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Etienne Bacrot vs Gabriel Sargissian
Inventi Chess Tournament (2009), Antwerp BEL, rd 1, Sep-18
Four Knights Game: Spanish. Rubinstein Variation (C48)  ·  1-0

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Sep-25-09  paavoh: ... and intending e.g. Qc1-Qh6-Qg7#. A surprising loss for Sargissian.
Sep-25-09  paavoh: Malcolm Pein has an analysis at the TWIC site (appended below).

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Nxf3+ 6.gxf3!? Bc5 7.Rg1 Nh5?!

(Trying to exploit the 'error' but 7...0-0 8.d4?! Bxd4 9.Bh6 g6 10.Bxf8 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxf8 gives excellent compensation)

8.d4! Bxd4

(8...exd4 9.Rg5! dxc3 10.Rxc5 Nf6 11.Re5+ and Black is struggling)

9.Ne2!?

(Also 9.Nb5 Bb6 10.Rg5!)

9...d5?!

(9...Qe7! 10.Nxd4 Qb4+ 11.Qd2 Qxc4 12.Nf5 and now g6 or even d6 look playable)

10.Bxd5 c6 11.Nxd4 cxd5 12.Rg5! exd4 13.Rxd5!

(A neat Zwischenzug winning a pawn)

13...Qb6

(13...Qh4 14.Bg5! Qxh2 15.Rd8#)

14.Rxh5 Be6 15.b3 0-0 16.Bb2 g6?

(Black is bewitched by the raging rook and make a fatal weakening 16...Rad8 keeps the game going)

17.Bxd4 Qc7?

(17...Qd8)

18.Bf6!! 1-0

A brilliant finale. After 18.Bf6!! Qf4 19.Be5! Rfd8! 20.Qe2! Qd2+ 21.Qxd2 Rxd2 22.Kxd2 gxh5 23.Rg1+ Kf8 24.Bd6+ Ke8 25.Rg8+ wins and if 18.Bf6 gxh5 19.Qd2 mates. Other moves are met by Qc1-h6.

Sep-27-09  dumbgai: This Spanish Four Knights has been getting killer results recently.
Sep-27-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: yes its not an easy opening for Black at all, I dont know why more dont take it up
Oct-03-09  hedgeh0g: <yes its not an easy opening for Black at all, I dont know why more dont take it up>

Because at high levels, it's only effective as a surprise weapon. It's an embarassing way to reveal some GMs' dependence on opening preparation. The easiest and safest way to meet the four knights is to play 4...Bb4. 4...Nd4 is sharper and more interesting, but it's probably not a good idea for people to play it when they don't know much about it.

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