Games like Vasily Smyslov vs Mikhail Botvinnik (1954)

Stem game: Vasily Smyslov vs Mikhail Botvinnik (1954) 1/2-1/2

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 Qb6 13.Bg2 O-O-O 14.O-O Ne5 15.Qe2 Qxd4 16.Be3 Qd3 17.Rfd1 Qxe2 18.Rxd8+ Kxd8 19.Nxe2 Nd3 20.b3 Kc7 21.bxc4 bxc4 22.Bxa7 c5 23.Rb1 Bxg2 24.Bb8+ Kc6 25.Kxg2 Bh6 26.f4 e5 27.a4 exf4 28.gxf4 c3 29.Nxc3 Bxf4 30.Bxf4 Nxf4+ 31.Kg3 Nh5+ 32.Kg4 Nxf6+ 33.Kg5 Nd5 34.Nxd5 Kxd5 35.h4 f6 36.Kg4 c4 37.a5 c3 38.a6 Ra8 39.Kf5 Rxa6 40.h5 Ra2 41.Kxf6 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (D44)
Player profiles: Smyslov, Botvinnik

Novelty of stem-game: 15. Qe2

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 0-0-0 14. 0-0 Ne5

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Smyslov vs Botvinnik ½-½ 41 1954 Botvinnik-Smyslov World Championship Match D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

2. D W Anderton vs R C Lemon 0-1 41 1970 BCF-ch D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

3. A Hollis vs F Baumbach 1-0 32 1973 corr Potter mem D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

4. Yermolinsky vs Kaidanov 1-0 58 1993 United States Chess D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

5. Illescas Cordoba vs I Morovic 1-0 55 1993 Spain team ch D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

6. Shabalov vs J Sammour Hasbun 1-0 31 1998 29th National CC D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

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1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 0-0-0 14. 0-0

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Ivanchuk vs B Moran 1-0 47 1985 Wch U20 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

2. J Lechtynsky vs T Rahman ½-½ 30 1986 Dubai ol (Men) D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

3. Jasnikowski vs A Cichocki ½-½ 23 1987 POL-ch sf D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

4. Jasnikowski vs A Cichocki ½-½ 57 1989 POL-ch 46th D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

5. P Nikolic vs J Brenninkmeijer 1-0 35 1992 Wijk aan Zee D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

6. Salov vs Illescas Cordoba 1-0 32 1993 09 Madrid D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

7. Van Wely vs Piket 1-0 55 1999 Hoogovens Blitz D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

8. L Gavrish vs K Ivasenko 1-0 29 2000 Kharkov Caissa op D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

9. Y Kuznetsov vs E Kovalevskaya 1-0 38 2001 open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

10. T Banusz vs T Reiss 0-1 40 2001 FSIMB October D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

11. P Haba vs J Kopal 0-1 44 2003 CZE-ch D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

12. A Gupta vs R Hungaski 1-0 31 2006 World Junior Championship D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

13. Beliavsky vs J Smeets ½-½ 36 2007 NH Chess Tournament D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

14. Korchnoi vs Stellwagen 0-1 39 2008 NH Chess D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

15. Kasimdzhanov vs M Ragger ½-½ 43 2008 2008 Olympiad D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

16. Hebden vs S Arun Prasad ½-½ 53 2009 Scottish Championship D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

17. J Sarkar vs D Yang 1-0 47 2009 Foxwoods Open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

18. I Krush vs K Wang ½-½ 43 2011 39th World Open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

19. E Kislik vs W Sochacki 1-0 37 2012 23rd Czech Open A D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

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1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 0-0-0

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Rybka vs Vitruvius ½-½ 47 2013 nTCEC - Stage 3 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. B Kerr vs F Benitez ½-½ 13 1966 Havana ol final-C D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

2. G Agzamov vs G Timoshchenko 1-0 44 1982 URS-ch sf D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

3. S Bjarnason vs P Ofstad 1-0 25 2001 Nordic Championships D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

4. Donchenko vs J Hvenekilde ½-½ 66 2006 World Senior Championship D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

5. M Mahjoob vs B Nadera 1-0 29 2007 Asian Individual Championship D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

6. L Andonovski vs A Magyar ½-½ 53 2009 European Club Cup D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

7. E Kirk vs G Lock 1-0 47 2009 Hastings Chess Congress D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

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1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 185

Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. H Lehmann vs G Capelan 0-1 54 1968 Int. tournament, Solingen (FRG) D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

2. M Gerusel vs G Capelan ½-½ 40 1971 FRG-ch int D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

3. Smejkal vs J B Bednarski 1-0 43 1975 EU-chT sf D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

4. A A Smith vs V W Knox ½-½ 70 1978 Ayr British ch D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

5. Plachetka vs Bagirov 0-1 38 1979 Berlin East DSV D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

6. E Ubilava vs G Timoshchenko 0-1 31 1981 URS-ch FL49 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

7. Beliavsky vs Bagirov ½-½ 50 1981 01, Moscow D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

8. Kasparov vs G Timoshchenko 1-0 43 1981 Frunze D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

9. Kasparov vs Dorfman 1-0 43 1981 Frunze D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

10. Bagirov vs Yusupov ½-½ 22 1981 URS D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

11. Rashkovsky vs G Timoshchenko ½-½ 35 1981 URS-ch FL49 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

12. A Hollis vs A Uogele 0-1 29 1981 W-ch11 corr D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

13. Polugaevsky vs E Torre 1-0 40 1981 It ( cat. 15 ) D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

14. Chandler vs H Westerinen ½-½ 25 1981 Wiesbaden (Germany) D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

15. L Spassov vs B Sorensen ½-½ 51 1981 Politiken Cup D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

16. G Agzamov vs Chandler 1-0 40 1982 Belgrade (Yugoslavia) D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

17. O Cvitan vs Marjanovic 1-0 65 1982 Ch Yugoslavia D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

18. Adorjan vs H Westerinen ½-½ 27 1982 Reykjavik op D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

19. Uhlmann vs Marjanovic 1-0 61 1982 It (cat.10) D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

20. A Schneider vs M Dvoretsky 0-1 27 1983 Frunze D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

21. Smejkal vs Sveshnikov 1-0 27 1983 22. It Bosna '83 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

22. E Vladimirov vs A Bykhovsky ½-½ 56 1983 URS-ch sf D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

23. Razuvaev vs Yusupov 0-1 35 1983 50th USSR Championship D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

24. Van der Sterren vs R Kuijf 1-0 73 1983 Hoogovens-B D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

25. Beliavsky vs Pinter 0-1 47 1984 Trud D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

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1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nd7 11. exf6 Bb7

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. T Van Scheltinga vs Gruenfeld 0-1 23 1936 Amsterdam D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

2. R Palme vs K Junge 0-1 63 1941 Bad Elster qual ch-G D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

3. Ragozin vs Botvinnik 0-1 35 1941 Training D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

4. H Ullrich vs K Junge 0-1 24 1942 Dresden D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

5. M Szigeti vs Benko 0-1 38 1945 Budapest D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

6. Denker vs Botvinnik 0-1 25 1945 USA vs USSR radio match D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

7. Lilienthal vs Kotov 0-1 41 1946 Moscow Ch D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

8. G Stein vs P Troeger 0-1 33 1948 Essen West German ch D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

9. L Alster vs J Sefc 1-0 56 1955 CSR-54ch playoff 3rd place D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

10. G Borisenko vs E Kuuskmaa 0-1 23 1968 corr D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

11. P W Hempson vs V W Knox 0-1 42 1969 BCF-ch Rhyl D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

12. Sliwa vs E Kuuskmaa 0-1 22 1969 corr D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

13. Korchnoi vs E Abdykadyrov 1-0 31 1975 Hastings D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

14. Spassky vs E Heyken ½-½ 22 1987 BLG D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

15. Spassky vs K Spraggett ½-½ 11 1987 NY D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

16. Spassky vs K Spraggett ½-½ 12 1987 ? D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

17. Igor Ivanov vs S Dupuis 1-0 28 1988 Ch. Invitation D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

18. S Lappalainen vs T Sammalvuo 0-1 18 1989 Joensuu We JoeSK D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

19. A Abdulla vs Z Rahman 0-1 36 1992 Doha op D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

20. Ali Majed vs Hytham Omar 0-1 26 1999 Beirut Lebanese ch D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

21. M Kazhgaleyev vs L Dominguez 1-0 37 2000 34th Olympiad D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

22. M Kebis vs R Lukac 1-0 47 2001 Tatry Open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

23. I Charkhalashvili vs E Rutherford 1-0 40 2001 EYCC G18 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

24. B Thorfinnsson vs I Ivanisevic 0-1 54 2001 EuTCh D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

25. A Caoili vs O Hole 0-1 21 2001 Classics IMA D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

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1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nd7 11. exf6

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. L Aronson vs Korchnoi 0-1 43 1947 Leningrad D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

2. O Zimmermann vs E Paoli 0-1 18 1949 Venice D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

3. W Schmidt vs Pinter 0-1 29 1979 Rome (Italy) D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

4. Yusupov vs R Kuijf 1-0 25 1982 OHRA Open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

5. E Schiller vs Ronning 1-0 35 1984 Gausdal International D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

6. Kasparov vs Miles 1-0 28 1986 Basel D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

7. D Eckert vs M Blechar 0-1 29 1991 First National Team Championship corres. D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

8. J Stocek vs P Wells ½-½ 44 1995 Passau op 3rd D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

9. N Sulava vs Pavasovic ½-½ 40 1996 Geneve op D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

10. B Halldorsson vs S De Blecourt 1-0 32 2000 Reykjavik op19 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

11. G Verholt vs R Bloemhard 1-0 44 2000 open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

12. E Kahn vs J Dobos ½-½ 11 2001 FSIMB September D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

13. Van Wely vs J Blokhuis 1-0 31 2001 Lost Boys Open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

14. T Magar vs R K Delaune 0-1 31 2001 29th World Open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

15. F Sar vs H Schumacher 1-0 56 2001 open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

16. B Halldorsson vs S D Sigfusson 0-1 42 2004 Reykjavik Open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

17. Van Wely vs Stellwagen ½-½ 26 2007 Bundesliga 0607 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

18. Beliavsky vs Stellwagen 0-1 46 2007 NH Chess Tournament D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

19. Onischuk vs Shabalov 1-0 26 2007 US Championships D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

20. I Stohl vs M Thesing 1-0 43 2008 Bundesliga 2007-8 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

21. V Mikhalevski vs Akobian ½-½ 28 2008 SPICE Cup D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

22. M Dziuba vs K Miton ½-½ 25 2008 65th ch-POL D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

23. Wang Yue vs Zhang Ziyang ½-½ 21 2008 TCh-CHN A D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

24. A Nguyen vs E Pak 0-1 36 2009 8th Asian Continental Chess Championship D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

25. Hoang Thi Bao Tram vs Wang Yu ½-½ 40 2010 9th Asian Continental (Women) D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

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