Hi all!
In response to Stefan Buecker's demand I publish two of my recent correspondent games played in that fascinating variation. Both were played in Bulgaria's Individual Correspondent Semi-final Championship (BG-SF152/2011).
[Event "PF/152"]
[Site "BCCF"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Boyko Tzonev"]
[Black "Vasil Vasilev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. g4 Bg6
6. c4 e6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Nc3 exd5 9. Nxd5 Nc6 10. h4
Nb6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Nxe7 Nxd4 13. Nc6 Nxe2 14.
Nxd8 Nxg1 15. Nxb7 Nxf3 16. Kf2 Ne5 17. Bf4 f6 18.
gxf6 gxf6 19. Re1 Nbd7 20. Rh3 Bf5 21. Ra3 O-O 22.
b4 Kh8 23. b5 Rg8 24. Bg3 Ng4 25. Kg1 Rg7 26. c5
Nh6 27. c6 Ne5 28. Kf2 Be6 29. Nc5 Nhg4 30. Kg1
Bd5 31. Rd1 Nf3 32. Kg2 Nd2 33. Kh3 Nxf1 34. Rxf1
Re8 35. Rxa7 h5 36. Nd7 Re3 37. Ra8 Kh7 38. Rg1
Nf2 39. Kh2 Ng4 40. Kh3 Nf2 41. Kh2 Ng4 42. Kh3 1/2-1/2
[Event "PF/152"]
[Site "BCCF"]
[Date "2011.04.29"]
[White "Toshko Kirkov"]
[Black "Vasil Vasilev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Nc3 c6 9. d5 cxb5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. cxb5 Bc5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nh3 Qb6 14. Nf2 a6 15. bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qxa6 Rxa6 17. Nd3 Nd5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. O-O Nxc3 20. bxc3 Nb3 21. Rb1 Nxc1 22. Rfxc1 Rxa2 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Rb6 Rc2 25. h4 Rxc3 26. Rxe6 Rc4 27. Re7 Rxh4 28. Rdd7 g6 29. g3 Rh6 30. g4 b5 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Kg2 b4 33. Rb7 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 g5 35. Rxb4 Rf6 36. Rb5 h6 37. Rb7 Kg8 38. Kf2 Rf7 39. Rb2 Kg7
1/2-1/2
Imho, these are two of the sharpest sub-variations of Portuguese that I find difficult to play as a second player.
I admit I never had chances for a win in these games because my opponents knew how to play this variation and one of them has more than 30 experience in correspondent chess. I doubt if these were OTB games that my opponents would have managed to cope with it..
In addition, I publish another one, from the same tournament, in which my opponent wasn't fully prepared and tried to sacrifice the d4-pawn for an attack against my long castling.
[Event "PF/152"]
[Site "BCCF"]
[Date "2011.06.08"]
[White "Raicho Veselinov"]
[Black "Vasil Vasilev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2
Nc6 6. c4 Qf5 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3
Nxd4 10. Bd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd4 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 e6 13.
Be3 Rd3 14. Qc2 a6 15. Qa4 Be7 16. b4 Rhd8 17.
Rac1 g5 18. Rfe1 h5 19. b5 Ra3 20. Qc2 Qxc2 21.
Rxc2 g4 22. g3 Rdd3 23. h3 Rdc3 24. Rec1 Bb4 25.
Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxc3 27. a4 axb5 28. axb5 Kd7
29. f3 e5 30. fxg4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bd4 32. Kf2 Kd6
33. Ke2 Kc5 34. Kd3 Bxe3 35. 0-1
Regretfully, I never read Michiel Wind's analysis in Kaissiber and can't comment his writings. Though I hope I can help the 'Portuguese lovers' with these games somehow.