| ECO A07 in 2000 play it! short nigel d defeats white's markowski tomasz in 80 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 d4 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4 exd4 9. Na3 Nd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nb5 Nc5 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Rxe6 fxe6 14. Bxc7 Qd7 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Re1 Na7 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxb5 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Qg4 Qd7 22. Re4 Qe7 23. Rf4 Rd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qe2 Bh3 26. Qh5 Qe6 27. Qg5 Qd7 28. Rxd4 h6 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Rh4 Qf5 31. f4 Qc8 32. Qd2 Re6 33. Bc3 Re7 34. Qf2 b5 35. Rh5 b4 36. Bd2 Qc2 37. Re5 Rxe5 38. fxe5 Qxb2 39. e6 Bxe6 40. Qb6 Bf7 |
| ECO A06 in 1988 play it! short nigel d defeats white's andersson ulf in 74 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. dxc5 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 bxc5 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. Rc1 Ba8 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Qd6 20. Qd1 Red8 21. Nd2 d4 22. Nc4 Qf6 23. Rd3 Nf8 24. b4 dxe3 25. Nxe3 cxb4 26. axb4 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxb4 28. Rc8 Bb7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Qe7 31. g3 g6 32. Qc6 Rd4 33. Qc3 Rd1 34. Qc4 a5 35. Ra8 Qb4 36. Qa6 Kg7 37. Qe2 Rc1 |
| ECO A06 in 2003 play it! short nigel d defeats white's sasikiran krishn in 42 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nh5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. h4 f6 13. Bf4 Nxf4 14. exf4 Kh8 15. Qe2 e5 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. h5 Bg4 18. Nh4 Bxe2 19. Ng6+ Qxg6 20. hxg6 Bxc4 21. Rxh7+ Kg8 |
| ECO A05 in 1984 play it! short nigel d defeats white's plaskett jim in 81 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bb4 12. h4 gxh4 13. Rxh4 Bd6 14. Qg4 Qe7 15. c5 Bxg3 16. Qxg3 Nc6 17. a4 O-O-O 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nc4 Rdg8 20. Qh2 Qg5 21. Ra1 Qg6 22. Kd2 Nb4 23. Rc1 f6 24. Nxa5 Bxg2 25. Be2 Bd5 26. Rg4 Qh7 27. Rh4 Ba8 28. d5 Nxd5 29. Bd3 f5 30. Rb1 Qg7 31. Rd4 Qf6 32. Bc4 Rg4 33. Rxg4 fxg4 34. Rb3 Rf8 35. Ke2 e5 36. Ke1 h5 37. Kd1 Qxf2 38. Ba6+ Kd8 39. Rb8+ Ke7 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 41. Rxa8 |
| ECO A06 in 1999 play it! short nigel d defeats white's illescas cordoba in 60 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Bf1 Na6 15. Rd2 Nc7 16. a4 Ne6 17. a5 b5 18. Qa2 a6 19. Rc1 c5 20. dxc5 d4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. exd4 Nxd4 23. Kh1 Nf3 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. c6 Bxc6 26. Ne2 Qh4 27. gxf3 Qxf2 28. Nf4 Bxf3+ 29. Bg2 Rd2 30. Rg1 Be4 |
| ECO A05 in 1985 play it! short nigel d defeats white's cramling pia in 80 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qa4 c5 12. Bh3 f5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. f4 exf3 18. exf3 Bc6 19. Qb3 cxd4 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Qd3 Qc5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rd1 Bb5 24. Qd2 d3+ 25. Kh1 Qe3 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. Kg1 Ba4 28. Rd2 Bc2 29. Kf2 d4 30. f4 Kf7 31. Bg2 a5 32. Bd5+ Ke7 33. Bg8 h6 34. Bc4 a4 35. Bg8 Kd6 36. Bh7 Kc5 37. Bg8 b5 38. Bf7 b4 39. Bg8 bxa3 40. bxa3 Re8 |
| ECO A05 in 1985 play it! short nigel d defeats white's dresen ulrich in 102 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 a6 9. e3 d6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 e6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Rfe8 15. d3 Rad8 16. Ne1 Qb7 17. Qf3 d5 18. Ne2 Qb8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. d4 Ne4 21. Nd3 Qa8 22. h4 Rc8 23. Nef4 c4 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Nb4 a5 26. Nbd5 b5 27. Qe2 Nd6 28. a3 Qb7 29. Bc3 Ra8 30. Be1 h6 31. Qf3 Nb6 32. Rb1 Na4 33. Qg2 Qd7 34. Ne2 Ne4 35. Nec3 Naxc3 36. Nxc3 Nxc3 37. Bxc3 Bf8 38. Ra1 Ra7 39. d5 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. Rxa7 Qxa7 42. Ra1 Qb8 43. Bd4 c3 44. Qf3 Bg7 45. Bxg7 Kxg7 46. h5 g5 47. Ra6 c2 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. Rc6 b3 50. Qxh6 Qe5 51. f4 Qg7 |
| ECO A05 in 1983 play it! short nigel d defeats white's vogel jaap in 82 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Ne5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Qe3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15. Bg2 a5 16. a3 b5 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. f4 Nb6 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. h4 Qe7 21. h5 Nf8 22. h6 g6 23. Nf3 Bxa3 24. Bxa3 Qxa3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe3 Nfd7 27. g4 Qc5 28. Qd2 Qb4 29. Qe3 a4 30. Ne5 Rc8 31. Rd1 Nxe5 32. fxe5 Na8 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Qa7 a3 35. Ra1 Qd2 36. Rxa3 Qxh6+ 37. Rh3 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qxe5 40. Rf3 Rf8 41. Rf2 Nc7 |
| ECO A05 in 1994 play it! short nigel d defeats white's hertneck g in 69 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. e4 Nh5 14. Bg5 Qb8 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bc1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Rxd7 Bc6 20. Rdd1 b4 21. Qc4 Ra5 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Qb3 bxc3 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Qd7 Ra7 26. Qc6 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 cxb2 28. g3 Qe5 29. Rdd1 Rxa2 30. Rb1 Ra1 31. Qc2 g5 32. h3 Rb4 33. Kg2 Rxb1 34. Rxb1 Kg7 35. Qd3 |
| ECO A20 in 2003 play it! short nigel d defeats white's taylor martin r in 64 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Be6 5. d3 Qd7 6. e4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nge2 f5 9. b3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 f4 12. gxf4 Nh5 13. Nd5 Nd4 14. f5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 gxf5 16. Bg5 f4 17. Qe1 Qf7 18. Kh1 c6 19. Nc3 Kh8 20. Ne2 Rg8 21. Rg1 Bf6 22. Bxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bf1 b6 24. Qf2 Rxg1+ 25. Nxg1 Rg8 26. Ne2 Rg5 27. Bg2 Qh6 28. Qh4 Ng3+ 29. hxg3 Rh5 30. Qxh5 Qxh5+ 31. Kg1 fxg3 32. Nxg3 Qg5 |
| ECO A13 in 1990 play it! short nigel d defeats white's smejkal jan in 78 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nbc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 Bg4 10. e3 Qd7 11. Ba3 Rfe8 12. Rc1 Nd8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. h4 Ne6 16. Na4 Nc8 17. Bh3 Nb6 18. Qd1 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Rb1 Re7 22. Rb3 Rc8 23. a5 Rc7 24. Qd3 Qd6 25. Rfb1 f5 26. Rb4 a6 27. R1b2 Kg7 28. Qb1 Nd8 29. R2b3 Qd7 30. Rb6 Nf7 31. Bf1 Nd6 32. Bd3 h6 33. Qd1 Qe6 34. Rb1 Qf6 35. Kg2 Rf7 36. Qf3 Qd8 37. R6b3 Rce7 38. Ra3 Re6 39. Qf4 Ne4 |
| ECO A13 in 2001 play it! short nigel d defeats white's miezis normunds in 70 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Be6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5 Ncb4 11. Re1 a6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. h3 Bf6 15. Re4 Qd7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rf4 Rad8 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Rh4 Rd6 21. Re1 Red8 22. Bd3 Qf8 23. Rf4 Bc8 24. h4 Nh5 25. d5 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Ne7 27. Qe4 Nf5 28. h5 c6 29. Qf4 g5 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Ne4 Rxd5 32. Bc4 Be6 33. g4 g5 34. Nfxg5 hxg5 35. Qxg5+ Ng7 |
| ECO A10 in 1980 play it! short nigel d defeats white's akesson ralf in 48 moves | 1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bxg2 6. Qh5+ g6 7. fxg6 Bg7 8. gxh7+ Kf8 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Qh4 Nc6 11. Ne2 Bxh1 12. Nd2 e5 13. Ng3 e4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Ngxe4 Rxh7 16. Qf4 Nxd4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxf6 Qe7+ 19. Nde4+ Rh4 20. Ng4+ Qf7 21. Qg3 Re8 22. Kf1 Qxc4+ 23. Kg2 Nf5 24. Qa3+ d6 |
| ECO A13 in 1993 play it! short nigel d defeats white's timman jan hein in 78 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O g6 11. f3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e4 Nb6 14. e5 c5 15. g4 Ng7 16. Nf4 Be6 17. Qf2 Rec8 18. Nfe2 Bd7 19. Rae1 Ne6 20. f4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxg4 23. e6 fxe6 24. f5 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Rf6 Rc7 28. Nb5 Rg7 29. Nd4 Nd7 30. Rf4 Bf5 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Nc5 33. Re3 Nxd3 34. Rxd3 Rd7 35. Rfd4 Rad8 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Rxb2 |
| ECO A15 in 1984 play it! short nigel d defeats white's mcnab colin a in 64 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 O-O 10. e4 a6 11. Be3 e6 12. Rc1 d6 13. f3 Qc7 14. Rf2 Nbd7 15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. b3 Rac8 17. Nde2 Bf8 18. Qg1 Qb8 19. a4 Be7 20. Nd4 Qb7 21. Qf1 Nc5 22. Rb1 d5 23. b4 Ncxe4 24. fxe4 Rxc4 25. Rb3 Ng4 26. Qe2 Nxe3+ 27. Qxe3 dxe4 28. b5 axb5 29. Ncxb5 e5 30. a5 exd4 31. Rxd4 Rcxd4 32. Nxd4 Bc5 |
| ECO A13 in 1981 play it! short nigel d defeats white's lewis andrew p in 66 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Ng8 7. Be4 Bxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. O-O f5 10. Nc3 Nh6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxh6 Nc6 14. Re1 gxh6 15. Qh5+ Ke7 16. Nd5+ exd5 17. cxd5 Nxe5 18. f4 Bg7 19. fxe5 Rf8 20. Rad1 b5 21. Kh1 Qb6 22. d6+ Ke6 23. Qh4 Rae8 24. Qh3 Qc6 25. Rc1 Qd5 26. b3 Kf7 27. Qxf5+ Kg8 28. Qxd7 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. d7 Bc7 32. Rd1 Qd6 33. Qh5 Qxd7 |
| ECO A21 in 1999 play it! short nigel d defeats white's rahman ziaur in 68 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Be6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Qd7 6. Rb1 g6 7. b4 Bg7 8. Nd5 Nd8 9. e4 c6 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. Ne2 d5 12. O-O d4 13. Nc2 f6 14. Na1 Nf7 15. a4 O-O 16. Nb3 b6 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. Ra1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ng1 g5 21. b5 c5 22. a5 e4 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra6 Ne5 25. Bxg5 Nxd3 26. Rxb6 Ng6 27. Nd2 Rce8 28. h3 e3 29. Bc6 Nxf2+ 30. Rxf2 exf2 31. Ngf3 Qc7 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Rxg6 Qxg3 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 |
| ECO A10 in 2001 play it! short nigel d defeats white's forster richard in 71 moves | 1. c4 b6 2. b3 Bb7 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. g4 Nd7 11. O-O Ndxe5 12. Bxe5 a6 13. Bxc6+ Rxc6 14. f5 h5 15. Nc3 hxg4 16. Qxg4 Rch6 17. d4 R8h7 18. Rf2 Bd6 19. Re1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rh4 21. Qg3 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. f6 Rh3 24. Qg5 dxc3 25. e6 g6 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Qe5 Bf3 28. Qe7+ Qxe7 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. Rxh7 Rxh7 31. Rxf3 Rc7 32. Rf1 c2 33. Rc1 Kf7 34. Kf2 Kxf6 35. Ke3 Kg5 36. Kd2 |
| ECO A30 in 1984 play it! short nigel d defeats white's romanishin oleg in 118 moves | 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. b4 e4 9. Ne1 f5 10. Bb2 Be6 11. d3 exd3 12. Nxd3 Bxc4 13. Na4 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. bxc5 d5 16. Nab2 Ba6 17. Nb4 Nxb4 18. axb4 Nc6 19. Nd3 g5 20. Qd2 Bb5 21. f4 h6 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. h4 gxh4 24. Nf4 Kh7 25. Ne6 Qf6 26. Qxd5 Bxe2 27. Be4 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Ne7 29. Nxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qxb7 Qg7 31. Bg2 hxg3 32. Qd7 Qe5 33. Bf3 Rf6 34. Qd2 Re6 35. Kg2 f4 36. Rh1+ Kg7 37. Bg4 Nf5 38. Qd7+ Kf6 39. Qd8+ Re7 40. Qf8+ Rf7 41. Qd8+ Qe7 42. Qxe7+ Nxe7 43. Bd7 Nd5 44. c6 Re7 45. Rc1 Re2+ 46. Kf3 Rf2+ 47. Ke4 g2 48. Kxd5 Rf1 49. Rxf1 gxf1=Q 50. c7 Qd3+ 51. Kc6 Qa6+ 52. Kd5 Qb7+ 53. Kd6 Qxb4+ 54. Kd5 Qb7+ 55. Kd6 Qb4+ 56. Kd5 Qb7+ 57. Kd6 a5 58. c8=Q Qxc8 59. Bxc8 a4 |
| ECO A10 in 1980 play it! short nigel d defeats white's akesson ralf in 48 moves | 1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bxg2 6. Qh5+ g6 7. fxg6 Bg7 8. gxh7+ Kf8 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Qh4 Nc6 11. Ne2 Bxh1 12. Nd2 e5 13. Ng3 e4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Ngxe4 Rxh7 16. Qf4 Nxd4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxf6 Qe7+ 19. Nde4 Rg7 20. Ng4+ Qf7 21. Qg3 Re8 22. Kf1 Qxc4+ 23. Kg2 Nf5 24. Qa3+ d6 |