C54 — Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre fermé
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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6
5
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3
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1
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Avantages : case forte d5, case forte g5, Bc4 actif, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (B1, C1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours [Masters 56%]
● Nc3 — Développer Nb1
● Bg5 — Clouer Nf6
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● Bb3 — Fou actif (mobilité 6), [Masters 16%]
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (B1, C1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours [Masters 56%]
● Nc3 — Développer Nb1
● Bg5 — Clouer Nf6
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● Bb3 — Fou actif (mobilité 6), [Masters 16%]
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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Avantages : case forte g4, case forte e5, avant-poste c5(F), Bc5 actif, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours [Masters 18%]
● ...a6 — Expansion aile dame [Masters 29%]
● ...Bb6 — Développer le fou en b6 [Masters 23%]
● ...h6 — Poser la question au fou adverse [Masters 20%]
● ...Bg4 — Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours [Masters 18%]
● ...a6 — Expansion aile dame [Masters 29%]
● ...Bb6 — Développer le fou en b6 [Masters 23%]
● ...h6 — Poser la question au fou adverse [Masters 20%]
● ...Bg4 — Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Base Masters : Blancs 25.0%, Nulles 56.9%, Noirs 18.1%.
Coups candidats
6.O-O (55.9% — Blancs: 20.6% | Nulles: 64.7% | Noirs: 14.6%)
6.Bb3 (15.7% — Blancs: 31.0% | Nulles: 47.2% | Noirs: 21.8%)
6.Nbd2 (11.8% — Blancs: 30.8% | Nulles: 49.6% | Noirs: 19.6%)
6.Bg5 (4.6% — Blancs: 41.2% | Nulles: 38.3% | Noirs: 20.5%)
6.b4 (4.3% — Blancs: 23.6% | Nulles: 46.6% | Noirs: 29.8%)
6.h3 (4.1% — Blancs: 25.4% | Nulles: 51.7% | Noirs: 23.0%)
6.Bb3 (15.7% — Blancs: 31.0% | Nulles: 47.2% | Noirs: 21.8%)
6.Nbd2 (11.8% — Blancs: 30.8% | Nulles: 49.6% | Noirs: 19.6%)
6.Bg5 (4.6% — Blancs: 41.2% | Nulles: 38.3% | Noirs: 20.5%)
6.b4 (4.3% — Blancs: 23.6% | Nulles: 46.6% | Noirs: 29.8%)
6.h3 (4.1% — Blancs: 25.4% | Nulles: 51.7% | Noirs: 23.0%)
auto
Analyse coup par coup — 10 demi-coups commentés
1.e4 Avancée centrale — contrôle d5, f5. Prépare d4, f4, Bc4, Bd3.
1…e5 Avancée centrale — contrôle d4, f4. Prépare d5, f5, Bc5.
2.Nf3 Contrôle c4, d4, d5, e5.
2…Nc6 Contrôle d4, f4, c5.
3.Bc4 Contrôle d4, d5, e5, f5.
3…Bc5 Contrôle d4, f4.
4.c3 Contrôle b4, d4. Prépare d4.
4…Nf6 Contrôle d4, e4, f4, d5.
5.d3 Avancée centrale — contrôle c4, e4. Prépare e4, Nd2, Be2.
5…d6 Avancée centrale — contrôle c5, e5. Prépare e5, Nd7.
1…e5 Avancée centrale — contrôle d4, f4. Prépare d5, f5, Bc5.
2.Nf3 Contrôle c4, d4, d5, e5.
2…Nc6 Contrôle d4, f4, c5.
3.Bc4 Contrôle d4, d5, e5, f5.
3…Bc5 Contrôle d4, f4.
4.c3 Contrôle b4, d4. Prépare d4.
4…Nf6 Contrôle d4, e4, f4, d5.
5.d3 Avancée centrale — contrôle c4, e4. Prépare e4, Nd2, Be2.
5…d6 Avancée centrale — contrôle c5, e5. Prépare e5, Nd7.
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | ● b2→c3, d3→e4 | ● d6→e5, c7→d6 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● d5 (2v1), ● g5 (2v0) | ● g4 (2v0), ● e5 (2v1) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d5 (2v1) | ● d4 (3v2), ● e5 (2v1) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Bc4 | ● Bc4 Actif (mob. 6) | |
| Bc5 | ● Bc5 Actif (mob. 6) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 4 (b1, c1, a1, h1) | 3 (c8, 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 | ● d3-d4 | ● …d6-d5 |
| Partie |
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| ? 1998 – Round ? – Kasparov, Garry – 1-0 – Kocho, Vladimir – G81 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ng3 Qd7 |
| 11. Norway Armageddon 2023 – Round 4.1 – Gukesh D – 0-1 – Carlsen, Magnus – G9 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O Qe7 10. b4 O-O |
| 11. Norway Chess 2023 – Round 4.1 – Gukesh D – 1/2-1/2 – Carlsen, Magnus – G16 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. O-O Bd7 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 O-O |
| 11th Sinquefield Cup 2024 - Round 1 - Caruana, Fabiano - 0-1 - Firouzja, Alireza - G1 1970 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Ng6 |
| 11th Sinquefield Cup 2024 - Round 2 - Giri, Anish - 1/2-1/2 - Ding, Liren - G6 1970 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 |
| 11th Sinquefield Cup 2024 - Round 7 - Firouzja, Alireza - 1-0 - Ding, Liren - G34 1970 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 |
| 2024 Superbet Chess Classic - Round 8 - Vachier-Lagrave Maxime - 1/2-1/2 - So Wesley - G36 1971 1. e4 1... e5 2. Nf3 2... Nc6 3. Bc4 3... Bc5 4. c3 4... Nf6 5. d3 5... d6 6. O-O 6... a5 7. Nbd2 7... O-O 8. h3 8... h6 9. Re1 9... a4 10. Nf1 10... Bd7 |
| 2024 Superbet Chess Rapid 1971 – Round 5 – Wei Yi – 1-0 – Duda Jan-Krzysztof – G25 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. a4 Qe7 10. O-O g5 |
| 2024 Superbet Chess Rapid 1971 – Round 6 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek – 1/2-1/2 – Erigaisi Arjun – G28 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. d4 Ng6 |
| 2024 Superbet Chess Rapid 1971 – Round 7 – Carlsen Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Praggnanandhaa R – G32 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. b4 Ne7 |
| 2024 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 1972 – Round 14 – So Wesley – 0-1 – Caruana Fabiano – G68 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 a4 10. h3 Bd7 |
| 2024 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 1972 – Round 16 – So Wesley – 1-0 – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – G79 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. a4 O-O 10. h3 g5 |
| 2024 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 1972 – Round 19 – Firouzja Alireza – 1-0 – So Wesley – G95 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 |
| 2024 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 1972 – Round 26 – Firouzja Alireza – 1-0 – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – G130 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 g5 |
| 3. GRENKE Chess Classic 2015 – Round 1.1 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 |
| 3. London Chess Classic 2011 – Round 3 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G11 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. Nf1 h6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 |
| 43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 1.5 – Kryvoruchko, Yuriy – 1-0 – Munenga, Douglas D – G61 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. Bg5 Ba7 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 |
| 43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 8.1 – Mamedov, Rauf – 0-1 – Shankland, Sam – G497 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1 Be6 9. Ng3 h6 10. O-O Bxb3 |
| 6. World Blitz 2010 – Round 32 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 0-1 – Aronian, Levon – G229 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Na5 |
| 7. Norway Armageddon 2019 – Round 7.4 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1-0 – Anand, Viswanathan – G26 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. b4 g5 |
| 8. London Classic 2016 – Round 1.5 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Adams, Michael – G5 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. Bb3 Qe7 10. Nc4 Be6 |
| 8. Sinquefield Cup 2021 – Round 6.2 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – 1/2-1/2 – Svidler, Peter – G27 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Qe7 8. O-O a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 g5 |
| 82. Tata Steel GpA 2020 – Round 6.2 – Aadvika Giri – 1-0 – Kovalev, Vl – G34 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 g5 |
| 84. Tata Steel Masters 2022 – Round 3.2 – Dubov, Daniil – 0-1 – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi – G16 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Na3 Bxa3 9. bxa3 Qe7 10. O-O Nb8 |
| Amber-blindfold 11th 2002 – Round 8 – Leko, Peter – 1-0 – Piket, Jeroen – G22 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 |
| Amber-rapid 7th 1998 – Round 10 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 1-0 – Piket, Jeroen – G47 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 |
| Antalya TUR, World Teams Championship 2013 – Round 8.4 – Tiviakov, Sergei – 1/2-1/2 – Sargissian, Gabriel – G63 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Be6 |
| Chess Classic Rapid Prelim 2007 – Round 4 – Bacrot, Etienne – 0-1 – Aronian, Levon – G8 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Re1 Bxb3 |
| Corus A 2006 – Round 12 – Tiviakov, Sergei – 1/2-1/2 – Leko, Peter – G76 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Be6 |
| EU-Cup 24th 2008 – Round 7 – Kobalia, Mikhail – 1/2-1/2 – Beliavsky, Alexander G – G96 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 Bb6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Nbd2 c6 9. O-O Ng6 10. Re1 O-O |
| European Club Cup 2015 – Round 6.1 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 0-1 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G102 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 Bxb3 |
| FIDE Candidates 2024 - Round 12 - Caruana, Fabiano - 1-0 - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 1970 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 |
| FIDE Candidates 2024 - Round 4 - Caruana, Fabiano - 1/2-1/2 - Gukesh D 1970 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. b4 Be6 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 1 – Daneshvar Bardiya – 1/2-1/2 – Artemiev Vladislav – G37 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. Nf1 O-O 10. h3 Re8 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 11 – Mamedov Rauf – 1-0 – Dardha Daniel – G610 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. O-O O-O |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 11 – Martirosyan Haik M. – 1-0 – Madaminov Mukhiddin – G629 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nf1 Ng6 10. Ng3 c6 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 11 – Sevian Samuel – 1-0 – Predke Alexandr – G593 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. a4 Be6 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 2 – Warmerdam Max – 1/2-1/2 – Sadhwani Raunak – G96 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. a4 Qe7 10. O-O g5 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 3 – Zemlyanskii Ivan – 0-1 – Rodshtein Maxim – G155 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. a4 Qe7 10. O-O g5 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 5 – Sindarov Javokhir – 1-0 – Goryachkina Aleksandra – G269 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 a5 10. Re1 Ba7 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 6 – Eljanov Pavel – 1/2-1/2 – Santos Latasa Jaime – G329 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Ba7 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 7 – Korobov Anton – 0-1 – Liang Awonder – G373 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. b4 Ba7 9. a4 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 7 – Sadhwani Raunak – 1/2-1/2 – Predke Alexandr – G378 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 h6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 a5 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 8 – Eljanov Pavel – 1/2-1/2 – Svane Rasmus – G453 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Na3 h6 9. Nb5 Bb6 10. a4 O-O |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 9 – Xiong Jeffery – 1-0 – Bartel Mateusz – G498 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 |
| FIDE WCh KO 2001 – Round 1.1 – Kobalia, Mikhail – 1/2-1/2 – Aseev, Konstantin N – G44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nc4 Bxc4 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 11 – Firouzja Alireza – 1-0 – Robson Ray – G207 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. a4 Qe7 10. O-O g5 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 14 – Baadur Jobava – 0-1 – Vachier-Lagrave Maxime – G264 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Re1 Be6 9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. a4 Ne7 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 14 – Ivan Zemlyanskii – 0-1 – Le Quang Liem – G279 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 19 – Gukesh D – 0-1 – Le Quang Liem – G379 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 2.4 – Hou, Yifan(HLJ) – 1/2-1/2 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – G288 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Nf1 Bxb3 10. axb3 d5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 1.1 – Najer, Evgeniy – 1-0 – Aleksandrov Ivanchev, Aleksandar – G52 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Qe7 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. Qe2 Be6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 2.2 – Sevian, Samuel – 0-1 – Karjakin, Sergey – G252 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. a4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 4.2 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – 1-0 – Grischuk, Alexander – G375 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. O-O g5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R1 Classical 1 – Atabayev Saparmyrat – 1/2-1/2 – Nesterov Arseniy – G54 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 Bb6 8. b4 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. a4 a5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R1 Classical 2 – Huschenbeth Niclas – 1-0 – Bellahcene Bilel – G127 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. b4 g5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R2 Classical 2 – Harikrishna Pentala – 1-0 – Nesterov Arseniy – G303 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R2 Classical 2 – Maxime Lagarde – 1/2-1/2 – Radoslaw Wojtaszek – G326 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Na3 h6 10. Nb5 Bb6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R2 Classical 2 – Sam Shankland – 1-0 – Vasyl Ivanchuk – G325 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R2 Rapid 1 – Kantor Gergely – 0-1 – Mamedyarov Shakhriyar – G349 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Bb6 8. Re1 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. d4 exd4 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R2 Rapid 1 – S.L. Narayanan – 1/2-1/2 – Nikita Vitiugov – G387 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 h6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R3 Rapid 2 – Meier Georg – 1/2-1/2 – Daniil Dubov – G530 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Qe7 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R4 Classical 2 – Karthik Venkataraman – 0-1 – Le Quang Liem – G564 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 Bb6 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Nc4 Be6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R5 Classical 1 – Donchenko Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Le Quang Liem – G606 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 |
| FIDE World Rapid 2014 – Round 8.17 – Malakhov, Valentyn – 1/2-1/2 – Sargissian, Gabriel – G138 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 |
| FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 1974 – Round 10 – Hans Niemann – 1/2-1/2 – Vladislav Artemiev – G182 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 |
| FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 1974 – Round 13 – So Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Vladislav Artemiev – G242 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 |
| FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 1974 – Round 2 – Grebnev Aleksey – 0-1 – Robson Ray – G37 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. h3 a6 9. a4 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 |
| FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 1974 – Round 4 – Kadric Denis – 0-1 – Caruana Fabiano – G79 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Kf8 10. h3 g5 |
| GCT Blitz Croatia 2021 – Round 1.1 – Giri, Anish – 1-0 – Anand, Viswanathan – G1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 O-O |
| GCT Blitz Paris 2021 – Round 6.2 – So, Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G26 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. a4 O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. Bh4 Ne7 |
| GCT Rapid Croatia 2021 – Round 3.5 – Saric, Ivan – 1-0 – Aadvika Giri – G15 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. a3 Qe7 10. b4 g5 |
| GCT Rapid Paris 2021 – Round 1.1 – Firouzja, Alireza – 1/2-1/2 – So, Wesley – G1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nbd2 g5 |
| Global Chess League 2023 – Round 1.2 – Yu, Yangyi – 0-1 – Grischuk, Alexander – G5 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Qb3 O-O |
| GpA 2003 – Round 3 – Gelfand, Boris – 1-0 – Azmaiparashvili, Zurab – G10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. Nf1 Ng4 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Qe7 |
| Hoogovens Blitz 1998 – Round 8 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 h6 7. h3 Be6 8. Ba4 Bb6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 |
| Linares 1994 – Round 13 – Kasparov, Garry – 0-1 – Lautier, Joel – G69 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. Qe2 Qe7 |
| Linares 1998 – Round 2 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 0-1 – Shirov, Alexei – G3 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Qe2 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 12.2 – Onischuk, Vasilisa – 1-0 – Martirosyan, Haik M. – G519 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. h3 Be6 10. Ba4 Ba7 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 13.29 – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – 1-0 – Kryvoruchko, Yuriy – G569 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 7.37 – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – 1-0 – Kuybokarov, Temur – G327 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 |
| Moscow FIDE Grand Prix 2019 – Round 4.4 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1-0 – Grischuk, Alexander – G46 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. h3 Ba7 8. O-O h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 |
| Moscow Superblitz 2006 – Round 18 – Kobalia, Mikhail – 1/2-1/2 – Jakovenko, Dmitry – G55 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 h6 7. h3 Bb6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe2 Be6 10. Nf1 d5 |
| Norway Chess 2024 - Round 3 - Caruana, Fabiano - 1-0 - Ding, Liren - G14 1970 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a5 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 |
| Norway Chess 2024 - Round 4 - Caruana, Fabiano - 0-1 - Carlsen, Magnus - G17 1970 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6 |
| Norway Chess 2025 1974 – Round 5A – Caruana Fabiano – 0-1 – Carlsen Magnus – G23 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. b4 Nd8 |
| Qatar Masters Open 2015 – Round 3.6 – Vocaturo, Daniele – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G122 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 |
| Qatar Masters Open 2015 – Round 7.9 – Vitiugov, Nikita – 1-0 – Sasikiran, Krishnan – G256 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nf1 Bxb3 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2024 - Round 2 - So Wesley - 1-0 - Caruana Fabiano - G7 1971 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. a4 c6 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2024 - Round 3 - Caruana Fabiano - 1-0 - Praggnanandhaa R - G13 1971 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. b4 Qf6 10. Nb3 Nf4 |
| Saint Louis Rapid 2023 – Round 7.4 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1/2-1/2 – Sevian, Samuel – G34 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Nbd2 O-O |
| Saint Louis Rapid 2024 - Round 1 - So Wesley - 1/2-1/2 - Caruana Fabiano - G3 1971 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nf1 a4 10. Ng3 Ra5 |
| Saint Louis Rapid 2024 - Round 2 - Caruana Fabiano - 0-1 - Dominguez Perez Leinier - G7 1971 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 |
| Saint Louis Rapid 2024 - Round 2 - Firouzja Alireza - 1-0 - So Wesley - G6 1971 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Qe7 |
| Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 1975 – Round 1 – So Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek – G2 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. a4 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 |
| Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 1975 – Round 19 – Dominguez Perez Leinier – 1-0 – Le Quang Liem – G92 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 |
| Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 1975 – Round 25 – Dominguez Perez Leinier – 1/2-1/2 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek – G122 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 |
| Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 1975 – Round 26 – So Wesley – 1-0 – Le Quang Liem – G126 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. h3 Ba7 9. Bb3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne7 |
| Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 1975 – Round 8 – So Wesley – 0-1 – Gukesh D – G36 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. a4 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 |
| Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 1975 – Round 9 – Gukesh D – 1-0 – Caruana Fabiano – G44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 |
| Sharjah Grand Prix 2017 – Round 2.9 – Salem, A.R. Saleh – 0-1 – Ding, Liren – G18 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Ba7 |
| Sinquefield Cup 2025 1975 – Round 10 – Praggnanandhaa R – 1-0 – Caruana Fabiano – G46 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Bb3 O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Re1 a4 |
| Sinquefield Cup 2025 1975 – Round 5 – Samuel Sevian – 1/2-1/2 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek – G23 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. Nf1 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 |
| Sinquefield Cup 2025 1975 – Round 9 – Caruana Fabiano – 1/2-1/2 – Gukesh D – G42 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 Qe7 9. b4 Be6 10. Nbd2 O-O |
| Superbet Classic 2021 – Round 9.2 – Aadvika Giri – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G39 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O Qe7 10. b4 Be6 |
| Superbet Classic 2023 – Round 8.1 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1/2-1/2 – Aadvika Giri – G36 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Ng6 |
| Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland 2025 1975 – Round 26 – Duda Jan-Krzysztof – 1/2-1/2 – Deac Bogdan-Daniel – G128 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Nf1 Be6 10. b3 h6 |
| SuperUnited Rapid 2023 – Round 5.5 – Firouzja, Alireza – 1-0 – Carlsen, Magnus – G25 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. O-O Bb6 9. Kh1 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 |
| Tal Memorial Blitz 2008 – Round 19 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G157 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. Nf1 h6 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Ba4 b5 |
| Tal Memorial Blitz 2008 – Round 29 – Morozevich, Alexander – 0-1 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G243 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. N3h2 Qd7 |
| Tal Memorial Tournament 1995 – Round 3 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Kasparov, Garry – G4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 h6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 O-O |
| Tata Steel India Rapid 2018 – Round 4.1 – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – 0-1 – Karjakin, Sergey – G16 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Bb3 O-O |
| Tata Steel Masters 2024 - Round 2 - Wei, Yi - 0-1 - Gukesh, D 1970 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 |
| Tata Steel Masters 2024 - Round 3 - Gukesh, D - 0-1 - Ding, Liren 1970 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Ba7 9. Na3 Qe7 10. Nb5 Bb6 |
| Tata Steel Masters 2024 - Round 5 - Maghsoodloo, Parham - 1/2-1/2 - Ding, Liren 1970 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. O-O Ba7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 |
| TCh-RUS 2008 – Round 10 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 0-1 – Kurnosov, Igor – G287 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. h3 a6 7. Bb3 Be6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 h6 |
| USA Ch 2018 – Round 11.4 – Xiong, Jeffery – 0-1 – Robson, Ray – G62 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. O-O Ba7 |
| World Blitz 2007 – Round 22 – Morozevich, Alexander – 0-1 – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – G215 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. Ng5 Bd7 |
| World Blitz 2009 – Round 22 – Gelfand, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G226 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bc2 d5 10. h3 h6 |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 4.42 – Atabayev, Maksat – 1-0 – Zhang, Zhong – G169 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 Bb6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nxb6 Bxb3 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 10.37 – Srinivasan Sethuraman – 0-1 – Eljanov, Pavel – G526 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nh4 Nxh4 10. Bxh4 h6 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 15.53 – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – 1-0 – Saeed, Ishaq – G809 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 16.44 – Srinivasan Sethuraman – 0-1 – Anton Guijarro, David – G851 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 g5 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 11.30 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 0-1 – Hovhannisyan, Robert – G650 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. O-O Ba7 10. Na3 g5 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 11.65 – Piorun, Kacper – 1/2-1/2 – Goganov, Aleksey – G682 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. Na3 h6 8. Nc2 O-O 9. O-O Ne7 10. Be3 Ng6 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 12.40 – Tissir, Mohamed – 1/2-1/2 – Roiz, Michael – G722 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 h6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Nf1 Be6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. O-O d5 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 16.42 – Nozdrachev, Vladislav – 1/2-1/2 – Roiz, Michael – G959 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxc4 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 6.50 – Nozdrachev, Vladislav – 1-0 – Anton Guijarro, David – G373 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nf1 Bxc4 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 8.26 – Nozdrachev, Vladislav – 1-0 – Van Foreest, Jorden – G472 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1 h6 9. a5 O-O 10. h3 Kh8 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 5.71 – Jobava, Baadur – 1-0 – Nguyen, Thai Dai Van – G314 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Bb3 c6 10. Nc4 Bc7 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 7.57 – Jobava, Baadur – 1-0 – Sargsyan, Shant – G430 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Nc4 Ng6 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 11.68 – Chigaev, Maksim – 1/2-1/2 – Aleksandrov Ivanchev, Aleksandar – G608 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Qe7 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a3 Be6 10. Qe2 Ba7 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 12.43 – Makarian, Rudik – 1-0 – Chigaev, Maksim – G702 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. O-O Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. b4 g5 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 3.22 – Svidler, Peter – 0-1 – Tabatabaei Bafghi, Mohammad – G162 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 |
| World Championship 2007 – Round 5 – Leko, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G5 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 |
| World Cup 1989 – Round 10 – Ehlvest, Jaan – 1/2-1/2 – Karpov, Aleksandr – G88 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nf1 Qf6 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 1.84 – Luukkonen, Tommi – 0-1 – Kovalev, Vl – G66 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. a4 a5 9. Na3 g5 10. Bg3 Kg7 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 5.54 – Lobanov, Sergei – 0-1 – Najer, Evgeniy – G338 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Na3 Ne7 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 9.81 – Tissir, Mohamed – 0-1 – Salgado Lopez, Ivan – G615 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 Ng4 8. O-O Ba7 9. Qe2 Be6 10. Nc4 h6 |
| World Rapid 2021 – Round 13.21 – Jobava, Baadur – 1/2-1/2 – Aditya Tari – G751 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Bb3 c6 10. Nc4 Bc7 |
| Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz 2017 – Round 1.1 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Re1 Ba7 |










