1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Be3 Qb8 12.f3 Bd8 13.Qd2 Bc7 14.Kh1 b6 15.Rfd1 Ne8 16.Nc2 Ne7 17.Nd4 Nc6 18.a4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 h6 20.b4 Nf6 21.Qd2 Kh7 22.Rab1 Rd8 23.Bd3 e5 24.c5 bxc5 25.bxc5 Qc8 26.Nd5 Bxa4 27.cxd6 Rxd6 28.Rdc1 Bc6 29.Bc5 Re6 30.Bc4 Qd8 31.Rd1 Re8 32.Qc2 Nh5 33.Ne7 1-0

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Opening: Sicilian (B44)
Player profiles: Ivkov, Petrosian

Novelty of stem-game: 13. Bd8

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0 0-0  11. Bd7 Be3  12. Qb8 f3

page 1 of 1; 5 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ivkov vs Petrosian 1-0 33 1968 Maliorka it B44 Sicilian 2. A Kapengut vs Balashov   1-0 51 1971 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 3. K Agapov vs Taimanov   1-0 54 1987 Leningrad B44 Sicilian 4. D Coleman vs Taimanov   0-1 36 1996 Copenhagen Politiken B44 Sicilian 5. B Gruzman vs Taimanov   ½-½ 23 1997 World Seniors, Bad Wildba B44 Sicilian

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0 0-0  11. Bd7 Be3  12. Qb8

page 1 of 1; 4 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bannik vs Taimanov   ½-½ 28 1962 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 2. Vasiukov vs M Schoeneberg   ½-½ 41 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem B44 Sicilian 3. Tseshkovsky vs Taimanov   1-0 41 1977 Baku B44 Sicilian 4. Savon vs J S Neto   1-0 64 1989 GMA Baleares op B44 Sicilian

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0 0-0  11. Bd7 Be3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Suetin vs Taimanov 0-1 42 1962 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 2. K Langeweg vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 30 1965 EU-chT Hamburg B44 Sicilian 3. Vasiukov vs Polugaevsky   1-0 36 1966 Moscow B44 Sicilian 4. Stein vs M Bobotsov   ½-½ 67 1967 Moscow B44 Sicilian 5. Geller vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 19 1967 Moscow B44 Sicilian 6. Vasiukov vs Taimanov 0-1 44 1967 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 7. Geller vs Bukic   1-0 41 1968 Skopje B44 Sicilian 8. Ivkov vs H Ree   ½-½ 40 1968 Wijk aan Zee B44 Sicilian 9. Jansa vs Soos   ½-½ 39 1968 Lugano 6/462 B44 Sicilian 10. Geller vs Doda   1-0 40 1969 Wijk aan Zee B44 Sicilian 11. Hort vs M Bobotsov   ½-½ 17 1970 Siegen olm B44 Sicilian 12. Larry Evans vs R Hartoch   0-1 46 1971 Amsterdam IBM B44 Sicilian 13. Adorjan vs L Lengyel   ½-½ 21 1971 Budapest HUN ch B44 Sicilian 14. G Botterill vs Timman 1-0 29 1971 Madrid tt B44 Sicilian 15. H Westerinen vs J Rodriguez Cordoba   ½-½ 31 1972 Skopje ol (Men) B44 Sicilian 16. Karpov vs G Kuzmin   ½-½ 30 1972 04, Moscow tt B44 Sicilian 17. Spassky vs Averkin 1-0 35 1973 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 18. Matulovic vs Z Krnic   ½-½ 33 1974 Vrnjacka Banja B44 Sicilian 19. F Olafsson vs Taimanov   ½-½ 42 1975 Tallinn B44 Sicilian 20. R Skrobek vs W Schmidt   0-1 36 1980 POL-ch 37th B44 Sicilian 21. Marjanovic vs Z Krnic ½-½ 156 1983 Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia) B44 Sicilian 22. Balashov vs A Kochyev   1-0 57 1983 Minsk B44 Sicilian 23. Y Kruppa vs V Osnos   1-0 43 1984 URS-ch sf B44 Sicilian 24. G Kuzmin vs Suetin   ½-½ 20 1984 Moscow-ch ,MCL 02 B44 Sicilian 25. K Mokry vs Sznapik   ½-½ 63 1985 Prague zt B44 Sicilian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0 0-0  11. Bd7

page 1 of 1; 6 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Grushevsky vs Suetin   1-0 41 1966 Ch URS (team) B44 Sicilian 2. N Gaprindashvili vs L Grigorian   0-1 43 1966 Tournament B44 Sicilian 3. Ljubojevic vs Benko   ½-½ 38 1972 Wijk aan Zee B44 Sicilian 4. N Gaprindashvili vs R Crotto   0-1 42 1980 Olympiad B44 Sicilian 5. R Vasquez vs Taimanov   1-0 53 2002 32nd Rilton Cup B44 Sicilian 6. Vasiukov vs Taimanov   0-1 42 2003 St Petersburg vs. Moscow B44 Sicilian

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0 0-0

page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 313  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Suetin vs Spassky   ½-½ 30 1962 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 2. Stein vs Taimanov 1-0 34 1963 Moscow tt B44 Sicilian 3. Gufeld vs Furman   ½-½ 27 1963 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 4. Bannik vs B Vladimirov   ½-½ 42 1963 URS-chT B44 Sicilian 5. P Dely vs Matulovic   ½-½ 16 1965 Belgrade B44 Sicilian 6. D Rajkovic vs Matulovic   0-1 40 1965 YUG-ch B44 Sicilian 7. V Osnos vs P Dely 1-0 31 1965 Budapest2 B44 Sicilian 8. P Dely vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 17 1965 EU-chT (Men) B44 Sicilian 9. A Khasin vs V Osnos   0-1 57 1965 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 10. Gufeld vs V Osnos   ½-½ 25 1966 USSR Championship 1966/67 B44 Sicilian 11. Vasiukov vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 28 1966 USSR Championship 1966/67 B44 Sicilian 12. J Trapl vs Smejkal   1-0 58 1966 Harrachov U26 B44 Sicilian 13. Jansa vs Matulovic   ½-½ 65 1966 Sarajevo B44 Sicilian 14. B Pietrusiak vs Matulovic   ½-½ 27 1967 Halle zt B44 Sicilian 15. A Bradvarevic vs Matulovic   0-1 40 1967 YUG-ch 22th B44 Sicilian 16. Geller vs Matulovic   1-0 42 1967 Sousse Interzonal B44 Sicilian 17. Reshevsky vs Matulovic 1-0 61 1967 Sousse Interzonal B44 Sicilian 18. Matulovic vs Bukic   1-0 60 1967 Skopje B44 Sicilian 19. P Dely vs Matulovic   0-1 58 1967 Skopje B44 Sicilian 20. H Westerinen vs Suetin   ½-½ 41 1967 Leningrad B44 Sicilian 21. R Bogdanovic vs Savon   0-1 41 1967 Sarajevo It B44 Sicilian 22. E Havansi vs Matulovic   0-1 47 1967 Halle zt B44 Sicilian 23. Averbakh vs V Osnos   0-1 45 1968 Moscow-Leningrad m B44 Sicilian 24. Tseshkovsky vs V Osnos   ½-½ 25 1968 USSR Championship 1968/69 B44 Sicilian 25. Gipslis vs Janosevic   1-0 66 1968 Belgrade (Yugoslavia) B44 Sicilian  page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 313

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0

page 1 of 1; 14 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tseshkovsky vs Karpov   ½-½ 51 1970 11, Kuibyshev B44 Sicilian 2. A Filipowicz vs E Torre   ½-½ 15 1977 Polanica Zdroj (Poland) B44 Sicilian 3. Z Rahman vs R Stone   0-1 59 1986 Dubai ol (Men) B44 Sicilian 4. V Tomkovich vs D Kilgour   ½-½ 23 1996 WC15 Final B44 Sicilian 5. K Burger vs Ferret   ½-½ 63 1996 ICC 2 12 05/08/96 Internet Chess Club B44 Sicilian 6. K Burger vs Computer   1-0 51 1996 BR 3 12 06/07 B44 Sicilian 7. M Brodsky vs D Driamin   ½-½ 37 1997 Krasnodar op B44 Sicilian 8. S Khukhashvili vs T Odisharia   ½-½ 30 2001 open B44 Sicilian 9. M Grill vs B Bujisho   ½-½ 84 2001 TCh-FRA B44 Sicilian 10. Leong Mun Wan vs R Porter   ½-½ 73 2004 36th Olympiad B44 Sicilian 11. O Stubberud vs A Brasoy   1-0 27 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge B44 Sicilian 12. P Vezzosi vs S Brunello   1-0 31 2007 Bratto Festival B44 Sicilian 13. C Lupulescu vs Nisipeanu   ½-½ 47 2009 World Cup B44 Sicilian 14. O I Ivanenko vs T Vasilevich   0-1 31 2010 ch-UKR w B44 Sicilian

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 50  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Mednis vs Ermenkov 1-0 33 1980 New York International B44 Sicilian 2. J Pokojowczyk vs N K Ivanov   ½-½ 64 1981 Politiken Cup B44 Sicilian 3. K Aseev vs Lutikov   0-1 42 1982 Moscow-ch B44 Sicilian 4. Geller vs Polugaevsky   0-1 63 1982 USSR B44 Sicilian 5. A Sokolov vs Romanishin   ½-½ 76 1983 Sochi B44 Sicilian 6. Nunn vs M Cebalo   ½-½ 41 1986 Biel 42/204 B44 Sicilian 7. K Mokry vs A Kurtenkov   1-0 42 1986 Tirnavia B44 Sicilian 8. Akopian vs K Ninov   1-0 30 1987 Wch U20 B44 Sicilian 9. T Ernst vs Jansa   1-0 44 1987 Ernst,Th B44 Sicilian 10. Nunn vs D Rajkovic   1-0 34 1990 BL 8990 ;BL B44 Sicilian 11. Geller vs P Cramling   0-1 60 1992 Aruba B44 Sicilian 12. M Casella vs J Benjamin   0-1 50 1993 01, World op B44 Sicilian 13. Leko vs Z Franco Ocampos   ½-½ 41 1993 Pamplona9394 B44 Sicilian 14. REBEL vs J Benjamin   ½-½ 86 1994 10, Fifth Harvard Cup B44 Sicilian 15. M Brodsky vs Suetin   ½-½ 36 1995 Berlin (Germany) B44 Sicilian 16. L Shmuter vs G Tunik   0-1 57 1996 Beersheba B44 Sicilian 17. F Van de Klashorst vs L Riemersma   0-1 33 1996 AKN B44 Sicilian 18. A Malachi vs A Kogan   ½-½ 23 1996 ISR-chT B44 Sicilian 19. Granda-Zuniga vs Short 1-0 45 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B44 Sicilian 20. T Van der Vorm vs M Brodsky   0-1 49 1998 Wijk aan Zee op B44 Sicilian 21. T Van der Vorm vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 21 1998 Porto San Giorgio op 10th B44 Sicilian 22. A Zude vs S Loeffler   1-0 56 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany B44 Sicilian 23. A Matthaei vs A Partenheimer   ½-½ 32 1999 BL2-West9900 B44 Sicilian 24. D Schwarz vs Z Janko   0-1 53 2000 SVK-chT1 West /01 B44 Sicilian 25. M Solleveld vs M Van der Werf   0-1 48 2001 ch-NED semi-finals B44 Sicilian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 50

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