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A29 - English: Four Knights (G-side Fianchetto)

Variation: English: Four Knights (G-side Fianchetto)

Initial Move: Adds a powerful kingside fianchetto to the four-knights setup. This increases White's pressure along the h1-a8 diagonal and is a very potent modern weapon. Learn this opening step by step

TCh-RUS

2005.04.29

GM Aronian, Levon (2724)

GM Khalifman, Alexander (2597)

Result 1/2-1/2

Opening A29

Spring NAm GMA

2006.04.21

IM Smetankin, Stanislav (2495)

GM Mikhalevski, Victor (2487)

Result 0-1

Opening A29

RUS Ch Superfinal

2005.12.30

GM Morozevich, Alexander (2654)

GM Motylev, Alexander (2550)

Result 1-0

Opening A29

Ch-Paris Int

2009.07.10

IM Govciyan, Pavel (2428)

GM Sochacki, Christophe (2475)

Result 1-0

Opening A29

10. EICC

2009.03.14

GM Navara, David (2639)

GM Sokolov, Ivan (2567)

Result 1/2-1/2

Opening A29

Rapid

2007.10.20

GM Gelfand, Boris (2635)

GM Roiz, Michael (2564)

Result 1-0

Opening A29

Chess Classic

2009.12.08

GM Carlsen, Magnus (2841)

GM Kramnik, Vladimir (2753)

Result 1-0

Opening A29

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2008.03.16

IM Petran, Peter (2177)

GM Georgiev, Kiril (2525)

Result 0-1

Opening A29

WYb18

2005.07.23

GM Moranda, Wojciech (2525)

GM Alsina Leal, Daniel (2491)

Result 1-0

Opening A29

4. Open

2007.10.21

Malakhatko, Vadim (2633)

GM Mikhalevski, Victor (2487)

Result 0-1

Opening A29