Overview
The Top Chess Engine Championship (or: Competition), TCEC, Season 24, League 1 was played over twelve days in March, 2023, with 12 engines participating and using a two times double round robin (DRR) format; thus two times 66 game pairs. The opening book for the first DRR was taken from games of Hikaru Nakamura since about late 2017 where Nakamura had black and used an opening line that gave strong advantage to white. (These were all or almost all blitz games or other speed chess.) The opening book for the second DRR was taken in a similar way from games of other top players, notably Carlsen, Caruana, Nepomniachtchi, Firouzja and Duda. The following links provide a concordance of the opening lines to human play.
First DRR, Rounds 1 to 22, Games 1 to 132
Rounds 1 and 12, Games 1-6 and 67-72
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Qd8 6. Nc3 Be7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Ne2 e6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Be3 Ngf6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 b5 5. Qd2 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 e6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Nge2 Nd7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 2 and 13, Games 7-12 and 73-78
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O g6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. h4 h5 5. Be3 b5 6. Nh3 Bb7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 b6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 exf6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 3 and 14, Games 13-18 and 79-84
1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. d4 Bb4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O Nh6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 d6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qe2 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Nxe4 Be7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 4 and 15, Games 19-24 and 85-90
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 a6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bd2 e6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Be3 Nh6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Bg4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 g6 6. Qxe5+ Qe7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5 Bxf3 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 5 and 16, Games 25-30 and 91-96
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nxe2 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Ne7 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bg5 Qb6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nce7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 c5 9. c3 Bb7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. h3 h4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 6 and 17, Games 31-36 and 97-102
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 b5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qf3 g6 8. Nge2 Nd7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 a6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. O-O O-O-O 8. c3 Nf6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. h3 c6 6. Nf3 a6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 7 and 18, Games 37-42 and 103-108
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Qd2 e5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 Qc7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c6 8. Bb2 Qa5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 Nd4 7. Bg2 Re8 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. a4 Nd7 8. a5 g5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 8 and 19, Games 43-48 and 109-114
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Qd8 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. c4 g6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. h4 Bg7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Re8 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 b5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 b5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 9 and 20, Games 49-54 and 115-120
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h4 Na6 9. h5 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Bd3 d5 4. e5 Bg7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. c4 dxc4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. c4 c6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. c4 Qd8 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 Re8 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 10 and 21, Games 55-60 and 121-126
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qa5 9. Bb2 e5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. e4 Nxe4 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nc3 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Nb4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. b3 b5 8. Bb2 Bb7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. Nf3 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be2 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nc6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 11 and 22, Games 61-66 and 127-132
1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Bd3 d5 4. e5 Bg7 5. c3 c5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d5 Na5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. c3 d5 5. e5 Bg4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 Nf6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3 e5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Second DRR, Rounds 23 to 44, Games 133 to 264
Rounds 23 and 34, Games 133-138 and 199-204
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 b6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Re8 9. Qc2 h6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Qxc5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Bg4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Ne7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 24 and 35, Games 139-144 and 205-210
1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 c6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 b5 7. Nf3 b4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 25 and 36, Games 145-150 and 211-216
1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e6 5. dxe6 fxe6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Be2 d6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5 Qc7 9. h3 e5 10. Be3 Re8 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 Nc6 4. Ne2 d6 5. Nbc3 e5 6. d5 Nd4 7. Be3 Nxe2 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 a6 6. Bh6 O-O More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 26 and 37, Games 151-156 and 217-222
1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 d5 5. e5 h5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 e5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Ng4 5. Bg5 h6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nge7 6. Nb3 Nf5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 c6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 27 and 38, Games 157-162 and 223-228
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Qf3 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. g3 e5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nb5 Bc7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 e6 4. h4 h6 5. Nc3 Ne7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c5 9. d5 e5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 28 and 39, Games 163-168 and 229-234
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4 b5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Nf1 Ne7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. h3 Nf7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 Nb6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bd7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 Be7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 29 and 40, Games 169-174 and 235-240
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Ne5 Bxb5 7. Qf3 f6 8. Nxb5 Na6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d4 Qe7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 h6 9. a4 a6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Ng4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 d6 8. f4 Nd7 9. N1d2 Ngf6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb2 dxc4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 30 and 41, Games 175-180 and 241-246
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. h4 b6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Bd7 9. O-O-O Nc6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 b5 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. f3 Nf6 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 a5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 31 and 42, Games 181-186 and 247-252
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Kf8 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bb3 Nc5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Bb5 Bd7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Qd7 7. O-O O-O-O More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 32 and 43, Games 187-192 and 253-258
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Ng6 8. O-O f6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nd7 8. e5 e6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 O-O More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 d4 4. Nce2 Nfd7 5. e6 Nf6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qh5+ Qf7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
Rounds 33 and 44, Games 193-198 and 259-264
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Qd2 h6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne7 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Be2 h5 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4 e6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. a3 Nxc3 7. Nxc3 Bxc3+ More: dbcn ccoe TopBlack