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Opening · 56 games
Four Knights Game
Magnus Carlsen's games in the Four Knights Game. Every game from the collection that played out through this opening.
All 56 games
Year
Game
ECO
Result
2002
Magnus Carlsen vs S Nyysti
IV Shakkinet A
C47
1–0
2004
Magnus Carlsen vs S Papa
5th YM
C48
1–0
2007
A Motylev vs Magnus Carlsen
Corus A
C48
½–½
2010
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
19th Amber Rapid
C48
1–0
2010
Magnus Carlsen vs Boris Gelfand
19th Amber Blindfold
C48
1–0
2010
Magnus Carlsen vs V Gashimov
3rd Pearl Spring
C49
½–½
2014
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
Zurich CC Blitz 2014
C47
0–1
2015
A Naiditsch vs Magnus Carlsen
3rd GRENKE Classic TB
C49
1–0
2015
Dmitry Andreikin vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz 2015
C49
0–1
2017
Pentala Harikrishna vs Magnus Carlsen
79th Tata Steel GpA
C48
½–½
2017
Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017
C49
0–1
2017
Vladislav Artemiev vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid 2017
C47
½–½
2018
Baskaran Adhiban vs Magnus Carlsen
80th Tata Steel GpA
C47
0–1
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs A Sharafiev
PRO League Group Stage
C48
1–0
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018
C48
½–½
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren
34th ECC Open 2018
C47
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov
Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019
C47
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019
C47
½–½
2020
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
82nd Tata Steel GpA
C47
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Lindores Abbey Final 8
C47
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
Skilling Open KO 2020
C47
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov
Airthings Masters KO 2020
C48
½–½
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Andrew Tang
Carlsen-Tang Bullet 2021
C47
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Andrew Tang
Carlsen-Tang Bullet 2021
C47
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Magnus Carlsen Inv KO
C47
½–½
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
San Fermin Masters Final
C47
0–1
2022
A Tari vs Magnus Carlsen
10th Norway Chess 2022
C47
½–½
2022
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
SuperUnited Blitz 2022
C47
½–½
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Mittal Aditya
Aimchess Rapid Prelim
C48
½–½
2022
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2022
C49
½–½
2022
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2022
C48
½–½
2023
Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 27th Jun Late
C47
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Vu Rasulov
Titled Tue 27th Jun Late
C48
0–1
2023
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
Bullet Chess Winners 2023
C47
1–0
2023
Daniel Naroditsky vs Magnus Carlsen
Bullet Chess Losers 2023
C47
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
Bullet Chess Losers 2023
C48
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
Bullet Chess Losers 2023
C48
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs R Praggnanandhaa
FIDE World Cup 2023
C48
½–½
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs R Praggnanandhaa
World Rapid 2023
C49
½–½
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Vl3 Fedoseev
Chessable Masters Div 1 W
C47
½–½
2024
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Magnus Carlsen
Superbet POL Blitz 2024
C47
½–½
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun Erigaisi
Superbet POL Blitz 2024
C47
½–½
2024
Vu Rasulov vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
C47
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Bogdan-Daniel Deac
Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
C47
½–½
2024
SL Narayanan vs Magnus Carlsen
Tata Steel India Blitz
C47
0–1
2024
Awonder Liang vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid 2024
C47
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
13th Norway Chess 2025
C49
½–½
2025
Wei Yi vs Magnus Carlsen
13th Norway Chess 2025
C48
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Hans Niemann
Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
C49
1–0
2025
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Magnus Carlsen
SuperUnited CRO Rapid 2025
C48
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda
SuperUnited CRO Blitz 2025
C47
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs R Praggnanandhaa
SuperUnited CRO Blitz 2025
C47
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Esports World Cup 2025
C49
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Le Tuan Minh
Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025
C47
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Hans Niemann
Titled Tue 11th Nov 2025
C47
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
C47
½–½