A33 — English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Avantages : majorité aile_dame (3v2), case forte b5, paire de fous, colonne d.
Faiblesses adverses : arriéré d7, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (C1, F1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● e4 — Centre d4+e4, menace e5, libère Bf1
● g3 — Masters 34%
● a3 — Préparer expansion aile dame, [Masters 32%]
● Bg5 — Clouer Nf6
Faiblesses adverses : arriéré d7, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (C1, F1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● e4 — Centre d4+e4, menace e5, libère Bf1
● g3 — Masters 34%
● a3 — Préparer expansion aile dame, [Masters 32%]
● Bg5 — Clouer Nf6
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Avantages : majorité centre (2v1), case forte b4, paire de fous, colonne c.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, arriéré d7, 4 pièces non développées (C8, F8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...Be7 — Développer Bf8
● ...d5 — Rupture
● ...e5 — Rupture
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, arriéré d7, 4 pièces non développées (C8, F8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...Be7 — Développer Bf8
● ...d5 — Rupture
● ...e5 — Rupture
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Base Masters : Blancs 28.8%, Nulles 50.2%, Noirs 21.0%.
Coups candidats
6.g3 (33.8% — Blancs: 32.7% | Nulles: 45.5% | Noirs: 21.7%)
6.a3 (32.0% — Blancs: 28.6% | Nulles: 51.8% | Noirs: 19.7%)
6.Ndb5 (14.0% — Blancs: 23.7% | Nulles: 53.9% | Noirs: 22.4%)
6.Bf4 (7.4% — Blancs: 24.0% | Nulles: 62.2% | Noirs: 13.8%)
6.e4 (4.5% — Blancs: 26.3% | Nulles: 51.7% | Noirs: 22.0%)
6.e3 (3.9% — Blancs: 28.5% | Nulles: 42.5% | Noirs: 29.1%)
6.a3 (32.0% — Blancs: 28.6% | Nulles: 51.8% | Noirs: 19.7%)
6.Ndb5 (14.0% — Blancs: 23.7% | Nulles: 53.9% | Noirs: 22.4%)
6.Bf4 (7.4% — Blancs: 24.0% | Nulles: 62.2% | Noirs: 13.8%)
6.e4 (4.5% — Blancs: 26.3% | Nulles: 51.7% | Noirs: 22.0%)
6.e3 (3.9% — Blancs: 28.5% | Nulles: 42.5% | Noirs: 29.1%)
auto
Analyse coup par coup — 10 demi-coups commentés
1.c4 Avancée centrale — contrôle b5, d5. Prépare d4, Nc3, e4.
1…e6 Avancée centrale — contrôle d5, f5. Prépare d5, Be7, Bd6.
2.Nf3 Contrôle d4, d5, e5.
2…Nf6 Contrôle e4, c5, d5, f5.
3.Nc3 Contrôle d4, e4, d5, e5.
3…c5 Avancée centrale — contrôle b4, d4. Prépare Nc6, d5.
4.d4 Avancée centrale — contrôle c5, e5. Prépare c4, e4, Nc3.
4…cxd4 Capture en d4 — résout la tension centrale.
5.Nxd4 Capture pion en d4.
5…Nc6 Contrôle d4, e4, c5, d5.
1…e6 Avancée centrale — contrôle d5, f5. Prépare d5, Be7, Bd6.
2.Nf3 Contrôle d4, d5, e5.
2…Nf6 Contrôle e4, c5, d5, f5.
3.Nc3 Contrôle d4, e4, d5, e5.
3…c5 Avancée centrale — contrôle b4, d4. Prépare Nc6, d5.
4.d4 Avancée centrale — contrôle c5, e5. Prépare c4, e4, Nc3.
4…cxd4 Capture en d4 — résout la tension centrale.
5.Nxd4 Capture pion en d4.
5…Nc6 Contrôle d4, e4, c5, d5.
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | ● d7 |
| Chaînes | — | ● d7→e6, f7→e6 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | ● aile_dame 3v2 | ● centre 2v1 |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● b5 (3v0) | ● b4 (2v0) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | — | ● e5 (1v0) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Semi-ouvertes | ● d | ● c |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Bf1 | ● Bf1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bf8 | ● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 4 (c1, f1, a1, h1) | 4 (c8, f8, a8, h8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Au centre ! | ● Au centre ! |
| Droits de roque | O-O / O-O-O | O-O / O-O-O |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | semi-ouvert | |
| Ruptures | ● c4-c5, ● e2-e3, ● f2-f3 | ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5, ● …e6-e5 |
| Partie |
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| ? 1980 – Round ? – Korchnoi, Viktor – 1/2-1/2 – Polugaevsky, Lev – G3 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Nb5 O-O 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 |
| ? 2000 – Round ? – Savon, Vladimir A – 1/2-1/2 – Eljanov, Pavel – G117 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 |
| 11. Tal Mem Rapid 2018 – Round 7.4 – Gelfand, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – G34 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Bf4 b6 10. O-O Ba6 |
| 18. Amber Blindfold 2009 – Round 8 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Topalov, Veselin – G17 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc2 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Rc8 |
| 20. European Teams 2015 – Round 5.5 – Howell, David W L – 1/2-1/2 – Meier, Georg – G220 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 |
| 20. European Teams 2015 – Round 8.1 – Sargissian, Gabriel – 1-0 – Grischuk, Alexander – G323 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd5 |
| 20. European Teams 2015 – Round 9.17 – Short, Nigel D – 1-0 – Parligras, Mircea-Emilian – G381 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. Bf4 d5 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 dxc4 |
| 40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 4.12 – Kurajica, Bojan – 1-0 – Ivanisevic, Ivan – G228 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 d5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Ne5 |
| 40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 4.7 – Ftacnik, Lubomir – 1/2-1/2 – Leko, Peter – G286 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O Nxd4 |
| 40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 8.8 – Sasikiran, Krishnan – 0-1 – Ivanisevic, Ivan – G481 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 Qb6 8. Nc2 d5 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Be3 Qa5 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 10.13 – Vazquez Igarza, Renier – 1/2-1/2 – Khusnutdinov, Rafael – G692 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 4.12 – Lalit Babu M R – 0-1 – Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo – G248 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 d5 10. Qa4 Bd7 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 8.10 – Anton Guijarro, David – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G540 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 |
| 42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 3.3 – Adhiban, B. – 1-0 – Abasov, Nijat – G210 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 |
| 42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 9.16 – Cordova, Emilio – 1-0 – Rodshtein, Maxim – G616 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 d5 |
| 42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 9.16 – Roiz, Michael – 1-0 – Fernandez, Fe – G617 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Bc5 7. e3 Qb6 8. Nb3 Bb4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Rc1 Na5 |
| 42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 9.5 – Neiksans, Arturs – 1/2-1/2 – Borisek, Jure – G659 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 |
| 6. Norway Chess 2018 – Round 5.1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G20 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 |
| 85. Tata Steel Masters 2023 – Round 10.6 – Gukesh D – 1-0 – Praggnanandhaa R – G69 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Rg1 d5 |
| 9. London Classic 2017 – Round 9.1 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G41 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 Bd7 9. Nb5 e5 10. Bg5 a6 |
| Amber Blindfold 1999 – Round 8 – Gelfand, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G42 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nb5 Nxg3 |
| Amber Rapid 2005 – Round 3 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 0-1 – Anand, Viswanathan – G10 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 |
| Amsterdam VSB 1996 – Round 5 – Gelfand, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G13 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Bh4 Rd8 10. O-O d5 |
| ARM-ROW Match 2004 – Round 1 – Kasparov, Garry – 1-0 – Van Wely, Loek – G6 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Qg3 O-O |
| Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014 – Round 5.6 – Karjakin, Sergey – 1/2-1/2 – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – G30 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 Bxd4 10. exd4 h6 |
| Breda m 1979 – Round 5 – Timman, Jan H – 1/2-1/2 – Polugaevsky, Lev – G5 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Nd2 O-O |
| Candidates final 1977 – Round 1 – Korchnoi, Viktor – 1/2-1/2 – Spassky, Boris V. – G1 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Bxc3+ |
| Cap d'Agde 1994 – Round 1 – Lautier, Joel – 1-0 – Leko, Peter – G1 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nxc3 |
| Corus A 2009 – Round 8 – Radjabov, Teimour – 1/2-1/2 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G47 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. Nb5 Qb8 |
| FIDE Candidates 2013 – Round 2.2 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G6 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 bxc6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 1.3 – Bruzon Batista, Lazaro – 1-0 – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi – G151 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Bd3 O-O |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 4.2 – So, Wesley – 0-1 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G387 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 |
| FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 3.3 – Lenderman, Aleksandr – 0-1 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G351 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 |
| FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 4.3 – Bu, Xiangzhi – 0-1 – Svidler, Peter – G387 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 1.1 – Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel – 1/2-1/2 – Svidler, Peter – G64 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxd4 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 1.4 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1-0 – Bellahcene, Bilel – G172 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nf3 Be6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R1 Classical 1 – Maxime Lagarde – 1-0 – Amartuvshin Ganzorig – G30 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R3 Classical 1 – Gledura Benjamin – 1/2-1/2 – Wei Yi – G443 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R5 Classical 1 – Samuel Sevian – 1/2-1/2 – Wei Yi – G609 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c5 Bc7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 b6 |
| GCT Rapid Paris 2019 – Round 2.2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Dubov, Daniil – G7 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 Bxd4 10. exd4 O-O |
| IBM 1978 – Round 2 – Andersson, Ulf 1949 – 1/2-1/2 – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir – G7 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. b3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 dxc4 |
| Interpolis 1982 – Round 1 – Andersson, Ulf 1949 – 1/2-1/2 – Sosonko, Gennadi – G41 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Rc1 Rb8 |
| Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix 2019 – Round 2.3 – So, Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G52 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 |
| Koop Tjuchem 1996 – Round 9 – Sokolov, Ivan. – 1/2-1/2 – Leko, Peter – G39 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. e4 Bc5 9. Qd1 Bb7 10. Bd3 O-O |
| KRO-tweekamp 1982 – Round 3 – Korchnoi, Viktor – 1-0 – Timman, Jan H – G2 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ |
| Linares 1983 – Round 1 – Andersson, Ulf 1949 – 1/2-1/2 – Timman, Jan H – G9 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Qc2 Qa5 |
| NAO Masters 2002 – Round 8 – Lautier, Joel – 0-1 – Topalov, Veselin – G38 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 |
| Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013 – Round 2.5 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 0-1 – Karjakin, Sergey – G10 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 |
| Palma De Mallorca GP 2017 – Round 4.2 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G29 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 1/2-1/2 |
| Phillips&Drew 1980 – Round 9 – Timman, Jan H – 1/2-1/2 – Sosonko, Gennadi – G22 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Be6 10. g3 Qb6 |
| Rapid Match 2007 – Round 1 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Leko, Peter – G1 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Qa5 8. Bh4 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Nxe7 |
| Rio de Janeiro Interzonal 1979 – Round 13 – Huebner, Robert – 1/2-1/2 – Timman, Jan H – G40 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Nd2 O-O |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2017 – Round 17.5 – Navara, David – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G85 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 Bxd4 10. exd4 O-O |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2018 – Round 8.2 – So, Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G37 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 |
| Saint Louis Rapid 2022 – Round 2.5 – Shankland, Sam – 1/2-1/2 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G10 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. exd4 Nxd5 |
| Superbet Blitz 2022 – Round 2.4 – Korobov, Anton – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G9 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Bc5 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Bg2 O-O |
| Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2025 1975 – Round 7 – Praggnanandhaa R – 1/2-1/2 – Firouzja Alireza – G31 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bxc3 |
| Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland 2025 1975 – Round 23 – Deac Bogdan-Daniel – 1-0 – Firouzja Alireza – G111 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 |
| Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland 2025 1975 – Round 9 – Deac Bogdan-Daniel – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave Maxime – G44 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. e4 Nf6 |
| SuperUnited Blitz 2022 – Round 15.4 – Topalov, Veselin – 1-0 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G74 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd3 d5 10. O-O d4 |
| Tal Memorial 2008 – Round 3 – Ponomariov, Ruslan – 1/2-1/2 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – G13 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg2 O-O |
| Tata Steel India Blitz 2022 – Round 12.3 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1-0 – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – G55 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e4 e5 8. Qd3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d6 |
| TCh-RUS 2008 – Round 2 – Belozerov, Andrei – 1-0 – Moiseenko, Alexander – G63 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Ndb5 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Be7 10. e3 Be6 |
| WCh 2007 – Round 4 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Leko, Peter – G10 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 |
| World Blitz 2009 – Round 37 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Gelfand, Boris – G381 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 Qb6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg2 Rd8 10. O-O d5 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 13.27 – Adhiban, B. – 1-0 – Bacrot, Etienne – G800 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bf4 a6 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 14.11 – Fridman, Daniel – 1/2-1/2 – Leko, Peter – G849 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O Nxd4 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 16.66 – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi – 1-0 – Donchenko, Alexander – G1026 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. Bxd6 O-O 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 19.25 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – 1-0 – Borisek, Jure – G1176 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 9.29 – Bogdanovich, Saveliy Vl – 1-0 – Belov, Vl – G547 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Re8 |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 1.6 – Grandelius, Nils – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G44 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 Qb6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 18.10 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – 1-0 – Radjabov, Teimour – G701 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 4.20 – Svane, Rasmus – 0-1 – Matlakov, Maxim – G148 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Bd3 O-O |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 10.21 – Akobian, Varuzhan – 1/2-1/2 – Howell, David W L – G509 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 bxc6 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 11.44 – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – 0-1 – Safarli, Eltaj – G588 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Nc2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 d5 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 5.4 – Saini Vidit – 0-1 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G265 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 |
| World Blitz Final 2012 – Round 29 – Jumabayev, Rinat – 1-0 – Andreikin, Dmitry – G220 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 |
| World Cup 1988 – Round 1 – Speelman, Jon S – 1/2-1/2 – Timman, Jan H – G89 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bb5 Bg4 |
| World Cup 1989 – Round 11 – Korchnoi, Viktor – 1/2-1/2 – Karpov, Aleksandr – G67 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nde2 Be6 10. Nd4 Rc8 |
| World Rapid 2016 – Round 9.8 – Bu, Xiangzhi – 0-1 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G367 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 11.7 – Andreikin, Dmitry – 1/2-1/2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G742 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 12.15 – Sargissian, Gabriel – 1/2-1/2 – Perunovic, Milos – G758 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. e3 h6 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 2.26 – Vishnu P – 0-1 – Ponkratov, Pavel – G98 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Ne4 |
| XXII SuperGM 2005 – Round 7 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 1/2-1/2 – Leko, Peter – G19 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 Qb6 8. e3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 |

