C48a — Four Knights: Spanish, Spielmann Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 * ● Trait aux Noirs
Ouverture — Centre fermé
♔ Point de vue Blancs
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
abcdefgh
Avantages : case forte d5, Bb5 actif, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● c3 — Préparer d4
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● c3 — Préparer d4
♚ Point de vue Noirs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
hgfedcba
Avantages : case forte b4, case forte d4, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (C8, F8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...Be7 — Développer Bf8
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
● ...d5 — Rupture
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (C8, F8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...Be7 — Développer Bf8
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
● ...d5 — Rupture
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | — | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● d5 (2v1) | ● b4 (2v0), ● d4 (2v1) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d5 (2v1) | ● d4 (2v1) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bb5 | ● Bb5 Actif (mob. 7) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bf8 | ● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 3 (c1, 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 | fermé | |
| Ruptures | ● d2-d3 | ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5 |
| Partie |
|---|
| ? 2000 – Round ? – Liiva, Riho – 1/2-1/2 – Adams, Michael – G104 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 |
| 2024 Superbet Chess Blitz 1971 – Round 18 – Wei Yi – 1-0 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek – G89 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 O-O 7. g4 Na5 8. g5 hxg5 9. Bxg5 c6 10. Bc4 Nxc4 |
| 3. London Chess Classic 2011 – Round 2 – Short, Nigel D – 0-1 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G7 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe6 10. O-O O-O |
| 40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 5.12 – Collins, Sam E. – 0-1 – Sutovsky, Emil – G312 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Re8 7. Bc4 h6 8. a4 Nd4 9. Nd5 Nh7 10. c3 Nxf3+ |
| 43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 2.33 – Popovic, Dusan – 1/2-1/2 – Nyback, Tomi – G127 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. a3 Nd4 6. Bc4 c6 7. d3 Bc7 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 |
| 5. Zurich CC 2016 – Round 1.3 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1-0 – Aronian, Levon – G3 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. a3 h6 8. Bc4 Bc5 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d6 |
| 79. Tata Steel GpA 2017 – Round 10.1 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 1/2-1/2 – Carlsen, Magnus – G64 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. a3 Re8 8. h3 Bc5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bc4 c6 |
| 8. Norway Chess 2020 – Round 3.2 – Duda, Jacob – 0-1 – Aronian, Levon – G8 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 c6 |
| Amber Blindfold 2005 – Round 10 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 0-1 – Leko, Peter – G44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 10. Ne3 d5 |
| Amber-blindfold 11th 2002 – Round 5 – Morozevich, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G15 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 |
| Amber-rapid 3rd 1994 – Round 10 – Nunn, John D M – 1/2-1/2 – Polgar, Susan – G58 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. d3 Bd6 8. f4 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 b4 |
| Amber-rapid 3rd 1994 – Round 6 – Nunn, John D M – 0-1 – Kamsky, Gata – G35 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. d3 Bd6 8. f4 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 b4 |
| Amber-rapid 3rd 1994 – Round 8 – Nunn, John D M – 0-1 – Piket, Jeroen – G47 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. d3 Bd6 8. f4 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 b4 |
| Bugojno 1984 – Round 1 – Spassky, Boris Vasily – 1/2-1/2 – Beliavsky, Alexander G – G47 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe6 10. Bc4 Qxe2+ |
| Bugojno 1984 – Round 12 – Spassky, Boris V. – 1/2-1/2 – Beliavsky, Alexander G – G63 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe6 10. Bc4 Qxe2+ |
| EU Team Ch (Men) 17th 2009 – Round 9 – Sutovsky, Emil – 0-1 – Eljanov, Pavel – G43 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nh4 Nc5 |
| FIDE WCh KO 2001 – Round 1.2 – Rizouk, Aimen – 0-1 – Shirov, Alexei – G107 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Be2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O |
| FIDE WCh KO 2001 – Round 2.2 – Motylev, Alexander – 1-0 – Grischuk, Alexander – G211 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 d5 9. O-O dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 |
| FIDE WCh KO 2001 – Round 2.2 – Nguyen, Anh Dung – 1/2-1/2 – Tkachiev, Vladislav – G210 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. O-O d6 10. exd6 Nxd6 |
| FIDE WCh KO 2001 – Round 3.6 – Motylev, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G289 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 11 – Pranesh M – 1/2-1/2 – Raunak Sadhwani – G217 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. Ba4 a6 7. Bg5 b5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 d6 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 13 – Praggnanandhaa R – 1/2-1/2 – Bu Xiangzhi – G248 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. h3 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Be3 d5 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 13 – Pranesh M – 1-0 – Volodar Murzin – G259 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. Ba4 Re8 7. O-O h6 8. Be3 Bf8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Nd2 Bd7 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 15 – Praggnanandhaa R – 0-1 – Yu Yangyi – G286 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 19 – Pranesh M – 0-1 – So Wesley – G366 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. Ba4 Re8 7. O-O h6 8. Be3 Bf8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 5 – Alekseenko Kirill – 0-1 – Bu Xiangzhi – G86 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 h6 8. d3 Re8 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nd2 Nf8 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 9 – Naiditsch Arkadij – 1-0 – Nihal Sarin – G175 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nd4 Nc6 10. Nf5 O-O |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 3.4 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Tomashevsky, Evgeny – G341 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 a6 7. Ba4 h6 8. a3 Re8 9. h3 Bf8 10. Be3 d6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 3.7 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1-0 – Tomashevsky, Evgeny – G357 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. a3 Re8 8. Be3 Bf8 9. Bc4 d6 10. h3 Be6 |
| FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 1974 – Round 10 – Cristobal Henriquez Villagra – 1/2-1/2 – So Wesley – G189 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Kh1 Nd7 10. g4 Bg6 |
| GpB playoff 2004 – Round 6 – Leko, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G11 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 |
| GRENKE Chess Classic 2019 – Round 6.2 – Naiditsch, Arkadij – 1-0 – Anand, Viswanathan – G27 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be7 |
| Interpolis 1993 – Round 1 – Smagin, Sergey – 0-1 – Malaniuk, Vladimir P – G47 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O Qa5 7. Re1 d6 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Nd5 Nd7 10. b4 Qxa4 |
| Interpolis 1993 – Round 3 – Yudasin, Leonid – 1-0 – Nikolic, Predrag – G130 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. d3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qa5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Qc7 10. O-O Be7 |
| It Linares ESP 1992 – Round 11 – Short, Nigel D – 0-1 – Timman, Jan H – G2 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 Qg5 |
| Linares 1983 – Round 1 – Spassky, Boris Vasily – 1/2-1/2 – Hort, Vlastimil – G7 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d6 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 13.47 – Divya Deshmukh – 0-1 – Zhou, Jianchao – G584 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. Bg5 Re8 8. Qd2 Bf8 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 18.2 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G760 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 c6 9. Bd3 d5 10. Be3 Bd6 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 3.36 – Divya Deshmukh – 1/2-1/2 – Esipenko, Andrey – G148 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 6.43 – Divya Deshmukh – 0-1 – Yilmaz, M. Fatih – G290 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. g4 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nxb3 |
| Madrid 1994 – Round 7 – Shirov, Alexei – 1/2-1/2 – Sokolov , Ivan – G31 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O d6 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Ne2 Qb6 9. d3 Be7 10. c3 dxc3 |
| Makedonia Palace GP 2013 – Round 2.3 – Morozevich, Alexander – 1-0 – Svidler, Peter – G8 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 10. Ne3 d5 |
| Melody Amber, Blindfold, Monaco 1995 – Round 6 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1/2-1/2 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – G24 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 c6 |
| Moscow 1981 – Round 1 – Torre, Eugenio – 1/2-1/2 – Balashov, Yuri S – G29 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 |
| Moscow-4teams 1981 – Round 1 – Spassky, Boris V. – 1/2-1/2 – Cseshkovsky, Vitaly – G10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 |
| Moskou 1981 – Round 1 – Torre, Eugenio – 1/2-1/2 – Balashov, Yuri S – G22 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 |
| Norway Chess 2025 1974 – Round 8 – Wei Yi – 1/2-1/2 – Carlsen Magnus – G34 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 Qd4 10. Be3 Qxe5 |
| Novgorod 1994 – Round 4 – Shirov, Alexei – 1/2-1/2 – Short, Nigel D – G14 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 |
| PCA/Intel-GP 1994 – Round 1 – Adams, Michael – 1-0 – Malaniuk, Vladimir P – G11 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. d3 Bd6 8. f4 Bc5 9. exd5 b5 10. Bb3 cxd5 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2017 – Round 8.1 – Kasparov, Garry – 1-0 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G36 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 10. Ne3 d5 |
| Sinquefield Cup 2025 1975 – Round 7 – Duda Jan-Krzysztof – 1-0 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek – G34 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. a3 Re8 8. Be3 Bf8 9. Bc4 d6 10. h3 Be6 |
| SportAccord Blitz 2014 – Round 17.7 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 0-1 – Radjabov, Teimour – G134 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 c6 9. exf6 Re8+ 10. Kf1 Qxf6 |
| Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 – Round 9.3 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Ding, Liren – G43 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. dxc3 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bc5 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 18.22 – Duda, Jacob – 1-0 – Leko, Peter – G1109 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Bf5 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 5.16 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 1-0 – Malakhov, Valentyn – G283 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. a3 Re8 7. Bc4 Bf8 8. Ng5 Re7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 19.18 – Naiditsch, Arkadij – 1-0 – Malakhov, Valentyn – G745 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. a3 Re8 7. g4 Bc5 8. Rg1 d5 9. g5 Ng4 10. Rg2 Nxf2 |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 5.31 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 1/2-1/2 – Aleksandrov Ivanchev, Aleksandar – G201 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. d3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Qe2 Nd7 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 6.27 – Movsesian, Sergei – 1-0 – Zhao, Jun – G304 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. h3 O-O 7. g4 Nd4 8. Bc4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nh7 10. h4 Bb4 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 15.76 – Danielyan, Vahe – 0-1 – Postny, Evgeny – G924 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 Re8 7. d3 h6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. b3 Bf8 10. Bb2 c5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 15.5 – Yu, Yangyi – 1-0 – Saini Vidit – G1025 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Be3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 9.5 – Yu, Yangyi – 1/2-1/2 – Sargissian, Gabriel – G630 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. a4 a5 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 1.19 – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – 0-1 – Nesterov, Arseniy – G19 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. a4 O-O |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 1.19 – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – 0-1 – Nesterov, Arseniy – G19 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. a4 O-O |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 1.4 – Iljiushenok, Ilia – 0-1 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – G43 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. Ba4 a6 7. a3 Bc5 8. O-O b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 O-O |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 1.4 – Iljiushenok, Ilia – 0-1 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – G43 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. Ba4 a6 7. a3 Bc5 8. O-O b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 O-O |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 1.4 – Iljiushenok, Ilia – 0-1 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – G43 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. Ba4 a6 7. a3 Bc5 8. O-O b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 O-O |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 19.70 – Pichot, Alan – 0-1 – Gaehwiler, Gabriel – G1112 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 h6 8. b3 Be6 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Ne2 Nd7 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 3.15 – Indjic, Aleksandar – 1-0 – Sattarov, Bobir – G149 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. a3 O-O 6. d3 Nd4 7. Bc4 c6 8. Be3 Bc5 9. Ba2 d6 10. h3 b5 |
| World Cup 1988 – Round 1 – Spassky, Boris V. – 1/2-1/2 – Timman, Jan H – G56 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 |
| World Cup 1989 – Round 1 – Kortchnoi, V. – 1/2-1/2 – Spassky, B. – G62 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 c6 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 7.38 – Mamedov, Rauf – 1-0 – Tregubov, Pavel V. – G460 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. a3 h6 7. Bc4 Re8 8. g4 Nd4 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 c6 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 7.45 – Yu, Yangyi – 1-0 – Nozdrachev, Vladislav – G467 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. a3 Bf8 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. h3 a6 |
| XVI Ciudad de Linares 99 1999 – Round 13 – Adams, Michael – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G36 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nd3 b5 8. Bb3 a5 9. a3 d5 10. e5 Ne4 |
| Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 – Round 7 – Istratescu, Andrei – 0-1 – Malaniuk, Vladimir P – G107 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 d5 9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 |












