1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rfe1 Rb8 13. Rab1 h6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qe3 Bd6 16. Qxh6 Rb4 17. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Four Knights (C47)
Player profiles: S Bernstein, Shainswit

Novelty of stem-game: 17. Qg5

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5  8. exd5 cxd5  9. 0-0 0-0  10. Bg5 c6  11. Qf3 Be7  12. Rfe1 Rb8  13. Rab1 h6  14. Bxh6 gxh6  15. Qe3 Bd6  16. Qxh6 Rb4

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Romanovsky vs Capablanca   ½-½ 16 1925 Moscow C47 Four Knights 2. S Bernstein vs Shainswit   ½-½ 17 1951 New York, USA Ch C47 Four Knights

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5  8. exd5 cxd5  9. 0-0 0-0  10. Bg5 c6  11. Qf3 Be7  12. Rfe1 Rb8  13. Rab1

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Soultanbeieff vs G A Thomas   ½-½ 63 1930 Liege C47 Four Knights 2. V Neimer vs J Bartholomew   ½-½ 43 2011 SPICE Cup (group C) C47 Four Knights

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5  8. exd5 cxd5  9. 0-0 0-0  10. Bg5 c6  11. Qf3 Be7  12. Rfe1 Rb8

page 1 of 1; 8 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kashdan vs H Steiner   ½-½ 26 1930 Berlin GER C47 Four Knights 2. P Mueller vs L Johnsen   1-0 38 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 3. P Mueller vs E Myhre 0-1 42 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 4. J Walsh vs J Durao   0-1 32 1958 13th olm final C C47 Four Knights 5. V Vepkhvishvili vs G Macharashvili   1-0 50 1978 Ch Tbilisi C47 Four Knights 6. V Vepkhvishvili vs A Kotliarevsky   0-1 60 1986 Ch Tbilisi C47 Four Knights 7. Vladimir Saprikin vs I Stepanov   ½-½ 21 2002 RUS-ch 1/2 fin C47 Four Knights 8. N Khoudgarian vs D Abarca   0-1 23 2012 Chess Olympiad (Women) C47 Four Knights

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5  8. exd5 cxd5  9. 0-0 0-0  10. Bg5 c6  11. Qf3 Be7  12. Rfe1

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Chigorin vs E Cohn   0-1 37 1906 15th DSB Kongress (Nuremberg) C45 Scotch Game 2. Mieses vs J Perlis 0-1 43 1909 St Petersburg C47 Four Knights 3. K Kullberg vs T Aalheim   ½-½ 24 1916 Nordic Congress-B 7th C47 Four Knights 4. B Tot vs P Trifunovic   ½-½ 24 1945 YUG-ch C47 Four Knights 5. A Kaufman vs Larry Evans   ½-½ 23 1955 US Open C47 Four Knights 6. L Geliashvili vs V Vepkhvishvili   0-1 43 1966 Training Tournament C47 Four Knights 7. V Vepkhvishvili vs V Chkhenkeli   ½-½ 16 1967 Ch Tbilisi C47 Four Knights 8. A Adamski vs K Krstev   1-0 94 1976 Sandomierz Vitrobud op C47 Four Knights 9. V Vepkhvishvili vs Z Tandashvili   ½-½ 36 1979 Ch Georgian C47 Four Knights 10. D Rasic vs J Baron Rodriguez   0-1 25 1995 Canaries ol U16 C45 Scotch Game 11. Computer vs K Burger   ½-½ 90 1996 BR 2 15 06/05 C47 Four Knights 12. A Toth vs A Nguyen   0-1 29 1999 It (cat.8), Budapest (Hungary) C47 Four Knights 13. P M Cardoso vs J Durao   1-0 78 2001 open C47 Four Knights 14. N Sommerbauer vs M Wach   1-0 23 2001 ch-AUT C47 Four Knights 15. S Petronic vs Wu Kaiyu   ½-½ 22 2001 Tan Lian Ann cup C47 Four Knights 16. A Vydeslaver vs A Tucker   1-0 42 2002 European Club Cup C47 Four Knights 17. E Berg vs T Wedberg   ½-½ 17 2003 Swedish Championships C47 Four Knights 18. S Wilkinson vs Wei Ming Kevin Goh   0-1 32 2004 36th Olympiad C45 Scotch Game 19. M Praet vs M Sebag   0-1 45 2006 TCh-BEL -7 C47 Four Knights 20. B Socko vs T Nyback   ½-½ 20 2006 7th European Individual Championship C47 Four Knights 21. J Krivec vs Pokorna   ½-½ 53 2006 37th Chess Olympiad: Women C47 Four Knights 22. C Andersson vs I Agrest 1-0 86 2006 7th European Individual Championship: Women C47 Four Knights 23. E Fakhiridou vs M Sebag   0-1 57 2006 7th European Individual Championship: Women C47 Four Knights 24. I Vovk vs E Romanov   0-1 43 2007 World Junior Championship C47 Four Knights 25. W So vs D Howell 1-0 37 2007 World Junior Championship C47 Four Knights  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5  8. exd5 cxd5  9. 0-0 0-0  10. Bg5 c6  11. Qf3 Be7

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 103  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bird vs Maroczy ½-½ 64 1899 London C47 Four Knights 2. Von Bardeleben vs Janowski   0-1 57 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A C47 Four Knights 3. J Perlis vs Swiderski 0-1 26 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier B C47 Four Knights 4. O Nilsson vs A Kier   1-0 54 1920 Goteborg C C47 Four Knights 5. K Kullberg vs W Schlage   1-0 48 1922 GER-SWE C47 Four Knights 6. O Zander vs H Wagner   0-1 59 1922 22. DSB Kongress C47 Four Knights 7. O Zander vs Leonhardt   ½-½ 40 1922 22. DSB Kongress C47 Four Knights 8. K Emmrich vs H Wagner   ½-½ 22 1923 23. DSB Kongress C47 Four Knights 9. Spielmann vs Yates 1-0 31 1926 Semmering C47 Four Knights 10. Tartakower vs E G Sergeant   1-0 24 1926 Hastings 1926/27 C47 Four Knights 11. Spielmann vs Vidmar   ½-½ 23 1927 New York C47 Four Knights 12. A Nilsson vs N Whitaker   ½-½ 23 1928 Wch Amateur C47 Four Knights 13. H Larsen vs Yates 0-1 26 1930 Hamburg ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 14. E M Jackson vs Stoltz   1-0 36 1931 Hastings 3132 C47 Four Knights 15. J Araiza Munoz vs Kashdan   0-1 34 1932 Mexico City C47 Four Knights 16. I V Rohacek vs L Stumpers   1-0 52 1949 CSR-NED C47 Four Knights 17. Letelier vs E Paoli   1-0 42 1950 Venice C47 Four Knights 18. M Czerniak vs Rossolimo   1-0 51 1950 Mar del Plata C47 Four Knights 19. Milner-Barry vs W Pietzsch   ½-½ 40 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 20. Cortlever vs Sliwa   ½-½ 26 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 21. Cortlever vs R Ortega   1-0 25 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 22. C H Alexander vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 19 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 23. E Hearst vs A Turner 0-1 30 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy C47 Four Knights 24. J Piatigorsky vs E Kertesz ½-½ 29 1957 1st olw qual. group 2 C47 Four Knights 25. A Russell vs A Thomson   0-1 57 1958 13th olm final C C47 Four Knights  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 103

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5  8. exd5 cxd5  9. 0-0 0-0  10. Bg5 c6  11. Qf3

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 172  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Dus Chotimirsky vs Salwe   0-1 38 1908 Prague C47 Four Knights 2. Duras vs Teichmann ½-½ 33 1908 Vienna C47 Four Knights 3. Loman vs P Krueger   ½-½ 33 1922 Match GER-NED C47 Four Knights 4. Spielmann vs Rubinstein   ½-½ 39 1926 Berlin C47 Four Knights 5. Marshall vs Spielmann   ½-½ 62 1927 New York C47 Four Knights 6. A Prameshuber vs L Sanchez   1-0 83 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-B C47 Four Knights 7. C H Alexander vs Unzicker   ½-½ 13 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 8. C H Alexander vs Gligoric   ½-½ 40 1956 Hastings 1956/57 C47 Four Knights 9. M Czerniak vs Unzicker   0-1 56 1956 Moscow ol (Men) fin-A C47 Four Knights 10. A Thomson vs T Halvorsen   ½-½ 49 1958 13th olm final C C47 Four Knights 11. A Russell vs P Ravn   0-1 62 1958 13th olm qual. group 1 C47 Four Knights 12. A Thomson vs D Isaacson   ½-½ 69 1958 13th olm final C C47 Four Knights 13. M Czerniak vs A Tarnowski   1-0 78 1958 13th olm final B C47 Four Knights 14. M Czerniak vs B Kolvig   ½-½ 41 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) fin-B C47 Four Knights 15. A Prameshuber vs M Haygarth   1-0 59 1961 Clare Benedict Cup 08th C47 Four Knights 16. I Zaitsev vs V Shiyanovsky   ½-½ 17 1962 USSR Championship C47 Four Knights 17. J Fichtl vs J Kozma   ½-½ 24 1963 CSR-ch C47 Four Knights 18. H Holaszek vs H Glauser   1-0 31 1964 Zurich - jungmeister C47 Four Knights 19. Janosevic vs Gligoric   ½-½ 16 1965 Copenhagen C47 Four Knights 20. V Vepkhvishvili vs T Grdzelishvili   ½-½ 31 1966 Ch Georgian Pupils Team C47 Four Knights 21. M Aivazishvili vs V Vepkhvishvili   1-0 41 1966 Ch Tbilisi Pupils C47 Four Knights 22. N Chakhoian vs V Vepkhvishvili   ½-½ 13 1967 Ch Tbilisi C47 Four Knights 23. Hort vs Portisch 1-0 30 1968 Monaco C47 Four Knights 24. D Drimer vs Gligoric   ½-½ 22 1969 Capablanca mem C47 Four Knights 25. V Musil vs R Byrne   ½-½ 22 1969 Vidmar mem C45 Scotch Game  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 172

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5  8. exd5 cxd5  9. 0-0 0-0  10. Bg5 c6

page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 204  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Steinitz vs Zukertort 0-1 46 1886 Steinitz-Zukertort World Championship Match C47 Four Knights 2. Mieses vs J N Berger ½-½ 19 1894 9th DSB Kongress, Leipzig C47 Four Knights 3. Janowski vs Lipke 0-1 37 1894 9th DSB Kongress, Leipzig C47 Four Knights 4. Maroczy vs Charousek ½-½ 34 1895 Match C47 Four Knights 5. Spielmann vs Nimzowitsch 1-0 42 1905 Munich C47 Four Knights 6. Nimzowitsch vs Reggio   ½-½ 42 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier B C47 Four Knights 7. Nimzowitsch vs L Forgacs 0-1 33 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier B C47 Four Knights 8. Chigorin vs Znosko-Borovsky   1-0 60 1906 St Petersburg C47 Four Knights 9. Nimzowitsch vs Salwe   ½-½ 28 1907 Ostende-B C47 Four Knights 10. J Perlis vs L Loewy Sr   1-0 45 1907 1st Trebitsch Memorial C47 Four Knights 11. Nimzowitsch vs Janowski   1-0 72 1907 Karlsbad C47 Four Knights 12. J Perlis vs Vidmar 0-1 40 1907 1st Trebitsch Memorial C47 Four Knights 13. Chigorin vs Schlechter   ½-½ 24 1907 Ostend (Championship) C47 Four Knights 14. Dus Chotimirsky vs Salwe 1-0 51 1907 Karlsbad C45 Scotch Game 15. Chigorin vs Marshall   0-1 29 1907 Ostend (Championship) C47 Four Knights 16. Nimzowitsch vs Teichmann   ½-½ 30 1910 Hamburg C47 Four Knights 17. W Schlage vs H Wagner   ½-½ 52 1910 Hamburg Hauptturnier-B C47 Four Knights 18. Mieses vs Spielmann   ½-½ 33 1910 Regensburg (Germany) C47 Four Knights 19. Nimzowitsch vs Spielmann 1-0 31 1910 Hamburg C47 Four Knights 20. Mieses vs Spielmann   ½-½ 31 1910 01, Regensburg C47 Four Knights 21. A Aurbach vs Capablanca 0-1 27 1914 Paris Match C47 Four Knights 22. O Chajes vs C Jaffe   1-0 44 1922 New York Metropolitan tt C47 Four Knights 23. M Czerniak vs A Bahamonde   1-0 32 1949 Santa Fe C47 Four Knights 24. M Czerniak vs M De Freitas   1-0 52 1950 It Mar del Plata C47 Four Knights 25. A Thomson vs P Martin   0-1 36 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 C47 Four Knights  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 204

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