[Event "Philadelphia"] [Site "masterchessopen.com"] [Round "0"] [White "Rohde, M."] [Black "Palatnik, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: Lisitsin: 3.Ng5 Nf6"] 1.Nf3 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Ng5 Nf6 ( { The American has had other successes in this line: } 3...d5 4.d3 e3 ( { instead of } 4...Qd6 { as in Barle-Tozer above } ) 5.Bxe3 e5 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qh4 Bf5 9.Bb5 Be7 10.O-O ( 10.Nc3 { and O-O-O may be stronger } ) 10...Nf6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Rad1 h6 ( { here } 12...Nb4 { is worth considering } ) 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Rxd5 Qe8 ( { maybe } 14...Qxd5 { is not as bad as it looks after } 15.Bc4 Qf7 ) 15.Bc4 Kh8 ( { if } 15...hxg5 ) 16.Qg3 Qg6 17.Rxf5 Qxf5 18.Ne6 { gave White a strong attack, M.Rohde-S. Palatnik, Philadelphia 1992. } ) ( 3...e5 4.d4 ( { an interesting way to avoid the relatively safe positions that arise after } 4.d3 e3 5.Bxe3 ) ) 4.d3 e5 5.dxe4 Bc5 6.Bc4 { with compensation for the pawn, M.Rohde-O.Castro, Philadelphia 1990. } 6...Qe7 ( { Instead } 6...b5 { is just a panicky move that does nothing to improve Black's position. After } ) 7.Bf7+ { White sensibly forces Black to abandon the idea of castling, creating a long-term problem. } ( { At first sight } 7.Nf7 { looks reasonable, but after } 7...Rf8 8.Ng5 { (otherwise Black will be rewarded with two pieces for the rook) } 8...Bxf2+ ) {#r} 1-0