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#3 5.Bc4
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[5.Nxd4 is a way for white to play for draw. However, it is very easy to lose a game with white pieces even in this position. Here in this example, Nigel Short ended up with a "Winter bishop" against Vladimir Kramnik! 5...exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Bc5 9.Qe2+ Qe6 10.0–0 0–0 11.Qf3 d6 12.Bg5 Qf5 13.Be7 Qxf3 14.gxf3 a6 15.Ba4 b5 16.b4 Re8 17.Rfe1 Bb6 18.Bb3 Bb7 19.Kg2 d5 20.Re5 c6 21.Rae1 Bc7 22.R5e2 Bc8 23.a4 Bd7 24.Bh4 Rxe2 25.Rxe2 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.Bg3 Bd8 28.Be5 f6 29.Bb8 Bg6 30.axb5 axb5 31.Kf1 Kf7 32.Ke2 Ke6 33.Ke3 Bb6+ 34.Ke2 Bh5 35.Ba2 g5 36.Bb3 f5 37.Ba2 f4 38.Bb3 Kf5 39.Bd6 g4 40.Kf1 g3 41.fxg3 fxg3 42.Bxg3 Bxf3 43.Ba2 Be3 0–1 (43) Short,N (2698) -Kramnik,V (2800) London 2011]
#4 5...Bc5
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[5...Nxf3+ 6.gxf3!? d6 (6...Bc5 7.Rg1 0–0 8.d4 exd4 9.Bh6 g6 10.Na4 Bb4+ 11.c3 dxc3 12.Nxc3 d5 13.Bxf8 Qxf8 14.Bxd5 Qc5) 7.d4 exd4 8.Qxd4 Be6 9.Rg1 Bxc4 10.Qxc4 Qd7 11.Be3 Qc6 12.Qb3 Nd7 13.0–0–0 0–0–0 14.Qxf7 Ne5 15.Qe6+ Kb8 16.Qxe5 1–0 (16) Najer, E (2670)-De Jong,J (2479) Mainz 2008]
#5 6.d3
📗#5

Calm continuation
[6.Nxe5 Qe7! 7.Nxf7 (7.Nf37...d5!! Still! 8.Bxd5 Bg4 9.d3 0–0–0 10.Bb3 10...Nxe4!! 11.Nxe4 f5 and black is winnning!) 7...d5!! And black's compensation is more than enough!]
#6 6...c6 7.Nxe5
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The most prinicipled continuation
#7 7...0-0
📗#7

[7...d5 8.exd5 0–0 9.0–0 cxd5 10.Bb3 Re8 11.Bf4 1–0 (33) Bruzon Batista,L (2666)-Baryshpolets,A (2538) Merida 2015 11...Bf5 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Ba4 Re6 14.h3 h6 15.Nf3 Rxe1+ 16.Nxe1 b5 17.Bb3 (17.Nxb5 Nxb5 18.Bxb5 Qb6) 17...a5 18.a4 b4 19.Nb5 Qb6 20.Qd2 Nxb5 21.axb5 Qxb5 22.Nf3 Qb6 with equality]
#8 8.N.f7 Of course!
8...Rxf7 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Be3
#9 10...Ne6? A very weak move
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10...d5 was a must
11.Bxc5 Nxc5 12.e5 Ne8 13.d4 Ne6 14.0–0 d6 15.f4 dxe5
#10 16.f.e5+
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[16.dxe5 Qxd1 17.Raxd1 g6 18.f5 gxf5 19.Rxf5+ Kg8 20.Rf3 And black cannot develop his queenside! This was even simpler!]
#11 16...Kg8 17.d5
📗#11

[17.Qf3 Qxd4+ 18.Rf2 Qd7 19.Raf1 h6 20.Ne4 b6 21.Qg4 a5 22.h4 Ra7 23.Qg6 Qe7 24.g4!! Ba6 (24...Rd7 25.g5) 25.Rf7 Qxf7 26.Rxf7 Rxf7 27.Qxe6+–]
17...cxd5 18.Nxd5 N8c7 19.c4 Bd7 20.Qg4 Nf8 21.Qf3 Ng6 22.Rad1 Ne6