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Kings gambit opening report Scid



Opening Report

Database: mega2 (9,858,310 games)
Report: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 (39173 games)
ECO: C30a [King's Gambit]
Generated by Scid 5.0.2, 2025.03.26

BR BN BB BQ BK BB BN BR
BP BP BP BP BP BP BP
BP
WP WP
WP WP WP WP WP WP
WR WN WB WQ WK WB WN WR

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
-----------------------------------------------------------
 All report games  39178   18901    6774   13477    56.9%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: 1-0(35) Tringov 2460 -- Pedersen 2370, Moscow 1956
2: 1-0(18) Filipowicz 2410 -- Liebert 2420, Zinnowitz 1971.09.21
3: =-=(15) Bronstein 2590 -- Nikolaevsky 2490, Leningrad 1971.10.14
4: =-=(18) Spassky 2690 -- Bronstein 2590, Moscow 1971.12.08 [15]
5: 0-1(46) Ree 2430 -- Gligoric 2600, Teeside 1972

1.3 Newest games

1: =-=(47) Quesada Perez 2576 -- Zemach 2384, Dortmund GER 2024.08.16
2: 1-0(26) Carlsen 2832 -- Goncalves 2237, chess.com INT 2024.08.13
3: 1-0(30) Duda 2733 -- Tokhirjonova 2380, chess.com INT 2024.08.13 [112]
4: 1-0(26) Carlsen 2832 -- Ragger 2603, chess.com INT 2024.08.13 [13]
5: 0-1(49) Nepomniachtchi 2770 -- Nakamura 2802, chess.com INT 2024.08.09 [20]

1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games    1       1       1       1       1       1       1

Frequency in all years: once every 1 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 1 games (no change from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 1 games (no change from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 1 games (no change from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1: 74 2019-2024 76% 2794 Nepomniachtchi, I. [1,3,4,11,12,14,19,20,...]
2: 50 1972-1999 46% 2475 Westerinen, Heikki MJ
3: 49 2018-2023 63% 2581 Savchenko, B. [1,12,21,36,51,57,58,64,...]
4: 47 1988-2010 65% 2565 Gallagher, Joseph G [32,94,106]
5: 45 2018-2021 68% 2602 Pridorozhni, A. [14,27,29,31,32,44,51,66]
6: 42 1995-2004 68% 2684 Fedorov, Alexei [9,22,28,29,73,74,80,90,...]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 17 1989-2012 74% 2689 Sokolov, Ivan [10,44,73,90,94]
2: 14 1988-2015 64% 2575 Hebden, Mark
3: 13 1983-2009 58% 2510 Flear, Glenn C
4: 11 1991-2011 73% 2615 Malaniuk, Vladimir P [65,90,94]
5: 10 1999-2016 60% 2719 Bacrot, Etienne [42,56,61,89,90,91,92]
6: 10 1989-2001 60% 2546 Hector, Jonny

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2508 (2000 games); White performance: 2521 (51% vs 2514)
Black rating: 2514 (2000 games); Black performance: 2501 (49% vs 2508)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 0-1(105) LCZero 0.31-dag-e429eeb-BT3-2 3642 -- Stockfish dev-20231010-002636 3673, tcec-chess.com INT 2023 [52]
2: =-=(44) Stockfish dev-20231010-002636 3673 -- LCZero 0.31-dag-e429eeb-BT3-2 3642, tcec-chess.com INT 2023 [52]
3: =-=(112) Stockfish 14_202107131735 3639 -- LCZero 0.28-dev+_69626 3623, tcec-chess.com INT 2021 [127]
4: =-=(38) LCZero 0.28-dev+_69626 3623 -- Stockfish 14_202107131735 3639, tcec-chess.com INT 2021 [127]
5: =-=(188) LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2- 3598 -- Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39 3639, tcec-chess.com INT 2023 [41]
6: =-=(36) Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39 3639 -- LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2- 3598, tcec-chess.com INT 2023 [41]
7: =-=(52) LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2- 3598 -- Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39 3639, tcec-chess.com INT 2023 [40]
8: =-=(61) Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39 3639 -- LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2- 3598, tcec-chess.com INT 2023 [40]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    56.9%     39     39     37   48.2%   17.2%   34.4% 
 All games        9.9%     40     38     41   39.8%   27.4%   32.6%

3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1-0(6) Jenni 2454 -- Dvirnyy 2485, Skopje MKD 2018
2: 1-0(6) Jenni 2454 -- Dvirnyy 2485, Skopje MKD 2018
3: 1-0(6) Jenni 2454 -- Dvirnyy 2485, Skopje MKD 2018
4: 1-0(7) Mons 2536 -- Zude 2371, Tegernsee GER 2021
5: 1-0(11) Bindrich 2588 -- Zelbel 2440, Berlin GER 2018

3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0-1(8) Liang 2613 -- Nihal 2648, chess.com INT 2022 [2]
2: 0-1(8) Welling 2376 -- Gustafsson 2535, Dresden 2001
3: 0-1(10) Bogdanovich 2562 -- Sahoo 2348, New Delhi IND 2020
4: 0-1(11) McShane 2674 -- Indjic 2607, lichess.org INT 2021 [86]
5: 0-1(11) Fier 2553 -- Alekseenko 2650, chess.com INT 2024 [105]

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 2 move orders reaching this position:
1: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 (38300)
2: 1. f4 e5 2. e4 (873)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
 1: exf4   C33     19676: 50.2%   54.1%  2036  2019  1993   17%
 2: d5     C31      7591: 19.3%   54.2%  2048  2034  2000   19%
 3: Bc5    C30j     4548: 11.6%   53.7%  2016  1987  1992   19%
 4: d6     C30c     3360:  8.5%   71.5%  1587  1581  2004   12%
 5: Nc6    C30g     2429:  6.1%   68.3%  1715  1703  2005   11%
 6: Qh4+   C30f      489:  1.2%   57.9%  2021  1966  2002   21%
 7: Nf6    C30d      481:  1.2%   60.6%  1960  1932  1999   19%
 8: f6               282:  0.7%   88.2%  1219  1229  2006    5%
 9: Qf6    C30e      120:  0.3%   61.6%  1907  1804  2001   15%
10: f5                52:  0.1%   67.3%  1606  1457  1993    7%
11: c6                47:  0.1%   35.1%  2223  2287  2007   14%
12: Bd6               31:  0.0%   88.7%  1312  1187  2009    3%
13: Be7               13:  0.0%   69.2%  1295        2008    0%
14: c5     C30b       11:  0.0%   72.7%  1965        1996   36%
15: Qe7               11:  0.0%   54.5%  1419        2006    0%
16: Nh6               11:  0.0%   72.7%  2173  1983  2006   18%
17: g6                 8:  0.0%  100.0%  1356        1998    0%
18: g5                 7:  0.0%   28.5%  2063        2008   28%
19: [end]              5:  0.0%   50.0%  1973        1992   60%
20: b6                 2:  0.0%  100.0%  1623        2004    0%
21: Bb4                1:  0.0%  100.0%              1997    0%
22: h5                 1:  0.0%  100.0%  1818        2008    0%
23: Ne7                1:  0.0%    0.0%              2009    0%
24: h6                 1:  0.0%    0.0%  1965        2023    0%
_______________________________________________________________
TOTAL:             39178:100.0%   56.9%  2012  2033  1996   17%

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:

Same-side castling: 42% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 5%
Opposite castling: 15% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 12%
Kingside pawn storm: 24% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 64%
Queens exchanged: 54% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 76%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 10% Open c/d/e file: 65%

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 3% 8% 8% 27% 2% 3% 4% 45%
All games 3% 10% 9% 25% 3% 5% 5% 41%

5. Theory Table

1.e4 e5 2.f4: +18900 =6771 -13476 (22285.5/39173: 57%)
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 f4
Nc61		 Nf32
f53		 d34
d65		 Nc3
Nf6		 g3
g6		 Bg2
Bg7		 fxe5
dxe5		 Bg56
h67		 22: 57%
2 ...
Bc5		 Nf38
d6		 c39
Nf610		 d4
exd4		 cxd4
Bb4+11		 Bd2
Bxd2+		 Nbxd2
OO		 Bd3
c512		 20: 60%
3 ...
d5		 exd513
e414		 d315
Nf616		 dxe417
Nxe4		 Nf318
Bc5		 Qe2
Qe719		 Be3
Nd7		 Nbd2
Nef620		 32: 48%
4 ...
...		 ...
exf4		 Nf321
Nf622		 Be223
Nxd5		 c4
Ne724		 d4
Ng6		 Nc325
Be7		 Nd5
Bh4+26		 32: 45%
5 ...
...		 ...
...		 ...
...		 Bc4
Nxd527		 OO28
Be729		 d430
OO31		 Bxd5
Qxd5		 Bxf4
c632		 24: 56%
6 ...
...		 ...
...		 ...
...		 Bb5+
c633		 dxc634
Nxc635		 Nc336
Bd637		 Qe2+
Be638		 Nd4
OO39		 33: 79%
7 ...
exf4		 Nc340
Qh4+41		 Ke2
Qd842		 d4
Nf6		 Bxf4
Bb4		 Bg5
Bxc3		 bxc3
d6		 Nf3
OO43		 24: 50%
8 ...
...		 Bc4
c644		 Nc3
Nf645		 Bb346
d5		 exd5
cxd5		 d447
Bd6		 Nf348
Be649		 OO
OO50		 21: 50%
9 ...
...		 ...
Qh4+		 Kf1
d651		 Nf352
Qh553		 d454
Nf6		 Nc3
Be6		 Be2
Be7		 Bxf4
OO55		 21: 57%
10 ...
...		 ...
d5		 Bxd556
Nf657		 Nc3
Bb458		 Nf359
Bxc360		 dxc3
c6		 Bc461
Qxd1+		 Kxd1
OO62		 28: 55%
11 ...
...		 ...
Nf6		 Nc363
c664		 Bb365
d5		 exd566
cxd567		 d468
Bd669		 Nge270
Bg471		 OO
g572		 34: 47%
12 ...
...		 Nf3
h673		 d474
g575		 Nc376
Bg777		 g378
fxg379		 hxg3
d6		 Be380
Nc6		 Qd2
Bg481		 28: 46%
13 ...
...		 ...
Nf6		 e582
Nh583		 d484
d685		 Qe286
dxe587		 Nxe5
Qh4+		 g3
Nxg3		 hxg3
Qxh188		 28: 55%
14 ...
...		 ...
Ne7		 d489
d5		 Nc390
dxe4		 Nxe4
Nd591		 Bd3
Be7		 c492
Ne3		 Qe293
Bg494		 31: 55%
15 ...
...		 ...
d6		 Bc495
h696		 h497
Nf698		 Nc3
Nc699		 d4
Nh5		 a3100
Bg4		 Qd3
Be7101		 17: 68%
16 ...
...		 ...
...		 d4
g5		 h4102
g4		 Ng1103
Bh6104		 Nc3105
c6106		 Nge2
Qf6		 g3
fxg3107		 17: 47%
17 ...
...		 ...
d5		 exd5
Nf6108		 Bb5+109
c6110		 dxc6
Nxc6111		 d4112
Bd6113		 OO114
OO		 c4
Ne7115		 21: 52%
18 ...
...		 ...
...		 ...
...		 Bc4
Nxd5		 OO116
Be7117		 d4118
Be6		 Bb3119
OO		 c4
Ne3120		 15: 53%
19 ...
...		 ...
g5		 Bc4121
Bg7122		 d4123
d6124		 OO
Nc6		 c3
h6		 Qa4
Bd7		 Qb3
Na5125		 20: 40%
20 ...
...		 ...
...		 h4
g4		 Ne5
d6126		 Nxg4
Nf6127		 Nxf6+128
Qxf6		 Nc3129
Nc6130		 Bb5131
Kd8132		 32: 45%
Generated from the 500 highest-rated games.
  1. 2...Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.fxe5 dxe4 5.exf6 exf3 6.Qxf3 Qxf6 7.Qxf6 gxf6 8.d4 c5 9.Nc3 cxd4 10.Nb5 Na6 1-0(38) Nepomniachtchi 2758 -- Boros 2402, chess.com INT 2024; 3...Nxe4 4.d3 Nc5 5.fxe5 d5 6.d4 Ne6 7.c4 c6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Be3 OO 10.Qd2 b6 1-0(56) Bronstein 2590 -- Kholmov 2540, Vilnius 1975; 3.fxe5 Nxe4 4.Nf3 Ng5 5.d4 Nxf3+ 6.Qxf3 Qh4+ 7.Qf2 Qxf2+ 8.Kxf2 d6 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Nd2 OO =-=(38) Nepomniachtchi 2766 -- Mamedyarov 2759, Zagreb CRO 2022; 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 e4 5.d3 Bb4 6.dxe4 Nxe4 7.Qd4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 OO 9.Nf3 Re8 10.Be2 c5 =-=(45) Savchenko 2551 -- Mamedyarov 2770, chess.com INT 2020.
    2...d6 3.Nf3 exf4 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.Qd2 OO 8.d5 Nb8 9.OOO Nbd7 10.Rg1 Nc5 0-1(60) Shevchenko 2633 -- Areshchenko 2690, Kyiv UKR 2021; 3...Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.d3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Be7 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Qd2 OO 9.OOO a6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 0-1(30) Mons 2530 -- Moroni 2558, chess.com INT 2021; 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.d3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.OO Nge7 8.Qe1 Nd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 1-0(49) Nepomniachtchi 2758 -- Concio 2401, chess.com INT 2024.
    2...Qh4+ 3.g3 Qe7 4.Nc3 exf4 5.d4 fxg3 6.hxg3 Nc6 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nh3 h5 9.Qd3 Qd8 10.Be3 g6 1-0(66) Ethereal 14.24 3535 -- KomodoDragon 3.2 3587, tcec-chess.com INT 2023; 8...Nf6 9.Nf2 h6 10.Bg5 Qd8 1-0(62) KomodoDragon 3.2 3587 -- Ethereal 14.24 3535, tcec-chess.com INT 2023; 4.fxe5 d6 5.exd6 Qxe4+ 6.Qe2 Qxe2+ 7.Nxe2 Bxd6 8.d3 Bd7 9.Bg2 Bc6 10.Bxc6+ Nxc6 =-=(12) Andersson 2580 -- Keene 2505, Nice 1974.

  2. 3.fxe5 Qh4+ 4.g3 Qxe4+ 5.Qe2 Qxh1 6.Nf3 d6 7.exd6+ Be6 8.d4 OOO 0-1 Liang 2613 -- Nihal 2648, chess.com INT 2022.
    3.Nc3 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 d6 7.d4 h6 8.Nxf7 Kxf7 9.Bxf4 Nf6 10.Qd2 Nh5 0-1(29) Petr 2495 -- Navara 2707, Czechia 2010.
    3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nf3 exf4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Nd7 7.d4 Ne7 8.Bxf4 c6 9.Bd3 Ng6 10.Bg3 Be7 1-0(34) Kamsky 2657 -- Macovei 2454, chess.com INT 2021.

  3. 3...d6 4.Bb5 Bg4 5.OO exf4 6.d4 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Bxf4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.h3 Bh5 1-0(59) Kamsky 2697 -- Mamedyarov 2722, playchess.com INT 2006; 4.fxe5 dxe5 5.Bb5 Bc5 6.d3 Ne7 7.Qe2 OO 8.Bxc6 Nxc6 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Bxd4 exd4 0-1(37) Nepomniachtchi 2773 -- Ponkratov 2635, chess.com INT 2022.
    3...exf4 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bxf4 Bg4 7.Be2 OOO 8.c3 Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.OO Nf6 1-0(26) Kamsky 2697 -- Mamedyarov 2722, playchess.com INT 2006.
    3...Bc5 4.fxe5 d6 5.d4 Bb6 6.exd6 cxd6 7.c3 Nf6 8.Bd3 Qe7 9.OO OO 10.Bg5 h6 1-0(21) Carlsen 2835 -- Tang 2523, chess.com INT 2023.

  4. 4.exf5 e4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.d4 d6 7.Bb5 dxe5 8.fxe5 Bd7 9.exf6 Qxf6 10.OO OOO 0-1(37) Nepomniachtchi 2779 -- Nakamura 2775, chess.com INT 2023; 5...Nxe5 6.fxe5 Qe7 7.Qh5+ Kd8 8.d4 exd3 9.Bxd3 Qxe5+ 10.Kd1 Nf6 0-1(56) Fier 2590 -- Hammer 2532, ICC INT 2009.

  5. 4...fxe4 5.dxe4 d6 6.Bc4 Bg4 7.OO Nf6 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 OOO 1-0(32) Liang 2613 -- Nihal 2648, chess.com INT 2022.

  6. 9.OO OO 10.exf5 gxf5 0-1(29) Gareev 2573 -- Nepomniachtchi 2773, chess.com INT 2022.

  7. 10.Be3 OO 1-0(42) Ivanchuk 2754 -- Nakamura 2733, Cap d'Agde 2010.

  8. 3.Qh5 d6 4.fxe5 Nc6 5.exd6 Qxd6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Qh4 OO 8.Nf3 Re8 9.d3 Ng4 10.Na3 Bf2+ 0-1(41) Carlsen 2829 -- Pranav 2611, chess.com INT 2023; 3...Nf6 4.Qxe5+ Be7 5.Qc3 OO 6.e5 Ne4 7.Qe3 d5 8.d3 Bc5 9.d4 Bb6 10.Nc3 c5 1-0(30) Carlsen 2835 -- Pranav 2588, chess.com INT 2023.
    3.Qg4 Nf6 4.Qxg7 Rg8 5.Qh6 Bf2+ 6.Kd1 Rg6 7.Qh3 d5 8.Qb3 Bxg1 9.Rxg1 Nxe4 10.d3 Nf2+ 0-1(47) Pridorozhni 2512 -- Tkachiev 2649, Khanty-Mansiysk 2013.

  9. 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.Na4 OO 8.Nxc5 dxc5 9.OO Qd6 10.f5 Nd4 =-=(18) Fedorov 2646 -- Marin 2557, Eforie Nord 2000; 7.Bb5 exf4 8.Bxf4 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.h3 Nh5 1-0(61) Short 2682 -- Zhu 2505, Jinan 2002; 6...a6 7.Nd5 h6 8.f5 Na5 9.Qe2 b5 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 1-0(67) Mista 2537 -- Azarov 2585, Plovdiv 2008; 6.fxe5 dxe5 7.d3 h6 8.Na4 Bd6 9.OO Na5 10.Bb3 OO =-=(41) Gurevich 2495 -- Kamsky 2595, Los Angeles 1991; 4...Nc6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.OO Bg4 9.d3 Nd4 10.fxe5 Bxf3 0-1(46) Gareev 2602 -- Pranav 2548, chess.com INT 2022.
    4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nd4 9.Qg3 OO 10.Bb3 Nh5 1-0(24) Fier 2569 -- Mikhalevski 2573, chess.com INT 2021.
    4.d4 exd4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.f5 Nf6 7.Bg5 Bd7 8.c3 Qe7 9.b4 Bb6 10.OO Ne5 =-=(11) Abergel 2520 -- Maze 2565, Benidorm 2008.

  10. 4...Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.b4 Bb6 9.d3 Qe7 10.a4 a6 0-1(31) Gabrielian 2545 -- Azarov 2667, Warsaw 2011; 5.fxe5 dxe5 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.b4 Bd6 9.b5 Na5 10.d4 Qe7 1-0(41) Huschenbeth 2532 -- Azarov 2635, Greensboro 2014.
    4...Bb6 5.Na3 Nf6 6.d3 Ng4 7.d4 f5 8.h3 Nf6 9.fxe5 Nxe4 10.Nc4 d5 =-=(24) Arnason 2550 -- Sokolov 2580, Haninge 1989; 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Bb5 Ne7 9.Nbd2 OO 10.h3 Bd7 0-1(41) Szpar 2495 -- Pranav 2611, chess.com INT 2024.

  11. 6...Bb6 7.Nc3 OO 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Nd5 10.Bc4 Be6 1-0(45) Nepomniachtchi 2793 -- Costachi 2476, chess.com INT 2023; 1-0(31) Nepomniachtchi 2773 -- Costachi 2463, chess.com INT 2022.

  12. 10.d5 b5 1-0(47) Savchenko 2562 -- Kobalia 2620, Sochi RUS 2018; 1-0(47) Savchenko 2562 -- Kobalia 2620, Sochi RUS 2018; 1-0(47) Savchenko 2562 -- Kobalia 2620, Sochi RUS 2018.
    9...Nc6 10.OO Nb4 0-1(54) Nepomniachtchi 2794 -- Nihal 2673, chess.com INT 2023.

  13. 3.Nf3 exf4 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 bxc6 7.Bc4 Bd6 8.OO OO 9.d4 Bg4 10.Nc3 Nbd7 1-0(43) Carlsen 2835 -- Pichot 2642, chess.com INT 2023; 6...Nxc6 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Be6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Nd4 OO 1-0(38) Carlsen 2835 -- Antipov 2606, chess.com INT 2023; 5.Be2 Nxd5 6.c4 Ne7 7.d4 Ng6 8.OO Be7 9.Nc3 OO 10.Nd5 Nc6 1-0(26) Carlsen 2832 -- Ragger 2603, chess.com INT 2024; 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Nxe4 7.Qxe4+ Qe7 8.Qxe7+ Bxe7 9.d4 g5 10.h4 g4 1-0(25) Carlsen 2829 -- Ben Artzi 2322, chess.com INT 2023.
    3.Nc3 Nf6 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 Bb4 6.dxe4 Qh4+ 7.Ke2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Bg4+ 9.Nf3 dxe4 10.Qd4 Bh5 =-=(14) Mastrovasilis 2539 -- Mastrovasilis 2583, Leros 2010.
    3.d4 exf4 4.Bxf4 dxe4 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Ne2 Bd6 7.OO OO 8.Nbc3 Bg4 9.Qe1 Bxe2 10.Nxe2 Bxf4 1-0(36) Narayanan 2657 -- Simonian 2431, chess.com INT 2023.

  14. 3...c6 4.Nc3 exf4 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 Ne7 7.OO OO 8.d4 b5 9.Bb3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxd5 =-=(35) Pridorozhni 2567 -- Iljiushenok 2533, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2018; =-=(35) Pridorozhni 2567 -- Iljiushenok 2533, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2018; =-=(35) Pridorozhni 2567 -- Iljiushenok 2533, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2018; 6.d4 Ne7 7.Bc4 cxd5 8.Bxd5 OO 9.OO Nbc6 10.Bb3 Bg4 0-1(36) Hebden 2515 -- Nunn 2585, London 1987; 4.Qe2 cxd5 5.fxe5 Nc6 6.Nf3 d4 7.Qe4 Nge7 8.Bc4 Bf5 9.Qe2 d3 10.cxd3 Ng6 0-1(31) Pridorozhni 2588 -- Gareev 2570, Kazan RUS 2019; 0-1(31) Pridorozhni 2588 -- Gareev 2570, Kazan RUS 2019; 0-1(31) Pridorozhni 2588 -- Gareev 2570, Kazan RUS 2019; 4.Ne2 e4 5.d3 exd3 6.Qxd3 Nf6 7.Nbc3 Bb4 8.Be3 OO 9.OOO Re8 10.a3 Bf8 1-0(42) Nepomniachtchi 2793 -- Gareev 2602, chess.com INT 2023; 6...Qxd5 7.Qxd5 cxd5 8.Nbc3 Nf6 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Nb5 Bb4+ 1-0(33) Nepomniachtchi 2794 -- Oleksiyenko 2592, chess.com INT 2023.

  15. 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb4 6.Bd2 e3 7.Bxe3 OO 8.Be2 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qf6 =-=(92) Rapport 2736 -- Bu Xiangzhi 2729, Hengshui CHN 2019; =-=(92) Rapport 2736 -- Bu Xiangzhi 2729, Hengshui CHN 2019; =-=(92) Rapport 2736 -- Bu Xiangzhi 2729, Hengshui CHN 2019; 7...Nxd5 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qf6 10.Qh5 Nxf4 1-0(41) Zvjaginsev 2663 -- Chadaev 2535, Novokuznetsk 2008; 6...OO 7.Nxe4 Re8 8.Bxb4 Nxe4 9.dxe4 Rxe4+ 10.Be2 Rxb4 =-=(18) Spassky 2690 -- Bronstein 2590, Moscow 1971; 6...exd3 7.Bxd3 Bg4 8.Nf3 OO 9.OO Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nxd5 =-=(41) Varga 2495 -- Gyimesi 2605, Balatonlelle 2002; 5.d4 exd3 6.Bxd3 Bc5 7.Qf3 OO 8.Nge2 Re8 9.Bd2 Bg4 10.Qg3 Bxe2 0-1(47) Liang 2613 -- Nihal 2648, chess.com INT 2022; 5.Qe2 Be7 6.Nxe4 OO 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Qf3 Re8+ 9.Kd1 c6 10.Bc4 b5 0-1(40) Planinec 2520 -- Vasiukov 2575, Wijk aan Zee 1973.
    4.Qe2 Nf6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nf3 Qxd5 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e3 9.Bxe3 Nc6 10.Nc3 Qh5 0-1(28) Rapport 2763 -- Nihal 2650, chess.com INT 2021.

  16. 4...Qxd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Nf6 8.dxe4 Qxe4+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Nxe2 OO 0-1(40) Sychev 2547 -- Sarana 2685, chess.com INT 2023.
    4...exd3 5.Bxd3 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 Qe6+ 9.Qe2 OO 10.Qxe6 Bxe6 0-1(58) Bharath 2479 -- Pichot 2630, chess.com INT 2021.

  17. 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 e3 7.Bxe3 Qe7 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.Nf3 =-= Kveinys 2520 -- Kengis 2565, Bonn 1994.

  18. 6.Be3 Bd6 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Bd3 OO 0-1(31) Rapport 2763 -- Nihal 2650, chess.com INT 2021; 7.Nf3 OO 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.OO Re8 10.Bd4 Bxf4 1-0(94) Short 2655 -- Karjakin 2727, Kiev 2008.
    6.Bb5+ c6 7.Qe2 f5 8.dxc6 bxc6 9.Bd3 Bc5 10.Nf3 OO =-=(28) Dubov 2708 -- Kalogeris 2409, chess.com INT 2023.

  19. 7...Bf5 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 1-0(39) Nepomniachtchi 2770 -- Weetik 2423, chess.com INT 2024.

  20. 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 0-1(49) Nepomniachtchi 2770 -- Nakamura 2802, chess.com INT 2024.

  21. 4.Qf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.d4 OO 7.Bxf4 Bg4 8.Qf2 Re8+ 9.Nge2 Bxf4 10.Qxf4 Bxe2 1-0(41) Golubov 2495 -- Bindrich 2602, Batumi GEO 2018; 1-0(41) Golubov 2495 -- Bindrich 2602, Batumi GEO 2018; 1-0(41) Golubov 2495 -- Bindrich 2602, Batumi GEO 2018; 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2+ Kf8 8.Nf3 c6 9.dxc6 Nxc6 10.b3 Qb6 0-1(19) Savchenko 2562 -- Oparin 2613, chess.com INT 2019; 0-1(19) Savchenko 2562 -- Oparin 2613, chess.com INT 2019; 0-1(19) Savchenko 2562 -- Oparin 2613, chess.com INT 2019; 4...Bd6 5.Nc3 Qe7+ 6.Qe2 Bf5 7.Nb5 Na6 8.Kd1 OOO 9.Nxa7+ Kb8 10.Nc6+ bxc6 0-1(46) Savchenko 2566 -- Moskalenko 2522, Taganrog RUS 2018; 0-1(46) Savchenko 2566 -- Moskalenko 2522, Taganrog RUS 2018; 0-1(46) Savchenko 2566 -- Moskalenko 2522, Taganrog RUS 2018.
    4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Qe2+ Qe7 7.d4 Bf5 8.Nf3 Qxe2+ 9.Kxe2 Bxc2 10.Ne5 OO =-=(78) Ivanchuk 2726 -- Le Quang Liem 2737, Huai'an CHN 2017; =-=(78) Ivanchuk 2726 -- Le Quang Liem 2737, Huai'an CHN 2017; =-=(78) Ivanchuk 2726 -- Le Quang Liem 2737, Huai'an CHN 2017; 6...Kf8 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.OO Nbd7 9.d4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Qd7 1-0(28) Shirov 2670 -- Balashov 2545, Moscow 1993.
    4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Qf3 Qc7 7.b3 Bd7 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.Nbc3 Nf6 10.d4 Nb4 0-1(43) Savchenko 2607 -- Jakovenko 2714, Moscow 2016; 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bxf4 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Ne2 OO =-=(67) Ivanchuk 2710 -- Krivonosov 2462, Jurmala 2016.

  22. 4...Bd6 5.d4 Ne7 6.c4 b6 7.Nc3 OO 8.Bd3 c6 9.OO cxd5 10.cxd5 Nd7 1-0(66) LCZero 0.31-dag-5107404-T2-52 3633 -- Stoofvlees II b5 3492, tcec-chess.com INT 2023; 7.Bd3 c6 8.OO cxd5 9.cxd5 OO 10.Nc3 Nd7 =-=(59) Stoofvlees II b5 3492 -- LCZero 0.31-dag-5107404-T2-52 3633, tcec-chess.com INT 2023; 6...c5 7.b4 b6 8.bxc5 bxc5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxf4 OO 0-1(23) Shirazi 2410 -- Jakovenko 2760, France 2009; 5...c6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2+ Kf8 8.Ne5 cxd5 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.OOO Bg4 1-0(28) Nepomniachtchi 2792 -- Alekseenko 2703, Moscow RUS 2021; 5...Nf6 6.c4 OO 7.Be2 Re8 8.OO Bg4 9.Bd3 c5 10.b4 b6 0-1(58) Fedorov 2600 -- Yurtaev 2540, Elista 1998.
    4...Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qe6+ 6.Be2 Nf6 7.d4 Bd6 8.OO OO 9.Nb5 Nd5 10.Bc4 c6 1-0(54) Nepomniachtchi 2773 -- Hakobyan 2601, chess.com INT 2022.
    4...Be7 5.Bc4 Bh4+ 6.g3 fxg3 7.OO gxh2+ 8.Kh1 Bf6 9.d4 Ne7 10.Ne5 Ng6 0-1(32) Fier 2558 -- Pavlidis 2536, chess.com INT 2020.

  23. 5.c4 c6 6.d4 cxd5 7.c5 Nc6 8.Bb5 Be7 9.OO OO 10.Bxf4 Bg4 1-0(43) Carlsen 2837 -- Chadaev 2580, Astana 2012; 6...Bb4+ 7.Nc3 OO 8.Bxf4 cxd5 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Qb3 Qa5 1-0(52) Nepomniachtchi 2773 -- Kosteniuk 2516, chess.com INT 2022.
    5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Bb3 c5 8.OO Nc6 9.Re1 Be7 10.d3 OO 1-0(82) Shyam 2468 -- Kryvoruchko 2707, Dubai 2014; 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.d4 Be7 8.Be2 g5 9.OO Bf5 10.c4 Qd6 0-1(24) Jenni 2456 -- Oparin 2652, chess.com INT 2020.

  24. 6...Nf6 7.d4 Bd6 8.c5 Be7 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Bxf4 Nd5 =-=(41) Nakamura 2775 -- Tomashevsky 2738, Moscow 2012; 7...Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.d5 Bxc3+ =-=(94) Fier 2606 -- Tabatabaei 2675, chess.com INT 2023.

  25. 8.OO Be7 9.Nc3 OO 10.Nd5 Bd6 1-0(49) Fier 2553 -- Hakobyan 2619, chess.com INT 2024.

  26. 10.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 0-1(29) Grigoryan 2581 -- Pashikian 2578, Yerevan ARM 2018; 0-1(29) Grigoryan 2581 -- Pashikian 2578, Yerevan ARM 2018; 0-1(29) Grigoryan 2581 -- Pashikian 2578, Yerevan ARM 2018.

  27. 5...Bd6 6.Qe2+ Qe7 7.Qxe7+ Kxe7 8.d4 Bf5 9.Bb3 a5 10.c4 Bb4+ 1-0(32) Salem 2642 -- Petrosyan 2570, chess.com INT 2018; 1-0(32) Salem 2642 -- Petrosyan 2570, chess.com INT 2018; 1-0(32) Salem 2642 -- Petrosyan 2570, chess.com INT 2018.
    5...Be7 6.OO OO 7.Nc3 c6 8.dxc6 Nxc6 9.d3 Bd6 10.Ng5 Bg4 1-0(50) Duda 2743 -- So 2770, chess.com INT 2020.
    5...c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 Bd6 8.OO OO 9.c3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 a6 1-0(56) Pridorozhni 2596 -- Esipenko 2682, chess.com INT 2020.
    5...Nbd7 6.OO Nb6 7.Bb3 Nbxd5 8.c4 Ne7 9.Re1 Bg4 10.d4 Bxf3 0-1(24) Pridorozhni 2580 -- Abdusattorov 2627, chess.com INT 2021.

  28. 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Bd6 9.Re1+ Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 0-1(31) Williams 2464 -- Adhiban 2659, chess.com INT 2020; 7...Bd6 8.Qe2+ Qe7 9.Qxe7+ Kxe7 10.OO Nc6 0-1(43) Williams 2464 -- Demchenko 2654, chess.com INT 2022; 6...Be6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Nd4 Nxc3 9.dxc3 Bxc4 10.Qxc4 Bh4+ 0-1(43) Williams 2464 -- Matlakov 2685, chess.com INT 2020.
    6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qd8 8.d4 Bb4 9.OO OO 10.Qd3 Nc6 0-1(53) Macieja 2634 -- Karpov 2686, Warsaw 2003; 8...Bd6 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Kxe7 1-0(30) Fedorov 2659 -- Jussupow 2636, Batumi 1999; 7...Qf5 8.d4 Be7 9.OO c6 10.Qe2 Be6 =-=(23) Shulman 2551 -- Jussupow 2645, Ohrid 2001.

  29. 6...Be6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.c4 Nb6 9.d4 OO 10.d5 Bg4 1-0(67) Fedorov 2600 -- Kazhgaleyev 2550, Elista 1998; 7...Bd6 8.c4 Nb6 9.d4 Nxc4 10.Re1 Ne3 1-0(40) Fier 2549 -- Mikhalevski 2578, Saint Louis USA 2019; 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.d4 OO 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 =-=(24) Zvjaginsev 2642 -- Tomashevsky 2695, Vladivostok 2014; 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.d4 Nc6 9.Bxf4 OOO 10.c3 h6 =-=(58) Pridorozhni 2564 -- Lysyj 2603, Sochi RUS 2021.

  30. 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qd8 9.d4 OO 10.Bxf4 Bf5 1-0(54) Carlsen 2813 -- Wang 2752, Medias 2010; 8.d4 OO 9.Bxf4 c5 10.Nc3 Qd8 0-1(46) Koepke 2406 -- Popovic 2711, playchess.com INT 2005.
    7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 OO 9.d4 Bd6 10.Nd2 Bf5 =-=(36) Zvjaginsev 2635 -- Tomashevsky 2688, Ulan Ude 2009.

  31. 7...Be6 8.Bxd5 Bxd5 9.Bxf4 OO 10.Nc3 c6 1-0(58) Pridorozhni 2580 -- Triapishko 2510, chess.com INT 2021.

  32. 10.Nc3 Qh5 0-1(63) Pridorozhni 2512 -- Jakovenko 2713, Khanty-Mansiysk 2013; 10...Qa5 =-=(40) Pridorozhni 2580 -- Sadhwani 2545, chess.com INT 2021.
    9...Qd8 10.c4 Bg4 0-1(36) Pridorozhni 2590 -- Sadhwani 2545, chess.com INT 2020.
    9...c5 10.Nc3 Qc4 1-0(35) Gallagher 2520 -- Balashov 2580, Lenk 1991.

  33. 5...Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7.OO Nxd5 8.c4 N5f6 9.d4 Be7 10.Bxf4 OO 1-0(27) Nepomniachtchi 2779 -- Gukesh 2744, Zagreb CRO 2023.
    5...Nbd7 6.OO Be7 7.c4 a6 8.Bxd7+ Bxd7 9.d4 b5 10.b3 bxc4 1-0(37) Nepomniachtchi 2771 -- Dardha 2598, Samarkand UZB 2023.

  34. 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.dxc6 Nxc6 8.d4 OO 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Bxf4 Re8 =-=(57) Duda 2734 -- Svane 2635, chess.com INT 2024.

  35. 6...bxc6 7.Bc4 Bd6 8.d4 OO 9.OO Bg4 10.Nc3 Nbd7 1-0(32) Nepomniachtchi 2769 -- Xiong 2659, chess.com INT 2024; 9...h6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 1-0(38) Yakubboev 2667 -- Sattarov 2433, Delhi IND 2022; 8.Qe2+ Be7 9.d4 OO 10.OO Bg4 1-0(72) Livaic 2571 -- Beerdsen 2519, chess.com INT 2023; 7.Nc3 cxb5 8.OO Be7 9.d4 OO 10.Bxf4 b4 0-1(27) Paravyan 2653 -- Firouzja 2728, lichess.org INT 2020; 7.Be2 c5 8.OO Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 1-0(37) Yilmaz 2630 -- Lagno 2546, chess.com INT 2021.

  36. 7.d4 Bd6 8.OO OO 9.c3 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Ned5 1-0(37) Savchenko 2562 -- Sjugirov 2654, Sochi RUS 2018; 1-0(37) Savchenko 2562 -- Sjugirov 2654, Sochi RUS 2018; 1-0(37) Savchenko 2562 -- Sjugirov 2654, Sochi RUS 2018; 9...Nd5 10.Re1 Bg4 1-0(65) Savchenko 2562 -- Matlakov 2683, Sochi RUS 2018; 1-0(65) Savchenko 2562 -- Matlakov 2683, Sochi RUS 2018; 1-0(65) Savchenko 2562 -- Matlakov 2683, Sochi RUS 2018; 9...Bg4 10.Nbd2 Re8 1-0(34) Nakamura 2736 -- Matlakov 2688, chess.com INT 2021; 10...Bc7 =-=(70) Zvjaginsev 2655 -- Jakovenko 2745, Kazan 2014; 9...h6 10.Nbd2 g5 1-0(26) Fedoseev 2676 -- Yeletsky 2502, chess.com INT 2023.

  37. 7...Be6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.d4 OO 10.Bxc6 bxc6 1-0(45) Duda 2732 -- Tari 2623, chess.com INT 2024; 9.b3 OO 10.Bxc6 bxc6 =-=(104) Blohberger 2490 -- Lysyj 2603, chess.com INT 2021; 8...Bd6 9.Nd4 OO 10.Nxe6 fxe6 1-0(40) Nepomniachtchi 2771 -- Yuan 2360, chess.com INT 2023.

  38. 8...Kf8 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.b3 Bf5 1-0(72) Nepomniachtchi 2782 -- Sjugirov 2680, Warsaw POL 2021.
    8...Be7 9.b3 OO 10.Bb2 Bg4 1-0(50) Nepomniachtchi 2773 -- Li 2361, chess.com INT 2022.

  39. 10.Nxe6 fxe6 1-0(53) Nepomniachtchi 2779 -- Fressinet 2652, chess.com INT 2023; 1-0(42) Nepomniachtchi 2793 -- Kravtsiv 2598, chess.com INT 2023; 1-0(19) Nepomniachtchi 2770 -- Bologan 2598, chess.com INT 2024; 0-1(33) Nepomniachtchi 2779 -- Smirnov 2538, chess.com INT 2023; 1-0(36) Nepomniachtchi 2773 -- Demchenko 2654, chess.com INT 2022; 10...Qa5 1-0(20) Nepomniachtchi 2773 -- Kosteniuk 2516, chess24.com INT 2022.
    9...Qd7 10.Nxe6 fxe6 =-=(84) Nepomniachtchi 2770 -- Ezat 2340, chess.com INT 2024; 0-1(36) Nazari 2358 -- Duda 2732, chess.com INT 2023; 1-0(30) Nepomniachtchi 2766 -- Dominguez Perez 2754, Zagreb CRO 2022; 10...Qxe6 0-1(38) Nepomniachtchi 2792 -- Niemann 2687, chess.com INT 2022; 10.b3 OO 0-1(27) Duda 2732 -- Tari 2623, chess.com INT 2023.

  40. 3.d4 Qh4+ 4.Ke2 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qe7 6.Kf2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4+ 8.Kg1 Ne3 9.Bxe3 fxe3 10.Nd5 Qd8 =-=(62) Bartel 2609 -- Tomczak 2588, Katowice POL 2017; =-=(62) Bartel 2609 -- Tomczak 2588, Katowice POL 2017; =-=(62) Bartel 2609 -- Tomczak 2588, Katowice POL 2017; 3...d5 4.exd5 Qh4+ 5.Ke2 Bd6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.c4 b6 8.Qe1 Qh5 9.h3 Ne7 10.Nc3 OO 0-1(22) Nepomniachtchi 2776 -- Ding Liren 2811, chess.com INT 2019.
    3.Qf3 Qh4+ 4.g3 fxg3 5.hxg3 Qf6 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.d4 Qxf3 8.Nxf3 Bxg3+ 9.Ke2 h5 10.e5 f5 =-=(24) Bartel 2641 -- Jakubowski 2562, Random 2015; 7...Qxd4 8.Bf4 Bxf4 9.gxf4 Ne7 10.Nge2 Qb4 =-=(74) Bartel 2641 -- Kuzmicz 2479, Random 2015; 3...Nc6 4.Qxf4 Bd6 5.Qe3 Nf6 6.d4 OO 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.c3 d5 9.e5 Ng4 10.Qd2 Ba5 =-=(61) Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39 3639 -- LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2- 3598, tcec-chess.com INT 2023; =-=(52) LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2- 3598 -- Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39 3639, tcec-chess.com INT 2023.
    3.Qe2 Qh4+ 4.Kd1 d6 5.Nf3 Qf6 6.d4 Ne7 7.Na3 a6 8.c3 g5 9.Kc2 Nbc6 10.Nc4 Bg7 0-1(33) Olszewski 2566 -- Bartel 2641, Random 2015.

  41. 3...Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.Bxf4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Ng6 7.Bg3 Be7 8.Nf3 OO 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.OO Nb6 1-0(42) Carlsen 2835 -- Tang 2523, chess.com INT 2023; 6...Nd5 7.Bg3 Nc6 8.c3 f5 9.Nd2 Bd6 10.Qh5+ g6 =-=(47) Carlsen 2853 -- Riehle 2368, chess.com INT 2023; 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.Bxf4 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.OO Be7 =-=(46) Carlsen 2837 -- Jumabayev 2525, Astana 2012.
    3...d5 4.Nxd5 Qh4+ 5.Ke2 Bg4+ 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nxc7+ Kd8 8.Nxa8 Ne5 9.Qe1 Nxf3 10.Qxh4+ Nxh4+ =-=(188) LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2- 3598 -- Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39 3639, tcec-chess.com INT 2023; 5...Bd6 6.d4 Bg4+ 7.Nf3 Bxf3+ 8.gxf3 c6 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Qe1 Qh6 =-=(36) Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39 3639 -- LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2- 3598, tcec-chess.com INT 2023.
    3...Nc6 4.d4 Qh4+ 5.Ke2 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bxf4 Bxf3+ 8.Kxf3 Nf6 9.g3 Qh5+ 10.Kg2 Qxd1 1-0(30) Carlsen 2832 -- Le Tuan Minh 2568, chess.com INT 2024.
    3...d6 4.Bc4 Qh4+ 5.Kf1 Be6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qd8 8.d4 Bxc4 9.Qxc4 g5 10.d5 Ne5 1-0(41) Mista 2543 -- Navara 2656, Czechia 2008.

  42. 4...d5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nxd5 Nc6 7.Nxc7+ Kd8 8.Nxa8 Ne5 9.Qe1 Nxf3 10.Qxh4+ Nxh4+ 1-0(44) Carlsen 2829 -- Sychev 2542, chess.com INT 2023; 5.Nxd5 Bg4+ 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nxc7+ Kd8 8.Nxa8 Ne5 9.Qe1 Nxf3 10.Qxh4+ Nxh4+ 1-0(23) Rapport 2718 -- Bromberger 2526, Austria 2014.
    4...c6 5.Nf3 Qh5 6.d4 d5 7.Bxf4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Qg6 9.Ke3 Nh6 10.Bxh6 Qxh6+ 0-1(42) Macieja 2634 -- Karpov 2686, Warsaw 2003.
    4...d6 5.Nd5 Qd8 6.d4 Nf6 7.Nc3 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Nxe4 dxe4 0-1(15) David 2525 -- Romanishin 2570, Turin 1998.
    4...Qe7 5.d4 Nf6 6.e5 d6 7.Nf3 dxe5 8.dxe5 g5 9.Ke1 g4 10.Bxf4 gxf3 0-1(28) Bauer 2528 -- Bacrot 2561, Enghien les Bains 1999.

  43. 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 =-=(60) Kasparov 2812 -- Karjakin 2773, Saint Louis USA 2017; =-=(60) Kasparov 2812 -- Karjakin 2773, Saint Louis USA 2017; =-=(60) Kasparov 2812 -- Karjakin 2773, Saint Louis USA 2017.

  44. 3...Ne7 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qh5 Ng6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.d4 d6 8.e5 d5 9.Bd3 Na6 10.Ne2 Nb4 0-1(30) Reinderman 2525 -- Sokolov 2656, Amsterdam 1999; 5.d4 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.Qh5 OO 10.Ne2 Nd7 0-1(61) Kotronias 2599 -- Mastrovasilis 2502, Athens 2004; 5.Qf3 g5 6.d4 Ng6 7.Nge2 h6 8.g3 g4 9.Qd3 b5 10.Bb3 b4 0-1(23) Grabarczyk 2439 -- Sokolov 2659, Panormo 2001; 4...Ng6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.OO OO 7.d4 c6 8.Bb3 a5 9.a4 d6 10.Ne2 Be6 =-=(32) Adams 2680 -- Sokolov 2635, Koge 1997; 5...Nc6 6.d4 Bb4 7.Bd2 d6 8.a3 Ba5 9.Nd5 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Be6 1-0(41) Polgar 2630 -- Barua 2510, Biel 1993; 4...d5 5.Bxd5 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Qh4+ 7.Kf1 Bd6 8.Nf3 Qd8 9.d4 c6 10.Nxf4 OO 1-0(23) Pridorozhni 2550 -- Hansen 2606, chess.com INT 2021.
    3...f5 4.e5 Qh4+ 5.Kf1 f3 6.d4 fxg2+ 7.Kxg2 b6 8.Nf3 Bb7 9.Nc3 Qg4+ 10.Kf2 Be7 =-=(111) Stockfish dev16_20221027 3625 -- LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_78496 3599, tcec-chess.com INT 2022; =-=(48) LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_78496 3599 -- Stockfish dev16_20221027 3625, tcec-chess.com INT 2022; 4.Nc3 Qh4+ 5.Kf1 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nd5 Ng3+ 9.Kg1 Nxh1 10.Nxc7+ Kd8 1-0(21) Pridorozhni 2564 -- Petrov 2539, Yevpatoria UKR 2021.
    3...d6 4.d4 Qh4+ 5.Kf1 Be6 6.Nf3 Bxc4+ 7.Kg1 Qe7 8.Nc3 g5 9.h4 g4 10.Nh2 h5 1-0(26) Carlsen 2835 -- Sjugirov 2699, chess.com INT 2023; 5...Nc6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Qd2 g5 8.g3 fxg3 9.Kg2 Qh5 10.hxg3 Qg6 =-=(43) Williams 2527 -- Howell 2614, Torquay 2009; 4.Nc3 Be6 5.Bxe6 fxe6 6.d4 Qh4+ 7.Kf1 Nh6 8.Nf3 Qf6 9.Qd3 Be7 10.Qb5+ Nd7 =-=(30) Hjartarson 2610 -- Beliavsky 2655, Reykjavik 1988.
    3...Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.OO d6 7.d3 Ne5 8.Bb3 Ng6 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 OO 0-1(49) Pridorozhni 2596 -- Vidit 2726, chess.com INT 2020; 4...g5 5.d4 Bg7 6.c3 d6 7.OO h6 8.b4 Nf6 9.Nbd2 OO 10.b5 Ne7 0-1(35) Hjartarson 2525 -- Andersen 2585, chess.com INT 2020; 4.d4 Qh4+ 5.Kf1 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.e5 d5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Be6 1-0(49) Pridorozhni 2597 -- Jones 2670, chess.com INT 2020.

  45. 4...d5 5.exd5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 f3 7.d3 fxg2+ 8.Kxg2 Nf6 9.Qe2+ Kd8 10.Qe5 Qf2+ 1-0(36) Ivanchuk 2740 -- Piket 2640, Linares 1997.

  46. 5.d4 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Bd6 8.Nge2 OO 9.OO g5 10.Nxf4 gxf4 0-1(22) Williams 2511 -- Ragger 2666, Haguenau 2013.

  47. 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.d4 OO 9.OO Be6 10.Ne5 Nc6 =-=(77) Grabarczyk 2472 -- Aleksandrov 2636, Warsaw 2005.

  48. 8.Qf3 Bg4 9.Qf2 OO 10.Bxf4 Re8+ 0-1(27) Becerra Rivero 2546 -- Aleksandrov 2619, Las Vegas 1999.

  49. 8...Nc6 9.OO Be6 10.Ng5 h6 1-0(41) Short 2690 -- Nikolic 2655, Wijk aan Zee 1997.

  50. 10.Ne5 Nc6 =-=(47) Short 2677 -- Karpov 2699, Buenos Aires 2000.

  51. 4...Nf6 5.Nf3 Qh5 6.Nc3 c6 7.d3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Bxf4 Be6 =-=(24) Shirov 2670 -- Granda Zuniga 2590, Buenos Aires 1993; 6...d6 7.d4 Be6 8.d5 Bg4 9.Bxf4 Be7 10.h3 Nfd7 1-0(35) Pridorozhni 2597 -- Deac 2625, chess.com INT 2020; 5...Qh6 6.d3 d6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.b3 a6 9.Ne2 Nh5 10.h4 Bg4 1-0(39) Savchenko 2505 -- Nasuta 2579, Samarkand UZB 2023.
    4...b5 5.Bxb5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh6 7.Nc3 g5 8.d4 Bb7 9.h4 Rg8 10.Kg1 gxh4 1-0(15) Short 2655 -- Kasparov 2805, London 1993.
    4...Qd8 5.d4 c6 6.Nc3 b5 7.Bb3 b4 8.Nce2 d5 9.e5 Ne7 10.Nf3 Bg4 0-1(45) Kamsky 2705 -- Andreikin 2509, playchess.com INT 2007.
    4...c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.d4 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Bxf4 Bb4 0-1(40) Arnason 2528 -- Hjartarson 2633, Kopavogur 2000.
    4...d5 5.exd5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Kd8 9.d4 Re8 10.Ne5 Bg4 1-0(37) Liang 2613 -- Hong 2504, chess.com INT 2022.

  52. 5.Nc3 Be6 6.Bb3 Nf6 7.Nf3 Qh6 8.d4 Be7 9.Kg1 OO 10.g3 Nh5 =-=(21) Sadzikowski 2541 -- Piorun 2648, Warsaw POL 2017; =-=(21) Sadzikowski 2541 -- Piorun 2648, Warsaw POL 2017; =-=(21) Sadzikowski 2541 -- Piorun 2648, Warsaw POL 2017; 6...Nd7 7.d4 g5 8.Nf3 Qh5 9.h4 h6 10.Kg1 g4 1-0(44) Ivanchuk 2731 -- Karjakin 2757, Jurmala 2015; 6.Qe2 Nd7 7.Nf3 Qh6 8.d4 Ngf6 9.Kg1 Be7 10.g3 Bxc4 0-1(105) LCZero 0.31-dag-e429eeb-BT3-2 3642 -- Stockfish dev-20231010-002636 3673, tcec-chess.com INT 2023; 8.Nb5 OOO 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Qc4 c6 =-=(44) Stockfish dev-20231010-002636 3673 -- LCZero 0.31-dag-e429eeb-BT3-2 3642, tcec-chess.com INT 2023.
    5.d4 c6 6.Nf3 Qf6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.d5 Bg4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Nd5 Qd8 0-1(31) Ivanchuk 2678 -- Duda 2750, Europe-Echecs INT 2022; 5...Be6 6.Qd3 Nf6 7.Nf3 Qg4 8.Nc3 Be7 9.h3 Qg6 10.Bxf4 OO 1-0(28) Ivanchuk 2716 -- Nikolic 2648, Antalya 2004.

  53. 5...Qd8 6.d4 g5 7.h4 Bg4 8.hxg5 Bg7 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.c3 Nge7 1-0(15) Xiong 2692 -- Grigoriants 2569, chess.com INT 2023.
    5...Qe7 6.Nc3 Be6 7.d3 Bxc4 8.dxc4 Nf6 9.Bxf4 Nbd7 10.Qd4 Nc5 1-0(47) Savchenko 2607 -- Vavulin 2582, Moscow 2016.
    5...Qf6 6.d4 Ne7 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Qd3 a6 9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Qf5 =-=(14) Malaniuk 2466 -- Bartel 2641, Random 2015.
    5...Qh6 6.d4 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nc6 10.Bxf4 Qh3+ 0-1(16) Koziak 2482 -- Bartel 2608, Random 2011.

  54. 6.Nc3 Be6 7.d3 g5 8.Nb5 Na6 9.Bd2 Bg7 10.Nbd4 Bxc4 0-1(44) Bogner 2571 -- Karjakin 2752, chess.com INT 2020.

  55. 10.h3 Qa5 1-0(39) Sasikiran 2661 -- Sargissian 2668, Antwerp 2009.

  56. 4.exd5 Qh4+ 5.Kf1 Bd6 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.d4 OO 9.Kf2 Nd7 10.Re1 Nb6 1-0(27) Polgar 2686 -- Topalov 2786, Mexico City 2010; 6...Qh6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Ne4 Nd7 9.Nxd6+ Qxd6 10.d4 OO =-=(26) Adams 2680 -- Shirov 2700, Tilburg 1997; 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.d4 OO 8.Nf3 Qh6 9.Ne4 Bg4 10.Nf2 Bc8 0-1(61) Ivanchuk 2704 -- Bacrot 2718, Beijing 2014; 9.Kf2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 0-1(16) Bronstein 2495 -- Beliavsky 2615, Kislovodsk 1982; 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.d4 OO 8.Bxf4 c6 9.Nf3 cxd5 10.Bb3 Nc6 1-0(52) Heimann 2606 -- Schroeder 2568, lichess.org INT 2021; 7.Nf3 OO 8.OO c6 9.d4 cxd5 10.Bb3 Nc6 1-0(46) Heimann 2606 -- Schroeder 2568, lichess.org INT 2021; 5...c6 6.d4 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Bxf4 Bd6 9.Nge2 OO 10.OO Bxf4 1-0(37) Bronstein 2570 -- Tseshkovsky 2595, Ordzhonikidze 1978; 5.Nf3 Nxd5 6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qh5 8.d4 Bb4 9.OO OO 10.Bxf4 Bxc3 0-1(45) Cheparinov 2669 -- Guliev 2500, Baku 2011; 4...Bd6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.OO OO 7.Nc3 Ng6 8.d4 Bf5 9.Bd3 Qf6 10.Ne4 Bxe4 1-0(22) Xiong 2646 -- Grigoriants 2533, chess.com INT 2024.

  57. 4...Qh4+ 5.Kf1 Nf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Bc4 Bg4 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.d4 OOO 10.Bxf4 Bb4 1-0(35) Savchenko 2562 -- Shirov 2643, St Petersburg RUS 2018; 1-0(35) Savchenko 2562 -- Shirov 2643, St Petersburg RUS 2018; 1-0(35) Savchenko 2562 -- Shirov 2643, St Petersburg RUS 2018.

  58. 5...Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Bd6 7.d4 Qh4+ 8.Kf1 Be6 9.Nf3 Qh6 10.c4 c6 0-1(28) Savchenko 2562 -- Zvjaginsev 2642, Moscow RUS 2018; 0-1(28) Savchenko 2562 -- Zvjaginsev 2642, Moscow RUS 2018; 0-1(28) Savchenko 2562 -- Zvjaginsev 2642, Moscow RUS 2018; 7.Nf3 OO 8.d4 Re8 9.e5 c6 10.Nxf4 f6 =-=(39) Adhiban 2653 -- So 2808, Wijk aan Zee NED 2017; =-=(39) Adhiban 2653 -- So 2808, Wijk aan Zee NED 2017; =-=(39) Adhiban 2653 -- So 2808, Wijk aan Zee NED 2017.

  59. 6.Bb3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Nxe4 8.Nf3 OO 9.OO Nc6 10.Re1 Bf5 0-1(23) Naiditsch 2724 -- Fridman 2602, Bastia 2013.
    6.Nge2 OO 7.OO Bxc3 8.Nxc3 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 c6 10.Nc3 f5 1-0(28) Shimanov 2593 -- Chigaev 2588, chess.com INT 2020.

  60. 6...OO 7.OO c6 8.Bc4 b5 9.Bb3 a5 10.a4 Nbd7 1-0(55) Shimanov 2655 -- Kamsky 2741, Tromsoe 2013; 8...Bg4 9.d3 Nh5 10.Ne2 Nd7 1-0(44) Morozevich 2742 -- Almasi 2644, Monte Carlo 2002; 8...Qe7 9.d4 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nxe4 1-0(57) Savchenko 2633 -- Triapishko 2466, Kolomna 2016.

  61. 8.Bb3 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Nh5 10.Ke2 Bg4 1-0(69) Short 2684 -- Bacrot 2712, playchess.com INT 2004.

  62. 10.Bxf4 Nxe4 0-1(41) Ganguly 2665 -- Wang Yue 2699, Ashgabat TKM 2017; 0-1(41) Ganguly 2665 -- Wang Yue 2699, Ashgabat TKM 2017; 0-1(41) Ganguly 2665 -- Wang Yue 2699, Ashgabat TKM 2017.
    9...Nh5 10.Ne5 Be6 =-=(36) Fernandez Guillen 2462 -- Shirov 2668, Sant Boi ESP 2023.

  63. 4.e5 d5 5.Bb5+ c6 6.exf6 cxb5 7.Qe2+ Be6 8.Qxb5+ Nd7 9.fxg7 Qh4+ 10.Kf1 Bxg7 0-1(36) Paravyan 2653 -- Tang 2538, chess.com INT 2020.

  64. 4...d5 5.Bxd5 Bb4 6.Nf3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 c6 8.Bb3 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Nxe4 10.Re1 Bf5 0-1(73) Savchenko 2550 -- Artemiev 2701, Sochi RUS 2022; 5...Nxd5 6.Nxd5 g5 7.h4 Be6 8.hxg5 Bxd5 9.exd5 Qxg5 10.Qf3 Na6 =-=(25) Pridorozhni 2523 -- Fressinet 2706, Moscow 2013; 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.Bxd5 c6 7.Bc4 Qh4+ 8.Kf1 Bg4 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.d4 g5 0-1(28) Williams 2464 -- Kamsky 2665, chess.com INT 2021.
    4...Bb4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.exf6 cxb5 8.fxg7 Rg8 9.Qe2+ Be6 10.Nxb5 Nc6 0-1(33) Murey 2493 -- Nielsen 2646, Paris 2006; 6.exf6 dxc4 7.fxg7 Rg8 8.Qe2+ Be6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Ne4 Rxg7 =-=(71) Reinderman 2551 -- Parker 2539, Mondariz 2000; 5.Nf3 OO 6.OO Nxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.d4 dxc4 9.Bxf4 Bf5 10.Ng3 Bg6 0-1(39) Mista 2543 -- Mastrovasilis 2559, Warsaw 2007.
    4...Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.OO OO 7.e5 d5 8.Bb3 Ng4 9.d4 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Ne3 =-=(34) Spassky 2549 -- Kortschnoj 2673, St Petersburg 1999.

  65. 5.d4 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Bd6 8.Nge2 Bg4 9.Qd3 OO 10.OO f3 0-1(40) Nepomniachtchi 2789 -- Aronian 2781, chess24.com INT 2021; 6...Nxd5 7.Nf3 Bb4 8.OO Bxc3 9.bxc3 OO 10.Qd3 Re8 0-1(29) Bogner 2577 -- Buhmann 2580, lichess.org INT 2021; 6...Bb4 7.Ne2 f3 8.gxf3 Nxd5 9.OO OO 10.Nxd5 cxd5 1-0(25) Bogner 2571 -- Tang 2538, chess.com INT 2020.
    5.Qf3 d5 6.exd5 Bd6 7.h3 OO 8.Nge2 b5 9.Bb3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 1-0(24) Pridorozhni 2579 -- Romanov 2619, Sochi 2016; 7.Qe2+ Be7 8.d6 Qxd6 9.d3 OO 10.Bd2 b5 =-=(61) Polgar 2550 -- Benjamin 2555, Buenos Aires 1992; 5...Qe7 6.Nge2 b5 7.Bd3 b4 =-= Drazic 2540 -- Malaniuk 2573, Dresden 2010.
    5.Nf3 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.OO Bd6 9.Re1+ Be6 10.d4 OO =-=(40) Shyam 2518 -- Demchenko 2641, chess.com INT 2020.

  66. 6.e5 Bg4 7.Nf3 Ne4 8.Qe2 Ng5 9.d4 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Ne6 1-0(43) Pridorozhni 2602 -- Morozevich 2659, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2019.

  67. 6...Nxd5 7.Nf3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bd6 9.OO OO 10.d4 Bg4 0-1(46) Morozevich 2665 -- Anand 2776, Moscow RUS 2018; 0-1(46) Morozevich 2665 -- Anand 2776, Moscow RUS 2018; 0-1(46) Morozevich 2665 -- Anand 2776, Moscow RUS 2018; 7.Nxd5 cxd5 8.d4 Bd6 9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Ne2 Be6 =-=(44) Hillarp Persson 2548 -- Timman 2655, Malmo 2000.

  68. 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.d4 Nc6 9.OO Be6 10.Ng5 OO =-=(28) Navara 2646 -- Gelfand 2720, Sochi 2008.

  69. 7...Bb4 8.Nf3 OO 9.OO Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 1-0(28) Morozevich 2605 -- Anand 2715, Moscow 1995; 10...Be6 =-=(51) Mista 2543 -- Hracek 2598, Czechia 2007; 8...Qe7+ 9.Ne5 Nc6 10.OO OO 1-0(37) Mista 2543 -- Stefansson 2564, Czechia 2008; 8.Ne2 Bg4 9.Qd3 OO 10.OO f3 1-0(46) Ivanchuk 2710 -- Ding 2766, Huaian 2016; 8.Bxf4 Ne4 9.Ne2 OO 10.OO Bxc3 =-=(24) Ovetchkin 2557 -- Sakaev 2634, Serpukhov 2007.

  70. 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.OO Be6 10.Ng5 OO =-=(38) Shomoev 2528 -- Korotylev 2613, Ramenskoe 2006.

  71. 8...f3 9.gxf3 OO 10.Bg5 Be6 1-0(28) Ivanchuk 2731 -- Giri 2734, Beijing 2013; 9...Be6 10.Bg5 h6 1-0(61) Reinderman 2525 -- Timman 2650, Amsterdam 1999.
    8...Nc6 9.Bxf4 OO 10.OO Be6 1-0(35) Short 2698 -- Kasparov 2812, Leuven 2011.
    8...OO 9.OO g5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 0-1(34) David 2520 -- Tkachiev 2670, Cannes 2000.

  72. 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 =-=(50) Savchenko 2562 -- Aronian 2765, St Petersburg RUS 2018; =-=(50) Savchenko 2562 -- Aronian 2765, St Petersburg RUS 2018; =-=(50) Savchenko 2562 -- Aronian 2765, St Petersburg RUS 2018.

  73. 3...Be7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nc3 d6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.d4 OO 9.OO c6 10.Ne4 Qg6 0-1(54) Morozevich 2748 -- Piket 2633, Internet 2000; 6.OO Nc6 7.d4 d5 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Nxe7 0-1(43) Fedorov 2589 -- Radulski 2499, Linares 2002; 5...Nh5 6.Nc3 OO 7.d4 d6 8.OO Bg4 9.h3 Be6 10.d5 Bf5 =-=(52) Nepomniachtchi 2792 -- Caruana 2776, Saint Louis USA 2022; 5...Ne4 6.OO d5 7.exd6 Nxd6 8.Bb3 OO 9.d4 c5 10.Bxf4 cxd4 =-=(42) Reinderman 2537 -- Sokolov 2647, Leeuwarden 2002; 4...Bh4+ 5.Kf1 d5 6.Bxd5 Nf6 7.Bb3 Bg4 8.d3 OO 9.Qd2 Nh5 10.Nc3 Nc6 =-=(53) Short 2655 -- Kasparov 2805, London 1993; 6.exd5 Bg4 7.d4 Ne7 8.Nc3 Ng6 9.Qe2+ Be7 10.h4 h5 1-0(13) Fedorov 2600 -- Nielsen 2515, Aaland-Stockholm 1997; 4.Nc3 Bh4+ 5.Ke2 d5 6.Nxd5 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.d4 Bg4 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.c3 OOO 1-0(24) Short 2690 -- Piket 2640, Madrid 1997; 5...c6 6.d4 d5 7.Bxf4 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3+ 9.Kxf3 Bg5 10.Qd2 Bxf4 0-1(21) Gareev 2621 -- Mitkov 2482, Las Vegas 2014.
    3...Nc6 4.d4 g5 5.d5 Nce7 6.Nxg5 Ng6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 0-1(51) Nepomniachtchi 2770 -- Vidit 2720, Zagreb CRO 2024.

  74. 4.Bc4 g5 5.d4 Bg7 6.OO Ne7 7.g3 d5 8.exd5 fxg3 9.Ne5 gxh2+ 10.Kh1 OO =-=(41) Sivuk 2544 -- Petrosyan 2618, Sharjah UAE 2024; 5.OO Bg7 6.d4 d6 7.c3 Nc6 8.g3 Bh3 9.Rf2 Qd7 10.gxf4 gxf4 0-1(17) Hauge 2483 -- Ganguly 2658, chess24.com INT 2019; 4...d6 5.h4 Be6 6.Bb3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d5 8.e5 Nh5 9.d4 Be7 10.Ne2 g5 =-=(59) Galperin 2571 -- Bartel 2621, Warsaw POL 2023; 5.d4 g5 6.g3 Bg7 7.OO Bh3 8.Rf2 Nc6 9.Bb5 Ne7 10.gxf4 gxf4 =-=(38) Kortschnoj 2670 -- Malich 2450, Amsterdam 1972.
    4.Nc3 d6 5.d4 g5 6.g3 Bg7 7.gxf4 g4 8.Rg1 Kf8 9.Be3 Nc6 10.d5 Nb4 1-0(35) Shirov 2709 -- Alekseev 2673, Lublin 2011.
    4.b3 d5 5.exd5 Nf6 6.Bb2 Be7 7.Nc3 OO 8.Qe2 Nbd7 9.OOO Re8 10.Qf2 Ng4 =-=(27) Fedorov 2580 -- Svidler 2640, Pula 1997.

  75. 4...d5 5.exd5 Nf6 6.c4 g5 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Qe2+ Kf8 9.h4 Nh5 10.Ne4 g4 1-0(36) Nepomniachtchi 2792 -- Martinez Alcantara 2591, chess.com INT 2022.

  76. 5.g3 fxg3 6.hxg3 Bg7 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Be3 d6 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.Be2 Qd7 1-0(41) Nepomniachtchi 2792 -- Paravyan 2592, chess.com INT 2022; 9.Qd3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qd7 1-0(51) Nakamura 2775 -- Paravyan 2601, chess.com INT 2023; 7...d6 8.Be3 Nf6 9.Qd2 Ng4 10.Bg1 Nc6 1-0(56) Ivanchuk 2678 -- Leko 2663, chess24.com INT 2020.

  77. 5...d6 6.g3 fxg3 7.hxg3 Bg7 8.Be3 Nf6 9.Qd3 Ng4 10.OOO c6 0-1(36) Short 2698 -- McShane 2671, London 2011; 8...Bg4 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.Qd2 Qd7 0-1(24) Godart 2407 -- Grischuk 2775, Struga MKD 2021.

  78. 6.Bc4 d6 7.g3 fxg3 8.hxg3 Bg4 9.Rf1 Qd7 10.Qd3 Nc6 =-=(29) Shabalov 2601 -- Ivanov 2567, Seattle 2000.

  79. 6...d6 7.gxf4 g4 8.Rg1 Kf8 9.Be3 f5 10.Bc4 gxf3 1-0(24) Huschenbeth 2509 -- Banusz 2583, Plovdiv 2012.

  80. 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.Qd3 Nc6 10.Bb3 Bg4 =-=(55) Morozevich 2748 -- Leko 2725, Frankfurt 2000; 8...Bg4 9.Rf1 Nf6 10.e5 dxe5 =-=(36) Fedorov 2599 -- Almasi 2630, Pula 2001.

  81. 10.Nh2 Bd7 0-1(36) Huschenbeth 2596 -- Almasi 2707, Douglas ENG 2017; 0-1(36) Huschenbeth 2596 -- Almasi 2707, Douglas ENG 2017; 0-1(36) Huschenbeth 2596 -- Almasi 2707, Douglas ENG 2017.

  82. 4.Nc3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.d4 Bg4 8.Bxf4 Nc6 9.Bxc7 Be7 10.c3 OO 1-0(53) Jenni 2454 -- Ragger 2687, Skopje MKD 2018; 1-0(53) Jenni 2454 -- Ragger 2687, Skopje MKD 2018; 1-0(53) Jenni 2454 -- Ragger 2687, Skopje MKD 2018; 7...Be7 8.Bd3 g5 9.Qe2 Bf5 10.c4 Bxd3 0-1(46) Balog 2578 -- Svane 2615, Tornelo INT 2021; 5.e5 Nh5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Qd3 Be7 8.Qb5+ Nc6 9.Qxb7 Nb4 10.Qb5+ c6 1-0(101) Paravyan 2629 -- Shahade 2476, chess.com INT 2021.

  83. 4...Ne4 5.d3 Ng5 6.Bxf4 Ne6 7.Be3 d6 8.d4 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd6 10.Nf3 Nf4 1-0(28) Iuldachev 2515 -- Vladimirov 2598, Kelamabakkam 2000.

  84. 5.Be2 g5 6.OO h6 7.d4 d6 8.c4 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.b3 Nbd7 =-=(43) SlowChess Blitz 2.9 avx2 3418 -- Igel 3.5.5 3502, tcec-chess.com INT 2023; =-=(44) Igel 3.5.5 3502 -- SlowChess Blitz 2.9 avx2 3418, tcec-chess.com INT 2023; 7.Re1 Ng7 8.d4 d5 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Bb5+ Kf8 =-=(109) LCZero 0.27.0d-Tilps-dje-magi 3586 -- Stockfish 20210113 3601, tcec-chess.com INT 2021; 5...d6 6.OO dxe5 7.Nxe5 Qd4+ 8.Kh1 Nf6 9.Qe1 Be6 10.Bf3 c6 0-1(45) Gareev 2591 -- Fressinet 2633, Bastia FRA 2019; 6...Nc6 7.d4 g6 8.c3 Bg7 9.exd6 Qxd6 10.Ng5 Qd5 1-0(27) Gareev 2573 -- Nasuta 2521, Warsaw POL 2021; 6.d4 g6 7.OO Bg7 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.b3 Nc6 10.Re1 Be6 0-1(31) Piskov 2442 -- Matlakov 2662, chess.com INT 2023; 5...g6 6.OO Nc6 7.d4 d6 8.exd6 cxd6 9.Ne1 Nf6 10.Bxf4 Bg7 1-0(43) Gareev 2570 -- Piorun 2593, Samarkand UZB 2023.
    5.Qe2 Be7 6.d4 OO 7.Nc3 d6 8.Bd2 Bg4 9.OOO Nd7 10.Qe1 c6 0-1(23) Carlsen 2863 -- Ding Liren 2791, chess24.com INT 2020; 6...d5 7.Nc3 OO 8.Bd2 Bg4 9.Qf2 Nc6 10.OOO f6 1-0(86) Fier 2560 -- Salgado Lopez 2584, chess24.com INT 2020; 6.Nc3 OO 7.d4 d6 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.OOO Bg4 10.Qe4 dxe5 1-0(42) Carlsen 2830 -- Santos Latasa 2626, chess.com INT 2024.
    5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 g6 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Kxe7 1-0(30) Nepomniachtchi 2793 -- Kollars 2612, chess.com INT 2022.
    5.Bc4 d5 6.Be2 g5 7.OO g4 8.Ne1 Rg8 9.d4 Nc6 10.Bb5 Qh4 0-1(47) Gashimov 2594 -- Graf 2605, Gothenburg 2005.

  85. 5...d5 6.Be2 g5 7.OO Rg8 8.c4 dxc4 9.Ne1 Ng7 10.Nc3 Nf5 0-1(60) Stoofvlees II b1 3511 -- Ethereal 13.89_NNUE 3515, tcec-chess.com INT 2022; 8.c3 Nc6 9.Ne1 Ng7 10.Nd2 Ne7 0-1(72) Ethereal 13.89_NNUE 3515 -- Stoofvlees II b1 3511, tcec-chess.com INT 2022; 6...Rg8 7.c4 g5 8.cxd5 g4 9.OO Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd8 0-1(36) Iuldachev 2515 -- Sasikiran 2573, Kelamabakkam 2000; 6.c4 g5 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Ng7 9.Nc3 Bxg4 10.h3 Bh5 =-=(39) Stockfish 20210113 3601 -- LCZero 0.27.0d-Tilps-dje-magi 3586, tcec-chess.com INT 2021; 6...Bb4+ 7.Nc3 OO 8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.Be2 b6 10.OO Bxc3 =-=(47) Nepomniachtchi 2769 -- Giri 2749, chess.com INT 2024.

  86. 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.d5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Qh4+ 9.Kf1 dxe5 10.Bb5+ Kd8 0-1(11) McShane 2674 -- Indjic 2607, lichess.org INT 2021; 6...dxe5 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Nxe5+ Kg8 9.Qxh5 Be6 10.Nc3 Qxd4 1-0(27) Andreikin 2729 -- Mikaelyan 2519, chess.com INT 2024.
    6.Nc3 dxe5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.OO g6 1-0(34) Nepomniachtchi 2782 -- Sanal 2601, Warsaw POL 2021.

  87. 6...Be7 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Qb5+ Nc6 9.Qxh5 Nxd4 10.Bd3 g6 0-1(45) Pechac 2637 -- Tabatabaei 2686, Wijk aan Zee NED 2023.

  88. 10.Bxf4 Be6 1-0(25) Nepomniachtchi 2792 -- Firouzja 2754, Stavanger NOR 2021.

  89. 4.Bc4 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.OO Be7 7.d4 Be6 8.Bb3 OO 9.c4 Ne3 10.Bxe3 fxe3 0-1(26) Robson 2560 -- Bacrot 2710, Khanty-Mansiysk 2011; 9...Nb6 10.Qd3 N8d7 1-0(37) Robson 2560 -- Bacrot 2710, Khanty-Mansiysk 2011; 6...Be6 7.Bb3 c5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 =-= Goloshchapov 2528 -- Sturua 2600, Ohrid 2001; 6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qd8 8.d4 Be7 9.Bxf4 OO 10.OO c6 =-=(27) Smirin 2666 -- Lalic 2548, New York 2000; 7...Qf5 8.d4 Bd6 9.Qe2+ Qe6 10.d5 Qxe2+ 1-0(51) Grischuk 2581 -- Gretarsson 2544, Reykjavik 2000; 7...Qh5 8.d4 Bd6 9.Qe2+ Kd8 10.OO f6 0-1(53) Wieczorek 2432 -- Piorun 2681, Katowice 2016.
    4.Nc3 d5 5.d4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.c4 Ne3 9.Qe2 OO 10.Bxe3 fxe3 =-=(55) Rapport 2693 -- Bacrot 2686, Ashdod 2015; 6...Ng6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.h4 Bf5 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.c3 OO =-=(67) Sulskis 2572 -- Fridman 2630, Dresden 2008.
    4.Bb5 c6 5.Ba4 d5 6.Qe2 d4 7.Bb3 Ng6 8.Qc4 Qe7 9.Qxd4 c5 10.Qd3 Nc6 0-1(30) Svidler 2762 -- Bacrot 2702, Porto Vecchio 2016.

  90. 5.Bd3 dxe4 6.Bxe4 Ng6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.h4 h5 9.Bxg6 fxg6 10.Bxf4 OO 1-0(39) Nepomniachtchi 2771 -- Bok 2621, chess.com INT 2023; 8...OO 9.h5 Nh4 10.Bxf4 Nxf3+ 1-0(33) Nepomniachtchi 2773 -- Hansen 2606, chess.com INT 2022; 7.h4 Bb4+ 8.c3 OO 9.cxb4 Qe7 10.Nc3 f5 1-0(26) Nepomniachtchi 2779 -- Tang 2523, chess.com INT 2023; 5...c5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Ng6 9.h4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 1-0(22) Nepomniachtchi 2779 -- Svidler 2688, Dusseldorf GER 2023; 5...Nbc6 6.Bxf4 dxe4 7.Bxe4 Nd5 8.Bxd5 Qxd5 9.OO Bg4 10.Nc3 Qc4 1-0(26) Nepomniachtchi 2779 -- Arnaudov 2450, chess.com INT 2023.
    5.Qe2 Ng6 6.h4 h5 7.Nc3 c6 8.exd5+ Be7 9.Qe4 OO 10.Bc4 Bd6 0-1(42) Short 2683 -- Bluvshtein 2520, Montreal 2007; 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.Qxe5 Bg4 0-1(37) Hoffmann 2452 -- Adams 2715, Breda 2000; 8.Bd2 Be7 9.OOO Bg4 10.exd5 OO =-=(23) Rapport 2720 -- Bacrot 2719, Germany 2014; 6...dxe4 7.Qxe4+ Qe7 8.Qxe7+ Nxe7 9.Nc3 c6 10.Bc4 Nf5 1-0(38) Morozevich 2748 -- Sokolov 2637, Sarajevo 2000.
    5.exd5 Nxd5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Ne3 9.Nc3 OO 10.Bd3 Nc6 0-1(25) Carlsen 2835 -- Tang 2523, chess.com INT 2023.
    5.e5 Ng6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Be7 8.Nc3 OO 9.Ne2 Nd7 10.Nxf4 Nb6 =-=(18) Fedorov 2495 -- Malaniuk 2615, Nikolaev 1995.

  91. 6...Ng6 7.h4 Bf5 8.Qe2 Bb4+ 9.Kf2 OO 10.h5 Re8 1-0(32) Morozevich 2745 -- Beikert 2443, France 2001; 7...Qe7 8.Kf2 Bg4 9.h5 Nh4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 1-0(32) Spassky 2590 -- Seirawan 2570, Montpellier 1985; 7.Bd3 Be7 8.OO Bg4 9.c3 OO 10.h3 Bh5 1-0(70) Gharamian 2661 -- Bacrot 2705, Bastia 2012.

  92. 8.OO OO 9.Nc3 Ne3 10.Bxe3 fxe3 =-=(57) Short 2685 -- Giri 2642, Amsterdam 2010; 9.Ne5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 1-0(39) Nihal 2688 -- Sanal 2585, chess.com INT 2023; 8...Bg4 9.Re1 OO 10.Nf2 Bh5 0-1(45) Gharamian 2661 -- Bacrot 2705, Bastia 2012.
    8.Qe2 OO 9.c4 Nb4 10.Bxf4 N8c6 =-=(16) Shulman 2604 -- Ibragimov 2602, Connecticut 2007.

  93. 9.Bxe3 fxe3 10.Qe2 Bg4 =-=(38) Fier 2653 -- Lopez Martinez 2589, Barcelona 2009.

  94. 10.Bxe3 fxe3 0-1(63) Gallagher 2525 -- Malaniuk 2590, Elista 1998; =-=(27) Nadyrhanov 2546 -- Malaniuk 2572, Krasnodar 2000.
    9...Bb4+ 10.Kf2 OO 0-1(24) Renet 2520 -- Sokolov 2635, Eupen 1997.

  95. 4.Nc3 g5 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.g3 g4 7.Nh4 f3 8.d4 Nc6 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Qd2 Be6 =-=(21) Savchenko 2547 -- Artemiev 2697, Moscow RUS 2022.

  96. 4...g5 5.OO h6 6.d4 Bg7 7.c3 Ne7 8.g3 c6 9.gxf4 d5 10.exd5 cxd5 0-1(48) Vachier Lagrave 2762 -- Ipatov 2613, Dubai 2014; 5.h4 gxh4 6.Rxh4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Rg8 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.d4 Nc6 10.Bb5 a6 1-0(81) Zvjaginsev 2635 -- Najer 2681, Ulan Ude 2009.
    4...Nc6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nh5 7.Nd5 Be6 8.Qd3 g5 9.h4 Ng3 10.Rh2 gxh4 1-0(18) Nepomniachtchi 2771 -- Urazayev 2472, chess.com INT 2023.

  97. 5.d4 g5 6.OO Bg7 7.g3 g4 8.Nh4 f3 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nf6 1-0(84) Spassky 2610 -- Karpov 2700, Hamburg 1982; 7...Nc6 8.gxf4 g4 9.d5 gxf3 10.dxc6 Qf6 0-1(27) Arnason 2470 -- Larsen 2620, Reykjavik 1978.

  98. 5...Nc6 6.d4 Bg4 7.Bxf4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.d5 Ne5 10.Bxe5 dxe5 1-0(61) Nepomniachtchi 2794 -- Sjugirov 2712, chess.com INT 2023.

  99. 6...c6 7.d3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 1-0(30) Nepomniachtchi 2769 -- Sjugirov 2695, chess.com INT 2024; 7.d4 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Bxf4 Bb4 =-=(40) Nihal 2681 -- Esipenko 2682, Dubai UAE 2023.
    6...Be7 7.d4 Nh5 8.Nd5 Bg4 9.Qd3 Nc6 10.Nxf4 Nxf4 =-=(21) Nepomniachtchi 2793 -- Kramnik 2753, chess.com INT 2023.
    6...g6 7.d4 Nh5 8.Ne2 Bg7 9.Nxf4 Ng3 10.Rh2 OO 1-0(63) Nepomniachtchi 2771 -- Salem 2639, Samarkand UZB 2023.
    6...Bg4 7.d4 Nh5 8.Qd3 Nc6 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd2 Bxf3 1-0(32) Nepomniachtchi 2771 -- Demchenko 2609, chess.com INT 2023.

  100. 8.Nd5 Bg4 9.Qd3 Na5 10.Bb3 c6 1-0(45) Nepomniachtchi 2766 -- Topalov 2728, Zagreb CRO 2022; 9.Nxf4 Ng3 10.Rh2 Be7 =-=(39) Gholami Orimi 2505 -- Paravyan 2608, chess.com INT 2024.
    8.Ne2 g5 9.hxg5 hxg5 10.d5 Ne5 =-=(42) Nakamura 2775 -- Caruana 2764, chess.com INT 2023.

  101. 10.Bd2 a6 1-0(42) Nepomniachtchi 2771 -- Lazavik 2566, Samarkand UZB 2023.
    9...a6 10.Bd2 Be7 0-1(41) Nepomniachtchi 2758 -- Sychev 2542, chess.com INT 2024.

  102. 5.Nc3 g4 6.Bxf4 gxf3 7.Qxf3 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Qf2 Bg7 10.e5 Nge7 =-=(44) Ethereal14.35 3523 -- Seer2.8.0 3499, tcec-chess.com INT 2024; =-=(149) Seer2.8.0 3499 -- Ethereal14.35 3523, tcec-chess.com INT 2024; 5...Bg7 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Qd3 Bg4 10.gxf4 gxf4 1-0(34) Nepomniachtchi 2773 -- Alekseenko 2698, chess.com INT 2022; 5...Nc6 6.g3 g4 7.Nh4 f3 8.Be3 Nge7 9.h3 Bg7 10.Qd2 d5 1-0(23) Zvjaginsev 2674 -- Tomashevsky 2646, Serpukhov 2007.
    5.g3 g4 6.Nh4 f3 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 h6 10.Bc4 Bg5 0-1(30) Zvjaginsev 2635 -- Akopian 2712, Mainz 2009.

  103. 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.Bxf4 Bg7 9.Bc4+ Ke8 10.OO Nc6 0-1(23) Morozevich 2630 -- Kasparov 2795, Paris 1995.

  104. 6...f5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bxf4 fxe4 9.d5 Nh5 10.Bg5 Be7 1-0(22) Fedorov 2648 -- Ibragimov 2602, Katrineholm 1999; 9...Bg7 10.Bc4 Nbd7 1-0(24) Fedorov 2599 -- Gyimesi 2602, Pula 2001; 9.Qd2 d5 10.Be5 c6 0-1(28) Hector 2540 -- Leko 2555, Copenhagen 1995.
    6...h5 7.Bxf4 Bh6 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Nbc3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nce7 0-1(37) Fier 2553 -- Chigaev 2622, chess.com INT 2024.
    6...Qf6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Nge2 Bh6 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.g3 Nbc6 =-=(22) Renet 2520 -- Tkachiev 2615, Las Palmas 1997.

  105. 7.Ne2 f3 8.gxf3 gxf3 9.Nf4 Nc6 10.c3 Bg4 0-1(11) Fier 2553 -- Alekseenko 2650, chess.com INT 2024; 7...Qf6 8.Nbc3 c6 9.g3 fxg3 10.Nxg3 Bxc1 =-=(41) Fedorov 2540 -- Kharitonov 2550, Moscow 1995.

  106. 7...Be6 8.Qd3 a6 9.Bd2 Nc6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 =-=(22) Gallagher 2520 -- Huebner 2620, Switzerland 1991.
    7...Nc6 8.Qd3 Bd7 9.a3 f5 10.Nge2 fxe4 0-1(24) Shytaj 2472 -- Almasi 2663, Reggio Emilia 2009.

  107. 10.Nxg3 Bxc1 1-0(47) Short 2690 -- Akopian 2655, Madrid 1997; =-=(31) Fedorov 2580 -- Pinter 2575, Pula 1997.

  108. 4...Bd6 5.d4 c6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2+ Kf8 8.Ne5 g5 9.h4 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 =-=(48) Nunn 2630 -- Anand 2715, Monte Carlo 1995.
    4...Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bxf4 Qe4+ 7.Qe2 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Nd5 9.Bd2 Be7 10.OO c6 1-0(36) Zvjaginsev 2658 -- Wang 2624, Taiyuan 2007.

  109. 5.Be2 Nxd5 6.c4 Nf6 7.d4 Bd6 8.c5 Be7 9.Nc3 OO 10.Bxf4 Be6 =-=(62) Rapport 2736 -- Gelfand 2676, Hengshui CHN 2019; =-=(62) Rapport 2736 -- Gelfand 2676, Hengshui CHN 2019; =-=(62) Rapport 2736 -- Gelfand 2676, Hengshui CHN 2019; 6...Ne7 7.Nc3 Ng6 8.h4 Be7 9.h5 Nh4 10.Nd5 Nc6 =-=(33) Rapport 2671 -- Adams 2740, Biel 2015.

  110. 5...Nbd7 6.c4 Qe7+ 7.Qe2 a6 8.Bxd7+ Bxd7 9.Ne5 OOO 10.d4 Re8 1-0(33) Nakamura 2753 -- Kosteniuk 2469, Saint Louis 2011; 7...Qxe2+ 8.Kxe2 a6 9.Bxd7+ Bxd7 10.d4 Nh5 =-=(21) Nakamura 2701 -- Ivanov 2516, Ledyard 2009; 6.OO Be7 7.Be2 OO 8.c4 c6 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.d4 Bd6 0-1(71) Nepomniachtchi 2792 -- Nakamura 2768, Saint Louis USA 2022; 0-1(22) Nazari 2367 -- Nakamura 2775, chess.com INT 2023; 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.Qe2+ Qe7 8.d4 a6 9.Qxe7+ Kxe7 10.Bxd7 Bxd7 =-=(25) Nepomniachtchi 2782 -- Erigaisi 2629, Warsaw POL 2021.
    5...Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7.OO Nxd5 8.c4 N5f6 9.d4 Be7 10.Bxf4 OO 0-1(59) Nepomniachtchi 2793 -- Vachier Lagrave 2736, chess.com INT 2022.

  111. 6...bxc6 7.Bc4 Nd5 8.OO Bd6 9.d4 OO 10.Bb3 Bg4 =-=(55) Fier 2590 -- Sokolin 2508, ICC INT 2009; 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Ne4 Be7 0-1(44) Van Foreest 2541 -- Ju 2548, Wijk aan Zee 2016; 7...Bd6 8.d4 OO 9.OO c5 10.Ne5 cxd4 1-0(22) Van Foreest 2690 -- Najer 2662, Almaty KAZ 2022.

  112. 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Be6 9.Nd4 OO 10.Nxe6 fxe6 =-=(59) Tari 2642 -- So 2760, Stavanger NOR 2023; 9...Qd7 10.Nxe6 fxe6 1-0(40) Nepomniachtchi 2792 -- Lagno 2559, Moscow RUS 2021; 8...Qe7 9.d4 Qxe2+ 10.Nxe2 OO 1-0(30) Duda 2733 -- Tokhirjonova 2380, chess.com INT 2024.

  113. 7...Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.OO OO 10.Bd3 Bd6 =-=(64) Zvjaginsev 2674 -- Kunte 2547, Khanty-Mansiysk 2007.

  114. 8.Qe2+ Be6 9.Ng5 OO 10.Nxe6 fxe6 =-=(37) Sulskis 2559 -- Melkumyan 2530, Benasque 2009.

  115. 10.Nc3 a6 =-=(57) Savchenko 2609 -- Goganov 2497, Moscow 2012.

  116. 6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qf5 8.Qe2+ Qe6 9.d4 Bb4 10.Bxf4 c6 1-0(67) Tischbierek 2526 -- Slobodjan 2561, Germany 2000; 8...Be7 9.d4 Qe6 10.Bxf4 Qxe2+ 1-0(43) Fedorov 2599 -- Zaja 2488, Pula 2001; 8.OO Nc6 9.d4 Be6 10.Ne2 g5 =-=(23) Fedorov 2646 -- Ivanov 2567, New Delhi/Teheran 2000; 8.d4 Bb4 9.Qe2+ Qe6 10.Bxf4 OO =-=(56) Zhang 2522 -- Nisipeanu 2608, Trignac 2002; 7...Qd8 8.d4 Be7 9.Bxf4 OO 10.OO Bf5 0-1(41) Fedorov 2684 -- Svidler 2672, Smolensk 2000.

  117. 6...Be6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.c4 Nb6 9.d4 Nxc4 10.Nc3 c6 =-=(51) Shulman 2564 -- Onischuk 2661, Kansas 2003; 10...Nb6 =-=(81) Fedorov 2590 -- Goloshchapov 2528, Ohrid 2001; 7...c5 8.Kh1 Nc6 9.d4 c4 10.Ba4 Bd6 1-0(41) Nakamura 2758 -- Adams 2734, London 2011.

  118. 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.d4 OO 9.Bxf4 Qd8 10.c4 Bf5 =-=(47) Shulman 2566 -- Onischuk 2649, Lindsborg 2002; 8.Nc3 Qd8 9.d4 OO 10.Bxf4 c6 =-=(18) Conquest 2529 -- Beliavsky 2654, Saint Vincent 2000.
    7.Nc3 Be6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.d4 OO 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 =-=(43) Carlsen 2876 -- Aronian 2780, Stavanger 2015.
    7.Bb3 OO 8.c4 Nf6 9.d4 Bg4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 0-1(32) Fedorov 2600 -- Svidler 2710, Elista 1998.

  119. 8.Bxd5 Bxd5 9.Bxf4 OO 10.Nc3 Bc4 =-=(34) Livaic 2495 -- Sethuraman 2638, chess.com INT 2020.

  120. 10.Bxe3 fxe3 =-=(32) Grischuk 2606 -- Hansen 2562, Esbjerg 2000; =-=(18) Sutovsky 2697 -- Mamedyarov 2660, Pamplona 2004.

  121. 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.g3 g4 7.Nh4 f3 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Qd2 Nge7 10.OOO h5 1-0(38) Ponomariov 2712 -- Sargissian 2702, Huaian 2016; 6...Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Ba4 Bd7 9.d5 Ne5 10.gxf4 gxf4 =-=(34) Gareev 2598 -- Heimann 2617, Sitges ESP 2019; 5...Nc6 6.Bc4 h6 7.g3 d6 8.gxf4 g4 9.Rg1 Nge7 10.f5 h5 1-0(20) Savchenko 2581 -- Smagin 2551, Sochi RUS 2019; 5.g3 d6 6.d4 g4 7.Nh4 f3 8.Bc4 Ne7 9.h3 Nbc6 10.Be3 h5 0-1(77) Savchenko 2609 -- Szabo 2547, Moscow 2012; 4...Nc6 5.g3 d6 6.d4 Bg7 7.d5 Ne5 8.gxf4 gxf4 9.Bxf4 Bg4 10.Bb5+ Kf8 =-=(28) Zvjaginsev 2663 -- Smirnov 2592, Novokuznetsk 2008; 5...fxg3 6.hxg3 Bg7 7.d4 h6 8.Be3 d6 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.Bg2 Nge7 =-=(48) Nielsen 2654 -- Krnan 2440, Berlin 2015.
    4.d4 g4 5.Bxf4 gxf3 6.Qxf3 d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.OOO h5 9.e5 Bg4 10.Qe4 Bh6 0-1(62) Morozevich 2756 -- Aleksandrov 2591, Shenyang 2000; 9.Qf2 Bg4 10.Rd2 Bh6 0-1(21) Can 2442 -- Sargissian 2680, Bursa 2010; 8.Bc4 Qh4+ 9.Bg3 Qf6 10.Qxf6 Nxf6 1-0(59) Fedorov 2580 -- Adams 2660, Pula 1997; 4...Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 g4 7.Nh4 f3 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Qd2 h5 10.OOO Nge7 1-0(22) Ponomariov 2712 -- Dominguez Perez 2732, Huaian 2016; 4...d6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.h4 h6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nd5 g4 9.Ng1 Nxd4 10.Bxf4 c6 0-1(37) Savchenko 2552 -- Amin 2682, Almaty KAZ 2022.

  122. 4...d5 5.exd5 Qe7+ 6.Qe2 Nd7 7.Nxg5 Ne5 8.Bb5+ c6 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.d4 cxb5 0-1(37) Zifroni 2506 -- Mikhalevski 2590, Israel 2007; 5.Bxd5 g4 6.OO gxf3 7.Qxf3 Qf6 8.e5 Qg6 9.Bxb7 Qb6+ 10.d4 Bxb7 0-1(28) Erdogdu 2407 -- Sjugirov 2680, chess.com INT 2022.
    4...g4 5.OO gxf3 6.Qxf3 Bh6 7.d4 Qh4 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nd5 Kd8 10.c3 d6 1-0(44) Nakamura 2741 -- Andreikin 2683, Moscow 2010.
    4...Nc6 5.d4 Bg7 6.g3 g4 7.Nh4 Nxd4 8.c3 d5 9.Bxd5 c6 10.Bc4 fxg3 0-1(51) Savchenko 2556 -- Inarkiev 2664, St Petersburg 2015.

  123. 5.h4 h6 6.d4 d6 7.c3 Nc6 8.OO g4 9.Ne1 Qxh4 10.Bxf4 Nf6 =-=(19) Nakamura 2733 -- Ivanchuk 2754, Cap d'Agde 2010.
    5.OO d6 6.d4 h6 7.c3 Ne7 8.g3 g4 9.Nh4 f3 10.Nxf3 gxf3 1-0(46) Andreikin 2729 -- Timmermans 2391, chess.com INT 2022.

  124. 5...h6 6.c3 Ne7 7.Qb3 OO 8.h4 d5 9.exd5 Nf5 10.hxg5 hxg5 0-1(32) Andreikin 2729 -- Sargsyan 2378, chess.com INT 2022.

  125. 10.Bxf7+ Kf8 0-1(41) Zvjaginsev 2642 -- Akopian 2678, Rijeka 2010.
    9...Qe7 10.Qxb7 Rb8 0-1(49) Al Modiahki 2562 -- Kazhgaleyev 2623, Guangzhou 2010.

  126. 5...Nf6 6.d4 d6 7.Nd3 Nxe4 8.Bxf4 Bg7 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 OO =-=(112) Stockfish 14_202107131735 3639 -- LCZero 0.28-dev+_69626 3623, tcec-chess.com INT 2021; 0-1(81) RubiChess 20230823 3508 -- Stockfish dev-20230903-b25d68 3666, tcec-chess.com INT 2023; =-=(85) Stockfish dev-20230903-b25d68 3666 -- RubiChess 20230823 3508, tcec-chess.com INT 2023; 9.c3 OO 10.Be2 f5 =-=(38) LCZero 0.28-dev+_69626 3623 -- Stockfish 14_202107131735 3639, tcec-chess.com INT 2021; 8...Qe7 9.Be2 Nc6 10.c3 Bg7 =-=(37) Gallagher 2558 -- Marciano 2526, France 2000; 7...Nc6 8.c3 Nxe4 9.Bxf4 d5 10.Nd2 Bd6 0-1(34) Fedorov 2575 -- Ivanchuk 2717, Wijk aan Zee 2001; 10.Be2 h5 =-=(23) Spassky 2551 -- Fressinet 2575, Paris 2001; 7...Nh5 8.Bxf4 Bg7 9.c3 OO 10.Nd2 f5 1-0(30) Shabalov 2566 -- Smagin 2583, Bad Wiessee 1999; 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bg7 8.d4 Nxd5 9.OO Nc6 10.Bxd5 Qxd5 =-=(41) Short 2680 -- Howell 2611, London 2010; 7...Bd6 8.d4 Nh5 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.OO Bxe5 1-0(58) Berg 2553 -- Grandelius 2623, Sunne 2015; 6.Nxg4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Rg8 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.Nd5 Qg6 10.d3 Qg3+ 1-0(16) Fedorov 2590 -- Sorokin 2538, Dubai 2001.
    5...d5 6.d4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Nc6 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 1-0(52) Nepomniachtchi 2773 -- Martinez Alcantara 2598, chess.com INT 2022; 9...Bxc3 10.bxc3 OO 0-1(33) Nepomniachtchi 2793 -- Fernandez Guillen 2454, chess.com INT 2023.
    5...Nc6 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Nd3 Qxd4 9.Nxb4 Nxb4 10.Bxf4 Qxd1+ 1-0(63) Nunn 2630 -- Piket 2670, Monte Carlo 1995.

  127. 6...Be7 7.d4 Bxh4+ 8.Nf2 Bg3 9.Qf3 Qf6 10.Nc3 Ne7 1-0(41) Nepomniachtchi 2767 -- Tin 2575, Almaty KAZ 2024; 7.d3 Bxh4+ 8.Nf2 Qg5 9.Qd2 Bg3 10.Nc3 Nf6 0-1(66) Winants 2500 -- Almasi 2620, Wijk aan Zee 1995.

  128. 7.Nf2 Nc6 8.d4 Bh6 9.c3 Rg8 10.Nd2 Qe7 0-1(17) Nepomniachtchi 2771 -- Carlsen 2839, chess.com INT 2023; 9.Be2 Qe7 10.Nc3 Bd7 0-1(28) Short 2690 -- Shirov 2690, Madrid 1997; 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Be2 Bd7 =-=(17) Fedorov 2659 -- Timman 2650, Las Vegas 1999; 8...Qe7 9.Bxf4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 0-1(65) Narciso Dublan 2517 -- Robson 2670, chess24.com INT 2019; 7...Rg8 8.d4 Bh6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 0-1(23) Fedorov 2646 -- Shirov 2746, Polanica Zdroj 2000; =-=(23) Fedorov 2659 -- Pedersen 2427, Aars 1999; 9...Qe7 10.Nd3 Bg4 1-0(33) Fedorov 2600 -- Timoshenko 2595, Timisu de Sus 1998.

  129. 8.d3 Nc6 9.Qf3 Bh6 10.Qf2 Rg8 0-1(40) Nakamura 2775 -- Carlsen 2853, Stavanger NOR 2023.

  130. 8...c6 9.d4 Bh6 10.Qd3 Bg4 1-0(71) Nepomniachtchi 2779 -- Babazada 2460, chess.com INT 2023; 9.Qf3 Rg8 10.Qf2 Bg4 0-1(37) Nunn 2615 -- Timman 2590, Amsterdam 1995.

  131. 9.Nd5 Qg6 10.d3 Qg3+ =-=(23) Fedorov 2575 -- Anand 2790, Wijk aan Zee 2001; =-=(43) Fedorov 2590 -- Safin 2504, Dubai 2001.
    9.d4 Qxd4 10.Bxf4 Qxd1+ 0-1(46) Hector 2570 -- Nielsen 2620, Middelfart 2003.

  132. 10.Bxc6 bxc6 =-=(17) Fedorov 2616 -- Carlsen 2552, Dubai 2004; =-=(24) Fier 2490 -- Leitao 2601, Guarulhos 2006.
    9...a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 =-=(36) Short 2675 -- Shirov 2734, Las Vegas 1999.