The Scotch Gambit tends mainly to transpose to the Two Knights Defence after 4...Nf6, or the Giuoco Piano after 4...Bc5 5.c3 Nf6, while avoiding Black's defences that hold onto the strong-point on e5 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 d6, and 3...Bc5 4.c3 Qe7). However, Black sometimes opts for sub-optimal lines that allow White more freedom.
A fairly common response at club level is 4...h6, preventing a piece from landing on g5. White actually has to be fairly careful against this, as the immediate 5.c3 runs into 5...Nf6 counterattacking against e4 and White can no longer effectively meet this with 6.Ng5. Therefore White chooses between 5.Nxd4, with a slight advantage, or 5.0-0 with 6.c3 to follow, which should give White an improved version of the Göring Gambit in which ...h7-h6 is not particularly useful.
A reasonable idea is 4...g6 intending a kingside fianchetto, which has been explored extensively by Michael Goeller in his article A Fianchetto System in the Open Games Part 2 (particularly his Game 6). White should play 5.c3 against this, since I am not convinced that White gets any advantage at all following 5.Nxd4 due to the pressure down the long diagonal after ...Bf8-g7. After 5.c3, 5...d3 is advisable since 5...dxc3 leads into a good line of the Göring Gambit for White, but then White can get an edge with 6.Qxd3 followed by Bg5, 0-0 and Nbd2, restricting Black's pressure down the long diagonal.
4...Be7 and 4...d6 usually lead to Hungarian Defence positions with an early ...e5xd4, following 5.Nxd4 which is sufficient to give White a small advantage. In both cases it is also possible to offer a gambit with 5.c3, although this is less likely to provide White with a theoretical advantage. 4...Be7 5.c3 should be met by 5...Na5 (5...dxc3 is dubious because both 6.Nxc3 and 6.Qd5 are strong for White), whereupon White's best bet is to continue offering a gambit with 6.Bd3, which should provide enough compensation for the pawn. After 4...d6 5.c3, the most critical test is 5...Nf6, whereupon White can try either 6.cxd4 Nxe4 7.Qb3, or 6.Ng5, leading to complex play, while 5...dxc3 transposes into one of the main lines of the Göring Gambit, which should be equal with best play and typically leads to board-wide chaos. 5...Ne5 is also a tricky response but White can get good compensation for the pawn against this with a few accurate moves.
Games and analysis
The coverage is divided up as follows: 1. 4...h6 2. 4...g6 3. 4...Be7 5.Nxd4 4. 4...Be7 5.c3 5. 4...d6 5.c3 others 6. 4...d6 5.c3 Ne5
Games
[Event "BRA-ch sf"]
[Site "Brasilia"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barbosa, Fernando"]
[Black "Jaudy, Tulio Lamego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.10.29"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 h6 {This move prevents Nf3-g5, but
leaves Black with lagging development.} (4... Nge7 {intending 4... d5 is an
alternative but White can get an advantage against it.} 5. Nxd4 (5. c3 d5 6.
exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O {transposes to a line of the Göring Gambit, first seen in
Tarkatower-Reti, Berlin 1928, which is quite good for White.}) 5... d5 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. O-O Nxd4 8. Qxd4 $14) (4... d5 $6 5. exd5 {is no good for Black, since
Black is likely to go a pawn behind for no compensation after White takes on
d4.}) 5. O-O ({The immediate} 5. c3 {is met by the awkward} Nf6 {
counterattacking against e4.}) (5. Nxd4 {is also fine, and scores highly for
White. Black's ...h7-h6 is not particularly useful in these variations where
White recaptures on d4.} Ne5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. f4 {(this is quite a standard
follow-up for White, gaining space in the centre by pushing the e and f-pawns)}
Nc6 8. e5 {gave White a dangerous initiative in K.Yap-L.Pg, Brunei 2011.}) 5...
Bc5 {Defending d4, but here Black will regret the time-wasting 4...h6.} 6. c3
dxc3 {This allows a standard tactic, exploiting the position of the bishop on
c5, but Black has nothing better.} (6... Nf6 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. e5 $16) 7. Bxf7+ {
This leads to an important variation of the Scotch Gambit (4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 dxc3
6.Bxf7+) in which 0-0 is a far more useful move for White than ...h6 is for
Black.} (7. Nxc3 {is also playable, but Black's ...h7-h6 isn't entirely
useless in this position (it prevents Bc1-g5).} Nge7 8. e5 O-O 9. Ne4 $44) 7...
Kxf7 8. Qd5+ Kf8 (8... Ke8 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. Qxc5+ {transposes to the game.}) 9.
Qxc5+ d6 (9... Qe7 10. Qxc3 d6 (10... Qxe4 11. Re1) (10... Qf6 11. e5) 11. e5
$16) 10. Qxc3 (10. Qc4 $5 {is a good alternative.}) 10... Qf6 11. Qb3 (11. Qd3
{is also worth considering.}) 11... Rh7 {I'm not sure what this move is meant
to achieve.} (11... Qf7 12. Qa4 $14) 12. Nc3 g5 13. Nd5 Qg6 14. Bd2 (14. Re1
$16 {intending e5 is also good.}) 14... Rb8 (14... Nf6 {would have been a
better defence. Black really needs to start getting those minor pieces out.})
15. Rac1 Bd7 $6 (15... Be6 16. Rfe1 $16) 16. Nxc7 g4 17. Nh4 Qf6 18. Qg3 Nd4
19. Rfe1 Ne7 20. Bb4 Qg5 21. Rc4 Nec6 22. Qxd6+ Kg8 23. Nd5 Qxh4 24. Nf6+ Kh8
25. Nxh7 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Rg8 27. Qf6+ Qxf6 28. Nxf6 Rg6 29. Nxd7 gxf3+ 30. Kh1 b5
31. Bc3+ 1-0
[Event "POL-ch 37th"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maciejewski, Andrzej"]
[Black "Schinzel, Wladyslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1980.02.10"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 g6 {This line against the Scotch Gambit
has been examined by Michael Goeller. It is playable, but probably
insufficient for full equality.} 5. c3 $1 (5. Nxd4 Bg7 {is surprisingly good
for Black, since if White tries a Yugoslav Attack type plan with f3, Be3, Qd2
and 0-0-0, then White's c4-bishop becomes a target.} 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
f3 (8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 d6 $11 {V. Hort-P.Keres, Alekhine Memorial 1963.}) 8...
Re8 9. Qd2 d5 $11 {S.Leburgue-D.Marholev, Le Touquet 2005.}) 5... d3 {Goeller
recommends this response for Black, and I am inclined to agree.} (5... dxc3 6.
Nxc3 {transposes to a good line of the Göring Gambit for White. For example,}
d6 (6... Bg7 7. Qb3) 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 Nge7 9. Nd5 $14) 6. O-O (6. Bxd3 {has
the idea of setting up a bind with c2-c4, and should also be slightly better
for White.} d6 7. h3 Bg7 8. c4 Nge7 9. Nc3 {gave White a slight edge in L.
Fressinet-J.Sriram, Paris 2005.}) (6. Qxd3 {is also good. A sample
continuation:} Bg7 7. Bg5 {(surprisingly this logical move has not been played
in any games on my database)} Nge7 8. O-O d6 9. Nbd2 $14) 6... Bg7 7. Qb3 {
This is certainly in the spirit of the Scotch Gambit, putting pressure on f7,
but probably not White's best. In the long run it is difficult to prevent
Black from forcing the exchange of White's c4-bishop with ...Na5, without
losing time.} (7. Bg5 Nge7 8. Qxd3 {transposes to the note to 6.Qxd3.}) 7...
Qe7 8. Bg5 (8. Ng5 Ne5) 8... Bf6 {This avoids walking into a pin.} 9. Bxf6 {I
don't think much of this exchange. True, it weakens Black's kingside dark
squares, but it turns out that White is not in much of a position to take
advantage of them.} (9. Bf4 {is probably White's best move, e. g.} Na5 10. Qb5
Nxc4 11. Qxc4 d6 12. Qxd3 $14) 9... Nxf6 10. Nbd2 ({White can avoid the
exchange of the c4-bishop with} 10. Bxd3 {but I think that Black is OK here, e.
g.} O-O 11. c4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 $11) 10... Na5 11. Qa4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 d6 13.
Rfe1 O-O 14. Qxd3 Nd7 {In this position Black can be reasonably satisfied,
though White may have a slight edge due to the better central control.} 15. Nd4
b6 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Nc6 Qf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bf5 21. Rae1 Rad8
22. Nf1 Be6 23. a3 Rd6 24. h4 {The standard reaction to Black's h7, g6, f7
kingside pawn formation- White starts a h-pawn hack. Black is objectively fine
here, but must be careful.} Rfd8 25. h5 Rg8 26. Qe3 gxh5 {This is double-edged
as it opens up the g-file for Black's g8-rook, but also leaves the black king
more exposed.} (26... Rgd8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qh6+ Kg8 {is alright for Black,
who has everything covered on the kingside.}) 27. Rxh5 Bd5 28. Ng3 Re6 29. Qd2
c6 30. Rf5 Qg7 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Rh5 {White now has promising attacking
chances on the kingside, though must be careful of Black's potential threats
against g2.} b5 33. Qe3 a5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Qf4 Rf8 36. Qxa4 $16 {White has
secured the better pawn structure and still has some attacking chances against
the exposed black king. White went on to win the game:} Qa7 37. Qc2 Bc4 38. Rh4
Ba6 39. c4 Qg7 40. Qe4 c5 41. Qxe6 Bb7 42. Qd6 Rc8 43. Rh5 Rc6 44. Qd8+ Qg8 45.
Qe7 Qg7 46. Qe8+ Qg8 47. Qe3 Qf8 48. Rf5 Qd8 49. Rd5 Qf8 50. Rf5 Qd8 51. Rxc5
Rg6 52. Re5 Bc6 53. Qc3 Kg8 54. Qxa5 Qd1+ 55. Re1 Qd7 56. Qe5 1-0
[Event "USA-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rohonyan, Katerina"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.07.16"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxd4 {5.c3 is also playable, but
is less likely to give White a theoretical advantage.} Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O
O-O {This is an important position for the assessment of the Hungarian Defence
approach with .. .exd4 and Nxd4. White now has several options.} 8. h3 {This
prevents any tricks involving ...Bc8-g4 or ...Nf6-g4-e5.} (8. Re1 {is the most
common alternative.} Nxd4 (8... Ne5 9. Be2 Re8 10. f4 $14) 9. Qxd4 c6 10. Bf4
Bg4 11. a4 {was slightly better for White in R.Yankovsky-R.Hess, Los Angeles
2012.}) 8... Ne5 9. Be2 Re8 10. Re1 (10. f4 {appeals rather more to me, with
the long-term idea of advancing the e and f-pawns.} Ng6 11. g4 $5 {This is a
very aggressive follow-up though it exposes the white king.} Bf8 12. f5 Ne5 13.
g5 Nfd7 {(F.Pieri-M.Chiburdanidze, Forli 1990) and now White is doing quite
well after} 14. Bf4) 10... a5 11. a4 Bf8 12. Bf1 {A typical device, tucking
the king's bishop out of the way of any bother, defending g2, and freeing up
the e1-rook.} c6 13. Be3 Ned7 14. f3 Ne5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Qf3 Nb6 17. Bf2 d5 {
I don't think this move works very well here, because White's e4-e5 push is
then strong.} (17... Bd7 18. f5 $14) 18. e5 Nfd7 19. e6 Nf6 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21.
Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Re1 Qd8 23. g4 {White now expands on the kingside.} Bb4 24. Bd3
c5 $2 (24... Kg8 {places the black king in a safer spot.}) 25. g5 Ne4 26. Bxe4
$2 (26. Qh5+ {wins, e.g.} Kg8 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Bxe4 {and Black has no good
defence against White's threats against the black king.}) 26... dxe4 27. Rxe4
$6 (27. Qxe4 {is more dangerous for the health of Black's king.}) 27... Bd7 28.
Ndb5 Bc6 29. Qh5+ (29. Qg4 {is probably a better move.}) 29... Kg8 30. Re1 Nxa4
31. Qe2 Nxb2 $6 (31... Qd7 {threatening ...Bxb5 and ...Qxh3 gives Black the
upper hand.}) 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Nd6 Qf8 34. g6 Bxc3 $2 (34... Be8 35. Nxe8 Bxc3
{leaves White with good attacking chances, but nothing decisive.}) 35. Nf7+ Kg8
36. gxh7+ Kxh7 37. Ng5+ Kh8 38. Qg6 Be4 39. Rxe4 1-0
[Event "Havana City-ch"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Martin Rosabal, Jorge Carlo"]
[Black "Alminaque, Armando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 {This is White's main
alternative to taking on d4. White offers a transposition to favourable lines
of the Göring Gambit.} Na5 {This is Black's most challenging response.} (5...
dxc3 $6 6. Nxc3 ({or} 6. Qd5 {where Black's only defence is} Nh6 7. Bxh6 O-O 8.
Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Nxc3 $14) 6... d6 (6... Nf6 7. e5) 7. Qb3 {and White recovers the
gambit pawn with some advantage, since Black cannot defend f7.}) (5... Nf6 6.
e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 Nc5 8. cxd4 $14) 6. Bd3 {This is probably White's best response,
persisting in offering a pawn sacrifice.} (6. Qxd4 {regains the pawn but
concedes the bishop-pair.} Nxc4 7. Qxc4 Nf6 8. e5 d5 {is at least equal for
Black.}) 6... dxc3 (6... Nf6 7. cxd4 {is better for White.} d5 8. e5) 7. Nxc3
d6 8. O-O (8. e5 $5 {has not been played according to my database, but appears
quite good.} dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Bf4 $44 {White has good piece play as
compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 8... Bg4 {This move strikes me as
rather dubious.} (8... Nf6 {is probably best. Then} 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11.
Qf3 $44 {leaves White with reasonable attacking chances on the kingside.}) 9.
Qa4+ (9. h3 {is probably best, forcing Black to decide where to put the bishop.
} Bxf3 (9... Bh5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Nd4 $16) 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. Qg3 {with very
promising attacking chances for White.}) 9... Nc6 10. Nd4 {This puts pressure
on c6 and prevents Black from shattering White's kingside pawn structure by
taking on f3.} ({The tactic} 10. Ba6 {is met by} Qc8 (10... bxa6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7
12. Qxa6)) 10... Bd7 11. Nxc6 (11. Nf5 Ne5) 11... Bxc6 12. Qb3 Nf6 13. Rd1 Nd7
14. Be3 O-O 15. f4 Bf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc8 $6 (17... Bxb2 18. Rab1 Ba3 {
intending ...Bc5 is the critical test.}) 18. e5 $1 dxe5 (18... Be7 {was
probably stronger, though Black's defence is already difficult.}) 19. Bf5 {
White now has a very dangerous, and probably winning, attack.} Nb6 20. Qe4 Qe8
21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Qf5 {With the threat of Qh3.} exf4 23. Bxf4 g6 24. Qxf6+ Kxh7
25. Be5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 1-0
[Event "Greenhills op"]
[Site "Greenhills"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Espiritu, Onofre"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 (5... dxc3 6. Nxc3 {is one
of the main lines of the Göring Gambit. A popular "tabiya" arises after} Nf6 7.
Qb3 (7. Ng5 $5) 7... Qd7 8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5 c6 10. f4 $13) 6. Ng5 {This seems
playable here, targeting f7, and if Black reacts with ...d5, then ...d7-d6-d5
amounts to a loss of a tempo.} (6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. Qb3 {is the main alternative,
for example,} Qd7 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O {where White
has some attacking chances on the kingside thanks to the absence of a
defensive black knight on f6.}) 6... Ne5 (6... d5 {has not been played
according to my database, but seems quite good.} 7. exd5 Qe7+ {can be met by}
8. Kf1 $5 (8. Be2 Nxd5 9. O-O h6 10. Nf3 Bg4 $11) 8... Ne5 9. Bb5+ c6 (9... Bd7
10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2) 10. cxd4 cxb5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Nc3 $13) 7. Bb3 dxc3 (
7... h6 {leads to a dangerous position for Black following} 8. cxd4 hxg5 9.
dxe5) 8. Nxc3 (8. f4 $5 {is probably stronger. If Black takes on b2 there can
follow:} cxb2 9. Bxb2 Nfg4 10. h3 $16 {as Black's knights are in a bit of a
tangle and White has various threats developing against f7.}) 8... h6 9. f4 {
Now play has transposed into a line of the Göring Gambit (4.c3 dxc3 5.Bc4 d6 6.
Nxc3 Nf6 7. Ng5 Ne5 8.Bb3 h6 9.f4).} Bg4 10. Qd4 (10. Nf3 $5 {is probably
better in this position.} Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bh3 12. Be3 $44 {D.Matic-S.
Sacerdotali, email 2004.}) 10... c5 (10... hxg5 11. fxe5 dxe5 {is the main
alternative for Black.} 12. Qxe5+ Qe7 13. Qxe7+ (13. Qxg5 O-O-O) 13... Bxe7 14.
Bxg5 {is not a particularly appealing ending queenless middlegame for White.})
11. Qe3 hxg5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qg3 {White probably has sufficient compensation
for two pawns in this rather unclear and messy position, and is likely to
regain one pawn.} Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Bxg5 Be7 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Bxf6 (17. O-O
{is the main alternative, refraining from swapping a pair of minor pieces, and
White retains attacking chances.}) 17... Bxf6 18. O-O $6 ({Exchanging bishop
for knight doesn't make sense unless White plays} 18. Qg6+ {catching the black
king in the centre.}) 18... O-O 19. Qg4 Qe7 20. Rf3 Bg5 21. g3 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 c4
23. Kg2 {It is clear that things have gone wrong for White. White has some
compensation for the pawn in view of Black's poor pawn structure, but is now
largely without attacking chances. White is then outplayed during the rest of
the game:} Rf8 24. Qe2 Qc5 25. h4 Bh6 26. Rf1 Rxf1 27. Qxf1 b5 28. Qd1 b4 29.
Ne2 Qe3 30. Kh3 Qxe4 31. h5 Qf5+ 32. Kg2 Qd3 0-1
[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glek, Igor V"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. c3 Ne5 {Black counterattacks
against the bishop on c4.} 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. O-O {Some sources stop
here, claiming a slight advantage for White, and they are probably right, but
White needs to follow up quite accurately.} c6 9. f4 $6 {This doesn't quite
work because Black has the strong idea ...Qc5 with threats against the white
king.} (9. cxd4 {is White's best option here. If Black tries to drive White
back with} b5 10. Be2 exd4 11. Nd2 Qb4 {then} 12. Qc2 {gives White promising
compensation, for Black hasn't moved any pieces other than the queen.}) 9... b5
10. Bd3 Qc5 11. cxd4 (11. Kh1 {may be a slight improvement, but it is not
great for White.} dxc3 12. Nxc3 Be6 $15) 11... Qxd4+ 12. Kh1 Bc5 {Tempting,
though probably not best.} (12... Be6 {is quite strong.} 13. Qc2 Qc5 $15) 13.
Qc2 Ne7 14. Nd2 Bb6 15. a4 exf4 16. axb5 O-O 17. bxc6 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 {Black
has returned the gambit pawn, but White will be left with the inferior pawn
structure.} 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. Bxf4 Nxc6 21. Bb5 Bb7 22. Bd6 (22. Bc4 {followed
by Bd5 may have been better, but Black still has the upper hand after} Rad8 {
thanks to the better pawn structure.}) 22... Rfd8 23. e5 {This allows a tactic
where Black is able to trade some pieces.} Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Rd5 25. Bc4 Rxe5 26.
Rxf7 Bd5 {From here, Black is able to grind out a win in the endgame:} 27. Re7
Rf5 28. Nd2 Raf8 29. Bxd5+ Rxd5 30. Nc4 Bd4 31. Rae1 Rdf5 32. g4 Rf2 33. R7e2
h6 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 35. b3 Kh7 36. Rd1 Bf6 37. Rd5 Rf4 38. h3 Rf3 39. Ra5 Bd4 40.
Kg2 Rxb3 41. Nd6 Bb6 42. Rd5 Rc3 43. Nf5 Rc7 44. h4 Bc5 45. h5 Kg8 46. Kf3 a5
47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. Ra8 Ra7 49. Rc8 Bf8 50. Nd4 a4 51. Nc6 Ra6 52. Ne5+ Ke6 53.
Nd3 a3 54. Rxf8 a2 55. Re8+ Kf6 56. Re1 a1=Q 57. Rxa1 Rxa1 58. Kf4 Ra4+ 0-1