Winning the

Budapest
Gambit
82 traps that Black can
really use
edited by Bill Harvey
[10/2/13]

Tired of the usual Indian responses to 1.d4?

Take a trip on the wild side! Here is a collection
of 82 critical positions in the Budapest gambit
(1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5), from Black's perspective.
1) Emilija Misiuk vs David Gavrilescu,
Mureck, 8/4/2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4

6...Be5 7.Qxh8+ ( 7.Qg5 Qxg5 8.Bxg5 Bxb2 )

Bxh8 8.f3 Ne3 9.Na3 0-1

5...Ne4 6.Nf3 Qxh4 7.g3 Bxf2# 0-1 4) Luis Benitez Cadenas vs Antonio Rodriguez
Catalina, San Fernando, 6/21/2005

2) Valery Vechkanov vsYury Kostin, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.a3 d6 5.exd6
Borisoglebsk, 4/7/2011 Bxd6 6.Nf3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 d6 5.exd6

Bxd6 6.g3

6...Nxf2 7.Kxf2 Bg3+ 0-1

6...Nxf2 7.Kxf2 ( 7.Qf3 Bc5 ) Bxg3+ 8.Ke2 Bg4+ 5) Tatyana Fomina vs Fedossow,
9.Nf3 Bxf3+ 10.Kxf3 Qxd1+ 11.Kxg3 Qxc1 12.Bg2 Ivanteevka, 1988
Qxb2 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nc3 d6 5.exd6
Bxd6 6.h3
3) Vladislav Hruska vs Ondrej Barton,
Plzen, 1999

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Qd4 d6 5.exd6

Bxd6 6.Qxg7

6...Nxf2 7.Kxf2 Qh4+ 8.Kf3 Qg3+ 9.Ke4 Bf5+

10.Kxf5 Qg6# 0-1
6) Thomas Biehler vs Peperle, Budapest, 1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.h3 Bxf2+ 5.Kxf2

Ne4+ 6.Kf3

6...Nxf2 7.Qd4 ( 7.Kxf2 Bc5+ 8.Ke1 Bf2+ ) Nxh1

8.Bf4 Nc6 9.Qe3+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Kxe7 11.Bg5+
f6 12.Bh4 Bg3+ 0-1

6...Qh4 7.g3 Qxg3+ 8.Kxe4 f5+ 9.Kxf5 d6+ 9) Alfredo Cordero vs Francisco Benko,
10.Ke4 Bf5+ 11.Kxf5 Qg6# 0-1 Buenos Aires, 1969

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Qd4 d6 5.exd6

7) Warren vs Alexander Sellmann, Berlin, 1930 Nc6 6.Qd1 Bxd6 7.Nf3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 d6 5.exd6

Bxd6 6.g3

7...Nxf2 8.Qb3 ( 8.Kxf2 Bg3+ ) Nxh1 9.Qe3+ Be6

10.c5 Bxh2 0-1

6...Nxf2 7.Kxf2 Bxg3+ 0-1

10) Janne Mertanen vs Jouni Soppela,
Jyvaskyla, 1993
8) Rudolf Dieckmann vs Michael Gegner,
Dortmund, 2000 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qd5
Bb7 6.Qxb7 Nc6 7.Qa6
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 d6 5.exd6
Bxd6 6.h3
 13) Mieczyslaw Ciszek vs S Pielaet,
Naleczow, 7/??/1987

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qd5

Bb7 6.Qxb7 Nc6 7.Qa6 Bb4+ 8.Bd2

7...Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Nc5 9.Qb5 Bxd2+ 10.Nbxd2 a6 0-

1

11) Julio Idigoras vs Raul Giles, Zarate, 1973

8...Nc5 9.Qb5 Bxd2+ 10.Nbxd2 a6 11.Qxc6 dxc6
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 0-1
6.Bg5 e4 7.Nxe4

14) Kaj Laios vs Ilkka Manninen, corr., 1992

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 d6

6.exd6 Bxd6 7.Qc2 Bf5 8.e3

7...Nxe4 8.Bxd8 Bxf2# 0-1

12) Tullio Marinelli vs Suad Osmanbegovic,

Cannes, 1995
8...Ng3 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Bb4+ 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6
6.exd6 Bxd6 7.g3 157) Julian Garcia Cortes vs Miguel Lorite
Martinez, Valencia, 1992

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Qc2 a5

6.a3 O-O 7.h3 Nh5 8.Na4

7...Nxf2 8.Kxf2 Bxg3+ 0-1

 9...e4 10.Nd4 Nd3+ 11.exd3 exd3+ 0-1

18) David Maagaard vs Per Jacobsen,

Helsingor, 8/1/2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2

Nc5 6.b3 d6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.g3 Qe7 9.Qc2

8...Bxf2+ 9.Kd1 ( 9.Kxf2 Qh4+ 10.Ke3 Qf4+ ) Ng3

10.e3 Nxh1 11.Nf3 Bg3 12.Bd3 f5 13.e4 fxe4
14.Bxe4 Nf2+ 15.Ke2 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Bf5 17.Qe3
Bc2 18.Nc3 e4 0-1

16) Alexandru Kutnik vs Daniel Gabor,

Romania, 1999
9...Nb4 10.Qc3 Ncd3+ 11.Kd1 Nxf2+ 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5
Bf5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.dxc6
19) Cal Magaoay vs Charles Pigg,
California, 1994

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.Nf3

Nbc6 6.Be2 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 d6 9.Bg5

8...Nxc3 0-1

17) Olivier Moor vs Mario Lanzani,

Silvaplana, 1993
9...Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Qxg5 11.Qc2 Nd4 12.Qd1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nd2 Nc5 5.Ngf3 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 c6 14.Rad1 Bg4 15.Qg3 Qh5
Nc6 6.b3 Qe7 7.Qc2 d6 8.Bb2 dxe5 9.a3 16.Rd2 Rad8 17.Na4 Bb4 18.Rd3 Be2 0-1

20) Ivan Valles Moreno vs Jorge Baron

Rodriguez, Los Barrios, 1995

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6

6.Bf4 Bf5 7.Qd5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Qxd5 9.cxd5
 23) Hubert Grabowski vs Martin Herzog,
Badenweiler, 1985

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.e3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 exd4 5.Qxd4

Nc6 6.Qd1 Ne4 7.Nge2 Qf6 8.f3 Bxc3+ 9.Nxc3
Qh4+ 10.Ke2
Black mates in 2.

9...Nd4 10.f3 ( 10.Ra2 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxf2+ ) Nc2+

11.Kd1 Nf2+ 12.Kd2 Nxa1 13.Rg1 Bxb1 14.e3 O-
O-O 15.Bc4 b5 0-1

21) Stepan Davydov vs Vasily Beliaev,

Kazan, 1/28/2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qd5

Bb7 6.Qxb7 Nc6 7.Qa6 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Nc5 9.Qb5 10...Qf2+ 11.Kd3 Nc5# 0-1

24) K Kurrik vs Paul Keres, Tartu, 1935

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.e3 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd1

d5 6.a3 Be6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nf6 9.Qxd8+ Rxd8
10.Bg5

9...Bxd2+ 10.Nbxd2 a6 11.Qxc6 dxc6 0-1

22) Ludovino da Silva Hermes vs Tatiane Cristina

Coelho, Sao Paulo, 3/5/2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.Nc3 Ng4 5.e3 d6

6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 Nf6 8.Bd3 Bb4 9.O-O 10...Nd4 11.Bd3 Nb3 0-1

25) Marcel Mondy vs Jean-Jacques Ter

Sarkissoff, France,2001

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bf4

Bc5 6.e3 d6 7.exd6 Qf6 8.Qc2 Bf5 9.d7+ Kf8
10.Qe2 Nb4 11.Na3

9...Bxc3 10.bxc3 e4 0-1


11...Nd3+ 12.Kd1 Ngxf2+ 0-1
26) Suhr vs Alexander Sellmann , corr., 1930
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Bd2 Ngxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.Bc3 Qe7 9.Qd5 d6
10.b4 c6 11.Qe4 f5 12.Qf4
12...g5 13.Qg3 f4 0-1
27) V Zuckmann vs R Seehase, BRD corr., 1967
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Qc2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2
d5 6.exd6 Bf5 7.Ngf3 Qxd6 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.a3 Nd4
10.Qa4+ b5 11.cxb5 Nxf3+ 12.exf3
12...Bxd2+ 13.Kd1 ( 13.Ke2 Bxc1 ) Nc3+ 0-1
28) Michel Masera vs Didier Dallet, Paris, 1998
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nd2
d6 6.exd6 Qf6 7.Bg3 Qxb2 8.Ngf3 Bf5 9.Rc1 Nd7
10.h3 Ngf6 11.dxc7 Ne4 12.Rc2
12...Nxd2 13.Rxb2 ( 13.Nxd2 Bxc2 ) Nxf3# 0-1
29) Jose Cavalcanti vs Ludwig Engels,
Recife , 7/??/1947
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nd2 Nc5 5.e4
Nc6 6.Ngf3 d6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.a3 a5 9.Qc2 O-O
10.Be2 f5 11.O-O fxe4 12.Nxe4
12...Bf5 13.Nfd2 Nd4 14.Qd1 Nxe4 0-1
30) Manuel Perez Luis vs Alonso Zapata,
Habana, 2001
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2
Nc5 6.g3 Qe7 7.Bg2 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Nb3 Ne6
10.Be3 O-O 11.Qd5 a5 12.Nc5
12...Nb4 13.Nxe6 Nxd5 14.Bc5 Qxe6 15.cxd5
Qxd5 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.Rfd1 Qb5 18.Rac1 c6
19.b3 a4 20.bxa4 Rxa4 0-1
31) Sergio Hernandez Leon vs Steven Gonzalez
Cruz, El Sauzal, 9/9/2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 Ncxe5 8.b3 Qf6 9.Qc2 d6 10.h3
Bf5 11.Qd2 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3
12...Bxe3 13.fxe3 Qh4+ 0-1
32) Christian Hauke vs Peter Reuter,
Germany, 1/16/1994
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Nc6 5.Qc2 d5
6.exd6 Bf5 7.Nc3 Nd4 8.Qd1 c5 9.Ra2 Bxd6
10.e3 Qh4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4 12.Be2 Qxg2 13.Bf3
13...Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Be4 15.Qxg2 Bxg2 16.f3
Bxh1 17.b3 g5 0-1
33) Kai Bjerring vs Jorgen Hvenekilde,
Taastrup, 1995
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 d6
6.exd6 Bxd6 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Qb3 Qe7
10.Be3 O-O 11.g3 Bxf3 12.exf3 Nd4 13.Qd1
13...Bb4+ 14.axb4 Qxb4+ 15.Qd2 Nxf3+ 0-1
34) Karl Tosunoglu vs Andreas Huebner,
Germany, 1997
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2
Nc5 6.b3 d6 7.exd6Bxd6 8.Bb2 Qe7 9.e3 Bg4
10.Be2 O-O-O 11.Qc2 Nb4 12.Qc3 Bxf3 13.gxf3
13...Be5 14.Qc1 ( 14.Qxb4 Nd3+ ) Ncd3+ 0-1 Black mates in 4.

35) Steven Djukic vs A Muzyka, Mureck, 1998

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Nxd4 d5 5.Nc3 c5

6.Nf3 d4 7.Nb1 Bf5 8.e3 Nc6 9.exd4 cxd4 10.Bg5
Nb4 11.Na3 Bc5 12.Qe2+ Kf8 13.O-O-O
Black mates in 2.

13...Bh3+ 14.Kg3 Qf4+ 15.Kxh3 Qxf3+ 16.Kh4

g5# 0-1

38) Stanislaw Wojcikowski vs Aleksander Kubin,

Rowy, 9/3/2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6

13...Nxa2+ 14.Kd2 Bb4# 0-1 6.Nd4 Ngxe5 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.a3 a5 9.Nc3 d6
10.Qd5 Be6 11.Qe4 O-O 12.Bd3 g6 13.O-O

36) Balazs Kiss vs Zoran Majeric,

Gyongyos, 7/23/2002

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng1 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O

6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 e3 8.Qb3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 exf2+
10.Bxf2 Ne4 11.Qf3 d5 12.e3 Qe7 13.O-O-O

13...Bf5 14.Qf3 Bxd3 15.Rd1 Bxc4 0-1

39) Yaroslav Zuev vs Vladimir Stepovoj,

Riazan, 4/??/2010

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3

13...Bg4 14.Qxg4 Nxf2 15.Qf3 Nxd1 16.Kxd1 Re8 Ngxe5 6.e3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O d6 9.Nd4 O-O
17.Kd2 dxc4 18.a3 c5 19.Ne2 Nc6 0-1 10.f4 Nxd4 11.exd4 Nc6 12.Be3 Re8 13.Qd2

37) Ludwig Moderegger vs Ortwin Bock,

Bergen, 6/7/2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.e3 Nc6 4.d5 Ne7 5.Nc3 Ng6

6.e4 Bb4 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Bd3 d6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6
Qxf6 11.Nf3 Nf4 12.O-O Nxg2 13.Kxg2
13...Rxe3 0-1
40) Denes Sabjan vs Szabo,
Hungary (corr.), 1985
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 d6 5.exd6
Bxd6 6.Nf3 Nxf2 7.Qd4 Nxh1 8.Qxg7 Rf8 9.Bh6
f6 10.Qxh7 Rf7 11.Qg6 Nc6 12.Qg8+ Ke7 13.Qg6
Ng3 14.hxg3
14...Bf5 15.Qh5 Bxg3# 0-1
41) Mladen Despic vs Robert Sasata,
Winnipeg, 1993
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.a3 a5 7.Qd5 Qe7 8.Bd2 Ngxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5
10.Bc3 d6 11.Nd2 c6 12.Qe4 f5 13.Qf4 g5
14.Qg3
14...f4 15.exf4 gxf4 16.Qxf4 Nd3+ 17.Kd1 Nxf4
18.Bxh8 Bf5 19.g3 O-O-O 20.Bc3 Re8 0-1
42) Markus Held vs Thomas Kirchner,
Germany, 1999
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 g5 5.Bg3 Nc6
6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.e3 d6
10.h4 g4 11.h5 Be6 12.Nd5 c6 13.Bh4 Qa5+
14.Nc3
14...Nf3+ 15.gxf3 Bxc3+ 16.bxc3 Qxc3+ 17.Qd2 (
17.Ke2 Bxc4+ ) Qxa1+ 18.Qd1 Qxd1+ 19.Kxd1
gxf3 0-1
43) Miha Vidic vs Primoz Petek, Kranj, 7/ 5/2005
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Nc3 O-O 7.b3 Ncxe5 8.h3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Ne5
10.Qh5 d6 11.Bb2 c6 12.Be2 f5 13.O-O-O Be6
14.Kb1
14...Bf7 15.Qxf5 Bg6 0-1
44) Thomas Titgemeyer vs Marcel Laarhoven,
Maastricht, 6/1/2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Bd2 O-O 7.Bc3 Qe7 8.a3 a5 9.Be2 Ngxe5
10.Nbd2 Nxf3+ 11.Nxf3 d6 12.O-O Bg4 13.b3
Rfd8 14.Nd4
14...Bxd4 15.Bxd4 ( 15.Bxg4 Bxc3 ) Bxe2
16.Qxe2 Nxd4 0-1
45) Relja Krstic vs Miroslav Bosnic,
Belgrade, 10/30/2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6
6.exd6 Bxd6 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.b4 Qf6 9.Ra2 O-O-O
10.Qb3 Rhe8 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bg5 Qg6 13.Be3
Bxf3 14.gxf3
14...Rxe3 15.fxe3 ( 15.Qxe3 Qb1+ ) Bg3+ 0-1
46) Guenther Moehring vs Jesper Lauridsen, St.
Ingbert, 1987
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3
Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qe7 8.Qd5 f6 9.exf6
Nxf6 10.Qd3 d6 11.e3 Ne4 12.Nd4 Nc5 13.Qd2
Ne5 14.f3 O-O 15.e4
15...Rxf4 16.Qxf4 Ned3+ 0-1
47) Didier Chevallier vs Eric Louvert, Paris, 1991
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Nc3 Ngxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O d6
10.a3 a5 11.f4 Nc6 12.Bd3 Re8 13.Kh1 Re6 14.f5
Rh6 15.e4
Black mates in2.
15...Rxh2+ 0-1
48) Jonathan Chi vs Frank Veszely,
Edmonton, 2000
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.e3 exd4 4.exd4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2
Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 O-O 7.Nf3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Be2
Nc6 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.O-O Nce7 12.Rfe1 Ng6 13.h3
Bf5 14.Bc4 Ndf4 15.Ne5
15...Qg5 16.Ng4 Nxh3+ 17.gxh3 Qxd2 0-1
49) Thierry Le Gall vs Nicolas Tripoteau,
France, 2001
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Qd4 Nc5 5.Nc3
Nc6 6.Qd1 d6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Qh4
10.e4 O-O-O 11.e6 fxe6 12.Rg1 Be7 13.Be3 Bf6
14.Qd2 Ne5 15.Rg3
15...Qxg3 16.fxg3 Nxf3+ 17.Ke2 Nxd2 18.Kxd2
Bxc3+ 0-1
50) Valentin Gorev vs Anton Prikhodko,
Kineshma, 8/3/2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd1
Bb4 6.Bd2 d6 7.e3 O-O 8.Nf3 Be6 9.Qc2 d5
10.Ng5 d4 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Nd1 dxe3 13.Nxe3
Nd4 14.Qd3 Bxd2+ 15.Qxd2
15...Ne4 16.Qa5 ( 16.Qd1 Nxf2 17.Qh5 Qd6 )
Nc6 0-1
51) Heikki Pietila vs Kalevi Peljo, corr., 1972
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 g5 5.Bd2
Nxe5 6.Bc3 Bg7 7.e3 d6 8.Be2 Nbc6 9.Nf3 Be6
10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.O-O Qf6 12.f4 gxf4 13.exf4
Bd4+ 14.Kh1 O-O-O 15.Qd2 Rhg8 16.Rd1
16...Rxg2 17.Bxd4 ( 17.Kxg2 Qg6+ 18.Kh1 Rg8 )
Rxh2+ 0-1
52) Esko Ahtiainen vs Nieminen,
Finland (corr.), 1973
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Qc2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2
d5 6.exd6 Bf5 7.Ngf3 Nc6 8.dxc7 Qxc7 9.Qa4 O-
O-O 10.a3 Bxd2+ 11.Bxd2 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 Rxd2
13.Kxd2 Qe5 14.Qb3 Rd8+ 15.Kc1 Na5 16.Qf3
Black mates in 2.
16...Qf4+ 17.Qxf4 Nb3# 0-1
53) "Diogenes 2.0" vs "Mephisto",
Paderborn, 1995
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3
Bc5 6.e3 f6 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Qc2 d6 9.Qe4+ Nge5
10.Bd3 Be6 11.Bxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5
13.Qxb7 O-O 14.O-O Rad8 15.Qe4 Qh6 16.Rd1
16...Bf5 17.Qb7 Bxd3 18.Nc3 Rxf2 19.Rxd3 Rxd3
20.Ne4 0-1
54) Cuervo Celestino Muniz vs Alonso Omar,
Asturias, 1996
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.e3 exd4 4.exd4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2
Bxd2+ 6.Nxd2 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 8.Ngf3 Qe7 9.a3
d6 10.Nf1 Nc6 11.Ne3 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.d5 Ne5
14.Re1 Qd7 15.Nxe5 Rxe5 16.Ng4
16...Nxg4 17.Bxg4 Rxe1+ 18.Qxe1 Qxg4 19.Qe7
Qxc4 20.Re1 h6 0-1
55) Maurizio Stanzani vs Simone Reale,
Milan, 2/13/2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.h3 Bf5
6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Qb3 h5
10.h4 Ng4 11.Nce4 f5 12.Ng5 f4 13.f3 fxg3
14.fxg4 Qf6 15.Nf3 hxg4 16.Ng5
Black mates in 4.
16...Bb4+ 17.Kd1 ( 17.Qc3 Qf2+ 18.Kd1 Bc2+ )
Qxf1+ 18.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 19.Ke2 Re1# 0-1
56) Salem Benyoussef vs Diana Mihajlova,
Budapest, 9/8/2012
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.e3 Ne4 4.Bd3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2
Nxd2 6.Nxd2 exd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.Ngf3 d5 9.c5
Bg4 10.Qe2+ Kd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Qd1 Bxd2
13.Qxd2 Bxf3 14.Bf5+ Ke7 15.gxf3 Kf8 16.Qf4
16...Qf6 17.Qg4 Nxd4 18.Bd3 Nxf3+ 19.Kh1 Ne5
20.Qg3 0-1
57) Plesse vs Wolf, BRD, 1966
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Qc2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2
d5 6.exd6 Bf5 7.dxc7 Qxc7 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Ngf3
O-O-O 10.a3 Nc5 11.Qd1 Rhe8 12.e3 Nd3+
13.Bxd3 Bxd3 14.Qa4 Qb6 15.axb4 Rxe3+
16.Kd1 Be2+ 17.Kc2
Black mates in 3.
17...Nxb4+ 18.Qxb4 Qg6+ 0-1
58) Mentado Santana vs Alberto Moreno,
Canary Islands, 1989
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3
Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Qe7 7.Qd5 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.Qd3 d6
10.O-O-O Bxc3 11.Qxc3 O-O 12.Bg3 a5 13.e3
Nb4 14.Qb3 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bg6 16.a3 Ne4 17.f3
17...Nc5 18.axb4 ( 18.Qc3 Na2+ ) Nxb3+
19.Nxb3 Qxe3+ 0-1
59) Karl Koopmeiners vs Achim Mueller,
Germany, 1991
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Be2 Ngxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 Re8
10.Bb2 a5 11.Nc3 Ra6 12.Ne4 Ba7 13.Qd5 Rae6
14.Qxa5 Bb6 15.Qc3 Qh4 16.Ng3 Rh6 17.Rfd1
Black mates in 3.
17...Qxh2+ 18.Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1
60) Vesa Meskanen vs Jarmo Rytkonen,
Vantaa, 1996
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.b3 Ncxe5 9.Bb2 a5
10.Nc3 Ra6 11.Na4 Bf8 12.Qd2 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3
Nxh2 14.Rfd1 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Qh4 16.Kf1 Rg6
17.Qxa5
Black mates in 4.
17...Rxe3 18.fxe3 Qh2 0-1
61) David Hagberg vs K-G Stolt,
Hallstahammar, 1998
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nd2
Nc6 6.Ngf3 Qe7 7.a3 Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.e3
Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 d6 11.Qc3 b6 12.b4 Qf6 13.Qd4
O-O 14.Rd1 Re8 15.c5 Bb7 16.cxd6 cxd6
17.Qxd6
17...Qxf4 18.exf4 Nf3# 0-1
62) Himan Amarawickrama vs Richard
McMichael, England, 4/29/2006
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Ngxe5 8.a3 a5 9.b3 d6 10.Bb2
f5 11.Qd5+ Nf7 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.Qd2 Be6 14.Nd5
Bxd5 15.cxd5 Nce5 16.Nd4 Ng5 17.Bd3
17...Bxd4 18.f4 Nef3+ 0-1
63) T Kim Tran vs T Thu Pham,
Can Tho, 9/19/2006
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Nc3 Ngxe5 7.Be2 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.a3 a5 10.b3
Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Be2 Bf5 13.Bb2 c6 14.Na4
Ba7 15.c5 Qh4 16.Qxd6 Bb8 17.Qd4
Black mates in 2.
17...Nf3+ 0-1
64) Pablo Martinez Rodriguez vs Henrique
Galvao, Figueira da Foz, 11/1/2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Bc5 5.e3 d6
6.Nf3 Nc6 7.exd6 Qf6 8.Nc3 Nxf2 9.Nd5 Qxb2
10.Qc1 Qxc1+ 11.Rxc1 Nxh1 12.Nxc7+ Kd8
13.Nxa8 Bb4+ 14.Ke2 Re8 15.h3 h5 16.Nc7 Re4
17.Ng5
Black mates in 2.
17...Nd4+ 0-1
65) Jaska Luoma vs Victor Malcoci,
corr., 1986
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bf4
Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qe7 8.Qd5 f6 9.exf6
Nxf6 10.Qd2 d6 11.e3 O-O 12.Be2 Bg4 13.Nd4
Ne4 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qc2 Bxe2 16.Kxe2 Qe6
17.Rhc1 Qxc4+ 18.Ke1
18...Rxf4 19.exf4 Re8 0-1
66) Karl Mellbin vs Kurt Hjortstam,
Sweden (corr.), 1989
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 Nxe5
6.f4 Ng4 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Nc3 c6 9.Nd4 h5 10.f5 Nf6
11.Bf4 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4
15.O-O Bc5 16.Be3 Nc6 17.Bb5 Bd7 18.b4
18...Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Bxb5 0-1
67) Strasdas vs Kurt Richter,
Berlin, 1933
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 d6
6.exd6 Bxd6 7.Nbd2 Nc5 8.a3 Qf6 9.Nb3 Nxb3
10.Qxb3 Bg4 11.c5 Bxc5 12.Qc4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 O-
O-O 14.Bg2 Ne5 15.Qb3 Nd3+ 16.Ke2 Qa6
17.Kd2 Bxe3+ 18.Kc2
Black mates in 3.
18...Nb4+ 0-1
68) S Leopoldseder vs Andrej Pinter,
Finkenstein, 1994
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.b3 Ncxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5
10.Nc3 a5 11.a3 d6 12.Bb2 Qh4 13.g3 Qh3
14.Qd5 c6 15.Qg2 Qh6 16.h4 Ng4 17.Rfe1 Nxf2
18.Kxf2
Black mates in 3.
18...Qxe3+ 19.Kf1 Bh3 0-1
69) Thomas Jepsen vs Tim Jaksland,
Denmark, 1998
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.b3 Ncxe5 9.Bb2 a5
10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Nd2 Ra6 12.Nf3 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3
Rh6 14.g3 d6 15.Qd2 Qg5 16.Qd5 Qg6 17.a3
Qc2 18.Bd4
18...c6 19.Qg5 f6 0-1
70) Meriem Abbou vs Gordon Cadden,
Newport, 1/6/2002
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e3 Nxe5 5.Nh3
Nbc6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf4 Be6 8.Nxe6 fxe6 9.Be2 Qf6
10.Bd2 O-O-O 11.f4 Ng6 12.Qa4 d5 13.O-O Bc5
14.Kh1 Nge7 15.a3 Nf5 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Bf3
Bxe3 18.Nxd5
Black mates in 3.
18...Ng3+ 0-1
71) Yang Liu vs D Fernandez,
Singapore, 12/30/2006
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Nbd2
Bb7 6.a3 d6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.e3 Nxd2 9.Bxd2 Nd7
10.Bc3 Qe7 11.Be2 O-O-O 12.b4 Rhg8 13.Qa4
Kb8 14.Nd4 Be5 15.Rc1 Bxd4 16.Bxd4 c5
17.bxc5 Nxc5 18.Qb4
18...Rxd4 19.exd4 Nd3+ 0-1
72) Helene Tanoh vs Jerome Koehler,
France, 2/11/2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.a3 a5 9.Nc3 Ngxe5
10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.e4 Ra6 12.Bf4 Rd6 13.Qc2 c6
14.Na4 Ba7 15.c5 Rde6 16.Be3 Qh4 17.f3 Bb8
18.Bf2
Black mates in 2.
18...Nxf3+ 0-1
73) Bernd Muskewitz vs Martin Gebigke,
Berlin, 3/27/2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Nbd2 Ncxe5 9.Nxe5
Nxe5 10.Nf3 d6 11.b3 Qf6 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Bb2
Bf5 14.Qc1 Qg5 15.g3 Be4 16.Qc3 Re6 17.Rad1
Qh6 18.b4
Black mates in 4.
18...Qxh2+ 0-1
74) Theodore Regedzinski vs Kurt Richter, Sr,
Bad Oeynhausen, 1940
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6
6.exd6 Bxd6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Nbd2 Qf6 9.Nxe4 Bxe4
10.Be2 O-O-O 11.Qa4 Rhe8 12.O-O g5 13.Ne1
Kb8 14.f3 Qe5 15.g3 Bf5 16.Rf2 Bc5 17.Ng2 Nd4
18.exd4 Qxd4 19.Be3
19...Rxe3 20.Nxe3 Qxe3 0-1
75) Richard Goldenberg vs Thierry Manouck,
Val Thorens, 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Be2 Ngxe5 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 a5 9.b3 Re8
10.Bb2 d6 11.a3 Re6 12.Qc2 Rh6 13.Rfd1 Nxf3+
14.Bxf3 Ne5 15.Qe2 Qh4 16.h3 Bxh3 17.gxh3
Qxh3 18.Bg2 Rg6 19.f3
Black mates in 3.
19...Bxe3+ 20.Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1
76) Jouni Yrjola vs Chee-Meng-Jimmy Liew,
Dubai, 1986
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.a3 a5 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Re8 9.Bd3 d6 10.exd6
Nxf2 11.Kxf2 Rxe3 12.Kf1 Bg4 13.Be2 Bxf3
14.Bxf3 Qh4 15.Ra2 Rae8 16.Bc3 cxd6 17.g3
Qh3+ 18.Bg2 Qf5+ 19.Rf2
Black mates in 4.
19...Qxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Rd3+ 0-1
77) Rob Bodicker vs Mark Van Schaardenburg,
Amsterdam, 1994
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Ncxe5 8.Nd4 Qh4 9.h3 Nh6
10.Nc3 d6 11.e4 Bxh3 12.gxh3 Qxh3 13.Bf4
Rae8 14.Nd5 Ng6 15.Nf5 Nxf5 16.Bg4 Qh4
17.exf5 Nxf4 18.Nxf4 Qg3+ 19.Ng2
19...Re4 20.Qf3 ( 20.Bf3 Rh4 ) Qxg4 0-1
78) Sergio Lettich vs Mauro Sturma, Arco, 1999
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Nc3 Re8
10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 Ra6 12.Nb5 Rh6 13.g3 b6
14.Nd4 Bb7 15.f3 Qf6 16.f4 Nc6 17.Qd2 Nxd4
18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.exd4
19...Rxe2 20.Qxe2 Qxd4+ 21.Qf2 Qe4 0-1
79) Rafal Kieronski vs Krzysztof Sokolowski,
Mazowsze, 1/25/2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.e3 exd4 4.exd4 d5 5.Nf3 c5
6.Be3 cxd4 7.Bxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.cxd5 Nxd4
10.Qxd4 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 O-O 12.Bc4 Re8+
13.Ne5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 15.f4 Qe4+ 16.Kd1
Bf5 17.Re1 Rad8+ 18.Kc1 Qxf4+ 19.Qe3
Black mates in 5.
 14.c5 Qh4 15.cxd6 Ng4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Qd2
Re6 18.dxc7 Rae8 19.Rac1 Bf3 20.Rc4
Black mates in 4.

19...Rxe5 20.g3 ( 20.b3 Rc5+ 21.Kb2 Rd2+ ) (

20.Qxf4 Rxe1# ) Rc5# 0-1

20...Rg6 21.Rb1 ( 21.Rxh4 Rxg2+ ) Rxg2+ 22.Kf1

80) Juhani Pitkanen vs Ahmad Ismail, Qxh2 0-1
Bangkok, 4/1/2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Nc3 a5 9.Nd4 Ngxe5
10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.Na4 Bf8 12.b3 Ne5 13.Bb2 Ra6
14.Qd5 Rae6 15.Nc5 Bxc5 16.Qxc5 b6 17.Qd4
Rg6 18.f4 Bb7 19.g3
82) Daniel Le Morzellec vs Jacques Bollore,
France, 2003
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6
6.Bd2 a5 7.a3 O-O 8.h3 Ngxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5
10.Bc3 Re8 11.Nd2 d5 12.Bxe5 Rxe5 13.Nf3 Re8
14.cxd5 Qf6 15.Qc2 Bxe3 16.fxe3 Rxe3+ 17.Kf2
Bf5 18.Qd2 Rb3 19.Be2 Qb6+ 20.Qd4

19...Qh4 20.Rf2 ( 20.fxe5 Rxg3+ ) Rxg3+ 0-1

81) Gabriele Mileto vs Marco Pangrazzi, 20...Rxf3+ 0-1

Italy, 1995

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6

6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 Ngxe5 8.O-O Nxf3+ 9.Bxf3 Ne5
10.Be2 a5 11.Na4 Ba7 12.b3 Re8 13.Bb2 d6