Master game · Four Knights Game
Karjakin,Sergey vs Kramnik,V, 2019
Armageddon: Chess for TV. A Four Knights Game game with annotated key positions you can drill.
White
Karjakin,Sergey (2748)
Black
Kramnik,V (2753)
Event
Armageddon: Chess for TV
Date
2019
Opening
C47 Four Knights Game
Result
1-0
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Rad1 Bg4 13. Qxg4 Nxg4 14.
Bxd8 Rfxd8 15. Na4 Bd6 16. h3 Ne5 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Bf1 Re8 19. b3 Bb4 20. c3 Ba5
21. b4 Bc7 22. Nc5 Bd6 23. Nb3 Bc7 24. a4 g5 25. a5 h6 26. Nd4 Bd6 27. Re3 c5
28. Nf5 Bf8 29. Rxd5 f6 30. b5 Red8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Re1 c4 33. b6 axb6 34.
axb6 Bc5 35. b7 Nd3 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Rd1 Ba7 38. Ne7+ Kf7 39. Nc6 Rd7 40. Nxa7
Rxb7 41. Nc6 Rc7 42. Nb4 1-0
Key positions
The masters found these critical moments. Drill them in spaced repetition to internalise the ideas.
25. a5!
26. Nd4!
29. Rxd5!
38. Ne7+!
39. Nc6!
40. Nxa7!
Drill the key positions in spaced repetition
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