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Side-Stepping Mainline Theory - Welling & Giddin
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From "Side-Stepping Mainline Theory" - Gerard Welling & Steve Giddins, 2019.

Chapter 2 - The Old Indian against 1.d4 - Strategy and Ideas

Black's plan ...a7-a6, ...b7-b5 (IIc):

Event "4NCL chT 1995/96 3rd"
Site "Various"
Date "1995.11.25"
Round "12.41"
White "King, Daniel J"
Black "Martin, Andrew D"
Result "1-0"
WhiteElo "2510"
BlackElo "2420"
ECO "A54"

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. b3 Bf8 10. Bb2 a6 11. Rfd1 e4 12. Ng5 d5 13. f3 h6 14. Nh3 exf3 15. exf3 dxc4 16. bxc4 Nb6 17. Ne4 Nh7 18. Nf4 Ng5 19. Qb3 a5 20. a4 Nd7 21. Kh1 Ra6 22. c5 Ra8 23. Nh5 Ne6 24. Qc3 Nc7 25. d5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27. Nxg7 Re5 28. Nh5 dxe4 29. f4 Qe7 30. fxe5 Qxc5 31. Qe1 f5 32. e6 Ne5 33. Rc1 Qd6 34. Qc3 Bxe6 35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Bxe5 ... 56 moves 1-0

White tries confusion (I):

Event "Troll Masters"
Site "Gausdal"
Date "1990.??.??"
Round "5"
White "Martin, Andrew D"
Black "Djurhuus, Rune"
Result "0-1"
WhiteElo "2435"
BlackElo "2400"
ECO "A54"

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. O-O e5 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 a6 8. e4 b5 9. Qe2 c6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. h3 b4 12. Na4 c5 13. d5 h6 14. Nh4 Nh7 15. Nf5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. b3 Ndf6 18. Ne3 g6 19. a3 a5 20. Nb2 Bd7 21. axb4 axb4 22. Nd3 Ra5 23. Ra2 Rfa8 24. Rda1 Nh5 25. Qb2 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. Qxa2 f5 28. Nf1 g4 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Nb2 Ng5 32. Nd1 Nf6 33. Nd2 Bc8 34. Ne3 Qd8 35. Qb8 Qf8 36. Nd1 Kh6 37. Ne3 Kg7 38. Nd1 Nh5 39. Qc7+ Kh6 40. Ne3 Nh3+ 41. Bxh3 gxh3 42. Ndf1 Nf6 43. f3 Nh7 44. Nh2 Ng5 45. Neg4+ Bxg4 46. Nxg4+ Kh5 47. Nh2 Qa8 48. Qg7 Qa1+ 49. Nf1 Nxf3+ 50. Kf2 Qe1+ 51. Kxf3 Qxf1+ 52. Ke3 Qg1+ 53. Ke2 Qg2+ 54. Kd1 h2 55. Qh7+ Kg4 56. Qxg6+ Kf3 0-1 ♗lack wins. 0-1

Chapter 3 - The Old Indian Against Flank Openings - Strategy and Ideas

Chapter 4 - The Philidor against 1.e4 - Strategy and Ideas

Philidor endgame (I):

Event "ISR-chT"
Site "Israel"
Date "2003.03.01"
Round "4"
White "Zifroni, Dov"
Black "Oratovsky, Michael"
Result "1/2-1/2"
WhiteElo "2542"
BlackElo "2588"
ECO "B07"

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. f3 Bd6 9. Be3 Ke7 10. Nh3 a6 11. Nf2 Nc6 12. Nd3 b5 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Kf2 h6 15. b3 Na5 16. Rhd1 c5 17. Kf1 c4 1/2-1/2

Chapter 5 - The System as White - Strategy and Ideas

The Blocked Centre (I)
J Berry vs L Day, 1978
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 45 moves, 0-1
The Blocked Centre (II)
Uhlmann vs A D Martin, 1990
(A21) English, 65 moves, 0-1
Central Exchange dxe5 (II)
Suba vs A D Martin, 1990
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 53 moves, 0-1
Black's plan ...a7-a6, ...b7-b5 (I)
A Reshko vs Spassky, 1960
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
Black's plan ...a7-a6, ...b7-b5 (IIa)
N Rashkovsky vs A D Martin, 1990
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Black's plan ...a7-a6, ...b7-b5 (IIb)
A D Martin vs A Akhsharumova, 1989
(A04) Reti Opening, 45 moves, 1-0
Black's plan ...a7-a6, ...b7-b5 (IIIa)
Sosonko vs B Larsen, 1978
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black's plan ...a7-a6, ...b7-b5 (IIIb)
Ivkov vs Bronstein, 1973
(A53) Old Indian, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black's plan ...a7-a6, ...b7-b5 (IIIc)
Hort vs B Larsen, 1979
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 61 moves, 0-1
White tries confusion (Ib)
Polugaevsky vs B Larsen, 1982
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
White tries confusion (II)
V Inkiov vs L Day, 1988
(A53) Old Indian, 71 moves, 1-0
Pickett Shuffle ...Qe8 (I)
O Alexandrova vs E Kovalevskaya, 2002
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 56 moves, 0-1
Pickett Shuffle ...Qe8 (II)
Gelfand vs A Dunnington, 1988
(A53) Old Indian, 47 moves, 1-0
Pickett Shuffle ...Qe8 (III)
N Khurtsidze vs E Kovalevskaya, 2002
(A53) Old Indian, 30 moves, 0-1
OI against Flank Openings - Expansion Potential (II)
T Bodaan vs G Welling, 1984
(A22) English, 29 moves, 0-1
OI against Flank Openings - Expansion Potential (III)
Tartakower vs Lasker, 1909
(A22) English, 53 moves, 0-1
The P against 1.e4 - Barendregt's plan (I)
A Antunes vs R Cifuentes, 1986
(C41) Philidor Defense, 50 moves, 0-1
The advance b2-b4 (I)
Benko vs C H Alexander, 1957
(C42) Petrov Defense, 42 moves, 1-0
The advance b2-b4 (II)
Pachman vs N Minev, 1954
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
The advance b2-b4 (IIIa)
B Stein vs V Inkiov, 1988
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
The advance b2-b4 (IIIb)
J Hickl vs Andersson, 1987
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
The advance b2-b4 (IV)
Ljubojevic vs D Ciric, 1975
(B10) Caro-Kann, 49 moves, 1-0
White plays exd5 (I)
Csom vs Suetin, 1970
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
The central advance d3-d4 (II)
Ljubojevic vs Seirawan, 1983
(B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 1-0
The central advance d3-d4 (III)
Tal vs Smyslov, 1959
(B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0
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