1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 h6 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Ne3 d6 11. Qc2 a5 12. a4 Qe7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb8 15. Be3 Bf5 16. h3 Nd7 17. c4 b6 18. Qc3 Nc5 19. b3 Qd7 20. Kh2 Re7 21. Bd4 f6 22. Rac1 Qe8 23. Qe3 1/2-1/2

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Opening: English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (A29)
Player profiles: Karpov, Korchnoi

Novelty of stem-game: 12. a4

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3  8. dxc3 h6  9. Nc2 Re8  10. Ne3 d6  11. Qc2 a5

page 1 of 1; 4 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Karpov vs Korchnoi ½-½ 23 1978 Karpov-Korchnoi World Championship Match A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 2. Uhlmann vs L Popov   ½-½ 40 1979 Berlin A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 3. Uhlmann vs Plachetka   1-0 36 1979 Trencianske A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 4. R Kerndl vs W Bonatti   ½-½ 35 2001 WC.2002.T.00001 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3  8. dxc3 h6  9. Nc2 Re8  10. Ne3 d6  11. Qc2

page 1 of 1; 7 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Polugaevsky vs Savon   ½-½ 32 1973 Petropolis Interzonal A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 2. Savon vs Vaganian   ½-½ 23 1974 USSR Championship A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 3. Adorjan vs I Farago   ½-½ 21 1981 Ch Hungary A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 4. V Mamaev vs G Wicklund-Hansen   1-0 33 1989 WT/M/GT/260 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 5. K Spraggett vs I Morovic 1-0 42 1994 Ch ESP tt A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 6. W Grohde vs A Hotting   ½-½ 25 1999 ICCF - corr A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 7. P Peelen vs R D Miedema   ½-½ 43 2006 Amsterdam Chess Tournament A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3  8. dxc3 h6  9. Nc2 Re8  10. Ne3 d6

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Razuvaev vs A Kapengut   ½-½ 22 1978 URS-ch FL46 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 2. L Nelli vs I Naumkin   0-1 32 2001 Open A A22 English 3. G Kjartansson vs Stefansson   0-1 43 2010 Reykjavik Open A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3  8. dxc3 h6  9. Nc2 Re8  10. Ne3

page 1 of 1; 5 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Biedermann vs W Kunerth   ½-½ 25 1938 Krakow A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 2. Huebner vs Smyslov   ½-½ 61 1983 Cm ( 1/4 ), Felden A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 3. W Nitsche vs Dr. C Guizar   ½-½ 30 1989 WT/M/GT/262 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 4. E Arancibia vs L Rojas   1-0 51 2007 Fenach Championship of Chile A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 5. K Piorun vs M Andersen   ½-½ 54 2010 World Junior Championship A22 English

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3  8. dxc3 h6  9. Nc2

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Hencko vs Konkolsky   1-0 41 1870 Postal A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 2. Savon vs R Cosulich   1-0 34 1974 Venice A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 3. Polugaevsky vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 43 1974 Solingen A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 4. Korchnoi vs Karpov   ½-½ 41 1974 Karpov-Korchnoi Candidates Match A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 5. Uhlmann vs Jansa   ½-½ 55 1975 Amsterdam IBM A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 6. Petrosian vs K Rogoff   ½-½ 19 1976 Izt ( cat. 12 ) A22 English 7. Uhlmann vs L A Tan   0-1 55 1976 cat 12 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 8. M Umansky vs O Shuvalov   ½-½ 35 1977 URS-ch13 corr7778 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 9. Meduna vs Kholmov   0-1 39 1978 Halle DSV A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 10. Sahovic vs A Vitolinsh   1-0 29 1978 Yurmala A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 11. Uhlmann vs K Osmanovic 1-0 46 1979 Decin A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 12. Uhlmann vs Gipslis   ½-½ 41 1979 Hradec Kralove (Czech Republic) A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 13. Iskov vs I D Wells   ½-½ 65 1980 Lloyds Bank Open A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 14. Gorelov vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 63 1981 URS-ch FL49 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 15. Vasiukov vs Gipslis   1-0 34 1981 Tournament A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 16. Ribli vs I Farago   ½-½ 35 1981 Hungary ch A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 17. Averbakh vs Balashov   1-0 45 1982 Moscow ch A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 18. Uhlmann vs S Makarichev   ½-½ 32 1982 It cat 10 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 19. Uhlmann vs S Makarichev   ½-½ 32 1982 Sarajevo A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 20. Uhlmann vs I Farago   ½-½ 29 1983 Sarajevo A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 21. Smejkal vs E Prandstetter   1-0 42 1986 CSR-ch A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 22. Kiril Georgiev vs Hjartarson   ½-½ 64 1990 Manila izt A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 23. Portisch vs I Farago 1-0 53 1992 Ungarn A22 English 24. A Kubasky vs C Hernaez-Fernandez   0-1 33 2000 EM/MN/018 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 25. S Smetankin vs Savon   1-0 37 2000 Rovno A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3  8. dxc3

page 1 of 1; 14 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. W Schmidt vs J Lewi 1-0 42 1968 Warsaw olm qual m2 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 2. W Schmidt vs J Lewi   0-1 33 1969 Lublin A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 3. A Khasin vs G Timoshchenko   0-1 41 1974 Vilnius A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 4. Korchnoi vs Mecking ½-½ 95 1974 Augusta A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 5. Averbakh vs Bronstein   ½-½ 58 1976 Moscow A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 6. Tarjan vs Smyslov   ½-½ 15 1976 Hastings 7677 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 7. Petrosian vs Korchnoi ½-½ 114 1976 Tbilisi A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 8. Gheorghiu vs Mecking   ½-½ 14 1976 cat 12 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 9. S Makarichev vs A Kapengut   ½-½ 30 1978 USSR First League A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 10. Meduna vs J Ambroz   ½-½ 40 1979 Prague Bohemians A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 11. Psakhis vs Dvoirys   1-0 58 1985 Harkov 40/43 A22 English 12. A Abolianin vs M Mancini   ½-½ 33 2001 Le Touquet FRA A20 English 13. Portisch vs T Warakomski   1-0 21 2005 6th European Individual Championship A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 14. Bu Xiangzhi vs Y Yu   ½-½ 74 2013 4th Danzhou Tournament A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3

page 1 of 1; 5 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Hernandez vs C Van Tilbury   0-1 31 1978 Zonal tournament A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 2. A Ludgate vs J Dorner   0-1 30 1996 Lascurain Mem A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 3. J Ristoja vs T Keskisarja   0-1 29 2000 TCh-FIN 00-01 A22 English 4. V Neverov vs Groszpeter   1-0 26 2000 KB Czech Open A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 5. V Zvjaginsev vs I Naumkin   1-0 46 2013 Aeroflot Rapid Open A22 English

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