C78m — Spanish: 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 * ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre fermé
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Plan principal. Exploiter la case forte d5.
Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur la case forte d5, un fou actif en b3 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8 et le roi resté au centre.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier b1, le fou c1 et la tour a1).
Plans. d3 (Libérer Bc1) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4) ; c3 (Préparer d4).
Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur la case forte d5, un fou actif en b3 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8 et le roi resté au centre.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier b1, le fou c1 et la tour a1).
Plans. d3 (Libérer Bc1) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4) ; c3 (Préparer d4).
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Plan principal. Exploiter la case forte b4….
Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur les cases fortes b4 et d4, un fou actif en c5 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c1 et une pièce en prise (le pion en e4).
En contrepartie. Le roi n'est pas encore à l'abri et plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c8 et la tour h8).
Plans. O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours) ; ...d6 (Libérer Bc8) ; ...Na5 (Attaquer Bb3) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur les cases fortes b4 et d4, un fou actif en c5 et la paire de fous.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c1 et une pièce en prise (le pion en e4).
En contrepartie. Le roi n'est pas encore à l'abri et plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c8 et la tour h8).
Plans. O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours) ; ...d6 (Libérer Bc8) ; ...Na5 (Attaquer Bb3) ; ...d5 (Rupture).
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | — | ● a6→b5 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● d5 (2v1) | ● b4 (2v0), ● d4 (3v1) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d5 (2v1) | ● d4 (3v1), ● e4 (1v0) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bb3 | ● Bb3 Actif (mob. 5) | |
| Bc5 | ● Bc5 Actif (mob. 10) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 1) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Clouages | ● pawn f2 | — |
| Non développées | 3 (● b1, ● c1, ● a1) | 2 (● c8, ● h8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Roqué | ● Au centre ! |
| Droits de roque | — | O-O |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | fermé | |
| Ruptures | ● c2-c3, ● d2-d3 | ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5 |
| Partie |
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| 1. GRENKE Chess Classic 2013 – Round 4.3 – Adams, Michael – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G9 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| 3. Kings' Tournament 2009 – Round 4 – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Bd5 O-O 10. Bxc6 dxc6 |
| 3. Norway Chess 2015 – Round 2 – Topalov, Veselin – 1/2-1/2 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G6 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 |
| 4. London Chess Classic 2012 – Round 5.3 – Polgar, Judit – 0-1 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G15 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 |
| 4. World Blitz 2008 – Round 12 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – 1-0 – Kazhgaleyev, Murtas – G84 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| 4. World Blitz 2008 – Round 6 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 1-0 – Tkachiev, Vladislav – G41 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 O-O 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 d6 |
| 43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 5.8 – Adhiban, B. – 1-0 – Almiron, Antonio – G355 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 |
| 5. MTel Masters 2009 – Round 9 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G23 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O |
| 7. World Team Championship 2010 – Round 9.3 – Milos, Gabriel – 0-1 – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – G152 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| 74. Tata Steel GMA 2012 – Round 5 – Kamsky, Gata – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G34 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 |
| 74. Tata Steel GMA 2012 – Round 7 – Gashimov, Vugar – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G48 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| 76. Tata Steel Masters 2014 – Round 6.2 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G31 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| 83. Tata Steel Masters 2021 – Round 4.5 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G29 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| 85. Tata Steel Masters 2023 – Round 2.2 – Ding, Liren – 1/2-1/2 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – G9 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| 9. Norway Chess 2021 – Round 2.2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Firouzja, Alireza – G5 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 |
| 9. Norway Chess 2021 – Round 6.1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Firouzja, Alireza – G16 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| Amber Blindfold 1999 – Round 11 – Shirov, Alexei – 1/2-1/2 – Piket, Jeroen – G54 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 |
| Amber Blindfold 2001 – Round 2 – Almasi, Zoltan – 0-1 – Piket, Jeroen – G7 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| Amber Blindfold 2004 – Round 10 – Leko, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Topalov, Veselin – G31 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb6 |
| Amber Rapid 2004 – Round 11 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1-0 – Topalov, Veselin – G38 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| Amber Rapid 2005 – Round 6 – Leko, Peter – 1-0 – Topalov, Veselin – G18 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O |
| Amber Rapidplay 2002 – Round 6 – Shirov, Alexei – 1/2-1/2 – Topalov, Veselin – G9 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| Amber-rapid 7th 1998 – Round 8 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1/2-1/2 – Piket, Jeroen – G36 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 |
| Corus A 2006 – Round 12 – Topalov, Veselin – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G77 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| Corus A 2006 – Round 7 – Topalov, Veselin – 1-0 – Sokolov, Ivan. – G42 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| Corus A 2008 – Round 13 – Topalov, Veselin – 1/2-1/2 – Adams, Michael – G86 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| Corus A 2010 – Round 1 – Leko, Peter – 0-1 – Shirov, Alexei – G6 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 |
| Corus A 2010 – Round 10 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1-0 – Shirov, Alexei – G64 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| Corus A 2010 – Round 3 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G19 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| Corus A 2010 – Round 9 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G61 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| FIDE Candidates 2020 – Round 1.1 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| FIDE Candidates 2020 – Round 6.1 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G21 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| FIDE GP 2002 – Round 1.3 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1-0 – Morozevich, Alexander – G26 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. h3 O-O |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 6 – Nepomniachtchi Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov Alexei – G303 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 8 – Bacrot Etienne – 1/2-1/2 – Aryan Chopra – G447 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| FIDE WCh KO 2001 – Round 3.1 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1/2-1/2 – Tkachiev, Vladislav – G257 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 5 – Nodirbek Yakubboev – 0-1 – Nihal Sarin – G98 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 e6 4. Bg2 b5 5. a4 b4 6. c4 bxc3 7. Nxc3 Ngf6 8. O-O Ba6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Rd1 O-O |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 1.2 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – 1-0 – Perez Ponsa, Federico – G111 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 1.4 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – 1-0 – Perez Ponsa, Federico – G169 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 2.2 – Motylev, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G254 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 1.2 – Wei, Yi – 1-0 – Santos Ruiz, Miguel – G110 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R4 Rapid 1 – Harikrishna Pentala – 1-0 – Nils Grandelius – G584 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nc3 Be7 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2 c6 9. h3 Na6 10. O-O O-O |
| FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997 – Round 5.1 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1-0 – Shirov, Alexei – G172 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O |
| GCT Blitz Paris 2021 – Round 1.5 – Svidler, Peter – 0-1 – Aronian, Levon – G4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 |
| GCT Rapid Croatia 2021 – Round 1.4 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| Global Chess League 2023 – Round 10.6 – Bjerre, Jonas Buhl – 1-0 – Esipenko, Andrey – G128 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| Grand Slam Final Masters 2010 – Round 5 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Shirov, Alexei – G9 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 |
| Hoogovens 1996 – Round 1 – Topalov, Veselin – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G5 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 Bg4 |
| Hoogovens 1998 – Round 13 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G63 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. h3 Bb7 |
| Investbanka 1997 – Round 4 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O |
| Investbanka 1997 – Round 6 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G18 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 |
| KO Rapid 2003 – Round 2.2 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O |
| Linares 1998 – Round 13 – Svidler, Peter – 1-0 – Shirov, Alexei – G15 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 Bg4 |
| Makedonia Palace GP 2013 – Round 10.6 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – G49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 |
| NAO Masters 2002 – Round 1 – Topalov, Veselin – 1-0 – Morozevich, Alexander – G4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| NAO Masters 2002 – Round 2 – Leko, Peter – 1-0 – Morozevich, Alexander – G10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O |
| Novgorod 1997 – Round 7 – Kasparov, Garry – 1/2-1/2 – Topalov, Veselin – G17 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 |
| Qatar Masters Open 2015 – Round 3.31 – Khairullin, Ildar – 1/2-1/2 – Puranik, Abhimanyu – G112 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 |
| Rapid Match 2005 – Round 1 – Adams, Michael – 1-0 – Leko, Peter – G1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. d3 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ne7 |
| Rapid Match 2005 – Round 3 – Adams, Michael – 1-0 – Leko, Peter – G3 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 |
| RUS Ch Superfinal 2005 – Round 6 – Svidler, Peter – 1/2-1/2 – Khalifman, Alexander – G32 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 – Round 13 – Dominguez Perez Leinier – 0-1 – Aronian Levon – G63 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| Smyslov Region Group Cup 2021 – Round 14.9 – Motylev, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Lagno, Kateryna – G152 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| Sparkassen Cat XXI 2001 – Round 4 – Adams, Michael – 1/2-1/2 – Topalov, Veselin – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O |
| Superbet Classic 2023 – Round 5.3 – Duda, Jacob – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G23 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| SuperGM 2000 – Round 3 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1-0 – Piket, Jeroen – G10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 |
| Tashkent FIDE GP 2014 – Round 11.3 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – 1/2-1/2 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G61 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 |
| Tashkent FIDE GP 2014 – Round 2.6 – Andreikin, Dmitry – 1/2-1/2 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G12 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 |
| Tata Steel Chess 2025 – Round 9 – Gukesh D – 1-0 – Mendonca Leon Luke – G52 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. d3 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 |
| Torneo Magistral 6th 1997 – Round 4 – Illescas Cordoba, Miguel – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G18 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 |
| World Blitz 2006 – Round 11 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1-0 – Anand, Viswanathan – G73 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| World Blitz 2007 – Round 27 – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – 0-1 – Anand, Viswanathan – G264 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| World Blitz 2007 – Round 3 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G28 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| World Blitz 2007 – Round 38 – Leko, Peter – 1-0 – Shirov, Alexei – G374 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. d3 d6 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Kh8 |
| World Blitz 2009 – Round 40 – Gashimov, Vugar – 1/2-1/2 – Tkachiev, Vladislav – G423 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 21.17 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1-0 – Grigoriants, Sergey – G1401 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 15.2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G872 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 17.2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – 1-0 – Aronian, Levon – G988 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 11.61 – Ansat, Aldiyar – 1-0 – Pichot, Alan – G660 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 17.79 – Pingin, Artem – 0-1 – Pranav, V – G1004 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 8.12 – Van Foreest, Jorden – 0-1 – Vrolijk, Liam – G441 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. d3 h6 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 O-O |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 10.29 – Ismagambetov, Anuar – 1-0 – Shirov, Alexei – G640 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 6.36 – Sjugirov, Sanan – 1-0 – Drygalov, Sergey – G391 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 |
| World Rapid 2021 – Round 10.21 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov, Alexei – G576 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 |
| World Rapid 2021 – Round 6.15 – Van Foreest, Jorden – 1-0 – Shirov, Alexei – G327 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. h3 O-O |
| World Rapid Final 2012 – Round 3 – Kurnosov, Igor – 1-0 – Kazhgaleyev, Murtas – G24 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O |
| XXV SuperGM 2008 – Round 9 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Shirov, Alexei – G33 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O |













Carlsen, Magnus — 5 parties
Kasparov, Garry — 1 partie
Kramnik, Vladimir — 1 partie
Hou, Yifan — 1 partie
Ju, Wenjun — 1 partie
Ding, Liren — 1 partie
Gukesh D — 1 partie
1997 — Topalov, Veselin vs Shirov, Alexei — 1/2-1/2 — ?
1997 — Samraoui, Ali vs Behling, Helmut — 1/2-1/2 — ICCF
1997 — Ivanchuk, Vasyl vs Shirov, Alexei — 1/2-1/2 — Belgrade SRB
1997 — Anand, Viswanathan vs Shirov, Alexei — 1-0 — Groningen NED
1995 — Todorcevic Antic, Miodrag vs Giorgadze, Giorgi Gel — 0-1 — Saragossa IBERCAJA-A
1996 — Balashov, Yuri vs Malaniuk, Vladimir P — 1/2-1/2 — St Petersburg RUS
1996 — Giaccio, Alfredo vs Farah, Rodolfo — 1-0 — General Pico City ARG
1996 — Kotronias, Vasilios vs Gavrilakis, Nikolaos — 0-1 — Athens GRE
1999 — Fedorchuk, Sergey A. vs Khaetsky, Roman — 1-0 — UKR-ch U18 Dnepropetrovsk
2007 — Garbisu de Goni, Unai vs Burguete Archel, Eduardo — 1-0 — Pamplona ESP
2007 — Michielsen, Joost vs Bokhout, Peter — 1/2-1/2 — Ottawa CAN
2007 — Pereira, Joaquim Costa vs Leite Oralova, Catarina — 1-0 — Lisbon POR
1998 — Zhang, Zhong vs Fedorchuk, Sergey A. — 0-1 — Calicut IND
1998 — Cheutshenko, Robert vs Sepp, Olav — 1/2-1/2 — Tallinn ch-EST clubs
1999 — Oshiro Shinsato, Ronald vs Diaz, Jaime Walter — 1-0 — ?
1999 — Gasik, Adam vs Jamroz, Grzegorz — 1/2-1/2 — Zamosc