1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Kh1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Qb6 15.Bd3 Bb7 16.Qh4 h6 17.Qg3 Nh5 18.Qg4 Nf6 19.Qg3 Nh5 20.Qg4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Sicilian, Taimanov Variation (B49)
Player profiles: T Luther, Zsofia Polgar

Novelty of stem-game: 11. Kh1

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6  8. 0-0 Be7  9. f4 d6  10. Qe1 0-0

page 1 of 1; 7 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Barczay vs J Kozma   ½-½ 32 1964 Pecs B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 2. Hecht vs Matulovic   1-0 54 1970 Reykjavik B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 3. Reshevsky vs Browne   ½-½ 55 1977 Lone Pine B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 4. T Luther vs Zsofia Polgar   ½-½ 20 1991 It, Budapest (Hungary) B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 5. Shirov vs Portisch   ½-½ 35 1993 Biel B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 6. Shirov vs J Benjamin 1-0 33 1994 It (cat.16) B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. H Rittner vs V P Normantas   0-1 79 1994 Lewkowitz mem-B corr9498 B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6  8. 0-0 Be7  9. f4 d6  10. Qe1

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Kosiorek vs L Piotrowski   ½-½ 39 2001 Rubinstein Open B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation

 

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6  8. 0-0 Be7  9. f4 d6

page 1 of 1; 11 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Tukmakov vs P Hesse   1-0 26 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 2. J E Lewis vs S Djuric   ½-½ 40 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 3. T L Petrosian vs J Geller 1-0 38 2007 European Individual Championships B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 4. T Kett vs I Rees   1-0 37 2007 53rd Welsh Championship B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 5. M Makropoulou vs J Zawadzka 1-0 39 2009 17th European Team Championship (Women) B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 6. G N Gopal vs Negi   ½-½ 65 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. T Kett vs M Hasan   1-0 25 2010 Chess Olympiad B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 8. Yifan Hou vs L Javakhishvili   1-0 26 2010 European Club Cup (Women) B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 9. M Choisy vs D Pira   ½-½ 70 2011 French Team Championships B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 10. M Zaslavsky vs D Arutinian   ½-½ 46 2012 23rd Czech Open A B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 11. M Pena Gomez vs Y Quesada Perez   ½-½ 48 2012 CECLUB 1st Div GpA B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6  8. 0-0 Be7  9. f4

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Anisimov vs Macieja   ½-½ 9 2009 10th European Individual Championship B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation

 

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6  8. 0-0

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 72  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G A Thomas vs L Steiner 1-0 35 1932 Hastings ENG B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 2. Gligoric vs Taimanov ½-½ 37 1960 Buenos Aires B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 3. Y Kots vs Taimanov   1-0 53 1961 USSR Championship 1961b B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 4. T Lomaia vs Bannik   ½-½ 73 1963 URS-chT B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 5. Ivkov vs Janosevic   ½-½ 35 1964 Belgrade B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 6. W Bialas vs Matulovic   ½-½ 29 1964 Tel Aviv ol (Men) fin-A B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. Brzozka vs Matulovic   ½-½ 17 1965 Rubinstein mem B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 8. Panno vs Najdorf 1-0 26 1965 Buenos Aires B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 9. Z Domnitz vs Yanofsky   0-1 70 1966 Tel-Aviv it B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 10. C Radovici vs M Schoeneberg   ½-½ 18 1968 East Berlin Lasker mem B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 11. G Kluger vs L Kovacs   ½-½ 17 1970 HUN-ch B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 12. Matulovic vs Janosevic   ½-½ 57 1971 Sarajevo B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 13. S Soska vs P Hanko   0-1 35 1973 Prievidza B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 14. G Kuzmin vs Matulovic   1-0 44 1973 URS-YUG B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 15. E Torre vs Hort 1-0 39 1974 Olympiad B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 16. V Tukmakov vs Taimanov   ½-½ 28 1975 Vilnius B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 17. R J Sutton vs P Stuart   0-1 38 1976 Auckland University Open Tt B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 18. V Vepkhvishvili vs Vladimirov   ½-½ 66 1976 SU Universiad B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 19. Z Radojevic vs A Babev   0-1 40 1978 Prievidza B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 20. P Thipsay vs Taimanov   1-0 48 1982 India B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 21. S Bouaziz vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 33 1987 Szirak (Hungary) B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 22. A Stefansson vs Zsofia Polgar   ½-½ 39 1989 It (open), New York (USA) B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 23. V Spasov vs A Zapata   1-0 75 1990 Manila izt B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 24. Shirov vs Hjartarson   1-0 40 1993 Ch World (team) B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 25. Bologan vs J Ye   ½-½ 41 1994 Moscow olm B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 72

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 58  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Van Foreest vs C Messemaker   ½-½ 31 1886 Utrecht B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 2. A Larsson vs V Sjoberg   0-1 33 1920 Goteborg B B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 3. M Johansson Sr vs Ivkov   ½-½ 23 1963 Halle B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 4. Szabo vs P Dely   1-0 33 1963 Budapest B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 5. V Nedeljkovic vs S Handsuren   1-0 63 1963 2nd olw final B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 6. D Neukirch vs J Kozma   ½-½ 30 1965 DSV-Turnier 02nd B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. Murey vs V Liberzon   0-1 35 1965 Ch Central Chess Club ( 1/2 ), Moscow B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 8. C Radovici vs Matulovic   ½-½ 22 1965 EU-chT (Men) B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 9. Gligoric vs J Rooze   1-0 23 1966 EU-ch U20 clock sim1 B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 10. Portisch vs Matulovic   ½-½ 39 1967 Palma de Mallorca B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 11. S Aarseth vs J Ljungdahl   0-1 48 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 12. R Chavez Chavez vs Ribli   0-1 56 1972 Skopje (ol) B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 13. E Paoli vs J Sofrevski   0-1 55 1973 Plovdiv B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 14. E Paoli vs Ulf Andersson 0-1 40 1973 Dortmund B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 15. S Mariotti vs Tal 0-1 26 1975 Milan B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 16. T Thorsteinsson vs Christiansen   0-1 39 1988 Reykjavik cq B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 17. P Lucas Chambule vs Z Rahman   0-1 53 1996 Yerevan ol (Men) B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 18. S Maslianok vs M Brodsky   0-1 45 1997 Krasnodar op B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 19. R Antoniewski vs P Haba   0-1 43 1997 CZE-chT 9798 B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 20. J Becerra-Rivero vs A Zapata 1-0 38 1997 Capablanca Elite,CUB B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 21. P Blehm vs Movsesian   ½-½ 22 1999 CZE-chT 9900 B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 22. D Schumacher vs F Ketelaar   0-1 64 2000 GER-chT U20 B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 23. F Eichenseer vs Frank Strube   0-1 31 2000 LLN BY99/00 B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 24. P Blehm vs L Sandler   ½-½ 34 2000 34th Olympiad B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 25. P Blehm vs P Charbonneau   1-0 35 2001 Elbow Beach Club GMB B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 58

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 39  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Mikenas vs Taimanov 0-1 42 1962 USSR Championship B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 2. V Mikenas vs L Popov 1-0 35 1962 Sofia B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 3. Nezhmetdinov vs V Sergievsky   1-0 38 1963 Russian Spatakiade B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 4. J A Lee vs Keene 0-1 30 1965 London League B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 5. R A Fuller vs Keene 1-0 40 1965 County Match B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 6. Petrosian vs Taimanov   ½-½ 21 1969 USSR Championship B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. H Westerinen vs Taimanov   0-1 58 1970 Wijk aan Zee B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 8. B Eley vs Hartston   ½-½ 49 1972 Hastings 7273 B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 9. Tseshkovsky vs A Fominyh   1-0 38 1989 Spring op B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 10. Geller vs K Bischoff   ½-½ 25 1989 Dortmund B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 11. P Thipsay vs Illescas Cordoba   ½-½ 37 1990 Manila B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 12. Shirov vs Adams   1-0 49 1993 Chalkidiki B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 13. B Kreiman vs J Benjamin   ½-½ 61 1994 USA, Ch USA, X, Key West B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 14. G Rojo Huerta vs D Rajkovic   1-0 37 1994 Madrid, Cat.4 B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 15. Oll vs J Benjamin   0-1 45 1995 07, Newark NY op B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 16. P Blehm vs P Cramling   0-1 82 2000 34th Olympiad B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 17. B Valach vs T Nagy   ½-½ 21 2000 SVK-chT3B 9900 B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 18. Ni Hua vs S B Hansen   ½-½ 45 2000 34th Olympiad B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 19. M A Martinez Lizarraga vs E Djingarova   0-1 33 2001 IX Open B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 20. M Grabics vs E Djingarova   ½-½ 8 2001 TCh-CRO Women B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 21. P Blehm vs P Jaracz   ½-½ 18 2001 58th ch-POL B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 22. J C Fernandez vs A Zapata   0-1 25 2002 Curacao Open B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 23. I Asmundsson vs D Mastrovasilis   0-1 41 2002 European Club Cup B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 24. J Dworakowska vs D Andreeski   1-0 40 2002 18th Open B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 25. G Shahade vs P Charbonneau   ½-½ 29 2002 GMB B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 39

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