E21 — Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 ● Trait aux Noirs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Avantages : case forte d4, case forte b5, case forte e5, case forte g5, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (C1, F1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● e4 — Centre d4+e4, menace e5, libère Bf1
● Bg5 — Clouer Nf6
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (C1, F1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● e4 — Centre d4+e4, menace e5, libère Bf1
● Bg5 — Clouer Nf6
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Avantages : Bb4 actif, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (B8, C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours [Masters 16%]
● ...c5 — Rupture [Masters 31%]
● ...b6 — Masters 37%
● ...d5 — Rupture [Masters 11%]
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (B8, C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours [Masters 16%]
● ...c5 — Rupture [Masters 31%]
● ...b6 — Masters 37%
● ...d5 — Rupture [Masters 11%]
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
-0.21 léger avantage noir. Base Masters : Blancs 31.7%, Nulles 45.1%, Noirs 23.1%.
Coups candidats
4…b6 (36.6% — Blancs: 30.1% | Nulles: 44.2% | Noirs: 25.7%)
4…c5 (31.2% — Blancs: 31.2% | Nulles: 47.8% | Noirs: 21.0%)
4…O-O (15.8% — Blancs: 35.0% | Nulles: 43.3% | Noirs: 21.7%)
4…d5 (11.3% — Blancs: 31.3% | Nulles: 46.3% | Noirs: 22.3%)
4…Bxc3+ (1.6% — Blancs: 41.2% | Nulles: 32.1% | Noirs: 26.7%)
4…d6 (1.3% — Blancs: 29.6% | Nulles: 46.3% | Noirs: 24.1%)
4…c5 (31.2% — Blancs: 31.2% | Nulles: 47.8% | Noirs: 21.0%)
4…O-O (15.8% — Blancs: 35.0% | Nulles: 43.3% | Noirs: 21.7%)
4…d5 (11.3% — Blancs: 31.3% | Nulles: 46.3% | Noirs: 22.3%)
4…Bxc3+ (1.6% — Blancs: 41.2% | Nulles: 32.1% | Noirs: 26.7%)
4…d6 (1.3% — Blancs: 29.6% | Nulles: 46.3% | Noirs: 24.1%)
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Analyse coup par coup — 7 demi-coups commentés
1.d4 Avancée centrale — contrôle c5, e5. Prépare c4, e4, Nc3.
1…Nf6 Contrôle e4, d5.
2.c4 Avancée centrale — contrôle b5, d5. Prépare d4, Nc3, e4.
2…e6 Avancée centrale — contrôle d5, f5. Prépare d5, Be7, Bd6.
3.Nc3 Contrôle e4, f4, c5, d5.
3…Bb4 Contrôle e4, c5, d5, f5.
4.Nf3 Contrôle e4, f4, c5, d5.
1…Nf6 Contrôle e4, d5.
2.c4 Avancée centrale — contrôle b5, d5. Prépare d4, Nc3, e4.
2…e6 Avancée centrale — contrôle d5, f5. Prépare d5, Be7, Bd6.
3.Nc3 Contrôle e4, f4, c5, d5.
3…Bb4 Contrôle e4, c5, d5, f5.
4.Nf3 Contrôle e4, f4, c5, d5.
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | — | ● d7→e6, f7→e6 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● d4 (2v0), ● b5 (2v0), ● e5 (2v0), ● g5 (2v0) | — |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d4 (2v0), ● e5 (2v0) | — |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Bf1 | ● Bf1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bb4 | ● Bb4 Actif (mob. 7) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Clouages | ● knight c3 | — |
| Non développées | 4 (c1, f1, a1, h1) | 4 (b8, 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 | semi-ouvert | |
| Ruptures | ● c4-c5, ● d4-d5, ● e2-e3 | ● …c7-c6, ● …c7-c5, ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5, ● …e6-e5 |
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| ? 1998 – Round ? – Lanchava, Tea – 0-1 – Timman, Jan H – G24 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. g3 Ba6 6. Qa4 Qe7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Bb7 10. c5 Bc6 |
| 10. Sinquefield Cup 2023 – Round 5.2 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Firouzja, Alireza – G18 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 a5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 |
| 11. Tal Mem Blitz 2018 – Round 7.4 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1/2-1/2 – Morozevich, Alexander – G46 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nxc3 |
| 11th Sinquefield Cup 2024 - Round 9 - Gukesh, D - 1/2-1/2 - So, Wesley - G41 1970 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Bd2 Nxc5 7. e3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nce4 9. Bb4 d6 10. Be2 Qb6 |
| 19. European Teams 2013 – Round 3.1 – Edouard, Romain – 1-0 – Efimenko, Zahar – G96 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 a5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 d5 |
| 19. European Teams 2013 – Round 8.7 – Bartel, Mateusz – 1/2-1/2 – Palac, Mladen – G296 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. d5 exd5 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 |
| 2. Norway Chess 2014 – Round 6.4 – Topalov, Veselin – 1-0 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G22 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. cxd5 Rd8 |
| 2. Sinquefield Cup 2014 – Round 4.2 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Topalov, Veselin – G11 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 |
| 22. ECU Club Cup 2006 – Round 7 – Khenkin, Igor – 1/2-1/2 – Wegerle, Joerg – G171 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 c5 7. d5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Qc2 d6 |
| 36. Olympiad 2004 – Round 3 – Jobava, Baadur – 1-0 – Zhang, Zhong – G85 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd2 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 exd5 9. cxd5 Qe7 10. Qc2 O-O |
| 4. Final Masters 2011 – Round 9 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – G17 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 f5 9. g3 Nf6 10. Bh3 O-O |
| 4. World Blitz 2008 – Round 11 – Kazhgaleyev, Murtas – 0-1 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – G74 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 |
| 40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 11.3 – Kramnik, Vladimir – 1-0 – Naiditsch, Arkadij – G610 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 4.23 – Tin, Jingyao – 1/2-1/2 – Vazquez Igarza, Renier – G275 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Be4 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 6.13 – Lupulescu, Constantin – 1-0 – Zhigalko, Sergei – G402 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 a5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Bf4 Bxc3 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 6.9 – Le, Quang Liem – 1/2-1/2 – Leko, Peter – G460 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Qa5 |
| 41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 7.14 – Sadler, Matthew D – 1/2-1/2 – Hambleton, Aman – G479 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O d6 |
| 42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 4.23 – Bluebaum, Matthias – 1-0 – Roiz, Michael – G277 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bd2 b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. Bd3 e5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O |
| 42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 6.22 – Edouard, Romain – 1-0 – Sosa Trani, Luis A. – G421 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O c6 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nd3 Bd6 |
| 42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 6.31 – Zhao, Zong-Yuan – 1/2-1/2 – Leitao, Rafael – G442 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Rc1 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b6 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. e3 Bb7 |
| 43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 6.22 – Mareco, Sandro – 1-0 – Priasmoro, Novendra – G385 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. e3 g5 |
| 43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 6.6 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 1/2-1/2 – Kramnik, Vladimir – G414 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 |
| 6. Tal Memorial 2011 – Round 4 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G12 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Rc8 |
| 63. ch-USA 2019 – Round 8.6 – Gareyev, Timur – 1/2-1/2 – Akobian, Varuzhan – G48 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Bd3 d6 |
| 7. Grand Slam Masters 2014 – Round 1.2 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qd3 f5 9. h4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 |
| 7. Norway Armageddon 2019 – Round 5.5 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 0-1 – Grischuk, Alexander – G18 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8. Bh4 d5 9. e3 e5 10. Nf3 d4 |
| 7. Sinquefield Cup 2019 – Round 8.2 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Ding, Liren – G44 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 |
| 74. Tata Steel GMA 2012 – Round 9 – Van Wely, Loek – 1/2-1/2 – Gelfand, Boris – G59 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 |
| 78. Tata Steel GpA 2016 – Round 5.1 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1-0 – Adams, Michael – G29 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. O-O Nxd2 |
| 85. Tata Steel Masters 2023 – Round 9.3 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – 1/2-1/2 – So, Wesley – G59 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. g3 Qa5 8. Bg2 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd3 b6 |
| Biel Interzonal 1976 – Round 12 – Gulko, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – Tal, Mikhail – G57 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. e3 d5 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 Nxd4 |
| Brasilia 1981 – Round 1 – Browne, Walter S – 0-1 – Andersson, Ulf 1949 – G6 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. b4 a5 9. b5 d6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 |
| Candidats Tournament 1985 – Round 1 – Smyslov, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Timman, Jan H – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 bxc5 |
| Candidats Tournament 1985 – Round 4 – Seirawan, Yasser – 1/2-1/2 – Sokolov, Andrei – G21 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 a5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 |
| Corus 2002 – Round 1 – Bareev, Evgeny – 1/2-1/2 – Adams, Michael – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 O-O 9. Rd1 d5 10. Be2 Nbd7 |
| Corus A 2006 – Round 2 – Sokolov, Ivan. – 0-1 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – G9 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. dxc5 Na6 9. c6 dxc6 10. Qc2 c5 |
| Corus A 2007 – Round 2 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Ponomariov, Ruslan – G7 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 |
| Corus A 2008 – Round 2 – Van Wely, Loek – 1/2-1/2 – Polgar, Judit – G9 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nxg3 |
| Dortmunder Schachtage 1999 – Round 5 – Sokolov, Ivan. – 1/2-1/2 – Adams, Michael – G17 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Qc2 Bxc3+ |
| European Club Cup 2015 – Round 5.1 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1/2-1/2 – Korobov, Anton – G83 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Nd2 c5 |
| FIDE Grand Prix 3 playoff 2022 – Round 1.2 – Tabatabaei Bafghi, Mohammad – 1-0 – So, Wesley – G3 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. d5 d6 10. O-O Qe7 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 2 – Artemiev Vladislav – 1/2-1/2 – Ivanchuk Vasyl – G93 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. Be2 Nd7 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 2 – Predke Alexandr – 1-0 – Robson Ray – G88 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Nc6 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 10 – Yu Yangyi – 1/2-1/2 – Lu Shanglei – G186 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Be7 10. g3 c5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 1.6 – Lupulescu, Constantin – 0-1 – Lysyj, Igor – G186 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Re8 |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 2.4 – Onischuk, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G282 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxg3 |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 5.4 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1/2-1/2 – Karjakin, Sergey – G408 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2015 – Round 5.6 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 0-1 – Karjakin, Sergey – G413 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. d5 Na6 10. Nd4 e5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 1.2 – Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen – 0-1 – Vitiugov, Nikita – G80 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Nd2 O-O 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 2.2 – Xu, Xiangyu – 1-0 – Inarkiev, Ernesto – G237 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d5 10. dxc5 dxc4 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 3.2 – Yuffa, Daniil – 1/2-1/2 – Radjabov, Teimour – G315 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bb4 d6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O f5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 6.3 – Yu, Yangyi – 1/2-1/2 – Ding, Liren – G416 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Qb3 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qc2 Nxc4 10. O-O-O Bxc3 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R1 Classical 2 – Gusain Himal – 0-1 – Andy Woodward – G124 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. e3 d5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5 |
| FIDE World Rapid Championship 2014 – Round 14.17 – Moiseenko, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Efimenko, Zahar – G71 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 d6 |
| FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999 – Round 2.2 – Zvjaginsev, Vadim – 1/2-1/2 – Andersson, Ulf 1949 – G54 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Qe7 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O e5 |
| GCT Blitz Paris 2017 – Round 16.1 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1-0 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G76 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 |
| GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 – Round 16.5 – Aronian, Levon – 1/2-1/2 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G80 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Be2 d5 |
| GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 – Round 18.4 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G89 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Rc1 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. a3 Be7 |
| GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 – Round 4.3 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Caruana, Fabiano – G18 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Rc1 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. e3 b6 10. Nb5 a6 |
| GCT Rapid Paris 2016 – Round 5.1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G21 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Rc1 Be7 9. a3 b6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 |
| GCT Rapid Paris 2017 – Round 2.1 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 0-1 – Carlsen, Magnus – G6 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 |
| GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2016 – Round 6.4 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Topalov, Veselin – G29 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e3 c5 |
| GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2016 – Round 8.3 – Aronian, Levon – 1-0 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G38 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. a3 Bxc3+ |
| GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2018 – Round 3.1 – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – 1/2-1/2 – So, Wesley – G11 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 h6 8. Bh4 d5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Nc6 |
| GMA 2004 – Round 10 – Sokolov , Ivan – 1/2-1/2 – Zhang, Zhong – G62 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Bb7 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Bg5 a5 10. e3 d6 |
| GMA 2004 – Round 10 – Van Wely, Loek – 0-1 – Bologan, Victor – G61 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 |
| Grand Slam Final 4th 2011 – Round 6 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 |
| Hastings8899 1988 – Round 1 – Smyslov, Vladimir – 1-0 – Chandler, Murray G – G12 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Bb7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 |
| Hoogovens Blitz 1998 – Round 11 – Gelfand, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – Adams, Michael – G15 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. b4 c5 |
| Interpolis 1983 – Round 1 – Polugaevsky, Lev – 1/2-1/2 – Seirawan, Yasser – G19 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. b4 a5 10. Bb2 O-O |
| Interpolis 1993 – Round 1 – Johansen, Dan T – 1-0 – Rozentalis, Eduardas – G59 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 |
| Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix 2019 – Round 1.1 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1/2-1/2 – Jakovenko, Dmitry – G3 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 bxc5 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Ba6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 d5 |
| KRO-tweekamp 1984 – Round 2 – Portisch, Lajos – 0-1 – Timman, Jan H – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. e3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. b4 a5 |
| Linares 1981 – Round 1 – Ribli, Zoltan – 1-0 – Larsen, Benjamin Holsko – G9 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. f3 e5 10. e4 Nf8 |
| Linares 1985 – Round 1 – Polugaevsky, Lev – 0-1 – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir – G14 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 a4 8. Qc2 Ba6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Na5 |
| Linares 1985 – Round 1 – Portisch, Lajos – 1/2-1/2 – Polugaevsky, Lev – G13 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bf4 Bb7 8. Rd1 O-O 9. e3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne4 |
| Linares 1991 – Round 4 – Gurevich, Michael – 0-1 – Kasparov, Garry – G14 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. g3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qh4 Bb7 |
| Linares 1991 – Round 4 – Gurevich, Mikhail – 0-1 – Kasparov, Garry – G9 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. g3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qh4 Bb7 |
| Linares 1993 – Round 11 – Kamsky, Gata – 1-0 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – G42 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. f3 Qe7 10. e4 h6 |
| Luzern olm 1982 – Round 3.3 – Polugaevsky, Lev – 1-0 – Kavalek, Lubomir – G17 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. e3 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 |
| Makedonia Palace GP 2013 – Round 1.1 – Topalov, Veselin – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 |
| Mar del Plata 1982 – Round 1 – Garcia Palermo, Carlos Horacio – 0-1 – Timman, Jan H – G29 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Be3 Ne4 9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 Rb8 |
| Niksic 1983 – Round 10 – Petrosian, Tigran A. – 1/2-1/2 – Larsen, Benjamin Holsko – G66 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Qc2 Ng5 |
| OHRA 1984 – Round 2 – Polugaevsky, Lev – 1/2-1/2 – Wedberg, Tom – G4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. g3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bg2 Ne4 |
| Olympiad 2002 – Round 10 – Sokolov , Ivan – 1/2-1/2 – Mchedlishvili, Mikheil – G330 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Qb3 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. dxc5 Na6 9. c6 Bxc6 10. Qc2 Bxc3+ |
| Olympiad 2002 – Round 11 – Gelfand, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – Rozentalis, Eduardas – G365 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 c6 7. Qb3 Be7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Nbd7 |
| Olympiad 2002 – Round 4 – Bacrot, Etienne – 1/2-1/2 – Korchnoi, Viktor – G106 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Qc2 Qa5 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Bxc3 |
| Qatar Masters Open 2015 – Round 6.32 – Ipatov, Alexander – 1-0 – Ma, Zhonghan – G218 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Rc1 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 |
| Qatar Masters Open 2015 – Round 9.26 – Ipatov, Alexander – 1-0 – Saduakassova, Dinara – G304 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Rc1 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 |
| Qatar Masters Open 2015 – Round 9.7 – Vitiugov, Nikita – 1/2-1/2 – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – G313 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bb7 8. e3 O-O 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Qxb4 Na6 |
| Region Blitz Moscow 2018 – Round 7.1 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1-0 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G3 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Rc1 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 |
| Reykjavik 1987 – Round 1 – Kortchnoi, V. – 1-0 – Polugaevsky, L. – G9 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 |
| Roquebrune rapid 1992 – Round 16 – Speelman, Jon S – 1-0 – Adams, Michael – G54 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. O-O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qc2 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2021 – Round 6.5 – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – 1/2-1/2 – Le, Quang Liem – G28 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 Qb6 |
| Saint Louis Blitz 2023 – Round 8.4 – Xiong, Jeffery – 0-1 – So, Wesley – G39 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. e3 d5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5 |
| Saint Louis Rapid 2022 – Round 9.5 – Shankland, Sam – 0-1 – Xiong, Jeffery – G44 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Nd2 g5 9. Bg3 Bb7 10. e3 Nbd7 |
| Saint Louis Rapid 2023 – Round 6.4 – Xiong, Jeffery – 1/2-1/2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G29 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d5 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 |
| Saint Louis Rapid 2024 - Round 8 - Aronian Levon - 1-0 - Caruana Fabiano - G37 1971 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 d6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O a5 10. Ne1 e5 |
| Sinquefield Cup 2025 1975 – Round 3 – Caruana Fabiano – 1-0 – Firouzja Alireza – G13 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 |
| Superbet Classic 2023 – Round 1.2 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1/2-1/2 – Deac, Bogdan-Daniel – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8. Bh4 d5 9. cxd5 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 g5 |
| Tal Memorial Blitz 2008 – Round 23 – Grischuk, Alexander – 0-1 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – G194 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 d6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 e4 10. Ng5 Re8 |
| Tata Steel Chess 2025 1973 – Round 9 – Sarana Alexey – 1/2-1/2 – Keymer Vincent – G51 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd3 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Be2 Bxc3+ |
| Tata Steel India Blitz 2022 – Round 4.3 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – 1-0 – So, Wesley – G17 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qc2 d5 8. e3 Nc6 9. a4 Re8 10. Be2 Na5 |
| Tata Steel Masters 2024 - Round 12 - Gukesh, D - 1/2-1/2 - Praggnanandhaa, R 1970 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 |
| Tilburg Fontys 1998 – Round 6 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1-0 – Adams, Michael – G16 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Rd1 Ne4 |
| Turin ol (Men) 37th 2006 – Round 5 – Cheparinov, Ivan – 1-0 – Volokitin, Andrei – G62 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Nd2 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. e4 Nxg3 |
| USR - Wereld 1984 – Round 4.4 – Smyslov, Vladimir – 1/2-1/2 – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir – G13 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O c5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 |
| World Blitz 2006 – Round 9 – Bacrot, Etienne – 0-1 – Anand, Viswanathan – G55 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Bxc3 |
| World Blitz 2007 – Round 36 – Dreev, Aleksey – 0-1 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – G350 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Be5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Rg8 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 16.35 – Moiseenko, Alexander – 0-1 – Riazantsev, Alexander – G1000 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8. Bh4 d5 9. e3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 3.3 – Riazantsev, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Grischuk, Alexander – G160 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d6 10. Nd2 d5 |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 10.22 – Aditya Tari – 0-1 – Wei, Yi – G395 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 21.3 – Yu, Yangyi – 1/2-1/2 – Wang, Hao(ZJWZ) – G1097 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 c5 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 3.3 – Yu, Yangyi – 1-0 – Meier, Georg – G144 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. h3 b6 10. O-O h6 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 7.17 – Yu, Yangyi – 1/2-1/2 – Kryvoruchko, Yuriy – G347 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. e3 d5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 10.46 – Gasanov, Eldar – 0-1 – Vitiugov, Nikita – G693 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nd2 h6 8. Bh4 Nf8 9. f3 Ng6 10. Bf2 e5 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 11.10 – Moiseenko, Aleksei – 0-1 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G560 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8. Bh4 d5 9. cxd5 e5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 13.29 – Moiseenko, Aleksei – 1-0 – Esipenko, Andrey – G684 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nh5 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 14.29 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – 1-0 – Durarbayli, Vasif – G742 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nd2 c5 9. Bh4 Qa5 10. Qc2 cxd4 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 17.27 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – 0-1 – Makhnev, Denis – G903 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 a5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Bg5 d6 10. e3 Nbd7 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 2.5 – Zvjaginsev, Vadim – 1-0 – Martirosyan, Haik M. – G125 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Rc1 Ne4 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 |
| World Blitz Championship 2009 – Round 15 – Karpov, Anatoly – 0-1 – Anand, Viswanathan – G9 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Nd7 |
| World Championship 32th-KK2 1985 – Round 19 – Kasparov, Garry – 1-0 – Karpov, Anatoly – G9 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Na5 10. c5 d6 |
| World Championship 32th-KK2 1985 – Round 7 – Kasparov, Garry – 1/2-1/2 – Karpov, Anatoly – G4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 |
| World Cup 1989 – Round 1 – Seirawan, Yasser – 1/2-1/2 – Van der Wiel, John T.H. – G19 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. e3 cxd4 10. exd4 Ba6 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 6.48 – Saini Vidit – 1-0 – Rozum, Ivan – G403 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Nd2 c5 |
| World Rapid Final 2012 – Round 12 – Carlsen, Magnus – 0-1 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – G89 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Nd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nd6 10. d5 Na6 |


