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Volker Drüke 0 - 1 Dave Regis
The lure of a good example. White follows the precedent of a dramatic win by Sneiders, but unfortunately ends up playing, not some hacker from Exeter, but GM Joe Gallagher.

As played by Diemer as Black!
[7...Nc6;
7...Nbd7 8.O-O (8.Qd2/ JG 8...c5 9.O-O-0) 8...c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5+ 10.Kh1 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.Qe2 = Liesebein, -+ Gallagher 12...Be7 13.Rad1 Qa5 14.Ne4 Qxa2 15.g4 Qxb2 16.g5 hxg5 17.Nfxg5 e5 18.Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.Rxf6 Be6 20.Qh5 Bd5+ 21.Kg1 Qd4+ 22.Bf2 1 - 0 Leisebein P - Friedrich G DDR-corr-Meisterklasse 1990]

8.dxc5
[8.Qd2 cxd4 (8...Nc6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.O-O-0 O-O 11.Rhf1 Be7 12.Qf4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxg5 14.Nxg5 f6 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Qh4 fxg5 17.Qh5 1 - 0 Bent Scott - Neumeier Michael Cincinnati, Annual Gold Cup Benefit O 1991) 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.O-O-0 Nc6 11.Nf3 Qa5 12.Bc4 O-O-0 13.Qe2 h6 14.Bd2 Bb4 15.a3 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Qc7 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Qa5 19.Rd3 Bc6 20.b4 Qb6 21.Rc3 a6 22.Rf1 Rhf8 23.g4 Rd7 24.Rf4 Nd5 25.Bxd5 Rxd5 26.Bxg7 Rfd8 27.Rxf7 a5 28.Bf8 Rd1+ 29.Kb2 axb4 30.Bxb4 Kb8 31.Qxe6 Re8 32.Qxh6 Ree1 33.Qf4+ Ka7 34.Rc5 Re4 35.Ra5+ Qxa5 36.Bxa5 Rxf4 37.Rxf4 Rh1 38.Bc7 Rxh2 39.Rf5 1 - 0 Roos - Soller corres ch we BDG 1975]

8...Qa5
[8...Bxc5 9.Qe2 (9.Ne4 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bb5+ Nd7 12.Nd6+ Ke7 13.Qd2 a6 14.Qb4 a5 15.Nxc8+ 1 - 0 Merkl K - Riesen unknown 1955) 9...Be7 10.O-O-0 Nd5 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Rxd5 exd5 13.Nxd5 f6 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Bxf6 Bxb5 16.Qxb5+ Kf7 17.Qh5+ Kxf6 18.Qh6+ Kf7 19.Ne5+ Kg8 20.Qe6+ Kg7 21.Qf7+ Kh6 22.Ng4+ Kg5 23.h4+ 1 - 0 Diemer Emil - Terzi Rastatt BDG 1953;
8...Nc6 9.O-O Bxc5+ 10.Kh1 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Nxg5 hxg5 13.Bxg5 Nh5 0 - 1 Penk - Diemer Emil corr [Fp 1955]

9.O-O Qxc5+ 10.Kh1 Nbd7
[10...h6]

11.Qe1 a6

CRITICAL POSITION 1: That's a funny little move by Black: can you see what the idea is?

12.Qh4 Qb4!
Ha! Now White has to exchange Queens or throw in another Pawn.

13.Nd4
[13.Ne4]

13...Qxb2 14.Nce2 Ne5 15.a4 Qb6

CRITICAL POSITION 2: You're nearly on your own here: there is only one recorded game, where White won in twenty moves after 16. Rxf6. What do you do?

16.Rxf6?
Nearly on your own, but not quite. I fear Volker hasn't seen Joe Gallagher's "Beating the Anti-Indians", which analyses this move. In fact, he assesses White's position as simply lost even before this move! So White has to bale out before somewhere earlier, or, if you don't believe JG, then find an improvement here.
[16.Be3; 16.Rab1 Qd8;
16.Bxf6!? Drüke 16...gxf6 17.Rab1 Qc7 which still has some play in it, however White cannot preserve the Bd3 by 18.Be4? f5!]

16...gxf6!
[16...gxf6! White now assessed his chances as zero and resigned, which may be appropriate if Gallagher was playing all the rest of my moves, but I'd have to start thinking for myself soon! I had to check all the lines before and after this point, of course, or I might fall into the very trap that I hoped Volker was making - of trusting the books.
16...Nxd3? 17.Rff1 f6 18.Be3 Nc5? (18...Ne5) 19.Nb3 Qc6 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.Qh5+ 1 - 0 Sneiders E - Breunig O corr 1BDGW 1970/71 (02) 1971 I guess Volker was hoping to go all the way down the line following this game.]

Possible continuation: 17.Bxf6
[17.Be3 there might be some nibbles in this line still: 17...Nxd3 18.cxd3 Bd7 19.Nf5 Qd8 20.Ng7+ Kf8 21.Qh6 (21.Bh6) 21...Kg8 22.Rf1 Qf8]
17...Qd8! 18.Rf1 ("what else?", asks JG)
[18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Qg3 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Bd7 e.g. 21.Qc7 Bc6 22.Qb6 Rc8 23.Rc1 Bxg2+ 24.Kxg2 Rxc1 25.Nxc1 Qg5+ 26.Kf2 Qxc1 27.Nxe6 Qd2+ 28.Kf3 Qxd3+ 29.Kf4 Qd2+ 30.Kf5 Qd5+]
18...Bxf6 19.Rxf6 Ng4!-+ 20.Nxe6
[20.Qxg4 Qxf6 21.Ng3 (21.Nf4 Qxd4) 21...Bd7 22.Nh5 Qe5]
20...Qxf6 21.Nc7+ Kd8 0 - 1

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