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"E4 for the Creative Attacker" Games from the Chessbase Fritz Trainer DVD presented by GM Nigel Davies. 21 games, 1963-2007 Beating the French vol. 1: 3.Nc3 Bb4 Games from the Chessbase Fritz Trainer DVD, presented by GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov <1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4> click for larger view <4.e5 c5> 4. ... Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 Shirov vs S Atalik, 2003 <5.a3> 5.Bd2 Fine vs Flohr, 1938 <5. ... Bxc3+> 5. ... Ba5 A Volokitin vs Lputian, 2004 <6.bxc3 Ne7> 6. ... Qa5 M Kobalia vs V Akopian, 2006 6. ... Qc7 Kasparov vs Short, 1997 <7.Qg4> 7.h4 Morozevich vs Lputian, 2007 <7. ... 0–0> 7. ... 0-0/Qc7 <8.Bd3 Nbc6> 8. ... f5 Ponomariov vs Ivanchuk, 2002 8. ... Qa5 Dominguez Perez vs Barsov, 2004 <9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Be3 Nce7> 11. ... c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qg4 Qf7 Macieja vs A Vaisser, 2003 13. ... Bd7 14.h4 Rf5 <12.h4 Bd7 13.Rb1> Karjakin vs A Yusupov, 2006 10 games, 1938-2007 Beating the French vol. 2: 3.Nc3 Nf6 Games from the Chessbase Fritz Trainer DVD, presented by GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov <1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6> click for larger view <4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3> 7.Ne2 S Khan vs Tartakower, 1931 <7. ... cxd4> 7. ... Be7 8.dxc5 0–0 9.Qd2 Bxc5 10.0–0–0 Saric vs M Gurevich, 2007 7. ... a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Ne2 Leko vs M Gurevich, 2007 - 9.a3 Bb7 10.g3 Qa5 Ponomariov vs Bareev, 2005 7. ... Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 c4 10.b4 Qc7 11.Nb2 Ivanchuk vs Bareev, 2002 <8.Nxd4 Bc5> 8. ... Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 de Firmian vs Huebner, 1995 <9.Qd2 0–0> 9. ... Bxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.Qd2 Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qa3 14.Nb5 Qxa2 15.Nd6+ Shirov vs Bareev, 2003 <10.0–0–0 a6 11.Qf2> 11.h4 Kasparov vs Short, 1994 <11. ... Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qc7 13.Bd3 Bxd4> 13. ... b5 14.Qh4 Kramnik vs Radjabov, 2003 <14.Qxd4 Qc5 15.Ne2 b5 16.Kb1 b4 17.Rc1 Qxd4 18.Nxd4> Grischuk vs A Iljushin, 2003 10 games, 1931-2007 Beating the French vol. 3: 3.Nc3 dxe4 Games from the Chessbase Fritz Trainer DVD, presented by GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov <1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4> click for larger view 3. ... Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 Fischer vs Pachman, 1960 - 5. ... Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 see 7.Bg5 h6 <4.Nxe4 Nd7> 4. ... Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 Kasimdzhanov vs K Arkell, 2003 <5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3> 7.Bg5 c5 8.Bc4 Qa5+ 9.c3 Kasimdzhanov vs Korchnoi, 2002 7. ... h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 Topalov vs Anand, 2001 8.Be3 Nd5 9.Bd3 Shirov vs M Gurevich, 2006 8.Be3 Nd5 9.Qd2 Svidler vs M Gurevich, 2005) <7. ... c5> 7. ... Be7 8.Qa4+ c6 9.Bd3 0–0 10.Qc2 b6 11.Bg5 h6 12.h4 Bb7 13.Rh3 c5 14.Bxh6 Motylev vs M Roiz, 2005 <8.Be3> 8.Ne5 Nd7 9.Bb5 Bd6 10.Qg4 Kf8 Kasparov vs Ponomariov, 2002 <8. ... Qc7 9.Ne5 a6 10.Qa4+ Nd7> 10. ... Bd7 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 Svidler vs A Vaisser, 2006 <11.0–0–0 cxd4 12.Nxd7 Qxd7> 12. ... Bxd7 13.Qxd4 Karjakin vs A Rychagov, 2007 <13.Qc2 Bc5 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.Rxd4> Adams vs Anand, 2002 11 games, 1960-2007 Starting Out: Alekhine's Defence click for larger view Games from the book <Starting Out: Alekhine's Defence>, by <John Cox>, published in 2005. 42 games, 1967-2004 The Fabulous Budapest Gambit click for larger view Games from the book <The Fabulous Budapest Gambit>, by <Viktor Moskalenko>, published in 2007. Game 74 is only an excerpt of a internet blitz game played by the author, with the Black pieces, against Oleg Spirin, in 2007: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qf2 Ne6 12. g3 Nc6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 a6 15. O-O Nb4 16. Rad1 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Re8 18. Kg2 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 b5 * 114 games, 1896-2007