Is this the original "Monte Carlo Variation"? Marshall vs Swiderski, 1904  (C01) French, Exchange, 32 moves, 1-0 Razuvaev Analyzes QGA - 6th Game, Second Match La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834   (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0 17th Game, First Match La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834   (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0 15th Game, First Match La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834   (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0 7th Game, Third Match La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0 La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834   (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0 La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0 La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834   (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0 La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0 Timman vs Panno, 1982  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 1-0 Browne vs Petrosian, 1982  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 Razuvaev vs Bagirov, 1982  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0 Avrukh, QG 1B transpositions from QGA I Ibragimov vs I Zaragatski, 2001 (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 42 moves, 1-0 Gelfand vs Adams, 1994  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 50 moves, 1-0 K Volke vs N Guliyev, 2008  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2 Josh Waitzkin games with the Nge2 system J Waitzkin vs E Moskow, 1993  (C01) French, Exchange, 65 moves, 1-0 J Waitzkin vs Shabalov, 1993  (C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 0-1 J Waitzkin vs A Friedman, 1993  (C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0 J Waitzkin vs J Levitt, 1994 (C01) French, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0 J Waitzkin vs J Bonin, 1996  (C01) French, Exchange, 67 moves, 1-0 Maurice Ashley games with the Nge2 system M Ashley vs G Russek Libni, 1992 (C01) French, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0 M Ashley vs Shabalov, 1993  (C01) French, Exchange, 22 moves, 1-0 M Ashley vs J Levitt, 1994 (C01) French, Exchange, 29 moves, 1-0 M Ashley vs W Hook, 1997 (C01) French, Exchange, 44 moves, 1-0 M Ashley vs S Ritvin, 1998 (C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0 M Ashley vs T Shih, 1999  (C01) French, Exchange, 32 moves, 1-0 M Ashley vs J L Phillips, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0 M Ashley vs V Frias Pablaza, 1995  (C01) French, Exchange, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2 Normunds Miezis, Magician of the Monte Carlo with Nf3 N Miezis vs Barsov, 1997 (C01) French, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs S Bjerke, 1999 (C01) French, Exchange, 54 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs L E Johannessen, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 37 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs H Tikkanen, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 39 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs Y Raivio, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs A Smirnov, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs A Huss, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs M Heidenfeld, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs R Berzinsh, 2005 (C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs R Dobias, 2006 (C01) French, Exchange, 57 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs T Upton, 2006 (C01) French, Exchange, 60 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs W Langerak, 2006 (C01) French, Exchange, 38 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs M Novik, 2006 (C01) French, Exchange, 34 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs S Ristevski, 2006 (C01) French, Exchange, 18 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs Westerinen, 2007 (C01) French, Exchange, 43 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs E Hermansson, 2007 (C01) French, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs B Thorfinnsson, 2007 (C01) French, Exchange, 56 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs R Hendriks, 2007 (C01) French, Exchange, 52 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs A Bykov, 2007 (C01) French, Exchange, 29 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs E Berg, 2008 (C01) French, Exchange, 43 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs S Bergsson, 2008 (C01) French, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0 Meizis starts trying out Nge2 instead of Nf3 N Miezis vs A A Lopez, 2008 (C01) French, Exchange, 38 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs T Maenhout, 2009 (C01) French, Exchange, 44 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs R Akesson, 2009  (C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 1-0 Tactics in the endgame N Miezis vs G Flom (Battaglini), 2009  (C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs C Cobb, 2009 (C01) French, Exchange, 38 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs T Luther, 2010 (C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0 Lucky save after tactics go awry N Miezis vs M Al Sayed, 2010 (C01) French, Exchange, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2 N Miezis vs Navara, 2011  (C01) French, Exchange, 88 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs C Wallis, 2012 (C01) French, Exchange, 78 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs K Shirazi, 2013 (C01) French, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs T Glimbrant, 2015 (C01) French, Exchange, 64 moves, 1-0 Baburin - Winning Pawn Structures, Ch. 7 - Play on the e-file K Darga vs O'Kelly, 1957  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 25 moves, 1-0 The following games transpose to the IQP tabiya Andersson vs Tal, 1983  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 51 moves, 1-0 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0 Kasparov vs Short, 1986  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0 Vaganian vs Huebner, 1983  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0 I Sokolov vs Huebner, 1996  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0 Karpov vs Timman, 1991  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0 I Sokolov vs J Piket, 1991  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0 Moskalenko, Flexible French, classic approaches for Black Spassky vs Korchnoi, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2 Velimirovic vs Uhlmann, 1976  (C01) French, Exchange, 21 moves, 0-1 Glek NIC Yb 20 (1991) J Klinger vs Glek, 1990  (C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0 Minev, Mini-lesson 024 Gipslis vs B Sturm, 1995 (C01) French, Exchange, 20 moves, 1-0 T Hillarp Persson vs J Kleinert, 2000  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0 L Christiansen vs M Heidrich, 1987 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0 Sielecki, Keep It Simple 1.e4 -- A surprisingly common trap. M Congiu vs P de Leon, 2009  (C01) French, Exchange, 23 moves, 1-0 Sielecki likes the Qe2+ line, which has Carlsen's stamp A Yusupov vs A Asgarizadeh, 2014 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2 Tkachiev vs Morozevich, 2008 (C01) French, Exchange, 57 moves, 1-0 A Zubov vs H Barseghyan, 2017 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 44 moves, 1-0 A Muzychuk vs N Dzagnidze, 2014 (C01) French, Exchange, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2 V Gunina vs T Gara, 2017 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 O Cvitan vs A Donchenko, 2013 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 1-0 S Pozo Vera vs M Feng, 2017 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 43 moves, 1-0 M Sebenik vs A Livner, 2013 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 1-0 M Socko vs M Efroimski, 2016 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 L Moroni Jr vs J Christiansen, 2015 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0 P Tregubov vs A Yusupov, 2016 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 54 moves, 1-0 A Riazantsev vs J Christiansen, 2017 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 1-0 V Gunina vs O N Al Ali, 2017 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2 L Lenic vs E Blomqvist, 2016  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0 J C Sadorra vs D Smerdon, 2016  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2 Carlsen vs Jobava, 2017  (C01) French, Exchange, 44 moves, 1-0 R Sander vs Carlsen, 2002  (C01) French, Exchange, 29 moves, 0-1 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2017  (C42) Petrov Defense, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2 Nice to see how Carlsen meets Qxd5 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2018  (C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 and 5.c4! E Danielian vs N Aginian, 2004 (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0 Paulsen vs H Montgomery, 1857  (B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 1-0 T Cop vs S Drazic, 2010  (C01) French, Exchange, 29 moves, 1-0 M Rolvag vs D Andersen, 2019 (C01) French, Exchange, 21 moves, 1-0 Sielecki's repertoire follows Carlsen Carlsen vs G Meier, 2017 (C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0 Carlsen vs V Akobian, 2017  (C01) French, Exchange, 58 moves, 1-0 White chooses dynamic compensation for the c-pawn M Aymard vs M Palladino, 2011 (C01) French, Exchange, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2 Desperadoes and a concluding pin A Stewart vs E Kazmierczak, 2013 (C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0 Shades of Ashley - Shabalov Fritz vs G Hertneck, 1998  (C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 1-0 Dangerous pawn grab with Ng4xBe3 S Vysochin vs I Zakharevich, 2003  (C01) French, Exchange, 20 moves, 1-0 P Royset vs P Green, 2010 (C01) French, Exchange, 32 moves, 1-0 By transposition from the Petroff V Okhotnik vs A Kranz, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0 Chasing the Bishop with Nge2-g3 and f4-f5 P Wolff vs Dreev, 1993  (C01) French, Exchange, 43 moves, 0-1 Timely exchange on d5 gives White slight edge Speelman vs Salov, 1991 (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2 Tricky set-up for the Bxh6 sac Benjamin vs H Stenzel, 1993 (C01) French, Exchange, 35 moves, 1-0 Delayed c4: 4.Nf3 Nc6!? 5.Bb5 Bd6 6.c4! Chandler vs Bareev, 1992 (C01) French, Exchange, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2 Fressinet vs C Bauer, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2 Kasparov vs Bareev, 1991  (C01) French, Exchange, 46 moves, 1-0 M A Maurizzi vs J Lopez, 2018 (C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 0-1 Would not want to be White here. C Bauer vs M Gurevich, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 74 moves, 1-0 C Munoz Solis vs J Rapport, 2008  (C01) French, Exchange, 52 moves, 0-1 Black makes a move-order mistake with 6...a6?! I Nikolayev vs Derek Linton, 2008 (C01) French, Exchange, 29 moves, 1-0 I Rogers vs V Kovacevic, 1992 (C01) French, Exchange, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2 M Plomp vs P Dijkstra, 1992  (C01) French, Exchange, 10 moves, 1-0 White gets pressure, but the 4Q ending is hard Kaidanov vs P Nikolic, 1993  (C01) French, Exchange, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2 The French Exchange with c4 via 1.e3 Kasparov vs Fritz, 1994  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 32 moves, 1-0 Kasparov vs Fritz, 1994  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 45 moves, 0-1 If White doesn't play c4, then Black gets c5! S Tatai vs Korchnoi, 1978  (C01) French, Exchange, 14 moves, 0-1 ...but pushing c4 is too static for Black Kasparov vs Korchnoi, 1991  (C01) French, Exchange, 45 moves, 1-0 Of course, Korchnoi also tried the Monte Carlo Korchnoi vs G van der Stricht, 2003  (C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0 Play against 4.c4 Nc6!? with 5.Nc3! J Henrichsen vs D Plata Fernandez, 2014 (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0 de Riviere vs Chigorin, 1883 (A22) English, 53 moves, 1-0 Zukertort vs S Rosenthal, 1880  (A28) English, 37 moves, 1-0 Transposition from the Albin / Chigorin A Zatonskih vs A Belakovskaia, 2013  (C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0 This Nc6 line is sharp! F Hamperl vs M Hanif, 2006 (C01) French, Exchange, 45 moves, 1-0 S Foisor vs A Dergatschova, 2007 (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 1-0 White had good pressure in the opening stages I Snape vs S Williams, 2004 (C01) French, Exchange, 30 moves, 0-1 Weakness at e6 Plaskett vs A A Webster, 1989  (C01) French, Exchange, 16 moves, 1-0 4...Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Qe7+!? is tricky. Miezis has played 6.Be2!? N Miezis vs Barsov, 1998 (C01) French, Exchange, 50 moves, 0-1 V Sikula vs A Khudyakov, 2001  (C01) French, Exchange, 18 moves, 1-0 V Talla vs Shulman, 1998 (C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2 Be6 is critical. This line might argue for a 4.Nf3 move order F Perrin vs H Knott, 1857  (C01) French, Exchange, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2 Shaked followed coach Watson's recommendation A Mallahi vs T Shaked, 1996 (C01) French, Exchange, 30 moves, 0-1 Bb4+ followed by Ne7 is now the theoretical standard J Waitzkin vs T Shaked, 1997  (C01) French, Exchange, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2 Anderssen vs K Mayerhofer, 1851  (C01) French, Exchange, 48 moves, 1-0 A Petrov vs Szymanski, 1853  (C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0 A de Dovitiis vs P Jodorcovsky Werjivker, 2017 (C01) French, Exchange, 23 moves, 1-0 M Ashley vs L Remlinger, 1994 (C01) French, Exchange, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2 E Safarli vs G Franchini, 2009  (C01) French, Exchange, 48 moves, 1-0 R Forster vs P Carlsson, 2013 (C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0 R Appel vs M Senff, 2006 (C01) French, Exchange, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2 Gulko vs Psakhis, 1985 (C01) French, Exchange, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2 N Aginian vs I Vasilevich, 2008 (C01) French, Exchange, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2 A Tari vs P Tozer, 2010 (C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2 P Potapov vs S Martinovic, 2008 (C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2 T Kulhanek vs T Luther, 2000 (C01) French, Exchange, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2 R Vasquez Ramirez vs H Smith, 2006 (C01) French, Exchange, 46 moves, 1-0 C Briscoe vs D Spence, 2004  (C01) French, Exchange, 23 moves, 1-0 Z Varga vs A Romero Holmes, 2004 (C01) French, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0 A Skripchenko vs E Sedina, 2005 (C01) French, Exchange, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2 Shimanov vs I Rausis, 2010  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0 Often cited by theory, but Miezis has improved on this. N Miezis vs J Moreno Ruiz, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 65 moves, 0-1 An interesting attempt at improvement. N Miezis vs B Socko, 2005 (C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 0-1 N Miezis vs V Tronenkovs, 2006 (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 27 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs T Sammalvuo, 2007 (C01) French, Exchange, 51 moves, 1-0 N Miezis vs J L Munoz, 2006 (C01) French, Exchange, 62 moves, 1-0 J Perez Rodriguez vs M Delgado Crespo, 2006  (C01) French, Exchange, 14 moves, 1-0 161 games