E05m — Catalan: Open, Classical, 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 * ○ Trait aux Blancs

Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert

♔ Point de vue Blancs

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

abcdefgh

Avantages : majorité centre (2v1), case forte d4, case forte f4, case forte c5, case forte e5, case forte g5, paire de fous, colonne c.
Problèmes : Bc1 enfermé, Bg2 enfermé, arriéré b2, 3 pièces non développées (B1, C1, A1).
Plans :
● Nc3 — Développer Nb1
● Bg5 — Clouer Nf6
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● Rc — Tour sur colonne c

♚ Point de vue Noirs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

hgfedcba

Avantages : majorité aile_dame (3v2), case forte e4, case forte d5, avant-poste d5(F), Bc6 actif, Be7 actif, paire de fous, colonne d.
Faiblesses adverses : arriéré b2, Bc1 enfermé, Bg2 enfermé.
Plans :
● ...Nbd7 — Développer Nb8
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
● ...e5 — Rupture
● ...Rd — Tour sur colonne d

Avantages

Faiblesses adverses

Diagonale active

Plans

Structure de pions

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Pions doublés	—	—
Pions isolés	—	—
Arriérés	● b2	—
Chaînes	● f2→g3, h2→g3	● b7→a6, f7→e6
Passés	—	—
Majorité	● centre 2v1	● aile_dame 3v2

Cases

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Cases fortes	● d4 (2v1), ● f4 (2v0), ● c5 (2v1), ● e5 (2v0), ● g5 (2v0)	● e4 (2v0), ● d5 (4v1)
Cases faibles	—	—
Centre	● d4 (2v1), ● e5 (2v0)	● d5 (4v1), ● e4 (2v0)

Colonnes et diagonales

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Semi-ouvertes	● c	● d

Pièces

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Bc1	● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5)
Bg2	● Bg2 Enfermé (mob. 2)
Bc6		● Bc6 Actif (mob. 7)
Be7		● Be7 Actif (mob. 4)
Paire de fous	● Oui	● Oui
Non développées	3 (b1, c1, a1)	2 (b8, a8)

Sécurité du roi

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Statut	● Roqué	● Roqué
Droits de roque	—	—

Thèmes

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Phase	Ouverture
Centre	semi-ouvert
Ruptures	● d4-d5, ● e2-e3	● …e6-e5

Partie
1. GRENKE Chess Classic 2013 – Round 3.2 – Adams, Michael – 1/2-1/2 – Fridman, Daniel – G6 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
11. Norway Armageddon 2023 – Round 2.4 – Giri, Anish – 0-1 – Caruana, Fabiano – G5 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
19. European Teams 2013 – Round 1.10 – Fridman, Daniel – 1/2-1/2 – Boruchovsky, Avital – G7 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
2. Du Te Cup 2018 – Round 4.3 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G12 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
2. Norway Chess 2014 – Round 3.3 – Giri, Anish – 0-1 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G13 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
20. European Teams 2015 – Round 1.18 – Papaioannou, Ioannis CS – 1-0 – Saraci, Nderim – G24 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
2024 Superbet Chess Classic - Round 1 - Giri Anish - 1/2-1/2 - So Wesley - G5 1. d4 1... Nf6 2. c4 2... e6 3. Nf3 3... d5 4. g3 4... Be7 5. Bg2 5... O-O 6. O-O 6... dxc4 7. Qc2 7... a6 8. a4 8... Bd7 9. Qxc4 9... Bc6 10. Bf4 10... a5
2024 Superbet Chess Classic - Round 5 - Deac Bogdan-Daniel - 1/2-1/2 - Nepomniachtchi Ian - G25 1. Nf3 1... d5 2. g3 2... Nf6 3. Bg2 3... e6 4. O-O 4... Be7 5. c4 5... O-O 6. d4 6... dxc4 7. Qc2 7... a6 8. a4 8... Bd7 9. Qxc4 9... Bc6 10. Bg5 10... Nbd7
2024 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Round 6 – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – 1/2-1/2 – Giri Anish – G30 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
3. GRENKE Chess Classic 2015 – Round 7.1 – Adams, Michael – 1-0 – Anand, Viswanathan – G25 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
4. Kings Tournament 2010 – Round 1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Ponomariov, Ruslan – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6
43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 8.7 – Ding, Liren – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G549 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nbd7
43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 9.18 – Papaioannou, Ioannis CS – 1/2-1/2 – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – G577 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6
6. Sinquefield Cup 2018 – Round 7.2 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – So, Wesley – G32 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
6. Tal Memorial 2011 – Round 3 – Gelfand, Boris – 0-1 – Karjakin, Sergey – G11 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
7. Mikhail Tal Memorial 2012 – Round 2 – Tomashevsky, Evgeny – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G7 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
7. Norway Blitz 2019 – Round 1.3 – Ding, Liren – 0-1 – Yu, Yangyi – G3 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
7. Sinquefield Cup 2019 – Round 3.4 – So, Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G16 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
76. Tata Steel Masters 2014 – Round 1.2 – Van Wely, Loek – 0-1 – Karjakin, Sergey – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
76. Tata Steel Masters 2014 – Round 10.4 – Giri, Anish – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G56 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
76. Tata Steel Masters 2014 – Round 8.4 – Giri, Anish – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G45 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
79. Tata Steel GpA 2017 – Round 5.3 – Eljanov, Pavel – 0-1 – Aronian, Levon – G31 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
80. Tata Steel GpA 2018 – Round 7.5 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1-0 – Wei, Yi – G42 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6
85. Tata Steel Masters 2023 – Round 10.2 – So, Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G65 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Amber-rapid 17th 2008 – Round 11 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Leko, Peter – G15 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6
Antalya TUR, World Teams Championship 2013 – Round 2.3 – Wang, Yue(SH) – 1-0 – Kryvoruchko, Yuriy – G14 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Belgrade Invest 1995 – Round 7 – Lautier, Joel – 1/2-1/2 – Beliavsky, Alexander G – G38 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
Corus A 2010 – Round 11 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G69 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
Croatia GCT 2019 – Round 2.4 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G10 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
Dortmund 1995 – Round 7 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Lautier, Joel – G35 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
European Club Cup 2015 – Round 3.3 – Abasov, Nijat – 1/2-1/2 – Kryvoruchko, Yuriy – G53 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
FIDE Candidates 2018 – Round 5.4 – Ding, Liren – 1/2-1/2 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – G20 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
FIDE Candidates 2020 2021 – Round 9.3 – Giri, Anish – 1-0 – Wang, Hao(ZJWZ) – G6 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
FIDE GP 2002 – Round 3.1 – Georgiev, Krum – 1-0 – Karpov, Anatoly – G57 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6
FIDE GP Paris 2013 – Round 8.3 – Wang, Hao(ZJWZ) – 1/2-1/2 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G45 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 10 – Murzin Volodar – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov Alexei – G536 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 11 – Wagner Dennis – 1/2-1/2 – Hammer Jon Ludvig – G634 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 3 – Shankland Sam – 1/2-1/2 – Shirov Alexei – G146 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nd5
FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 9 – Dubov Daniil – 1/2-1/2 – Hakobyan Aram – G481 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2014 – Round 9.3 – Ragger, Markus – 0-1 – Carlsen, Magnus – G74 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 12 – Daniil Dubov – 1/2-1/2 – Yu Yangyi – G223 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 4.2 – Ding, Liren – 1-0 – Wang, Hao(ZJWZ) – G379 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6
FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 1.2 – Duran Vega, Sergio – 0-1 – So, Wesley – G69 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 4.1 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1-0 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G368 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 4.4 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1-0 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G386 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 7.9 – Ding, Liren – 0-1 – Radjabov, Teimour – G433 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R1 Classical 1 – Aleksandar Indjic – 1-0 – Schnaider Ilan – G28 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R2 Classical 1 – Donchenko Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – David Anton Guijarro – G276 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
GCT Blitz Croatia 2021 – Round 14.3 – Giri, Anish – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G68 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
GCT Blitz Paris 2016 – Round 8.5 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G40 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2017 – Round 10.1 – Giri, Anish – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G46 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nbd7
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2017 – Round 9.1 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G41 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nbd7
GCT Rapid Croatia 2021 – Round 7.4 – Giri, Anish – 1/2-1/2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G34 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6
GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2016 – Round 6.5 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G30 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Global Chess League 2023 – Round 2.1 – Duda, Jacob – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G15 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix 2019 – Round 1.5 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G32 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 5.7 – Deac, Bogdan-Daniel – 1/2-1/2 – Navara, David – G253 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Be3 Bd5
Mar del Plata 1982 – Round 1 – Polugaevsky, Lev – 1-0 – Braga, Felipe De Souza – G9 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 b5
Moscow PCA-GP 1996 – Round 1.1 – Kasparov, Garry – 1-0 – Gelfand, Boris – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 – Round 1.2 – Lautier, Joel – 1-0 – Adams, Michael – G12 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
Riga FIDE Grand Prix 2019 – Round 1.2 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 1/2-1/2 – So, Wesley – G10 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
Saint Louis Blitz 2022 – Round 2.5 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Shankland, Sam – G10 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Saint Louis Blitz 2024 - Round 10 - So Wesley - 1/2-1/2 - Nepomniachtchi Ian - G48 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Shanghai Masters 2010 – Round 4 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Wang, Hao(ZJWZ) – G7 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6
Sharjah Grand Prix 2017 – Round 9.5 – Ding, Liren – 1-0 – Aronian, Levon – G77 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
Smyslov Region Group Cup 2021 – Round 14.1 – Grischuk, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G142 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
SportAccord Basque Men 2013 – Round 3.2 – Wang, Yue(SH) – 1/2-1/2 – Radjabov, Teimour – G41 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
SportAccord Basque Men 2013 – Round 5.2 – Kamsky, Gata – 1-0 – Radjabov, Teimour – G74 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 b5
Superbet Blitz 2019 – Round 16.3 – So, Wesley – 1-0 – Aronian, Levon – G78 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Superbet Blitz 2019 – Round 8.3 – Giri, Anish – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G38 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Superbet Blitz 2022 – Round 10.4 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – 1/2-1/2 – So, Wesley – G49 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Superbet Classic 2021 – Round 2.3 – Giri, Anish – 1/2-1/2 – Radjabov, Teimour – G7 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
Superbet Classic 2023 – Round 7.2 – So, Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Caruana, Fabiano – G32 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
SuperUnited Blitz 2022 – Round 8.2 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – 1/2-1/2 – So, Wesley – G37 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
SuperUnited Rapid 2023 – Round 6.5 – Duda, Jacob – 0-1 – Caruana, Fabiano – G30 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Tal Memorial 2009 – Round 8 – Gelfand, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G32 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
Tal Memorial 2010 – Round 2 – Wang, Hao(ZJWZ) – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G7 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6
Tata Steel Chess 2025 – Round 7 – Caruana Fabiano – 1/2-1/2 – Sarana Alexey – G37 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Tata Steel India Blitz 2019 – Round 10.2 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G47 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Tata Steel India Blitz 2022 – Round 8.4 – Saini Vidit – 1/2-1/2 – So, Wesley – G38 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Tata Steel India Rapid 2018 – Round 9.3 – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi – 0-1 – Harikrishna, Pentala – G43 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
Torneo Magistral 6th 1997 – Round 6 – Beliavsky, Alexander G – 1/2-1/2 – Polgar, Judit – G24 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 b5
USA Ch 2018 – Round 5.2 – Xiong, Jeffery – 1/2-1/2 – So, Wesley – G26 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017 – Round 5.2 – So, Wesley – 1-0 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G22 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017 – Round 9.4 – Eljanov, Pavel – 0-1 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G44 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nbd7
World Blitz 2009 – Round 13 – Ponomariov, Ruslan – 1/2-1/2 – Leko, Peter – G128 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6
World Blitz 2009 – Round 36 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1-0 – Karpov, Anatoly – G372 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
World Blitz 2015 – Round 4.8 – Gelfand, Boris – 1-0 – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – G271 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
World Blitz 2016 – Round 20.3 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – 1/2-1/2 – Dominguez Perez, Leinier – G795 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
World Blitz 2017 – Round 13.25 – Socko, Bartosz – 1/2-1/2 – Safarli, Elmir – G675 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
World Blitz 2017 – Round 17.9 – Socko, Bartosz – 0-1 – Aronian, Levon – G915 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nbd7
World Blitz 2017 – Round 5.8 – Sargissian, Gabriel – 1/2-1/2 – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – G283 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
World Blitz 2019 – Round 21.9 – Giri, Anish – 1-0 – Sarana, Alexey – G1454 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
World Blitz 2022 – Round 15.4 – Harikrishna Paudyal – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G807 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
World Blitz 2022 – Round 4.40 – Sargissian, Gabriel – 1/2-1/2 – Svane, Rasmus – G204 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
World Blitz 2022 – Round 9.1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Fedoseev, Vladimir – G450 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
World Blitz 2023 – Round 3.24 – Saini Vidit – 1/2-1/2 – Nesterov, Arseniy – G165 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
World Rapid 2019 – Round 11.4 – Le, Quang Liem – 0-1 – Aronian, Levon – G718 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7
World Rapid 2019 – Round 8.33 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – 1/2-1/2 – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – G518 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
World Rapid 2021 – Round 12.6 – Fedoseev, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G727 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6
XXVII SuperGM 2010 – Round 4 – Gelfand, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – Topalov, Veselin – G10 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5
Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 – Round 5.3 – Pelletier, Yannick – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G19 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7