1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qd2 Be6 11.f4 exf4 12.Rxf4 Nbd7 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.Nf5 Rac8 15.Raf1 Rfe8 16.Bd4 Bf8 17.Bd3 Nfd7 18.Rh4 Ng6 19.Rh3 Nde5 20.Qd1 b5 21.Qh5 h6 22.Rg3 Kh7 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Nxd3 25.cxd3 Qb7 26.Kh1 Rc2 27.Ne3 Rd2 28.Ng4 Qd7 29.h4 Qe7 30.Re3 Qd7 31.Qxh6+ 1-0

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Opening: Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (B92)
Player profiles: Geller, Polugaevsky

Novelty of stem-game: 11. ...exf4

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7  8. 0-0 0-0  9. Be3 Qc7  10. Qd2 Be6  11. f4

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Geller vs Polugaevsky 1-0 31 1961 USSR Championship 1961a B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 2. Y Ilinsky vs Savon   ½-½ 44 1961 URS-ch29 sf B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 3. Yanofsky vs Gligoric   0-1 40 1962 Stockholm Interzonal B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7  8. 0-0 0-0  9. Be3 Qc7  10. Qd2 Be6

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Velimirovic vs M Bertok   1-0 53 1962 YUG-ch B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 2. Velimirovic vs I Nemet   ½-½ 33 1962 YUG-ch B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 3. Stein vs Gligoric   1-0 55 1962 Stockholm Interzonal B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7  8. 0-0 0-0  9. Be3 Qc7  10. Qd2

page 1 of 1; 6 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Geller vs J Rotstein   1-0 41 1959 UKR-ch B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 2. Geller vs M Bertok 1-0 40 1961 Belgrade B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 3. Geller vs Julio Bolbochan 1-0 41 1962 Stockholm Interzonal B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 4. Gligoric vs R Bogdanovic   ½-½ 28 1962 Sarajevo B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 5. Karpov vs T Georgadze 1-0 37 1983 It, Moscow B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 6. K Shiven vs N Surendran   1-0 29 2011 13th Dubai Open B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7  8. 0-0 0-0  9. Be3 Qc7

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 38  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Tarnowski vs Geller 0-1 72 1950 Schiavno Zdroj B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 2. Unzicker vs Bronstein 0-1 42 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 3. R Weinstein vs G Ramirez   0-1 27 1957 58th US Open B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 4. Keres vs Korchnoi 1-0 39 1959 USSR Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 5. Smyslov vs Tal 1-0 65 1959 Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 6. H Rossetto vs F Olafsson   0-1 56 1960 Buenos Aires B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 7. B Cafferty vs Szabo   ½-½ 50 1961 Hastings 1960/61 B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 8. E German vs Stein   ½-½ 49 1962 Stockholm Interzonal B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 9. Yanofsky vs Fischer 0-1 112 1962 Stockholm Interzonal B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 10. Geller vs Fischer 1-0 40 1962 Curacao Candidates B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 11. Szabo vs Julio Bolbochan   ½-½ 37 1962 Olympiad B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 12. Smyslov vs Gligoric ½-½ 29 1962 Havana B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 13. R Bogdanovic vs M Bobotsov   ½-½ 56 1962 Sarajevo B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 14. Kholmov vs M Bertok   ½-½ 25 1962 URS-JUG B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 15. L Barden vs Gligoric   0-1 35 1962 Hastings 1961/62 B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 16. Geller vs Fischer ½-½ 52 1962 Stockholm Interzonal B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 17. C B Van den Berg vs A Matanovic   0-1 37 1963 Hoogovens B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 18. A Bradvarevic vs Velimirovic   ½-½ 53 1963 YUG-ch 19th B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 19. Ivkov vs Larry Evans   ½-½ 65 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 20. Smyslov vs Larry Evans   1-0 39 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 21. I Susic vs Parma   ½-½ 61 1965 Ch Yugoslavia B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 22. F Kuijpers vs N Littlewood   1-0 41 1966 NED-ENG B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 23. F Kuijpers vs M Bobotsov   ½-½ 17 1966 Hoogovens 28th B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 24. Unzicker vs Petrosian   ½-½ 23 1966 Second Piatigorsky Cup B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 25. V Tukmakov vs L Slutzky   1-0 33 1967 URS-ch U26 B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 38

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7  8. 0-0 0-0  9. Be3

page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 383  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Matanovic vs Ivkov   ½-½ 41 1950 Bled B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 2. Lipnitsky vs Aronin   ½-½ 57 1952 USSR Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 3. Z Milev vs Szabo 0-1 35 1953 Bucharest B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 4. Geller vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 41 1954 URS-ch sf B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 5. E R Lundin vs Sajtar   ½-½ 23 1954 Prague zt B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 6. F Olafsson vs Najdorf   0-1 35 1954 Amsterdam B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 7. Unzicker vs Najdorf   ½-½ 37 1954 Amsterdam B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 8. K Darga vs Panno   ½-½ 40 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 9. Ivkov vs B Djurasevic   1-0 40 1954 Belgrade B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 10. V Sherbakov vs Spassky 0-1 32 1955 USSR Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 11. H Busek vs Ujtelky   0-1 43 1955 CSR-AUT m B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 12. R Flores-Alvarez vs Najdorf   ½-½ 41 1955 Mar del Plata B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 13. Pilnik vs R Toran Albero   1-0 73 1955 Buenos Aires CA B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 14. Averbakh vs Simagin   ½-½ 56 1955 USSR Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 15. Bisguier vs Gligoric   1-0 58 1955 Zagreb B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 16. P Dely vs L Navarovszky   1-0 25 1956 Budapest Alekhine B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 17. Smyslov vs Panno   1-0 41 1956 Amsterdam ct B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 18. L Hill vs Fischer 0-1 21 1957 San Francisco ch-jr B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 19. R Sanguineti vs F Rubio Aguado   1-0 46 1957 Sao Paulo B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 20. Keres vs V Tarasov   1-0 44 1957 USSR Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 21. R Persitz vs C B Van den Berg   1-0 52 1958 Haifa/Tel Aviv B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 22. Pilnik vs Fischer 0-1 40 1959 Mar del Plata B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 23. B Milic vs Gligoric 0-1 64 1959 YUG-ch B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 24. Smyslov vs S Schweber 1-0 35 1960 Leipzig Olympiad, Leipzig B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 25. K Darga vs B E Horberg   1-0 26 1960 EU-Cup Gr2 B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 383

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7  8. 0-0 0-0

page 1 of 38; games 1-25 of 926  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Randviir vs Ufimtsev   1-0 73 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final) B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 2. Novotelnov vs Petrosian 0-1 26 1951 USSR Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 3. Rossolimo vs Reshevsky   0-1 52 1952 La Habana B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 4. Botvinnik vs Petrosian   ½-½ 22 1952 Budapest B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 5. A Matanovic vs Gligoric   0-1 40 1953 YUG-ch B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 6. R Kalkstein vs R Toran Albero   0-1 53 1954 Montevideo B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 7. Milner-Barry vs Petrosian 0-1 29 1954 London B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 8. B Milic vs Pilnik   0-1 39 1954 Belgrade B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 9. Salomon vs Najdorf 0-1 44 1954 Mar del Plata B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 10. Larsen vs Gligoric 1-0 47 1956 Moscow ol (Men) fin-A B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 11. J Durao vs Gligoric   0-1 38 1957 Dublin zt B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 12. Bisguier vs Fischer ½-½ 33 1957 58th US Open B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 13. Schmid vs Larry Evans   0-1 46 1958 Munich ol (Men) fin-A B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 14. E Rojahn vs Unzicker   0-1 36 1958 13th olm qual. group 2 B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 15. Sliwa vs Larsen   ½-½ 55 1958 Munich ol (Men) fin-B B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 16. Averbakh vs Petrosian 0-1 40 1959 USSR Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 17. Keres vs E Walther   ½-½ 18 1961 Zurich B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 18. Bisguier vs Ivkov   1-0 40 1961 Bled B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 19. R Payne vs R H Northage   1-0 31 1962 Whitby British ch B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 20. Tringov vs M Bertok   ½-½ 15 1962 Sofia B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 21. J Gonzalez vs Najdorf   0-1 30 1962 Havana Cap mem B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 22. L Alster vs J Kozma   1-0 50 1962 CSR-ch B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 23. Yanofsky vs Julio Bolbochan 0-1 59 1962 Stockholm Interzonal B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 24. B De Greiff vs Najdorf   0-1 37 1962 Havana Cap mem B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 25. E Cobo Arteaga vs Gligoric   0-1 40 1962 Capablanca mem B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation  page 1 of 38; games 1-25 of 926

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