B90a — Sicilian: Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 * ○ Trait aux Blancs

Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert

♔ Point de vue Blancs

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Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur une majorité de pions à l'aile_dame (3 contre 2), les cases fortes d5 et f5, la paire de fous et la colonne semi-ouverte d.

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) ; Bg5 (Clouer Nf6) ; Bd3 (Développer Bf1) ; Tour sur colonne d.

♚ Point de vue Noirs

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Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur une majorité de pions à l'centre (2 contre 1), la case forte g4, la paire de fous et la colonne semi-ouverte c.

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 (le cavalier b8, les fous c8 et f8 et les tours a8 et h8).

Plans. O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours) ; ...Nbd7 (Développer Nb8) ; ...Bf5 (Développer Bc8) ; ...Bb4 (Développer Bf8) ; ...d5 (Rupture).

Avantages

Faiblesses adverses

Diagonale active

Plans

Structure de pions

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Pions doublés	—	—
Pions isolés	—	—
Arriérés	—	—
Chaînes	—	● b7→a6, e7→d6
Passés	—	—
Majorité	● aile_dame 3v2	● centre 2v1

Cases

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Cases fortes	● d5 (2v1), ● f5 (2v1)	● g4 (2v1)
Cases faibles	—	—
Centre	● d4 (1v0), ● d5 (2v1)	● 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. 5)
Bc8		● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 5)
Bf8		● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 0)
Paire de fous	● Oui	● Oui
Non développées	4 (c1, f1, a1, h1)	5 (b8, 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	● e4-e5, ● f2-f3	● …d6-d5, ● …e7-e6, ● …e7-e5

Partie
10. Sinquefield Cup 2023 – Round 2.3 – So, Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G7 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Qb6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. Nf5 Qd8
11. London Classic 2019 – Round 2.6 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Aronian, Levon – G29 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 b5 9. Qd2 h5 10. a4 b4
11. Tal Mem Blitz 2018 – Round 13.4 – Andreikin, Dmitry – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G88 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nf3 e6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Qd2 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5
11th Sinquefield Cup 2024 - Round 5 - Caruana, Fabiano - 1/2-1/2 - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - G21 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3 h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O b6
11th Sinquefield Cup 2024 - Round 6 - Gukesh, D - 1/2-1/2 - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - G27 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Nc6 8. Be3 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Ne5
1926 Budapest Budapest HUN – Round 3 – Yates, Frederic D – 1-0 – Tartakower, Savielly – G5 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nde2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. f4 Nb4
1930 Hamburg GER – Round 5 – Lafora, Carlos – 0-1 – Van den Bosch, Johannes – G9 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Nd1 Nxe3
1946 Helsinki – Round 2 – Fred, Aatos – 1-0 – Solin, Ilmari – G4 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Qc7 9. Qe2 Nb6 10. O-O Bd7
1949 Grossroehrsdorf – Round 9 – Grossner, Kurt – 0-1 – Kahn, Manfred – G10 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qd2 b5
1950 Vienna – Round 7 – Kopetzky, Karl – 1/2-1/2 – Paoli, Enrico – G22 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be3 Nbd7
1952 YUG Ch – Round 7 – Puc, Stojan – 1-0 – Vukovic, Sava – G10 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Qc7 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7
1953 ITA-ch16 – Round 2 – Castiglioni Ferruccio – 0-1 – Primavera, Giuseppe – G5 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nb3 e6 8. f4 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. O-O Nc5
1954 Amsterdam olm – Round 1 – Alexander Ronald Cheng – 1-0 – Milev, Zdravko – G47 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Bxf7+ Ke7
1954 Belgrade – Round 1 – Djurasevic, Bozidar – 0-1 – Milic, Borislav – G17 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4 Be7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. O-O b5
1954 Belgrade – Round 13 – Djurasevic, Bozidar – 1-0 – Gligorić, Svetozar – G108 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Nd2 Nb6
1954 Hastings5455 – Round 4 – Alexander Ronald Cheng – 1/2-1/2 – Fuderer, Andrija – G16 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nde2 O-O 9. h3 b5 10. a3 Nbd7
1956 Olympiad Moscow RUS – Round 3 – Milic, Borislav – 1/2-1/2 – Jezek, Jaroslav – G11 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. Kh1 O-O
1957 Danmarksmesterskabet – Round 10 – Haahr, Thorkild – 0-1 – Pedersen, Eigil – G40 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be2 e6 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rd1 Ne5
1957 FRG Ch Bad Neuenahr – Round 10 – Schuster, Theodor – 0-1 – Darga, Klaus – G28 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O e5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O
1957 Sombor – Round 1 – Milic, Borislav – 1/2-1/2 – Bogdanovic, Rajko – G21 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O e5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 O-O
1959 York ch-BCF – Round 1 – Sergeant, Edward – 0-1 – Mardle, Denis – G14 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. f4 Nc6 9. f5 Bd7 10. Bg5 Be7
1960 GBR Ch 47th – Round 2.14 – Fazekas, Stephan – 1-0 – Wheeler, George W – G11 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 O-O 10. f4 b5
1960 Reggio Emilia 6061 03rd – Round 3 – Glass, Eduard – 1-0 – Ulvestad, Olaf – G9 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. a3 Nbd7 9. f4 Nc5 10. Be3 Bd7
1960 UKR Ch sf – Round 3 – Novopashin, Arkady – 0-1 – Nikolaevsky, Yuri V – G15 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6
1960 UKR Ch sf – Round 5 – Novopashin, Arkady – 0-1 – Zurakhov, Vladlen Y – G29 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Ba2 b5
1961 URS-ch29 – Round 21 – Gurgenidze, Bukhuti – 0-1 – Kots, Yuri I – G13 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Kh1 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qe2 O-O
1963 BRA Ch – Round 13 – ? – 0-1 – Rocha, Antonio – G37 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. h3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qe1 O-O
1963 Kiev Avantgard Ch – Round ? – Poliak, Evsey – 0-1 – Bakhmatov, Eduard – G23 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Kh1 O-O 9. f4 b5 10. f5 Bb7
1964 CSR Ch Army Prague CZE – Round 7 – Vavruska, Antonin – 0-1 – Zajic, Jiri – G7 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Bf3 Nbd7 9. Bg5 e6 10. O-O Be7
1964 ESP Ch 29th – Round 3 – Puig, Pedro – 1-0 – Prada Rubin, Fernando – G14 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. b3 Nc5
1967 ROM Ch – Round 4 – Ciocaltea, Victor – 1-0 – Vaisman, Volodia – G26 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be2 e6 9. Be3 d5 10. exd5 exd5
1967 Savona ch ITA – Round 1 – Bacchelli, Renato – 0-1 – Tatai, Stefano – G2 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Nf5 Nxe3 9. Nxe3 g6 10. Ne2 Bh6
1968 Budapest – Round 1 – Stein, Leonid – 0-1 – Dely, Peter – G36 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nd5 Bb7 10. Nxb4 Qb6
1968 Lugano olm - Round 1 - Lantsias, Andreas - 0-1 - Romani, Elio - G392 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. h3 e6 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7
1968 New York ch-USA – Round 7 – Seidman, Herbert – 1-0 – Lombardy, William J – G39 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Kh1 Qc7 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5
1968 New York ch-USA – Round 9 – Seidman, Herbert – 0-1 – Evans Lianda – G50 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 g6 8. f3 Bg7 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Nh5
1968 POL Ch 25th – Round 8 – Sydor, Andrzej – 0-1 – Bednarski, Jacek B – G45 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nde2 O-O 9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Re1 e6
1968 ROM Ch – Round 13 – Drimer, Dolfi – 1/2-1/2 – Szabo, Iuliu inactive – G75 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Re8
2024 Superbet Chess Classic - Round 4 - Abdusattorov Nodirbek - 1/2-1/2 - Vachier-Lagrave Maxime - G18 1. e4 1... c5 2. Nf3 2... d6 3. d4 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 5... a6 6. Qd3 6... Nbd7 7. Be2 7... b5 8. O-O 8... Bb7 9. b4 9... e6 10. a4 10... bxa4
2024 Superbet Chess Classic - Round 6 - Abdusattorov Nodirbek - 1/2-1/2 - Giri Anish - G30 1. e4 1... c5 2. Nf3 2... d6 3. d4 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 5... a6 6. Qd3 6... Nbd7 7. a4 7... g6 8. Be2 8... Bg7 9. O-O 9... b6 10. Nc6 10... Qc7
2024 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Round 25 – Nepomniachtchi Ian – 1-0 – Saric Ivan – G123 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Nd2 a5
2024 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Round 8 – Caruana Fabiano – 1-0 – Giri Anish – G38 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. a4 Be7
2024 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Round 9 – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – 0-1 – Nepomniachtchi Ian – G43 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5
2026 Norway Chess Open - Round 3 - Praggnanandhaa R - 1-0 - Carlsen, Magnus - G11 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 h6 7. Bc4 e6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Ba2 Be7
2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters - Round 12.2 - Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. - 1/2-1/2 - Giri, Anish - G79 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 Nc6 7. g4 g6 8. g5 Nd7 9. Be3 h6 10. h4 hxg5
4. Norway Blitz 2016 – Round 2.1 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 0-1 – Giri, Anish – G6 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. a4 b4
4. Norway Blitz 2016 – Round 7.5 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 0-1 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G34 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4
40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 6.7 – Polgar, Judit – 1-0 – Swiercz, Dariusz – G386 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Nd5 O-O 10. O-O-O Nc6
42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 11.10 – Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos – 1/2-1/2 – Swiercz, Dariusz – G754 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. O-O-O e5 10. Nb3 Be7
42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 7.2 – Neiksans, Arturs – 1/2-1/2 – Van Kampen, Robin – G493 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 7. Be3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nd5 e6 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6
43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 2.23 – Kryvoruchko, Yuriy – 1/2-1/2 – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – G109 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. f4 exf4 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Bxb3
43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 6.13 – Anton Guijarro, David – 1-0 – Bogner, Sebastian – G369 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Qb6 8. a3 Bd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Be2 Qc7
5. Norway Chess 2017 – Round 4.3 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1-0 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G18 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5
6. Zurich Opening Blitz 2017 – Round 7.1 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1-0 – Gelfand, Boris – G25 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Bc4 Bb7
79. Tata Steel GpA 2017 – Round 1.2 – Karjakin, Sergey – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G2 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Ba2 O-O 10. O-O b5
79. Tata Steel GpA 2017 – Round 2.1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – G8 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8
8. Sinquefield Cup 2021 – Round 5.1 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Shankland, Sam – G21 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. O-O Nc6 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Ne5
83. Tata Steel Masters 2021 – Round 13.4 – Van Foreest, Jorden – 1-0 – Grandelius, Nils – G91 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 b5 8. a4 Nc5 9. Qe3 b4 10. Nd5 Ncxe4
83. Tata Steel Masters 2021 – Round 9.1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Grandelius, Nils – G60 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qg3 Bb7 10. Be2 Be7
American Cup Blitz 2022 – Round 9.3 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – 1-0 – Robson, Ray – G49 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 h5 7. h3 g6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5
CCT Final Playoff 2023 – Round 5.2 – Firouzja, Alireza – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G49 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. f4 b5 10. Nc6 Qc7
Corsican Circuit Final 2016 – Round 4.2 – Anand, Viswanathan – 0-1 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G40 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Bd4 Bh6
Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 – Round 4.2 – So, Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G17 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ne5
Dortmund 1997 – Round 4 – Short, Nigel D – 1/2-1/2 – Gelfand, Boris – G15 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O d5
Dos Hermanas 1997 – Round 3 – Polgar, Judit – 1/2-1/2 – Gelfand, Boris – G9 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe1 Nc5
FIDE Candidates 2024 - Round 11 - Praggnanandhaa R - 0-1 - Nakamura, Hikaru 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. g3 e5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg2 a5
FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 1 – Sjugirov Sanan – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave Maxime – G11 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. a4 b6
FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 11 – Pranav V – 1-0 – Lu Shanglei – G603 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 Nc6
FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 6 – Maurizzi MarcAndria – 0-1 – Giri Anish – G293 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. g4 b5 9. g5 b4 10. Na4 Nd7
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2014 – Round 16.4 – Polgar, Judit – 0-1 – Anand, Viswanathan – G150 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2014 – Round 18.7 – Polgar, Judit – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G175 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2014 – Round 5.21 – Anton Guijarro, David – 1-0 – Wang, Hao(ZJWZ) – G35 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Nc5 8. Qe3 e6 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g4 d5
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 1 – Praggnanandhaa R – 1-0 – Halkias Stelios – G20 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 10 – Aronian Levon – 1-0 – Naiditsch Arkadij – G192 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 h6 4. O-O g5 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 g4 7. Nh4 Bf6 8. Qxg4 cxd4 9. Qg3 a6 10. Bxc6 dxc6
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 16 – Raunak Sadhwani – 0-1 – Vladislav Artemiev – G309 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. c3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 19 – Alexey Sarana – 0-1 – Alekseenko Kirill – G377 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bb4 8. Qc2 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. a3 Bxc3+
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 6 – Andrey Esipenko – 1-0 – Shant Sargsyan – G115 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 Nc5 9. Nf5 O-O 10. Qg4 g6
FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 1.2 – Demchenko, Aleksandr – 1-0 – Areshchenko, Alexander – G98 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. O-O Be7
FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 1.3 – Demchenko, Aleksandr – 1-0 – Areshchenko, Alexander – G137 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb1 Bxf5
FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 1.4 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Palac, Mladen – G156 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. a3 Be7
FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 2.3 – Motylev, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G265 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. Be2 b5
FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 2.5 – Motylev, Alexander – 0-1 – Giri, Anish – G297 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. h3 Nc5
FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 4.2 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G371 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 7. Be3 h5 8. a4 g6 9. a5 Bg7 10. Be2 b5
FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R2 Classical 2 – Pranesh M – 1/2-1/2 – Dmitrij Kollars – G338 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6
FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R3 Rapid 1 – Karthik Venkataraman – 1/2-1/2 – Deac Bogdan-Daniel – G506 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 h6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Qxd1
FIDE World Rapid 2014 – Round 12.5 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 0-1 – Grischuk, Alexander – G282 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 O-O
FIDE World Rapid 2014 – Round 2.11 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 1-0 – Fedoseev, Vladimir – G10 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ng4
FIDE World Rapid 2014 – Round 6.3 – Movsesian, Sergei – 1-0 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G70 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Bd3 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Kh1 Nbd7
FIDE World Rapid Championship 2014 – Round 15.32 – Anton Guijarro, David – 0-1 – Najer, Evgeniy – G102 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. h4 Bg4 9. f3 Bd7 10. g4 Nc6
FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 – Round 10 – Pranav V. – 1/2-1/2 – Alexander Grischuk – G195 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. h4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5
FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 – Round 10 – Vachier-Lagrave Maxime – 1/2-1/2 – Gukesh D – G184 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 O-O 10. h3 exf4
FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 – Round 12 – Andrey Esipenko – 1-0 – Gukesh D – G230 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 b5 10. Ng3 Be6
FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 – Round 5 – Alexander Grischuk – 0-1 – Vachier-Lagrave Maxime – G82 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb1 Bxf5
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997 – Round 4.1 – Adams, Michael – 1/2-1/2 – Svidler, Peter – G154 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7
Frankfurt-West Masters 1999 – Round 10 – Svidler, Peter – 0-1 – Topalov, Veselin – G35 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Rg1 b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. f3 g6
Frankfurt-West Masters 1999 – Round 13 – Polgar, Judit – 0-1 – Topalov, Veselin – G48 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 Nb6
Frankfurt-West Masters 1999 – Round 8 – Adams, Michael – 0-1 – Topalov, Veselin – G28 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. Be3 e6 10. f4 Be7
FTX Crypto Cup 2022 – Round 1.2 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G6 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 h5 7. Bg5 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Nc6
GCT Blitz Paris 2019 – Round 4.1 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1-0 – Giri, Anish – G16 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. a3 Nc6 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Be7
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 – Round 10.3 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 0-1 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G48 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2017 – Round 9.2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1-0 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G42 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 b6
GCT Rapid Croatia 2021 – Round 4.2 – Van Foreest, Jorden – 1/2-1/2 – Saric, Ivan – G17 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Nc6
GCT Rapid Croatia 2021 – Round 7.5 – Van Foreest, Jorden – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G35 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. h3 b5
GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2016 – Round 7.5 – Nakamura, Hikaru – 1/2-1/2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G35 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7
GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2017 – Round 2.3 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1-0 – Giri, Anish – G8 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Kh1 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6
Global Chess League 2023 – Round 4.6 – Sadhwani, Raunak – 0-1 – Bjerre, Jonas Buhl – G50 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 e6 7. a4 Bd7 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6
GRENKE Chess Classic 2019 – Round 2.2 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1-0 – Keymer, Vincent – G7 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5
Levitov Chess Week Rapid 2023 – Round 11.2 – Svidler, Peter – 1-0 – So, Wesley – G52 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb1 Bxf5
Levitov Chess Week Rapid 2023 – Round 9.5 – Aronian, Levon – 0-1 – Svidler, Peter – G45 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. Be2 Be6
Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 10.24 – Ivic, Velimir – 1-0 – Chigaev, Maksim – G440 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 h5 7. h3 h4 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Nb3 Qc7
Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 12.13 – Ivic, Velimir – 1/2-1/2 – Grandelius, Nils – G512 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 h5 7. h3 h4 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5
Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 15.18 – Durarbayli, Vasif – 0-1 – Sarana, Alexey – G639 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. Qf3 d4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bxf5
Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 16.33 – Saric, Ivan – 1/2-1/2 – Assaubayeva, Bibisara – G695 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb1 Nc6
Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 2.30 – Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina – 0-1 – Indjic, Aleksandar – G83 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 h6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3 Be6 9. f4 Nc6 10. f5 Bxb3
Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 3.18 – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – 1/2-1/2 – Matlakov, Maxim – G128 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb1 Bxf5
Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 6.24 – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – 1-0 – Fedoseev, Vladimir – G271 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 b6 7. Nd5 e6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Bxe4
Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 7.33 – Moussard, Jules – 1-0 – Zhou, Jianchao – G323 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Nd5 Nd7 9. Qd2 e6 10. Nc3 b5
Moscow FIDE Grand Prix 2019 – Round 3.1 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – G35 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5
Olympiad 2002 – Round 12 – Wagener, Christophe – 0-1 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G409 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. f4 g6 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. O-O Bb7
Riga FIDE Grand Prix 2019 – Round 1.3 – Karjakin, Sergey – 1-0 – Giri, Anish – G17 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. Be2 Be6
RUS vs. ROW 2002 – Round 1 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 1-0 – Kasparov, Garry – G4 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6
Saint Louis Blitz 2019 – Round 12.5 – Karjakin, Sergey – 1-0 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G60 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7
Saint Louis Blitz 2019 – Round 6.1 – Caruana, Fabiano – 0-1 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G26 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 7. g4 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bg2 h6 10. h4 g6
Saint Louis Blitz 2023 – Round 14.4 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – 1/2-1/2 – Robson, Ray – G69 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nxd5
Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 – Round 10 – Grigoriy Oparin – 1-0 – So Wesley – G48 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. Qf3 Nd5 10. O-O-O Bb7
Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 – Round 27 – Caruana Fabiano – 1/2-1/2 – Dominguez Perez Leinier – G131 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ng3 g6 10. h3 h5
Superbet Blitz 2019 – Round 18.4 – Karjakin, Sergey – 1/2-1/2 – Korobov, Anton – G89 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2 b5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7
Superbet Blitz 2023 – Round 12.4 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – 1-0 – Giri, Anish – G59 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Nc6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Bc4 Bf5
Superbet Blitz 2023 – Round 9.4 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – 1-0 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – G44 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 Nc6 10. Nxe6 fxe6
Superbet Rapid 2019 – Round 1.1 – Karjakin, Sergey – 1/2-1/2 – Korobov, Anton – G1 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3 b5 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. a4 b4
SuperGM It 1999 – Round 8 – Leko, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Topalov, Veselin – G32 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. Bg2 e6 9. a3 Nfd7 10. g5 g6
SuperUnited Blitz 2023 – Round 1.3 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1/2-1/2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G3 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. O-O-O b5
SuperUnited Blitz 2023 – Round 8.5 – Anand, Viswanathan – 0-1 – Duda, Jacob – G40 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Qd2 h5
SuperUnited Rapid 2023 – Round 4.3 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1-0 – Saric, Ivan – G18 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 e6 7. Qg3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8
Tata Steel Chess 2025 – Round 10 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek – 1-0 – Sarana Alexey – G61 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. g5 Nd7
Tata Steel India Blitz 2018 – Round 6.5 – Praggnanandhaa R – 0-1 – Anand, Viswanathan – G30 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7
Tata Steel Masters 2024 - Round 13 - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - 1-0 - Donchenko, Alexander 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. f4 Nc5 10. Qe3 Ne6
Tata Steel Masters 2024 - Round 4 - Nepomniachtchi, Ian - 1/2-1/2 - Donchenko, Alexander 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4
USA Ch 2017 – Round 2.4 – Naroditsky, Daniel – 1/2-1/2 – Zherebukh, Yaroslav – G10 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Nc6 9. f5 Bxb3 10. axb3 d5
USA Ch 2017 – Round 4.3 – Naroditsky, Daniel – 1/2-1/2 – Robson, Ray – G21 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. g4 b5 9. Bg2 Ne5 10. g5 Nfd7
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019 – Round 1.1 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1/2-1/2 – Navara, David – G1 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6
World Blitz 2006 – Round 1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Sutovsky, Emil – G5 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nc5 10. Kh1 O-O
World Blitz 2009 – Round 32 – Polgar, Judit – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G329 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nde2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 b5
World Blitz 2015 – Round 12.17 – Bartel, Mateusz – 0-1 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – G725 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qg3 O-O 10. Bh6 Ne8
World Blitz 2015 – Round 2.84 – Nielsen, Peter Heine – 1-0 – Carstensen, Jacob – G137 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h4 Nc6 7. Bg5 e6 8. Qd2 Qb6 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O
World Blitz 2017 – Round 2.4 – Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian – 0-1 – Korobov, Anton – G94 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Rg1 h5 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qd2 e6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8
World Blitz 2018 – Round 3.3 – Alekseenko, Kirill – 0-1 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G162 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5
World Blitz 2019 – Round 10.45 – Alekseenko, Kirill – 1/2-1/2 – Korobov, Anton – G692 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. g4 h5 9. gxh5 b5 10. Bg2 Ne5
World Blitz 2019 – Round 13.74 – Moiseenko, Vadim – 0-1 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G911 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Ng3 Be6 9. O-O Nc6 10. f4 exf4
World Blitz 2019 – Round 16.45 – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – 0-1 – Sakaev, Konstantin – G1089 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qe2 e5 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8. exf5 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. Bg2 Qc7
World Blitz 2019 – Round 20.58 – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – 1-0 – Belov, Vladimir – G1374 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qe2 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. a3 Nc6
World Blitz 2019 – Round 21.16 – Karjakin, Sergey – 0-1 – Salem, A.R. Saleh – G1400 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. g4 Bb7
World Blitz 2019 – Round 4.32 – Paravyan, David – 1/2-1/2 – Vishnu Prasanna, V – G256 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 b5 10. a4 Bb7
World Blitz 2019 – Round 6.91 – Belousov, Danila – 0-1 – Andriasian, Zaven – G451 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 h5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qd2 Be6 10. f4 Qb6
World Blitz 2019 – Round 7.15 – Chigaev, Maksim – 0-1 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – G460 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O d5
World Blitz 2021 – Round 10.39 – Durarbayli, Vasif – 1-0 – Klimkowski, Jan – G600 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. a3 Bb7 10. h5 Nc6
World Blitz 2021 – Round 2.38 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1-0 – Saric, Ivan – G95 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. g4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 f6
World Blitz 2021 – Round 8.43 – Saric, Ivan – 0-1 – Karjakin, Sergey – G476 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5
World Blitz 2022 – Round 10.54 – Sindarov, Javokhir – 1-0 – Chigaev, Maksim – G544 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. a3 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Ba2 Nxd4
World Blitz 2022 – Round 21.18 – Yoo, Christopher Woojin – 0-1 – Indjic, Aleksandar – G1105 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qe2 g6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. O-O-O e5 9. f4 exd4 10. e5 dxc3
World Blitz 2023 – Round 10.7 – Paravyan, David – 0-1 – Caruana, Fabiano – G606 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 b5 9. Bf3 e5 10. Nf5 gxf5
World Blitz 2023 – Round 11.1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Nihal Sarin – G612 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 Nc6 7. g4 g6 8. g5 Nh5 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Be2 Nxd4
World Blitz 2023 – Round 13.63 – Paravyan, David – 1/2-1/2 – Bilguun, Sumiya – G771 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 b5 9. Bf3 e5 10. Nf5 Bf8
World Blitz 2023 – Round 17.56 – Madaminov, Mukhiddin – 0-1 – Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel – G997 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 b5 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Bb7
World Blitz 2023 – Round 20.75 – Urazayev, Arystanbek – 0-1 – Bologan, Victor – G1168 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7
World Blitz 2023 – Round 4.30 – Pichot, Alan – 1/2-1/2 – Abdisalimov, Abdimalik – G227 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. f5 Bd7
World Blitz 2023 – Round 5.26 – Esipenko, Andrey – 1-0 – Gaehwiler, Gabriel – G285 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. h3 e5 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Be7
World Blitz 2023 – Round 8.7 – Bharath Subramaniyam H – 1-0 – Sarana, Alexey – G487 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Nc5 8. Qe3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Rd1 Qc7
World Blitz 2023 – Round 9.5 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – 1-0 – Tsydypov, Zhamsaran – G539 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O d5
World Rapid 2016 – Round 11.16 – Onyshchuk, Volodymyr – 0-1 – Amonatov, Farrukh – G406 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Rd1 Be7
World Rapid 2016 – Round 13.5 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1-0 – Amonatov, Farrukh – G515 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O-O Be7
World Rapid 2016 – Round 15.2 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1-0 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G565 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. O-O-O Be7
World Rapid 2019 – Round 1.54 – Baron, Tal – 0-1 – Adly, Ahmed – G44 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h4 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2 h5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qd2 b5
World Rapid 2019 – Round 10.68 – Paravyan, David – 1-0 – Tran, Tuan Minh – G674 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. a4 b6
World Rapid 2019 – Round 11.36 – Alekseenko, Kirill – 1-0 – Sethuraman, S.P. – G714 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. a4 b6 8. f3 Bb7 9. Bf4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5
World Rapid 2019 – Round 2.42 – Svidler, Peter – 1-0 – Sethuraman, S.P. – G113 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Qe2 e6
World Rapid 2019 – Round 3.90 – Sek, Konstantin – 1-0 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – G219 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb4
World Rapid 2019 – Round 4.11 – Karjakin, Sergey – 0-1 – Firouzja, Alireza – G225 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bc4 Be6
World Rapid 2019 – Round 8.14 – Fedoseev, Vladimir – 1-0 – Bocharov, Dmitry – G498 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O
World Rapid 2021 – Round 11.60 – Durarbayli, Vasif – 1-0 – Klimkowski, Jan – G671 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e5 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8. exf5 d5 9. g4 Bb4 10. Bg2 Nc6
World Rapid 2021 – Round 3.4 – Quparadze, Giga – 0-1 – Grischuk, Alexander – G166 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5 b4 9. Nd5 Nxe4 10. Bg2 exd5
World Rapid 2021 – Round 3.44 – Bellahcene, Bilel – 1-0 – Chigaev, Maksim – G170 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. b3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8
World Rapid 2021 – Round 7.39 – Karjakin, Sergey – 1-0 – Gabuzyan, Hovhannes – G413 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Ng3 Nc5 10. Nf1 O-O
Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 – Round 5.4 – Oparin, Grigoriy – 0-1 – Svidler, Peter – G20 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 g6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. g4 h5
Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 – Round 7.3 – Oparin, Grigoriy – 0-1 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G27 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 O-O
Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz 2017 – Round 1.3 – Oparin, Grigoriy – 1/2-1/2 – Gelfand, Boris – G3 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qg3 d5 10. Bd3 g6
Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz 2017 – Round 7.3 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 0-1 – Oparin, Grigoriy – G27 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nfd7 10. g5 Nc6

B90a — Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6

Eval: [+0.51]

Les coups candidats

6.Be3 — 27.0% (95581 parties) →

Ambassadeurs : Sherwood, Russell (441x), Wosch, Arkadiusz (311x), Broniek, Mariusz Maciej (263x), Noble, Mark Frederick (243x), Sorcinelli, Andrea (195x), Ilyasov, Anatoly Fedorovich (192x), Salzmann, Stefan (192x), Dorer, Manfred (184x)

6.Bg5 — 24.9% (87866 parties) →

Ambassadeurs : Bernal Varela, Nelson (270x), ? (219x), Cvak, Rudolf (190x), Milde, Lars (187x), Sherwood, Russell (181x), Simmelink, Joop Theo (150x), Langer, Raimund (139x), Daurelle, Herve (137x)

6.Be2 — 16.3% (57673 parties) →

Ambassadeurs : ? (138x), Jansa, Vlastimil (122x), Wosch, Arkadiusz (117x), Susla, Vitaliy (110x), Ftacnik, Lubomir (96x), Klovans, Janis (94x), Janisch, Manfred (86x), Palac, Mladen (73x)

6.Bc4 — 8.9% (31462 parties) →

Ambassadeurs : Conterno, Dominique (77x), ? (53x), De Firmian, Nick (44x), Saltaev, Mihail (44x), Eberth, Zoltan Bela (44x), Timmerman, Gert (42x), Golubev, Mikhail (40x), Sychov, Aleksandr Vitalievi (39x)

Analyse statistique des coups candidats

Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)

Tranche Elo	N parties	6.Be3	6.Bg5	6.Be2	6.Bc4
<1800	11043	22%	24%	21%	10%
1800-2200	116979	25%	26%	17%	9%
2200-2600	158044	32%	22%	14%	7%
2600+	7230	34%	15%	15%	4%

Évolution par décennie (% des parties)

Décennie	N parties	6.Be3	6.Bg5	6.Be2	6.Bc4
1790s	1	—	—	—	100%
1920s	8	—	—	62%	—
1930s	29	—	17%	62%	3%
1940s	159	—	8%	64%	—
1950s	2135	0%	36%	21%	11%
1960s	4415	1%	48%	18%	16%
1970s	7580	5%	44%	21%	14%
1980s	12149	12%	35%	21%	11%
1990s	39982	16%	26%	21%	16%
2000s	99238	27%	24%	19%	11%
2010s	144295	33%	24%	14%	6%
2020s	43494	30%	20%	10%	4%

Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)

Coup	2010s	2020s	Δ
6.Be3	33%	30%	▼ -2.2%
6.Bg5	24%	20%	▼ -3.7%
6.Be2	14%	10%	▼ -4.0%
6.Bc4	6%	4%	▼ -2.2%

Joueurs célèbres

Champions du monde dans cette position

Smyslov, Vladimir — 10 parties
Tal, Mikhail — 10 parties
Karpov, Aleksandr — 10 parties
Karpov, Anatoly — 10 parties
Kasparov, Garry — 10 parties
Anand, Viswanathan — 10 parties
Kramnik, Vladimir — 10 parties
Carlsen, Magnus — 10 parties
Ding, Liren — 10 parties
Hou, Yifan — 10 parties
Ju, Wenjun — 10 parties
Gukesh D — 10 parties
Euwe, Max — 5 parties
Botvinnik, Mikhail — 3 parties

Parties historiques

6.Be3 — 27.0% (95581 parties)

1956 — Cardoso, Radolfo Tan vs Jezek, Jaroslav — 0-1 — Moscow RUS
1956 — Wantz, Fernand vs Badilles, Glicerio — 0-1 — Moscow RUS
1959 — Aronin, Lev vs Buslaev, Aleksander — 1/2-1/2 — Moscow RUS
1959 — Aronin, Lev vs Buslaev, Alexander — 1/2-1/2 — Moscow RUS
1960 — Blechzin, Igor vs Simovich, O. — 1-0 — Moscow RUS

6.Bg5 — 24.9% (87866 parties)

1934 — Konstantinopolsky, Alexander vs Ashkhanov — 1-0 — ?
1937 — Chistiakov, Alexander vs Alatortsev, Vladimir N. — 0-1 — Moscow RUS
1938 — Kunerth, Werner E vs Pope, John — 1-0 — Krakow POL
1939 — Poulsen, Christian vs Najdorf, Miguel — 0-1 — Buenos Aires ARG
1939 — Hounie Fleurquin, Carlos vs Morrison James — 1-0 — Buenos Aires ARG

6.Be2 — 16.3% (57673 parties)

1927 — Mlotkowski, Stasch vs Kupchik, Abraham — 1/2-1/2 — Kalamazoo
1927 — Belinfante, Alayne vs Van den Bosch, Johannes — 0-1 — The Hague NED
1928 — Najdorf, Miguel vs Regedzinski, Teodor — 1-0 — Lodz POL
1928 — Isaacs, Lewis Jl vs Kupchik, Abraham — 0-1 — Bradley Beach
1929 — Steiner, Heinrich Jun. vs Kevitz, Alexander — 1/2-1/2 — Bradley Beach

6.Bc4 — 8.9% (31462 parties)

1792 — Janetschek, Karl vs Kormanyos, Zoltan — 1-0 — Kecskemet HUN
1934 — Nnabuchi Light vs Steiner, Herman — 0-1 — Los Angeles, CA USA
1950 — Lopez Molnar, Aidan Mikael vs Baratz, Abraham — 1-0 — Paris FRA
1950 — Lipnitsky, Isaac vs Aronin, Lev — 1-0 — Moskou ch-URS
1950 — Levenfish, Grigory vs Aronin, Lev — 1-0 — Gorky