C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves
1.e4
e6
2.f4
d5
3.e5
c5
4.d4
cxd4
5.Qxd4
Nc6
6.Qf2
[6.Qd1
Bc5
7.Bb5
Bd7
8.Nf3
Qb6
9.Bxc6
Bf2+
10.Ke2
Bxc6
11.Ne1
Bb5+
12.Nd3
Bxd3+
13.Qxd3
Ne7
14.Rf1
Bc5
15.c3
Qc7
16.Be3
Bxe3
17.Qxe3
Qc4+
18.Kf2
0-0
19.Kg1
Qb5
20.b3
Nf5
Sancar,A (992)-Rosenkranz,C (1152)/Willingen 2004/EXT 2005/1-0 (66)]
6...Nh6N
[6...Bd7
7.Bd3
(7.c3
Nge7
8.Bd3
Rc8
9.Be3
b6
10.Nf3
g6
11.Nbd2
Nf5
12.Nb3
Be7
13.Ba6
Rb8
14.a4
Nxe3
15.Qxe3
0-0
16.0-0
Qc7
17.Kh1
Na5
18.Nbd4
Nc4
19.Qe2
Na5
20.Rfc1
Bc8
21.Bb5
Bb7
Akst,V-Bogachev,A/Novokuznetsk 1997/EXT 2001/0-1 (61)) 7...Nge7
8.Nf3
Nb4
9.Nc3
Nxd3+
10.cxd3
Nf5
11.g4
Ne7
12.0-0
h5
13.f5
exf5
14.gxf5
Bxf5
15.Nd4
g6
16.Ncb5
Rh7
17.Nd6+
Kd7
18.N4xf5
gxf5
19.Nxf5
Nc6
20.Ng3
Ne7
21.Bg5
Riemer,M-Hausmann,I (2095)/Germany 1997/EXT 2000/1-0 (36)]
7.Be2
[7.c3
Ng4
8.Qf3
Nh6=
]
7...Be7
[7...Qa5+
8.Bd2
Qc5
9.Qxc5
Bxc5
10.Nc3=/+
]
8.Nh3
[8.Nf3
0-0=/+
]
8...Nf5
[8...0-0
9.0-0-/+
]
9.Bd3
White has an active position
9...0-0
10.Nc3
[10.0-0
f6
11.exf6
Rxf6=/+
]
10...f6-/+
11.0-0?
[>=11.Bxf5
exf5
12.0-0-/+
]
11...fxe5-+
12.Bxf5
[12.fxe5
d4
13.Ne4
Ne3
14.Nf6+
Bxf6
(14...gxf6?!
15.Bxe3
dxe3
16.Bxh7+
Kf7
17.Qg3
Nxe5
18.Qxe5=
) 15.exf6
Rxf6-+
(15...Nxf1?!
16.Qh4
h6
17.Bxh6
Rxf6
18.Bg5-/+
) ]
12...Rxf5
[12...exf5?!
13.fxe5
Qa5
14.Qf3-/+
]
13.Ne2
[13.Qe1-+
]
13...exf4
14.Nexf4
[14.Rd1
doesn't improve anything 14...e5-+
]
14...e5
15.Qg3
[15.g4
doesn't change the outcome of the game 15...Rf7
(15...exf4?!
is the less attractive alternative 16.gxf5
g5
17.Qg2-/+
; ‹15...Rxf4
16.Nxf4
exf4
17.Qxf4-+
) 16.Qg2
exf4
(16...Rxf4?!
17.Bxf4
exf4
18.Nxf4-+
) 17.Nxf4
Ne5-+
]
15...exf4
16.Bxf4
Bd7
[16...Qb6+
makes it even easier for Black 17.Kh1
Qxb2
18.Qd3-+
]
17.Bh6
[17.Kh1
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 17...Qb6
18.c4
dxc4-+
]
17...Bf6
[17...Qb6+
might be the shorter path 18.Nf2
Qxb2
19.c3-+
]
18.Rxf5
Bxf5
19.Rf1
[19.Be3
cannot change destiny 19...Bxb2
20.Rf1
Qd7-+
]
19...Nd4
[>=19...Bxh3
seems even better 20.gxh3
Qb6+
21.Be3
Qxb2
22.Qg2-+
]
20.Rf2
[20.Kh1
no good, but what else? 20...Bxh3
21.gxh3
Nxc2
22.Qd3-+
]
20...Qe7
21.Nf4
[21.Qe3
doesn't get the bull off the ice 21...gxh6
22.Qxe7
Bxe7-+
]
21...Bh4
22.Qxg7+
Qxg7
23.Bxg7
Bxf2+
24.Kxf2
Kxg7
25.Nxd5
[25.c3
does not win a prize 25...Nc6-+
]
25...Re8
[>=25...Nxc2!?
keeps an even firmer grip 26.Nc3-+
]
26.Ne3
[26.c3
does not solve anything 26...Re2+
27.Kf1
Re5-+
]
26...Bxc2
[26...Bxc2
27.a3
Bd3-+
] 0-1