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
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
abcdefgh
Avantages : case forte d5, Bb3 actif, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : Bc1 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (B1, C1, A1).
Plans :
● Nbd2 — Développer Nb1
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● c3 — Préparer d4
● Bc2 — Anticiper ...Na5
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : Bc1 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (B1, C1, A1).
Plans :
● Nbd2 — Développer Nb1
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● c3 — Préparer d4
● Bc2 — Anticiper ...Na5
♚ Point de vue Noirs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
hgfedcba
Avantages : case forte b4, case forte d4, Bc5 actif, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, pawn e4 en prise.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé.
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...Na5 — Attaquer Bb3
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
● ...d5 — Rupture
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, pawn e4 en prise.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé.
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...Na5 — Attaquer Bb3
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
● ...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 – Robert Hovhannisyan – 1-0 – Le Quang Liem – G97 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 1.2 – 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 – Lodici Lorenzo – 1/2-1/2 – Samuel Sevian – G574 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-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 |












