(1) Sande,O (1779) - Thorbjørnsen,E (900) [A40]
Randaberg Høst (2), 28.09.2004

A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c6 3.e4 Nf6
[ 3...Ne7 4.e5 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Ne4 0-0 7.Nf3 f6 8.exf6 Bxf6 9.Be2 d5 10.Nxf6+ Rxf6 11.Bg5 Rf8 12.0-0 Nd7 13.b3 Qe8 14.Bh6 Rf6 15.Qd2 Nf5 16.Bf4 Ng7 17.Rfe1 Qf8 18.Bh6 Petrovic,P-Cvetkovic,M/Belgrade 2003/CBM 93 ext/1-0 (42)]

4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd3 h6?N
Controls g5 [ 5...d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 a6 9.d5 Qe7 10.0-0 Nf8 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Qb4 Bc8 13.e5 dxe5 14.d6 Qd7 15.Nxe5 Qd8 16.Bg5 N8d7 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Be4 Rb8 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qa4 Holdy-SAROS/www.playchess.de 2001/MegaCorr3/1-0 (23); >=5...d5!? and Black can hope to survive 6.cxd5 exd5+/= ]

6.e5+- Ng8 7.Qg4 g6 8.Nge2
[ 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 d5+- ]

8...d6 9.f4 d5 10.0-0 dxc4 11.Bxg6
[ >=11.Bxc4!? Nd7 12.a3+/- ]

11...fxg6= 12.Qxg6+ Kf8??
Black loses the upper hand. Black is behind in development. [ >=12...Kd7 was much better 13.f5 exf5 14.e6+ Kc7 15.Bf4+ Kb6= ]

13.f5+- exf5 14.e6 Ne7
[ 14...Bxe6 15.Qxe6 Nd7+- ]

15.Qf7# 1-0