1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 Nd5 9.Qe2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.Rd1 b5 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Qh5 Nd3 15.Ba3 Rb8 16.Be4 b4 17.Bxb4 Nxb4 18.cxb4 Rb5 19.Qe2 Qb8 20.a3 c5 21.Qxc4 Qc7 22.Rac1 O-O 23.bxc5 Bc6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Rd6 Qf3 26.c6 g5 27.c7 Rb2 28.Qf1 Qb7 29.Rd8 1-0

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Opening: Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (E04)
Player profiles: Khalifman, A Petrosian

Novelty of stem-game: 9. ...Nxc3

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7  8. Nc3 Nd5  9. Qe2

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Khalifman vs A Petrosian 1-0 29 1987 Khalifman,A E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 2. Beliavsky vs Van Den Doel   1-0 35 2007 European Individual Championships E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7  8. Nc3 Nd5

page 1 of 1; 24 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gulko vs Sveshnikov   1-0 32 1978 Tbilisi URS ch E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 2. P Wells vs Barsov   1-0 31 2000 Vikings GM 2nd E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 3. F Berkes vs Aronian   ½-½ 53 2002 41st World Junior Championships E01 Catalan, Closed 4. E Duliba vs K Rodriguez   1-0 52 2003 15th USCCC Finals E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 5. F Berkes vs Leko   ½-½ 41 2003 Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 6. Filippov vs Sakaev   ½-½ 55 2004 3rd Aeroflot Festival E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 7. W Standke vs J Cote   0-1 44 2004 WCCC23CT02 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 8. Radjabov vs Adams 0-1 47 2004 FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 9. S Bromberger vs B Savchenko   0-1 42 2007 European Individual Championships E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 10. Ponomariov vs B Savchenko   1-0 32 2007 World Blitz Cup E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 11. B Avrukh vs V Babula   1-0 42 2007 European Individual Championships E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 12. S Iskusnyh vs B Savchenko   ½-½ 59 2007 Russian Team Championship E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 13. S Iskusnyh vs A Naumann   0-1 58 2007 European Individual Championships E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 14. Kramnik vs Carlsen ½-½ 28 2007 Corus E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 15. Beliavsky vs Vallejo-Pons   ½-½ 21 2007 XVII Pamplona International E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 16. M Sebenik vs R Zelcic   1-0 46 2008 European Individual Championship A13 English 17. S Dyachkov vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 108 2008 Aeroflot Open E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 18. M Sebenik vs V Bach   1-0 26 2008 European Individual Championship E01 Catalan, Closed 19. K Stupak vs V Laznicka   0-1 29 2008 World Junior Championship E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 20. F Berkes vs G Meier   1-0 42 2009 Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 21. E Tegshsuren vs Y Shulman 0-1 37 2009 World Open E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 22. Caruana vs M Ragger   ½-½ 20 2010 Chess Olympiad E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 23. Caruana vs Y Drozdovskij 1-0 90 2011 World Cup E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 24. Caruana vs Morozevich 0-1 52 2011 Biel Chess Festival E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 1; 24 games

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7  8. Nc3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 35  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Rashkovsky vs Sveshnikov   ½-½ 29 1979 47th USSR Championship E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 2. Beliavsky vs Sveshnikov   0-1 68 1979 Novi Sad E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 3. Rashkovsky vs Sveshnikov   0-1 35 1980 ? E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 4. Azmaiparashvili vs Petrosian   ½-½ 36 1983 Ch URS Lvov E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 5. Razuvaev vs A Petrosian   ½-½ 17 1984 URS-ch sf E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 6. Khalifman vs L Basin   1-0 23 1985 Minsk (Belarus) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 7. K Kakhiani vs A Galliamova   ½-½ 42 1990 Azov E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 8. R Tibensky vs P Haba   0-1 27 1991 CSR-ch E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 9. M Tratar vs Sveshnikov   0-1 32 1994 Ljubljana E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 10. V Mikhalevski vs Kupreichik   0-1 60 1995 Bad Endbach E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 11. Sosonko vs Piket   ½-½ 17 1997 NLD-ch E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 12. Giacomo Bertino vs C Sprengelmeier   0-1 46 1997 ICCF - corr E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 13. A Linna vs M Gessat   1-0 44 1999 ICCF - corr E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 14. Karpov vs Anand   0-1 43 1999 Advanced Chess Match E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 15. K M Paul vs R Zitkus   ½-½ 41 1999 ICCF - corr E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 16. Tkachiev vs Beliavsky   ½-½ 35 1999 3rd Chess Masters Enghien-les-Bains E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 17. J DeMauro vs R Degerhammar   0-1 49 2000 ICCF - corr E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 18. R Janssen vs Barsov   ½-½ 38 2001 Tch-NED E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 19. Gelfand vs Van Wely   1-0 54 2001 Amber Rapidplay E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 20. F Van Harreveld vs Barsov   0-1 62 2001 Tch-NED E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 21. J M Calvo Sanchez vs O Korneev   0-1 26 2001 open E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 22. Gelfand vs L Bruzon   1-0 24 2002 Bled Olympiad E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 23. Ftacnik vs Barsov   ½-½ 43 2002 Montreal 3rd E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 24. E Vladimirov vs Barsov   1-0 39 2002 Asia Cities 13th E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 25. Gelfand vs Adams   ½-½ 29 2003 Enghien-les-Bains E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 35

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 73  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Polugaevsky vs A N Panchenko   1-0 39 1981 Sochi It E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 2. Y Kruppa vs Ivanchuk 0-1 30 1985 USSR 40/604 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 3. G Orlov vs A Shneider   1-0 42 1989 Podolsk (Russia) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 4. Kaidanov vs E Vladimirov   1-0 33 1989 GMA Baleares op E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 5. Krasenkow vs A N Panchenko   ½-½ 14 1990 Belgorod E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 6. I Stohl vs R Braeuning   1-0 55 1992 Munich op9192 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 7. Beliavsky vs Akopian   0-1 66 1997 EU-chT (Men) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 8. K Urban vs R Dautov   ½-½ 25 1997 EU-chT (Men) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 9. O Cvitan vs R Dautov   ½-½ 62 1998 Dresden zt E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 10. M Tratar vs Beliavsky   0-1 32 1999 Nova Gorica Open E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 11. Karpov vs Gelfand   ½-½ 41 1999 Dos Hermanas E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 12. V Piccardo vs R Zitkus   ½-½ 39 1999 ICCF - corr E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 13. P Haba vs L Gorin   1-0 27 1999 Komercni Banka op E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 14. O Cvitan vs M Uribe   1-0 24 2000 34th Olympiad E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 15. S Porat vs L Trent   0-1 29 2001 WYB16 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 16. I Nikolaidis vs Barsov   0-1 38 2001 3rd Open E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 17. I Polovodin vs Potkin   1-0 42 2001 White Nights E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 18. Kiril Georgiev vs Leko 1-0 45 2002 FIDE GP E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 19. Kiril Georgiev vs Ponomariov 1-0 61 2002 Bled Olympiad E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 20. D Yevseev vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 20 2003 St Petersburg vs. Moscow E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 21. V Piccardo vs M Mraz   ½-½ 43 2003 ICCF - corr E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 22. Huzman vs Acs   ½-½ 50 2003 European Clubs Cup (Men) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 23. V Hefka vs M Mraz   ½-½ 46 2003 ICCF - corr E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 24. G Meins vs R Tischbierek   ½-½ 30 2004 Bundesliga 0405 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 25. O Sogaard vs H Bross   ½-½ 24 2004 DSU 100 Years E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 73

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 43  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Sosonko vs Karpov   ½-½ 39 1977 Tilburg Interpolis E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 2. Razuvaev vs Beliavsky   ½-½ 73 1978 URS-ch46 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 3. Polugaevsky vs Portisch   ½-½ 42 1981 Amsterdam i 31\\544 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 4. G Timoshchenko vs A Shneider   1-0 38 1982 URS-ch sf E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 5. Ivanchuk vs Kiril Georgiev   ½-½ 56 1988 Reggio Emilia E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 6. Romanishin vs A Kveinys   ½-½ 26 1990 Groningen E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 7. N Davies vs K Murugan   ½-½ 10 1996 Wrexham (Wales) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 8. V Tukmakov vs A Mikhalevski   1-0 52 1998 Biel MTO op E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 9. M Konopka vs P Haba 0-1 26 1998 CZE-ch E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 10. R Janssen vs Barsov   1-0 33 1999 Haarlem AKN op 8th E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 11. V Tukmakov vs D Gurevich   1-0 66 1999 Geneve op E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 12. Gelfand vs V Milov   ½-½ 37 2000 Biel SUI E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 13. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs M Manakova   1-0 37 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. Lputian vs V Milov   ½-½ 60 2000 34th Olympiad E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 15. I Rausis vs V Milov   ½-½ 32 2001 open E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 16. H Ellers vs H Baumgartner   0-1 54 2001 TCh-AUT -2 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 17. Filippov vs V Arbakov   0-1 41 2001 54th ch-RUS E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 18. V Tukmakov vs R Bagirov   1-0 32 2001 MTO E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 19. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs C Peptan   ½-½ 8 2002 Olympiad, women E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 20. Khalifman vs M Perunovic   ½-½ 46 2003 EU-chT (Men) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 21. A Stefanova vs T Vasilevich   ½-½ 75 2004 FIDE Women's World Championship E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 22. Damljanovic vs B Ivanovic   ½-½ 35 2004 Montenegro op 5th E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 23. Aronian vs F Doettling   ½-½ 33 2004 FRA-chT Gp-A E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 24. Sakaev vs Onischuk   ½-½ 29 2005 USA vs Russia Distance Match E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 25. R Wojtaszek vs R Rabiega   1-0 71 2007 Bundesliga 0607 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 43

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page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 156  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Martin vs Gligoric   0-1 51 1955 Buenos Aires CA E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 2. Bronstein vs Kholmov   ½-½ 41 1957 USSR Championship E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 3. M Vukic vs Marjanovic   0-1 42 1980 Ch Yugoslavia E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 4. Alburt vs Portisch   ½-½ 19 1980 Olympiad E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 5. B Lalic vs Marjanovic   1-0 22 1985 Bosnia & Herzegovina E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 6. I Rogers vs A Davidovic   0-1 45 1986 It Nis E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 7. Krasenkow vs A Petrosian   ½-½ 29 1988 active E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 8. D Gedevanishvili vs I Rogers   0-1 27 1988 It Canberra A13 English 9. S Burtman vs A Galliamova   0-1 29 1990 Azov E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 10. Wojtkiewicz vs A Kveinys   0-1 49 1991 Poland E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 11. Khalifman vs Akopian   ½-½ 30 1992 Olympiad E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 12. B Tasic vs I Efimov   0-1 11 1994 Nice (France) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 13. P Haba vs V Arbakov   1-0 43 1997 Chemnitz op E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 14. G Timoshenko vs I Novikov   ½-½ 23 1997 Nova Gorica op 2nd E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 15. R Ruck vs V Tukmakov   ½-½ 31 1998 CRO-chT E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 16. Ulibin vs G Tunik   ½-½ 35 1998 RUS-ch E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 17. S Shipov vs S Ivanov   0-1 35 1998 RUS-ch E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 18. O Berezin vs M Brodsky   ½-½ 15 1998 Donetzk zt E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 19. V Arbakov vs Barsov   0-1 40 1999 Le Touquet op 14th E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 20. J Helbig vs M Rupp   0-1 27 1999 BL2-Ost9900 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 21. V Tukmakov vs K Hulak 1-0 29 1999 CRO-chT E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 22. Tkachiev vs Van Wely   0-1 36 2000 1st European Blitz Championships E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 23. S Lukey vs A H Wohl   0-1 38 2000 Oceania Zonal Tt E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 24. K Miton vs Jakovenko   1-0 41 2000 World Junior E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 25. M Broomfield vs A Law   0-1 32 2000 4NCL 0001 Div-2 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 156

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