1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qe1 Re8 14. Qf2 Ned7 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Kh1 Qb8 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Nh7 20. Bf4 g5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Bg3 Nhf8 23. Qh2 Ne5 24. Qh6 Nfg6 25. Kg2 Qc7 26. Rh1 Bf6 27. Nc2 Qe7 28. Ne3 Nh4+ 29. Kf2 Neg6 30. Rcd1 Bg7 31. Qh5 Be5 32. Bxh4 gxh4 33. Ng2 Bg3+ 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Sicilian (B44)
Player profiles: Tal, Polugaevsky

Novelty of stem-game: 16. Qc7

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0 0-0  11. b6 Be3  12. Ne5 f3  13. Bb7 Qe1  14. Re8 Qf2  15. Nd7 Rfd1

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 33 1980 Alma_Ata B44 Sicilian 2. Yudasin vs Chekhov   0-1 38 1983 Lvov B44 Sicilian

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0 0-0  11. b6 Be3  12. Ne5 f3  13. Bb7 Qe1

page 1 of 1; 5 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Matulovic vs Z Krnic   1-0 67 1983 Vrnjacka Banja B44 Sicilian 2. Y Kruppa vs S Meribanov   1-0 42 1986 Minsk tt B44 Sicilian 3. Balashov vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 20 1986 URS-FL Irkutsk B44 Sicilian 4. Y Kruppa vs Suetin   1-0 49 1993 It (cat.9) B44 Sicilian 5. D Svetushkin vs A Sokolov   ½-½ 25 2006 35th Greek Team Championship B44 Sicilian

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0 0-0  11. b6 Be3  12. Ne5 f3  13. Bb7

page 1 of 1; 11 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Kengis vs Vyzmanavin   1-0 44 1983 Ch URS (young masters) B44 Sicilian 2. Chiburdanidze vs Gufeld   ½-½ 18 1983 Dortmund B44 Sicilian 3. Beliavsky vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 44 1984 Olympiad, Salonika (Greece) B44 Sicilian 4. Ljubojevic vs Portisch   ½-½ 53 1985 Linares B44 Sicilian 5. Naiditsch vs A Skripchenko   ½-½ 46 2001 Sparkassen Match B44 Sicilian 6. Naiditsch vs C Lutz   0-1 55 2001 ch-GER B44 Sicilian 7. G Glatt vs Rohde   ½-½ 61 2002 ICCF - corr B44 Sicilian 8. E Dervishi vs O De la Riva Aguado   ½-½ 40 2004 36th Olympiad B44 Sicilian 9. Kramnik vs Svidler ½-½ 25 2005 Dortmund Sparkassen 2005 B44 Sicilian 10. D Svetushkin vs L Aroshidze   0-1 63 2006 Acropolis Tournament B44 Sicilian 11. K Szabo vs F Berkes   ½-½ 33 2012 62nd ch-HUN B44 Sicilian

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0 0-0  11. b6 Be3  12. Ne5 f3

page 1 of 1; 4 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tseshkovsky vs Anikaev   0-1 66 1982 URS-ch FL50 B44 Sicilian 2. O Nikolenko vs A Frolov   ½-½ 21 1991 URS-ch58 B44 Sicilian 3. Naiditsch vs A Skripchenko   ½-½ 56 2001 Sparkassen Match B44 Sicilian 4. A Frhat vs E Sidorova   1-0 43 2001 4th Open B44 Sicilian

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0 0-0  11. b6 Be3  12. Ne5

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tseshkovsky vs Kasparov   ½-½ 32 1979 Minsk B44 Sicilian 2. Gufeld vs Kasparov   ½-½ 33 1980 Baku B44 Sicilian 3. Nikitin vs Kasparov 0-1 40 1981 Moscow B44 Sicilian 4. E Lobron vs Tal   ½-½ 58 1982 Lucerne olm B44 Sicilian 5. Short vs D Barbulescu   1-0 35 1983 Belfort B44 Sicilian 6. F Kuijpers vs P W Van Voorthuijsen   0-1 43 1983 Roosendaal B44 Sicilian 7. Azmaiparashvili vs A Schneider   ½-½ 25 1983 Ch young masters URS Yurmala B44 Sicilian 8. Marjanovic vs Jansa   ½-½ 12 1983 13 B44 Sicilian 9. Nunn vs P Cramling 1-0 54 1984 Zurich B44 Sicilian 10. Vasiukov vs Suetin   1-0 51 1984 Moscow-ch ,MCL 02 B44 Sicilian 11. Huebner vs G Ligterink   1-0 42 1984 Hoogovens B44 Sicilian 12. E Lobron vs J Ye   ½-½ 129 1984 Thessaloniki olm B44 Sicilian 13. Van der Wiel vs J Van Mil   ½-½ 49 1984 Hilversum NED ch B44 Sicilian 14. Y Kruppa vs N Kulinskiy   ½-½ 41 1984 UKR Young Masters-ch B44 Sicilian 15. K Mokry vs Jansa   ½-½ 14 1984 Czechoslovakiet B44 Sicilian 16. Chandler vs Jansa   1-0 54 1984 Thessaloniki olm ;BIG B44 Sicilian 17. Chandler vs C W Pritchett   1-0 34 1985 Ch Great Britain B44 Sicilian 18. A Rodriguez vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 41 1985 Moscow B44 Sicilian 19. Kudrin vs O Renet   0-1 44 1985 Ch World (team) (under 26) B44 Sicilian 20. M Sisniega vs K Spraggett   ½-½ 45 1985 Taxco B44 Sicilian 21. K Mokry vs Jasnikowski   ½-½ 19 1986 Rubinstein mem B44 Sicilian 22. Psakhis vs Y Dokhoian   ½-½ 35 1986 Sevastopol B44 Sicilian 23. S Terzic vs Marjanovic   0-1 55 1986 Zenica (Bosnia & Herzegovina) B44 Sicilian 24. K Mokry vs S Terzic 1-0 56 1986 Zenica B44 Sicilian 25. Chandler vs Quinteros   ½-½ 63 1986 It (open) B44 Sicilian  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0 0-0  11. b6 Be3

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 195  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gufeld vs Furman   ½-½ 27 1963 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 2. Bannik vs B Vladimirov   ½-½ 42 1963 URS-chT B44 Sicilian 3. Stein vs Taimanov 1-0 34 1963 Moscow tt B44 Sicilian 4. P Dely vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 17 1965 EU-chT (Men) B44 Sicilian 5. D Rajkovic vs Matulovic   0-1 40 1965 YUG-ch B44 Sicilian 6. P Dely vs Matulovic   ½-½ 16 1965 Belgrade B44 Sicilian 7. V Osnos vs P Dely 1-0 31 1965 Budapest2 B44 Sicilian 8. Jansa vs Matulovic   ½-½ 65 1966 Sarajevo B44 Sicilian 9. J Trapl vs Smejkal   1-0 58 1966 Harrachov U26 B44 Sicilian 10. Gufeld vs V Osnos   ½-½ 25 1966 USSR Championship 1966/67 B44 Sicilian 11. Geller vs Matulovic   1-0 42 1967 Sousse Interzonal B44 Sicilian 12. P Dely vs Matulovic   0-1 58 1967 Skopje B44 Sicilian 13. Reshevsky vs Matulovic 1-0 61 1967 Sousse Interzonal B44 Sicilian 14. E Havansi vs Matulovic   0-1 47 1967 Halle zt B44 Sicilian 15. A Bradvarevic vs Matulovic   0-1 40 1967 YUG-ch 22th B44 Sicilian 16. Matulovic vs Bukic   1-0 60 1967 Skopje B44 Sicilian 17. Averbakh vs V Osnos   0-1 45 1968 Moscow-Leningrad m B44 Sicilian 18. Tseshkovsky vs V Osnos   ½-½ 25 1968 USSR Championship 1968/69 B44 Sicilian 19. Gipslis vs Janosevic   1-0 66 1968 Belgrade (Yugoslavia) B44 Sicilian 20. S Zhukhovitsky vs V Liberzon   1-0 64 1969 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 21. N Gaprindashvili vs A Kushnir   1-0 37 1969 Moscow (Russia) B44 Sicilian 22. Gipslis vs Averkin   1-0 63 1969 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 23. Browne vs R Byrne   ½-½ 18 1969 San Juan (Puerto Rico) B44 Sicilian 24. S Tatai vs M Damjanovic   1-0 39 1969 IBM B44 Sicilian 25. N Gaprindashvili vs A Kushnir   1-0 91 1969 Tbilisi (Georgia) B44 Sicilian  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 195

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1 c3  8. a6 Na3  9. Be7 Be2  10. 0-0 0-0  11. b6

page 1 of 1; 18 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Suetin vs Spassky   ½-½ 30 1962 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 2. A Khasin vs V Osnos   0-1 57 1965 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 3. B Pietrusiak vs Matulovic   ½-½ 27 1967 Halle zt B44 Sicilian 4. V Zagorovsky vs E Arnlind   1-0 44 1975 8th CC World Ch Final 7580 B44 Sicilian 5. Dorfman vs Balashov   ½-½ 22 1976 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 6. J M Bellon Lopez vs Portisch   0-1 33 1976 Las Palmas B44 Sicilian 7. Ljubojevic vs Kurajica   ½-½ 25 1983 Indonesien B44 Sicilian 8. Ljubojevic vs Kurajica ½-½ 16 1983 Indonesien B44 Sicilian 9. Kholmov vs A Zakharov   1-0 42 1983 URS-ch sf B44 Sicilian 10. Z Rahman vs J C Hawksworth   0-1 35 1986 BCF-ch B44 Sicilian 11. G Kallai vs A Frolov   0-1 33 1990 Siofok B44 Sicilian 12. R Gonzalez vs Miles   0-1 44 1996 Capablanca A Cienfuegos City CUB B44 Sicilian 13. T Haensel vs K Wolter   1-0 44 2001 ch-GER B44 Sicilian 14. Ruan Lufei vs Liang Zhihua   0-1 23 2001 TCh-CHN Women B44 Sicilian 15. P Charbonneau vs Anand 1-0 43 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B44 Sicilian 16. N Faulks vs O De la Riva Aguado   0-1 42 2008 2008 Olympiad B44 Sicilian 17. E Epstein vs T Fomina   ½-½ 19 2008 SenWM Women B44 Sicilian 18. L Lederman vs K Roser   1-0 27 2013 Tradewise Gibraltar B44 Sicilian  page 1 of 1; 18 games

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