1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Re8 9. Rfe1 a6 10. Rad1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Na4 Qe7 14. c3 b6 15. Qe2 Nd8 16. b3 Ne6 17. g3 h5 18. Nb2 b5 19. Nd3 Nd8 20. Bg2 c6 21. f3 Nb7 22. Bh3 a5 23. a4 bxa4 24. bxa4 Nh7 25. Qf2 Red8 26. Bb6 Rd6 27. Nc5 Ng5 28. Bg2 Bf8 29. Rb1 Nd8 30. f4 Rf6 31. Nd3 exf4 32. gxf4 Nge6 33. e5 Rf5 34. Be4 Ng7 35. Bc5 Qe6 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Nc5 Qe7 38. Red1 Rxf4 39. Nd7+ Qxd7 40. Rxd7 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Nge6 42. Rd6 Rc8 43. Rb6 c5 44. Rb5 Ke7 45. Rxa5 Rc7 46. Rda6 f5 47. exf6+ Kxf6 48. Ra7 Rc8 49. Ra8 Rc7 50. R5a7 Rxa7 51. Rxa7 g5 52. Bd5 Ke5 53. Bxe6 Nxe6 54. a5 Kd5 55. Re7 Nf4 56. a6 1-0

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Opening: Pirc, Classical (B08)
Player profiles: Karpov, Spassky

Novelty of stem-game: 12. ...dxe5

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6  8. Qd2 Re8  9. Rfe1 a6  10. Rad1 Bxf3  11. Bxf3 e5  12. dxe5

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Karpov vs Spassky 1-0 56 1982 Hamburg TV B08 Pirc, Classical 2. K Mokry vs Spassky   ½-½ 12 1984 Reggio Emilia B08 Pirc, Classical

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6  8. Qd2 Re8  9. Rfe1 a6  10. Rad1

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Geller vs Spassky   ½-½ 45 1982 London B08 Pirc, Classical 2. Geller vs Pribyl 1-0 25 1984 Sochi B08 Pirc, Classical

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6  8. Qd2 Re8  9. Rfe1

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Modr vs I Novak   ½-½ 42 1981 Bohemians B08 Pirc, Classical

 

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6  8. Qd2 Re8

page 1 of 1; 10 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ulf Andersson vs Keene   ½-½ 24 1971 Hastings 1971/72 B08 Pirc, Classical 2. Ulf Andersson vs H Ree   1-0 40 1973 Las Palmas B08 Pirc, Classical 3. Sax vs Timman   1-0 29 1973 2nd AVRO B08 Pirc, Classical 4. Miles vs Schussler   1-0 31 1979 Dortmund B08 Pirc, Classical 5. Tseshkovsky vs G Kuzmin   ½-½ 43 1979 Lvov zt playoff pl3-4 B08 Pirc, Classical 6. I Radulov vs G Kuzmin   ½-½ 16 1980 Kladovo B08 Pirc, Classical 7. E Formanek vs Spassky   ½-½ 25 1985 Reggio B08 Pirc, Classical 8. Ehlvest vs M Gurevich   1-0 60 1989 Reggio Emilia8990 B08 Pirc, Classical 9. J Armas vs Ftacnik   0-1 40 1991 FRA-chT B08 Pirc, Classical 10. V Spasov vs B Lalic   1-0 65 2005 Salou Open B08 Pirc, Classical

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6  8. Qd2

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 180  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Genin vs Savon   ½-½ 50 1964 URS-chT sf B08 Pirc, Classical 2. Larsen vs Ivkov 1-0 57 1966 Second Piatigorsky Cup B08 Pirc, Classical 3. Spassky vs Parma   1-0 32 1966 Olympiad B08 Pirc, Classical 4. Reshevsky vs Ivkov   ½-½ 52 1966 Second Piatigorsky Cup B08 Pirc, Classical 5. Geller vs Vasiukov 0-1 33 1968 Kislovodsk B08 Pirc, Classical 6. Benko vs P Ostojic   1-0 33 1969 Wijk aan Zee I B08 Pirc, Classical 7. Spassky vs Parma   ½-½ 57 1969 San Juan (Puerto Rico) B08 Pirc, Classical 8. H Glauser vs Keene 0-1 34 1970 England v Switzerland B08 Pirc, Classical 9. G Forintos vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 42 1970 Skopje Solidarnost 4th B08 Pirc, Classical 10. B Eley vs D Sherman   ½-½ 44 1970 BCF-ch B08 Pirc, Classical 11. Browne vs Timman   0-1 60 1971 07, Stockholm B08 Pirc, Classical 12. J Kostro vs G Forintos   ½-½ 21 1971 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B, NED B08 Pirc, Classical 13. K Langeweg vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 48 1971 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A, NED B08 Pirc, Classical 14. Parma vs Keene   ½-½ 32 1971 West Berlin (Germany) B08 Pirc, Classical 15. Portisch vs Suttles   ½-½ 40 1972 San Antonio B08 Pirc, Classical 16. Browne vs Kaplan   1-0 58 1972 Skopje/Krusevo/Ohrid (Yugoslavia) B08 Pirc, Classical 17. Mecking vs Suttles   ½-½ 21 1972 San Antonio B08 Pirc, Classical 18. Reshevsky vs Biyiasas   1-0 40 1973 Petropolis Interzonal B08 Pirc, Classical 19. N Weinstein vs Benko   ½-½ 16 1974 US Championship B08 Pirc, Classical 20. B Enklaar vs Matulovic   1-0 77 1974 Hoogovens B08 Pirc, Classical 21. Timman vs Matulovic   ½-½ 26 1974 Wijk aan Zee I 17/197 (Ciric) B08 Pirc, Classical 22. V Tukmakov vs Vasiukov   1-0 36 1974 Leningrad Warsaw Pact Army B08 Pirc, Classical 23. Vasiukov vs Parma   ½-½ 32 1974 Camaguey (Cuba) B08 Pirc, Classical 24. A Planinc vs J H Donner   ½-½ 61 1974 Hoogovens B08 Pirc, Classical 25. V Tukmakov vs Karasev   ½-½ 41 1974 Leningrad Warsaw Pact Army B08 Pirc, Classical  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 180

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 172  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Teschner vs Parma   ½-½ 31 1965 Ch Europe (team) B08 Pirc, Classical 2. A Matanovic vs Parma   ½-½ 15 1965 Ch Yugoslavia B08 Pirc, Classical 3. O Privorotsky vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 23 1967 URS-chT B08 Pirc, Classical 4. Y Sakharov vs Bronstein   0-1 34 1967 Olympiad URS B08 Pirc, Classical 5. Y Sakharov vs Bronstein   0-1 33 1967 Moskva B08 Pirc, Classical 6. C Kottnauer vs D Wright   ½-½ 41 1968 Hastings 1968/69 B08 Pirc, Classical 7. Janosevic vs Savon   ½-½ 51 1968 2. Turnir solidarnosti, Skopje/Ohrid B08 Pirc, Classical 8. Janosevic vs Ivkov   1-0 61 1968 Sarajevo B08 Pirc, Classical 9. Vasiukov vs G Johansson   ½-½ 36 1968 Reykjavik B08 Pirc, Classical 10. V Faibisovich vs G Timoshchenko   ½-½ 28 1969 Vilnius B08 Pirc, Classical 11. D Ciric vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 46 1969 Netherlands B08 Pirc, Classical 12. Kholmov vs M D Tseitlin   1-0 37 1970 USSR Championship B08 Pirc, Classical 13. E Jimenez Zerquera vs Matulovic   0-1 63 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B08 Pirc, Classical 14. A Carlsson vs S Malmgren   0-1 43 1971 Eskilstuna B08 Pirc, Classical 15. K Rogoff vs Timman 1-0 48 1971 Malaga 11/138 B08 Pirc, Classical 16. Matulovic vs J Rukavina   0-1 57 1971 Sarajevo B08 Pirc, Classical 17. Tseshkovsky vs M D Tseitlin   0-1 33 1971 URS Army-ch B08 Pirc, Classical 18. Timman vs Matulovic   0-1 57 1972 Helsinki 09 B08 Pirc, Classical 19. Robatsch vs Timman   1-0 63 1972 1 Amsterdam IBM B08 Pirc, Classical 20. Robatsch vs Timman 0-1 62 1972 Amsterdam B08 Pirc, Classical 21. G Kuzmin vs Benko   1-0 46 1973 Hastings 1973/74 B08 Pirc, Classical 22. Tringov vs J H Donner   ½-½ 36 1974 Nice ol (Men) fin-A B08 Pirc, Classical 23. Gligoric vs H Pfleger   ½-½ 19 1974 Manila B08 Pirc, Classical 24. Hort vs Timman   ½-½ 16 1974 Banja Luka B08 Pirc, Classical 25. Gufeld vs Matulovic   ½-½ 16 1974 Belgrade-Moscow B08 Pirc, Classical  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 172

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Cuellar Gacharna vs Robatsch   0-1 56 1956 Moscow ol (Men) B08 Pirc, Classical 2. Averbakh vs Pirc   ½-½ 70 1963 Hoogovens B08 Pirc, Classical 3. F Visier Segovia vs E Palacios   ½-½ 31 1964 ESP-ch 29th B08 Pirc, Classical 4. Szabo vs Benko   ½-½ 30 1964 Belgrade B08 Pirc, Classical 5. Janosevic vs Pirc   ½-½ 59 1967 Maribor B08 Pirc, Classical 6. H Westerinen vs Mecking   1-0 56 1968 Lugano finals B08 Pirc, Classical 7. Ulf Andersson vs Mecking 1-0 42 1971 Wijk aan Zee B08 Pirc, Classical 8. Kaplan vs Suttles 0-1 34 1972 San Antonio B08 Pirc, Classical 9. Geller vs F Olafsson 1-0 35 1975 Teesside B08 Pirc, Classical 10. Tal vs Hort   ½-½ 16 1975 Las Palmas B08 Pirc, Classical 11. Christiansen vs R Cifuentes   ½-½ 44 1975 Buenos Aires B08 Pirc, Classical 12. Tringov vs L Koraksic   1-0 47 1980 Zemun B08 Pirc, Classical 13. S Mariotti vs J Rukavina   ½-½ 10 1981 Budva B08 Pirc, Classical 14. Karpov vs Nunn 1-0 31 1982 06, Tilburg B08 Pirc, Classical 15. Browne vs Quinteros   ½-½ 19 1982 Olympiad B08 Pirc, Classical 16. K Hulak vs Seirawan ½-½ 60 1982 Interzonal B08 Pirc, Classical 17. I Asmundsson vs Christiansen   0-1 38 1984 Grind (Germany) B08 Pirc, Classical 18. G Milos vs Kavalek   ½-½ 14 1986 Olympiad B08 Pirc, Classical 19. Kavalek vs Christiansen   ½-½ 49 1987 m/2 B08 Pirc, Classical 20. Browne vs Christiansen   ½-½ 76 1987 Ch USA B08 Pirc, Classical 21. M Dutreeuw vs S Kamuhangire   1-0 40 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) B08 Pirc, Classical 22. I Simeonidis vs T Gelashvili   0-1 27 1997 Ikaros 1st B08 Pirc, Classical 23. Mulyar vs John Dould   1-0 28 2001 US Open B08 Pirc, Classical 24. M Zurel vs V Krasevec   ½-½ 41 2005 World Seniors Championship B08 Pirc, Classical 25. A Kim vs N Khoroshev   1-0 51 2008 2nd Agzamov Memorial B08 Pirc, Classical  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29

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