A18 - English: Mikenas-Carls Variation

Variation: English: Mikenas-Carls Variation

Initial Move: An ambitious and somewhat provocative system where White pushes e4 early. It is designed to catch Black off-guard and creates immediate tactical tension. Learn this opening step by step

Saint Louis Blitz 2018
2018.08.15
GM Caruana, Fabiano (2792)
GM Anand, Viswanathan (2739)
Result 1-0
Opening A18
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IRI Ch 2018
2018.03.12
GM Maghsoodloo, Parham (2706)
GM Gholami Orimi, Mahdi (2530)
Result 1-0
Opening A18
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Montebelluna Dec 2019
2019.12.27
GM Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel (2613)
GM Sankalp Gupta (2553)
Result 0-1
Opening A18
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71. ch-RUS 2018
2018.08.26
GM Dubov, Daniil (2649)
GM Oparin, Grigoriy (2643)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening A18
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57. World Juniors 2018
2018.09.14
GM Donchenko, Alexander (2640)
GM Batsuren, Dambasuren (2504)
Result 1-0
Opening A18
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Tata Steel India Blitz
2019.11.26
GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2733)
GM Harikrishna, Pentala (2676)
Result 1-0
Opening A18
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World Blitz 2016
2016.12.29
GM Dubov, Daniil (2649)
GM Anton Guijarro, David (2657)
Result 1-0
Opening A18
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Ultimate Blitz Challenge
2016.04.28
GM Nakamura, Hikaru (2792)
GM Caruana, Fabiano (2792)
Result 1-0
Opening A18
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World Blitz 2015
2015.10.14
GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (2441)
GM Ponomariov, Ruslan (2632)
Result 0-1
Opening A18
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55. ch-IND Challengers
2017.08.20
GM Shyaam Nikhil P (2435)
Sriram J (1647)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening A18
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