A29p — English: Four Knights, Main Line 6.O-O e4
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 * ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur les cases fortes b5 et d5 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c1 et la tour a1).
Plans. d3 (Libérer Bc1) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4).
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c1 et la tour a1).
Plans. d3 (Libérer Bc1) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4).
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur un fou actif en b4 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Les fous enfermés en c1 et g2.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c8 et la tour a8).
Plans. ...d6 (Libérer Bc8) ; ...Bg4 (Clouer Nf3) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Côté adverse. Les fous enfermés en c1 et g2.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c8 et la tour a8).
Plans. ...d6 (Libérer Bc8) ; ...Bg4 (Clouer Nf3) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | ● f2→g3, h2→g3 | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● b5 (2v0), ● d5 (2v1) | — |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d5 (2v1) | — |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bg2 | ● Bg2 Enfermé (mob. 2) | |
| Bb4 | ● Bb4 Actif (mob. 6) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 2 (c1, a1) | 2 (c8, a8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Roqué | ● Roqué |
| Droits de roque | — | — |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | semi-ouvert | |
| Ruptures | ● c4-c5, ● d2-d3, ● d2-d4, ● e2-e3 | ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5 |
| Partie |
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| 1962 Mar del Plata – Round 9 – Eliskases, Erich – 1/2-1/2 – Smyslov, Vladimir – G78 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Re8 9. Nh3 Ne5 10. b3 d6 |
| 1966 Rubinstein Memorial 04th – Round 14 – Ujtelky, Maximilian – 1/2-1/2 – Smyslov, Vladimir – G79 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. d3 exd3 |
| 1966 Rubinstein Memorial 04th – Round 8 – Sliwa, Bogdan – 0-1 – Smyslov, Vladimir – G41 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 |
| 1966 Zinnowitz Zinnowitz GER – Round 7 – Nei, Iivo – 0-1 – Fuchs, Reinhart – G22 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Re8 9. Nh3 d6 10. Nf4 Bf5 |
| 1967 Skopje – Round 5 – Sofrevski, Jovan – 1/2-1/2 – Matulovic, Milan – G40 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 |
| 1968 Warszawa olm qual m – Round 4 – Schmidt, Wlodzimierz – 1-0 – Lewi, Jerzy – G7 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Re8 9. Nc2 d6 10. Ne3 Ne5 |
| 1972 Skopje ol (Men) fin-A – Round 15 – Sloth, Jorn – 0-1 – Wirthensohn, Heinz – G50 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 d6 |
| 1974 Manila – Round 1 – Giardelli, Sergio C. – 0-1 – Winston, Peter J – G7 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 |
| 1974 Manila – Round 2 – Naranja, Renato – 0-1 – Cardoso, Radolfo Tan – G4 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 h6 |
| 1975 URS Team Ch – Round 3 – Zhemajitis, G. – 0-1 – Vooremaa, Andres – G20 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Re8 9. b3 h6 10. Nh3 d6 |
| 3. GRENKE Chess Classic 2015 – Round 6.1 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Adams, Michael – G21 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 |
| 3. Norway Chess 2015 – Round 7.4 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G34 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 |
| 3. Sinquefield Cup 2015 – Round 8.1 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G35 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 |
| 43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 8.1 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1/2-1/2 – Naiditsch, Arkadij – G494 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 |
| 5. Sinquefield Cup 2017 – Round 7.3 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 0-1 – Aronian, Levon – G33 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 |
| 6. Norway Chess 2018 – Round 8.4 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1-0 – Karjakin, Sergey – G35 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 |
| Biel Interzonal 1976 – Round 2 – Petrosian, Tigran V – 1/2-1/2 – Rogoff, Kenneth – G8 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 h6 9. Nc2 d6 10. Ne3 Re8 |
| FIDE Candidates 2016 – Round 10.3 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1-0 – Anand, Viswanathan – G39 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 |
| FIDE Candidates 2016 – Round 8.1 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G29 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 1.2 – Granda Zuniga, Julio E – 1-0 – Fier, Alexandr – G69 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 6.2 – Karjakin, Sergey – 1/2-1/2 – Eljanov, Pavel – G416 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 1.1 – Anwuli, Daniel – 0-1 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G8 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 |
| GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2017 – Round 5.3 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1-0 – Aronian, Levon – G23 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 |
| GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 – Round 7.3 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – 0-1 – Caruana, Fabiano – G33 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. Qc2 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 |
| Interpolis 1983 – Round 1 – Portisch, Lajos – 1-0 – Huebner, Robert – G5 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Re8 8. Nd5 h6 9. d3 Bxe1 10. Rxe1 Ne5 |
| It 2001 – Round 5 – Kasparov, Garry – 1/2-1/2 – Sadvakasov, Darmen – G9 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. dxe3 Qe7 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 3.2 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1-0 – Vokhidov, Shamsiddin – G130 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. Nc2 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 |
| Manila Interzonal 1976 – Round 9 – Gheorghiu, Florin – 1/2-1/2 – Mecking, Henrique – G37 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Re8 9. Nc2 d6 10. b3 h6 |
| Manila Interzonal 1990 – Round 13 – Georgiev, Kaloyan – 1/2-1/2 – Hjartarson, Johann – G209 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 h6 9. Nc2 d6 10. Ne3 Re8 |
| Novgorod 1997 – Round 8 – Topalov, Veselin – 0-1 – Gelfand, Boris – G19 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. dxe3 b6 |
| Palma De Mallorca GP 2017 – Round 5.9 – Gelfand, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – Hammer, Jon Ludvig – G45 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 |
| Petropolis Interzonal 1973 – Round 2 – Polugaevsky, Lev – 1/2-1/2 – Savon, Vladimir Andreevichndreevich – G5 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 h6 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Ne3 d6 |
| Petropolis Interzonal 1973 – Round 2 – Smyslov, Vassily – 1/2-1/2 – Portisch, Lajos – G4 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Re8 9. f3 d6 10. b3 Bd7 |
| Tbilisi 1976 – Round 1 – Petrosian, Tigran V – 1/2-1/2 – Korchnoi, Viktor – G3 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 11.17 – Tomashevsky, Evgeny – 1-0 – Gajewski, Grzegorz – G665 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 |
| World Championship 29th 1978 – Round 6 – Karpov, Anatoly – 1/2-1/2 – Korchnoi, Viktor – G3 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 h6 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Ne3 d6 |
| World Championship 34th-KK4 1987 – Round 2 – Kasparov, Garry – 0-1 – Karpov, Anatoly – G1 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 |
| World Championship 34th-KK4 1987 – Round 4 – Kasparov, Garry – 1-0 – Karpov, Anatoly – G2 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 |













Kasparov, Garry — 8 parties
Karpov, Anatoly — 5 parties
Anand, Viswanathan — 4 parties
Karpov, Aleksandr — 2 parties
Tal, Mikhail — 1 partie
Ding, Liren — 1 partie
Ju, Wenjun — 1 partie
1966 — Ujtelky, Maximilian vs Smyslov, Vladimir — 1/2-1/2 — Polanica Zdroj POL
1966 — Sliwa, Bogdan vs Smyslov, Vasily — 0-1 — Polanica Zdroj POL
1966 — Sliwa, Bogdan vs Smyslov, Vladimir — 0-1 — Polanica Zdroj POL
1966 — Nei, Iivo vs Fuchs, Reinhart — 0-1 — Zinnowitz Zinnowitz GER
1969 — Schmidt, Wlodzimierz vs Levy, David N L — 0-1 — Lublin POL
1973 — Polugaevsky, Lev vs Savon, Vladimir — 1/2-1/2 — Petropolis izt
1973 — Polugaevsky, Lev vs Savon, Vladimir — 1/2-1/2 — Petropolis izt
1974 — Stoliar, Efim Samoilovich vs Szilagyi, Peter — 1-0 — Albena
1996 — Wenner, Frank vs Buerger, Carsten — 1-0 — GER
1998 — Pool Theo vs Gaillard Olivier — 0-1 — ?
2000 — Rozenberg, Dov vs Jankowicz, Robert — 1/2-1/2 — ICCF Email
2000 — Stummerer, Alfred vs Schipmann, Torsten — 0-1 — Francisco Bailen in Memoriam