ENGLISH OPENINGS

MIKENAS CARLS VARIATIONS

[Event "Belfort"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Andrei Sokolov"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Nxe5 8.Ndb5 a6 9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.Qxd6 f6 11.Be3 Ne7 12.Bb6 Nf5
13.Qc5 d6 14.Qa5 Qe7 15.O-O-O O-O 16.f4 Nc6 17.Qa3 e5 18.g4
Nfd4 19.Nd5 Qf7 20.f5 g6 21.Rg1 gxf5 22.g5 Kh8 23.gxf6 Be6
24.Qxd6 Bxd5 25.cxd5 Qxf6 26.Qxf6+ Rxf6 27.Kb1 Nd8 28.Bc5 Rc8
29.Be7 Rf7 30.Bd6 Nf3 31.Rg3 e4 32.Be2 Rf6 33.Bf4 Rg6 34.Bxf3
Rxg3 35.Bxe4 fxe4 36.hxg3 Kg7 37.Rd4 Nf7 38.Rxe4 Rd8 39.Re7
Rxd5 40.Rxb7 h5 41.Ra7 a5 42.a4 1-0
[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 Nd7
12. Bd3 e4 13. h5 Qf5 14. Rh4 exd3 15. Rf4 Nc5 16. Rxf5 Bxf5
17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Kf1 Bd6 19. Nb3 f6 20. Be3 b6 21. Nxc5 bxc5
22. Qxd3 O-O 23. Qd2 Be8 24. h6 g5 25. Qb2 Bd7 26. Qa3 Rfe8
27. Bxc5 Bh2 28. Re1 Bf5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Be3 Kf7 31. Ke2
Be5 32. Kd2 Bg4 33. Qxa7 Kg6 34. a4 Kxh6 35. a5 c6 36. dxc6
Rc8 37. f3 Bf5 38. g4 Be6 39. Qe7 Bxc4 40. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Nxe5 8.Ndb5 a6 9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.Qxd6 f6 11.Be3 Ne7 12.Bb6 Nf5
13.Qc5 d6 14.Qa5 Qd7 15.f4 Nc6 16.Qa3 e5 17.Bd3 O-O 18.O-O
exf4 19.Rxf4 Nfe7 20.Rd1 Ng6 21.Rff1 Nge5 22.Be4 Qf7 23.b3 Be6
24.Qxd6 Kh8 25.Qc7 Qxc7 26.Bxc7 Rf7 27.Bb6 Re8 28.h3 Rd7
29.Nd5 Rc8 30.g4 Ng6 31.Kh2 Nce5 32.a4 Rd6 33.a5 Nd7 34.Nc7
1-0
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Fort Lauderdale USA"]
[Date "2004.08.13"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nelson Castaneda"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 dxc4 6. Nf3 Nb6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Nd2 f5 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b6
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Na3 Bb7 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nd8
17. f4 Ne6 18. a3 a6 19. b4 c6 20. g4 g6 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Rf3
Kh8 23. Bd3 Rf7 24. Rh3 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 c5 26. Qh5 Nd8 27. Ne2 c4
28. Bb1 Bc8 29. Ng3 Bf8 30. Re1 h6 31. Qf3 Qe6 32. Rh5 Qg6
33. Rg1 Qh7 34. Qf1 Be6 35. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial Rapid"]

[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[EventDate "2011.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4
Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qf6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. d5 Nd4 16. Ne4
Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qg6 18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bd3 20. Qe5 Bxc4
21. Nf5 Kh8 22. Ne3 Bd3 23. Qxc7 Be4 24. Qf4 Rfe8 25. f3 Bd3
26. Rad1 h5 27. Rd2 Bb5 28. Red1 Rad8 29. d6 Bc6 30. d7 Re6
31. Nc4 Qf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Na5 Kg7 34. Rd4 f5 35. Kf2 b6
36. Nxc6 Rxc6 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Kf4 Kg6 39. Ke5 Re2+ 40. Kd6 Kf6
41. Rd5 Rxg2 42. Kc7 Rgg8 43. f4 Rgf8 44. Rg1 Ke7 45. Rd6 1-0
[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Be7
7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxe4 Bc6 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7
12. d4 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Nb6 14. Bh6 g6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Rhd1 Na4
17. Rab1 Qd5 18. a3 Be7 19. Kf1 Qb3 20. Kg1 Rad8 21. h4 Bxf3
22. gxf3 c5 23. Be4 cxd4 24. h5 Qb6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. e6 Rd6
27. Bxg6 Kh8 28. Bxf7 Bf6 29. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "1st Samba Cup"]

[Site "Skanderborg DEN"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4
Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfe1
Bf5 17. Qf4 Qf6 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Nh4 Ng6 20. Qxf5 Qxh4 21. Bf1
Qd4 22. Qd7 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qc5 24. h4 Kf8 25. Qf5 Kg8 26. h5
Nf8 27. Qg5 Qd6 28. g3 h6 29. Qe7 Nd7 30. Bh3 Nc5 31. Bf5 Rb8
32. Qe8+ Qf8 33. Qe7 Qxe7 34. Rxe7 Kf8 35. Rxc7 Na6 36. d6 Rd8
37. c5 b6 38. c6 Nb8 39. Be4 Rxd6 40. Rc8+ 1-0
[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid sf"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Ne4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 Bb4 7.Qc2 f6
8.exf6 Qxf6 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Bd3 Na5 12.O-O b6 13.Ne5
Qh4 14.a4 Ba6 15.Ba3 Rfe8 16.Rae1 Nd6 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.cxd5
Bxd3 19.Nxd3 exd5 20.Nb4 Qh5 21.Re3 Rxe3 22.fxe3 Nc4 23.Qd3
Re8 24.Rf3 a5 25.Rh3 Qg6 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.Nxd5 b5 28.axb5 a4
29.Rf3 a3 30.Rf1 Rb8 31.Rb1 Nd2 32.Ra1 Rxb5 33.Nb4 Ra5 34.Nc2
Nc4 35.e4 Kf7 36.Ra2 Rb5 37.Nxa3 1-0