Caro-Kann 4. ... Nf6 Variation

Games that start 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 including 5. ... exf6 and 5. ... gxf6
WHITE BLACK EVENT YEAR RESULT                                                                                
IM Tom O'Donnell Craig Sadler Simul Ottawa Chess Club 2000 1-0 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Be7!? 7.Bd3 Be6!? 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Nd7 10.Nf4 f5!? 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qb3 Rf6!? 13.Qxb7 Qc8!? 14.Qxc8+ Rxc8 15.Bg5 Rf7 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.Rfe1 g6 18.Bc4 Nf8 19.Re2 Rce8 20.Rae1 Kf7
Forgacs Duras St. Petersburg 1909 0-1                       Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8+ 9.Ne2 Kh8! 10.Be3 Nd7 11.O-O-O Nf8 12.Kb1 Be6 13.Nf4?! Bxf4! 14.Bxf4 Qd5 15.b3 Qxg2 16.Rhg1 Qf3 17.Be3 Bg4! 18.Rde1 Bh5 19.Rg3 Qd5 20.f4 Re7!
Vitar Lopez Thipsay Elista Olympiad 1998 0-1                       Be6 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Be3 Qa5 10.Nd2 Qc7 11.Qc2 g6 12.Ne4 O-O-O 13.Nxd6+ Qxd6 14.O-O h5 15.c4 c5 16.b4 cxd4 17.c5 Qd5 18.Be4 Qc4 19.c6 Qxc2 20.cxd7+ Rxd7
Blumich Alexander Alekhine Poland 1945 0-1                     6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Qe2+ Be7 8.Nf3 Bg4? 9.c3 Nd7 10.O-O?! Nb6 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Re1 Bd6 13.Bc2? Bh5 14.Qd3 Bg6 15.Qd1 Bc7 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Nd2 f5 18.Nf1 Qh4! 19.Qf3 Rfe8 20.g3 Qh3
Effim Bogolyubov Alexander Alekhine Salzburg 1942 1-0                                     10.h3! Bh5 11.g4! Bg6 12.Nh4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nd5 14.Bd2! Qd6? 15.Nf5! Bxf5 16.gxf5 g6 17.O-O-O O-O-O 18.Qf3 g5 19.Rhe1 Rhe8 20.Re4 Bf8
Ragozin Boleslavsky Sverdlovsk 1942 1-0                               O-O 9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 Bg4 11.Qe4! Bh5?! 12.Nh4! Nd7 13.Qf5! Nb6 14.Qxh5 Nxc4 15.Bh6! Qd7? 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Nf5+ Kh8 18.Re4! Bxh2+ 19.Kh1!      
Mikhail Tal David Bronstein USSR Championship 1974 1-0                       Qe7+!? 7.Qe2 Bc6 8.Bb3! Nd7 9.Bf4 Nb6 10.O-O-O Nd5 11.Bd2 b5!? 12.Nf3 Qd7 13.Ne1! Be7 14.Nd3 O-O?! 15.Ba5! Rfe8 16.Qd2 Nb6 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.dxc5 Qxd2+ 19.Rxd2 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Bxc4
Bob Butcher Craig Sadler WECF 2000 ½-½                   gxf6!? 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.c3 b5 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nd7 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Nh4 O-O 12.Nf5 Re8 13.O-O e6 14.Nxg7 Kxg7 15.Qg3+ Kf8 16.Qd6+ Kg8 17.Qg3+ Kf8            
Gary Basanta Kevin Spraggett Canadian Open 1989 0-1                         7.Ne2 e6 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.c3 Nd7 10.f4 Bd6 11.O-O f5 12.Qf3 Qe7 13.b4 h5 14.b5 h4 15.Nh1 Bh5 16.Qd3 c5 17.Re1 cxd4 18.cxd4 O-O-O 19.Be3 Kb8 20.a4 Rhg8
David Southam Kevin Spraggett Canadian Open 1989 ½-½                             8.Nf4 Na6 9.c3 Nc7 10.Qe2 Rg8 11.f3 Bd6 12.h4 h6 13.g4 Bh7 14.Nh5 Bg6 15.Bxh6 Bxh5 16.gxh5 Nd5 17.O-O-O Bf4+ 18.Bxf4 Nxf4 19.Qe4 Qd6 20.h6 Ke7
Farges Floyd Simcoe Open 1992 1-0                             8.c3 Nd7 9.Ng3 Bg6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Re1 O-O-O 12.b4 h5 13.Qf3 Bd6 14.h4 Rdg8 15.a4 Bc2 16.Nxh5 f5 17.Bg5 Rh7 18.Nf6 Nxf6 19.Bxf6 Rg4 20.Bd3 Bxd3
Garcia Jean Hebert La Valetta Olympiad 1980 ½-½                         7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O Qc7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.f4 f5 11.Qe1 Bg7 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Ne5 Nf6 15.Kh1 Rfe8 16.Bb3 Ne4 17.c3 Rad8 18.Bc2 f6 19.Nd3 Bf8 20.Qh4 Qg7
Norman Devine Craig Sadler itsyourturn.com 2000 1-0                     6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bg6 8.Bf4 Qb6 9.Bxb8 Rxb8 10.Bxg6 fxg6 11.b3 Bh6!? 12.O-O O-O 13.Qe2 Rfe8 14.c4 e5 15.dxe5 Re6 16.Qc2 fxe5 17.Rae1 Bf4!? 18.g3 Bh6 19.Rxe5 Rxe5 20.Nxe5 Qc7
Brian Hartman Kevin Spraggett Canadian Open 1989 0-1                             8.O-O e6 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bg3 Qc7 11.c4                                      
Tom O'Donnell Kevin Spraggett Canadian Open 1980 0-1                         7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Qc7 9.c4 Nd7 10.d5 Rg8 11.Kh1 Be4 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Qd4 Bg6 14.Be3 c5 15.Qc3 Bd6 16.h3 Be4 17.Ne1 O-O-O 18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 f5 20.Rad1 Qc6
Andrei Sokolov Kevin Spraggett Clermont-Ferrand 1989 0-1                         7.c3 e6 8.Be2 Qc7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Re1 O-O-O 12.Bf1 Bd6 13.g3 f5 14.Ng2 Rhg8 15.Bg5 Rde8 16.c4 f6 17.Bh6 c5 18.b4 cxd4 19.c5 Bf8 20.Bxf8 Rgxf8
Michael Adams Kevin Spraggett Hastings 1989 1-0                             8.g3 Nd7 9.Bg2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.a4 a5 13.Bf4 Nb6 14.Qb3 Bd3 15.Rfd1 Bc4 16.Qc2 Nd5 17.b3 Nxf4 18.bxc4 Nxg2 19.Nxg2 Qc7 20.Rab1 b6
Aleksa Strikovic Kevin Spraggett Spanish Championship 1996 0-1                       Bg4 7.Be2 Qc7 8.Nh4 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Nd7 10.Bd2 e6 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.Kb1 b5 13.g3 Nb6 14.Ba5 f5 15.d5 cxd5 16.Qxb5 Bg7 17.Nf3 Kb7 18.Rd3 Rc8 19.Bc3 Ka8 20.Rc1 Bxc3
Sokolsky David Bronstein USSR Championship 1944 1-0                           e6 8.Be3 Nd7 9.O-O Bd6?! 10.c4 f5? 11.d5! cxd5 12.cxd5 e5 13.Nd2! Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qe7 15.Qh5! Qf6 16.f4! Qg6 17.Qh3 e4 18.Nc4 Bc7 19.Bd4 Rg8 20.Ne3 Bb6
Angelov Bekefi Thanksgiving Open 1992 ½-½                         7.c3 Nd7 8.h3 Bh5 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.g4 Bg6 11.Bg2 h5 12.Nh4 Bb7 13.Bd2 O-O-O 14.Qc4 e6 15.b4 Bd6 16.Bf3 Bf4 17.O-O-O Bxd2+ 18.Rxd2 Qf4 19.Qe2 Qg5 20.Ng2 hxg4
Aloyzas Kveinys Kevin Spraggett Yerevan Olympiad 1996 ½-½                     6.Be2 Bf5 7.Bf3 e6 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.Ng3 Bg6 10.Ne4 Bxe4 11.Bxe4 Nd7 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Bf3 O-O-O 14.g3 Rde8 15.Bd2 e5 16.d5 e4 17.Bh5 cxd5 18.Bxf7 Ne5 19.Bxe8 Nf3+ 20.Kf1 Rxe8
Walter Browne Bellon Las Palmas 1977 1-0                         7.Nf3 Qc7 8.O-O e6 9.c4 Nd7 10.Be3 Bd6 11.c5! Be7 12.Nd2! O-O 13.f4! Bg6 14.f5! Bxf5 15.Rxf5! exf5 16.Bd3 Rfe8 17.Bxf5 Nf8 18.Ne4! Kh8 19.Qh5 Ng6 20.Rf1 Rg8
Bednarski Macskasy Olympiad 1968 ½-½                       Rg8 7.Bf3 Be6 8.Qd3 Bd5 9.Bf4 e6 10.Qxh7 Rxg2 11.Qd3 Rg8 12.c4 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Nd7 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.Kb1 O-O-O 16.Qc2 Qh5 17.Ne1              
Hugo Spangenberg Kevin Spraggett Yerevan Olympiad 1996 1-0                     6.c3 Qc7 7.g3 h5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 h4 11.Bf4 Qa5 12.Bc4 hxg3 13.fxg3 Nd7 14.O-O-O Nb6 15.Bb3 Qb5 16.d5 cxd5 17.Bc7 Bh6+ 18.Kb1 Nc4 19.Rxd5 Qc6 20.Bxc4 Qxc4
Fontaine Kevin Spraggett Engheim 1997 0-1                       Bf5 7.Ne2 Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.f4 f5 10.Bd3 e6 11.Qe2 Qh4 12.O-O O-O-O 13.Qf3 h5 14.Ne2 Qe7 15.a4 h4 16.b4 h3 17.g3 Nf6 18.a5 Bh5 19.Qh1 a6 20.Bd2 Qd7
Bellon Bent Larsen Las Palmas 1976 0-1                                 9.h4 h5 10.Be2 Qa5! 11.b4?! Qc7! 12.Nxh5 a5! 13.Rh3 axb4 14.cxb4 e6 15.b5 c5!? 16.Bf4? Bd6! 17.Bg3? cxd4 18.Qxd4 e5! 19.b6 Qc6 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6
Bilek David Bronstein Budapest 1955 0-1                           h5 8.Nf4?! h4 9.Qf3!? Nd7 10.g4 hxg3 11.fxg3 e5! 12.g4 Nh7 13.Ne2 exd4! 14.cxd4 Bb4+ 15.Kf2 Qe7 16.Bg2 O-O-O 17.a3? Bc5!! 18.Be3 Ne5! 19.dxe5 Rd3 20.Qxf6 Qxf6
Frank Anderson Lindblom Olympiad 1954 1-0                           Bg4 8.f3 Bf5 9.Ng3 Bg6 10.f4 e6 11.f5 exf5 12.Bd3 Qd5 13.O-O Nd7 14.Qe2+ Qe6 15.Qf3 O-O-O 16.Bxf5 Qd5 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Bd6 19.Qxd5 cxd5 20.Bf4 Nb6
Eduardo Teodoro Grant Spraggett Toronto Closed 1992 1-0                         7.Bd3 Bg6 8.Nf3 e6 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Qd2 Bd6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.g4 O-O-O 13.h4 Qa5 14.Kb1 Qd5 15.Rh3 Nb6 16.Qe2 h5 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Nd2 Qg2 19.Rhh1 Qxg4 20.f3 Qf5+
Eduardo Teodoro John Hall Canadian Junior   ½-½                           Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Qc7 9.Ne2 e6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Qf3 Bxf4+ 14.Nxf4 Qa5 15.a3 Rhg8 16.g3 Qf5 17.Qd3 Qxd3 18.Rxd3 Nb6 19.Re1 Nd5 20.Rf3 Nxf4
Ben Walker Grant Spraggett Toronto Closed 1992 ½-½                         7.Nf3 Bg7 8.g3 Nd7 9.Bg2 Nb6 10.O-O Qd7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nh4 Bg4 13.Qb3 e6 14.a4 Nd5 15.h3 Bh5 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.c4 Ne7 19.Be3 f5 20.Rad1 Qc7
Hartman Grant Spraggett Toronto Open 1992 1-0                           Qc7 8.g3 Nd7 9.Bg2 e6 10.O-O Be4 11.Re1 f5 12.Bf1 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 O-O-O 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Qh5 Be7 16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Bf4 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Qxf7 Re7 20.Qh5 Rg8
Dias Peixoto Portugese Championship 2000 0-1                         7.Qf3 e6 8.Bf4 Qb6 9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Bc4 Nd7 11.Ne2 h5 12.h3 Nc6 13.Bb3 O-O-O 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Rhe1 h4 16.Ne2 Qf5 17.Kd2 e5            
Guilherme Gaboleiro Ricardo Duartre Portugese Championship 2000 1-0                         7.Bf4 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Qa5 10.Nf3 O-O-O 11.O-O h5 12.b4 Qd5 13.Rfe1 e5 14.c4 Qe6 15.d5 cxd5 16.cxd5 Qd6 17.Rac1+ Kb8 18.Bd2 Nb6 19.Red1 Qxd5 20.Qf1 Be7
Floyd Filipovich U2100 Open Toronto 1992 0-1                     6.Ne2 Bf5 7.Ng3 Bg6 8.h4 h5 9.Be2 Nd7 10.c3 Qa5 11.a4 e5 12.O-O O-O-O 13.b4 Qc7 14.Qb3 Bd6 15.a5 f5 16.Rd1 e4 17.c4 f4 18.Nf1 f3 19.gxf3 Rhg8 20.Kh1 Bf4
Schmidt David Filipovich Toronto 2000 0-1                                         11.O-O O-O 12.b4 Qe7 13.Be3 e5 14.b5 c5 15.Qb3 f5 16.f4 e4 17.Nh1 Nb6 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.c4 Rd3 20.Bxd3 Bxe3+
Witt Solmundarson Olympiad 1964 ½-½                     6.Be3 Bf5 7.Bc4 e6 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.Qd2 Qc7 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Bh6 Nd7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Qc3 f5 14.Rhe1 f4 15.Ne2 Bh5 16.Qh3 Bxe2 17.Rxe2 Rdg8 18.g3 Nf6 19.Kb1 Kb8 20.a4 Ng4
Richard Reti Savielly Tartakower Vienna 1910 1-0                 5.Qd3 e5?! 6.dxe5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qxe5 8.O-O-O Nxe4 9.Qd8+!! Kxd8 10.Bg5+ Kc7 11.Bd8#                                      
Alexander Alekhine Savielly Tartakower Kecskemet 1927 1-0                 5.Ng3 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Qe2+! Be7 9.Be3 c5?! 10.Ndf5 O-O 11.Qc4! Re8 12.Bd3 b6 13.O-O-O Ba6 14.Nh6+! gxh6 15.Bxh7+! Nxh7 16.Qg4+ Kh8 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.Qe4 Nc6 19.Qxc6 Bf8 20.Nf5 Bc4
Alexander Alekhine Jose Capablanca New York 1927 ½-½                         7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Ndf5 O-O 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Nxe3 Be6 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.Bc4 Nc5 14.Bxe6 Nxe6 15.Ngf5 Ne4 16.Rhf1 g6 17.Nd6 Nxd6 18.Rxd6 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 Rxd6 20.Rxd6 Rd8
Lamb Grant Spraggett Canadian Open 1992 0-1                   g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.N1e2 O-O 8.h4 e5 9.Bg5 Qa5+ 10.Kf1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nbd7 12.c3 Ne5 13.b4 Qc7 14.Bf4 Nd5 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Nge2 Qc4 17.Qd2 Re8 18.Rd1 Bd7 19.f3 Ba4 20.Rb1 Nd3
Tsuruoka Bonfim Elista Olympiad 1998 0-1                     6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.c3 O-O 9.Ne4 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 e5 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 exd4 14.Bd2 Re8 15.O-O-O dxc3 16.Bxc3 Qg5+ 17.Kb1 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nc5 19.Qc4 Nxe4 20.fxe4 Rad8
Rudolf Spielmann Jose Capablanca New York 1927 ½-½                   Bg4 6.Qd3 Nbd7 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nxh5 Nxh5 9.Nf3 e6 10.g3 Bd6 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O Qc7 13.b3 Nhf6 14.Bb2 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Qf5 Rfe8 17.Rfe1 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Re8 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8
Morrison Diaz Olympiad 1939 1-0                 5.Nc3? Bf5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.O-O e6 9.h3 Bh5 10.Bf4 Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Rab1 Rfe8 16.Bg3 c5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Rfd1 a6 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Qb5

Last Updated on 10/1/00
By Craig Sadler
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