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6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

... bd5 kf2 kg3! bb2 qc2 be4 +/- 1: Koralek - Audap, 1989

ne4 nf2 dxc3 cxb2 0-0 d6

... bf7! ng5+ qxg4 +/- 2: Tangelder - Brockmans, 1995

ng4 kf7 ke8

... 0-0 cxd4 d5 na3 be3 qf3 +/- 3: Morphy - Cunningham, 1859

qe7 ng8 bb6 qc5 nd4 nf3+

... bb5 cxd4 bd2 nbxd2bxc6 0-0 +/- 4: Anderssen - Harrwitz, 1848

d5 ne4 bb5+ bxd2 0-0 bxc6

... ... ... ... nbxd2bxc6 0-0 a3 qxd2 qxd4 +/- 5: Eichborn - Anderssen, 1851

... ... ... nxd2 0-0 bxc6 c5 bxd2 cxd4

... ... ... a4!? bxc6 qc2 nc3 dxc5 be3 +/= 6: Arensburg - Dorpat, 1853-54

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Giuoco - SS best(C54 Giuoco Piano)

1 e4 e5 2 nf3 nc6 3 bc4 bc5 4 c3 nf6 5 d4 exd4 6 e5

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6 … d5

The alternatives are bad.

Line 16 … ne4

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7 bd5 nxf2 (7 … f5 8 cxd4 +/- since black can't castle) 8 kxf2 dxc3+ 9 kg3! (9 kf1) 9 … cxb2 10 bxb2

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10 … ne7 (10 … O‑O 11 qc2 d6 12 be4 h6 13 nbd2 +/- Koralek - Audap, 1989) 11 qc2 d6 12 be4 +/-;

Line 26 … ng4

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7 bxf7+ kxf7 8 ng5+ ke8 9 qxg4 +/- Tangelder - Brockmans 1995.

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Line 36 … qe7

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7 O‑O ng8 (7 … ne4 8 cxd4 +-) 8 cxd4 bb6 9 d5 qc5 10 na3 nd4 11 be3 nxf3+ 12 qxf3 +/- Morphy - Cunningham, London 1859

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7 bb5 ne4 8 cxd4

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8 … bb6

8 … bb4+ 9 bd2

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(9 nbd2 is also playable. bd7 (9 … O‑O 10 bxc6 bxc6 11 qc2 c5 12 O‑O) 10 bd3 bf5 11 qc2 bg6 12 O‑O +/= ng5 13 nxg5 qxg5 14 f4 bxd3 15 qxd3 qe7 16 nf3 +/= Triunfetti,Claudio - Morel,Oscar, Rosario ch-ARG sf (1) 1992)

Line 49 … bxd2+ 10 nbxd2 (10 nfxd2) 10 … O‑O 11 bxc6 bxc6 12 O‑O

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12 … bg4 (12 … f5 Anderssen - Harrwitz, 1848) 13 qc2 c5 14 dxc5 nxd2 15 nxd2 be2 16 rfe1 d4 17 nb3 d3 18 qd2 +/= Kontic,Djordje - Lazic,M, Podebrady (1) 1993;

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Line 5

(9 … nxd2 10 nbxd2 O‑O 11 O‑O (11 bxc6 bxc6 12 O‑O (12 qc2!?; 12 a3!?) 12 … c5 13 a3 bxd2 14 qxd2 cxd4 15 qxd4 Eichborn,Louis - Anderssen,Adolf, Breslau (1) 1851

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) 11 … f6 12 rc1 +/= fxe5? 13 bxc6 bxc6 14 nxe5 +/-)

Passive Steinitz - Lasker Line

8 … be7 9 be3 O‑O 10 bxc6 bxc6 11 qc2 bd7 12 nbd2 nxd2 13 nxd2 f6 14 O‑O +/=

Line 6

9 a4!

9 bxc6+ bxc6 10 qc2 (10 O-O; 10 be3; 10 a4!) 10 … bd7 (10 … O-O (oo)) 11 nbd2 +/= WRO

9 … a5

9 … ba5+ 10 bd2 nxd2 11 nbxd2 O-O 12 bxc6 bxc6 13 O-O +/- Szell,Lajos (2236) - Szakall,Tamas (2224), Budapest: Tapolca Evadnyito op (7) 2005;9 … a6 10 bxc6+ bxc6 11 a5 ba7 12 b4 +/-

10 bxc6+ bxc6 11 qc2 bb7

11 … bd7 12 be3 O-O 13 nbd2 +/= Pekin,Tolgay - Yildiz,Huseyin, Izmir: Izmir-ch (2) 2002

12 nc3 c5 13 dxc5 nxc5 14 be3 +/=

City Arensburg - City Dorpat, corr 1853-54(by transposition)

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Illustrative Games

1Koralek - Audap, 1989(C54 Giuoco Piano, Ghulam Kassim V)1 e4 e5 2 nf3 nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 bc4 bc5 5 c3 nf6 6 e5 ne4 7 bd5 nxf2 8 kxf2 dxc3+ 9 kg3 cxb2 10 bxb2

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10 … O‑O (10 … h5? 11 bxf7+) 11 qc2 d6 12 be4 h6 13 nbd2 bb6 14 bxc6 bxc6 15 nc4 bc5 16 qd2 be6 17 ne3 d5 18 bd4 be7 19 h4 g6 20 ng4 bxg4 21 kxg4 f5+ 22 exf6 bxf6 23 qxh6 qd7+ 24 kg3 qd6+ 25 kh3 bxd4 26 nxd4 rf4 27 nf3 rf7 28 qe3 re7 29 qg5 kg7 30 rae1 re4 31 rxe4 dxe4 32 qe5+ qxe5 33 nxe5 c5 34 rc1 e3 35 rxc5 e2 36 rxc7+ kf6 37 nf3 1‑0

2Tangelder,Yonne - Brockmans,AlineSao Lourenco WYCF-U12g (1) 1995(C54 Giuoco Piano)1 e4 e5 2 nf3 nc6 3 bc4 bc5 4 c3 nf6 5 d4 exd4 6 e5 ng4 7 bxf7+ kxf7 8 ng5+ ke8 9 qxg4 d6 10 qe4 dxe5

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11 nxh7 This puts him away. 11 … be7 12 qg6+ kd7 13 qxg7 rg8 14 nf6+ ke6 15 nxg8 bf8 16 qg6+ kd7 17 O‑O b6 18 nf6+ ke6 19 bg5 be7 20 ng8+ kd7 21 nxe7 nxe7 22 bxe7 qxe7 23 qe4 c6 24 cxd4 ba6 25 re1 rg8 26 qxe5 re8 27 qf5+ kd6 28 rxe7 rxe7 29 qf6+ re6 30 qd8# 1‑0

3Morphy,P - CunninghamLondon (1) 1859(C54 Giuoco Piano)1 e4 e5 2 bc4 bc5 3 c3 nc6 4 nf3 nf6 5 d4 exd4 6 e5 qe7 7 O‑O ng8 8 cxd4 bb6 9 d5 qc5 10 na3 nd4 11 be3 nxf3+

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12 qxf3 +- Center plus development equals won game.12 … qf8 13 bxb6 axb6 14 nb5 kd8 15 rac1 d6 16 exd6 cxd6 17 qe3 ra6 18 nc7 qe7 19 ne6+ fxe6 20 bxa6 bd7 21 bb5 ke8 22 dxe6 nf6 23 rc8+ 1‑0

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4Anderssen,A - Harrwitz,DBreslau m (1) 1848(C54 Giuoco Piano, Anderssen V)

1 e4 e5 2 nf3 nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 bc4 bc5 5 c3 nf6 6 e5 d5 7 bb5 ne4 8 cxd4 bb4+ 9 bd2 bxd2+ 10 nbxd2 O‑O 11 bxc6 bxc6 12 O‑O f5 13 rc1 qe8 14 qc2 rb8 15 nb3 rb6 16 nfd2 qh5 17 f3 nxd2 18 qxd2 f4 19 nc5 qg6 20 rfe1 be6

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21 rc3

Finding a winning plan - play against the a-pawn.

21 … qe8 22 ra3 bf5 23 b3 a6 24 rxa6 rxa6 25 nxa6 qc8 26 nc5 be6 27 a4 g5 28 a5 re8 29 a6 qb8 30 ra1 qa7 31 qb4 kf7 32 qb7 qb6 33 a7 qxb7 34 nxb7 ra8 35 nd8+ ke7 36 nxe6 kxe6 37 b4 1‑0

5Eichborn,Louis - Anderssen,AdolfBreslau (1) 1851(C54 Giuoco Piano, Anderssen V)1 e4 e5 2 nf3 nc6 3 bc4 bc5 4 c3 nf6 5 d4 exd4 6 e5 d5 7 bb5 ne4 8 cxd4 bb4+ 9 bd2 nxd2 10 nbxd2 O‑O 11 bxc6 bxc6 12 O‑O c5 13 a3 bxd2 14 qxd2 cxd4

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15 qxd4 White has achieved the blockade on the black squares.15 … rb8 16 b4 rb6 17 rad1 bb7 18 rc1 re8 19 rc3 re7 20 nh4 a6 21 rg3 f6 22 f4 rd7 23 re1 re6 24 rge3 kf7 25 nf3 g6 26 exf6 rxe3 27 ng5+ kg8 28 rxe3 1‑0

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City of Arensburg - City of DorpatCorrespondence 1853-54(C54 Giuoco Piano)1 e4 e5 2 nf3 nc6 3 bc4 bc5 4 c3 nf6 5 d4 exd4 6 e5 d5 7 bb5 ne4 8 bxc6+ bxc6 9 cxd4 bb6 10 qc2 bb7 11 a4 a5 12 nc3 c5 13 dxc5 nxc5 (13 … bxc5? 14 nxe4 dxe4 15 qxc5 exf3 16 qb5+ +-) 14 be3 nd7 (14 … ne6!?) 15 bxb6 cxb6 (15 … nxb6 16 nb5 and Rc1) 16 O-O O-O 17 rad1 nc5 18 rd2 rc8 19 qd1 qe8 20 rd4 rd8 21 re1 qc6 22 rh4 qg6 23 nd4 f5 24 f4 ne6 25 ncb5 nxd4 26 qxd4 qe6 27 rd1 rb8 28 nd6 bc6 29 rc1 1-0