1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Ne2 Bg4 12. c3 Be7 13. Qc2 h6 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Re8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. g3 Re7 20. Bh3 Rd8 21. Bg2 Be5 22. Rd3 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Qxc7 Bxc7 25. Rfd1 Rb8 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Four Knights (C47)
Player profiles: C H Alexander, Smyslov

Novelty of stem-game: 11. ...Bg4

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0  8. 0-0 d5  9. exd5 cxd5  10. Bg5 Be6  11. Ne2

page 1 of 1; 4 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C H Alexander vs Smyslov   0-1 41 1954 London tt C47 Four Knights 2. C H Alexander vs G Kluger   ½-½ 31 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 3. C H Alexander vs Smyslov   ½-½ 25 1955 Hastings 1954/55 C47 Four Knights 4. M Godena vs V Iordachescu   ½-½ 36 2000 FIDE World Ch C47 Four Knights

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0  8. 0-0 d5  9. exd5 cxd5  10. Bg5 Be6

page 1 of 1; 7 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alekhine vs Lasker ½-½ 16 1914 Moscow C47 Four Knights 2. V Kahn vs Koltanowski   ½-½ 19 1935 Mollet C47 Four Knights 3. M Shishov vs Bannik   ½-½ 36 1955 URS-ch 1L C47 Four Knights 4. Dzindzichashvili vs Seirawan   ½-½ 12 1992 US ch Durango(10) C47 Four Knights 5. I Tornai vs Acs   ½-½ 45 1995 Budapest FS02 IM-A C47 Four Knights 6. E Fernandez-Romero vs S Castillo Gallego   1-0 46 2001 UPI C47 Four Knights 7. P J Kirby vs J Arosemena   0-1 19 2012 Chess Olympiad C47 Four Knights

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0  8. 0-0 d5  9. exd5 cxd5  10. Bg5

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 113  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Blackburne vs G Marco   ½-½ 33 1894 Leipzig C47 Four Knights 2. Bird vs Janowski 0-1 30 1899 London C47 Four Knights 3. Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein 0-1 29 1912 Vilnius All-Russian Masters C47 Four Knights 4. M G De La Torriente vs K Makarczyk 0-1 19 1930 Hamburg ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 5. Tal vs Friori   ½-½ 23 1957 Reykjavik C47 Four Knights 6. Antoshin vs Kholmov   ½-½ 53 1957 USSR Championship C47 Four Knights 7. M Czerniak vs G Chalkhasuren   ½-½ 71 1962 Varna ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 8. D Kovac vs I Bratko   1-0 59 1963 YUG-chJ C47 Four Knights 9. E Mnatsakanian vs Averbakh   ½-½ 32 1965 Yerevan C47 Four Knights 10. E Mnatsakanian vs Karpov 0-1 28 1971 13, Daugavpils ch-SU C47 Four Knights 11. M Litinskaya-Shul vs T Kobaidze   ½-½ 20 1972 URS-chT C47 Four Knights 12. V Vepkhvishvili vs D Gedevanishvili   ½-½ 47 1974 Tbilisi Cup C47 Four Knights 13. M D Tseitlin vs Plachetka   ½-½ 15 1976 Odessa C47 Four Knights 14. Kupreichik vs Tseshkovsky   ½-½ 45 1978 Ashkhabad C47 Four Knights 15. Rashkovsky vs Tseshkovsky   ½-½ 16 1983 Frunze C47 Four Knights 16. Rashkovsky vs Tseshkovsky   ½-½ 19 1987 Tashkent Hodzhaev mem C47 Four Knights 17. G Milos vs Kamsky   ½-½ 28 1992 Manila C47 Four Knights 18. Rashkovsky vs Tseshkovsky   ½-½ 12 1992 Moscow Tal mem C47 Four Knights 19. Shabanov vs Kholmov   ½-½ 22 1992 Orel C47 Four Knights 20. Leko vs Winants   0-1 35 1992 Nettetal C47 Four Knights 21. Adams vs Piket   ½-½ 33 1992 Dortmund C47 Four Knights 22. E Preissmann vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 44 1993 Geneve C47 Four Knights 23. M Golubev vs Tseshkovsky   0-1 40 1993 Biel MTO op C47 Four Knights 24. R Lau vs Piket   0-1 32 1993 Leeuwarden op C47 Four Knights 25. A Licina vs Zsofia Polgar   0-1 35 1994 It (open), Bled (Slovenia) C47 Four Knights  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 113

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0  8. 0-0 d5  9. exd5 cxd5

page 1 of 1; 21 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Rodriguez vs Short ½-½ 9 1984 Yerevan C47 Four Knights 2. Navara vs M Held   1-0 39 1999 Mipap Cup C47 Four Knights 3. M Mihalj vs O Jovanic   ½-½ 14 2004 Open Portoroz 04 C47 Four Knights 4. A Zatonskih vs V Cmilyte   ½-½ 29 2011 SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid, Women) C47 Four Knights 5. Kramnik vs Aronian ½-½ 40 2012 Tal Memorial C47 Four Knights 6. A Zatonskih vs Koneru   0-1 42 2012 SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz) C47 Four Knights 7. Karjakin vs A Giri 1-0 44 2012 SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz) C47 Four Knights 8. B Kovanova vs Yang Shen   ½-½ 32 2012 Russia vs China (Women) C47 Four Knights 9. Yifan Hou vs E Paehtz   1-0 37 2012 SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz) C47 Four Knights 10. A Kovchan vs K Mekhitarian   0-1 64 2012 28th Cappelle-la-Grande C47 Four Knights 11. E Kozganbay vs A Igambergenov   0-1 27 2012 IM-Astana C47 Four Knights 12. Y Solodovnichenko vs N Maiorov   ½-½ 12 2012 33rd Crespi Memorial C47 Four Knights 13. I Khairullin vs E Romanov   ½-½ 30 2012 VIII Governor's Cup C47 Four Knights 14. Nisipeanu vs Caruana ½-½ 32 2012 Kings' Tournament C47 Four Knights 15. J Sammour Hasbun vs Kaidanov 0-1 24 2013 US Chess Championships C47 Four Knights 16. D Klein vs M Van der Werf   1-0 26 2013 Tata Steel (Group C) C47 Four Knights 17. T Burg vs A Greenfeld   0-1 40 2013 5th Batavia C45 Scotch Game 18. J Zawadzka vs N Maiorov   ½-½ 59 2013 European Individual Championships C47 Four Knights 19. A Kashlinskaya vs B Kovanova   ½-½ 41 2013 Russian Team Championships (Women) C47 Four Knights 20. M Kravtsiv vs G Caprio   1-0 54 2013 29th Cappelle-la-Grande C47 Four Knights 21. Wang Hao vs Anand 1-0 49 2013 Tata Steel C45 Scotch Game  page 1 of 1; 21 games

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0  8. 0-0 d5

page 1 of 1; 8 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. NN vs V Kahn 0-1 13 1941 Casual C47 Four Knights 2. V Vepkhvishvili vs Kolmiukov   1-0 60 1986 Klaipeda Festival C47 Four Knights 3. V W Knox vs Anand   ½-½ 43 1988 Blackpool C47 Four Knights 4. M Gorupec vs H Messing   0-1 46 1995 CRO-chT2 C47 Four Knights 5. Tseshkovsky vs A Poluljahov   ½-½ 8 1998 Krasnodar2 C47 Four Knights 6. R Molander vs Hebden   0-1 41 2005 E.U. Championship and Cork Chess Congress C47 Four Knights 7. O F Salepci vs D Blagojevic   0-1 41 2007 European Club Cup C47 Four Knights 8. N Khoudgarian vs C Leite   ½-½ 73 2008 2008 Women's Olympiad C47 Four Knights

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Blackburne vs F K Esling   ½-½ 24 1885 8 board simultaneous blindfold exhibition C45 Scotch Game 2. Lasker vs J L Daniell 1-0 25 1897 Birmingham sim C47 Four Knights 3. Von Bardeleben vs Showalter 0-1 19 1900 Munich C47 Four Knights 4. Spielmann vs Marshall   1-0 29 1927 New York C47 Four Knights 5. O Ulvestad vs J Cross   1-0 54 1946 US Open prelim C45 Scotch Game 6. I Radulov vs A Planinc   ½-½ 52 1971 Kostic mem C47 Four Knights 7. Puc vs A Planinc   0-1 20 1973 Vidmar mem C47 Four Knights 8. A Pomar-Salamanca vs Ljubojevic 1-0 41 1974 Las Palmas C47 Four Knights 9. V Vepkhvishvili vs R Kapanadze   0-1 55 1974 Ch Georgian 35th C47 Four Knights 10. Z Ljubisavljevic vs M Albano   0-1 57 1978 La Spezia C47 Four Knights 11. Oll vs E Ubilava   ½-½ 17 1983 Goglidze mem C47 Four Knights 12. Yousef Mohamad Mahmoud vs A Mounib   ½-½ 17 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 13. Timman vs S Agdestein   1-0 41 1992 1, Brussels SWIFT bli C47 Four Knights 14. S Lalic vs M Litinskaya-Shul   ½-½ 16 1994 Moscow ol (Women) C47 Four Knights 15. Navara vs N Danilov   1-0 38 1994 Wch U10 C47 Four Knights 16. D Reinderman vs I Sokolov   0-1 24 1995 Dutch Championship C47 Four Knights 17. R L Perry vs O Sarapu   0-1 43 1998 Auckland Summer Cup C45 Scotch Game 18. P Briggs vs M Walker ½-½ 105 2001 Smith & Williamson ch-GBR C47 Four Knights 19. M Egeland vs T Zoumblios   1-0 40 2001 Open NOR-ch Junior C47 Four Knights 20. V Di Fonzo vs I Capata   ½-½ 58 2001 21st Open C47 Four Knights 21. B Khetsuriani vs D Kokmadis   1-0 24 2001 9th Open C47 Four Knights 22. S Johansen vs A Dalmau   ½-½ 42 2001 Ladies C47 Four Knights 23. N Starr vs M Bryskine   1-0 26 2001 zt 2.2 ch-CAN Women C47 Four Knights 24. M Golubev vs S Fedorchuk   1-0 39 2001 ch-UKR C47 Four Knights 25. W So vs Li Chao 1-0 22 2006 3rd Singapore Masters Chess Open C47 Four Knights  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36

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page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Chepurnov vs E Spencer   1-0 19 1927 1st olm final C47 Four Knights 2. V Ouwendijk vs H Van Gool   1-0 21 2006 Amsterdam Chess Tournament C47 Four Knights

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