B01: Scandinavian Defence

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 g6 5... Bg4 6. O-O Nd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 N5b6 9. Nbd2 e6 10. b3 Be7 11. Ne4 O-O 12. a4 Nf6 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qc2 Simunek,A (2179)-Pesout,J (2277)/Czechia 2002/EXT 2006/1-0 (39) 6. c4 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 (7. c4 Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. d5 Kh7 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. h4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Ng4 17. Nf3 h5 18. Bg5 e5 19. Bd2 f5 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. f3 e4 Hennings,M-Graf,J/Vienna 1999/EXT 2001/1-0) 7... O-O 8. Bg5 Nd7 9. Nbd2 N5f6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. Ne5 e6 14. Qf3 Nfd5 15. Ng4 f5 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Ne5 b5 20. Rac1 Bxe5 Bretscher,R (1635)-Theuermeister,H (1500)/Seefeld 2000/EXT 2001/1-0 (67) 6... Nc7?! better, either Nb6 or Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Ne5 Ne6 12... Bf5 13. g4 Bc8 14. Qc2+/- 13. f4 Nf8 14. Bf3 white's position could hardly be more comfortable and black is looking cramped already 14... Bf5 15. b3 15. g4 Bc8+- 15... Qc7 15... N8d7 16. h3 h5 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Bxd5?! Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxe5=) 18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5+/- 16. Qf2 16. g4 Be6+/- 16... Red8 16... N8d7!?+/= looks like a viable alternative 17. g4+/- further reducing black's options and keeping the initiative 17... Bc8 18. h3 18. g5 N6d7+/- 18... Qa5 18... N6d7 19. Ne4+/- 19. Ne4 19. d5!? cxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5+- 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f6 21. Nd3 f5 22. Bf3 Nd7 22... Rb8 23. Rfe1+/- 23. g5! again following Webb's suggestion 'give your opponent as little chance as possible' 23. d5 fxg4 24. hxg4 cxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8+- 23... Qc7 24. h4 Nf8 25. Kg2! eyeing up the possibility of a Rh1 and h5 attack 25. Ne5 Bd7+/- 25... Be6 26. h5 Bf7 26... gxh5 27. Ne5+/- 27. Ne5 27. h6 Bh8+- 27... Bxe5+/- 28. dxe5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Ne6 30. hxg6 Bxg6 31. Kg3 Rd8? loses a pawn 31... Kg7 32. a4+- (32. Bxa7?! c5 33. Bd5 Nxf4 34. Kxf4 Rxa7+/-) 32. Rxd8+ 32. Bxa7 is clearly weaker 32... Rxd1 33. Bxd1 c5-/+ 32... Qxd8 33. Bxa7 Qd3 34. Qe2 34. Be3 Kf7+- 34... Qc3 35. Be3 35. Qe3 Qc2 36. a4 Ng7+- 35... Kf7 35... Nd4 36. Bxd4 Qxd4 37. Qd1+- 36. Qd2! exchanging down into a won ending 36... Qxd2 or 36...Qa1 with few prospects 37. Bxd2 Nd4 37... Nc5 38. Kf2+- 38. Bd1 Ke6 38... Kg7+- 39. Be3 c5 40. Kf2 40. Bxd4 is a serious alternative and might keep an even firmer grip 40... cxd4 41. Bf3 b6+- 40... b6 40... Kd7 doesn't do any good 41. Bxd4 cxd4 42. Bf3+- 41. Bxd4 cxd4 42. Ke2 Bh5+ 43. Kd2 Bg4 44. b4! prevents any plans by black to intrude 44... Kd7 45. Bc2 a 'quiet' move puts black in zugswang with no way to prevent the loss of the d-pawn. 1-0