Rare 4...f6!? faces impressive defeat.
I Nikolayev vs M Rodin, 1985 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0
A la Laburdonne game between two young Russian talents.
Dreev vs Kamsky, 1987  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0
Super! W s/b winning somewhere, but B's hanging fantastically.
I Nikolayev vs S Gazakaev, 1989 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
White's castling on "wrong" wing on move 20 solves game.
I Nikolayev vs S Capp, 1998 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Great attack and rook sac.
I Nikolayev vs D Hayes, 1998  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Smooth attack. Where was Black's mistake?
I Nikolayev vs D Hayes, 1998 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Laburdonne would like this armada too.
I Nikolayev vs D Hayes, 1998 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
4...Qd6!? 5.Na3!
I Nikolayev vs D Hayes, 1999 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Great positional game. On move 21 Black has no moves.
I Nikolayev vs C Kharroubi, 2001 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Absolutely spectacular finish!
I Nikolayev vs Sean Lourette, 2002  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
Nikolayev already played the 15.g4!! vs Gazakaev in 1987.
I Nikolayev vs D Weatherly, 2003  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Accident.
I Nikolayev vs M Goldberg, 2004 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Final queen sac (even twice) is very nice.
I Nikolayev vs R Ferguson, 2004  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Postmodern.
I Nikolayev vs M Parry, 2008 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Looks serious continuation of their discussion.
I Nikolayev vs M Parry, 2008  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Wow! Black looked ok just 3 moves before he resigned.
I Nikolayev vs K Cao, 2009 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0
Diamond from world champion.
Carlsen vs Harikrishna, 2013  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0
Another great example from elite GMs.
Nakamura vs Svidler, 2013  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Very interesting play by Black. White works hard to handle it.
I Nikolayev vs L Paciorkowski, 2015 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
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