1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 The world's biggest Marshall expert naturally doesn't have faith in entering its territory with the white pieces. Or he simply waits with showing the world the ultimate refutation till he's playing a world championship match again, that's another possibility of course. 8... d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. d4 15. a4 Bf8 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. Qd1 Qc7 21. Bd3 Bc4= Adams-Leko, World Blitz (Moscow) 2007 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 17. Ne2 Nb4 18. Bb1 d3 19. Ned4 Bf8 (19... Rc8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc7 I.Sokolov-Sargissian, Zafra 2007) 20. a3 Nc2 21. Nxc2 dxc2 22. Bxc2 Bc8 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. Nf5 Rc8 Svidler-Leko, Monte Carlo 2007 17... Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 Black is a tempo up compared to the Chigorin Variation and has no problem with equalizing. 19. Bb3 Bxb3 The immediate 19... d5 has also been played a few times, e.g. 20. e5 Nd7 21. Nh5 Nc5 22. Bc2 Nd7 23. Bb3 Nc5 24. Be3 Nxb3 25. axb3 Bc5 26. Qd2 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Qh4 28. Ng3 Svidler-Aronian, Monte Carlo (blindfold) 2007 20. axb3 d5 21. e5 Bc5 22. Qf4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxa6 Qd3 25. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rc2+ 27. Kg1 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Amazingly, all this had been played before. 29... Rd1 Even more accurate than 29... Rc2 30. Rb6 Rxb2 31. Rxb5 Re7 32. b4 Kh7 33. Rc5 Re6 34. Rcc4 g5 35. Re3 f6 36. Ree4 1/2, Fressinet-Naiditsch, Bundesliga (Bremen) 2007 30. Ra7 30. Rb6 Rd5 30... Kf8 31. Rf4 Re7 32. Ra8+ Re8 33. Ra7 Re7 34. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2