| ECO B02 in 2003 play it! luther thomas defeats white's cherniaev alexan in 44 moves | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 b6 8. cxb6 axb6 9. Qg4 d5 10. Nh3 Qd7 11. Nf4 g6 12. Be2 Ba6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. c4 dxc4 16. d5 exd5 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Ne5 19. Nxc7+ Qxc7 20. Qe6+ Be7 21. Bb2 Rf8 22. Rad1 Nd3 |
| ECO D10 in 2000 play it! luther thomas defeats white's portisch lajos in 88 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 Ra7 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nfd7 13. Nf3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nb6 15. Nd2 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rb7 18. Rc2 Qa5 19. Qa4 Qf5 20. e4 Qh5 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Qxa3 Rd8 23. Ne2 Qb5 24. Rfc1 h6 25. h3 Nd7 26. Qe3 Qa5 27. Ng3 Nf8 28. a3 Rbd7 29. Ne2 e5 30. Rc5 exd4 31. Nxd4 Qc7 32. Rxc6 Qe5 33. Nf3 Rd1+ 34. Ne1 Ne6 35. Rc8 Rxc8 36. Rxd1 Rc3 37. Rd3 Rc4 38. f3 Nf4 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Qd2 Rc1 41. Kf2 Qc5+ 42. Qe3 Qc7 43. Rd7 Nxh3+ 44. Kf1 Qxd7 |
| ECO D10 in 2003 play it! luther thomas defeats white's lputian smbat g in 76 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Nb4 14. Rc1 Re8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd6 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. a5 Qe6 20. Na4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qc3 Qg4 23. Qc2 Rd3 24. h3 Qg5 25. Ba3 Red8 26. Nc3 Bf6 27. f4 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Qg3 29. Qxc5 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 h6 31. Qb4 Qxb4 32. Bxb4 Rd5 33. Nf2 Bd8 34. Bc3 f5 35. b4 Kf7 36. g4 g6 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. Nd1 Rd3 |
| ECO D10 in 2003 play it! luther thomas defeats white's cortes martin in 66 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bh4 Qa5 8. Qc2 e6 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. e3 Bb5 12. Bxb5+ axb5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nb3 Qa4 15. Qd2 Bd6 16. Bg3 Be7 17. f3 O-O 18. e4 Qc4 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Rc2 Nb6 21. Rfc1 Ba3 22. Rb1 Na4 23. Be1 b4 24. Nc5 bxc3 25. Qf4 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Kh1 d4 28. Bf2 b6 29. h3 d3 30. Bxc5 dxc2 31. Rxb6 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 c1=Q 33. Be3 Rxa2 |
| ECO D10 in 2003 play it! luther thomas defeats white's bowden jezz in 42 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. a3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Qb6 12. b4 Rfc8 13. Rc1 h6 14. Nb3 a5 15. bxa5 Nxa5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Qb3 b6 19. a4 Ne4 20. Qb5 Nc3 21. Qxa5 Nxe2+ |
| ECO D15 in 2003 play it! luther thomas defeats white's pigott john c in 80 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O Nxf4 10. exf4 Qc7 11. g3 O-O 12. Re1 b6 13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. Ne5 c5 15. Rc1 c4 16. Bf1 Bf5 17. a4 Qd6 18. a5 Nd7 19. g4 Be6 20. Bg2 Rab8 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Nxd5 e6 23. Nb6 Bb5 24. Nxc4 Qxf4 25. Re4 Qc7 26. b3 Rfd8 27. Nb6 Qd6 28. d5 Qa3 29. b4 exd5 30. Rf4 Bh6 31. Ra1 Qb2 32. Rb1 Qe5 33. Rd4 Be2 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Qxd5 Qf4 36. Qe4 Qd2 37. h3 Bd3 38. Qe5 Bf4 39. Qa1 Bxb1 40. Qxb1 Re8 |
| ECO D02 in 2003 play it! luther thomas defeats white's cortes martin in 64 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bh4 Qa5 8. Qc2 e6 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Nc5 Na5 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rac1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rc2 Rhc8 22. Rfc1 b5 23. a3 Ra4 24. Kf1 Rxa3 25. Ke2 Rc4 26. Kd3 Kd6 27. f4 Kd5 28. Re2 Rxd4+ 29. Ke3 Re4+ 30. Kf3 Rxe2 31. Kxe2 Kc4 32. Kd2 Ra2+ |
| ECO D02 in 2005 play it! luther thomas defeats white's danner georg in 68 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Nb4 11. Be2 Ne4 12. a3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nc6 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. f5 Bg5 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 c4 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rxc4 21. f6 Rxc2 22. Rf2 Rxf2 23. Qxf2 Qd3 24. h3 Rd8 25. Re1 Qg6 26. Re2 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Qb1 28. Rc2 a6 29. fxg7 Rh1+ 30. Kg3 Rg1 31. Qd4 Qxc2 32. Qd8+ Kxg7 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qd8+ Kg7 |
| ECO D31 in 2005 play it! luther thomas defeats white's de santis alessi in 100 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bc2 Qb8 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 Be7 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. e4 Qe5 20. Be3 Nh5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rd7 Bc6 23. Rd2 Nf4 24. Qf3 Be8 25. Rad1 a5 26. Bb1 Rac8 27. Ne2 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 g5 29. g3 Kg7 30. Bd3 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Qe3 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 Qc5 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 36. Kg2 Rc1 37. f4 Bc6 38. Rc2 Rd1 39. Rxc6 Rxd3 40. Rc2 Re3 41. e5 Kg6 42. Kf2 gxf4 43. gxf4 Rxh3 44. Rc7 Rh2+ 45. Kg3 Rxb2 46. f5+ Kxf5 47. Rxf7+ Kxe5 48. Rh7 b3 49. Rxh6 Rc2 50. Rh8 b2 |
| ECO A40 in 1994 play it! luther thomas defeats white's einarsson halldo in 64 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9. h3 c6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. b3 Nf8 12. f3 Bc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bb6 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Kh1 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Rf3 Qe5 20. Raf1 Be6 21. Ne2 Rad8 22. Ng3 Rd7 23. Qf2 a6 24. Qe2 Red8 25. Nf5 Nh5 26. g4 Bxf5 27. gxh5 Rxd3 28. Rxf5 Rxh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Qg2 Qe3+ 31. Qf2 Rg3+ 32. Kh2 Rd2 |
| ECO A40 in 1989 play it! luther thomas defeats white's van wely loek in 80 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. O-O f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Nc4 Na6 13. Bf4 b5 14. Ne3 b4 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Bg3 Qa5 17. b3 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Bb5 19. Bg4 Nac7 20. Re1 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Qxa4 22. Be6+ Nxe6 23. dxe6 b3 24. Qd1 Rb8 25. e7 Rf7 26. Bxd6 Nxd6 27. Qxd6 Re8 28. axb3 Qh4 29. g3 Qxe7 30. Qd5 Qf6 31. Qd2 Qd4 32. Qe2 Qc3 33. Qd1 a5 34. Re2 Qd4 35. Rd2 Qe4 36. Rd3 Ref8 37. Ng4 Rf3 38. Rxf3 Qxf3 39. Qd7 h5 40. Qe6+ Kh7 |
| ECO A40 in 2003 play it! luther thomas defeats white's blanco fernandez in 50 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 7. b3 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd3 Bd6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. Bg5 Bf5 17. Qd2 Ba3 18. Rcd1 Bb4 19. Bxf6 Bxc3 20. Qg5 Bg6 21. f4 gxf6 22. Qh4 Rfe8 23. Bd3 f5 24. g4 Qe7 25. Qh6 Bxd4+ |
| ECO A40 in 1992 play it! luther thomas defeats white's meissner in 92 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nh2 Na5 14. Ng4 Bxg4 15. hxg4 h6 16. Bd2 c4 17. Rb1 a6 18. Rb2 Rad8 19. Be1 Rfe8 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Bb1 Nd5 22. Ra2 Rc8 23. Bc2 Nb3 24. Qd1 Nf6 25. g5 hxg5 26. Bxb3 cxb3 27. Qxb3 Ng4 28. Qd1 f5 29. Qb3+ Kh7 30. Qd5 Kg6 31. Rb2 b5 32. a4 Red8 33. Qa2 Ra8 34. axb5 axb5 35. Qb3 Rab8 36. Ra2 Rb6 37. Bd2 Qc7 38. g3 Rh8 39. Bc1 Nh2 40. Rd1 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 Kh5 42. Ba3 Kg4 43. d5 Rbh6 44. d6 Rxd6 45. Bxd6 Qxd6 46. Raa1 Qd2 |
| ECO A40 in 1997 play it! luther thomas defeats white's chandler patrick in 36 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 b5 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. b3 O-O 8. c4 bxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb2 Ba6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. Re1 Qd7 15. N2f3 Na4 16. Bc1 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Qe8 18. e3 Bb4 |
| ECO A40 in 1991 play it! luther thomas defeats white's mohr stefan in 94 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Rae1 Nb6 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bh4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Na4 18. Nb1 f5 19. Bg3 Re6 20. Bf4 Rae8 21. h4 Qd8 22. Qf2 Bc8 23. Rc1 b5 24. Rc2 a5 25. a3 Qe7 26. Rfc1 Kg7 27. Qg3 Rxe3 28. Bg5 Qe6 29. Qc7+ Kg8 30. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 31. Kh2 f4 32. Nd2 Bf5 33. Nf1 Qe7 34. Qxf4 Bxc2 35. Rxc2 Kg7 36. Ng3 Qf6 37. Qg4 Kh8 38. h5 Qd6 39. f4 Rf8 40. Rf2 Nxc3 41. hxg6 Qxg6 42. Qh4 Qf6 43. Qh5 b4 44. Rf3 Ne4 45. Ne2 Qf5 46. Qh6 Rg8 47. axb4 axb4 |
| ECO A40 in 1990 play it! luther thomas defeats white's douven rudy in 50 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 f5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qe8 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. d5 Na6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nc5 16. Qc2 e5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Be1 Bc8 20. Kd2 Bf5 21. Qb3 b5 22. Rc1 Nb6 23. c5 Nc4+ 24. Rxc4 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Ra3 |
| ECO A40 in 1995 play it! luther thomas defeats white's wesseln kai in 34 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 Bb7 5. d5 Na6 6. Nf3 Nc5 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 f5 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. e5 exd5 14. Bg5 Ba6 15. Nd2 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Ng6 17. Rfe1 Qe6 |
| ECO A40 in 1991 play it! luther thomas defeats white's dzevlan miralem in 50 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 g5 13. Bf2 Nxd5 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. h4 Rd8 16. Qc2 Qe5 17. e4 Nc6 18. Be2 Nf4 19. g3 Nxe2 20. Nxe2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Qd2 Bxe4 23. O-O Bxf3 24. hxg5 Bb7 25. Kh2 hxg5 |
| ECO A40 in 1999 play it! luther thomas defeats white's galopin clement in 72 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. e3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. b3 f5 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bd6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Be2 d6 12. Nd3 Qe8 13. f3 Ng5 14. Qe1 Nd7 15. c4 Rf6 16. h4 Nf7 17. f4 Rg6 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nf6 20. Ng5 Ne4 21. d5 Nd8 22. Rd1 Bxg5 23. hxg5 h6 24. gxh6 Rxh6 25. Rf3 Nb7 26. Rh3 Rxh3 27. gxh3 exd5 28. cxd5 Nbc5 29. b4 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 a5 31. Kh2 axb4 32. Qxb4 Ra4 33. Qe1 Rc4 34. Bc1 Rc2+ 35. Bd2 Qb5 36. Rd4 Qb2 |
| ECO A40 in 1992 play it! luther thomas defeats white's dankert peter in 73 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. Bb2 d5 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Rc7 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Rc3 h6 17. Bb1 Nc5 18. Nb3 Rd7 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rg3 Qh4 22. Bc1 Rfd8 23. Rh3 Qg4 24. Rg3 Qh4 25. Rh3 Qg4 26. Rg3 Qh5 27. Rh3 Qxe5 28. Bxh6 Rd4 29. Rg3 Qh5 30. Bg5 R8d7 31. Qb3 Rd1 32. Bc2 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qxh2 34. Bf4 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Bxg2 36. Qb1 Qxb1 37. Bxb1 |