1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Nb6 8.d3 Be7 9.a3 a5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Na4 Nxa4 12.Qxa4 Bd5 13.Rfc1 Re8 14.Rc2 Bf8 15.Rac1 Nb8 16.Rxc7 Bc6 17.R1xc6 bxc6 18.Rxf7 h6 19.Rb7 Qc8 20.Qc4+ Kh8 21.Nh4 Qxb7 22.Ng6+ Kh7 23.Be4 Bd6 24.Nxe5 g6 25.Bxg6+ Kg7 26.Bxh6+ 1-0

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Opening: English (A22)
Player profiles: Botvinnik, Portisch

Novelty of stem-game: 9. ...a5

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nb6  8. d3 Be7  9. a3

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Botvinnik vs Portisch 1-0 26 1968 Monaco A22 English 2. Korchnoi vs Ivkov   ½-½ 15 1971 Wijk aan Zee A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nb6  8. d3 Be7

page 1 of 1; 6 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Petrosian vs Bannik 1-0 84 1954 URS-ch21 A06 Reti Opening 2. Golombek vs J Penrose   0-1 35 1955 Hastings 5556 A22 English 3. J Kozma vs Z Milev   ½-½ 19 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) fin-A A16 English 4. Ivkov vs W G Addison   ½-½ 42 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A22 English 5. Savon vs Romanishin   1-0 43 1974 URS A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 6. Z Rahman vs H Tikkanen   ½-½ 58 2012 World Cities Team Championship A20 English

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nb6  8. d3

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Kluger vs L Kovacs   0-1 46 1966 HUN-ch A22 English

 

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nb6

page 1 of 1; 7 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ragozin vs Taimanov   1-0 42 1956 USSR Championship A15 English 2. Z Nilsson vs A Tarnowski   0-1 33 1958 13th olm final B A22 English 3. Petrosian vs Taimanov 1-0 40 1970 Vinkovci A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 4. R Bitoon vs Pham Minh Hoang   1-0 32 2001 1st Sea Chess TCh A00 Uncommon Opening 5. J Skoberne vs M Jurcik   ½-½ 37 2006 Mitropa Cup A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 6. R Phillips vs B Magana   1-0 49 2006 37th Chess Olympiad A20 English 7. E Tomashevsky vs J Cori   1-0 33 2012 Aeroflot Open A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 46  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Mason vs Mieses   1-0 55 1902 Monte Carlo A22 English 2. Euwe vs A Rueb   1-0 17 1923 ? A22 English 3. Carls vs O Antze 1-0 24 1933 Bremen System A29 A22 English 4. M L Hanauer vs Kashdan   ½-½ 38 1938 USA Ch A22 English 5. De Ronde vs E Reed Valenzuela   1-0 26 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) f-A A22 English 6. Seidman vs H Baker   1-0 26 1942 USA Ch A20 English 7. Najdorf vs Letelier   1-0 44 1945 Vina del Mar ;HCL 41 A22 English 8. F Zita vs A Tarnowski 0-1 43 1950 Szczawno Zdroj it, POL A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 9. Szabo vs G Porreca   1-0 39 1952 Helsinki A22 English 10. C Henin vs M Rohland   1-0 33 1957 58th US Open A22 English 11. V Shiyanovsky vs Zamikhovsky   ½-½ 42 1958 Kiev-ch A16 English 12. J A Lawrence vs L B Pawson   1-0 36 1961 Appleby-Frodingham A22 English 13. R Steinmeyer vs Kevitz   ½-½ 65 1965 Manhattan Chess Club Championship A22 English 14. Schmid vs C Martinez   1-0 26 1968 Lugano ol (Men) A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 15. Larsen vs A Dueckstein   ½-½ 71 1968 Lugano ol (Men) A00 Uncommon Opening 16. Larsen vs C Boutteville   1-0 51 1968 Lugano ol (Men) A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 17. Lombardy vs A Kinzel   ½-½ 56 1968 Olympiad A00 Uncommon Opening 18. V Vepkhvishvili vs Agalarov   1-0 38 1968 Ch Georgian Pupils Team A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 19. Filip vs J Cordovil   1-0 32 1969 Praia da Rocha zt A20 English 20. Smejkal vs Ivkov   ½-½ 44 1972 Wijk aan Zee A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 21. H Ree vs Smejkal   ½-½ 19 1972 Skopje ol (Men) fin-A A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 22. Uhlmann vs Smejkal   ½-½ 42 1972 DDR-CSR A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 23. Hort vs H Ree   1-0 24 1973 Wijk aan Zee A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 24. Quinteros vs W Schinzel   0-1 45 1977 Polanica Zdroj (Poland) A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 25. Christiansen vs E Handoko   1-0 45 1982 It (cat.9) A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 46

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6

page 1 of 1; 14 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Szekely vs L Steiner   0-1 67 1927 Kecskemet A22 English 2. Tirman vs Jollner   0-1 27 1940 **Rd--()- A22 English 3. J Araiza Munoz vs Kashdan   ½-½ 101 1945 Pan American A22 English 4. H Kramer vs B H Wood   ½-½ 41 1948 Beverwijk NED A22 English 5. Sliwa vs A Tarnowski   0-1 32 1963 POL-ch 20th A20 English 6. G Szilagyi vs Kovacs   1-0 56 1968 Lublin A22 English 7. Book vs U Tarve   0-1 31 1969 Tallinn it A22 English 8. R W Hawley vs Miles   ½-½ 30 1969 BCF-ch U18 A00 Uncommon Opening 9. P Van Hoolandt vs D Andric   0-1 35 1981 Caorle op A22 English 10. G Thomassen vs Frits Bakkes   1-0 30 2001 10th AKN Weekender A22 English 11. T Coleman vs E Caicedo 1-0 26 2004 32nd World Open A20 English 12. B Paulic vs M Zarkovic   1-0 58 2008 21st Belgrade Trophy A22 English 13. B Munguntuul vs M Bezgodova   ½-½ 22 2010 Moscow Open A22 English 14. P Hayward vs C Bellin   ½-½ 42 2012 4NCL A22 English

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