A28d — English: Four Knights, Capablanca Variation
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d3 * ● Trait aux Noirs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur les cases fortes e4, b5, d5 et g5 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Les fous enfermés en c8 et f8 et le roi resté au centre.
En contrepartie. Le roi n'est pas encore à l'abri et plusieurs pièces dorment encore (les fous c1 et f1 et les tours a1 et h1).
Plans. O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours) ; e4 (Centre d4+e4, menace e5, libère Bf1) ; Bg5 (Clouer Nf6) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4).
Côté adverse. Les fous enfermés en c8 et f8 et le roi resté au centre.
En contrepartie. Le roi n'est pas encore à l'abri et plusieurs pièces dorment encore (les fous c1 et f1 et les tours a1 et h1).
Plans. O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours) ; e4 (Centre d4+e4, menace e5, libère Bf1) ; Bg5 (Clouer Nf6) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4).
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur les cases fortes b4 et d4, un avant-poste en d4 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Les fous enfermés en c1 et f1 et le roi resté au centre.
En contrepartie. Le roi n'est pas encore à l'abri et plusieurs pièces dorment encore (les fous c8 et f8 et les tours a8 et h8).
Plans. O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours) ; ...d6 (Libérer Bc8) ; ...Be7 (Développer Bf8) ; ...Bg4 (Clouer Nf3) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Côté adverse. Les fous enfermés en c1 et f1 et le roi resté au centre.
En contrepartie. Le roi n'est pas encore à l'abri et plusieurs pièces dorment encore (les fous c8 et f8 et les tours a8 et h8).
Plans. O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours) ; ...d6 (Libérer Bc8) ; ...Be7 (Développer Bf8) ; ...Bg4 (Clouer Nf3) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | ● e2→d3, d3→c4 | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● e4 (2v1), ● b5 (2v0), ● d5 (2v1), ● g5 (2v0) | ● b4 (2v0), ● d4 (2v1) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d5 (2v1), ● e4 (2v1) | ● d4 (2v1) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
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, ● d3-d4, ● e2-e3 | ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5, ● …e5-e4 |
| Partie |
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| 11. London Classic 2019 – Round 1.4 – Aronian, Levon – 0-1 – Ding, Liren – G8 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Bd2 Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 Nb6 |
| 11th Sinquefield Cup 2024 - Round 4 - Giri, Anish - 1/2-1/2 - Praggnanandhaa, R - G18 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Bc5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. a3 a5 |
| 1931 Argentina – Round 13 – Castillo Lynch, Jacob Tyler – 1/2-1/2 – Iliesco, Juan – G44 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. a3 f6 |
| 1932 Pasadena – Round 10 – Fine, Reuben – 1/2-1/2 – Araiza Munoz, Jose Joaquin – G31 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. Rc1 Nxc3 |
| 1932 Pasadena, CA USA – Round 10 – Fine, Reuben – 1/2-1/2 – Araiza Castro, Hugo Daniel – G8 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. Rc1 Nxc3 |
| 1935 Moskou – Round 7 – Chekhover, Vitaly – 0-1 – Lilienthal, Andor – G42 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. Rc1 Nxc3 |
| 1936 Herning – Round 5 – Norman Hansen, Holger – 0-1 – Andersen, Erik – G9 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bd7 9. Kh2 Rb8 10. Be3 a6 |
| 1937 Semmering – Round 1 – Ragozin, Viacheslav – 1-0 – Petrov, Vladimir (ENG) – G1 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Qd7 10. Bd2 Rad8 |
| 1937 Semmering/Baden – Round 11 – Capablanca, Jose – 1/2-1/2 – Reshevsky, Samuel – G37 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nb6 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 Qe7 |
| 1937 Semmering/Baden – Round 2 – Ragozin, Viacheslav – 1/2-1/2 – Keres, Paul – G5 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 f6 7. Bg2 Be6 8. a3 Nb6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Nd4 |
| 1937 Semmering/Baden – Round 6 – Ragozin, Viacheslav – 1-0 – Petrov, Vladimir S. – G20 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Qd7 10. Bd2 Rad8 |
| 1937 Trebitsch mem3738 – Round 1 – Mueller, Hans – 1-0 – Glass, Eduard – G1 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O Nb6 9. Be3 f5 10. a3 O-O |
| 1939 Ventnor City – Round 11 – Santasiere, Anthony – 0-1 – Mccormick Sanchez, Elliot Gael – G20 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 h6 10. a3 Qd7 |
| 1940 Ventnor City – Round 11 – Santasiere, Anthony – 0-1 – Hanauer, Milton Loeb – G40 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 f6 10. Qc2 Qd7 |
| 1942 Mar del Plata ARG – Round 8 – Luckis, Marcos – 0-1 – Graf, Sascha – G3 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 h6 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 |
| 1947 Helsinki Helsinki FIN – Round 1 – Lundin, Erik – 0-1 – Enevoldsen, I. – G1 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 h6 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O g5 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 |
| 1948 Budapest Budapest HUN – Round 10 – Benko, Pal – 1-0 – Fuster, Geza – G11 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Be6 8. a3 Qd7 9. b4 Rae8 10. Bb2 Bd8 |
| 1949 GER Ch 13th – Round 1 – Nuesken Fritz – 1-0 – Richter, Kurt P – G1 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be6 7. Ng5 Nd4 8. Nxe6 Nxe6 9. Bg2 c6 10. Nxd5 cxd5 |
| 1949 Mar del Plata – Round 8 – Benko, Francisco – 1-0 – Corte, Cesar J – G73 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 |
| 1950 Hungary – Round 1 – Barcza, Gedeon – 1-0 – Honfi, Gyorgy – G73 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Kh8 9. Bd2 f5 10. a3 Bf6 |
| 1952 JUG Ch – Round 18 – Puc, Stojan – 1-0 – Djurasevic, Bozidar – G111 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. e3 Rd8 10. Be2 d5 |
| 1953 Bucharest – Round 15 – Petrosian, Tigran A. – 1-0 – Reicher, Emanoil-George – G139 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. Re1 f6 |
| 1953 GDR Ch Jena GER – Round 3 – Fuchs, Reinhart – 1-0 – Bruechner, Siegfried – G5 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. a3 Be6 8. Qc2 Nb6 9. b4 a6 10. Ne4 Nd7 |
| 1956 Hastings5657 – Round 8 – Olafsson, Fridrik – 1-0 – Alexander, Conol Hugh – G35 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bf6 10. Ne4 h6 |
| 1956 URS Ch sf – Round ? – Rovner, Dmitry – 1/2-1/2 – Mikenas, Vladas – G9 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 Be6 7. O-O Qd7 8. Re1 Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 a5 |
| 1956 Zittau-A 6th – Round 5 – Richter Becerra, Hans – 0-1 – Zinn, Lothar – G18 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nde7 7. Bg2 Nf5 8. O-O h5 9. h4 Bc5 10. Na4 Be7 |
| 1957 Danmarksmesterskabet – Round 5 – Nielsen, Axel – 1/2-1/2 – Ravn, Palle – G15 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bg2 Be6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O |
| 1957 Reggio Emilia ch ITA – Round 8 – Laco, Giuseppe – 0-1 – Nestler, Vincenzo – G29 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. e3 Nb6 9. Be2 a5 10. b3 Be6 |
| 1957 URS Ch, semi final – Round 1 – Petrosian, Tigran A. – 1-0 – Mikenas, Vladas – G2 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nde7 7. Bg2 Nf5 8. O-O Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be6 |
| 1958 Kiev Ch – Round 10 – Ousatchi, Mark – 0-1 – Poliak, Evsey – G46 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Be7 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. Rc1 Nxc3 |
| 1958 Munich olm fin-C – Round 11 – Campomanes, Florencio – 1-0 – Canton, B – G31 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 d6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Bd7 9. O-O Qc8 10. Re1 Bh3 |
| 1958 Munich olm prel – Round 2 – Laco, Giuseppe – 1-0 – Enevoldsen, Jens – G35 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Be7 5. a3 O-O 6. Nd5 d6 7. Nxe7+ Qxe7 8. e3 a5 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. b3 e4 |
| 1959 Buenos Aires Ch – Round 2 – Wexler, Francisco – 1/2-1/2 – Piazzini, Luis – G8 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bg2 Be6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O |
| 1960 Atlantida – Round 5 – Schweber, Samuel – 1/2-1/2 – Isain, Pedros Santos – G15 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 a5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 e4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qe7 10. Nh4 d6 |
| 1960 Cordoba – Round 1 – Eliskases, Erich – 1/2-1/2 – Badiola De Miguel, Carlos – G1 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 f5 10. a3 Bf6 |
| 1961 Moscow Ch – Round ? – Shatskes, Boris A – 1/2-1/2 – Volovich, Anatoly – G44 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. h3 Bc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a3 h6 |
| 1962 GDR Ch Gera GER – Round 6 – Muehlberg, Siegfried – 1/2-1/2 – Fuchs, Reinhart – G10 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 Re8 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 e4 9. Ng5 e3 10. f4 d6 |
| 1964 Capablanca Memorial – Round 11 – Stahlberg, Gideon – 1/2-1/2 – Smyslov, Vladimir – G105 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. g3 Nd4 6. Bg2 Nxf3+ 7. exf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 |
| 1965 Kiel Open – Round 2 – Besser, Hans – 0-1 – Hinne, Jobst – G8 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nde7 7. Bg2 Nf5 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 a6 10. Bb2 Nfd4 |
| 1968 Lugano olm - Round 1 - Schmidt, Waldemar - 1/2-1/2 - Huebner, Robert - G37 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2 Nb6 9. O-O f5 10. Qb3+ Rf7 |
| 1968 URS Team Ch – Round 1 – Bronstein, David I – 1/2-1/2 – Keres, Paul Petrovich – G18 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Re8 7. O-O h6 8. Nd5 Bf8 9. Ne1 Nd4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 |
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| GCT Rapid Paris 2018 – Round 6.2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 0-1 – Karjakin, Sergey – G27 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 Kh8 |
| Manila Manila PHI 1975 – Round 4 – Polugaevsky, Lev – 1-0 – Ogaard, Leif – G5 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O Bg4 |
| Moskou ch-URS 1976 – Round 1 – Polugaevsky, Lev – 1/2-1/2 – Petrosian, Tigran V. – G2 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 d6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne7 10. O-O c5 |
| Niksic 1978 – Round 3 – Ribli, Zoltan – 1/2-1/2 – Portisch, Lajos – G8 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. Ne4 Qb4+ |
| PCA Qualifiers 1993 – Round 3 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 0-1 – Beliavsky, Alexander G – G40 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. a3 f5 10. Qc2 Kh8 |
| Rio de Janeiro Interzonal 1979 – Round 1 – Sunye Neto, Jaime – 1/2-1/2 – Timman, Jan H – G1 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bd2 Qd6 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2019 – Round 13.1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Ding, Liren – G61 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. a3 a5 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2022 – Round 10.1 – Caruana, Fabiano – 0-1 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G46 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bb6 10. Bg5 Qd6 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2023 – Round 1.5 – Firouzja, Alireza – 1-0 – Giri, Anish – G5 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Rc1 Be6 10. O-O Bf6 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2023 – Round 8.3 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1/2-1/2 – Robson, Ray – G38 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 |
| Superbet Blitz 2023 – Round 18.1 – Shevchenko, Kirill – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G85 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qd6 |
| Superbet Rapid 2023 – Round 6.4 – Shevchenko, Kirill – 1/2-1/2 – Deac, Bogdan-Daniel – G29 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bc5 8. Be3 Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 |
| Tal Memorial 2009 – Round 4 – Morozevich, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Gelfand, Boris – G13 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Bd2 f5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 |
| Tata Steel India Blitz 2019 – Round 7.4 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Aronian, Levon – G34 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 a6 |
| Tata Steel India Rapid 2019 – Round 4.3 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G18 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf4 7. Bxf4 exf4 8. d4 Bd6 9. h3 O-O 10. a3 a6 |
| Tata Steel Masters 2024 - Round 4 - Giri, Anish - 1-0 - Gukesh, D 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 |
| Tournament of Stars 1979 – Round 8 – Huebner, Robert – 1/2-1/2 – Hort, Vlastimil – G7 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Ndb4 10. Qb1 a5 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 9.64 – Bocharov, Dmitry – 1/2-1/2 – Tomashevsky, Evgeny – G561 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Qc2 f5 10. a3 a5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 10.42 – Alekseev, Evgeny – 1-0 – Sethuraman, S.P. – G690 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. a3 Nb6 10. b4 f6 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 12.18 – Alekseev, Evgeny – 1/2-1/2 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – G797 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd6 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 15.26 – Vitiugov, Nikita – 1-0 – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – G1003 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 e4 8. Nd4 Ne5 9. Nf5 d6 10. Ng3 exd3 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 16.2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G1063 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. Be2 Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bg4 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 17.21 – Vitiugov, Nikita – 1/2-1/2 – Grigoriants, Sergey – G1129 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. h3 Bc5 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 19.11 – Matlakov, Maxim – 1-0 – Tomashevsky, Evgeny – G1258 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Rc1 Bf8 10. a3 a5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 6.40 – Alekseev, Evgeny – 1-0 – Khanin, Semen – G414 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. a3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 21.19 – Muradli, Mahammad – 1/2-1/2 – Svane, Rasmus – G1211 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. Be2 O-O 9. e4 Bc5 10. O-O Qd6 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 9.9 – Muradli, Mahammad – 1/2-1/2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G568 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. a3 Bb6 8. e3 Be6 9. Be2 g5 10. h3 Rg8 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 2.11 – Sadhwani, Raunak – 1-0 – Suleymanli, Aydin – G78 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. h3 Bc5 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 |
| World Cup 1988 – Round 14 – Ribli, Zoltan – 1/2-1/2 – Andersson, Ulf 1949 – G78 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bf8 10. a3 Nxc3 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 11.33 – Alekseev, Evgeny – 1-0 – Jakovenko, Dmitry – G711 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O a5 10. Rc1 Nxc3 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 2.85 – Santos Ruiz, Miguel – 1-0 – Nozdrachev, Vladislav – G146 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. a3 Bxc3 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 6.15 – Vitiugov, Nikita – 1/2-1/2 – Sargissian, Gabriel – G369 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Qe7 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. b3 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 8.32 – Matlakov, Maxim – 1/2-1/2 – Pashikian, Arman – G517 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 |
| XXV SuperGM 2008 – Round 12 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Topalov, Veselin – G40 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Be3 Nd7 |













Kramnik, Vladimir — 8 parties
Tal, Mikhail — 6 parties
Carlsen, Magnus — 6 parties
Ding, Liren — 4 parties
Ju, Wenjun — 3 parties
Karpov, Anatoly — 2 parties
Gukesh D — 2 parties
Lasker, Emanuel — 1 partie
Karpov, Aleksandr — 1 partie
1932 — Fine, Reuben vs Araiza Castro, Hugo Daniel — 1/2-1/2 — Pasadena, CA USA
1932 — Fine, Reuben vs Araiza Munoz, Jose Joaquin — 1/2-1/2 — Pasadena, CA USA
1935 — Weiss, Adam vs Reinhardt, Enrique — 1-0 — corr IFSB
1935 — Chekhover, Vitaly vs Lilienthal, Andor — 0-1 — Moskou
1937 — Capablanca, Jose vs Reshevsky, Samuel — 1/2-1/2 — Semmering AUT
1952 — Puc, Stojan vs Djurasevic, Bozidar — 1-0 — Belgrade SRB
1958 — Campomanes, Florencio vs Canton, B — 1-0 — Munich GER
1960 — Schweber, Samuel vs Isain, Pedros Santos — 1/2-1/2 — Atlantida
1962 — Beisel, Walter vs Lieb, Harald — 1/2-1/2 — Bad Pyrmont GER
1972 — Wade, Robert G vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang — 0-1 — Hastings ENG
1972 — Fridh, Anton vs Liljedahl, Lennart — 0-1 — Skelleftea SWE
1973 — Villasmil, Luis vs Cuellar Gacharna, Miguel — 0-1 — Caracas VEN
1978 — Panno, Oscar vs Enklaar, Bert — 1-0 — Nijmegen NED
1980 — Kiefer, Gerhard vs Heim E — 1-0 — Eberbach
1980 — Zahilas, Loukas N. vs Hadzopoulos, Antonios — 1/2-1/2 — ?
1981 — Sunye Neto, Jaime vs Duer, Arne — 1-0 — Graz WTch jr