Bird's Opening : early ... e6

1 f4 d5

[1 ... Nc6 2 e4 d5 3 exd5 Qxd5 4 Nf3 Qe4+ 5 Be2 Qxf4 6 d4 Qd6 7 Nc3 Bf5 8 
Nb5 Qd7 9 d5 Nb4 10 0-0 a6 11 Ne5 Qc8 12 Nd4 Bg6 13 Bg4 e6 14 dxe6 f5 15 
e7 Nxe7 16 Bh5 Bxh5 17 Qxh5+ g6 18 Qe2 Bg7 19 Bg5 Nbd5 20 Rae1 c5 21 Bxe7 
cxd4 22 Nc4 Ne3 23 Nd6+ Kxe7 24 Nxc8+ Raxc8 25 Rf3 Rhe8 26 Rxe3+ dxe3 27 
Qxe3+ Kf7 28 Qb3+ Kf8 29 Qb4+ Kg8 30 Rxe8+ Rxe8 31 Qxb7 Re2 32 Qc8+ Kf7 
33 Qc4+ Re6 34 b4 Bf6 35 a4 Be7 36 b5 axb5 37 axb5 Kf6 38 b6 Bd6 39 b7 
Re1+ 40 Kf2 Rb1 41 Qd4+ Ke6 42 c4 Bxh2 43 Qd5+ Ke7 44 c5 Rb5 45 g3 Rb2+ 
46 Kf3 Rb1 47 b8Q 1-0, Hayward Keith (2245) - Sprout Michael (1755), 
Exeter NH, 1982]

[1 ... Nc6 2 Nf3 e6 3 e4 d5 4 e5 Bc5 5 d4 Bb6 6 c3 Nge7 7 Bd3 Nf5 8 0-0 
0-0 9 g4 Nfxd4 10 cxd4 Nxd4 11 Nxd4 Bxd4+ 12 Kh1 Bb6 13 Nc3 Bd7 14 f5 d4 
15 Ne4 exf5 16 gxf5 Re8 17 Bg5 Qc8 18 Nf6+ Kh8 19 Qh5 1-0, Hayward Keith 
(2250) - Tingbald Tom (1860), St Cloud MN, Grand Prix, 1983]

[1 ... e6 2 Nf3 g6 3 e4 Bg7 4 d4 Ne7 5 Bd3 b6 6 0-0 Bb7 7 Qe1 0-0 8 Nc3 
d6 9 Kh1 Nd7 10 f5 exf5 11 exf5 Bxf3 12 Rxf3 Bxd4 13 Bg5 Ne5 14 Rh3 Ng4 
15 Bxe7 Nf2+ 16 Qxf2 Bxf2 17 Bxd8 Raxd8 18 Ne4 Bd4 19 c3 Bg7 20 f6 Bh8 21 
Rf3 Rfe8 22 Kg1 d5 23 Nf2 h5 24 g4 Re6 25 g5 Re5 26 h4 d4 27 c4 Re3 28 
Kg2 Rde8 29 Rxe3 Rxe3 30 b4 Kf8 31 a4 Ke8 32 a5 Kd7 33 axb6 axb6 34 Ra8 
Re8 35 Rxe8 Kxe8 36 Kf3 c5 37 bxc5 bxc5 38 Ke4 Kd7 39 Kd5 Kc7 40 Kxc5 
Bxf6 41 gxf6 Kd7 42 Kxd4 1-0, Hayward Keith (2300) - Blanco Tony (1620), 
Haltom TX, GFWCC, 1995]

[1 ... g6 2 Nf3 Bg7 3 e4 e6 4 d4 Ne7 5 Bd3 d5 6 0-0 dxe4 7 Bxe4 0-0 8 c3 
c6 9 Nbd2 Nd7 10 Bc2 Qc7 11 Ne4 Nd5 12 Ne5 N7f6 13 Qe1 Nxe4 14 Bxe4 Rb8 
15 Kh1 Bd7 16 Bd2 Be8 17 Rd1 Ne7 18 c4 Bd7 19 Bc3 Rfe8 20 b3 Bh8 21 Bc2 
Bg7 22 Qf2 Rbd8 23 Rfe1 Bc8 24 Re3 Qb6 25 Rde1 Nf5 26 Bxf5 exf5 27 h3 Be6 
28 R3e2 Bxe5 29 Rxe5 Rd7 30 Qe3 Red8 31 Ba5 Qxd4 32 Qxd4 Rxd4 33 Bxd8 
Rxd8 34 Kg1 Rd4 35 g3 Kf8 36 Kf2 Ke7 37 R5e2 Rd3 38 Rc2 a5 39 Ree2 c5 40 
Red2 Rd6 41 Rxd6 Kxd6 42 Rd2+ Kc7 43 Ke3 Bd7 44 Rd5 b6 45 Kd3 Be6 46 Re5 
Kd6 47 Kc3 Kc6 48 Re2 Kd6 49 Rd2+ Kc7 50 a3 Bd7 51 b4 axb4+ 52 axb4 Be6 
53 Rd1 Bd7 54 Ra1 Kb7 55 bxc5 bxc5 56 Ra5 Kb6 57 Ra8 h5 58 Kb3 Be6 59 h4 
Kb7 60 Ra2 Kb6 61 Rd2 Kc7 62 Ka4 Kc6 63 Rc2 eventually 1-0, Hayward Keith 
(2300) - DeMerse Irwin (1840), Superior WI, June 760, 1991]

2 Nf3 Nf6

[2 ... e6 3 e3 c5 4 Be2 Nc6 5 0-0 f5 6 Ne5 Nf6 7 Nxc6 bxc6 8 b3 Bd6 9 Bb2 
0-0 10 c4 a5 11 Nc3 e5 12 Nxd5 cxd5 13 fxe5 Bxe5 14 Bxe5 Nd7 15 Bg3 Bb7 
16 Bf3 Nf6 17 Bh4 Qd7 18 Bxf6 Rxf6 19 Rc1 Rd6 20 cxd5 Bxd5 21 Rxc5 Be4 22 
d4 Ra7 23 Bxe4 fxe4 24 Qc2 Re6 25 Rc8+ Re8 26 Qc4+ Kh8 27 Rf8+ 1-0, 
Hayward Keith (2310) - Paulson, Bill (2180), Minneapolis MN, Region 6, 
1989]

[2 ... Nc6 3 e3 Nf6 4 Be2 e6 5 0-0 Be7 6 b3 0-0 7 Bb2 b6 8 Qe1 Bb7 9 Kh1 
Nb4 10 Bd1 Ba6 11 d3 c5 12 Ne5 Nd7 13 a3 Nxe5 14 axb4 Nd7 15 Rxa6 cxb4 16 
Nd2 Nc5 17 Ra1 a5 18 e4 a4 19 bxa4 Nxa4 20 Bc1 dxe4 21 Nxe4 Qd4 22 Rxa4 
Rxa4 23 c3 bxc3 24 Bxa4 Qxa4 25 Qxc3 Qd7 26 Bb2 f6 27 Qb3 b5 28 f5 Kh8 29 
fxe6 Qd5 1-0, Hayward Keith (2300) - Wineinger Bob (1640), Arlington TX, 
Quad, 1996]

[2 ... c5 3 e3 Nc6 4 Be2 Qc7 5 0-0 e5 6 Nc3 Nf6 7 fxe5 Nxe5 8 Bb5+ Kd8 9 
d4 Nxf3+ 10 Qxf3 a6 11 Nxd5 Nxd5 12 Qxd5+ Bd7 13 Bxd7 Qxd7 14 Qxd7+ Kxd7 
15 Rxf7+ Ke8 16 Rxb7 cxd4 17 exd4 g6 18 Bg5 Rc8 19 Re1+ Be7 20 Rexe7+ Kf8 
21 Bh6+ 1-0, Hayward Keith (2285) - Kerr James, Dallas TX, DCC, 1995]

3 e3 e6

[3 ... c5 4 d3 (BT) Nc6 5 Be2 a6 6 0-0 b5 7 Qe1 a5 8 Ne5 Qd6 9 Nc3 b4 10 
Nb5 Qb8 11 Nxc6 Qxb5 12 Ne5 e6 13 d4 c4 14 b3 Ba6 15 bxc4 Qa4 16 f5 dxc4 
17 fxe6 fxe6 18 Nxc4 Qxc2 19 Bd2 Be7 20 Nb6 Bxe2 21 Qxe2 Rb8 22 Rac1 Qxa2 
23 Qb5+ Kf7 24 Rf2 Bd8 25 Bxb4 Rxb6 26 Qh5+ g6 27 Qe5 Qd5 28 Rc7+ Ke8 29 
Qf4 Rxb4 30 Rc8 Rb1+ 31 Rf1 Rxf1+ 32 Qxf1 Qd7 33 Qxf6 Rf8 34 Rxd8+ Qxd8 
35 Qxe6+ Qe7 36 Qc6+ Kf7 37 e4 Kg7 38 e5 Qf7 39 h3 Qf2+ 40 Kh2 Qxd4 41 
Qc7+ Kg8 42 Qxa5 Qf4+ 43 Kg1 Rc8 44 Qd5+ Qf7 45 Qd2 Re8 46 h4 Rxe5 47 h5 
Rxh5 48 g4 Qa7+ 49 Kg2 Qb7+ 50 Kg3 Qc7+ 51 Kf3 Rh3+ 52 Ke4 Qe7+ 53 Kf4 
Qf6+ 54 Ke4 Qf3+ 55 Kd4 Qxg4+ 56 Ke5 Qf5+ 57 Kd4 Qd7+ 0-1, Hayward Keith 
(2265) - Thomason John (1965), Rochester MN, Tornado, 1983]

[3 ... c5 4 d3 Nc6 5 Be2 Qd6 6 0-0 Bg4 7 Nc3 a6 8 Qe1 g6 9 e4 de4 10 de4 
e5 11 Ne5 Be2 12 Qe2 Ne5 13 fe5 Qe5 14 Bf4 Qe6 15 Rad1 Bg7 16 e5 Nd7 17 
Rd6 Qe7 18 Ng5 Qd8 19 Nf6 1-0, KRH - Edwin Kluss III, Postal APCT 
May88-Jan89]

[3 ... c5 4 Be2 Nc6 5 0-0 Bf5 6 d3 e6 7 Qe1 Bd6 8 Nc3 h6 9 Bd1 Qd7 10 e4 
dxe4 11 dxe4 Bh7 12 e5 0-0-0 13 exd6 Qxd6 14 Be3 g5 15 Ne5 Nxe5 16 fxe5 
Qxe5 17 Bf3 Bxc2 18 Bf2 Qxe1 19 Rfxe1 b6 20 Rac1 Bd3 21 Bg3 Nd7 22 Ne4 
Bxe4 23 Rxe4 Rhe8 24 Ra4 a5 25 b4 f5 26 bxa5 f4 27 Bf2 e5 28 axb6 Nxb6 29 
Ra7 e4 30 Bxc5 exf3 31 Bd6+ 1-0, Hayward Keith (2300) - Drake Joe (1935), 
Dallas TX, DCC, 1994]

[3 ... Bf5 4 Be2 e6 5 0-0 Bd6 6 d3 Nbd7 7 Nc3 0-0 8 Nh4 h6 9 Nxf5 exf5 10 
Bf3 c6 11 e4 fxe4 12 dxe4 Bc5+ 13 Kh1 dxe4 14 Nxe4 Nxe4 15 Bxe4 Nf6 16 
Bd3 Re8 17 Bd2 Ne4 18 Be1 Qd4 19 Rb1 Rad8 20 f5 Bb6 21 f6 Nxf6 22 Bc3 Qh4 
23 Bxf6 gxf6 24 g3 Qg5 25 Qf3 Qd5 26 Qxd5 Rxd5 27 Rxf6 Kg7 28 Rbf1 Re7 29 
Bc4 Rdd7 30 R6f4 Bc7 31 Rg4+ Kf8 32 Bd3 Be5 33 b3 Rd4 34 Rxd4 Bxd4 35 a4 
Bc3 36 Kg2 Re6 37 Rf4 Be5 38 Rf5 Bc3 39 g4 f6 40 h4 Bd2 41 Bc4 Rd6 42 Kf3 
Kg7 43 Ke2 Bc1 44 Bd3 Rd4 45 Kf3 Rd5 46 Rxd5 cxd5 47 Bf5 Kf7 48 a5 b6 49 
a6 Bb2 50 Ke3 Ke7 51 Bc8 Be5 52 Bb7 Kd6 53 b4 Bg3 54 h5 Be5 1/2-1/2, 
Hayward Keith (2275) - Higgins Jeff (2100), Minneapolis MN, MN Chp, 1987]


4 Be2 c5

[4 ... Be7 5 0-0 0-0 6 d3 Nc6 7 Qe1 b6 8 Nc3 d4 9 Ne4 dxe3 10 Bxe3 Ng4 11 
Bd2 f5 12 Nc3 Bc5+ 13 Kh1 Nf2+ 14 Rxf2 Bxf2 15 Qxf2 Bb7 16 Re1 Nb4 17 Bd1 
Re8 18 h3 Qd7 19 a3 Nd5 20 Ne5 Qd8 21 Bf3 c6 22 d4 Rc8 23 Kh2 Nf6 24 Be3 
Rc7 25 g3 Qc8 26 Qg2 Ree7 27 b4 Nd5 28 Nxd5 cxd5 29 Bd1 Rc3 30 Bc1 Rcc7 
31 Bb2 Ba6 32 Qd2 Bb5 33 c3 Ba6 34 a4 Bb7 35 b5 a6 36 Re3 a5 37 Ba3 Re8 
38 Bd6 Rd7 39 Nxd7 Qxd7 40 Be5 Rc8 41 Be2 Re8 42 g4 fxg4 43 Bxg4 Qe7 44 
Rg3 g6 45 f5 exf5 46 Bxf5 Bc8 47 Bxg6 hxg6 48 Rxg6+ Kf8 49 Qh6+ Kf7 50 
Qg7# 1-0, Hayward Keith (2275) - Vogel Ron (1745), Blaine MN, Northtown, 
1988]

5 0-0 Nc6

[5 ... b6 6 d3 Be7 7 e4 d6 8 Nc3 Nd4 9 Nxd4 cxd4 10 Nb5 e5 11 c3 a6 12 
Na3 0-0 13 cxd4 exd4 14 Nc2 Qc7 15 Nxd4 Bb7 16 Nf5 Rac8 17 Be3 b5 18 Rc1 
Qd7 19 Qd2 d5 20 Nxe7+ Qxe7 21 e5 Nd7 22 d4 Nb8 23 f5 Nc6 24 f6 Qe6 25 
fxg7 Rfe8 26 Rf6 Qe7 27 Rcf1 Nxe5 28 dxe5 Qxe5 29 Bd4 Qc7 30 Bd3 Re7 31 
Bxh7+ Kxg7 32 Rxf7# 1-0, Hayward Keith (2250) - Sobkowicz Konrad, Duluth 
MN, Grand Prix, 1983]

[5 ... Nbd7 (BT) 6 d4 Be7 7 c3 0-0 8 Ne5 Ne5 9 fe5 Ne4 10 Nd2 Nd2 11 Bd2 
Qb6 12 b3 Bg5 13 Bd3 Bh6 14 Rf3 Bd7 15 Rh3 cd4 16 ed4 f5 17 Bh6 gh6 18 
Qh5 Be8 19 Rg3 Bg6 20 Rg6 fg6 21 Qg6 Kh8 22 Qh6 Kg8 23 Qg6 Kh8 24 Rf1 
Rae8 25 Rf3 1-0, KRH - Herb Martin, UNH Mar83]

6 d3

[ 6 Ne5 Bd6 7 d4 Qc7 8 c3 b6 9 Bb5 Bxe5 10 fxe5 Ne4 11 Nd2 0-0 12 Nxe4 
dxe4 13 Qg4 Bb7 14 Bd2 a6 15 Be2 Rad8 16 Be1 Rd7 17 Bh4 Ne7 18 Bxe7 Rxe7 
19 Rf4 Rc8 20 Raf1 Qd8 21 Qh5 g6 22 Qh3 Qf8 23 Rh4 Qg7 24 g4 Rf8 25 g5 
Rd8 26 Rh6 Red7 27 Rf4 cxd4 28 exd4 b5 29 Rfh4 f5 30 gxf6 Qf7 31 Rxh7 
Qxh7 32 Rxh7 Rxh7 33 Qxe6+ Kf8 34 Qb6 Rd5 35 c4 bxc4 36 Bxc4 Rdd7 37 e6 
1-0, Hayward Keith (2250) - Svelmoe Paul (1865), Northfield MN, St Olaf, 
1983]

6 ... Bd6

[6 ... Be7 7 Qe1 0-0 8 Nc3 a6 9 e4 b5 10 e5 Nd7 11 a3 Bb7 12 Bd2 Qb6 13 
Kh1 Rac8 14 Nd1 f5 15 exf6 Bxf6 16 c3 Rfe8 17 Ne3 Na5 18 Ng4 Nb3 19 Rd1 
d4 20 Nfe5 Nxe5 21 fxe5 Be7 22 Nf6+ gxf6 23 exf6 Bxf6 24 Rxf6 Nxd2 25 
Qg3+ Kh8 26 Rf7 Bxg2+ 27 Kg1 1-0, Hayward Keith (2375) - Wheat Jamie, 
Blaine MN, 97th MN Open, 1991]

[6...Be7 7 Qe1 0-0 8 Nc3 Bd7 9 e4 d4 10 Nd1 Qc7 11 Nf2 b5 12 g4 Rfd8 13 
g5 Ne8 14 Ng4 f5 15 gf5 Nf6 16 Ng5 Ng4 17 Bg4 Bg5 18 fg5 Rf8 19 Bd2 e5 20 
Qh4 Bg4 21 Qg4 Rf1 22 Rf1 Qe7 +-, 1-0 in 34, KRH - Thomas Peabody, Postal 
APCT 87R3 Jan87-Feb88]

[6 ... Be7 (BT) 7 Qe1 b6 8 Nc3 Bb7 9 Bd1 Nc6 10 e4 dxe4 11 dxe4 Nd4 12 
Kh1 b5 13 e5 Nd5 14 Nxd4 cxd4 15 Nxb5 Qb6 16 c4 Nb4 17 Qd2 Nc6 18 Bf3 
Rad8 19 b3 a6 20 Nd6 Bxd6 21 exd6 Rxd6 22 Ba3 Qd8 23 Bxd6 Qxd6 24 b4 1-0, 
Hayward Keith - Pransky Ken, Postal, APCT-ASPC m, 1996]

[6 ... Be7 7 Qe1 b6 8 Nc3 d4 9 Nd1 dxe3 10 Nxe3 Bb7 11 c3 0-0 12 Bd2 Ba6 
13 Nc4 Nd5 14 Rd1 Qc7 15 Nfe5 Bf6 16 Bf3 Rad8 17 Be4 g6 18 Qe2 Nce7 19 
Kh1 b5 20 Na3 Nxf4 21 Bxf4 Bxe5 22 Bg5 Bg7 23 Qf2 f5 24 Bf3 b4 25 Nc4 
Bxc4 26 dxc4 Rxd1 27 Rxd1 bxc3 28 bxc3 Re8 29 Qe3 Kf7 30 Rd3 Ng8 31 Qd2 
Qb6 32 g3 Bf6 33 Be3 Rd8 34 Rxd8 Bxd8 35 Qd7+ Be7 36 g4 eventually 0-1, 
Hayward Keith (2295) - Probasco Robert (2125), Dallas TX, DCC, 1995]

[6 ... Be7 (BT) 7 Qe1 Nc6 8 Nc3 Bd7 9 e4 dxe4 10 dxe4 Be8 11 Kh1 Rc8 12 
Be3 Qa5 13 a3 a6 14 h3 b5 15 Qf2 Nd7 16 e5 c4 17 Rad1 b4 18 axb4 Qxb4 19 
Rb1 f6 20 exf6 Bxf6 21 Ne4 Bg6 22 Nfd2 Bxe4 23 Nxe4 Be7 24 c3 Qb5 25 Bg4 
Nd8 26 Qe2 Nf6 27 Nxf6+ Bxf6 28 Rbd1 Re8 29 Bd4 Rb8 30 Bh5 Rf8 31 Bg4 
Qxb2 32 Bxe6+ Nxe6 33 Qxe6+ Kh8 34 Qxc4 Bxd4 35 cxd4 1-0, Hayward Keith - 
Vaughan Stan, Postal, APCT Q111, 1988]

[6 ... Be7 7 Qe1 Nc6 8 Nc3 Ne4 9 dxe4 dxe4 10 Nxe4 a6 11 b3 f5 12 Nf2 Bf6 
13 c3 e5 14 fxe5 Nxe5 15 Nxe5 Bxe5 16 Nd3 Bc7 17 Ba3 Qd6 18 g3 b6 19 Rd1 
1-0, Hayward Keith - Sanson Manuel, Postal, ICCF 4PATT6, 1984]

[6 ... Be7 7 Qe1 Qc7 8 Nc3 Bd7 9 Kh1 0-0-0 10 e4 d4 11 Nb5 Qa5 12 Qxa5 
Nxa5 13 Na3 b5 14 c3 dxc3 15 bxc3 b4 16 cxb4 cxb4 17 Nc2 Bb5 18 Ne5 Rhf8 
19 Be3 Kb7 20 Nxb4 Bxb4 21 Rab1 Nc6 22 Nxc6 Bxc6 23 Rxb4+ Ka8 24 Rc1 Rc8 
25 Rbc4 Bb7 26 Rxc8+ Rxc8 27 Rxc8+ Bxc8 28 Kg1 Kb7 29 g4 a5 30 g5 Ne8 31 
Kf2 f6 32 Bd4 f5 33 Bf3 Ka6 34 Be5 Kb5 35 exf5 exf5 36 d4 Be6 37 d5 Bd7 
38 Ke3 Kb4 39 Kd4 Ka3 40 d6 Kxa2 41 Kc5 a4 42 Bc6 Bxc6 43 Kxc6 Nxd6 44 
Kxd6 g6 45 Ke6 a3 46 Kf7 Kb1 47 Kg7 a2 48 Kxh7 a1Q 49 Bxa1 1-0, Hayward 
Keith (2380) - Wheat Jamie, Minneapolis MN, Aqua Open, 1990]

[6 ... Be7 7 Qe1 Nd7 8 e4 f5 9 Nc3 d4 10 Nd1 0-0 11 Nf2 Bf6 12 Kh1 b5 13 
g4 g6 14 gf5 gf5 15 Rg1 Kh8 16 Ng5 Bg5 17 Rg5 Nf6 18 Bf3 Qc7 19 Bd2 Bb7 
20 Qe2 Ne7 21 Rag1 Rg8 22 Nh3 Rae8 +=, 1-0 in 39, KRH - Alvoil Cawly, 
Postal APCT 88R3 Jan88-Feb89]

7 Qe1 0-0

[7 ... e5 8 fxe5 Nxe5 9 Nc3 0-0 10 e4 dxe4 11 dxe4 Ng6 12 Bc4 Ng4 13 h3 
N4e5 14 Bd5 Qe7 15 Nb5 Bb8 16 Be3 Be6 17 Nxe5 Bxe5 18 Qf2 Rfc8 19 Nc3 
Rab8 20 Rab1 b5 21 Ne2 Rc7 22 Kh1 Re8 23 Nf4 Nxf4 24 Bxf4 Bxf4 25 Qxf4 
Rd7 26 Bc6 g6 27 Bxb5 Bxa2 28 Rbe1 Be6 29 Rf2 Red8 30 Bxd7 Qxd7 31 Kh2 
Qb5 32 c3 a5 33 Rd2 Re8 34 Qf6 Qb8+ 35 e5 Bb3 36 Rd6 Qc7 37 Re2 Qe7 38 
Qxe7 Rxe7 39 Rc6 c4 40 Ra6 a4 41 Rd6 a3 42 bxa3 Ra7 43 e6 fxe6 44 Rexe6 
Bc2 45 Ra6 Rd7 46 a4 Kf7 47 a5 Bf5 48 Red6 Re7 49 Rac6 Re2 50 Rxc4 Be4 51 
Rc7+ Ke8 52 Re6+ Kd8 53 Rxe4 Rxe4 54 Rxh7 Re6 55 Rh4 Kc7 56 Rb4 Re5 57 a6 
Ra5 58 Rb7+ Kc8 59 Rb6 g5 60 Rg6 Kb8 61 Kg3 Kc7 62 a7 Kd7 63 Kg4 Ke7 64 
Rxg5 Ra4+ 65 Kf3 Kf6 66 Rc5 Rxa7 67 h4 Kg6 68 g4 Kh6 69 Rc6+ Kh7 70 g5 
Ra1 71 Kg4 Ra4+ 72 c4 Ra7 73 h5 Rd7 74 Kf5 Rf7+ 75 Ke5 Re7+ 76 Re6 Ra7 77 
Kf6 Ra1 78 Re7+ Kh8 1-0, Hayward Keith (2385) - Jonasson Benedikt (2365), 
Hopkins MN, Budget Paper Congress III, 1990]

[7 ... Qe7 8 Nc3 e5 9 e4 d4 10 Nb5 Bb8 11 fxe5 Nxe5 12 Bg5 h6 13 Bxf6 
gxf6 14 Nh4 Ng4 15 Bxg4 Bxg4 16 Nf5 Bxf5 17 Rxf5 a6 18 Na3 b5 19 Qh4 Be5 
20 Raf1 0-0-0 21 Nb1 Rhg8 22 Nd2 Rg5 23 Rxg5 hxg5 24 Qg4+ Kb7 25 g3 Qe6 
26 Qxe6 fxe6 27 Nf3 Bd6 28 e5 Bxe5 29 Nxe5 fxe5 30 Re1 Rd5 31 Re4 c4 32 
h4 gxh4 33 gxh4 cxd3 34 cxd3 Rc5 35 h5 Kc6 36 h6 Kd6 37 Kg2 Rc8 38 Rh4 
Rh8 39 Kf3 Kd5 40 Rh5 Rf8+ 41 Kg4 Rg8+ 42 Rg5 Rh8 43 Kh5 Kd6 44 Rg4 Ke7 
45 Re4 Kf6 46 Re2 Rd8 47 Rf2+ Ke7 48 h7 e4 49 dxe4 d3 50 Kg6 d2 51 e5 Rf8 
52 Rxf8 d1Q 53 Rf7+ 1-0, Hayward Keith (2295) - Noland Shawn (2185), 
Dallas TX, TX State Chp, 1995]

8 Nc3 a6 9 e4

[9 a3 b5 10 Nd1 Qc7 11 Nf2 d4 12 g3 dxe3 13 Bxe3 Bb7 14 c3 Nd5 15 Bd2 f5 
16 d4 cxd4 17 cxd4 Qb6 18 Bc3 Ne3 19 Bd3 Nxf1 20 Qxe6+ Kh8 21 Rxf1 Qc7 22 
d5 Ne7 23 Ng5 Nxd5 24 Qh6 Nf6 25 Bxf6 gxf6 26 Ne6 Qf7 27 Bxf5 Rfe8 28 Ne4 
Bb8 29 h4 Rxe6 30 Bxe6 Ba7+ 31 Kh2 Qxe6 32 Nc3 0-1, Hayward Keith - 
Rasmussen Barry, Minneapolis MN, Region 6, 1992]

9 ... d4

[9 ... Nd7 10 exd5 exd5 11 Nxd5 Nf6 12 Nxf6+ Qxf6 13 Qh4 Qf5 14 c3 Re8 15 
Re1 Be6 16 Bd2 Ne7 17 Ng5 Bd5 18 g4 Qg6 19 f5 Qh6 20 Qxh6 gxh6 21 Ne4 
Bxe4 22 dxe4 Nc6 23 Bxh6 Rxe4 24 Bf3 Re5 25 Red1 Be7 26 Bf4 1-0, Hayward 
Keith (2300) - Fukuchi Curtis, Dallas TX, DCC, 1995]

10 Nd1 e5 11 f5 Nb4 12 Qd2 h6 13 a3 Nc6 14 Nf2 b5 15 g4 Nh7 16 h4 f6 17 
Nh3 Be7 18 Qe1 b4 19 g5 hxg5 20 hxg5 fxg5 21 Qg3 g4 22 Qxg4 Nf6 23 Qg2 
Nh5 24 Nxe5 Nxe5 25 Bxh5 Qb6 26 Nf4 Qd6 27 Qh2 Bxf5 28 exf5 Rxf5 29 Bd2 
Raf8 30 Ng2 Qf6 31 Rxf5 Qxf5 32 Bf4 Nc6 33 Bf3 Qd7 34 Be4 Bf6 35 Bg6 Rd8 
36 Re1 Qd5 37 Bd6 1-0, Hayward Keith - Rath Hermann, Postal, APCT 82N52, 
1983

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