E49e — Nimzo-Indian: Botvinnik, 7…dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 * ○ Trait aux Blancs
Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur une majorité de pions à l'centre (2 contre 1), un fou actif en c4, la paire de fous et la colonne semi-ouverte b.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8 et une pièce en prise (le pion en c5).
En contrepartie. Le roi n'est pas encore à l'abri, plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier g1, le fou c1 et les tours a1 et h1) et le pion isolé a3.
Plans. O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours) ; Nf3 (Développer Ng1) ; Bd2 (Développer Bc1) ; Tour sur colonne b.
Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8 et une pièce en prise (le pion en c5).
En contrepartie. Le roi n'est pas encore à l'abri, plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier g1, le fou c1 et les tours a1 et h1) et le pion isolé a3.
Plans. O-O (Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours) ; Nf3 (Développer Ng1) ; Bd2 (Développer Bc1) ; Tour sur colonne b.
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur une majorité de pions à l'aile_dame (3 contre 2), la case forte d5, un avant-poste en d5 et la colonne semi-ouverte d.
Côté adverse. Le pion isolé a3, le fou enfermé en c1 et le roi resté au centre.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier b8, le fou c8 et la tour a8).
Plans. ...Bd7 (PRIORITÉ: libérer le Bc8 (...Bd7, b6+Bb7, ...Bf5)) ; ...Nbd7 (Développer Nb8) ; ...e5 (Rupture) ; Tour sur colonne d.
Côté adverse. Le pion isolé a3, le fou enfermé en c1 et le roi resté au centre.
En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier b8, le fou c8 et la tour a8).
Plans. ...Bd7 (PRIORITÉ: libérer le Bc8 (...Bd7, b6+Bb7, ...Bf5)) ; ...Nbd7 (Développer Nb8) ; ...e5 (Rupture) ; Tour sur colonne d.
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | ● a3 | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | ● f2→e3, c3→d4, e3→d4 | ● f7→e6 |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | ● centre 2v1 | ● aile_dame 3v2 |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | — | ● d5 (3v1) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d4 (3v2), ● e5 (1v0) | ● d5 (3v1), ● e4 (1v0) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Semi-ouvertes | ● b | ● d |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 2) | |
| Bc4 | ● Bc4 Actif (mob. 9) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 1) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | Non |
| Non développées | 4 (g1, c1, a1, h1) | 3 (b8, c8, a8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Au centre ! | ● Roqué |
| Droits de roque | O-O / O-O-O | — |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | semi-ouvert | |
| Ruptures | ● d4-d5, ● e3-e4, ● f2-f3 | ● …e6-e5 |
| Partie |
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| 1. ACP World Rapid Cup 2007 – Round 1.1 – Sokolov, Ivan. – 1/2-1/2 – Leko, Peter – G1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. a4 b6 |
| 1944 New York ch-USA – Round 13 – Denker, Arnold S – 1-0 – Pinkus, Albert – G13 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Nc6 |
| 1946 Buenos Aires ch-ARG – Round 1 – Bolbochan, J. – 1-0 – Cruz Garibaldi, Milton Esteban – G12 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 |
| 1949 Leningrad – Round 11 – Koblencs, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Bondarevsky, Igor – G80 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 |
| 1949 Moscow Ch – Round ? – Fridstein, German – 1/2-1/2 – Steinsapir, Yury – G44 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 |
| 1949 URS Ch, semi final – Round 12 – Vistaneckis, Isakas – 0-1 – Furman, Slavomir – G89 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 |
| 1950 Dubrovnik olm – Round 9 – Ojanen, Kaarle S – 0-1 – Bolbochan, J. – G122 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 Rd8 |
| 1950 Hoogovens – Round ? – Hugot, Claude – 0-1 – Donner, Jan-Hein – G15 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 |
| 1950 Mar del Plata – Round 15 – Sanguinetti, Ricardo – 0-1 – Rossolimo, Nicolas – G123 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qd3 Nc6 |
| 1950 Schiavno Zdroj – Round 1 – Arlamowski, Lara – 1-0 – Pogats, Jozsef Jr. – G50 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qc2 b6 |
| 1950 Schiavno Zdroj – Round 1 – Bondarevsky, Igor – 1-0 – Pogats, Jozsef Jr. – G47 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 |
| 1950 Wch women – Round ? – Chaude de Silans, Chantal – 1-0 – Keller-Hermann, Edith – G14 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 |
| 1951 Buenos Aires – Round 10 – Agramunt Huguet, Joaquin – 1/2-1/2 – Alonso-Lej De Las Casas, Fernando – G62 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d5 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 |
| 1951 DDR Ch – Round 10 – Mueller, Claus – 0-1 – Platz, Hans – G21 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 |
| 1951 Madrid ESP – Round 9 – Steiner, Herman – 1-0 – Perez Perez, Francisco Jose – G19 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 |
| 1951 URS Ch sf Leningrad RUS – Round 18 – Moiseev, Oleg – 1-0 – Bondarevsky, Igor – G23 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Ne2 e5 |
| 1952 Budapest – Round 13 – Botvinnik, Mikhail – 1/2-1/2 – Barcza, Gedeon – G116 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qa5 10. Nf3 cxd4 |
| 1952 Hoogovens – Round 5 – Donner, Jan-Hein – 0-1 – O'Kelly, Albéric de Galway – G28 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Rd8 |
| 1952 ITA-ch15 – Round 9 – Magrin, Antonio – 1-0 – Baldanello Mario – G43 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qb3 Nc6 |
| 1952 JUG Ch – Round 4 – Matanovic, Aleksandar – 1/2-1/2 – Djurasevic, Bozidar – G22 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Nc6 |
| 1952 JUG Ch – Round 5 – Fuderer, Andrija – 1-0 – Krzisnik, Zvonko – G29 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 |
| 1952 Mar del Plata – Round 4 – Letelier Martner, Rene – 1/2-1/2 – Wexler, Bernardo – G27 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 |
| 1952 POL-ch10 – Round 12 – Witkowski, Stefan – 1/2-1/2 – Gadalinski, Jan – G88 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. f4 b6 |
| 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal – Round 18 – Petrosian, Tigran V – 1/2-1/2 – Unzicker, Wolfgang – G169 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qc2 b6 |
| 1955 Hamburg – Round 15 – Prins, Laura – 0-1 – Darga, Klaus – G112 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qe2 cxd4 |
| 1955 Moskou ch-URS – Round 12 – Botvinnik, Mikhail – 1-0 – Furman, Slavomir – G132 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 |
| 1956 Leningrad ch-URS – Round 1 – Polugaevsky, Lev – 1-0 – Bannik, Anatolij – G52 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 |
| 1957 Clare Benedict Cup 04th – Round 2 – Porreca, Giorgio – 0-1 – Unzicker, Wolfgang – G13 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qd3 Nc6 |
| 1957 Dallas – Round 1 – Kjaer Larsen, Maximillian C – 0-1 – Olafsson, Fridrik – G12 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 |
| 1957 Hoogovens – Round 4 – Toran Albero, Roman – 1/2-1/2 – Bink, Johan – G15 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 |
| 1957 Sofia zt Sofia BUL – Round 1 – Mititelu, Gheorghe – 1/2-1/2 – Neikirkh, Oleg – G22 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 e5 |
| 1958 Hamburg Ch – Round 5 – Rellstab, Ludwig Sr – 1-0 – Clemens, Christian, Dr. – G10 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 |
| 1958 Munich olm fin-A – Round 2 – Botvinnik, Mikhail – 1/2-1/2 – Unzicker, Wolfgang – G10 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 |
| 1960 Leningrad tt – Round 7 – Bertholdt, Dieter – 0-1 – Nikitin, Aleksander S – G91 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 |
| 1961 CSR Ch sf – Round 1 – Malcanek, Oldrich – 1/2-1/2 – Vesely, Jiri – G1 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qc2 b6 |
| 1962 Bucharest – Round 1 – Mititelu, Gheorghe – 1/2-1/2 – Kholmov, Ratmir D – G2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Nc6 |
| 1962 Mar del Plata – Round 3 – Letelier Martner, Rene – 1/2-1/2 – Eliskases, Erich – G31 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qc2 b6 |
| 1962 Sarajevo – Round 9 – Gligorić, Svetozar – 1-0 – Rejfir, Josef – G49 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 Nbd7 |
| 1965 Santiago Santiago de Chile – Round 1 – Acosta Cuellar, Juan Martin – 0-1 – Bielicki, Carlos – G3 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 |
| 1965 URS-ch33 Tallinn EST – Round 1 – Furman, Slavomir – 1-0 – Khasin, A. – G5 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 |
| 1967 Capablanca Memorial – Round 18 – Garcia Martinez, Salomon – 1/2-1/2 – Pachman, Ludek – G159 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Nc6 |
| 1967 Sofia tt – Round 4 – Trikaliotis, Georgios – 1/2-1/2 – Kolarov, Atanas Stefanov – G55 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 |
| 1968 Alma Ata ch-URS – Round 10 – Lein, Anatoly – 1-0 – Platonov, Igor V – G93 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbd7 |
| 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal – Round 11 – Addison, William G – 1/2-1/2 – Reshevsky, Samuel – G96 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 |
| American Cup Champ 2022 – Round 2.1 – Caruana, Fabiano – 1/2-1/2 – Sevian, Samuel – G16 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 |
| Bugojno 1980 – Round 3 – Timman, Jan H – 1/2-1/2 – Kavalek, Lubomir – G10 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Qc7 |
| Clarin 1979 – Round 7 – Petrosian, Tigran V – 1/2-1/2 – Najdorf, Miguel – G18 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 |
| Credit Suisse 1997 – Round 10 – Milov, Vadim – 1/2-1/2 – Lautier, Joel – G21 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Nc6 |
| Dortmund 1998 – Round 5 – Jussupow, Artur – 1/2-1/2 – Almasi, Zoltan – G17 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qa5 10. Ne2 cxd4 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 3 – Aryan Chopra – 1/2-1/2 – Tabatabaei M. Amin – G143 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bc4 Ne8 10. f3 Nd6 |
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 – Round 4 – Salem A.R. Saleh – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian Levon – G181 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O d5 5. d4 e6 6. b3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bb2 Bc5 9. c4 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 |
| FIDE WCh KO 2001 – Round 1.1 – Milov, Vadim – 0-1 – Yermolinsky, Alex – G14 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Ne4 |
| FIDE WCh KO 2001 – Round 2.4 – Milov, Vadim – 1-0 – Polgar, Judit – G225 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round QF Rapid 1 – Erigaisi Arjun – 0-1 – Wei Yi – G645 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. dxc5 Nxc5 8. Be3 O-O 9. h4 a6 10. Ng5 f6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R2 Classical 1 – Navara David – 1/2-1/2 – Grebnev Aleksey – G258 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. h3 Rae8 10. Be3 Bd8 |
| FIDE World Cup 2025 – Round R5 Classical 1 – Samuel Sevian – 1/2-1/2 – Wei Yi – G609 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c5 Bc7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 b6 |
| FTX Crypto Cup 2022 – Round 2.4 – Giri, Anish – 0-1 – Praggnanandhaa R – G29 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 |
| GCT Rapid Croatia 2021 – Round 5.3 – Duda, Jacob – 1/2-1/2 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G23 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 |
| GCT Rapid Paris 2021 – Round 6.1 – So, Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Aronian, Levon – G25 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 |
| GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2017 – Round 1.1 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Aronian, Levon – G1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 1.29 – Dzagnidze, Nana – 0-1 – Moussard, Jules – G22 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 Rd8 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 14.32 – Dzagnidze, Nana – 0-1 – Kuzubov, Yuriy – G613 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 3.12 – Predke, Alexandr – 1-0 – Gelfand, Boris – G122 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 Nc6 |
| Milaan 1975 – Round 6 – Petrosian, Tigran V. – 1/2-1/2 – Unzicker, Wolfgang – G21 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 |
| PCA Qualifiers 1993 – Round 3 – Gulko, Boris – 1-0 – Hjartarson, Johann – G45 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 |
| PCA Qualifiers 1993 – Round 5 – Gulko, Boris – 1-0 – Lobron, Eric – G85 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 |
| Qatar Masters Open 2015 – Round 8.23 – Khismatullin, Denis – 1-0 – Ly, Moulthun – G271 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 |
| Sparkassen GM 2009 – Round 4 – Jakovenko, Dmitry – 1/2-1/2 – Leko, Peter – G10 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 |
| Superbet Blitz 2022 – Round 1.4 – So, Wesley – 0-1 – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – G4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 |
| Superbet Blitz 2023 – Round 9.5 – So, Wesley – 1-0 – Deac, Bogdan-Daniel – G45 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 |
| Superbet Chess Classic – Round 8 – Gukesh D – 1/2-1/2 – Giri Anish – G38 1. d4 1... Nf6 2. c4 2... e6 3. Nc3 3... Bb4 4. e3 4... O-O 5. Bd3 5... d5 6. a3 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 8... c5 9. Ne2 9... Qc7 10. Bd3 10... Nc6 |
| Superbet Classic 2021 – Round 6.2 – So, Wesley – 1/2-1/2 – Giri, Anish – G25 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 |
| Tata Steel Chess 2025 – Round 13 – Sarana Alexey – 1/2-1/2 – Mendonca Leon Luke – G84 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Qc2 b6 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 11.7 – Sarana, Alexey – 0-1 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – G684 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Bb2 b5 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 15.12 – Sarana, Alexey – 1-0 – Saini Vidit – G865 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 17.12 – Sarana, Alexey – 0-1 – Sargsyan, Shant – G980 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 |
| World Blitz 2021 – Round 19.22 – Saini Vidit – 1-0 – Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel – G1100 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 1.18 – Sarana, Alexey – 0-1 – Dragnev, Valentin – G10 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 10.25 – Riazantsev, Alexander – 1-0 – Suleymanli, Aydin – G520 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 Nbd7 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 12.31 – Sarana, Alexey – 1-0 – Sychev, Klementy – G636 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Bb2 b6 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 21.10 – Salem, A.R. Saleh – 1-0 – Grischuk, Alexander – G1097 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 6.36 – Tabatabaei Bafghi, Mohammad – 0-1 – Sargsyan, Shant – G310 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Qc7 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 8.28 – Riazantsev, Alexander – 1-0 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – G411 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Nf3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 8.61 – Tabatabaei Bafghi, Mohammad – 0-1 – Batsuren, Dambasuren – G442 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Rd8 |
| World Blitz 2022 – Round 9.63 – Sarana, Alexey – 1-0 – Makhnev, Denis – G496 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 1.58 – Rojas Salas, Steven – 0-1 – Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna – G55 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qc7 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 11.65 – Rojas Salas, Steven – 0-1 – Xu, Xiangyu – G662 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 14.43 – Ponomariov, Ruslan – 1-0 – Grebnev, Aleksey – G817 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bb2 Bd7 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 15.13 – Makhnev, Denis – 0-1 – Sadhwani, Raunak – G844 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Qc7 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 2.4 – Ponomariov, Ruslan – 1-0 – Ohanyan, Emin – G118 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 6.71 – Kazhgaleyev, Murtas – 0-1 – Pashikian, Arman – G422 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 |
| World Rapid 2021 – Round 2.41 – Sarana, Alexey – 1-0 – Gajewski, Grzegorz – G102 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 |
| World Rapid 2021 – Round 8.24 – Sarana, Alexey – 1/2-1/2 – Parligras, Mircea-Emilian – G459 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 |













Carlsen, Magnus — 3 parties
Gukesh D — 2 parties
Ju, Wenjun — 2 parties
Karpov, Anatoly — 1 partie
Karpov, Aleksandr — 1 partie
Anand, Viswanathan — 1 partie
Ding, Liren — 1 partie
1946 — Bolbochan, J. vs Cruz Garibaldi, Milton Esteban — 1-0 — Buenos Aires ch-ARG
1949 — Fridstein, German vs Steinsapir, Yury — 1/2-1/2 — Moscow RUS
1949 — Kiprov Alexander Alexandro vs Ivanov, Pavel — 1/2-1/2 — Sofia BUL
1949 — Koblencs, Alexander vs Bondarevsky, Igor — 1/2-1/2 — Leningrad RUS
1949 — Goldberg, Gavriel vs Liskov, I. — 1-0 — Moscow RUS
1949 — Kottnauer vs Szabo, Ladislav — 0-1 — Venice ITA
1949 — Vistaneckis, Isakas vs Furman, Slavomir — 0-1 — Vilnius LTU
1950 — Bondarevsky, Igor vs Pogats, Jozsef Jr. — 1-0 — Schiavno Zdroj
1968 — Lein, Anatoly vs Platonov, Igor V — 1-0 — Alma Ata ch-URS
1971 — Perkins, Alan H vs Ludgate, Alan — 1-0 — BCF-ch Blackpool ENG
1975 — Perkins, Alan H vs Eley, Brian — 1/2-1/2 — Morecambe ch-BCF
1976 — Grassi, Aldo vs Padula Roberto — 1-0 — ?
1955 — Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Furman, Slavomir — 1-0 — Moskou ch-URS
1958 — Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Unzicker, Wolfgang — 1/2-1/2 — Munchen olm
1970 — Addison, Wiliam G vs Reshevsky, Samuel — 1/2-1/2 — Palma de Mallorca izt
1970 — Addison, Wiliam G vs Reshevsky, Samuel — 1/2-1/2 — Palma de Majorca ESP