A29v — English: Four Knights, 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 * ● Trait aux Noirs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Avantages : majorité centre (2v1), paire de fous, colonne c.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : Bc1 enfermé, Bg2 enfermé, arriéré b2.
Plans :
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● Rc — Tour sur colonne c
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : Bc1 enfermé, Bg2 enfermé, arriéré b2.
Plans :
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● Rc — Tour sur colonne c
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Avantages : majorité aile_dame (3v2), case forte d4, case forte d5, Be7 actif, paire de fous, colonne d.
Faiblesses adverses : arriéré b2, Bc1 enfermé, Bg2 enfermé.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...Bg4 — Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3
● ...e4 — Rupture
● ...f6 — Rupture
● ...f5 — Rupture
Faiblesses adverses : arriéré b2, Bc1 enfermé, Bg2 enfermé.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...Bg4 — Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3
● ...e4 — Rupture
● ...f6 — Rupture
● ...f5 — Rupture
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | ● b2 | — |
| Chaînes | ● b2→a3, f2→g3, h2→g3 | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | ● centre 2v1 | ● aile_dame 3v2 |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | — | ● d4 (3v1), ● d5 (2v1) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● e4 (1v0) | ● d4 (3v1), ● d5 (2v1) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Semi-ouvertes | ● c | ● d |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bg2 | ● Bg2 Enfermé (mob. 2) | |
| Be7 | ● Be7 Actif (mob. 8) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 2 (c1, a1) | 3 (c8, a8, h8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Roqué | ● Au centre ! |
| Droits de roque | — | O-O / O-O-O |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | semi-ouvert | |
| Ruptures | ● d2-d3, ● e2-e3 | ● …e5-e4, ● …f7-f6, ● …f7-f5 |
| Partie |
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| 19. European Teams 2013 – Round 3.5 – Socko, Bartosz – 0-1 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – G113 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 |
| 1907 Ostende II – Round 21 – Bernstein, Olivia – 1-0 – Metger, Johannes – G245 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 f6 |
| 1938 Praag ch CZE – Round 1 – Zita, Frantisek – 1-0 – Zinner, Emil – G1 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 |
| 1946 Hungary – Round 1 – Bakonyi, Elek – 1-0 – Füster, Géza – G2 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 |
| 1949 AUT-CSR Vienna AUT – Round 2 – Filip, Miroslav – 1-0 – Kopetzky, Karl – G8 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 |
| 1955 URS Ch sf – Round 1 – Taimanov, Mark E – 1-0 – Kan, Ilya A – G1 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 |
| 1956 Moscow olm prel – Round 3 – Botvinnik, Mikhail – 1-0 – Benkner, Otto – G74 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. d3 Be6 |
| 1957 HUN Ch Budapest HUN – Round ? – Benko, Pal – 1/2-1/2 – Bely, Miklos – G5 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 Nd4 |
| 1959 Hastings5960 – Round 3 – Bobotsov, Milko G – 1-0 – Heemsoth, Hermann – G10 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 |
| 1960 EU-Cup Gr2 – Round 2.1 – Schmid, Lothar – 1/2-1/2 – Salo, Toivo – G10 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 |
| 1961 Bled – Round 1 – Olafsson, Fridrik – 1-0 – Donner, Jan-Hein – G3 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 f5 9. d3 Bf6 10. e4 O-O |
| 1961 Bled – Round 13 – Olafsson, Fridrik – 1-0 – Donner, Jan-Hein – G117 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 f5 9. d3 Bf6 10. e4 O-O |
| 1961 Palanga Baltic Ch – Round ? – Peterson, Andrejs – 1/2-1/2 – Ludolph, Jaan – G3 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 f5 |
| 1962 Stockholm int. turneringen – Round 1 – Botvinnik, Mikhail – 1-0 – Lundin, Erik – G1 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. d3 f5 10. b4 Bf6 |
| 1963 New York ch-USA – Round 6 – Reshevsky, Samuel – 1-0 – Addison, Wiliam G – G26 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 f5 9. d3 Bf6 10. Nd2 h5 |
| 1963 Stevenson Memorial 11th – Round 5 – Collins, Richard Arnold – 1/2-1/2 – Collins, Peter M – G7 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 |
| 1963 URS Team Ch – Round ? – Roizman, Abram Y – 1-0 – Lomaya, Teimuraz – G49 1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 f6 10. Be3 Nd4 |
| 1965 Leipzig Inter-1 – Round 5 – Kavalek, Lubomir – 1/2-1/2 – Malich, Burkhard, Dr. – G8 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 |
| 1965 SWE Ch – Round 14 – Jansson, Borje – 1/2-1/2 – Akvist, Hakan – G45 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 O-O |
| 1965 WchT U26 12. fin-A – Round 2 – Enklaar Bertus Franz – 0-1 – Kavalek, Lubomir – G6 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. b3 Be6 10. d3 O-O |
| 1966 Hoogovens – Round 9 – Filip, Marius Liviu – 1/2-1/2 – Lehmann, Heinz – G41 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 |
| 1966 Le Havre – Round 1 – Roos, Michel – 1/2-1/2 – Rolland, Pierre – G4 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 O-O |
| 1967 Sarajevo – Round 2 – Benko, Pal – 1-0 – Dueckstein, Andreas – G15 1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f5 |
| 1967 URS Team Ch – Round 1 – Nikolaevsky, Yuri V – 1/2-1/2 – Lein, Andreas – G12 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 f5 |
| 1968 Skopje/Ohrid – Round 12 – Sofrevski, Jovan – 0-1 – Wade, Robert G – G94 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. b4 Nd4 |
| 1968 Skopje/Ohrid – Round 19 – Gheorghiu, Florin – 1-0 – Wade, Robert G – G155 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Bf5 10. d3 Bf6 |
| 1968 SWE Ch – Round 10 – Jansson, Borje – 1-0 – Litsberger, Rune – G32 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. d3 f5 10. Be3 O-O |
| 1968 USA Open – Round 1 – Larsen, Benjamin Holsko – 1-0 – Acers, Jude – G2 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 |
| 1969 Stary Smokovec – Round 10 – Lehmann, Heinz – 1-0 – Cibulka, Vladimir – G39 1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 |
| 1971 Moscow – Round 11 – Uhlmann, Wolfgang – 1-0 – Korchnoi, Viktor – G17 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 |
| 1971 Moscow – Round 11 – Uhlmann, Wolfgang – 1-0 – Korchnoi, Viktor – G18 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 |
| 1989 1er Torneo de Ajedrez Ciudad de Linares – Round 10 – Ivanchuk, Vassily – 1/2-1/2 – Karpov, Anatoly – G54 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 |
| 2. Du Te Cup 2018 – Round 6.1 – Ding, Liren – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G16 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 f5 |
| 2. Du Te Cup 2018 – Round 8.1 – Ding, Liren – 1-0 – Yu, Yangyi – G22 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 Bf8 |
| 2. FIDE GP 2008 – Round 3 – Navara, David – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G14 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| 2. London Chess Classic 2010 – Round 6 – McShane, Luke J – 1/2-1/2 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G17 1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 |
| 2. Norway Chess 2014 – Round 1.4 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G4 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| 20. Amber Rapid 2011 – Round 4 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G9 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 |
| 20. Amber Rapid 2011 – Round 8 – Giri, Anish – 1-0 – Karjakin, Sergey – G22 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 |
| 20. Amber Rapid 2011 – Round 8 – Giri, Anish – 1-0 – Karjakin, Sergey – G23 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 |
| 3. Norway Chess 2015 – Round 3.4 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Hammer, Jon Ludvig – G14 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 |
| 34. ECC Open 2018 – Round 3.5 – Svidler, Peter – 0-1 – Edouard, Romain – G99 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| 4. Sinquefield Cup 2016 – Round 7.1 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – So, Wesley – G31 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 |
| 40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 6.8 – Dvirnyy, Danyyil – 1/2-1/2 – Howell, David W L – G390 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 |
| 42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 11.6 – Short, Nigel D – 1/2-1/2 – Cruz, Cristhian – G807 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 |
| 43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 9.37 – Bareev, Evgeny – 1-0 – Zulkipli, Zaidan – G604 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 |
| 6. World Blitz 2010 – Round 11.1 – Svidler, Peter – 0-1 – Carlsen, Magnus – G68 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 |
| 6. World Blitz 2010 – Round 19.1 – Grischuk, Alexander – 0-1 – Carlsen, Magnus – G131 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 |
| 6. World Blitz 2010 – Round 3.9 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1-0 – Gelfand, Boris – G18 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 |
| 64. ch-RUS 2011 – Round 7 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G20 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 |
| 74. Tata Steel GMA 2012 – Round 1 – Navara, David – 1/2-1/2 – Topalov, Veselin – G2 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Amber Blindfold 2002 – Round 4 – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir – 1/2-1/2 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – G5 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 f6 10. d3 O-O |
| Amber Rapid 2008 – Round 2 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Karjakin, Sergey – G8 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Amber Rapid 2008 – Round 2 – Leko, Peter – 0-1 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G7 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Amber-blindfold 17th 2008 – Round 5 – Van Wely, Loek – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G8 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Amber-blindfold 20th 2011 – Round 7 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Gelfand, Boris – G20 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Biel Interzonal 1993 – Round 5 – Lautier, Joel – 1/2-1/2 – Wolff, Patrick G – G105 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 Bf8 |
| Biel Interzonal 1993 – Round 8 – Seirawan, Yasser – 1-0 – Gurevich, Mikhail – G172 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Bugojno 1982 – Round 1 – Polugaevsky, Lev – 1-0 – Huebner, Robert – G3 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 |
| Corus A 2007 – Round 3 – Van Wely, Loek – 1/2-1/2 – Motylev, Alexander – G14 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. d3 f5 10. b4 Bf6 |
| Corus A 2010 – Round 5 – Van Wely, Loek – 0-1 – Shirov, Alexei – G28 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 g5 9. d3 g4 10. Nd2 h5 |
| Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 – Round 4.3 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Topalov, Veselin – G18 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 O-O 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019 – Round 9.3 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 0-1 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G43 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. b4 a5 |
| FIDE Candidates 2016 – Round 12.1 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G45 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| FIDE GP 2008 – Round 8 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Cheparinov, Ivan – G49 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 |
| FIDE GP Beijing 2013 – Round 5.6 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1-0 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – G27 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 7 – Mendonca Leon Luke – 0-1 – Yu Yangyi – G362 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 |
| FIDE WCh KO 2000 – Round 5.4 – Bareev, Evgeny – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G123 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 Nd4 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 2.1 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Fressinet, Laurent – G205 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R2 Classical 1 – Wei Yi – 1-0 – Piorun Kacper – G222 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 Bg7 7. c3 d6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Nh4 e6 |
| Interpolis 1984 – Round 1 – Huebner, Robert – 1/2-1/2 – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir – G3 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Interpolis 1984 – Round 1 – Miles, Anthony J – 1-0 – Timman, Jan H – G4 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 f6 |
| Interpolis 1993 – Round 2 – Timman, Jan H – 1-0 – Petursson, Magnus V. – G71 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 |
| Linares 1985 – Round 1 – Adorjan, Andras – 1/2-1/2 – Huebner, Robert – G4 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Linares 1985 – Round 1 – Huebner, Robert – 1-0 – Vaganian, Rafael A – G5 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 a6 |
| Linares 1985 – Round 1 – Miles, Anthony J – 1/2-1/2 – Huebner, Robert – G3 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 |
| Manila Interzonal 1990 – Round 4 – Georgiev, Kiril – 1/2-1/2 – Gelfand, Boris – G57 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 Bf8 |
| Mar del Plata 1982 – Round 1 – Larsen, Bent – 1/2-1/2 – Franco, Z. – G15 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. d3 Be6 |
| Melody Amber, Blindfold, Monaco 1995 – Round 8 – Lautier, Joel – 1-0 – Kamsky, Gata – G28 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Moskou ch-URS 1988 – Round 1 – Kasparov, Garry – 1/2-1/2 – Sokolov, Andrei – G5 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 Nd4 |
| Moskou ch-URS 1988 – Round 14 – Kasparov, Garry – 1-0 – Salov, Valery – G87 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 Nd4 |
| Munchen 1993 – Round 2 – Lobron, Eric – 0-1 – Bareev, Evgeny – G6 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 |
| Novi Sad olm 1990 – Round 14 – Hjartarson, Johann – 0-1 – Bareev, Evgeny – G93 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Pearl Spring 2008 – Round 10 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Svidler, Peter – G23 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| RUS vs. ROW 2002 – Round 7 – Bareev, Evgeny – 1/2-1/2 – Ponomariov, Ruslan – G50 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2017 – Round 4.3 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G18 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2022 – Round 18.3 – Shankland, Sam – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G88 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 |
| Sinquefield Cup 2025 – Round 7 – Vachier-Lagrave Maxime – 1/2-1/2 – Samuel Sevian – G32 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Sparkassen sf playoff 2002 – Round 1 – Bareev, Evgeny – 1/2-1/2 – Topalov, Veselin – G1 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| SuperGM 2002 – Round 5 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 1/2-1/2 – Ponomariov, Ruslan – G8 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Supreme Masters 2013 – Round 3.4 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G14 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Tal Memorial 8th 2013 – Round 5.5 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G6 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 |
| Tal Memorial Blitz 2008 – Round 11 – Carlsen, Magnus – 0-1 – Karjakin, Sergey – G89 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Rb1 a5 |
| Tata Steel India Blitz 2018 – Round 9.2 – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi – 1/2-1/2 – Harikrishna, Pentala – G42 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 |
| Tata Steel India Blitz 2019 – Round 4.4 – Ding, Liren – 1/2-1/2 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G19 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. b5 Nd4 |
| Thessaloniki olm 1988 – Round 11.1 – Portisch, Lajos – 1-0 – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir – G101 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 Nd4 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ |
| Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 – Round 8.3 – Giri, Anish – 0-1 – Carlsen, Magnus – G38 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 |
| World Blitz 2009 – Round 34 – Gelfand, Boris – 1-0 – Kosteniuk, Alexandra – G347 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Nd4 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 19.27 – Swiercz, Dariusz – 0-1 – Ponkratov, Pavel – G1178 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 g5 9. d3 g4 10. Nd2 h5 |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 15.4 – Dubov, Daniil – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G612 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 19.4 – Dubov, Daniil – 1/2-1/2 – Korobov, Anton – G764 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 6.28 – Popov, Valerij – 1/2-1/2 – Harikrishna, Pentala – G351 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 8.28 – Dubov, Daniil – 1-0 – Kevlishvili, Robby – G474 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 |
| World Cup 1991 – Round 11 – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir – 1/2-1/2 – Hjartarson, Johann – G77 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 f5 |
| World Cup 1991 – Round 4 – Salov, Valery – 1/2-1/2 – Khalifman, Alexander – G26 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 |
| XXV SuperGM 2008 – Round 8 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Topalov, Veselin – G27 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 |
| Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 2013 – Round 1.1 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1-0 – Gelfand, Boris – G1 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Nd5 |
| Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 – Round 2.3 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G6 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 |



Carlsen, Magnus — 9 parties
Kasparov, Garry — 5 parties
Ding, Liren — 5 parties
Botvinnik, Mikhail — 3 parties
Karpov, Anatoly — 3 parties
Ju, Wenjun — 3 parties
Tal, Mikhail — 1 partie
Smyslov, Vladimir — 1 partie
Karpov, Aleksandr — 1 partie
Hou, Yifan — 1 partie
Anand, Viswanathan — 1 partie
1937 — Lundin, Erik vs Collett, John — 1-0 — Stockholm SWE
1945 — Keres Paul Petrovich vs Lilienthal, Andor — 1-0 — Tallinn EST
1946 — Bakonyi, Elek vs Füster, Géza — 1-0 — Budapest HUN
1956 — Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Benkner, Otto — 1-0 — Moscow RUS
1957 — Benko, Pal vs Bely, Miklos — 1/2-1/2 — HUN-ch Budapest HUN
1959 — Ragozin, Viacheslav vs Balogh Moran, Andres — 1-0 — cr.
1962 — Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Lundin, Erik — 1-0 — Stockholm SWE
1964 — Andersen, Borge vs Jakobsen, Ole — 1-0 — Copenhagen DEN
1939 — Baender, Paul vs Kerlin, G. — 1/2-1/2 — Buenos Aires ARG
1944 — Kovar, Filip vs Kucera, Jan — 0-1 — Brno CZE
1949 — Filip, Miroslav vs Kopetzky, Karl — 1-0 — AUT-CSR Vienna AUT
1955 — Taimanov, Mark vs Kan, Ilya A — 1-0 — Leningrad RUS
1995 — Berend, Fred vs Quadrio, Alexandre — 1/2-1/2 — Linares ESP
1996 — Sonnhalter, Walter vs Vetter, Gerhard — 1/2-1/2 — ?
1997 — Johansen, Darryl K vs Manca, Federico — 1-0 — Bolzano op Bolzano ITA
1998 — Cvetkovic, Srdjan vs Gurevich, Mikhail — 0-1 — Korinthos GRE