1. e4 c5 2. c3 Sf6 3. e5 Sd5 4. d4 4. Sf3 Sc6 5. d4 (5. Lc4 Sb6 6. Lb3 c4 7. Lc2 Dc7) 5... cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Lc4 Sb6 8. Lb5 dxe5 9. Sxe5 Ld7 10. Sxd7 Dxd7 11. Sc3 4... cxd4 5. cxd4 5. Sf3 Sc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Lc4 e6 8. O-O Le7 9. De2 O-O 5... d6 6. Sf3 A system I'm too , more or less familiar with... 6. Lc4 Sb6 7. Lb5+ Sc6 8. d5 a6 9. Lxc6+ bxc6 10. dxc6 dxe5 11. Dxd8+ Kxd8 6... dxe5 Now this move doesn't appear in the opening lines, lets see how the Conny responds to that. 6... Sc6 7. Lc4 Sb6 (7... e6 8. O-O Le7 9. De2 O-O=) 8. Lb5 dxe5 9. Sxe5 Ld7 10. Sxd7 Dxd7 11. Sc3 7. dxe5 7. Sxe5 Sd7 8. Lc4 e6 7... e6 7... Sc6 8. Lc4 e6 (8... Sb6?! 9. Dxd8+ Sxd8 10. Lb5+ Ld7 11. Sc3 and white is a little ahead in development) 8. Sc3 Typical Conny Move, I don't like that pawn structure after an eventual exchange on c3. 8. Lc4 Sc6 9. O-O 8... Lb4 9. Ld2 Sxc3 10. bxc3 La5 11. Lc4 Ld7 12. O-O Dc7 My chessengine is saying white stand slighly better. 13. De2 O-O 14. Ld3 Lc6 15. Sd4 Td8 16. Dh5 g6 16... h6 17. Lxh6 gxh6 18. Dxh6 Ld5 To give an example how dangerous de situation is... 19. Lh7+ Kh8 20. Lg6+ Kg8 21. Dh7+ Kf8 22. Sb5 17. De2 Lb6 Double attack on d4 18. Sc2?! Td5 19. Tfe1 Sd7 20. Lf4 Tc5= 21. Sb4 21. c4? La5 21... Txc3 22. Sxc6 Txc6 23. Le4 Tc4 24. Lxb7?? Its nice to go for a sacrifice, the cony goes Superconny but, the sacrifice has to pay off, lets see about that... 24. Tac1= Secures the balance. 24... Txf4 25. Lxa8 Txf2 26. Dxf2 Lxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Sxe5 at this stage the Mephisto Explorers scroe was -1,8 for white, however my 32bit chessengine gives -4,2 !!! 28. Kf1 Sd3 29. Te3 Dc4 30. Te4 Db5 The Mephisto Explorer evolved to - 2,6 31. Te2 Forced move 31. Kg1 Dc5+ 32. Kf1 (32. Kh1 Sf2+ 33. Kg1 Sh3+!! 34. Kh1 Dg1+ 35. Txg1 Sf2# Mate with only a Knight on the table !!!) 32... Df2# 31... Sf4 32. Tae1 Sxe2 33. Txe2 Db8 Mephisto Explorers scrore -3,3 34. Lf3 Dxh2 35. Tb2 Dc7 36. g4 f5 37. Kg2 e5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Ld5+ Kg7 40. Td2 Kf6 41. Te2 h5 42. La8 h4 43. Kf2 43. Kh3 Dc3+ 44. Kh2 (44. Kxh4?? Dc4+) 43... h3 44. Kg1 44. Kg3 Dc4 45. Tf2 Dg8+ 44... e4 45. Tf2 Dg3+ 46. Kf1 Kg6 To avid the move Bxe4 47. Lxe4 fxe4 0-1 [Stefan Timmermans]