1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.

Nc3 Nf6

Database: KingBaseLite2019 (1,150,770 games)

Report: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 (10,214 games)

ECO: D35a [QGD: 3.Nc3 Nf6]

Generated by: Scid vs. Mac 4.21, 2021.05.21

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics
Games 1-0 =-= 0-1 Score
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All report games 10215 3806 4646 1762 60.0%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: 1-0(46) Lastin 2510 -- Feoktistov 2373, Minsk BLR 2000

2: =-=(27) Alexandrova 2400 -- Gaprindashvili 2446, Alushta UKR 2000

3: =-=(56) Stojanovic 2443 -- Vujosevic 2404, Herceg Novi MNE 2000

4: 1-0(55) Lazarev 2493 -- Dervishi 2478, Cutro 2000

5: =-=(45) Feoktistov 2373 -- Donchenko 2428, Voronezh RUS 2000

1.3 Newest games
1: =-=(80) Aditya 2251 -- Sardana 2398, Mumbai IND 2018.12.31

2: 0-1(49) Tang 2487 -- Adly 2626, St Petersburg RUS 2018.12.30

3: 1-0(67) Guseva 2408 -- Vo 2352, St Petersburg RUS 2018.12.30

4: 1-0(54) Schekachikhin 2368 -- Ivanov 2524, Stockholm SWE 2018.12.30

5: =-=(59) Klek 2301 -- Larsson 2201, Stockholm SWE 2018.12.30

1.4 Current popularity

Year 1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09 2010-19

Once every X games none none none none none none 118 107

Frequency in all years: once every 112 games

In the 10 years to today: once every 105 games (up 7% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 97 games (up 15% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 0 games (no change from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1: 44 2003-2018 65% 2817 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar [1,3,6,9,12,13,18,21,...]

2: 30 2000-2018 68% 2640 Volkov, Sergey [96,111]
3: 29 2003-2018 67% 2719 Korobov, Anton [4,21,28,37,38,49,54,72,...]
4: 27 2005-2018 67% 2660 Zhou, Jianchao [111]
5: 27 2001-2018 70% 2548 Kveinys, Aloyzas
6: 26 2000-2018 62% 2606 Chatalbashev, Boris

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 77 2002-2012 46% 2354 Lengyel, Bela

2: 72 2000-2018 53% 2684 Adly, Ahmed [1,3,4,5,64]
3: 59 2000-2018 46% 2516 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw
4: 49 2000-2016 54% 2558 Boensch, Uwe
5: 40 2008-2018 51% 2685 Grachev, Boris [6,9,13,26,28,29,37,40,...]
6: 40 2003-2018 45% 2580 Cyborowski, Lukasz

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance
White rating: 2454 (10000 games); White performance: 2484 (60% vs 2412)
Black rating: 2412 (10000 games); Black performance: 2382 (40% vs 2454)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 1-0(63) Carlsen 2855 -- Kramnik 2812, Paris FRA 2016 [60]

2: 1-0(50) Carlsen 2851 -- Kramnik 2801, Stavanger NOR 2016 [111]

3: 1-0(35) Carlsen 2851 -- Kramnik 2801, Stavanger NOR 2016 [60]

4: 1-0(29) Carlsen 2832 -- So 2815, chess.com INT 2017 [64]

5: =-=(64) Aronian 2777 -- Carlsen 2865, Baden-Baden GER 2015 [90]

6: =-=(64) Aronian 2777 -- Carlsen 2865, Baden-Baden GER 2015 [90]

7: =-=(42) So 2812 -- Kramnik 2808, Leuven BEL 2017 [45]

8: =-=(31) Aronian 2830 -- Kramnik 2787, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2014 [86]

3. Result Trends
3.1 Result lengths and frequencies
Score Game length Frequency
1-0 =-= 0-1 1-0 =-= 0-1
Report games 60.0% 44 35 46 37.2% 45.4% 17.2%
All games 54.6% 43 37 45 34.3% 40.4% 25.1%

3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1-0(6) Aronian 2801 -- Savchenko 2632, Moscow, Russia 2010 [68]

2: 1-0(7) Molina 2440 -- Trois 2218, Florianopolis BRA 2017

3: 1-0(9) Nikolov 2542 -- Garcia Romero 2243, Navalmoral de la Mata ESP 2012

4: 1-0(9) Hillarp Persson 2482 -- Olausson 2272, Sweden SWE 2002

5: 1-0(11) Dizdarevic 2509 -- Kurajica 2499, Sarajevo BIH 2014

3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0-1(8) Diulger 2310 -- Slovineanu 2406, Kishinev MDA 2001

2: 0-1(10) Teschke 2298 -- Hansen 2569, Bornholm DEN 2008

3: 0-1(10) Wang 2387 -- Yu 2334, Suzhou CHN 2006

4: 0-1(12) Kotsur 2586 -- Barua 2541, Doha QAT 2003

5: 0-1(12) Kanakaris 2236 -- Brener 2382, Kemer TUR 2007

4. Moves and Themes
4.1 Move orders reaching the report position
There were 15 move orders reaching this position. The top 8 are: 1: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 (5011)
2: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 (3577)
3: 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 (881)
4: 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 (228)
5: 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 (161)
6: 1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 (151)
7: 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5 (91)
8: 1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 (50)

4.2 Moves from the report position

Move Frequency Score Draw AvElo Perf AvYear ECO
1: cxd5 5296: 51.8% 61.0% 43% 2459 2492 2011 D35b
2: Bg5 2478: 24.2% 58.7% 51% 2431 2460 2009 D50
3: Nf3 2309: 22.6% 59.1% 45% 2446 2478 2010 D37a
4: Bf4 74: 0.7% 62.8% 39% 2501 2518 2013 D35a
5: e3 48: 0.4% 42.7% 52% 2386 2360 2009 D35a
6: g3 5: 0.0% 80.0% 40% 2005 D35a
7: Qb3 1: 0.0% 50.0% 100% 2014
8: [end] 1: 0.0% 50.0% 100% 2011 D35a
9: f3 1: 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2008
10: Qc2 1: 0.0% 50.0% 100% 2017
11: a3 1: 0.0% 50.0% 100% 2001
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TOTAL: 10215:100.0% 60.0% 45% 2449 2480 2010

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game
Same-side castling 72% White Isolated Queen Pawn 12%
Opposite castling 8% Black Isolated Queen Pawn 13%
Queens exchanged 11% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank 34%
Only one side has Bishop pair 30% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank 22%
Kingside pawn storm 6% Open c/d/e file 41%

4.4 Endgames

Material at the end of each game:

P BN R R,BN Q Q,BN Q,R Q,R,BN
Report games 2% 10% 12% 23% 2% 5% 5% 42%
All games 2% 10% 10% 26% 2% 5% 4% 39%

5. Theory Table
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6: +3806 =4645 -1762 (6128.5/10214: 60%)
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
 Nf31 Bg53 e35 Rc1 Nd2 Ncxe4 Bh4 Be2
1 35: 60%
c62 Nbd74 Bb46 Qa5 Ne4 dxe4 Qxa2 Qa57

... cxd58 e410 bxc3 cxd4 Bd2 Qxd2 Rc111

2 19: 61%
c5 Nxd59 Nxc3 cxd4 Bb4+ Bxd2+ OO b612
14 e3 Bf4
3
... cxd513 Bg5 Qc2 Bd3 h3
25: 52%
Nbd7 exd5 Be715 c616 OO Re8 Ne4 Ndf617
... Bf418 e319 c521 Bd323 exf4 b4 a3
4 26: 58%
Be7 OO Nbd720 Nh522 Nxf4 b624 a5 c625
Bg5 e327 cxd529 Bd3 Qc2 Bxe7 Nge2 OO
5 22: 66%
Nbd726 c628 exd5 Be7 Nh5 Qxe7 Nb6 Nf630
... Nf331 Bxf633 e334 Rc1 h4 g4 g5
6 23: 61%
Be7 h632 Bxf6 OO c635 Nd7 Re8 hxg536

... e3 Rc138 Bh4 dxc5 Bxc4 Rxd1 Nf3

7 21: 62%
... OO37 h639 c540 dxc4 Qxd1+ Bxc5 Bb441
... ... Bh442 Nf344 cxd546 Bxe7 Nxd547 Rc1
8 23: 50%
... h6 OO43 b645 Nxd5 Qxe7 exd5 Be648
... ... ... Rc1 cxd550 Nxd551 Bxe7 Be252
9 15: 60%
... ... ... b649 Nxd5 exd5 Qxe7 c553
cxd5 e454 bxc3 a3 Nf3 Be256 cxd4 Be3
10 26: 50%
Nxd5 Nxc3 c5 g655 Bg7 cxd457 Nc6 OO58

... ... ... Nf3 cxd4 Bd2 Qxd2 Bc459

11 20: 55%
... ... ... cxd4 Bb4+ Bxd2+ OO Nd760
... ... ... Rb1 Nf362 Bc463 OO d565
12 35: 66%
... ... ... Be761 OO Nc664 b6 Na566
... Bg567 e3 Qc270 Bd371 Nge273 f374 OO
13 28: 57%
exd5 Be768 c669 Nbd7 OO72 Re8 c5 h675
... ... ... Bd376 Nf378 Qc280 OO82 a3
14 19: 76%
... ... OO Nbd777 Re879 Nf881 c6 Ng683
... ... Qc2 e3 Bd386 Bh488 Bxe7 OOO89
15 37: 64%
... c6 Be784 Nbd785 h687 Nh5 Qxe7 Nb690
... ... ... ... ... Bxe7 Nge291 OO93
16 15: 60%
... ... ... ... Nh5 Qxe7 g692 OO94
... ... e3 Bd396 Qc2 Nf3 OOO Kb1
17 29: 69%
... ... Be795 OO97
98
Nbd7 Re8 Nf8 Ne499
... ... ... ... Qc2100 Bxe7 OOO102 h3103
18 25: 60%
... ... ... Nbd7 Nh5101 Qxe7 Nb6 g6104
... ... ... Qf3105 Bxf6 Qxf6 Nf3107 Nh4109
19 36: 54%
 ... ... Bf5 Bg6106 Qxf6 gxf6 Nd7108 Nb6110
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
20 21: 67%
... ... ... ... ... ... ... Be7111
Generated from the 500 highest-rated games.

1. 4.Bf4 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.Nxb5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nd5 8.Rc1 Bb7 9.Nf3 Nxf4 10.exf4 OO 11.Bxc4 Qf6
12.g3 Rd8 0-1(36) Mamedyarov 2753 -- Andreikin 2713, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013; 5...Bd6
6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 OO 10.Bxc4 Be7 11.OO Bd7 12.Qe2 Nc6 1-0(46)
Mamedyarov 2753 -- Khairullin 2658, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013; 4...c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7
7.Nf3 OO 8.a3 b6 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Rc1 Nc7 =-=(27) Mamedyarov 2759
-- Adams 2753, Bilbao ESP 2013; 6...Bb4 7.Nf3 OO 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.a3
Be7 12.Be3 Qa5 =-=(38) Vitiugov 2742 -- Zvjaginsev 2659, St Petersburg RUS 2014; 4...Bd6
5.Bxd6 Qxd6 6.e3 OO 7.Nf3 b6 8.Rc1 a6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.OO Bb7 1-0(72)
Fedoseev 2718 -- Akobian 2647, Riyadh KSA 2017; 7...Nbd7 8.Nb5 Qb4+ 9.Qd2 Qxd2+ 10.Nxd2
c6 11.Nd6 Ne8 12.Nxe8 Rxe8 0-1(42) Granda Zuniga 2679 -- Adly 2684, Pavlodar KAZ 2015;
4...Bb4 5.e3 OO 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Ne4 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne2 g5 10.Bxb8 Rxb8 11.Qd4 Bxc5 12.Qxd5
Qxd5 =-=(35) Jobava 2713 -- Donchenko 2563, Chartres FRA 2017.
4.e3 Bd6 5.Nf3 OO 6.Bd3 b6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Bb7 11.Qe3 Nbd7
12.OOO Qe7 =-=(47) Le 2715 -- Nakamura 2763, chess.com INT 2018.
4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 OO 6.Nf3 c6 7.OO Nbd7 8.Qc2 b6 9.Rd1 Ba6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.cxd5
cxd5 1-0(25) Tkachiev 2657 -- Vaganian 2623, Neum BIH 2000.

2. 4...Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Nd2 Nxg3 10.hxg3 c6 11.a3 Be7 12.e3 Be6
=-=(54) Onischuk 2663 -- Ehlvest 2640, Stillwater USA 2007; 7...c5 8.e3 c4 9.Nd2 g5 10.Bg3 Bf5
11.h4 Rg8 12.Be2 Nc6 1-0(51) Wang 2729 -- Aleksandrov 2554, Dubai UAE 2014; 5.Qb3 c5
6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Qa5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Rc1 Qxc5 11.Qh4 Ke7 12.g3 Bxc3+ =-=(50)
Matlakov 2700 -- Aleksandrov 2586, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013; 6.cxd5 exd5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.Bg5
h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 OO 11.Bb5 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 Qxc3+ =-=(38) Kurnosov 2674 -- Aleksandrov
2601, Rijeka CRO 2010; 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 OO 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Ne7 10.a3 Bd6 11.Nb5
a5 12.OO Ba6 =-=(48) Kuzubov 2667 -- Aleksandrov 2603, Jerusalem ISR 2015; 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.bxc3 OO 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 h5 12.Ne5 h4 =-=(37) Van Wely 2643 -- Milov
2626, Biel SUI 2000; 5.e3 OO 6.Bd3 c5 7.OO dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.a3 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3
Qc7 12.Be2 Nd5 0-1(64) Potkin 2665 -- Aleksandrov 2604, Nakhchivan AZE 2013.
4...dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.OO Be7 9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Nd2 OO 12.Nde4
Nxe4 =-=(18) Karpov 2688 -- Anand 2755, Bastia FRA 2002; 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4
8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11.Kf1 gxf6 12.Rc1 Qa5 =-=(29) Shimanov 2639 --
Khairullin 2657, Legnica POL 2013; 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 h6 8.exf6 hxg5 9.fxg7 Rg8 10.Qc2
cxd4 11.Qh7 Ke7 12.Rd1 d3 1-0(34) Kasimdzhanov 2677 -- Granda Zuniga 2612, Lugo ESP 2007.

3. 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.OO Nf6 12.Bd3 Qb6 0-
1(32) Mamedyarov 2747 -- Wang 2717, Huai'an CHN 2016; 8...Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5
12.OO cxd4 1-0(21) Mamedyarov 2722 -- Vescovi 2619, Mainz GER 2006; 6...Bd6 7.e4 dxc4
8.Bxc4 e5 9.OO OO 10.Bg5 Qe7 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Qe2 Nb6 1-0(43) Mamedyarov 2731 -- Adly
2586, Dresden GER 2008; 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 OO 8.OO dxc4 9.Bxc4 e5 10.h3 h6 11.a3 Re8 12.Ba2
exd4 1-0(36) Wojtaszek 2744 -- Ponomariov 2714, Beijing CHN 2014; 7.Bd3 OO 8.OO dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 a6 11.Ng5 Qc7 12.e4 h6 1-0(46) Nepomniachtchi 2714 -- Korobov 2687,
Jerusalem ISR 2015.
5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.OO Bb7 8.Ne5 a6 9.b3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 c3 12.a3 a5 0-1(34)
Mamedyarov 2761 -- Harikrishna 2752, Baku AZE 2016; 9...cxb3 10.axb3 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Rc8
12.Rd1 Be7 =-=(31) Melkumyan 2678 -- Duda 2599, Doha QAT 2014.

4. 5...dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 =-=(27)
Vachier-Lagrave 2731 -- Solodovnichenko 2574, Mulhouse FRA 2011; =-=(30) Jobava 2690 --
 Miroshnichenko 2606, chess.com INT 2018.
5...h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 b6 9.OO Bb7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Bxh4 12.Nxh4 cxd5 1-
0(29) Korobov 2664 -- Adly 2634, Abudhabi UAE 2018.

5. 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 OO 9.Bd3 Re8 10.OO Nf8 11.Rae1 Be6 12.a3 N6d7 1-0(38)
Radjabov 2744 -- Westerberg 2631, Hangzhou CHN 2011; 1-0(38) Radjabov 2744 -- Adly 2631,
Ningbo CHN 2011.
6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Qb6 8.Rb1 Bb4 9.e3 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nxg5 11.Nxg5 Qa5 12.Nf3 Nb6 0-1(61)
Vovk 2632 -- Granda Zuniga 2652, Erts AND 2015.

6. 6...Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4 9.Rc1 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.OO Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Bxc3 1-0(46) Bacrot
2718 -- Ponomariov 2714, Beijing CHN 2014.
6...Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.h4 h6 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qc2 Nb6 12.OOO Be6 1-0(38)
Mamedyarov 2742 -- Grachev 2640, Moscow RUS 2008.

7. 12.OO Bxd2 0-1(63) Grischuk 2810 -- Mamedyarov 2759, Tbilisi GEO 2015.

8. 5.e3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5 8.e4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne4 11.OO Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 1-0(91)
Grischuk 2767 -- Kramnik 2800, Berlin GER 2018; 7.OO b5 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Bb7
11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.a4 b4 1-0(46) So 2776 -- Huschenbeth 2589, Douglas ENG 2018; 5...Nc6 6.Be2
dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.OO b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rd1 Qe7 0-1(59) Baramidze
2608 -- Naiditsch 2710, Oberhof GER 2013.
5.Bf4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.e3 Bb4 8.Be2 dxc4 9.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 bxc6 11.Bxc4 Nd5 12.OO
Bxc3 =-=(31) Wei 2700 -- Zhou 2635, Xinghua CHN 2016.

9. 5...cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 dxe4 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Ng5 Be6 10.Nxe6+ fxe6 11.Bc4 Ke7 12.Bg5 Kf7
=-=(35) Navara 2718 -- Grachev 2673, Bol CRO 2014; 11.Bg5 Ke8 12.OOO Nc6 1-0(51)
Khairullin 2630 -- Grachev 2673, Moscow RUS 2015; 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qxd4 exd5 8.Nxd5 Nxd5
9.Qxd5 Nc6 10.e3 Be7 11.Be2 OO 12.OO Be6 1-0(62) Mamedyarov 2747 -- Wang 2718, Huai'an
CHN 2016.

10. 6.g3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 b6 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.OO OO =-=(52)
Georgiev 2623 -- Riazantsev 2650, Riyadh KSA 2017.

11. 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.OO b6 0-1(31) Zhao 2579 -- Bacrot 2730, Cap d'Agde FRA 2013; 1-0(52)
Sargissian 2690 -- Marin 2583, Douglas ENG 2014; 1-0(65) Jobava 2695 -- Khismatullin 2657,
Rijeka CRO 2010; 12.Rc1 b6 =-=(33) Nyzhnyk 2635 -- Bacrot 2725, Haguenau FRA 2013; 11...b6
12.OO Bb7 1-0(62) So 2779 -- Mamedov 2597, Kocaeli TUR 2015.
11.Be2 b6 12.OO Bb7 0-1(54) Nakamura 2781 -- Dominguez Perez 2739, chess.com INT 2018.

12. 12.Bd3 Bb7 0-1(43) Dreev 2653 -- Shimanov 2641, chess.com INT 2018; =-=(57) Nyzhnyk 2624 -
- Swiercz 2649, Burlingame USA 2018; 1-0(76) Mamedyarov 2756 -- Kramnik 2783, Shamkir
AZE 2015; =-=(52) Aronian 2792 -- Kramnik 2812, Leuven BEL 2016; 12...Ba6 =-=(123) Dreev
2653 -- Melkumyan 2633, Riyadh KSA 2017.

13. 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Qb4 0-
1(71) Bukavshin 2648 -- Inarkiev 2664, Sochi RUS 2015; 7.e3 OO 8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 b6 10.cxd5
cxd5 11.OO Bb7 12.Qb3 Rc8 0-1(39) Goganov 2609 -- Inarkiev 2664, St Petersburg RUS 2015;
5...c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5 9.Be5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Nf6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 0-1(31)
Hawkins 2590 -- Bacrot 2689, London ENG 2016; 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Nf8 9.OO Bg4
10.h3 Bh5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.e4 Ne6 1-0(29) Khismatullin 2674 -- Savchenko 2602, Khanty-
Mansiysk RUS 2013; 5...Be7 6.e3 OO 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 Qa5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.Be2
Nf6 12.OO Bd7 =-=(79) Jobava 2637 -- Bruzon Batista 2669, Havana CUB 2005; 7.Rc1 a6 8.c5 c6
9.Bd3 b6 10.cxb6 c5 11.b3 cxd4 12.exd4 Qxb6 =-=(45) Sargissian 2663 -- Seirawan 2635, Ningbo
CHN 2011.
 5.e3 Be7 6.b3 OO 7.Bb2 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.OO Re8 11.Rc1 Bf8 12.Ne2 c6 =-=(19)
Ivanchuk 2731 -- Dominguez Perez 2757, Elancourt FRA 2013; 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Qc2 c5 10.cxd5 exd5
11.OO Rc8 12.Rac1 Re8 1-0(40) So 2788 -- Baburin 2485, Bunratty IRL 2015; 7.Bd3 b6 8.cxd5
exd5 9.OO Bb7 10.Bb2 a6 11.Ne5 c5 12.f4 Ne4 =-=(53) Riazantsev 2666 -- Grachev 2645, Sochi
RUS 2017; 5...a6 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.OO OO 10.Rc1 Re8 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne2 Ne4
=-=(21) Gelfand 2707 -- Seirawan 2631, Prague CZE 2002.
5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 a6 7.a4 Bd6 8.Bxc4 Bxf4 9.exf4 Nb6 10.Bd3 Nbd5 11.g3 b6 12.OO OO 1-0(58)
Mamedyarov 2736 -- Inarkiev 2660, Berlin GER 2015; 6...Bd6 7.Bxd6 cxd6 8.Bxc4 OO 9.OO a6
10.a4 b6 11.d5 e5 12.Nd2 Bb7 =-=(22) Bacrot 2704 -- Riazantsev 2671, Montpellier FRA 2015;
5...Bb4 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Nxc5 8.Qc2 OO 9.Be2 Nce4 10.OO Bxc3 11.bxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b6 =-=(71)
Nakamura 2793 -- Kramnik 2811, Zurich SUI 2017; 5...Bd6 6.Bxd6 cxd6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5
exd5 9.e3 OO 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.h3 Qb6 12.Qb3 Qa5+ =-=(81) Potkin 2625 -- Grachev 2668, Moscow
RUS 2014.
5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Be7 7.Nd2 e5 8.d5 Nb6 9.Nxc4 Nxc4 10.Qa4+ Bd7 11.Qxc4 OO 12.OO a6 1-
0(38) Wang 2713 -- Inarkiev 2706, China CHN 2015; 6...Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 OO 9.OO Rb8
10.a4 b6 11.Nd2 Ba6 12.Bc6 e5 0-1(35) Edouard 2680 -- Bacrot 2720, Nimes FRA 2014.

14. 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 Nh5 8.Bd2 Nhf6 9.OOO Bb4 10.e3 OO 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Ne2 Bd6 =-=(23) Ivanchuk
2719 -- Andersson 2641, Istanbul TUR 2000; 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.g3 Nb6 11.Bg2 g6 12.OO
OO 1-0(60) Edouard 2653 -- Hracek 2638, Warsaw POL 2013; 7.e3 Nh5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7
10.Qc2 Nb6 11.OOO g6 12.Bd3 Bg4 1-0(59) Akopian 2689 -- Bruzon Batista 2613, Bled SLO
2002.
6.Qc2 c6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.OOO Nb6 11.h3 Be6 12.Bd3 OOO =-=(27) Dreev
2668 -- Andreikin 2716, Tromso NOR 2013; 7.Bf4 Nh5 8.Bd2 Nhf6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.e3 Nf8 11.Bd3
Ne6 12.Bh4 g6 =-=(48) Khairullin 2637 -- Zvjaginsev 2676, Belgorod RUS 2010.

15. 6...Bb4 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Qc2 c4 10.Bf5 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 OO =-=(47) Sokolov
2693 -- Hjartarson 2640, Reykjavik ISL 2003.
6...c6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bd3 Nf8 9.Bh4 Ng6 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.Qc2 OO 12.OOO Re8 1-0(43) Kasimdzhanov
2690 -- Savchenko 2583, Moscow RUS 2007.

16. 7...OO 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Qc2 Nf8 10.OO c6 11.h3 Be6 12.Bf4 Bd6 0-1(25) Van Wely 2646 --
Jussupow 2628, Frankfurt GER 2000.

17. 12.OO Bf5 0-1(44) Edouard 2636 -- Bruzon Batista 2668, Barcelona ESP 2010.

18. 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 OO 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b6 1-
0(56) Gelfand 2701 -- Azmaiparashvili 2674, Moscow RUS 2001; 12...Nd7 =-=(39) Akobian 2647
-- Fridman 2636, Saint Louis USA 2018; 9...Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Be2 Nd7 12.OO dxc4 =-=(24)
Onischuk 2699 -- Jobava 2715, Poikovsky RUS 2010; 7...b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5
exd5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.Qa4 c5 =-=(88) Mamedyarov 2657 -- Lputian 2634, Tripoli LBA 2004; 5...OO
6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Rd1 cxd4 9.Rxd4 h6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Be2 Qc7 =-=(27)
Carlsen 2733 -- Jussupow 2585, Solingen GER 2008; =-=(27) Carlsen 2714 -- Jussupow 2583, ?
2008; 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Be2 Bg4 =-=
(19) Aleksandrov 2646 -- Ehlvest 2627, Kramatorsk UKR 2001.
5.g3 OO 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Qd6 8.Nxc4 Qa6 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.e3 Rb8 11.Qb5 Qxb5 12.Nxb5 Nb4 0-
1(45) Svidler 2727 -- Kramnik 2777, Skopje MKD 2015.
5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 OO 10.OO Nbd7 11.h3 Re8 12.Rfe1 Nf8 =-=
(15) Jobava 2706 -- Shimanov 2658, Minsk BLR 2014.

19. 6.a3 b6 7.e3 Bb7 8.Be2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.OO c5 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Nb5 Bxf3 1-0(63) Moiseenko
2699 -- Bacrot 2714, Biel SUI 2013; 6...dxc4 7.e3 Nd5 8.Bxc4 Nxf4 9.exf4 Bf6 10.Qd2 b6 11.OOO
Bb7 12.Qe3 Nc6 1-0(80) Edouard 2630 -- Fridman 2642, Muelheim GER 2016.
6.Rc1 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 c6 9.h3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 f5 12.Bc4+ Kh8 0-1(31) Dreev
 2644 -- Kasimdzhanov 2704, Berlin GER 2015.

20. 6...c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.h3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.OO b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 =-=(60) Karjakin 2783 -
- Nakamura 2786, chess.com INT 2017; 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.OO
d4 =-=(28) Dreev 2698 -- Lputian 2634, Internet Chess Club INT 2004.
6...b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.OO c5 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.Qf3 cxd4 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 1-0(45) Gelfand
2700 -- Ljubojevic 2570, Monte Carlo MNC 2003.

21. 7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Qa5+ 11.Qc3 Qb6 12.a3 cxd4 1-0(40) Svidler 2749 --
Adams 2736, Geneva SUI 2017; 8.Rd1 cxd4 9.Rxd4 Bb4 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bd3 h6 12.OO Bxc3 1-
0(19) Mamedyarov 2756 -- Savchenko 2581, Moscow RUS 2015.
7.Be2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.OO Nb6 10.Bb3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nfd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 =-=(49) Korobov
2700 -- Kasimdzhanov 2704, Berlin GER 2015; 8...a6 9.a4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.OO b6 12.Qd2 Bb7
=-=(19) Korobov 2656 -- Jakovenko 2712, Poikovsky RUS 2016.
7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.g5 Nfe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Ke2 Bd7 =-=(66) Mamedyarov
2747 -- Sargissian 2702, Huai'an CHN 2016.
7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxf3 =-=(41)
Nepomniachtchi 2704 -- Andreikin 2718, Moscow RUS 2012.
7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bg3 c5 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.exd4 N7f6 11.OO b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 0-1(99) Korobov 2678 --
Macieja 2614, Lublin POL 2012.

22. 7...c6 8.Bd3 b6 9.b4 a5 10.a3 Ba6 11.OO Qc8 12.h3 Qb7 =-=(20) Moiseenko 2673 -- Zvjaginsev
2663, Olginka RUS 2011.

23. 8.Be2 Nxf4 9.exf4 b6 10.b4 a5 11.a3 c6 12.OO Qc7 =-=(50) Ding 2711 -- Fridman 2600, Antalya
TUR 2013.

24. 9...c6 10.Qc2 h6 11.OO b6 12.b4 bxc5 1-0(68) Van Wely 2714 -- Bruzon Batista 2564, Hoogeveen
NED 2001.

25. 12.OO Qc7 =-=(36) Shirov 2691 -- Fridman 2635, Baden-Baden GER 2015.

26. 4...c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nf8 9.OOO Ne6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.f4 g6 12.Nf3
Ng7 =-=(55) Eljanov 2706 -- Lu 2634, China CHN 2018; 8.Nge2 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc2 Nb6
11.OO g6 12.Rae1 OO 0-1(43) Inarkiev 2680 -- Duda 2603, Wroclaw POL 2014; 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Qc2
Nf8 8.Nge2 Ng6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.OOO OO 11.Bxg6 hxg6 12.f3 b5 1-0(50) Morozevich 2755 --
Savchenko 2583, Moscow RUS 2007; 5...Be7 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 OO 8.Rc1 h6 9.Bh4 b6 10.cxd5
Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 =-=(18) Eljanov 2687 -- Mamedyarov 2752, Dagomys RUS
2008; 5...Qa5 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.a3 a6 9.b4 Qd8 10.Be2 f5 11.OO Bg7 12.Qc2 OO 0-1(54)
Moiseenko 2692 -- Lu 2599, Baku AZE 2015; 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.Nh4 Be7 12.g3 Nb6 =-=(17) Navara 2691 -- Grachev 2672, Sibenik
CRO 2012; =-=(17) Navara 2691 -- Grachev 2672, Sibenik CRO 2012.
4...dxc4 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qxd1+ 7.Rxd1 Bxc5 8.Bxc4 a6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.OO
Be7 =-=(42) Akobian 2640 -- Swiercz 2654, Saint Louis USA 2018; 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qc7
8.Ndb5 Qc5 9.Qd4 Qxd4 10.exd4 Na6 11.Bxc4 Be7 12.OO OO =-=(45) Nabaty 2692 --
Huschenbeth 2589, Douglas ENG 2018; 5...a6 6.a4 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bxc4 Bb7 9.Nf3 c5 10.OO cxd4
11.exd4 Be7 12.Qe2 OO 1-0(20) Ding 2749 -- Lu 2595, Danzhou CHN 2015.
4...c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7 7.Nf3 OO 8.Rc1 Nc6 9.c5 b6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.b4 bxc5 1-
0(34) Artemiev 2691 -- Le 2737, Huai'an CHN 2017; 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Qd2
exd5 9.e3 d4 10.exd4 Qxd4 11.Bd3 Be6 12.Nf3 Qb6 =-=(36) Grandelius 2642 -- Naiditsch 2684,
Douglas ENG 2016.
4...Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 OO 9.Ne2 Re8 10.OO c6 11.Qc2 a5 12.a3 Bd6 1-
0(48) Eljanov 2742 -- Savchenko 2632, Moscow RUS 2010.

27. 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Nge2 h6 9.Bh4 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.g4 Nhf6 12.h3 Nb6 1-
 0(35) Mamedyarov 2762 -- Ivanisevic 2641, Germany GER 2016; 6...Be7 7.Bd3 c6 8.Nge2 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.g4 Nhf6 11.Ng3 g6 12.Qe2 Nb6 1-0(28) Jobava 2712 -- Heberla 2558, Austria
AUT 2018.

28. 5...h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.a3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qxc5 11.Be2 OO 12.Rc1 Ne5 1-0(56)
Ivanchuk 2722 -- Ivanisevic 2641, Sibenik CRO 2016; 6.Bxf6 Nxf6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4
a6 10.OO c5 11.Ne5 OO 12.Bb3 Qc7 1-0(23) Fressinet 2693 -- Mastrovasilis 2584, Aix-les-Bains
FRA 2011.
5...Be7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bf4 OO 8.c5 Nh5 9.Bd3 Nxf4 10.exf4 c6 11.OO b6 12.b4 a5 =-=(22) Korobov
2692 -- Kuzubov 2651, Rivne UKR 2016; 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Rc1 c6 9.Nf3 OO 10.Be2
Rd8 11.OO Nxc3 12.Rxc3 e5 =-=(69) Timofeev 2597 -- Grachev 2672, Vladivostok RUS 2014.

29. 6.Qc2 Be7 7.Nf3 OO 8.Rd1 b6 9.h4 Bb7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Ne5 Ne4 =-=(63)
Mamedyarov 2752 -- Grachev 2610, Dagomys RUS 2008.
6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Nd2 dxc4 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.Nxc4 Qc7 10.g3 Nd5 11.Bg2 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Be7 1-0(51)
Miroshnichenko 2696 -- Rozentalis 2588, Kallithea GRE 2009.

30. 12.Rfe1 OO =-=(70) Jakovenko 2723 -- Lupulescu 2643, Erevan ARM 2014.

31. 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qb3 OO 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.e3 Nxc3 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Rxc3 Qb4
=-=(25) Laznicka 2662 -- Radjabov 2751, Batumi GEO 2018; 7.Rc1 OO 8.Nf3 b6 9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2
Nf6 11.OO Nbd7 12.Qa4 c5 1-0(64) Timofeev 2670 -- Khismatullin 2606, Serpuhov RUS 2008;
5...exd5 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.h3 OO 10.Bg3 Ne8 11.Nf3 Bd6 12.OO Bxg3 =-=(42)
Laznicka 2676 -- Adams 2742, Skopje MKD 2015.

32. 5...OO 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 =-=(20) Giri
2730 -- Naiditsch 2712, Boeblingen BEL 2013; =-=(20) Giri 2730 -- Naiditsch 2712, Buellingen
BEL 2013; 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qb3 c6 9.Rd1 Na6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qa5+ 12.Rd2 Be7 0-1(44) Ernst
2573 -- Naiditsch 2724, Hockenheim GER 2014; 6...Nbd7 7.Rc1 h6 8.Bh4 c6 9.Bd3 a6 10.b3 b6
11.OO Bb7 12.Qe2 c5 0-1(51) Khismatullin 2662 -- Zvjaginsev 2663, Olginka RUS 2011; 6.Qc2
h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rd1 c5 9.dxc5 Qa5 10.e3 Qxc5 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Nd2 Bxc3 1-0(70) Onischuk
2664 -- Shankland 2656, Saint Louis USA 2016; 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bxe7
Qxe7 11.Rc1 c5 12.dxc5 Bg4 =-=(31) Onischuk 2664 -- Akobian 2615, Saint Louis USA 2016;
6...Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 h6 12.dxc5 Nxc5 1-0(68) Bu
2691 -- Akobian 2599, Gibraltar ENG 2008.
5...Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 OO 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.a4 c5 11.OO cxd4 12.exd4 Nb6 0-1(26)
Naiditsch 2710 -- Adams 2740, Dortmund GER 2013; 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Bxh4 10.Nxh4 exd5
11.Nf3 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 0-1(54) Gajewski 2643 -- Naiditsch 2710, Eppingen GER 2014; 6.Qc2 OO
7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 c6 9.Bd3 Re8 10.OOO Nf8 11.Ne5 N6d7 12.h4 Nxe5 1-0(33) Mamedyarov 2757
-- Dominguez Perez 2754, Beijing CHN 2013.

33. 6.Bh4 OO 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.OO a5 1-0(24) Zvjaginsev
2645 -- Kasimdzhanov 2674, Essen GER 2002; 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Qb3
Be6 12.Rc1 c5 =-=(31) Ni 2677 -- Ma 2640, China CHN 2017; 7...Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 c6
10.g4 Nd7 11.Rg1 Ng5 12.cxd5 exd5 0-1(66) Mamedyarov 2733 -- Granda Zuniga 2636, San
Sebastian ESP 2012; 9.cxd5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 exd5 11.Qb3 Rd8 12.a4 c5 1-0(73) Laznicka 2664 --
Abasov 2627, Porto Carras GRE 2018.

34. 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 dxc4 9.e3 Qa5 10.Bxc4 Qxc5 11.Nd2 Be7 12.OO OO =-=(46) Mamedyarov 2765
-- Ponomariov 2714, Beijing CHN 2014; 7...OO 8.OOO dxc4 9.e4 Nc6 10.e5 Bg5+ 11.Kb1 Nb4
12.Qe4 Bd7 1-0(22) Mamedyarov 2753 -- Bacrot 2725, Geneva SUI 2013.
7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 OO 9.Ne4 Be7 10.Rc1 Qd5 11.Nfd2 Qxc4 12.Nxc4 b6 =-=(27) Bu 2710 --
Wang 2729, Taizhou CHN 2015; 7...c6 8.Rd1 Nd7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Qa5+ 11.Rd2 Be7 12.Be2
Nf6 1-0(32) Moiseenko 2695 -- Huzman 2582, Jerusalem ISR 2015.
35. 8...a6 9.a3 c6 10.e4 Nd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.exd5 Bg5 1-0(36) Azmaiparashvili 2673 -- Lputian
2598, Montecatini Terme ITA 2000.

36. 12.hxg5 Bxg5 1-0(27) Melkumyan 2620 -- Khismatullin 2664, Moscow RUS 2012.

37. 5...Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 OO 8.Qc2 c5 9.Rd1 Qa5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Be2 Nf6 =-=
(49) So 2770 -- Kramnik 2812, Leuven BEL 2016; 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.a4 b6 11.OO Bb7
12.Qe2 Ne4 =-=(78) Riazantsev 2646 -- Grachev 2652, Minsk BLR 2015; 7...dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6 9.a4
c5 10.OO cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Be2 Bd7 =-=(94) Ding 2714 -- Naiditsch 2705, Danzhou CHN
2014; 6...OO 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6 9.a4 c5 10.OO cxd4 11.exd4 Nb6 12.Bd3 Bd7 =-=(32) Van
Wely 2679 -- Bruzon Batista 2652, Wijk aan Zee NED 2005; 7...h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7
Nxe7 11.Be2 b6 12.OO Bb7 1-0(79) Zhou 2601 -- Naiditsch 2705, Danzhou CHN 2014; 7.Qc2 c5
8.Rd1 Qa5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.OO cxd4 =-=(35) Korobov 2713 -- Goganov
2575, Moscow RUS 2016; 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 OO 9.Rd1 Nxc5 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.Ne5 Rc8
12.Be2 Nfe4 0-1(41) Mamedyarov 2808 -- Kramnik 2792, Paris FRA 2018; 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bxe7
Qxe7 8.Rc1 N7f6 9.Nf3 OO 10.Bd3 b6 11.OO Bb7 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 =-=(39) Zvjaginsev 2659 --
Grachev 2683, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013; 6.Rc1 OO 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 c6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Nf3
Nf8 11.OO g6 12.a3 Ne6 =-=(29) Riazantsev 2659 -- Melkumyan 2613, Minsk BLR 2017.

38. 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.OO Nbd7 10.Rc1 c5 11.cxd5 =-= Gurevich 2672 -- Ivanchuk
2716, Antalya TUR 2004; 8.Be2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.OO Nbd7 11.Rc1 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 =-=(111)
Korobov 2709 -- Berkes 2648, Reykjavik ISL 2015; 6...Nbd7 7.Rc1 h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.dxc5 dxc4
10.Bxc4 Nxc5 11.OO Nfe4 12.Qxd8 Bxd8 =-=(47) Grachev 2654 -- Melkumyan 2642, Tbilisi GEO
2017; 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.OO b6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Rc1 cxd4 1-0(41) Tkachiev
2657 -- Zvjaginsev 2635, Dagomys RUS 2009.
6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.a3 b6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.OO a6 1-0(87) Nakamura
2786 -- Meier 2623, Antalya TUR 2013; 7...c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.a3 Nc6 10.Nf3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qxc5
12.Bd3 Bd7 =-=(79) Nabaty 2657 -- Melkumyan 2633, London ENG 2017; 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Nf3 c6
9.h4 g6 10.OOO Nd7 11.e4 Bg7 12.Kb1 b6 1-0(54) Mamedyarov 2817 -- Praggnanandhaa 2530,
Kolkata IND 2018.

39. 6...Nbd7 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.Bb5 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nf6 =-=(29) Cori
2657 -- Bruzon Batista 2660, Saint Louis USA 2017.
6...c6 7.Nf3 Ne4 8.Bf4 Nd7 9.h3 Qa5 10.Qb3 Ndf6 11.Bd3 c5 12.OO cxd4 1-0(76) Ivanchuk 2710 -
- Aleksandrov 2586, Jurmala LAT 2016.
6...b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 c6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.OO Re8 11.Qc2 g6 12.Bf4 Bb7 1-0(50) Jakovenko
2725 -- Abergel 2547, Clichy FRA 2010.

40. 7...b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Ne2 Ba6 12.Nf4 Bxf1 =-=(19) Roiz 2615 --
Grachev 2674, Biel SUI 2012.

41. 12.OO Bxc3 =-=(41) Matlakov 2689 -- Zvjaginsev 2642, Vladivostok RUS 2014.

42. 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 OO 8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.OO dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 =-=(25)
Mchedlishvili 2637 -- Grachev 2683, Denizli TUR 2013; 9.h4 c5 10.dxc5 Na6 11.cxd5 Nxc5
12.Qd2 Bxc3 =-=(63) Rapport 2674 -- Landa 2644, Haguenau FRA 2013; 7...c6 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.OO
OO 10.Rc1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 =-=(54) Wang 2690 -- Ma 2638, China CHN 2017.

43. 6...Nbd7 7.Rc1 OO 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nxc5 11.OO a6 12.Be2 b5 =-=(102)
Harikrishna 2758 -- Yu 2750, Shenzhen CHN 2017; 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 c6 10.Bg3 Re8 11.a3 Nf8
12.Nf3 Bg4 1-0(36) Rapport 2726 -- Gajewski 2595, Baden-Baden GER 2018.
6...b6 7.Nf3 OO 8.Rc1 Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.OO c5 12.Qe2 Ne4 0-1(26) Seirawan
2620 -- Bacrot 2697, Berlin GER 2015.

44. 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nbd7 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Nf3 Nxc5 =-=(29) Kasparov
 2812 -- Dominguez Perez 2739, Saint Louis USA 2017; =-=(30) Jobava 2712 -- Lenic 2650,
Austria AUT 2018; 8...dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qa5 10.Rc1 Qxc5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Nf3 Bd7 =-=(19) Ivanchuk
2726 -- Zubov 2588, Lvov UKR 2014.
7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Re8 11.Ne2 Nd7 12.OO Nf6 =-=(31) Bogner 2552
-- Adams 2753, Eppingen GER 2014.

45. 7...Nbd7 8.Rc1 c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.cxd5 g5 11.Bg3 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 =-=(35) Topalov 2741 --
Kramnik 2811, Shamkir AZE 2017; =-=(42) So 2812 -- Kramnik 2808, Leuven BEL 2017; 8.Be2
c5 9.OO dxc4 10.Bxc4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Be2 Bd7 =-=(40) So 2792 -- Giri 2752, Wijk aan Zee
NED 2018; 8...dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.OO a6 11.a4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 b6 =-=(33) Vitiugov 2734 -- Hou
2658, Belokurikha RUS 2018; 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5
=-=(41) Vitiugov 2734 -- Hou 2658, Belokurikha RUS 2018.

46. 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 =-= Jobava 2665 -- Harikrishna 2668, Kallithea Halkidiki GRE
2008; =-= Jobava 2665 -- Harikrishna 2668, Kallithea GRE 2008.
8.Bd3 Bb7 9.OO Nbd7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 =-=(36) Grachev 2659 -- Landa
2639, Loo RUS 2014; 8...dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.OO Nbd7 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.Bg3 Nxc3 =-=(45) Babula
2582 -- Kasimdzhanov 2690, Solingen GER 2000.
8.Rc1 Bb7 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Bc4 Bb7 =-=(16) Laznicka 2681 -- Roiz
2669, Valjevo SRB 2011.
8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.OO Qe7 12.Qb3 Rd8 =-=(37) Ivanchuk 2739 -- Asrian
2611, Warsaw POL 2005.

47. 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.OO Nxc3 =-=(31) Akobian 2640 -- Ganguly 2657, Saint Louis USA
2018.

48. 12.Qa4 c5 =-=(64) Piket 2659 -- Kasimdzhanov 2695, Wijk aan Zee NED 2002.

49. 7...dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.dxc5 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Nbd7 11.Nf3 Nxc5 12.Ke2 a6 =-=(35) Ivanchuk 2729 -
- Kravtsiv 2657, Kocaeli TUR 2017; 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Nf3 b6 12.OO Bb7 =-=(26) Korobov 2680 -
- Zubov 2588, Lvov UKR 2014.
7...Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 c6 11.f4 c5 12.dxc5 Qxc5 =-=(57) Wojtaszek 2746 --
Melkumyan 2653, Dudenhofen GER 2017; 9.Nf3 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Rxc4 Nd7 =-=
(16) Predojevic 2643 -- Roiz 2669, Valjevo SRB 2011.
7...Nbd7 8.Nf3 a6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.OO Nce4 1-0(61) Tomashevsky 2709 --
Naiditsch 2710, Kiev UKR 2013.

50. 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.Nge2 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 1-0(41) Vachier-Lagrave 2705 --
Jussupow 2608, Bastia FRA 2012; =-=(39) Vachier-Lagrave 2705 -- Bacrot 2705, Bastia FRA 2012;
10.g3 c6 11.Bh3 Bb7 12.Nge2 Re8 0-1(44) Jobava 2707 -- Kramnik 2808, Leuven BEL 2017.
8.Nf3 Bb7 9.Bd3 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qb3 Nd7 =-=(75) Van Wely 2645 --
Azmaiparashvili 2676, Halkidiki GRE 2002.

51. 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Ne2 Rd8 12.Nf4 c5 =-=(30) Vachier-Lagrave 2757 -- Sargissian
2690, Douglas ENG 2014; 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 c5 12.Nf3 Bb7 =-=(15) Azmaiparashvili 2674 --
Kasimdzhanov 2706, Moscow RUS 2001.

52. 11.Ne2 Bb7 12.g3 Qe4 =-=(45) Gelfand 2755 -- Kramnik 2803, Moscow RUS 2013.
11.Bd3 c5 12.Ne2 Nc6 =-=(47) Edouard 2674 -- Ganguly 2614, Linares ESP 2014.

53. 12.Bf3 Rd8 1-0(50) Jakovenko 2725 -- Jobava 2715, Poikovsky RUS 2010.
11...Be6 12.Bf3 a5 1-0(34) Ivanisevic 2664 -- Nikolic 2669, Sibenik CRO 2008.

54. 5.Nf3 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 Bb4 8.Qc2 Bd7 9.Bd3 Bc6 10.OO Nd7 11.a3 Be7 12.Ne4 Rc8 =-=(54)
Potkin 2619 -- Navara 2687, Mainz GER 2009; 7...Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bb2 Nd7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.OO
 b6 12.d5 OO 0-1(34) Izoria 2599 -- Shankland 2671, Saint Louis USA 2018; 6...Nc6 7.Bd3 Be7
8.OO OO 9.Be4 Nf6 10.Bxc6 cxd4 11.Nxd4 bxc6 12.Nxc6 Qc7 1-0(73) Carlsen 2826 -- Hammer
2636, Kristiansund NOR 2010; 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.e4 Qh5 11.Be2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qe5 0-1(44) Lastin
2656 -- Khismatullin 2643, St Petersburg RUS 2009; 6...Nxc3 7.bxc3 Be7 8.Bd3 OO 9.Qc2 h6
10.OO Qc7 11.Qe2 b6 12.e4 Bb7 0-1(52) Artemiev 2691 -- Le 2737, Huai'an CHN 2017; 6.e4
Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 OO 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.OO b6 =-=(60) Vachier-
Lagrave 2779 -- Dominguez Perez 2739, chess.com INT 2018; 0-1(55) Vachier-Lagrave 2779 --
Dominguez Perez 2739, chess.com INT 2018; =-=(132) Radjabov 2713 -- Wang 2723, Beijing
CHN 2013; 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Bd3 b6 1-0(37) Li 2686 -- Ni 2661, Shenzhen CHN 2013; 6.g3 Nxc3
7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 b6 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.OO OO 0-1(30) Svidler 2762 -
- Kramnik 2801, Sochi RUS 2016; 10...Bd7 11.Ne5 Nc6 12.Bg2 Nxe5 =-=(37) Hammer 2606 --
Khismatullin 2662, Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011.
5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Nf3 f6 12.Nd4
Kc7 0-1(20) Topalov 2754 -- Kramnik 2801, Stavanger NOR 2016; 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Kf1 Nc6
10.Bb2 OO 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.h4 Rc8 =-=(22) Korobov 2691 -- Berkes 2648, Moscow RUS 2017;
5...Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.Nf3 b6 11.a4 Bb7 12.a5 Bc5 =-=(30)
Li 2708 -- Wang 2681, China CHN 2018.
5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.exd4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Qg4 Nf6 11.Qg3 Qxg3 12.hxg3 Bd6 1-
0(55) Carlsen 2834 -- Hou 2680, Wijk aan Zee NED 2018; 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.OO OO 9.a3
Nxc3 10.bxc3 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Bb2 Na5 =-=(89) Kovalenko 2659 -- Kravtsiv 2657, Martuni
ARM 2017.

55. 7...cxd4 8.cxd4 e5 9.Nf3 exd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Bc5 12.Nb5 Na6 =-=(47) Nisipeanu 2677 --
Naiditsch 2706, Deizisau GER 2013; =-=(85) Wojtaszek 2733 -- Roiz 2618, Eilat ISR 2012;
11...Be7 12.Be3 OO =-=(23) Svidler 2747 -- Kramnik 2810, London ENG 2013; 8...Be7 9.Nf3 OO
10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Be3 b6 12.OO Bb7 1-0(38) Aleksandrov 2659 -- Kharlov 2613,
chessassistantclub.com INT 2004.
7...Be7 8.Nf3 OO 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Bf6 12.OO Ne7 0-1(52) Van Wely 2695 --
Kasimdzhanov 2704, Batumi GEO 2001; 10.Bb2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 b6 =-=(41) Vitiugov
2733 -- Khalifman 2627, Taganrog RUS 2011.

56. 9.h4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qa5 11.Qd2 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd2+ 1-0(66) Nakamura 2786 -- Kramnik 2793,
London ENG 2013.
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Qd2 OO =-=(40) Dreev 2649 -- Fedoseev 2661, Moscow
RUS 2014.

57. 9...OO 10.h4 Nc6 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qd8 1-0(46) Le 2728 -- Shimanov 2626, Philadelphia, PA
USA 2018.

58. 12.OO b6 1-0(57) Caruana 2807 -- Dominguez Perez 2739, Saint Louis USA 2017.

59. 11.Rc1 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 =-=(30) Dreev 2653 -- Wang 2709, Riyadh KSA 2017; =-=(47) Gelfand
2724 -- Kramnik 2811, Zurich SUI 2017; =-=(24) Hammer 2628 -- Vallejo Pons 2709, Sharjah
UAE 2017; =-=(37) Nakamura 2787 -- Kramnik 2812, Paris FRA 2016; 12...Ba6 =-=(61) So 2788 -
- Dominguez Perez 2739, Saint Louis USA 2017; 11...Nc6 12.Bb5 Ne7 =-=(18) Dreev 2653 --
Shankland 2671, Havana CUB 2018; 11...Nd7 12.Bd3 b6 0-1(66) Krysa 2540 -- Li 2745, Tbilisi
GEO 2017.
11.h4 b6 12.h5 h6 0-1(54) Caruana 2822 -- Dominguez Perez 2739, Saint Louis USA 2018.
11.Rd1 Nc6 12.Be2 Qa5 1-0(37) Rapport 2674 -- Naiditsch 2710, Haguenau FRA 2013.

60. 12.OO b6 1-0(51) Vachier-Lagrave 2789 -- Giri 2782, Leuven BEL 2018; 0-1(44) Lenic 2662 --
Swiercz 2654, San Francisco, CA USA 2018; 1-0(35) Carlsen 2851 -- Kramnik 2801, Stavanger
NOR 2016; =-=(21) Baramidze 2615 -- Bacrot 2705, Schwetzingen GER 2013; =-=(36) Leko 2720
-- Naiditsch 2712, Porto Carras GRE 2011; =-=(30) Kuzubov 2655 -- Sethuraman 2673, Saint Louis
 USA 2018; =-=(45) Nepomniachtchi 2729 -- Kryvoruchko 2689, Riyadh KSA 2017; =-=(35) So
2788 -- Dominguez Perez 2739, Saint Louis USA 2017; 1-0(63) Carlsen 2855 -- Kramnik 2812,
Paris FRA 2016.
11...Nc6 12.OO b6 1-0(44) Lautier 2687 -- Kasimdzhanov 2695, Wijk aan Zee NED 2002.
11...b6 12.OO Bb7 =-=(30) Ma 2636 -- Lu 2640, China CHN 2017.

61. 7...cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nf3 c5 12.OO Be7 =-=(35) Inarkiev 2691 -- Ma
2619, China CHN 2018; =-=(46) Nepomniachtchi 2717 -- Bacrot 2714, Biel SUI 2013; 1-0(27)
Svidler 2769 -- Bacrot 2725, Thessaloniki GRE 2013; 8...Be7 9.Nf3 OO 10.Bc4 Nd7 11.OO Nf6
12.Bd3 b6 =-=(32) Ding 2804 -- Werle 2527, Porto Carras GRE 2018.

62. 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 OO 12.Nf3 Bf6 =-=(48) Aronian 2785 -- Vallejo
Pons 2709, Sharjah UAE 2017; 9...Nxd7 10.Rxb7 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nb6 12.Qd2 Qc8 0-1(60)
Nepomniachtchi 2751 -- Hou 2652, Moscow RUS 2017; 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be2 Rc8
12.Nf3 Qa5+ 1-0(64) Mamedyarov 2809 -- Kramnik 2800, Berlin GER 2018; 11.Nf3 Nb4 12.OO
Bc6 =-=(31) Naroditsky 2626 -- Shimanov 2646, Saint Louis USA 2017; 9.Ne2 Bxb5 10.Rxb5 b6
11.OO OO 12.Be3 Nd7 1-0(30) Mamedyarov 2801 -- Giri 2782, chess.com INT 2018; 9.Nf3 OO
10.OO Nc6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Bd3 cxd4 0-1(31) Sjugirov 2650 -- Riazantsev 2650, St Petersburg RUS
2017; 8...Nd7 9.a4 OO 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Bd3 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qc7 1-0(28) Wojtaszek 2716 -- Naiditsch
2706, Trzcianka POL 2014; 9.Ne2 OO 10.OO a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.e5 Bb7 =-=(21) Mamedyarov 2791 -
- Rausis 2632, Germany GER 2018.
8.Bc4 OO 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.OO b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Nf4 cxd4 1-0(44) Shankland 2646 -- Ganguly
2654, Edmonton CAN 2016; 12...Rc8 1-0(31) Grachev 2654 -- Melkumyan 2642, Tbilisi GEO
2017.
8.Bd3 OO 9.Ne2 b6 10.OO Bb7 11.Be3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 =-=(32) Kraemer 2546 -- Bacrot 2730,
Baden-Baden GER 2014.

63. 9.h4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.h5 f5 12.exf5 Qa5+ 1-0(41) Karjakin 2763 -- Kramnik 2800, Berlin
GER 2018; 11.Bb5 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 =-=(30) Yu 2765 -- Radjabov 2751, Batumi GEO 2018;
9...Nc6 10.h5 h6 11.Bb5 Qc7 12.Rh3 Rd8 1-0(34) Vidit 2715 -- Meier 2638, Linares ESP 2018; 1-
0(28) Karjakin 2773 -- Dominguez Perez 2739, Saint Louis USA 2018.

64. 9...Qc7 10.Qe2 a6 11.OO b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 1-0(29) Carlsen 2832 -- So 2815, chess.com INT 2017;
12...Nd7 0-1(45) Navara 2737 -- Dominguez Perez 2739, Saint Louis USA 2017; 11.a4 cxd4
12.cxd4 Bd7 1-0(27) Matlakov 2728 -- Aronian 2802, Tbilisi GEO 2017; 10...b6 11.OO Bb7 12.d5
exd5 =-=(133) Akobian 2647 -- Zherebukh 2633, Saint Louis USA 2018.
9...a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Bd3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 =-=(54) Ding 2772 -- Kramnik 2794, Antalya TUR
2017; 10...cxd4 11.cxd4 Qc7 12.Bb3 b5 =-=(21) Ding 2777 -- Melkumyan 2633, Riyadh KSA
2017.
9...cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.OO b6 12.Bb2 Bb7 1-0(41) Vitiugov 2739 -- Adly 2589, Tsaghkadzor
ARM 2015.
9...Nd7 10.OO Qc7 11.Qe2 b6 12.d5 exd5 1-0(20) Vitiugov 2700 -- Miton 2626, Czech Republic
CZE 2013.

65. 11.Be3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 =-=(22) Wang 2699 -- Lu 2628, China CHN 2017; 0-1(55) Navara 2737
-- Dominguez Perez 2739, Saint Louis USA 2017; 11...Bb7 12.Qe2 cxd4 1-0(33) Anand 2767 --
Hou 2680, Wijk aan Zee NED 2018.
11.Bf4 Bb7 12.Re1 cxd4 =-=(31) Svidler 2755 -- Radjabov 2710, Moscow RUS 2017.

66. 12.Bd3 c4 =-=(23) Svidler 2765 -- Wang 2709, Riyadh KSA 2017; 1-0(31) Svidler 2749 -- Hou
2666, Geneva SUI 2017; =-=(59) Ding 2771 -- Kravtsiv 2670, Tbilisi GEO 2017; =-=(23) Matlakov
2714 -- Shimanov 2642, Minsk BLR 2017.

67. 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Qd2 c6 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.Ne5 OO 9.h3 Qe7 10.g4 Ne4 11.Qe3 Nxc3 12.gxf5 Ne4 1-0(55)
Mamedyarov 2757 -- Inarkiev 2688, Sochi RUS 2014; 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bg3 OO 9.f3 Re8 10.Kf2 c5
 11.Bb5 Nc6 12.Nge2 Bf8 0-1(60) Mamedyarov 2743 -- Sargissian 2686, Dubai UAE 2014.
5.Nf3 c6 6.h3 Bd6 7.Qc2 OO 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Bxg3 11.fxg3 Nh5 12.Kf2 Qd6 0-1(46)
Ivanisevic 2613 -- Kramnik 2760, Tromso NOR 2014.

68. 5...Nbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Nge2 Nf8 9.Qc2 Ne6 10.Bh4 h5 11.Bf5 Bd7 12.f3 Qc7 0-1(39)
Caruana 2709 -- Savchenko 2632, Moscow RUS 2010; 7...Be7 8.Nge2 Nf8 9.OO Ne6 10.Bh4 OO
11.Qc2 g6 12.Rad1 b6 =-=(71) Dubov 2648 -- Fedoseev 2665, Sochi RUS 2016; 6...Be7 7.Bd3 c6
8.Nge2 Nf8 9.OO Ne6 10.Bh4 OO 11.f3 Re8 12.Qc2 g6 =-=(64) Sargissian 2702 -- Mamedyarov
2747, Huai'an CHN 2016; 1-0 Aronian 2801 -- Savchenko 2632, Moscow, Russia 2010.
5...Bb4 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Rc1 h5 10.f3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 c6 12.Bd3 Be6 1-0(55)
Nepomniachtchi 2763 -- Riazantsev 2649, Moscow RUS 2018; 9.Qa4+ Nc6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Ne2 a6
12.Bxc6 Bxc3+ =-=(53) Eljanov 2665 -- Movsesian 2618, Sochi RUS 2006.

69. 6...Nbd7 7.Bd3 OO 8.Nf3 Re8 9.OO c6 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.h3 g6 12.Bh6 Bd6 1-0(16) Sokolov 2659 --
Sadler 2633, NED 2001; 9.h3 a6 10.OO b6 11.a3 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 0-1(32) Salgado Lopez 2624 --
Granda Zuniga 2665, Camarinas ESP 2013; 8...c6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.OO Be6 12.Rab1 Rc8
=-=(106) Sokolov 2696 -- Asrian 2645, Stepanakert ARM 2005; 8.Nge2 Re8 9.OO c6 10.Qc2 Nf8
11.f3 Be6 12.Rae1 N6d7 0-1(71) Kasimdzhanov 2706 -- Jussupow 2633, Erevan ARM 2001.
6...h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Bd3 OO 9.Nf3 Ne4 10.Bg3 Bf5 11.Qc2 Bb4 12.OO Nxg3 =-=(95) Li 2720 -- Hou
2651, Sharjah UAE 2017.

70. 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 h6 9.Bh4 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.OO OO 12.Qd2 Re8 1-0(41) Giri 2776 --
Fressinet 2712, Montpellier FRA 2015; 8...OO 9.Qc2 Re8 10.f3 c5 11.OO b6 12.Rad1 Bb7 1-0(47)
Inarkiev 2693 -- Laznicka 2677, Poikovsky RUS 2013; 8...Nf8 9.Qc2 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.f3 Nh5
12.Bf2 f5 1-0(74) Shirov 2685 -- Ipatov 2625, Emsdetten GER 2013; 8.Nf3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7
10.OO OO 11.Qc2 g6 12.Rab1 Nb6 =-=(26) Golod 2599 -- Eljanov 2716, Netanya ISR 2009; =-=
(26) Golod 2599 -- Eljanov 2716, Natanya ISR 2009; 7...Bg4 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Qc2 Bh5 10.Nge2 Bg6
11.Rb1 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Na6 1-0(55) Kovalenko 2684 -- Khalifman 2617, Puhajarve EST 2016.

71. 8.Nf3 h6 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.OOO Nxf4 11.exf4 g5 12.Bd3 gxf4 1-0(29) Rapport 2692 -- Hammer 2629,
Palma de Majorca ESP 2017.

72. 8...Nf8 9.Nf3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.OOO Ng7 12.h3 Bf5 =-=(52) Morozevich 2731 -- Ipatov 2613,
Dubai UAE 2014; 11.h3 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 1-0(41) Korobov 2680 -- Ipatov 2613, Dubai UAE
2014; 11.OO Ng7 12.b4 a6 =-=(59) Harikrishna 2679 -- Grachev 2610, Dagomys RUS 2008.
8...Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nge2 Nb6 11.OO g6 12.Ng3 Nxg3 =-=(27) Tregubov 2585 -- Radjabov
2710, Doha QAT 2016.

73. 9.Nf3 Re8 10.OOO Nf8 11.h4 Be6 12.Kb1 Rc8 =-=(46) Bacrot 2594 -- Karpov 2696, Cannes FRA
2000.

74. 10.OO h6 11.Bh4 b6 12.f3 c5 0-1(48) Cheparinov 2700 -- Ipatov 2588, Legnica POL 2013.

75. 12.Bh4 Nf8 =-=(28) Kryvoruchko 2711 -- Kravtsiv 2623, Lvov UKR 2015.

76. 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Re8 9.OO Nf8 10.Qc2 c6 11.h3 Be6 12.Rab1 a5 0-1(35) Volkov 2629 --
McShane 2656, playchess.com INT 2004.

77. 7...Re8 8.Nge2 Nbd7 9.OO c6 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.f3 g6 12.Rad1 Ne6 =-=(59) Wojtaszek 2746 --
Buhmann 2633, Hockenheim GER 2016.
7...h6 8.Bh4 Re8 9.Nge2 b6 10.OO Bb7 11.Bg3 a6 12.Qb3 Nbd7 =-=(36) Gelfand 2703 --
Nisipeanu 2661, Batumi GEO 2018.

78. 8.Nge2 Re8 9.OO Nf8 10.b4 Be6 11.b5 Ng6 12.Qc2 Bd6 1-0(38) Topalov 2791 -- Zhao 2567,
Dresden GER 2008; 10...Bxb4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 1-0(46) Bareev 2702 -- Lputian 2598,
 Montecatini Terme ITA 2000; 10...Ne6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qb3 c6 1-0(58) Le 2647 -- Savchenko
2638, Moscow RUS 2010; 10...Ng6 11.b5 Qd6 12.Nf4 Ng4 1-0(45) Gelfand 2738 -- Dervishi 2538,
Istanbul TUR 2012; 9...c6 10.f3 Nb6 11.b3 a6 12.Kh1 Nfd7 1-0(53) Kasparov 2838 -- Milos 2574,
Prague CZE 2002; 9.Qc2 c6 10.OO Nf8 11.Rae1 Be6 12.Ng3 h6 =-=(28) Vitiugov 2694 -- Milos
2603, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2009; 8...c6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.OO Nf8 11.f3 Be6 12.Rae1 Rc8 1-0(42)
Bareev 2709 -- Jussupow 2628, Frankfurt GER 2000.
8.Qc2 Re8 9.Nge2 Nf8 10.h3 c6 11.OOO a5 12.Kb1 b5 =-=(36) Dreev 2694 -- Jussupow 2576,
Switzerland SUI 2011.

79. 8...c6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Ng6 12.Bh2 Bd6 =-=(58) Dreev 2651 -- Akobian 2645,
chess.com INT 2017; 11...Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 1-0(71) Dreev 2694 -- Anastasian 2596, Stepanakert
ARM 2005; 9.OO Re8 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.h3 Be6 12.Rab1 Ne4 =-=(41) Bacrot 2723 -- Stojanovic
2572, Basel SUI 2011.

80. 9.OO c6 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.Rae1 Ne4 12.Bf4 f5 1-0(78) Korobov 2684 -- Jussupow 2589, Warsaw
POL 2010.

81. 9...c6 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Ng6 12.Bh2 Bd6 1-0(57) Dreev 2710 -- Savchenko 2609, Apatity RUS
2011.

82. 10.h3 h6 11.Bh4 c6 12.OOO a5 =-=(66) Dreev 2710 -- Savchenko 2609, Apatity RUS 2011.

83. 12.Rae1 Ne4 1-0(51) Graf 2646 -- Sadler 2626, ? 2003; 1-0(51) Graf 2646 -- Sadler 2626,
Katernberg GER 2003.

84. 6...Na6 7.a3 Nc7 8.e3 Be7 9.Bd3 g6 10.Nf3 Ne6 11.Bh4 OO 12.OO Ng7 1-0(59) Carlsen 2850 --
Bruzon Batista 2659, Berlin GER 2015; 9...Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.Nf3 Ng7 12.Bg5 Ne6 1-0(56)
Ivanchuk 2758 -- Khalifman 2614, Jurmala LAT 2013; 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Ne5 Bh5 11.Bd3 Bg6 12.OO
Bxd3 =-=(45) Lysyj 2691 -- Wang 2713, China CHN 2015; 8...Ne6 9.Bh4 Be7 10.Bd3 g6 11.Nge2
OO 12.OO Nh5 0-1(64) Movsesian 2668 -- Sokolov 2637, Sarajevo BIH 2000; 8...g6 9.Bd3 Bg7
10.Nf3 OO 11.Bh4 Nce8 12.h3 Nd6 =-=(58) Aleksandrov 2642 -- Granda Zuniga 2639, Burguillos
ESP 2010; 7.e3 Nb4 8.Qb3 Bf5 9.Rc1 Qb6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Qd1 Qa5 12.Qd2 Nxa2 1-0(77) Svidler
2747 -- Harikrishna 2688, Schwetzingen GER 2013; 8.Qd2 Bf5 9.Rc1 a5 10.a3 Na6 11.Nge2 Be7
12.Ng3 Bg6 0-1(40) Sargissian 2668 -- Bruzon Batista 2691, Tsaghkadzor ARM 2015; 8.Qb1 g6
9.Qd1 Bf5 10.Rc1 Be7 11.a3 Na6 12.Bxa6 bxa6 =-=(55) Lupulescu 2613 -- Grachev 2672, Baden-
Baden GER 2012.
6...h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.e3 OO 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Nge2 Nh5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.h3 a5 1-0(67) Caruana 2799 -
- Kramnik 2803, Douglas ENG 2017; 12.OO Nd7 1-0(79) Nepomniachtchi 2751 -- Kramnik 2811,
Zurich SUI 2017; 9...c5 10.Nge2 Nc6 11.OO g5 12.Bg3 c4 =-=(21) Andreikin 2720 -- Kramnik
2777, Baku AZE 2015; 7...g6 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.Nge2 Bg7 12.f3 OO 0-1(56)
Mamedyarov 2765 -- Ponomariov 2714, Beijing CHN 2014; 12.OO OO =-=(49) Lysyj 2671 --
Khismatullin 2651, Poikovsky RUS 2015; 7...Be6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.f3 c5 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6
12.Nge2 OO =-=(40) Lupulescu 2626 -- Fridman 2649, Medias ROU 2015.
6...Nbd7 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.OOO Nb6 12.Kb1 Nf6 1-0(36) Le 2712 -
- Meier 2632, Dubai UAE 2014.

85. 7...Nh5 8.Bxe7 Kxe7 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.Nf3 Re8 11.OOO Bg4 12.Rdg1 Bxf3 =-=(79) Nguyen 2625 --
Andreikin 2713, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013.

86. 8.h3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.OOO Nf6 12.Bd3 Be6 =-=(31) Aronian 2830 -- Kramnik
2787, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2014; 10.g4 Nhf6 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.OOO Be6 1-0(41) Grischuk 2792 -
- Kramnik 2783, Flor & Fjaere NOR 2014; 8...Ne4 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Nxd6 11.Bd3 Qg5 12.Nf3
Qf6 0-1(52) Gareev 2653 -- Akobian 2643, Saint Louis USA 2014.
8.Nf3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.OOO Nb6 11.Ne5 Nf6 12.Bd3 Ng4 =-=(47) Anand 2797 -- Kramnik
2783, Zurich SUI 2015; 8...Nf8 9.Bd3 Ne6 10.h4 Ng4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.OOO Bd7 1-0(73) Inarkiev
 2686 -- Zvjaginsev 2672, Chelyabinsk RUS 2016.

87. 8...OO 9.Nge2 Re8 10.OO Nf8 11.f3 g6 12.Rae1 Ne6 0-1(46) Jones 2665 -- Bruzon Batista 2664,
Tromso NOR 2014; 12.Rad1 Ne6 0-1(53) Jones 2664 -- Howell 2657, Douglas ENG 2014;
11...Ng6 12.Rad1 h6 1-0(74) Kasparov 2851 -- Barua 2555, Internet INT 2000; 12...Be6 1-0(49)
Sasikiran 2642 -- Hansen 2633, Copenhagen/Malmoe DEN 2005; 10...h6 11.Bf4 Nf8 12.a3 a5 1-
0(68) Nepomniachtchi 2720 -- Naiditsch 2722, Dortmund GER 2015.
8...Nf8 9.Nge2 Ng6 10.OO Nh5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Rab1 OO =-=(47) Xu 2654 -- Seirawan 2618,
Shanghai CHN 2002.

88. 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Nf3 Nxf4 11.exf4 Nf6 12.OO OO 1-0(57) Wang 2705 -- Zhou 2646, Zaozhuang
CHN 2015; 12.h3 Qd6 1-0(17) Ponomariov 2711 -- Bogdanovich 2590, Lvov UKR 2014; 11...OO
12.OOO Bb4 =-=(38) Mamedyarov 2743 -- Grachev 2672, Kocaeli TUR 2014.

89. 11.Nge2 Nb6 12.OO OO =-=(27) Leko 2737 -- Adams 2740, Dortmund GER 2013.
11.Nf3 Nhf6 12.OO OO 1-0(76) Svidler 2727 -- Nisipeanu 2678, Baku AZE 2015.

90. 12.Nf3 Bg4 =-=(64) Aronian 2777 -- Carlsen 2865, Baden-Baden GER 2015; =-=(64) Aronian
2777 -- Carlsen 2865, Baden-Baden GER 2015; 12...Nf6 1-0(50) Nepomniachtchi 2757 --
Nisipeanu 2672, Dortmund GER 2018.
12.h3 Be6 =-=(29) Tomashevsky 2706 -- Andreikin 2716, Tromso NOR 2013; 1-0(47) Gelfand
2777 -- Harikrishna 2706, Wijk aan Zee NED 2014.

91. 10.OOO Nb6 11.h3 g6 12.Nf3 Ng7 =-=(24) Wojtaszek 2701 -- Landa 2644, Haguenau FRA 2013.

92. 10...Nb6 11.OO g6 12.Rae1 OO =-=(38) Wang 2717 -- Sargissian 2702, Huai'an CHN 2016;
12.Na4 OO =-=(22) Sokolov 2637 -- Georgiev 2677, Sarajevo BIH 2000; 11.OOO Bd7 12.Kb1
OOO =-=(47) Ponomariov 2711 -- Zubov 2588, Lvov UKR 2014.
10...Nhf6 11.OO Nb6 12.Rae1 OO 1-0(50) Leko 2737 -- Naiditsch 2705, Dortmund GER 2014.

93. 11.OOO Nb6 12.Rde1 Be6 =-=(46) Morozevich 2724 -- Inarkiev 2688, Moscow RUS 2014;
12.Kb1 Ng7 =-=(43) Sandipan 2574 -- Kasimdzhanov 2704, Munich GER 2016.
11.Nc1 OO 12.OO Ndf6 1-0(58) Nepomniachtchi 2705 -- Korobov 2700, Berlin GER 2015.

94. 12.Rae1 Ndf6 =-=(53) Grachev 2670 -- Zubov 2607, Jerusalem ISR 2015; =-=(41) Korobov 2696 -
- Shimanov 2636, Nakhchivan AZE 2014; =-=(43) Wojtaszek 2735 -- Wang 2718, Tromso NOR
2014; 1-0(66) Eljanov 2719 -- Zubov 2588, Lvov UKR 2014; 12...Nb6 0-1(45) Wojtaszek 2727 --
Wang 2717, Huai'an CHN 2016.
12.Rab1 Ng7 1-0(43) Korobov 2700 -- Inarkiev 2660, Berlin GER 2015; 12...Nb6 =-=(50)
Georgiev 2677 -- Andersson 2625, France 2000.

95. 6...h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.f3 OO 10.Qc2 b5 11.Nge2 Nb6 12.a3 a5 1-0(45) So 2788 --
Adams 2745, Shamkir AZE 2015; 10.Nge2 b5 11.OO Nb6 12.Bf2 a5 1-0(51) Harikrishna 2750 --
Adams 2747, Moscow RUS 2017; 9.Nge2 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qd2 Nb6 12.f3 Bd7 1-0(43)
Mamedyarov 2766 -- Adams 2751, Sharjah UAE 2017; 8...OO 9.Qc2 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nf3
Nf4 12.Bf1 Nd7 1-0(72) Karjakin 2771 -- Kramnik 2783, Stavanger NOR 2014; 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Bd3
Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nge2 Nb6 12.OO OO 0-1(37) Navara 2724 -- Adams 2740, Biel SUI 2015;
7...Bf5 8.Qf3 Bh7 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qxf6 gxf6 11.Kd2 Nd7 12.Nf3 Nb6 1-0(64) So 2780 -- Duda
2737, chess.com INT 2018; 8...Bg6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qxf6 gxf6 11.Kd2 Nd7 12.Nge2 Nb6 =-=(24)
Sasikiran 2650 -- Seirawan 2618, Qingdao CHN 2002; 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Be7 10.Nge2 OO 11.f3
Re8 12.OO Nbd7 1-0(60) Duda 2706 -- Meier 2655, Hersonissos GRE 2017; 7...Be6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.f3 g5 10.Bf2 Bg7 11.Nge2 h5 12.Ng3 Nb6 1-0(43) Navara 2736 -- Moroni 2564, Skopje MKD
2018.
6...Nbd7 7.Bd3 Be7 8.h3 OO 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Nf3 Nf8 11.OO g6 12.Bf4 Ne6 =-=(60) So 2782 --
Hracek 2591, Baku AZE 2016; 8...Nf8 9.Nf3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.Rb1 a5 12.OO Ng7 1-0(39)
 Wojtaszek 2749 -- Fridman 2596, Tallinn EST 2016; 8.Nf3 h6 9.Bh4 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.OO
Nhf6 12.Qb1 a5 1-0(55) Adhiban 2677 -- Erdos 2628, Linares ESP 2017; 8...OO 9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3
Nf8 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 =-=(69) Khismatullin 2674 -- Savchenko 2602, Khanty-Mansiysk
RUS 2013; 8.Qc2 Nf8 9.Nf3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.OO Ng7 12.b4 a6 1-0(83) Tomashevsky 2705 --
Grachev 2626, Sochi RUS 2018; 8.Nge2 Nf8 9.OO Ne6 10.Bh4 OO 11.Qc2 g6 12.f3 b6 =-=(65)
Ragger 2696 -- Khismatullin 2609, Gjakova KOS 2016.
6...Bd6 7.Bd3 OO 8.Nge2 Re8 9.Qc2 h6 10.Bh4 Nbd7 11.g4 Nf8 12.h3 b5 0-1(45) Mamedyarov
2809 -- Kramnik 2800, Moscow RUS 2018; 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 Re8 10.Nf3 Be6 11.Ne5 c5 12.OO
cxd4 =-=(59) Nakamura 2787 -- Kramnik 2812, Paris FRA 2016; 7...Nbd7 8.Nf3 OO 9.Qc2 h6
10.Bh4 Re8 11.OO Nf8 12.Rae1 Bg4 1-0(44) Bareev 2729 -- Ljubojevic 2570, Monte Carlo MNC
2003.
6...Be6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Qc2 Nxg3 12.Nxg3 h5 =-=(43) Karjakin
2783 -- Meier 2630, chess.com INT 2017.

96. 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.OOO Nb6 11.h3 g6 12.Nf3 Ng7 =-=(62) Kovalyov 2616
-- Kasimdzhanov 2704, Baku AZE 2015; 8...OO 9.h3 Re8 10.Nf3 Nf8 11.Bf4 a5 12.OO Ne6 =-=
(37) Navara 2691 -- Ipatov 2577, Istanbul TUR 2012; 8.Nf3 Nh5 9.h4 h6 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.OOO
Ndf6 12.Ne5 Ng4 1-0(51) Volkov 2638 -- Yilmaz 2633, Beirut LIB 2017; 7...OO 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.Nge2 Re8 10.OO Nf8 11.Rae1 Be6 12.f3 Rc8 =-=(38) Carlsen 2770 -- Ivanchuk 2746, Leon ESP
2009.

97. 7...h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.OOO Nb6 12.h3 Be6 =-=(34) Tomashevsky 2728
-- Adams 2744, Wijk aan Zee NED 2016.
7...Bg4 8.Qc2 Bh5 9.Nge2 Bg6 10.Ng3 Na6 11.a3 Nc7 12.Nf5 Bxf5 1-0(53) Vitiugov 2722 -- Zhou
2668, Ningbo CHN 2010.
7...Ne4 8.Bf4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bd6 10.Ne2 OO 11.OO Be6 12.Qb1 b5 1-0(28) Navara 2735 --
Sanikidze 2537, Drancy FRA 2016.

98. 8...Re8 9.Nf3 h6 10.Bf4 Be6 11.h3 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 =-=(81) Tomashevsky 2722 -- Zvjaginsev
2675, Novi Sad SRB 2016.
8...h6 9.Bh4 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nge2 Nf6 12.OO Bg4 0-1(92) Adhiban 2663 -- Savchenko
2607, Dubai UAE 2016.

99. 12.Bxe4 Bxg5 =-=(43) Morozevich 2771 -- Ivanchuk 2779, Nice FRA 2009.

100. 8.Nge2 Nf8 9.Qc2 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.f3 OO 12.OO b6 0-1(80) Korobov 2668 -- Yilmaz 2640,
Kocaeli TUR 2017; 1-0(26) Mamedyarov 2791 -- Goryachkina 2478, Sochi RUS 2017; 12.OOO
b6 1-0(33) Wojtaszek 2738 -- Yilmaz 2619, Batumi GEO 2018; 9.OO Ne6 10.Bh4 OO 11.a3 a5
12.f3 b6 1-0(33) Le 2712 -- Goganov 2621, Ho Chi Minh City VIE 2017; 8...OO 9.Qc2 Re8 10.OO
Nf8 11.f3 Be6 12.Rad1 Rc8 1-0(36) Ivanchuk 2741 -- Bruzon Batista 2648, Merida MEX 2006; =-
=(38) Ivanchuk 2741 -- Bruzon Batista 2648, Merida MEX 2006; 12.Kh1 Rc8 1-0(83) Lautier 2658
-- Nikolic 2652, Dordrecht NED 2001; 8...Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qd2 Nb6 11.f3 g6 12.OO OO 1-
0(39) Ding 2782 -- Inarkiev 2660, Baku AZE 2015; 10.g4 Nhf6 11.Ng3 Nb6 12.g5 Ng8 0-1(49)
Wojtaszek 2739 -- Onischuk 2682, Tbilisi GEO 2017.
8.Nf3 Ne4 9.Bf4 Ndf6 10.Qc2 OO 11.OO Bf5 12.Ne5 g6 1-0(59) Navara 2742 -- Hammer 2651,
Novy Bor CZE 2016; 11.Ne5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 1-0(42) Onischuk 2685 -- Yilmaz 2630, Khanty-
Mansiysk RUS 2017; 10.OO OO 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.h3 Nxc3 0-1(112) Khismatullin 2666 -- Inarkiev
2664, Sochi RUS 2015; 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc2 Ndf6 11.OO OO 12.Ne5 Re8 =-=(14) Riazantsev
2654 -- Adams 2736, Geneva SUI 2017.
8.h3 OO 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Nf3 Nf8 11.OO Be6 12.Ne5 N6d7 =-=(41) Rakhmanov 2659 -- Berkes
2653, Hungary HUN 2017; 8...Ne4 9.Bf4 Ndf6 10.Qc2 Bd6 11.Nge2 Bxf4 12.Nxf4 Nd6 =-=(62)
Rakhmanov 2662 -- Grachev 2628, Sochi RUS 2016.
8.Bf4 Nb6 9.h3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Nf3 OO 12.Qc2 Qe7 1-0(61) Gajewski 2628 -- Kravtsiv
2653, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2017.
101. 8...Nf8 9.Nf3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.OO OO 12.Rab1 Ng7 =-=(45) Tomashevsky 2713 -- Sjugirov
2650, St Petersburg RUS 2017.

102. 10.Nge2 g6 11.OO OO 12.Rae1 Nb6 =-=(35) Riazantsev 2646 -- Kasimdzhanov 2704, Berlin GER
2015; 12.Rab1 a5 =-=(23) Korobov 2711 -- Yilmaz 2630, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2017.

103. 11.Kb1 g6 12.Nge2 Ng7 0-1(42) Hammer 2689 -- Yilmaz 2603, Gjakova KOS 2016; 12...Be6 =-=
(51) Tomashevsky 2702 -- Braun 2581, Biograd na Moru CRO 2018; 12.h3 Ng7 1-0(40)
Tomashevsky 2724 -- Gharamian 2626, Berlin GER 2017.

104. 12.Nf3 Be6 0-1(75) Nakamura 2793 -- Onischuk 2667, Saint Louis USA 2017; 12...Ng7 =-=(40) Li
2741 -- Hammer 2629, Palma de Majorca ESP 2017.
11...Be6 12.Nge2 OOO =-=(52) Wojtaszek 2739 -- Onischuk 2682, Tbilisi GEO 2017.

105. 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Na6 9.Nge2 Nc7 10.OO Be7 11.f3 Ne6 12.Bh4 Qd7 =-=(59) Grischuk 2810 --
Andreikin 2737, Tbilisi GEO 2015; 8...Nbd7 9.Nge2 Be7 10.OO OO 11.Ng3 Re8 12.Rad1 Ne4 =-=
(41) Dubov 2638 -- Grachev 2683, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013; 8...Be7 9.f3 Nbd7 10.OOO b5
11.Kb1 OO 12.h4 b4 =-=(48) Anton Guijarro 2628 -- Nisipeanu 2678, Baku AZE 2015.
7.Nge2 Be7 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.h4 h6 10.h5 Bh7 11.Bf4 Qb6 12.Qd2 Nbd7 1-0(64) Mamedyarov 2791 --
Rakhmanov 2654, Sochi RUS 2017; 7...h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Ng3 Bg6 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.a3 Qc7 12.Qd1
Nd7 0-1(56) Mamedyarov 2791 -- Grachev 2645, Sochi RUS 2017.

106. 7...Be6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Nge2 Nb6 12.Nf4 Nc8 1-0(54) Giri 2762 --
Zvjaginsev 2643, Antalya TUR 2017; 12...h5 =-=(38) Jakovenko 2735 -- Liu 2538, China CHN
2018; 11.Nf3 Nb6 12.Nh4 Nc4 =-=(30) Moiseenko 2678 -- Wang 2699, China CHN 2017; 12.OOO
Nc4 0-1(32) Tomashevsky 2710 -- Zvjaginsev 2643, Sochi RUS 2017; 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.Bd3 Nb6
12.Ne2 Nc4 =-=(25) Wang 2701 -- Zvjaginsev 2661, China CHN 2017.

107. 10.h4 Nd7 11.h5 Bf5 12.Nge2 Bd6 =-=(51) Nakamura 2787 -- Naiditsch 2709, Tromso NOR 2014;
1-0(63) Tomashevsky 2695 -- Meier 2632, Dubai UAE 2014; =-=(37) Tomashevsky 2706 --
Andreikin 2716, Tromso NOR 2013; 12...h6 =-=(22) Vitiugov 2738 -- Ponomariov 2711, Prague
CZE 2015; 12.f3 h6 =-=(24) Mamedyarov 2765 -- Bruzon Batista 2673, Baku AZE 2011; 12...Be6
=-=(33) Bacrot 2613 -- Short 2677, Albert FRA 2000; 11.Nge2 Bd6 12.h5 Bf5 =-=(19) Sokolov
2637 -- Short 2683, Sarajevo BIH 2000; 10...h6 11.Kd2 Nd7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 0-1(58) Moiseenko 2711
-- Andreikin 2713, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013; 11.h5 Bh7 12.Kd2 Nd7 1-0(63) Morozevich 2711
-- Khismatullin 2651, Berlin GER 2015; 10...h5 11.Nge2 Bd6 12.f3 Nd7 =-=(23) Leko 2720 --
Hansen 2566, Porto Carras GRE 2011; 11.Kd2 Nd7 12.Bd3 Bd6 =-=(31) Naroditsky 2633 --
Hammer 2651, Reykjavik ISL 2015.
10.Nge2 Nd7 11.Nf4 Nb6 12.f3 Bd6 =-=(22) Grischuk 2710 -- Bruzon Batista 2652, Wijk aan Zee
NED 2005; 12.g3 Nc8 =-=(20) Onischuk 2662 -- Zvjaginsev 2660, Moscow RUS 2015; 10...a5
11.Rc1 Nd7 12.h4 h5 0-1(46) Sandipan 2628 -- Sokolov 2641, Nancy FRA 2012.
10.Kd2 Nd7 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.Nge2 Bd6 =-=(87) Onischuk 2662 -- Grachev 2649, Moscow RUS
2015.
10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.b3 a5 =-=(20) Dreev 2649 -- Kuzubov 2655, Saint Louis USA 2018.
10.g3 Nd7 11.Bh3 Nb6 12.Nge2 a5 1-0(51) Duda 2660 -- Fridman 2624, Tallinn EST 2016.

108. 10...Be7 11.Nh4 f5 12.Nf3 Nd7 1-0(47) Van Wely 2681 -- Kharlov 2613, chessassistantclub.com
INT 2004.

109. 11.g3 Nb6 12.Nh4 Be7 =-=(33) Vitiugov 2734 -- Andreikin 2713, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013;
11...Be7 12.Nh4 Nb6 0-1(61) Bologan 2693 -- Short 2658, Caleta ENG 2011.
11.OOO Nb6 12.Bd3 Nc8 1-0(48) Inarkiev 2660 -- Grachev 2649, Moscow RUS 2015.

110. 12.f4 h5 1-0(37) Bluebaum 2632 -- Naiditsch 2700, Minsk BLR 2017; 12...f5 1-0(48) Carlsen 2838
-- Sharafiev 2433, chess.com INT 2017.
 12.OOO Bb4 =-=(35) Hammer 2628 -- Nisipeanu 2689, Tromso NOR 2014; 12...Nc8 =-=(94)
Vocaturo 2606 -- Naiditsch 2702, Caleta ENG 2017.
12.g3 Nc8 0-1(105) Khismatullin 2646 -- Oleksienko 2629, Erevan ARM 2015.

111. 12.g3 Nb6 =-=(41) Ding 2730 -- Kramnik 2760, Moscow RUS 2014; 1-0(38) Tomashevsky 2716 -
- Ganguly 2668, Doha QAT 2016; =-=(63) Wang 2737 -- Lu 2607, Shenzhen CHN 2016; 0-1(53)
Ivanisevic 2653 -- Kramnik 2777, Berlin GER 2015; =-=(59) Navara 2656 -- Short 2683, Prague
CZE 2007; =-=(38) Korobov 2679 -- Andreikin 2689, Sochi RUS 2012; =-=(28) Moiseenko 2649 --
Rakhmanov 2653, Izmir TUR 2016; =-=(70) Potkin 2682 -- Shulman 2617, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS
2011; 1-0(42) Wang 2710 -- Wang 2720, Beijing CHN 2014; 1-0(52) Khismatullin 2671 --
Shimanov 2643, Vladivostok RUS 2014; =-=(33) Zhou 2612 -- Wang 2732, China CHN 2016; 1-
0(31) Van Wely 2679 -- Short 2674, Wijk aan Zee NED 2005; 1-0(66) Wang 2710 -- Wang 2720,
Beijing CHN 2014.
12.Ne2 f5 =-=(46) Kramnik 2792 -- Nisipeanu 2672, Dortmund GER 2018; =-=(30) Parligras 2623
-- Rakhmanov 2647, Kragujevac SRB 2018; =-=(34) Vachier-Lagrave 2778 -- Vitiugov 2709,
Shenzhen CHN 2018; 1-0(74) Volkov 2618 -- Rakhmanov 2664, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2016; 1-
0(42) Kramnik 2779 -- Aleksandrov 2602, Batumi GEO 2018; 12...Nb6 1-0(50) Carlsen 2851 --
Kramnik 2801, Stavanger NOR 2016.
12.Kd2 f5 1-0(34) Aronian 2784 -- Harikrishna 2763, Stavanger NOR 2016.
12.f4 f5 0-1(36) Vitiugov 2734 -- Grachev 2683, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013.