B72 Sicilian

Dragon: 78
characteristic
chess puzzles
edited by Bill Harvey
The B72 Dragon is a catch-all class and represents
alternatives to at least 3 main lines which the student
either wants to avoid or doesn't have time to study. It
begins 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be3 and contains all moves except 6...Bg7. If 6...Bg7 is
played, then all moves other than 7.f3 or 7.Be2 are
considered part of the classification. If 7.Be2 is played,
wtharvey.com
then all moves other than 7...Nc6 are part of the opening
chess puzzles from and if 7...Nc6 is played then all moves but 8.0-0 are part of
modern and historic the classification. This is a collection of 78 puzzles that are
games characteristic of the tactics you will encounter in the B72
Dragon.

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1) Laszlo Szabo 3) Alain Lucazeau
vs Laszlo Sooky vs Raymond Albareil
Budapest, 1946 Mont de Marsan, 2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be3 Ng4 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f4 O-O 8.Qd2 Ng4 9.Bd3

2) Niels Norskov 4) Jailso Dos Santos

vs Soren Nielsen vs Priscila Bueno
Copenhagen, 2006 Sao Bento do Sul, 2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.d4 cxd4
6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.g4 Qa5 9.Nb3 Qb4
5) Jozef Gonda vs 7) Adriana Sakorenko
Egoitz Irure Crespo vs Anel Muratova
Donostia, 2012 Moscow, 2015
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Be3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O-O Bd7 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O Bd7
10.Bh6 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.Rad1

6) Plamen Stanchev 8) Sabrina Bachem

vs Filip Filipov vs Katharina Weiss
Sofia, 1945 Arendsee, 2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 d5 9.Bb5 Qd7 10.O- 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 O-O 8.Bc4 Ng4 9.O-O-O Nxe3
O-O dxe4 10.Qxe3 Nc6 11.Nce2 Qc7 12.f4
9) Jean Taubenhaus 11) Ulrich Poehler vs
vs Andrey Smorodsky Christian Matevzic
St.Petersburg, 1914 Muenster, 1987
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7
d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Qd2 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 a6 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.h4 e5
10.Rd1 Qc7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 11.Nb3 Nc6 12.fxe5 Nxe5

10) Gudmundur Sigurjonsson 12) Juan Romero Marras

vs Lars Karlsson vs Jose Arboleya
Gausdal, 1982 Spain, 1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.h3 Bd7 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 a6 9.O-O-O Qa5
10.O-O Qa5 11.Re1 Rfe8 12.Qe2 Nxe4 10.Nb3 Qe5 11.f4 Qe6 12.Bf3 Qc4
13) Akos Ori 15) Jens Nissen vs
vs Florian Iker Stefan Bocksberger
Celldoemoelk, 2011 Bayern, 2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O e5 9.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2 Nxd4
10.Qd2 Qc7 11.Rad1 Rd8 12.Bg5 a6 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.Bxf6

14) Marc Morgunov 16) Matevz Gombac

vs Harvey Ortner vs Damir Vrhovnik
Cap Woerth, 2014 Opatija, 2011
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.O-O a6 9.Nb3 b5 10.f4 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Bc4 b5 9.Bd5 Nxd5
Bb7 11.Bf3 O-O 12.Qd2 Rc8 10.Nxd5 Bb7 11.Nc3 Bg7 12.f3 Ne5 13.Bh6
 19) Anna Gossmann
17) Bogdan Zminda vs vs Sebastian Kesten
Patrik Gajdamowicz Germany, 2000
Wroclaw, 2011 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.f3 Nc6 9.O-O Bd7
6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.g4 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.Bf2 Qa5 12.Rad1 Qb4 13.Nb3
10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Bf3 Qa5+ 12.c3 Rd8 13.Qe2 Be6

20) Laura Boszhard

18) Asja Cebron vs D Talmon
vs Roven Vogel Nijmegen, 1992
Oberhof, 2013 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.h4 Ng4
6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O Ng4 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Bxg4 Bxg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.g4 Ne5 13.h5 Qb6
10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 Re8 12.Bb3 c5 13.f5 14.O-O
21) Roly Piggott vs
Lawrence Trent 23) Thu Wint
Southend, 2001 vs Naing Myo
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 Yangon, 2016
6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.f3 d5 10.exd5 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.c3 e5 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.h3 O-O 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-
14.Bh6 O-O Rc8 11.g4 Ne5 12.f3 Nc4 13.Qd3 Qb6 14.b3

22) Takhir Shamsutdinov 24) Willem Van Melkebeke

vs Alexander Samartsev vs Rinske Ijsselhof
Khanty Mansyisk, 2008 Hengelo, 2005
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Ndb5 a6 9.Na3 b5 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6
10.Nd5 Rb8 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.c3 b4 13.Nb1 Qa5 10.h4 Rb8 11.O-O-O Nxe4 12.Qd3 Nxc3 13.bxc3
14.Qd2 Qa5 14.Kd2 Ba6 15.Qxa6

Black mates in 3.
25) Juan Vintimilla 27) Ivan Stokes
vs Bryan Bonilla vs Paul O'Flaherty
Ecuador, 2006 Balatonlelle, 2006
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O- 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Bd7 8.g4 h5 9.gxh5 Nxh5
O-O Qa5 11.g4 Rac8 12.Bh6 Qc7 13.h4 Qa5 10.Rg1 a6 11.Bxh5 Rxh5 12.Qxh5 gxh5 13.Rxg7
14.h5 Nb4 15.Kb1 Kf8 14.Bh6 e6 15.Rg6+ Ke7

White mates in 3.

26) Dankward Thielen 28) Marijan Kristovic

vs Johann Viertlboeck vs Andrija Babic
Passau, 1998 Bosnjaci, 2012
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.h3 O-O 9.Bb3 Bd7 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.h4 h5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-
10.O-O Rc8 11.f4 a6 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.Qe1 b5 O-O Bd7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.f3 a6 13.g4 hxg4
14.a3 Na5 15.e5 Ne8 14.h5 Nxh5 15.Bh6 Qa5
29) Jose Luis Rivero 31) Efe Olgun
vs Andres Zuckerfeld vs Atahan Bekci
Buenos Aires, 1988 Izmir, 2006
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be2 Bg7 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Be3 O-O 9.f4 Be6 10.g4 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O Qc7 9.Bb3 Nc6
Rc8 11.O-O Na5 12.g5 Rxc3 13.gxf6 Rxe3 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Rfe1
14.fxg7 Re8 15.Bb5 Nxb3 16.axb3 Rf7 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bxe5 Qc6 16.Qe3

30) Dmitry Ivanov 32) Jack Rudd

vs V Stukov vs Chris Baker
Volgograd, 1996 Coulsdon, 2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Ng4 9.h4 Nxe3 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Bb7 9.a4 b4 10.Nce2 e5
10.Qxe3 h5 11.Rg1 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.f3 c5 11.Nb3 Nc6 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.Kb1 Qc7 14.c3
14.Qd2 Rb8 15.O-O-O Qb6 16.b3 Na5 15.Nxa5 Qxa5 16.Bg5
33) Zdenek Havluj 35) Sebastien Benisti vs
vs Jiri Houska Benjamin Ben Azzouz
Tabor, 2012 Paris, 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.h4 h5 9.f3 O-O 10.Qd2 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Ng4 9.Bg5 h6 10.h3
d5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.e5 Ne8 13.g4 Bxe5 14.O-O- Ne5 11.Bb3 hxg5 12.h4 gxh4 13.Rxh4 Nbc6
O Qd6 15.gxh5 Rb8 16.Bd4 14.O-O-O Nxd4 15.Rdh1 Nxb3+ 16.cxb3 Bd7

White mates in 5.

34) Christoph Witzany 36) Jeremie Blanchard

vs Herbert Pfeiffer vs Pierre Agrech
Velden, 1995 France, 1999
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be3 a6 7.f3 Nbd7 8.Qd2 Qc7 9.Be2 Ne5 10.O- 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 Ng4 8.f3 Nxe3 9.Qxe3 O-O
O-O b5 11.g4 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Qxc4 13.e5 Nd5 10.g4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.h4 a5 13.h5 Rb8
14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.exd6 Qxd6 16.Qa5 Qd8 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.O-O-O Rb4

White mates in 3. White mates in 3.

37) Yuliya Yakovich vs 39) Ana Borsato
Inara Dzhabrailova vs Isadora Braun
Samara, 2004 Foz do Iguacu, 2011
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Nc3
6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nb3 O-O 9.f4 a5 10.a4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.Qd2 d6 9.h4 Ne5
Nb4 11.O-O Be6 12.Nd4 Qc8 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 10.f3 Bd7 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.h5 Nc4 13.Bxc4
14.Bf3 Rfd8 15.Nb5 Rac8 16.Bb6 Rd7 Rxc4 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.g4 Rf7 16.e5 dxe5

38) Samvel Ter Sahakyan 40) R Mani vs

vs Mikhail Burshanov Mojmir Fiala
Sibenik, 2007 Lucerne, 1994
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3
6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.O-O-O b5 9.f3 Bb7 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.f3 a6 10.O-
10.Bd3 Bg7 11.Bh6 O-O 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.h4 h5 O-O Qc7 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Be6 13.g4 h5
14.g4 Nb6 15.gxh5 Nxh5 16.Rhg1 e6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Rac8 16.Bxf6 exf6 17.gxh5
 43) Voytech Plat
41) Nathan Gullentops vs Vojtech Rojicek
vs Jun Xu, Kemer, 2007 Czech Republic, 2006
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3
6.h3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Bd7 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.h3 Bd7
10.g4 Rc8 11.f3 Ne5 12.f4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 10.Bb3 a6 11.f4 b5 12.a3 Qc7 13.Qd2 Rfc8
14.f5 Qa5 15.Qd3 Rfc8 16.Nf3 Qa6 17.Nd2 14.Rad1 Rab8 15.Nf3 a5 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5
Nxe5

42) F Herrmann 44) Denrick Cabral vs

vs Sander Silva Oliveira Jhonatan
Frankfurt, 1930 Santos, 2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Bd7 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.f3 Nc6 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.g4
10.h4 a6 11.h5 Re8 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 Rc8 11.h4 Ne5 12.Bh6 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4
14.Bh6 Bh8 15.Bg5 Nxe4 16.Rxh8+ Kxh8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.h5 Ng8 16.Nf5+ Kh8 17.hxg6
17.Nxe4 Bxe4 fxg6

White mates in 4. White mates in 4.

45) Humberto Caldera vs 47) Erik Kothe vs
Julian Giraldo Montoya Tjark Trienekens
Medellin, 2011 Hessen, 2000
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Qd2 Ng4 9.O-O-O Nxe3 d6 6.Be3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.f4 O-O 9.Nxc6 bxc6
10.Qxe3 Nc6 11.h3 Be6 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Bxe6+ 10.g4 Qa5 11.Bd2 Qb4 12.Bf3 Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qa3
Kh8 14.h4 Qb6 15.Qg5 a6 16.h5 gxh5 17.Rxh5 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Ba6 16.Rb3 Qc5 17.exf6 Bxf6
h6 18.h4

White mates in 2. Black mates in 2.

48) Italo Belmonte

46) Rafael Perez Garzon vs Roberto Petetta
vs Cristian Gomez Guardo Como, 2007
Mosquera, 2014 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Bd7
6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Bd7 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.f3 Ne5 10.g4 10.h4 Ng4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.f3 Be6
Qc8 11.h3 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Qxc4 13.O-O-O a6 14.f4 14.h5 Qa5 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Bd4 Rf7 17.a3 Raf8
b5 15.Nb3 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Qxe4 17.Rde1 Be6 18.Rh4
49) Mateusz Frank vs 51) Harry Costa vs
Mikhail Kupriyanov Eduardo Araujo Celso
Bialystok, 2013 Rio de Janeiro, 1986
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.f3 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2 Nxd4
10.Qd2 Rc8 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Kh1 Rb8 13.Rab1 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.O-O-O a6 12.h4 b5 13.Nd5 Bxd5
Qa5 14.a3 Be6 15.Bh6 Nd7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.exd5 Rc8 15.h5 Qc7 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Bd3 Rf7
17.Qd4+ Kg8 18.Bc4 18.Qg5 Nd7

50) Dawid Janowski

vs Ignacy Popiel 52) Ilias Hristofis vs
Hannover, 1902 Pavlos Efstathopoulos
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Athens, 1999
Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.h3 O-O 9.Qd2 a6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
10.Rd1 Bd7 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Qe3 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.f3 Nc6 9.Qd2 a5 10.O-O-
b5 14.Bf3 Qc7 15.Rfe1 Rfe8 16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxe5 O a4 11.a3 Bd7 12.g4 Ne5 13.g5 Ne8 14.f4 Nc6
Qb7 18.Bxf6 Bxf3 15.h4 Nc7 16.h5 Na7 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Bc4+ Kh8

White mates in 4.
53) Angel Perez Herrero vs 55) Marc Capellades Subirana
Angel Ojosnegros Martin vs Jaume Vinals Rioja
Madrid, 2009 Guinardo, 2013
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 a6 8.Bh6 O-O 9.Bxg7 Kxg7 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.f4 O-O 9.Qd2 Nxd4
10.O-O-O b5 11.e5 Ne8 12.h4 Bb7 13.h5 Rh8 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.O-O Rc8 12.b3 a6 13.Bf3 Qa5
14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Rxh8 Kxh8 16.Qh6+ Kg8 17.Bd3 14.Rad1 Rfd8 15.Kh1 b5 16.a4 b4 17.Na2 Rb8
Ng7 18.Rh1 Nh5 18.Qe1 Bg4

White mates in 3.

54) Bozidar Ivanovic 56) Jonas Reimold vs

vs Jovan Milovic Michael Hoffmann
Cetinje, 2010 Leimen, 2001
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 cxd4
6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.f4 Nc6 9.Nb3 Be6 10.g4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.h3 O-O 9.O-O Bd7
Na5 11.f5 Bc4 12.Nxa5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Qxa5 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Qe2 Qa5 13.f4
14.O-O-O Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qxa2 16.f6 exf6 17.Nc3 Nc6 14.Qf2 e5 15.Ndb5 exf4 16.Bxf4 Ne5
Qa1+ 18.Kd2 Qxb2 17.Nxd6 Nfg4 18.hxg4 Nxg4 19.Qg3
57) R Gojgic 59) Jan Guzik vs
vs Slobodan Ilic Hristo Ivelino
Belgrade, 2005 Varna, 2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.O-O Ng4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.f3 d5 10.Nxc6
10.Bd4 e5 11.Be3 Qh4 12.h3 Nxe3 13.fxe3 d5 bxc6 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Kb1 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Qc7
14.Nxd5 O-O 15.Nc3 Bxh3 16.gxh3 Qg3+ 17.Kh1 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.g4 Be6 16.h4 Rad8 17.Qe1
Qxh3+ 18.Kg1 Bh6 19.Qf3 Qe5 18.Bc1 Rb8 19.f4

Black mates in 3.

58) Gerd Fischer vs 60) D Groisser vs

Dustin Bachstein Walter Smith
Bechhofen, 2008 Plymouth, 1984
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.h3 O-O 9.Qd2 d5 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 a6 8.f3 Nc6 9.Qd2 d5 10.exd5
10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd4 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bh6 Bf6 13.Ne4 Bxb2
13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Re8 15.Qe3 Bf5 16.Qxe7 14.Rb1 Be5 15.f4 Bc7 16.O-O Bb6+ 17.Kh1 Ne3
Rxe7 17.Kf1 Bxc2 18.Bf3 Rd8 19.Re1 18.Qc3 Bd4 19.Qxc6+ Bd7
61) Manuel Cuenca Castilla 63) Milorad Vujovic
vs J M Cerpa vs Raffaele Di Paolo
Canary Islands, 1989 Genoa, 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Bd7 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.O-
10.f3 Rc8 11.h4 Ne5 12.h5 gxh5 13.Bh6 O Rc8 11.f4 Qa5 12.a4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Be3
Ng6 14.Nf5 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Bxf5 16.exf5 Ne5 Rxc3 15.bxc3 Bc6 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Bg5 Qc5+
17.f4 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Rd3 Kh8 18.Kh2 Nxe4 19.Rxf7 Nxg5

62) Marc Mertens vs 64) Joaquin Exposito Cabrera

Ricardo Ernesto Chavez vs Denis Barquero Pinar
Elista, 1998 Mataro, 2005
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.h3 a6 10.O- 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9.Nde2 O-
O Qc7 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Nf3 Qd8 O 10.O-O Ne5 11.Qc1 Rc8 12.Bh6 Qa5 13.Bxg7
14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 Kxg7 14.Kh1 Qb4 15.a3 Qc4 16.f4 Ned7 17.Qe3
17.Rxe5 dxe5 18.d6 Re8 19.dxe7 Qc7 Rc5 18.h3 e5 19.Rad1 d5
65) Marcel Petersen 67) Borislav Milic
vs Julia Weissenburg vs Kazimierz Plater
Oberhof, 2011 Krynica, 1956
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3
6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.f3 Ne5 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nb3 d6 9.O-O a5
10.Bh6 Nh5 11.g4 Bxh6 12.Qxh6 Ng7 13.h4 10.a4 Nb4 11.f4 Be6 12.Bf3 Qc8 13.h3 Bxb3
Bd7 14.h5 Rc8 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Qxh7+ Kf7 14.cxb3 Qe6 15.Re1 Rfd8 16.Bb6 Rd7 17.Nd5
17.Qh2 Nc4 18.Qf4+ Ke8 19.Qg5 e5 Nbxd5 18.exd5 Qf5 19.Qd2 e5 20.dxe6 fxe6

White mates in 3.

66) Vasiliy Bogendaev 68) Jorge Luis Ubillus

vs Nikita Uskov vs Ofelin Falcon
Abakan, 2013 Lima, 1999
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Ng4 9.f3 Nxe3 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.f4 Bd7 10.g4
10.Qxe3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O-O Qc7 Rc8 11.g5 Ne8 12.h4 h5 13.gxh6 Bxh6 14.h5 Bg7
13.h4 e6 14.h5 d5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Bb3 a5 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Bc4+ e6 17.Qg4 Qf6 18.Qh3
17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Bxd5+ Kh8 Nc7 19.e5 dxe5 20.Ne4 Qd8

White mates in 5. White mates in 5.

 71) T Landjassa vs
69) Alexander Petrushin Abderezak Attoui
vs Roman Luchaninov Algeria, 2001
Kharkov, 2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Qd2 Bd7
Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.f3 Bd7 10.g4 Rc8 11.O-O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qa5 13.Kb1
10.h4 h5 11.g4 Ne5 12.O-O-O hxg4 13.f4 Nc6 Be6 14.a3 Rfe8 15.Nd5 Qa4 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6
14.Rdg1 Qc8 15.h5 Nxh5 16.f5 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 17.Bxf6 exf6 18.f3 Rc6 19.Bd3 Rb6 20.Ka1 Rc8
Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Nf6 19.Nd5 Kg7 20.Nxf6 exf6 21.Rb1

70) Dobrotich Andreev 72) Gil Popilski

vs Anton Slavejkov vs Ido Porat
Sofia, 2013 Givataim, 2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d6 8.h3 O-O 9.Bb3 Na5 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nb3 Be6 9.f4 O-O 10.g4
10.O-O Nxb3 11.axb3 a6 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rfe1 a5 11.f5 Bc8 12.a4 d5 13.exd5 Nb4 14.d6 exd6
b5 14.Bh6 Qc7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Nd4 Re8 16.Bg5 Qb6 17.Ncb5 Nxg4 18.c3
17.exd5 Rfe8 18.Re3 Qb7 19.c4 bxc4 20.Qc3 Kf8 Nc6 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.Nxd6 Nxd4 21.Nxe8

White mates in 3. Black mates in 2.

 75) Randolph Schain vs
73) Balazs Bakos Jose Fernandez Valles
vs Adam Kozak Villaviciosa, 1996
Celldoemoelk, 2011 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Nc6
6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ng4 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.Rad1 Rac8 12.Bb3 Ng4 13.h3
10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bg5 Rb8 12.f3 Ne5 13.Bb3 Re8 Nxe3 14.fxe3 a6 15.Rf2 Nxd4 16.exd4 Kh8
14.Bh6 Bh8 15.h3 Ba6 16.f4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.Rdf1 f5 18.Qg5 Bxd4 19.Nd5 Bxf2+ 20.Rxf2
18.f5 Qa5 19.a3 Rxb2 20.Ne2 Qxa3 21.Qe1 Qc5 21.Nxe7 Rce8

Black mates in 2. White mates in 3.

76) Trung Nguyen

74) Marco Renzi vs Viet Nguyen
vs Cristiano Novelli Vjetnam, 2003
Florence, 2012 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Bd7
6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.Bh6 Bxh6 10.f3 Qa5 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.g4 Rfc8 13.h4 a6
10.Qxh6 b5 11.Nd5 Bb7 12.Bf3 e5 13.Nb3 Bxd5 14.h5 b5 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Nd5 Qd8
14.exd5 Qb6 15.O-O Rg8 16.Rfe1 g5 17.Be4 Ng4 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.g5 Bg7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qd5
18.Qxh7 Qxf2+ 19.Kh1 Ndf6 20.Qf5 Rh8 21.h3 Qc7

Black mates in 2. White mates in 4.

77) Mikhail Pavlovskiy
vs Mikhail Chernushko
Vladivostok, 2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3
Nf6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O 9.f3 a6
10.Qd2 Re8 11.Bh6 Bh8 12.O-O-O b5 13.h4 Be6
14.h5 Rc8 15.Kb1 b4 16.Nd5 a5 17.Bb5 Bd7
18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Qd5+ Kh8 21.Qf7 Solutions
Rg8

1) 7.Bb5+ 1-0

2) 8.Nxc6 Qc7 9.Ne5+ 1-0

White mates in 4.
3) 9...Nxe3 10.Qxe3 Qb6 11.e5 ( 11.Nce2 e5 )
Qxb2 12.Kd2 Qb6 13.Rhb1 Qc7 14.Nd5 Qa5+
15.Nc3 dxe5 16.Rb5 exd4 0-1
78) Daniel Grossjohann
vs Johannes Dorst
4) 10.a3 1-0
Ronneburg, 1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
5) 10...Nxd4 11.Bxg7 Nxe2+ 0-1
6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 Ng4 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7
10.f4 Nxe3 11.Qxe3 Qb6 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.Rhe1
6) 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bxc6 1-0
O-O 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.f5 Ne5 16.fxg6 hxg6 17.b3
e6 18.Nf4 Qa5 19.Kb1 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.e5
7) 11...Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Ng4 13.Qd3 ( 13.Qxa7
Bxe5 22.Nd3
Nxe3 ) Ne5 0-1

8) 12...Nxd4 13.Rxd4 e5 ( 13...Bxd4 14.Qxd4 e5 )

14.Bxf7+ Rxf7 15.Rd3 Be6 16.Ra3 Rc8 0-1

9) 13.Nd5 Qb7 14.Nxc6 1-0

10) 13.Nxc6 Nxc3 14.Nxa5 1-0

11) 13.Rxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Bb6 1-0

Black mates in 3. 12) 13.e5 Ng4 14.Bd5 Qxd5 15.Nxd5 e6 16.Nc7+

1-0

13) 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Qb8 15.Nxf6+ Kh8

16.Qh6 1-0
 31) 16...Ng4 17.Qe2 Nxe5 18.Qb5 Rf5 19.Qxc6
14) 13.e5 Bxf3 14.exf6 Nxf6 ( 14...Bxf6 15.Rxf3 ) bxc6 20.g3 Nf3+ 0-1
15.Rxf3 b4 16.Na4 a5 17.a3 Qd7 18.axb4 axb4
19.Nb6 1-0 32) 16...Nxe4 17.fxe4 ( 17.Qc2 Nxg5 ) Bxe4+
18.Kc1 Qxa4 0-1
15) 13...Rxc3 14.Qxc3 ( 14.b3 Bxf6 ) Qxa2+ 0-1
33) 16...Bf4 17.Be3 Qb4 18.b3 ( 18.Nb5 Qxd2+ )
16) 13...Nc4 14.Qc1 Bxd4 15.a3 Qa5 16.b4 d4 19.Bxf4 dxc3 0-1
Bxc3+ 0-1
34) 17.Qxd8+ Kxd8 18.Ne6+ 1-0
17) 13...Bxd4 14.Bxd4 Rxd4 15.b4 Qc7 16.cxd4
Qc3+ 17.Qd2 Qxf3 0-1 35) 17.Rh8+ Bxh8 18.Qh6 1-0

18) 13...Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Bd4 0-1 36) 17.Rxh7+ Kxh7 18.Rh1+ Bh6 19.Qxh6# 1-0

19) 14.a3 Nxe4 15.fxe4 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qxa3 37) 17.Nd4 Qc4 18.Be2 Nxc2 19.Bxc4 Nxa1
17.Ra1 1-0 20.Bb5 1-0

20) 14...Nc4 15.Qh2 ( 15.Qd3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 38) 17.Rxg6+ Kxg6 ( 17...fxg6 18.Nxe6+ )
Bxd4 ) Nxe3 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Rfe1 Qxd4 18.Kh1 18.Rg1+ Kh7 19.e5+ 1-0
Rxf3 0-1
39) 17.Ne6 Qc8 18.Nxg7 Bc6 ( 18...Rxg7 19.g5
21) 14...Qh4+ 0-1 Nh5 20.Qxd7 ) 19.Qd8+ Rf8 20.Qxe7 Bxf3
21.Ne6 1-0
22) 14...bxc3 15.bxc3 Rxb1+ 0-1
40) 17...Bh6 0-1
23) 14...Nxe3 15.Qxe3 e5 16.Kb2 exd4 17.Qxd4
Qxd4 18.Rxd4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Bxc3+ 0-1 41) 17...Rxc3 18.bxc3 ( 18.Qxa6 Rxc2+ ) Qa3+
19.Kb1 Rxc3 20.Qd4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Rb3+
24) 15...Qxc3+ 16.Kc1 Rb1+ 0-1 22.axb3 Qb2# 0-1

25) 15...Rxc3 16.Qxc3 ( 16.a3 Rxa3 17.bxa3 42) 18.Bf6+ exf6 ( 18...Kg8 19.Qh6 ) 19.Qh6+
Qxa3 18.c3 Bxh6 ) Qxa2+ 17.Kc1 Bxh6+ 18.Rd2 Kg8 20.Rh1 1-0
Qa1# 0-1
43) 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Bd4 Qc7 20.Bxf6 1-0
26) 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Bb6 1-0
44) 18.Rxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qh2+ 1-0
27) 16.Nf5+ exf5 17.Nd5+ 1-0
45) 18.Rxh6+ 1-0
28) 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.fxg4 Ng3 ( 17...Nf6
18.Qh6+ ) 18.Qh6+ Kf6 19.Qf4+ 1-0 46) 18.Bd4 Qf3 19.Bxg7 Rg8 20.Bc3 1-0

29) 16...Qb6 17.Bxe8 Re1+ 18.Kg2 Rxd1 47) 18...Bxh4+ 19.Rxh4 Qg1# 0-1
19.Raxd1 Qe3 20.Rde1 Bh3+ 21.Kh1 Qd2
22.Rg1 Bg2+ 0-1 48) 18...Bxd4 19.Qh6 ( 19.Qxd4 Qg5+ ) Bf6
20.Rh2 Bg5+ 0-1
30) 16...Qb4 17.Nb1 Qxc4 18.Qg5 Qe6 0-1
49) 18...c5 19.Qd3 Ne5 0-1
 63) 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.Qd8+ Be8 22.Rf1+ 1-0
50) 19.Bxg7 Bxd1 20.Bh6 Bxc2 21.Qe5 f6
22.Qe6+ Kh8 23.Qf7 Rg8 24.Rxe7 1-0 64) 20.fxe5 Nxe5 ( 20...Ne8 21.b3 Qa6 22.exd5 )
21.Rxf6 Kxf6 ( 21...Ra5 22.Qf4 ) 22.b3 1-0
51) 19.Rxh7 Bxd4 ( 19...Kxh7 20.Bxg6+ Kg8
21.Bxf7+ Kxf7 22.Qxg7+ ) 20.Qxg6+ Bg7 ( 65) 20.Qxg6+ Rf7 21.Rh8+ Ke7 22.Nd5# 1-0
20...Rg7 21.Qe6+ ) 21.Rh8+ 1-0
66) 20.Rxh7+ Kxh7 21.Rh1+ 1-0
52) 19.Rxh7+ Kxh7 20.Qh2+ 1-0
67) 21.g4 Nxg4 22.Bxg4 1-0
53) 19.Rxh5 1-0
68) 21.Qh7+ Kf7 22.Nd6+ Ke7 23.Qxg7+ 1-0
54) 19.Rb1 Qa3 20.Ra1 Qb4 21.Rhb1 1-0
69) 21.Rh7+ ( if 21...Kxh7 22.Qxf6 mates ) 1-0
55) 19.Bxf6 Bxf3 20.Rd5 Bxg2+ ( 20...Qc7
21.Bxg7 Bxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Kxg7 ) 21.Kxg2 Qc7 70) 21.Ne6+ fxe6 22.Qh8+ Kf7 23.Rf3# 1-0
22.Bxg7 1-0
71) 21...Rb3 22.cxb3 ( 22.c4 b5 23.Rbc1 bxc4
56) 19...Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Qh5+ 21.Qh2 Nxh2 24.Bc2 Rxa3+ ) Qxb3 0-1
22.Bxh2 Be5 0-1
72) 21...Nf3+ 0-1
57) 19...Bxe3+ ( if 20.Rf2 Qxf3 ) 0-1
73) 21...Rxc2+ 22.Kxc2 Qb2# 0-1
58) 19...Bd3+ 0-1
74) 21...Rxh3+ 0-1
59) 19...Rxb2+ 20.Ka1 Rb1+ 21.Kxb1 Qa1# 0-1
75) 22.Nxg6+ Kg7 23.Nxf8+ 1-0
60) 20.Nd6+ exd6 21.Qe4+ Qe7 ( 21...Be6
22.Qxd4 ) 22.Qxa8+ 1-0 76) 22.Rxh7+ Kxh7 23.Qf7+ 1-0

61) 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Rg3 Rg8 22.Qxh7+ 1-0 77) 22.Qxh7+ Kxh7 23.Bf8+ 1-0

62) 20.Qf3 Be6 21.Qf6 Bxb3 22.Bh6 1-0 78) 22...Qxa2+ ( if Kxa2 23.Ra6+ ) 0-1