ENGLISH OPENINGS

FOUR KNIGHTS KINGSIDE FIANCHETTO

ENGLISH FOUR KNIGHTS KINGSIDE FIANCHETTO

[Event "17th European Team Championship"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Andrei Istratescu"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rac1 Rb8
12. Qa4 d6 13. b4 Bd4 14. e3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Bh3 16. Bg2 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. e4 c6 20. Rfd1 Rbd8 21. d4 Nb6
22. c5 exd4 23. cxb6 dxc3 24. bxa7 Ra8 25. Rxc3 Rxa7 26. Rxd6
Rxe4 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 Rxb4 29. Rf3 Rxa2 30. Rfxf7 Rg4
31. Rxb7 Rg6 32. Kh3 h5 33. f4 Rf2 34. Rbc7 Rd2 35. f5 Rg4
36. Rxc6 Rf2 37. Rg6 Kh8 38. Rfxg7 Rxg6 39. Rxg6 Rxf5 40. Kh4
1-0
[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Bf7 14. Nc5 Qc7 15. Be3 a5 16. Qd2 axb4
17. axb4 Nd7 18. N5e4 f5 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5 Ra3
22. Rfc1 Nb3 23. Qb2 Nxc1 24. Qxa3 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Qxg5 26. Qa7

Qd2 27. Qxb7 Nb8 28. b5 Qc3 29. Nxc3 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 Bd5 15. Nd2 c5 16. bxc6 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 bxc6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rab1 Re8 20. Rfc1 a4 21. Qa2 c5
22. Ba1 Bf8 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. Rb7 Qd6 25. Rc2 g5 26. e4 dxe3
27. Nxg5 Kg8 28. Ne4 Qe6 29. Rd7 Rad8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5+
Rxd5 32. Nxf6+ Kf7 33. Nxd5 e2 34. Bc3 e1=Q 35. Bxe1 Rxe1
36. Nc3 1-0
[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5
7. d3 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Nd4 9. Nd2 d6 10. e3 Nf5 11. Nc4 a5 12. Bd2
a4 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 b5 16. Na5 Ne7 17. O-O
Bg4 18. Nb7 Qd7 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qxe5 Qd6 21. d4 Be2 22. Qxd6
cxd6 23. Re1 Bd3 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Rc1 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4
27. Bb4 Re8 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Re4 31. Ke2 f5
32. f3 Re5 33. d6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]

[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3 f5 10.Rc1 Kh8 11.a3 Bf6 12.Bc5 Re8
13.b4 Be6 14.Re1 Qd7 15.e4 a6 16.Bh3 g6 17.Be3 Qg7 18.Ng5 Bg8
19.Nf3 f4 20.Bxb6 cxb6 21.Nd5 g5 22.Bd7 Re6 23.Bxe6 Bxe6
24.Nxf6 Qxf6 25.Rxc6 bxc6 26.Qa1 a5 27.Qxe5 Qxe5 28.Nxe5 axb4
29.axb4 c5 30.bxc5 bxc5 31.gxf4 gxf4 32.Kg2 Ra3 33.Kf3 c4
34.Kxf4 cxd3 35.Rd1 Ra2 36.Nxd3 Bc4 37.f3 Rxh2 38.Ne5 Ba2
39.Rd7 Rh6 40.Nf7+ Bxf7 41.Rxf7 Kg8 42.Rf5 Rh1 43.e5 h5
44.Rg5+ Kf8 45.Kf5 h4 46.Rh5 Kg7 47.f4 h3 48.Ke6 Kg6 49.Rg5+
Kh6 50.Kf5 Rh2 51.Rg8 Rh1 52.e6 h2 53.Rg2 1-0
[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 a5 12.b5 Nd4
13.Nd2 Qc8 14.e3 Nf5 15.Qc2 Rd8 16.Bb2 a4 17.Rfc1 Nd6 18.Nde4
Ne8 19.Qe2 Bf8 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Qd7 22.d4 c6 23.Nc5 Bxc5
24.dxc5 Nc4 25.Rd1 Qc7 26.Bc1 Na5 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Nxa4 Rxd1+
29.Qxd1 Rd8 30.Qc2 Qf7 31.Nc3 Qh5 32.Ne2 Bf5 33.e4 Bg4 34.Ng3
Qf7 35.Bf1 Be6 36.Qc3 Ra8 37.Rb4 Qd7 38.f5 Bf7 39.Bf4 Qd1

40.Kf2 Nb3 41.Be2 Qb1 42.Bc4 Rxa3 43.Ne2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Qa4 Re8 13. a3 a6 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bxd5 Qxd5
17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 Rac8 19. Bc5 f5 20. Nd2 Bxc5 21. Rxc5
Nd4 22. e3 b6 23. Rc4 Ne6 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. d4 Nd3 26. Re2 e4
27. Ne1 c5 28. Nxd3 exd3 29. Rd2 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Rc2 31. R4xd3
R8c8 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. b4 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Rc3 35. Rd6 Rxa3
36. Rxb6 Ra2 37. h4 g5 38. h5 Rb2 39. Rf6 f4 40. gxf4 Rxb4
41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Rxa6 Rh4 43. h6 Rb4 44. Kg3 Rc4 45. f3 Rc1
46. Kg4 Rc5 47. e4 Rb5 48. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Ch URS, URS"]

[Site "Ch URS, URS"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.f3 exf3 10.Nxf3 d5 11.d4 Ne4 12.Qc2 dxc4
13.Rb1 f5 14.g4 Qe7 15.gxf5 Nd6 16.Ng5 Qxe2 17.Bd5+ Kh8
18.Qxe2 Rxe2 19.Bf4 Nd8 20.Bxd6 cxd6 21.Rbe1 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Bd7
23.Re7 Bc6 24.f6 1-0