E41 — Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
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Avantages : case forte b5, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : arriéré d7, Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, 5 pièces non développées (G1, C1, F1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● Bd3 — Développer Bf1 [Masters 50%]
● Nf3 — Développer Ng1 [Masters 6%]
● Ne2 — Développer g1, [Masters 40%]
Faiblesses adverses : arriéré d7, Bc8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, 5 pièces non développées (G1, C1, F1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● Bd3 — Développer Bf1 [Masters 50%]
● Nf3 — Développer Ng1 [Masters 6%]
● Ne2 — Développer g1, [Masters 40%]
♚ Point de vue Noirs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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Avantages : paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, arriéré d7, 4 pièces non développées (B8, C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...cxd4 — Occuper le centre [Masters 58%]
● ...d5 — Rupture [Masters 15%]
● ...b6 — Expansion aile dame [Masters 20%]
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, Bf1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, arriéré d7, 4 pièces non développées (B8, C8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...cxd4 — Occuper le centre [Masters 58%]
● ...d5 — Rupture [Masters 15%]
● ...b6 — Expansion aile dame [Masters 20%]
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
+0.26 léger avantage blanc. Base Masters : Blancs 32.5%, Nulles 42.0%, Noirs 25.6%.
Coups candidats
5.Bd3 (49.9% — Blancs: 30.8% | Nulles: 42.9% | Noirs: 26.2%)
5.Ne2 (39.6% — Blancs: 35.5% | Nulles: 41.7% | Noirs: 22.8%)
5.Nf3 (6.5% — Blancs: 28.0% | Nulles: 41.3% | Noirs: 30.7%)
5.a3 (3.5% — Blancs: 30.7% | Nulles: 33.6% | Noirs: 35.7%)
5.Bd2 (0.3% — Blancs: 15.0% | Nulles: 40.0% | Noirs: 45.0%)
5.d5 (0.1% — Blancs: 40.0% | Nulles: 20.0% | Noirs: 40.0%)
5.Ne2 (39.6% — Blancs: 35.5% | Nulles: 41.7% | Noirs: 22.8%)
5.Nf3 (6.5% — Blancs: 28.0% | Nulles: 41.3% | Noirs: 30.7%)
5.a3 (3.5% — Blancs: 30.7% | Nulles: 33.6% | Noirs: 35.7%)
5.Bd2 (0.3% — Blancs: 15.0% | Nulles: 40.0% | Noirs: 45.0%)
5.d5 (0.1% — Blancs: 40.0% | Nulles: 20.0% | Noirs: 40.0%)
auto
Analyse coup par coup — 8 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.e3 Avancée centrale — contrôle d4, f4. Prépare d4, Bd3, Be2.
4…c5 Avancée centrale — contrôle b4, d4. Prépare Nc6, 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.e3 Avancée centrale — contrôle d4, f4. Prépare d4, Bd3, Be2.
4…c5 Avancée centrale — contrôle b4, d4. Prépare Nc6, d5.
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | ● d7 |
| Chaînes | ● f2→e3, e3→d4 | ● d7→e6, f7→e6 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● b5 (2v0) | — |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d4 (2v1), ● e5 (1v0) | — |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 1) | |
| Bf1 | ● Bf1 Non développé (mob. 2) | |
| Bb4 | ● Bb4 Ok (mob. 3) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Clouages | ● knight c3 | — |
| Non développées | 5 (g1, 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 | ● d4-d5, ● e3-e4, ● f2-f3 | ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5, ● …e6-e5 |
| Partie |
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| ? 1984 – Round ? – Bareev, Evgeny – 1-0 – Dokhoian, Yury – G3 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O h6 10. f4 cxd4 |
| 1. Investbanka 1987 – Round 1 – Salov, Valery – 0-1 – Gligoric, Svetozar – G1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 |
| 40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 2.11 – Naiditsch, Arkadij – 1-0 – Mchedlishvili, Mikheil – G96 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qc2 O-O |
| 40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 4.4 – Edouard, Romain – 1/2-1/2 – Short, Nigel D – G265 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1 b6 |
| 40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 4.6 – Ivanchuk, Vasyl – 1-0 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – G279 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Qc2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb7 8. a3 Be7 9. Be3 d5 10. c5 bxc5 |
| 40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 7.77 – Bruzon Batista, Lazaro – 1-0 – Meshkov, Yuri A. – G432 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Be4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Ne1 d6 |
| Amsterdam 1981 – Round 1 – Portisch, Lajos – 1-0 – Miles, Anthony J – G4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bd7 |
| Biel Interzonal 1993 – Round 4 – Hjartarson, Johann – 0-1 – Pigusov, Evgeny – G87 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 |
| Brussels 1987 – Round 1 – Meulders, Richard – 0-1 – Karpov, Aleksandr – G10 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 O-O |
| Brussels 1987 – Round 1 – Meulders, Richard – 0-1 – Kasparov, Garry – G11 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 |
| Bugojno 1982 – Round 1 – Gligoric, Svetozar – 0-1 – Huebner, Robert – G24 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rb1 h6 |
| Clarin 1979 – Round 10 – Petrosian, Tigran A. – 1/2-1/2 – Lombardy, William J – G25 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 Qa5 |
| Credit Suisse 1997 – Round 1 – Milov, Vadim – 0-1 – Gelfand, Boris – G1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Ne4 Be7 |
| Credit Suisse 1997 – Round 2 – Milov, Vadim – 1/2-1/2 – Anand, Viswanathan – G3 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 2 – Xu Xiangyu – 0-1 – Yakubboev Nodirbek – G86 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Be3 dxc4 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 1974 – Round 4 – Deac Bogdan-Daniel – 1/2-1/2 – Matlakov Maxim – G202 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. O-O Qh5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 |
| FIDE WCh KO 2001 – Round 1.1 – Saadman Safin, Saad Chowdhury – 1/2-1/2 – Nikolic, Predrag – G13 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rb1 h6 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 1975 – Round 3 – Lobanov Sergei – 1/2-1/2 – Harikrishna Pentala – G57 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd5 exd5 |
| FIDE World Cup 2017 – Round 3.1 – Li, Chao – 1/2-1/2 – Rapport, Richard – G320 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 1974 – Round R2 Rapid 1 – Maxim Rodshtein – 1/2-1/2 – Gabriel Sargissian – G362 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. e4 d6 9. Ne2 e5 10. d5 Ne7 |
| GCT Rapid Paris 2021 – Round 2.1 – So, Wesley – 1-0 – Rapport, Richard – G5 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bc2 O-O |
| Hoogovens 1978 – Round ? – Portisch, Lajos – 1-0 – Timman, Jan H – G27 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 |
| Hoogovens 1978 – Round 1 – Portisch, Lajos – 1-0 – Timman, Jan H – G9 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 |
| Interpolis 1979 – Round 6 – Spassky, Boris Vasily – 1/2-1/2 – Hort, Vlastimil – G26 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 |
| Interpolis 1981 – Round 1 – Huebner, Robert – 1/2-1/2 – Timman, Jan H – G15 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 |
| Interpolis 1982 – Round 1 – Portisch, Lajos – 0-1 – Browne, Walter S – G17 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 b6 |
| Interpolis 1985 – Round 1 – Huebner, Robert – 1/2-1/2 – Romanishin, Oleg M – G6 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qa5 10. Qc2 cxd4 |
| KRO-tweekamp 1983 – Round 4 – Spassky, Boris Vasily – 1/2-1/2 – Timman, Jan H – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 |
| Las Palmas 1975 – Round 1 – Visier Segovia, Fernando – 0-1 – Mecking, Henrique – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 |
| Linares 1991 – Round 11 – Kamsky, Gata – 0-1 – Karpov, Aleksandr – G43 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. h3 h6 |
| Linares 1992 – Round 1 – Speelman, Jon S – 1/2-1/2 – Salov, Valery – G1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Nf6 |
| Manila Interzonal 1976 – Round 18 – Spassky, Boris Vasily – 1/2-1/2 – Hort, Vlastimil – G76 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 |
| Mar del Plata 1982 – Round 1 – Portisch, Lajos – 0-1 – Timman, Jan H – G28 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 b6 |
| Moskou ch-URS 1973 – Round 1 – Taimanov, Mark E – 1/2-1/2 – Smyslov, Vladimir – G19 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 d5 |
| Moskou ch-URS 1973 – Round 10 – Petrosian, Tigran A. – 1/2-1/2 – Smyslov, Vladimir – G68 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Bb7 9. d5 Ne5 10. Bf4 Nxd3 |
| Niksic 1983 – Round 1 – Portisch, Lajos – 1/2-1/2 – Miles, Anthony J – G10 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nb3 e4 |
| Niksic 1983 – Round 5 – Portisch, Lajos – 1/2-1/2 – Gligoric, Svetozar – G33 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 a6 |
| Reykjavik ISL, 22th Open 2006 – Round 8 – Svidler, Peter – 0-1 – Svidler, Peter – G12 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1 Re8 |
| Rio de Janeiro Interzonal 1979 – Round 7 – Portisch, Lajos – 1/2-1/2 – Timman, Jan H – G22 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Qa5 |
| Saint Louis Rapid 2022 – Round 3.5 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1/2-1/2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G15 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. Ba2 b6 10. Ne2 O-O |
| SuperGM 2000 – Round 8 – Bareev, Evgeny – 0-1 – Akopian, Vladimir – G25 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. b5 Ne5 |
| Szirak Interzonal 1987 – Round 10 – Milos, Gilberto – 0-1 – Portisch, Lajos – G18 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 |
| Toluca Interzonal 1982 – Round 3 – Portisch, Lajos – 0-1 – Seirawan, Yasser – G6 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Qe7 |
| URS Team Ch Moscow 1972 – Round ? – Mukhin, Evgeny B – 1/2-1/2 – Petrosian, Tigran V – G24 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bb2 O-O |
| USR - Wereld 1984 – Round 4.9 – Miles, Anthony J – 1-0 – Romanishin, Oleg M – G15 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. b5 Ne5 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 16.58 – Milanovic, Danilo – 0-1 – Nikolic, Predrag – G1023 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. O-O d6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 18.55 – Suleymanli, Aydin – 0-1 – Ivanisevic, Ivan – G1234 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 1.32 – Sargissian, Gabriel – 0-1 – Sanal V A – G23 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Ne2 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. h4 h6 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 20.57 – Abdisalimov, Abdimalik – 0-1 – Ponkratov, Pavel – G1161 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Ne2 c4 9. Bc2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 |
| World Championship 28th 1972 – Round 5 – Spassky, Boris V. – 0-1 – Fischer, Robert J – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 |
| World Cup 1988 – Round ? – Korchnoi, Viktor – 1/2-1/2 – Portisch, Lajos – G101 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Bc2 Bd6 |
| World Cup 1988 – Round 1 – Timman, Jan H – 1/2-1/2 – Seirawan, Yasser – G33 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Be7 |
| World Cup 1989 – Round ? – Vaganian, Rafael A – 1-0 – Jussupow, Artur – G97 1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. d5 Nb8 |
| World Cup 1989 – Round 15 – Vaganian, Rafael A – 1-0 – Yusupov Afruz – G90 1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. d5 Nb8 |
| World Rapid 2021 – Round 6.56 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 0-1 – Sanal V A – G366 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. a3 Be7 9. Bd3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 |
| Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 – Round 6 – Jussupow, Artur – 1-0 – Lalic, Bogdan – G81 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 b6 |

