (1) 1988}) 15... Re8 16. Rc1 Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Qh5
Nf8 $11 {Yusupov,A (2620) - Hubner,R (2595), Belfort: World Cup (1) 1988}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petroff"]
[Black "Black system"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 {Line 1} 3... exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6.
exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 {Æ} 8... Nf5 $1 9. Bb5 (9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11.
g4 Nfe7 $11) 9... Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 (11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxe4 13.
Nxe4 O-O 14. Re1 h5 $11 {Rodriguez,A (2565) - Ginzburg,M (2450), Villa Martelli
(1) 1997-06-08}) 11... f6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. g4
{Kasparov - Karpov, World Ch (10) 1990} 15... Nd6 $1 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rde1+
Kf8 18. Rhg1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {Karpov}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 (4. Nxf7 {Line 2
The Coscrane Gambit Æ} 4... Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bc4+ Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6
9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf5+ Ke8 13. Nc3 Nd4 $1 $17 {Vitolinsh,A
(2415) - Dautov,R (2515), semi final (Minsk): ch-URS (1) 1988}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4
(5. Qe2 {Line 4 Spassky's "Draw Line"} 5... Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2
Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 $11 {Spassky,B - Karpov,A, Torino (1)
1982}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O (7. c4 {Line 5 Marshall's Line} 7... Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 (8. Kf1 $6 O-O 9. cxd5 $2 Qxd5 $17 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Qxf3 $3 {Janowski,David - Marshall,F, Biarritz (1) 1912}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bxd2
10. Bxd2 Bg4 $1 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd4 exf3 15. Qxd8
Raxd8 16. Bxc7 Rd2 $11 {Tarrasch,Siegbert - Marshall,Frank James, St Petersburg
1914}) 7... O-O {Mason's Defense - Line 1, the main line.} 8. c4 (8. Re1; 8.
h3) 8... Nf6 {Æ The key retreat, establishing an isolated queen pawn
middlegame.} 9. h3 (9. Nc3 Nc6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6
14. a3 a6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 $11 {Gufeld,E - Schussler,H, Havana (1)
1985}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Bg5 Be6
15. Ne5 (15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.
Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rc7 b6 21. Qc1 h6 $11 {Van der Sterren,P (2560) - Piket,J (2670),
Amsterdam ch-NED (1) 1995}) 16... Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 {Yusupov,A (2620) - Hubner,R
(2595), Belfort: World Cup (1) 1988}) 15... Re8 16. Rc1 Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Qh5
Nf8 $11 {Yusupov,A (2620) - Hubner,R (2595), Belfort: World Cup (1) 1988}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petroff"]
[Black "Black system"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 {Line 1} 3... exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6.
exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 {Æ} 8... Nf5 $1 9. Bb5 (9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11.
g4 Nfe7 $11) 9... Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 (11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxe4 13.
Nxe4 O-O 14. Re1 h5 $11 {Rodriguez,A (2565) - Ginzburg,M (2450), Villa Martelli
(1) 1997-06-08}) 11... f6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. g4
{Kasparov - Karpov, World Ch (10) 1990} 15... Nd6 $1 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rde1+
Kf8 18. Rhg1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {Karpov}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 (4. Nxf7 {Line 2
The Coscrane Gambit Æ} 4... Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bc4+ Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6
9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf5+ Ke8 13. Nc3 Nd4 $1 $17 {Vitolinsh,A
(2415) - Dautov,R (2515), semi final (Minsk): ch-URS (1) 1988}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4
(5. Qe2 {Line 4 Spassky's "Draw Line"} 5... Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2
Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 $11 {Spassky,B - Karpov,A, Torino (1)
1982}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O (7. c4 {Line 5 Marshall's Line} 7... Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 (8. Kf1 $6 O-O 9. cxd5 $2 Qxd5 $17 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Qxf3 $3 {Janowski,David - Marshall,F, Biarritz (1) 1912}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bxd2
10. Bxd2 Bg4 $1 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd4 exf3 15. Qxd8
Raxd8 16. Bxc7 Rd2 $11 {Tarrasch,Siegbert - Marshall,Frank James, St Petersburg
1914}) 7... O-O {Mason's Defense - Line 1, the main line.} 8. c4 (8. Re1; 8.
h3) 8... Nf6 {Æ The key retreat, establishing an isolated queen pawn
middlegame.} 9. h3 (9. Nc3 Nc6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6
14. a3 a6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 $11 {Gufeld,E - Schussler,H, Havana (1)
1985}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Bg5 Be6
{Æ We have a classic IQP game - the better center and middlegame chances
against the isolated pawn and better endgame.} 15. Ne5 (15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne5
(16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rc7 b6 21. Qc1 h6
$11 {Van der Sterren,P (2560) - Piket,J (2670), Amsterdam ch-NED (1) 1995})
16... Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 {Yusupov,A (2620) - Hubner,R (2595), Belfort: World Cup
(1) 1988}) 15... Re8 16. Rc1 Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Qh5 Nf8 $11 {Yusupov,A (2620)
- Hubner,R (2595), Belfort: World Cup (1) 1988}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petroff"]
[Black "Black system"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 {Line 1} 3... exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6.
exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 {Æ} 8... Nf5 $1 9. Bb5 (9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11.
g4 Nfe7 $11) 9... Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 (11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxe4 13.
Nxe4 O-O 14. Re1 h5 $11 {Rodriguez,A (2565) - Ginzburg,M (2450), Villa Martelli
(1) 1997-06-08}) 11... f6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. g4
{Kasparov - Karpov, World Ch (10) 1990} 15... Nd6 $1 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rde1+
Kf8 18. Rhg1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {Karpov}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 (4. Nxf7 {Line 2
The Coscrane Gambit Æ} 4... Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bc4+ Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6
9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf5+ Ke8 13. Nc3 Nd4 $1 $17 {Vitolinsh,A
(2415) - Dautov,R (2515), semi final (Minsk): ch-URS (1) 1988}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4
(5. Qe2 {Line 4 Spassky's "Draw Line"} 5... Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2
Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 $11 {Spassky,B - Karpov,A, Torino (1)
1982}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O (7. c4 {Line 5 Marshall's Line} 7... Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 (8. Kf1 $6 O-O 9. cxd5 $2 Qxd5 $17 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Qxf3 $3 {Janowski,David - Marshall,F, Biarritz (1) 1912}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bxd2
10. Bxd2 Bg4 $1 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd4 exf3 15. Qxd8
Raxd8 16. Bxc7 Rd2 $11 {Tarrasch,Siegbert - Marshall,Frank James, St Petersburg
1914}) 7... O-O {Mason's Defense - Line 1, the main line.} 8. c4 (8. Re1; 8.
h3) 8... Nf6 {Æ The key retreat, aiming toward an isolated queen pawn middle
game.} 9. h3 (9. Nc3 Nc6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6 14.
a3 a6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 $11 {Gufeld,E - Schussler,H, Havana (1) 1985})
9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Bg5 Be6 {Æ We
have a classic IQP game - the better center and middlegame chances against the
isolated pawn and better endgame.} 15. Ne5 (15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rc7 b6 21. Qc1 h6 $11 {Van der
Sterren,P (2560) - Piket,J (2670), Amsterdam ch-NED (1) 1995}) 16... Nc7 17.
Bc2 Nd7 {Yusupov,A (2620) - Hubner,R (2595), Belfort: World Cup (1) 1988})
15... Re8 16. Rc1 Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Qh5 Nf8 $11 {Yusupov,A (2620) - Hubner,R
(2595), Belfort: World Cup (1) 1988}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petroff"]
[Black "Black system"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 {Line 1} 3... exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6.
exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 {Æ} 8... Nf5 $1 9. Bb5 (9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11.
g4 Nfe7 $11) 9... Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 (11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxe4 13.
Nxe4 O-O 14. Re1 h5 $11 {Rodriguez,A (2565) - Ginzburg,M (2450), Villa Martelli
(1) 1997-06-08}) 11... f6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. g4
{Kasparov - Karpov, World Ch (10) 1990} 15... Nd6 $1 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rde1+
Kf8 18. Rhg1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {Karpov}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 (4. Nxf7 {Line 2
The Coscrane Gambit Æ} 4... Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bc4+ Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6
9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf5+ Ke8 13. Nc3 Nd4 $1 $17 {Vitolinsh,A
(2415) - Dautov,R (2515), semi final (Minsk): ch-URS (1) 1988}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4
(5. Qe2 {Line 4 Spassky's "Draw Line"} 5... Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2
Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 $11 {Spassky,B - Karpov,A, Torino (1)
1982}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O (7. c4 {Line 5 Marshall's Line} 7... Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 (8. Kf1 $6 O-O 9. cxd5 $2 Qxd5 $17 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Qxf3 $3 {Janowski,David - Marshall,F, Biarritz (1) 1912}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bxd2
10. Bxd2 Bg4 $1 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd4 exf3 15. Qxd8
Raxd8 16. Bxc7 Rd2 $11 {Tarrasch,Siegbert - Marshall,Frank James, St Petersburg
1914}) 7... O-O {Mason's Defense - Line 1, the main line.} 8. c4 (8. Re1; 8.
h3) 8... Nf6 {Æ The key retreat, aiming toward an isolated queen pawn middle
game.} 9. h3 (9. Nc3 Nc6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6 14.
a3 a6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 $11 {Gufeld,E - Schussler,H, Havana (1) 1985})
9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Bg5 Be6 {Æ We
have a classic IQP game - the better center and middlegame chances against the
isolated pawn and better endgame.} 15. Ne5 (15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rc7 b6 21. Qc1 h6 $11 {Van der
Sterren,P (2560) - Piket,J (2670), Amsterdam ch-NED (1) 1995}) 16... Nc7 17.
Bc2 Nd7 {Yusupov,A (2620) - Hubner,R (2595), Belfort: World Cup (1) 1988})
15... Re8 16. Rc1 Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Qh5 Nf8 $11 {Yusupov - Hubner, World Cup
1988 is game 5.}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petroff"]
[Black "Black system"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 {Line 1} 3... exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6.
exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 {Æ} 8... Nf5 $1 9. Bb5 (9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11.
g4 Nfe7 $11) 9... Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 (11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxe4 13.
Nxe4 O-O 14. Re1 h5 $11 {Rodriguez,A (2565) - Ginzburg,M (2450), Villa Martelli
(1) 1997-06-08}) 11... f6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. g4
{Kasparov - Karpov, World Ch (10) 1990} 15... Nd6 $1 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rde1+
Kf8 18. Rhg1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {Karpov}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 (4. Nxf7 {Line 2
The Coscrane Gambit Æ} 4... Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bc4+ Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6
9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf5+ Ke8 13. Nc3 Nd4 $1 $17 {Vitolinsh,A
(2415) - Dautov,R (2515), semi final (Minsk): ch-URS (1) 1988}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4
(5. Qe2 {Line 4 Spassky's "Draw Line"} 5... Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2
Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 $11 {Spassky,B - Karpov,A, Torino (1)
1982}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O (7. c4 {Line 5 Marshall's Line} 7... Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 (8. Kf1 $6 O-O 9. cxd5 $2 Qxd5 $17 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Qxf3 $3 {Janowski,David - Marshall,F, Biarritz (1) 1912}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bxd2
10. Bxd2 Bg4 $1 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd4 exf3 15. Qxd8
Raxd8 16. Bxc7 Rd2 $11 {Tarrasch,Siegbert - Marshall,Frank James, St Petersburg
1914}) 7... O-O {Mason's Defense - Line 1, the main line.} 8. c4 (8. Re1; 8.
h3) 8... Nf6 {Æ The key retreat, aiming toward an isolated queen pawn
middlegame.} 9. h3 (9. Nc3 Nc6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6
14. a3 a6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 $11 {Gufeld,E - Schussler,H, Havana (1)
1985}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Bg5 Be6
{Æ We have a classic IQP game - the better center and middlegame chances
against the isolated pawn and better endgame.} 15. Ne5 (15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne5
(16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rc7 b6 21. Qc1 h6
$11 {Van der Sterren,P (2560) - Piket,J (2670), Amsterdam ch-NED (1) 1995})
16... Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 {Yusupov,A (2620) - Hubner,R (2595), Belfort: World Cup
(1) 1988}) 15... Re8 16. Rc1 Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Qh5 Nf8 $11 {Yusupov - Hubner,
World Cup 1988 is game 5.}  *

