Reinderman, Dimitri - Timman, Jan H
Lost Boys Amsterdam (Amsterdam), 1999
Notes by Michael Jensen

C33. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Before this tournament Reindermann had exclusively played 3.Nf3, and even though he lost with it in the first round to Sokolov (who replied 3...Ne7) he gives Bc4 another go. Timman is no stranger to the King's Gambit, having published the 'Open Games' CD for New In Chess. Nf6

[3...c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 But Black can also try

(4...d5!? 5.exd5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 f3 which was seen in Ivanchuk-Piket, Linares 1997.)]

4.Nc3! The alternatives are quickly dismissed:

[4.Qe2 Lopez. Bc5! [E/G]]

[4.e5? d5 5.Bb3

(5.Bb5+ Bd7)

5...Ne4 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.O-O Nc6 Anderssen - Morphy, Paris 1858 .]

[4.Qf3 Nc6 5.Qxf4 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Qe4+ Be6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Qe3 Ng4 10.Qe4 Qd4! [E/G]]

[4.d3!? has been used with success by the Polgar sisters, but it only promises equality.]

4...c6! # Discovered by Jaenisch in the middle of the 19th century. Black intends to strike in the centre with d7-d5, hitting the Bishop on c4. This plan is very similar to the Paulsen defence to the Bishop's opening: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 c6 which is very comfortable for Black.

[4...Bb4!? is another variation on our theme of Nf6/Bb4, and should superficially speaking be worse since White has not moved his d-pawn yet, which means that there is not pin with Nf6-e4. We examine this idea later.]

5.Bb3! Another try is

[5.d4 is the main alternative, which we examine in detail below.]

[5.Qf3 one example: d5 6.exd5 Bd6 7.Qe2+ others are worse. Be7 8.d6! Qxd6 9.d3 O-O 10.Bd2 b5 11.Bb3 a5 12.a4 b4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Bf6 15.O-O-O Bg4 16.Bxf4 Qd7 17.Nf3 Re8 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Bxd1 20.Kxd1 Na6 21.Rf1 Re7 22.Qf4 Rae8 23.Bc4 Nc7 24.Bd6 Nd5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Qf2 Qd7 28.Qf5 Re6 29.g4 g6 30.Qf4 Re7 31.b3 Qc8 32.Qd4 Qe6 33.Kc1 Qe2 34.Rf2 Qe1+ 35.Kb2 Rc7 36.Qxd5 Qxf2 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Qxc7 Qd4+ 39.Ka2 Qf2 40.g5 h6 41.h4 hxg5 42.hxg5 Qd4 43.Qe7 Qc3 44.Kb1 Qd4 45.Qe1 Kf8 46.Qf1 Kg7 47.Qh1 Qf2 48.Qc1 Qd4 49.Qf1 Qc3 50.Qf2 Qe5 51.Qh4 Qe3 52.d4 Qd2 53.Kb2 Qe3 54.Qg4 Qd2 55.Kb1 Qe1+ 56.Ka2 Qd2 57.Qe4 Qxg5 58.Qc6 Qf5 59.d5 Qe4 60.Qc5 Qe5 61.Qxa5 1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Benjamin,J/Buenos Aires 1992]

[5.Qe2 d5 6.exd5+ Be7 7.d6! transposes to 5.Qf3.]

5...d5 6.exd5 cxd5 Exchanging a pair of knights with

[6...Nxd5 is less good. 7.Nxd5 cxd5 8.d4 Qh4+ 9.Kf1 Be6 10.Nf3 Qh5 11.Qe2 Tartakover.]

[6...Bd6 is similar to the Nimzovich defence , and often transposes to the main lines, since White will simply decline the 'gift'. 7.Nf3

(7.d4 cxd5)

(7.Qe2+ is also possible, one example: Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.Bxf4 cxd5 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Nf3 Na5 12.Ne5 Nxb3+ 13.axb3 Bb4 14.Kb1 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Ne4 16.Rd3 f6 17.Nf3 Re8 18.Qf1 a5 19.Nd2 a4 20.b4 Bf5 21.Nxe4 Rxe4 22.g4 Bxg4 23.Rg3 Be2 24.Qg2 Qe7?? 25.Rg1 Alekhine's gun is hard to argue with. g5 26.Bxg5! Kf7 27.Bh6 Ke6 28.Rg7 Qe8 29.Rxb7 Bg4 30.h3 Bf5 31.Rb6+ Kd7 32.Qg7+ Re7 33.Rb7+ Ke6 34.Re1+ Be4 35.Rxe4+ dxe4 36.d5+ Kd6 37.Qxf6+ 1-0 Tebb,D-Littlewood,P/Birmingham ENG 2000)

7...cxd5

(7...O-O 8.O-O Nxd5 9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.d4 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nd3 Nc6 13.Nxf4 Bxf4 14.Bxf4 Na5 15.Qe1 Bf7 16.Qg3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Bg6 18.Bc7 Qd7 19.c3 a6 20.Rae1 Rae8 21.h3 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 1/2-1/2 Eberth,Z-Paal,A/Eger 1991)

8.d4 and we have transposed to the main line.]

7.d4 Bd6 The current (2001) main line of the Bishop's gambit. Black wants to take the money and run. White's problem is that both his bishops are locked out of the game and he is still the gambit pawn down. This is an important moment since White should select his strategy here. He has the choice between: 1) Trying to regain the pawn as soon as possible with Nge2 or Qf3. 2) Developing with Nf3 and 0-0 followed by Ne5 when Pf4 might be won anyway. I am recommending that the reader follow plan 2, but in this game we look at the consequences of opening door #1.

[7...Bb4!? which is examined in Westerinen - Raetsky.]

[7...Be7 is extremely passive.]

8.Nge2 The more conventional-looking

[8.Nf3 which I recommend is examined later.]

[8.Qf3 is seen in Lagumina - Ernst.]

[8.Qe2+?! Has also been tried, but it seems rather dubious. Be6 9.Nf3 O-O compared with the main lines of 8.Nf3 the queen seems misplaced on e2, while Black wants to play Be6 anyway. 10.Nb5 Bg4 so Black decides to lose a tempo. 11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O Nc6 13.c3 a6 14.Qd3 and White loses one in return. Ne4 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.Bxf4 Qh5 18.Qxd5 Nc5 19.Qxh5 Bxh5 20.Bd1 Bxd1 21.Raxd1 Rfd8 22.Bc7 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rc8 24.Bb6 Na4 25.Bd4 f6 26.Rd2 b5 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.Re2 1/2-1/2 Eberth,Z-Engsner,J/Agria 1989]

8...f3!? The immediate

[8...O-O see David-Tkachiev.]

[8...Bg4 9.Qd3

(9.O-O f3 (9...Qe7 10.Qd3 g5 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Rae1 Be6 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Nxf4 Be6 16.Nd5 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 Qd6 18.Nf6+ Kf8 19.d5 Be5 20.dxe6 Qxd3 21.cxd3 Kg7 22.Nd7 f6 23.Nxe5 fxe5 24.Rf7+ Kg6 25.Ref1 Kh5 26.g4+ Kxg4 27.Rg1+ Kh4 28.Rf2 1-0 Beeker,D-Straeter,T/NWL-II 1993) 10.gxf3 Be6 # Black has lost a tempo compared with 8...f3. However White has castled to a less than perfect kingside. 11.Bg5 (11.Qd3 looks better to me. Nc6 The position is about equal. Both sides have bad pawn-structures. White has a wrecked king position, but his pieces are better placed. White would like to play Nc3-somewhere, c2-c3 and Bc2 when Black's King will be in peril at g8. Black should probably prevent this with Nc6-a5xb3. In fact, Black might have some difficulty finding a safe haven for his King, as there is also a nasty pin with Bg5.) 11...h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nb5 (13.f4 was worth a try.) 13...Qd8 14.Nxd6+ Qxd6 15.Qd3 Nc6 16.c3 O-O-O 17.f4 g6 18.Ng3? White should get his counterplay on the queenside going with Bc2 and b2-b4. Ne7 19.Bc2 h5 20.Rf2 h4 21.Nf1 Bf5 22.Qf3 Bxc2 23.Rxc2 Nf5 24.Re1 a5 25.Ne3 Rh5 26.Rf2 Re8 27.Rff1 Nxe3 28.Rxe3 Rxe3 29.Qxe3 Qd7 30.Kh1 Rh8 31.Re1 Qg4 32.Rg1 Qh5 33.Rf1 Kd7 34.Qe5 Re8 35.Qxh5 gxh5 36.Kg1 Re4 37.Kh1? Re2 38.Rf3 Rxb2 0-1 Mayers,D-Summerscale,A/London 1993)

9...O-O 10.O-O Pawngrabbers should consider the immediate

(10.Bxf4 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Bxf4 12.Nxf4 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Qd6 14.g3 g5 15.Nh3 Ne4+ 16.Kg2 Nc6 17.Rhf1 a5 18.c3 Re7? 19.Rf5! Qg6 20.Rxd5 h6 21.Rf1 Rae8 22.Nf2 Nxf2 23.Qxg6+ fxg6 24.Rxf2 Kg7 25.Ba4 Re1 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Rxa5 Ra1 28.Ra7+ Kg8 29.Rc7 g4 30.Rxc6 Kg7 31.Rc7+ Kg8 32.Rcf7 h5 33.a3 Rb1 34.h3 Ree1 35.Rf8+ 1-0 Menyhart,T-Hegedus,G/Debrecen-ch 1995)

10...f3 11.gxf3 Bh3

(11...Be6 transposes to 9.0-0 f3)

12.Rf2 Nh5 The Black 'attack' looks menacing but that is all. Now White will win a pawn, gain central control, and defend easily. 13.Bxd5 Nc6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Ne4 Bf5 16.Qc3 Rc8 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 Qd7 19.Bg3 Be7 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.Qb3+ Be6 22.Qe3 Re8 23.Qd2 Rcd8 24.Qa5 Nxg3 25.hxg3 Bd5 26.Qd2 Qb7 27.Qc1 c5 28.Nxc5 Bxc5 29.dxc5 Bxf3 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Nc3 Qc6 32.Qf4 Bh5 33.b4 a5 34.a3 axb4 35.axb4 Bg6 36.Qc4+ Bf7 37.Qe2 Re8 38.Qf3 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Qe6 40.Re2 Rxe2+ 41.Qxe2 Qf5 42.Qe4 Qf2+ 43.Qg2 Qe3 44.Ne2 Bh5 45.Qa8+ Be8 46.Qd5+ Bf7 47.Qd8+ Be8 48.Nf4 g5 49.Ng2 Qe2 50.c6 Kg7 51.b5 Bg6 52.Qd7+ Kh6 53.c7 Be4 54.Qh3+ Kg6 55.c8=Q h5 56.Qe8+ Kh6 57.g4 h4 58.Qe7 Kg6 59.Qxe4+ Qxe4 60.Qd3 1-0 Knazovcik,L-Rybak,M/CZE 1993]

[8...g5 can be met by 9.h4 or maybe

(9.O-O when O-O transposes to the main line, see next game.)

9...f3 10.gxf3 g4 11.Bg5 gxf3 12.Nxd5 Be7 13.Nec3 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bxg5 15.hxg5 Qxg5 16.Qxf3 Bg4 17.Qg3 Nd7 18.O-O O-O 19.Rf4 h5 20.Raf1 Kh8 21.Bxf7 Rad8 22.Ne4 Qe7 23.d5 Rxf7 24.Rxf7 Qxe4 25.Qc3+ Ne5 26.Re7 Rg8 27.Rf8 Rxf8 28.Rxe5 Qg6 29.Rxh5+ Kg8 30.Rh8+ Kf7 31.Qc7+ 1/2-1/2 Larrosa Vila,J-Alonso Arburu,J/corr 1991]

9.gxf3 Be6 It is surprising that the natural

[9...Nh5!? prevents the pin on g5 and the move Bf4 in one go, making it much more difficult for White to develop and castle queenside. 10.O-O O-O 11.Rf2 Be6 12.Kh1 Qh4 13.Qg1 Nc6 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Qg5 Qxg5 16.Bxg5 f6 17.Bd2 Kf7 18.Re1 Rfd8 19.Kg2 Rac8 20.Ng3 1/2-1/2 Hartmann,W-Hermann,M/Bad Neuenahr 1984]

[9...O-O 10.Bg5 h6

(10...Be6 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.Rhg1 Kh8 14.Nf4 Nb6 15.Qg2 Re8 16.Rde1 Qd7 17.Bh6 g6 18.Rxe6 Ng8 19.Rxg6 fxg6 20.Nxg6+ hxg6 21.Bg7+ 1-0 Melgosa,M-Zuluaga,J/Bogota op 1991)

11.Bh4 Be7 12.Qd3 Nc6 13.O-O-O Nh5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Qd2 Qd6 16.Rde1 Bd7 17.Ng3 Nf6 18.Nce2 a5 19.a3 b5 20.Rhg1 Kh8 21.Nf4 a4 22.Ba2 Nc6 23.Ngh5 Nxh5 24.Nxh5 Rg8 25.Qf4 Qxf4+ 26.Nxf4 Nxd4 27.Bxd5 Rac8 28.Bxf7 Rxc2+ 29.Kb1 Rgc8 30.Ng6+ Kh7 31.Ne7 Kh8 32.Bg6 R2c5 33.Nxc8 Nxf3 34.Ne7 Nxg1 35.Rxg1 1-0 Hodgson,J-Barle,J/London 1993]

[9...Bh3?! 10.Nf4 Bf5

(10...Bxf4 yields the Bishop pair but would have been the lesser evil. 11.Bxf4 O-O 12.Qd3)

11.Qe2+ Kd7 12.Qb5+ Kc8 13.Ncxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Qe8+ 15.Qxe8+ Rxe8+ 16.Kf2 Bxc2 17.Bxf7 Rf8 18.Be6+ Nd7 19.Bd2 Kd8 20.Rac1 Rc8 21.Nh5 g6 22.Ng3 Rc7 23.Rhe1 Be7 24.Bh6 Rf6 25.Bg7 Rf4 26.Bxd7 Kxd7 27.Be5 Bd6 28.Bxf4 Bxf4 29.Ne4 Bxc1 30.Rxc1 b6 31.Nc5+ bxc5 32.Rxc2 cxd4 33.Rxc7+ Kxc7 34.Ke2 Kd6 35.Kd3 Kc5 36.a3 a6 37.f4 h6 38.b4+ Kb5 39.Kxd4 Ka4 40.Ke5 Kxa3 41.Kf6 Kxb4 42.Kxg6 1-0 Narings,N-Van Beers,E/NLD-chT9596 1995]

[9...Nc6 has seen so little action 10.Rg1 O-O 11.Bg5 Be6 12.Bxd5 Bxh2 13.Rg2 Bd6 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.O-O-O Bh3 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.Rg5 Nb4 19.N2c3 Be6 20.Nxd6 Rxc3 21.Be4 f6 22.Qh2 f5 23.Rdg1 1-0 Gnirk,H-Hanison,B/corr 2000]

10.Bg5 # In this position White is a tempo down on the line 8...Bg4 9.0-0 f3 10.gxf3 Be6 11.Bg5 since Black's Bishop took only one move to get to e6. However since that tempo was 0-0, White now has the option of castling queenside as indeed he does.

[10.Bf4 Bb4 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Nxc3 Nbd7 13.Qd2 a6 14.Rg1 g6 15.O-O-O Qa5 16.Rde1 O-O-O 17.Kb1 Bf5 18.Nxd5 b6 19.Ne7+ Kb7 20.Qxa5 bxa5 21.Nxf5 1-0 Pfau-Battagin/corr. 1969]

10...h6 11.Bh4

[11.Bxf6 would only help Black.]

11...g5 12.Bg3 Nc6 13.Qd2 Ne7 14.O-O-O� So White has provoked a weakening of the Black kingside and castled queenside himself. His plan is f3-f4 to get at the black king. Nf5 15.Be5 Be7 16.f4 g4 17.Ng3 O-O 18.Qd3 Qd7 otherwise f4-f5 follows. 19.h3! # White is trying to sneak in through the backdoor to finish off the Black King.

[19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Nxf5 f6 is much more unclear.]

19...Rfc8 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.hxg4 Nxg3 22.Qxg3 Qd6 23.Qf3 Rxc3 A desperate counter-attack. 24.bxc3 a5 25.f5 Qa3+ 26.Kd2 Bg5+ 27.Kd3 Rf8 28.fxe6 fxe6 29.Qg2 The rest of the moves were Qd6 30.Ke2 a4 31.Rhf1 Rc8 32.Rf3 axb3 33.axb3 Ra8 34.Kf1 Ra2 35.Kg1 e5 36.dxe5 Qxe5 37.Qf2 Qe6 38.Kh1 Ra8 39.Qd4 Rd8 40.Rf5 Qe2 41.Rf2 Qe6 42.Rf3 Qe2 43.Qd3 Qe8 44.Rdf1 Qe4 45.Qxe4 dxe4 46.R3f2 e3 47.Re2 Kg7 48.Rf5 Rd6 49.Rb5 b6 50.Kg2 Rf6 51.c4 Rc6 52.Kf3 Kg6 53.Ke4 Rf6 54.Rf5 Rc6 55.Rd5 Rf6 56.Kd3 Re6 57.c5 bxc5 58.Rxc5 Rd6+ 59.Ke4 Rd1 60.Rc6+ Kf7 61.Rxe3! With the Black King cut off at the back the rook-endgame is easily winning. I actually feel a little bad now, since this is the second game in this series with Jan Timman at the receiving end. 8...f3 seems a bit dubious, but it is surprising that 9. ..Nh5 has not been tried more often.

1-0

C33. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Before this tournament Reindermann had exclusively played 3.Nf3, and even though he lost with it in the first round to Sokolov (who replied 3...Ne7) he gives Bc4 another go. Timman is no stranger to the King's Gambit, having published the 'Open Games' CD for New In Chess. Nf6
	[3...c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 But Black can also try
		(4...d5!? 5.exd5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 f3 which was seen in Ivanchuk-Piket, Linares 1997.)]
4.Nc3! The alternatives are quickly dismissed:
	[4.Qe2 Lopez. Bc5! [E/G]]

	[4.e5? d5 5.Bb3
		(5.Bb5+ Bd7)
	5...Ne4 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.O-O Nc6 Anderssen - Morphy, Paris 1858 .]

	[4.Qf3 Nc6 5.Qxf4 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Qe4+ Be6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Qe3 Ng4 10.Qe4 Qd4! [E/G]]

	[4.d3!? has been used with success by the Polgar sisters, but it only promises equality.]
4...c6! # Discovered by Jaenisch in the middle of the 19th century. Black intends to strike in the centre with d7-d5, hitting the Bishop on c4. This plan is very similar to the Paulsen defence to the Bishop's opening: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 c6 which is very comfortable for Black.
	[4...Bb4!? is another variation on our theme of Nf6/Bb4, and should superficially speaking be worse since White has not moved his d-pawn yet, which means that there is not pin with Nf6-e4. We examine this idea later.]
5.Bb3! Another try is
	[5.d4 is the main alternative, which we examine in detail below.]

	[5.Qf3 one example: d5 6.exd5 Bd6 7.Qe2+ others are worse. Be7 8.d6! Qxd6 9.d3 O-O 10.Bd2 b5 11.Bb3 a5 12.a4 b4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Bf6 15.O-O-O Bg4 16.Bxf4 Qd7 17.Nf3 Re8 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Bxd1 20.Kxd1 Na6 21.Rf1 Re7 22.Qf4 Rae8 23.Bc4 Nc7 24.Bd6 Nd5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Qf2 Qd7 28.Qf5 Re6 29.g4 g6 30.Qf4 Re7 31.b3 Qc8 32.Qd4 Qe6 33.Kc1 Qe2 34.Rf2 Qe1+ 35.Kb2 Rc7 36.Qxd5 Qxf2 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Qxc7 Qd4+ 39.Ka2 Qf2 40.g5 h6 41.h4 hxg5 42.hxg5 Qd4 43.Qe7 Qc3 44.Kb1 Qd4 45.Qe1 Kf8 46.Qf1 Kg7 47.Qh1 Qf2 48.Qc1 Qd4 49.Qf1 Qc3 50.Qf2 Qe5 51.Qh4 Qe3 52.d4 Qd2 53.Kb2 Qe3 54.Qg4 Qd2 55.Kb1 Qe1+ 56.Ka2 Qd2 57.Qe4 Qxg5 58.Qc6 Qf5 59.d5 Qe4 60.Qc5 Qe5 61.Qxa5 1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Benjamin,J/Buenos Aires 1992]

	[5.Qe2 d5 6.exd5+ Be7 7.d6! transposes to 5.Qf3.]
5...d5 6.exd5 cxd5 Exchanging a pair of knights with
	[6...Nxd5 is less good. 7.Nxd5 cxd5 8.d4 Qh4+ 9.Kf1 Be6 10.Nf3 Qh5 11.Qe2 Tartakover.]

	[6...Bd6 is similar to the Nimzovich defence , and often transposes to the main lines, since White will simply decline the 'gift'. 7.Nf3
		(7.d4 cxd5)

		(7.Qe2+ is also possible, one example: Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.Bxf4 cxd5 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Nf3 Na5 12.Ne5 Nxb3+ 13.axb3 Bb4 14.Kb1 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Ne4 16.Rd3 f6 17.Nf3 Re8 18.Qf1 a5 19.Nd2 a4 20.b4 Bf5 21.Nxe4 Rxe4 22.g4 Bxg4 23.Rg3 Be2 24.Qg2 Qe7?? 25.Rg1 Alekhine's gun is hard to argue with. g5 26.Bxg5! Kf7 27.Bh6 Ke6 28.Rg7 Qe8 29.Rxb7 Bg4 30.h3 Bf5 31.Rb6+ Kd7 32.Qg7+ Re7 33.Rb7+ Ke6 34.Re1+ Be4 35.Rxe4+ dxe4 36.d5+ Kd6 37.Qxf6+ 1-0 Tebb,D-Littlewood,P/Birmingham ENG 2000)
	7...cxd5
		(7...O-O 8.O-O Nxd5 9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.d4 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nd3 Nc6 13.Nxf4 Bxf4 14.Bxf4 Na5 15.Qe1 Bf7 16.Qg3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Bg6 18.Bc7 Qd7 19.c3 a6 20.Rae1 Rae8 21.h3 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 1/2-1/2 Eberth,Z-Paal,A/Eger 1991)
	8.d4 and we have transposed to the main line.]
7.d4 Bd6 The current (2001) main line of the Bishop's gambit. Black wants to take the money and run. White's problem is that both his bishops are locked out of the game and he is still the gambit pawn down. This is an important moment since White should select his strategy here. He has the choice between: 1) Trying to regain the pawn as soon as possible with Nge2 or Qf3. 2) Developing with Nf3 and 0-0 followed by Ne5 when Pf4 might be won anyway. I am recommending that the reader follow plan 2, but in this game we look at the consequences of opening door #1.
	[7...Bb4!? which is examined in Westerinen - Raetsky.]

	[7...Be7 is extremely passive.]
8.Nge2 The more conventional-looking
	[8.Nf3 which I recommend is examined later.]

	[8.Qf3 is seen in Lagumina - Ernst.]

	[8.Qe2+?! Has also been tried, but it seems rather dubious. Be6 9.Nf3 O-O compared with the main lines of 8.Nf3 the queen seems misplaced on e2, while Black wants to play Be6 anyway. 10.Nb5 Bg4 so Black decides to lose a tempo. 11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O Nc6 13.c3 a6 14.Qd3 and White loses one in return. Ne4 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.Bxf4 Qh5 18.Qxd5 Nc5 19.Qxh5 Bxh5 20.Bd1 Bxd1 21.Raxd1 Rfd8 22.Bc7 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rc8 24.Bb6 Na4 25.Bd4 f6 26.Rd2 b5 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.Re2 1/2-1/2 Eberth,Z-Engsner,J/Agria 1989]
8...f3!? The immediate
	[8...O-O see David-Tkachiev.]

	[8...Bg4 9.Qd3
		(9.O-O f3 (9...Qe7 10.Qd3 g5 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Rae1 Be6 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Nxf4 Be6 16.Nd5 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 Qd6 18.Nf6+ Kf8 19.d5 Be5 20.dxe6 Qxd3 21.cxd3 Kg7 22.Nd7 f6 23.Nxe5 fxe5 24.Rf7+ Kg6 25.Ref1 Kh5 26.g4+ Kxg4 27.Rg1+ Kh4 28.Rf2 1-0 Beeker,D-Straeter,T/NWL-II 1993) 10.gxf3 Be6 # Black has lost a tempo compared with 8...f3. However White has castled to a less than perfect kingside. 11.Bg5 (11.Qd3 looks better to me. Nc6 The position is about equal. Both sides have bad pawn-structures. White has a wrecked king position, but his pieces are better placed. White would like to play Nc3-somewhere, c2-c3 and Bc2 when Black's King will be in peril at g8. Black should probably prevent this with Nc6-a5xb3. In fact, Black might have some difficulty finding a safe haven for his King, as there is also a nasty pin with Bg5.) 11...h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nb5 (13.f4 was worth a try.) 13...Qd8 14.Nxd6+ Qxd6 15.Qd3 Nc6 16.c3 O-O-O 17.f4 g6 18.Ng3? White should get his counterplay on the queenside going with Bc2 and b2-b4. Ne7 19.Bc2 h5 20.Rf2 h4 21.Nf1 Bf5 22.Qf3 Bxc2 23.Rxc2 Nf5 24.Re1 a5 25.Ne3 Rh5 26.Rf2 Re8 27.Rff1 Nxe3 28.Rxe3 Rxe3 29.Qxe3 Qd7 30.Kh1 Rh8 31.Re1 Qg4 32.Rg1 Qh5 33.Rf1 Kd7 34.Qe5 Re8 35.Qxh5 gxh5 36.Kg1 Re4 37.Kh1? Re2 38.Rf3 Rxb2 0-1 Mayers,D-Summerscale,A/London 1993)
	9...O-O 10.O-O Pawngrabbers should consider the immediate
		(10.Bxf4 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Bxf4 12.Nxf4 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Qd6 14.g3 g5 15.Nh3 Ne4+ 16.Kg2 Nc6 17.Rhf1 a5 18.c3 Re7? 19.Rf5! Qg6 20.Rxd5 h6 21.Rf1 Rae8 22.Nf2 Nxf2 23.Qxg6+ fxg6 24.Rxf2 Kg7 25.Ba4 Re1 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Rxa5 Ra1 28.Ra7+ Kg8 29.Rc7 g4 30.Rxc6 Kg7 31.Rc7+ Kg8 32.Rcf7 h5 33.a3 Rb1 34.h3 Ree1 35.Rf8+ 1-0 Menyhart,T-Hegedus,G/Debrecen-ch 1995)
	10...f3 11.gxf3 Bh3
		(11...Be6 transposes to 9.0-0 f3)
	12.Rf2 Nh5 The Black 'attack' looks menacing but that is all. Now White will win a pawn, gain central control, and defend easily. 13.Bxd5 Nc6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Ne4 Bf5 16.Qc3 Rc8 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 Qd7 19.Bg3 Be7 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.Qb3+ Be6 22.Qe3 Re8 23.Qd2 Rcd8 24.Qa5 Nxg3 25.hxg3 Bd5 26.Qd2 Qb7 27.Qc1 c5 28.Nxc5 Bxc5 29.dxc5 Bxf3 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Nc3 Qc6 32.Qf4 Bh5 33.b4 a5 34.a3 axb4 35.axb4 Bg6 36.Qc4+ Bf7 37.Qe2 Re8 38.Qf3 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Qe6 40.Re2 Rxe2+ 41.Qxe2 Qf5 42.Qe4 Qf2+ 43.Qg2 Qe3 44.Ne2 Bh5 45.Qa8+ Be8 46.Qd5+ Bf7 47.Qd8+ Be8 48.Nf4 g5 49.Ng2 Qe2 50.c6 Kg7 51.b5 Bg6 52.Qd7+ Kh6 53.c7 Be4 54.Qh3+ Kg6 55.c8=Q h5 56.Qe8+ Kh6 57.g4 h4 58.Qe7 Kg6 59.Qxe4+ Qxe4 60.Qd3 1-0 Knazovcik,L-Rybak,M/CZE 1993]

	[8...g5 can be met by 9.h4 or maybe
		(9.O-O when O-O transposes to the main line, see next game.)
	9...f3 10.gxf3 g4 11.Bg5 gxf3 12.Nxd5 Be7 13.Nec3 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bxg5 15.hxg5 Qxg5 16.Qxf3 Bg4 17.Qg3 Nd7 18.O-O O-O 19.Rf4 h5 20.Raf1 Kh8 21.Bxf7 Rad8 22.Ne4 Qe7 23.d5 Rxf7 24.Rxf7 Qxe4 25.Qc3+ Ne5 26.Re7 Rg8 27.Rf8 Rxf8 28.Rxe5 Qg6 29.Rxh5+ Kg8 30.Rh8+ Kf7 31.Qc7+ 1/2-1/2 Larrosa Vila,J-Alonso Arburu,J/corr 1991]
9.gxf3 Be6 It is surprising that the natural
	[9...Nh5!? prevents the pin on g5 and the move Bf4 in one go, making it much more difficult for White to develop and castle queenside. 10.O-O O-O 11.Rf2 Be6 12.Kh1 Qh4 13.Qg1 Nc6 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Qg5 Qxg5 16.Bxg5 f6 17.Bd2 Kf7 18.Re1 Rfd8 19.Kg2 Rac8 20.Ng3 1/2-1/2 Hartmann,W-Hermann,M/Bad Neuenahr 1984]

	[9...O-O 10.Bg5 h6
		(10...Be6 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.Rhg1 Kh8 14.Nf4 Nb6 15.Qg2 Re8 16.Rde1 Qd7 17.Bh6 g6 18.Rxe6 Ng8 19.Rxg6 fxg6 20.Nxg6+ hxg6 21.Bg7+ 1-0 Melgosa,M-Zuluaga,J/Bogota op 1991)
	11.Bh4 Be7 12.Qd3 Nc6 13.O-O-O Nh5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Qd2 Qd6 16.Rde1 Bd7 17.Ng3 Nf6 18.Nce2 a5 19.a3 b5 20.Rhg1 Kh8 21.Nf4 a4 22.Ba2 Nc6 23.Ngh5 Nxh5 24.Nxh5 Rg8 25.Qf4 Qxf4+ 26.Nxf4 Nxd4 27.Bxd5 Rac8 28.Bxf7 Rxc2+ 29.Kb1 Rgc8 30.Ng6+ Kh7 31.Ne7 Kh8 32.Bg6 R2c5 33.Nxc8 Nxf3 34.Ne7 Nxg1 35.Rxg1 1-0 Hodgson,J-Barle,J/London 1993]

	[9...Bh3?! 10.Nf4 Bf5
		(10...Bxf4 yields the Bishop pair but would have been the lesser evil. 11.Bxf4 O-O 12.Qd3)
	11.Qe2+ Kd7 12.Qb5+ Kc8 13.Ncxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Qe8+ 15.Qxe8+ Rxe8+ 16.Kf2 Bxc2 17.Bxf7 Rf8 18.Be6+ Nd7 19.Bd2 Kd8 20.Rac1 Rc8 21.Nh5 g6 22.Ng3 Rc7 23.Rhe1 Be7 24.Bh6 Rf6 25.Bg7 Rf4 26.Bxd7 Kxd7 27.Be5 Bd6 28.Bxf4 Bxf4 29.Ne4 Bxc1 30.Rxc1 b6 31.Nc5+ bxc5 32.Rxc2 cxd4 33.Rxc7+ Kxc7 34.Ke2 Kd6 35.Kd3 Kc5 36.a3 a6 37.f4 h6 38.b4+ Kb5 39.Kxd4 Ka4 40.Ke5 Kxa3 41.Kf6 Kxb4 42.Kxg6 1-0 Narings,N-Van Beers,E/NLD-chT9596 1995]

	[9...Nc6 has seen so little action 10.Rg1 O-O 11.Bg5 Be6 12.Bxd5 Bxh2 13.Rg2 Bd6 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.O-O-O Bh3 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.Rg5 Nb4 19.N2c3 Be6 20.Nxd6 Rxc3 21.Be4 f6 22.Qh2 f5 23.Rdg1 1-0 Gnirk,H-Hanison,B/corr 2000]
10.Bg5 # In this position White is a tempo down on the line 8...Bg4 9.0-0 f3 10.gxf3 Be6 11.Bg5 since Black's Bishop took only one move to get to e6. However since that tempo was 0-0, White now has the option of castling queenside as indeed he does.
	[10.Bf4 Bb4 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Nxc3 Nbd7 13.Qd2 a6 14.Rg1 g6 15.O-O-O Qa5 16.Rde1 O-O-O 17.Kb1 Bf5 18.Nxd5 b6 19.Ne7+ Kb7 20.Qxa5 bxa5 21.Nxf5 1-0 Pfau-Battagin/corr. 1969]
10...h6 11.Bh4
	[11.Bxf6 would only help Black.]
11...g5 12.Bg3 Nc6 13.Qd2 Ne7 14.O-O-O� So White has provoked a weakening of the Black kingside and castled queenside himself. His plan is f3-f4 to get at the black king. Nf5 15.Be5 Be7 16.f4 g4 17.Ng3 O-O 18.Qd3 Qd7 otherwise f4-f5 follows. 19.h3! # White is trying to sneak in through the backdoor to finish off the Black King.
	[19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Nxf5 f6 is much more unclear.]
19...Rfc8 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.hxg4 Nxg3 22.Qxg3 Qd6 23.Qf3 Rxc3 A desperate counter-attack. 24.bxc3 a5 25.f5 Qa3+ 26.Kd2 Bg5+ 27.Kd3 Rf8 28.fxe6 fxe6 29.Qg2 The rest of the moves were Qd6 30.Ke2 a4 31.Rhf1 Rc8 32.Rf3 axb3 33.axb3 Ra8 34.Kf1 Ra2 35.Kg1 e5 36.dxe5 Qxe5 37.Qf2 Qe6 38.Kh1 Ra8 39.Qd4 Rd8 40.Rf5 Qe2 41.Rf2 Qe6 42.Rf3 Qe2 43.Qd3 Qe8 44.Rdf1 Qe4 45.Qxe4 dxe4 46.R3f2 e3 47.Re2 Kg7 48.Rf5 Rd6 49.Rb5 b6 50.Kg2 Rf6 51.c4 Rc6 52.Kf3 Kg6 53.Ke4 Rf6 54.Rf5 Rc6 55.Rd5 Rf6 56.Kd3 Re6 57.c5 bxc5 58.Rxc5 Rd6+ 59.Ke4 Rd1 60.Rc6+ Kf7 61.Rxe3! With the Black King cut off at the back the rook-endgame is easily winning. I actually feel a little bad now, since this is the second game in this series with Jan Timman at the receiving end. 8...f3 seems a bit dubious, but it is surprising that 9. ..Nh5 has not been tried more often. 1-0