1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3
5...c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.0–0 e6 8.Ng5 Bg6
9.Bxe6!? (White sacrifices a piece for two pawns. 9.Ne2 intending 10.Nf4 is a more cautious approach.) 9...fxe6 (Or 9...h6) 10.Nxe6 Qd7 11. Kf7 (Maybe 11...Qxe6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Re1 regains the material) 12.d5! cxd5 13.Nxd5 (The critical line is 13.Bxf6 Qxe6 14.Bxg7+ Kxg7 15.Qd4+ Kh6=) 13...Qxe6 (13...Kxe6 favors Black, but it sure looks risky in blitz.) 14.Nxf6 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 gxf6 16.Rxf6+ Qxf6 17.Qd5+ Qe6 18.Rf1+ Bf5 19.Rxf5+ 1–0 Arslanov - Li, chess.com 2024
5...g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.0–0 0–0 8.Qe1 e6 9.Qh4 Nbd7 10.Bg5 c5 11.d5 Nb6
12.Ne5 (12.Ne4! Nxc4 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bxf6 wins the queen or the king.) 12...exd5 13.Rxf6 dxc4 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.Rdd6? Bf5 (15...Bxf6! favors Black.) 16.Nb5 Qb8 17.Bh6 Nc8 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nxf7 Nxd6 20.Nbxd6 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Rxf7 22.Qxc4 b6 23.Qc3+ Kg8 24.Rf6 Re7 25.h3 Rae8 26.Qg3 Bxc2 27.b4 cxb4 28.h4 a5 29.h5 Re6 30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.h6 Bf5 32.Qc7! a4 33.Qg7# 1–0 Boraso - Mihajlovskij, Titled Tue 2024
5...e6 6.Bd3 c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb4 9.0–0 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qf3 Bb7 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.Bg5 Qc5+ 14.Be3 Qh5 15.Qg3
15...Bc5 (15...0–0=) 16.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17.Kh1 Qe7 18.Qxg7 1–0 Arslanov - Shtivelband, chess.com 2024
5...Bf5 6.Ne5 and now:
6...c6 7.g4 Be4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.Bc4 Nd6
10.Qf3 (10.0–0 favors White.) 10...f6 11.0–0 Nxc4 12.Nxc4 Qxd4+ 13.Ne3 Nd7 14.Rd1 Ne5 15.Qf2 Qe4 16.b4 e6 17.Bb2 Nxg4 18.Nxg4 Qxg4+ 19.Kh1 Qe4+ 20.Kg1 Bxb4 21.Rd4 Qg6+ 22.Kf1 Bc5 23.Re1 0–0 24.Rxe6 Bxd4 25.Bxd4 Rfe8 26.Qe2 Qf7 27.Re7 Rxe7 0–1 Arslanov - Csonka, chess.com 2024
6…e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Bg2 c6 9.h4 Bb4 10.0–0 Bxc2 11.Qd2 Be4
12.Bxe4 (Or 12.Nxf7! Kxf7 13.Bxe4 favors White.) 12...Nxe4 13.Qf4 Qxd4+ 14.Kg2 f6 15.Nf3 Qd6 16.Qxe4 Nd7 17.Be3 0–0–0 18.Rad1 Qe7 19.Bxa7 Nc5 20.Qxb4 1–0 Arslanov - Babiy, chess.com 2024
5…Bg4 and now:
6.Bc4 e6 7.0–0 c6 8.Be3 Be7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.Ne4
15...0–0 (15...Nxe3! favors Black.) 16.Kh1 f5 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Ng5 Rfe8 19.Nxe6 Bf8 20.Qc4 Kh8 21.Bg5 Rxe6 22.Qxe6 Qxg5 23.Rde1 Re8 24.Qxe8 h5 25.Qxf8+ Kh7 26.Rxf6 gxf6 27.Qf7+ Kh6 28.Rf1 f5 29.Qxf5 1–0 Klaus_Mikaelson_001 - neverplayfast1111, lichess.org 2024
6.Bg5 c6 7.Bc4 e6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Kh1 0–0 10.Qe1 h6 11.Bh4 Bxf3 12.Rxf3 Qxd4
13.Bd3 (Better is 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Qxe6+ Rf7 15.Bxf6=) 13...Nbd7 14.Rd1 Qe5 15.Re3 Qa5 16.a3 Rfe8 17.b4 Qd8 18.Rxe6 fxe6 19.Qxe6+ Kh8 20.Bg6 Nf8 21.Qf7 Qc7 22.Bg3 Qb6 23.Bf5 Qe3 0–1 Tymrakiewicz - Contreras Huaman, chess.com 2024
6.h3 and now:
6...Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.g4 e6 9.g5 Nd5 10.Bd3 Be7 11.h4 Nd7
12.Rf1 (Or 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bd2 intending 14.0–0–0 with attacking chances.) 12...Rf8 (12...0–0!?) 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.0–0–0 0–0–0 15.Qh5 Nb4 16.Be4 f5 17.Bg2 Nb6 18.Qxh7 Rxd4 19.Qxg7 (19.Qg6=) 19...Rxh4 20.Kb1 Nc4 21.Bf4 e5 22.Bg3 Rg4 23.Bh3 Rxg3 24.Rxf5 Rd8 25.Rf8+ Kb8 26.Rfxd8+ Bxd8 27.Qf8 Nd5 28.Be6 Nce3 29.Nxd5 cxd5 30.Rc1 Rg2 31.Qf7 Rxc2 32.Re1 Qxf7 33.Bxf7 Rc7 0–1 Arslanov - Filindash, chess.com 2024
6...Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 and now:
8.Bg2 c6 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.e6 fxe6 14.Qxe6 Qd7
15.Qe2 (15.Qxd5 makes more sense to me.) 15...e6 16.0–0 0–0–0 17.Bf4 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 Rhf8 19.c4 d4 20.a3 Bd6 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.c5 d3 23.Qe3 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Qd4 25.Qxe6+ Kb8 26.c6 d2 White must give must give material to stop this pawn. 27.Qe7 Qb6 28.Qe5+ Qc7 0–1 Capp - Tymrakiewicz, chess.com 2024
8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Qf3 [9.Qe2!?]
9...Nxe5 [9...c6 protects b7.] 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.Qxb7 Nxe5 12.Bb5+! Nd7 13.Bxd7+ Kxd7 14.Qd5+ Ke8 15.Qc6+ Qd7 16.Qxa8+ Qd8 17.Qxd8+ Kxd8 18.Bf4 Bxc2 19.Rh2 Bg6 20.0–0–0+ Kc8 21.Rhd2 e6 22.Rd8+ Kb7 23.R1d7 Kc6 24.Rxc7+ Kb6 25.Rb8+ Ka6 26.Rc6+ Ka5 27.Rb5# 1–0 Graham -Yu, Peterborough ENG 2024
