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C44 - King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation

Discover how top players used King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation to leverage key strategies to secure victories in these classic matchups.

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Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Hikaru Nakamura, 2024.04.14, Round: 9.1
D Gukesh vs Leon Luke Mendonca, 2025.01.28, Round: 9.3
D Gukesh vs Liren Ding, 2024.01.15, Round: 3.5
Karen Ashotovich Grigorian vs Roman Dzindzichashvili, 1969.05.??, Round: ?
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen, 2023.01.22, Round: 8
SL Narayanan vs Magnus Carlsen, 2024.11.14, Round: 4
Fred Dewhirst Yates vs Alexander Alekhine, 1930.01.17, Round: 2
Ding Liren vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2023.01.17, Round: 4
Robert James Fischer vs Laszlo Barczay, 1967.10.16, Round: 1
Peter Svidler vs Michael Adams, 2000.09.24, Round: 7
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime vs Alireza Firouzja, 2024.07.14, Round: 12.2
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Alireza Firouzja, 2024.04.05, Round: 2.3
Magnus Carlsen vs Murali Karthikeyan, 2023.10.18, Round: 7.1
Wesley So vs Fabiano Caruana, 2023.03.20, Round: 2.3
Magnus Carlsen vs Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson, 2023.11.13, Round: 3.3
Arjun Erigaisi vs Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, 2024.10.16, Round: 3.1
Hans Niemann vs Dominguez Perez, Lenier, 2024.10.13, Round: 3.2
Levon Aronian vs Dommaraju Gukesh, 2024.07.12, Round: 8.5
Yu Yangyi vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, 2024.06.11, Round: 6.1
Wei, Yi vs Gukesh, D, 2024.01.14, Round: 2.4
Nepomniachtchi, Ian vs Liren, Ding, 2023.04.15, Round: 5
Wesley So vs Sam Shankland, 2023.03.19, Round: 1.4
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime vs Javokhir Sindarov, 2023.08.06, Round: 3.2
Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana, 2024.04.13, Round: 8.3
Garry Kasparov vs Vladimir Kramnik, 2001.06.01, Round: 10
Caruana, Fabiano vs Carlsen, Magnus, 2024.05.30, Round: 4.1
Robert James Fischer vs Vasily Smyslov, 1965.08.26, Round: 2
R Praggnanandhaa vs Volodar Murzin, 2024.12.28, Round: 12.2
Liren Ding vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2024.01.16, Round: 4.2
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Alexander Grischuk, 2024.06.10, Round: 5.1
Mikhail Tal vs Kirjatsky, 1959.??.??, Round: ?
Robert James Fischer vs Pal Benko, 1965.12.17, Round: 4
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs D Gukesh, 2024.04.13, Round: 8.2
Firouzja, Alireza vs Maghsoodloo, Parham, 2024.01.14, Round: 2.5
Max Warmerdam vs Jergus Pechac, 2023.01.14, Round: 1.5
Fabiano Caruana vs Ray Robson, 2023.08.10, Round: 4.2
Fabiano Caruana vs Liren Ding, 2024.05.29, Round: 3.1
Garry Kasparov vs Shohrat Muratkuliev, 1973.??.??, Round: ?
Max Warmerdam vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, 2025.01.20, Round: 3.5
Arjun Erigaisi vs Volodar Murzin, 2024.06.17, Round: 8
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov, 2024.08.03, Round: 5.1
Eline Roebers vs L'Ami,E, 2023.01.15, Round: 2
M Amin Tabatabaei vs Arjun Erigaisi, 2024.11.08, Round: 4.1
Nepomniachtchi, Ian vs Liren, Ding, 2023.04.30, Round: 18
Thomas Beerdsen vs Jergus Pechac, 2023.01.16, Round: 3
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, 2024.04.07, Round: 4.2
Ray Robson vs Hans Niemann, 2024.10.18, Round: 7.5
Hans Niemann vs Abhimanyu Mishra, 2024.10.19, Round: 8.4
Viswanathan Anand vs John Nunn, 1990.01.13, Round: 2
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek vs Gukesh D, 2025.01.24, Round: 06
Ding, Liren vs Gukesh D, 2024.11.26, Round: 2.1
Max Warmerdam vs Yi Wei, 2025.01.26, Round: 8.1
Ediz Gurel vs Velimir Ivic, 2023.07.30, Round: 1.1
Robert James Fischer vs Leonid Stein, 1967.10.24, Round: 7
Tingjie Lei vs Wenjun Ju, 2023.07.11, Round: 5.1
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov, 2024.11.17, Round: 16.3
Magnus Carlsen vs Vincent Keymer, 2023.08.10, Round: 4.2
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand, 2024.05.18, Round: 1
Nepomniachtchi, Ian vs Abdusattorov, Nodirbek, 2024.01.21, Round: 8.4
Viswanathan Anand vs Gata Kamsky, 1994.07.25, Round: 1
Hikaru Nakamura vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, 2024.04.05, Round: 2.2
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa vs Viswanathan Anand, 2024.10.15, Round: 2.3
R Praggnanandhaa vs Abhimanyu Mishra, 2024.07.17, Round: 1.3
F Alexander Hoffmann vs Alexander Petrov, 1844.11.??, Round: ?
Fabiano Caruana vs Hans Moke Niemann, 2023.10.26, Round: 2.1
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek vs Praggnanandhaa R, 2024.03.02, Round: 6
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, 2024.10.03, Round: 1.1
Maxime Lagarde vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2023.08.02, Round: 2.1
D Gukesh vs Alireza Firouzja, 2024.04.20, Round: 13.4
Anish Giri vs Ding Liren, 2023.05.13, Round: 7
Mariya Muzychuk vs Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2023.02.09, Round: 7