Annotated by shajmaty (1200): Another options are 3. Nd2 (Tarrasch) and 3. e5 (Nimzowitsch). My Latvian opponent had previously played 3...Nf6; 4. Bg5, Be7; 5. e5, Nfd7; 6. h4!? c5; 7. Bxe7, Kxe7. Another possibility is 3...Bb4 (Winawer). The main line is 5. Nf3. 9. Nf3 is played more often. 9. Bg5!? Qa5 ; 10. Bd2, Qc7; 11. 0-0-0, 0-0 was seen at Polgar - Ehlvest, Vienna 1996. Better was 9...h6, 10. Bb5 , Bd7;… |