1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nf3 a6 8.a4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.O-O exd5 12.exd5 Nfd7 13.Qg3 Ne5 14.Be2 f5 15.Bd2 a5 16.Nb5 Na6 17.f4 Nf7 18.Bc3 Nc7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qc3+ Kg8 21.Nxc7 Qxc7 22.Rae1 Rae8 23.Bf3 Nd8 24.Kh2 Qg7 25.Qd2 b6 26.g3 Qd4 27.Qc3 h5 28.Kg2 Kf7 29.Rxe8 Rxe8 30.Qxd4 cxd4 31.Rd1 Re3 32.Rxd4 Rb3 33.Rd2 Rb4 34.Rc2 Nb7 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 fxg4 37.Bxg4 Nc5 38.Bd1 Nd3 39.Rc3 Nxb2 40.Be2 Nxa4 41.Rh3 Nc5 42.Rh7+ Kf6 43.Ra7 Rb3 44.Bg4 g5 45.Be2 a4 46.Bd1 0-1

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Opening: Benoni Defense (A56)
Player profiles: L Shamkovich, Gheorghiu

Novelty of stem-game: 7. ...a6

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Lilienthal vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 42 1955 Ch-URS ,1 02 A56 Benoni Defense 2. A Laustsen vs L Endzelins 0-1 33 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship A56 Benoni Defense 3. M Aaron vs J Durao   ½-½ 43 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) A56 Benoni Defense 4. M Aaron vs Robatsch 0-1 58 1962 Hastings 1961/62 A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 5. Saidy vs J Sherwin   0-1 48 1967 U.S. Championship A10 English 6. B Shashin vs Savon   0-1 30 1970 Moscow A56 Benoni Defense 7. W G Addison vs Panno   ½-½ 31 1970 Caracas it A56 Benoni Defense 8. A Pomar-Salamanca vs R Hartoch   1-0 38 1972 Wijk aan Zee I A56 Benoni Defense 9. Smyslov vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 30 1973 Petropolis Interzonal A56 Benoni Defense 10. A Haik vs Sznapik   0-1 83 1981 11. It A56 Benoni Defense 11. L Shamkovich vs Gheorghiu   0-1 46 1984 New York (USA) A56 Benoni Defense 12. Dlugy vs J Benjamin   ½-½ 48 1988 National op Blitz A56 Benoni Defense 13. Jasnikowski vs Wojtkiewicz   1-0 39 1988 Polanica A56 Benoni Defense 14. Reshevsky vs P Vezzosi   1-0 36 1988 Lugano Open A57 Benko Gambit 15. C Rosenfield vs N Molzahn   ½-½ 59 1989 WT/M/GT/264 A56 Benoni Defense 16. V Tukmakov vs V Lukov   1-0 29 1989 GMA Baleares op A56 Benoni Defense 17. Dreev vs Smirin   ½-½ 34 1989 Ch URS E90 King's Indian 18. Plachetka vs S Nemirovski   1-0 32 1990 Val Maubuee op A56 Benoni Defense 19. Spassky vs Fischer 1-0 58 1992 Fischer-Spassky A56 Benoni Defense 20. K Hulak vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 67 1992 EU-chT (Men) A56 Benoni Defense 21. T Reilly vs I Rogers   0-1 25 1993 x A56 Benoni Defense 22. N Edzgveradze vs Y Shulman   0-1 103 1995 EU-ch U20 A56 Benoni Defense 23. R Graf vs V Lukov   ½-½ 36 1995 Cappelle op 11th E90 King's Indian 24. N Sulava vs R Loncar   1-0 59 2001 open A56 Benoni Defense 25. H Matijevic vs M Muse   0-1 52 2001 TCh-CRO E61 King's Indian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O

page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 320  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Steinitz vs Tinsley 1-0 42 1895 Hastings A56 Benoni Defense 2. Capablanca vs Marshall 1-0 46 1928 Berlin A56 Benoni Defense 3. Rubinstein vs F Van Seters   1-0 18 1934 Simul E60 King's Indian Defense 4. Botvinnik vs Bondarevsky ½-½ 22 1938 1/2 final A56 Benoni Defense 5. H Szapiel vs O Troianescu   ½-½ 40 1950 Szczawno Zdroj it, POL A56 Benoni Defense 6. Letelier vs M Czerniak   1-0 51 1950 Venice A56 Benoni Defense 7. Kholmov vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 29 1953 URS-ch sf A56 Benoni Defense 8. R Bobekov vs B Sandor 1-0 73 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A56 Benoni Defense 9. J Marsalek vs G Delmar   1-0 36 1954 CSR-ch sf A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack 10. Lilienthal vs Nezhmetdinov 0-1 33 1954 URS-ch21 Kiev ,URS-ch A56 Benoni Defense 11. B Andersen vs S Muehlberg   0-1 30 1956 Dresden it A56 Benoni Defense 12. A Tarnowski vs B Malich   ½-½ 22 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 A56 Benoni Defense 13. F Parr vs D B Pritchard   0-1 28 1959 BCF-ch A56 Benoni Defense 14. Gy Baranyi vs F Portisch   0-1 35 1959 Zalaegerszeg A56 Benoni Defense 15. P Smederevac vs Matulovic   1-0 73 1960 YUG-ch A65 Benoni, 6.e4 16. M Bertok vs Matulovic   1-0 42 1961 YUG-ch A65 Benoni, 6.e4 17. Smyslov vs J Eising   ½-½ 40 1961 Dortmund A10 English 18. Keene vs H Green   1-0 33 1961 London Clubs Tournament A56 Benoni Defense 19. Volovich vs Vasiukov   0-1 60 1961 Moscow-ch A56 Benoni Defense 20. L Navarovszky vs Ujtelky   0-1 34 1961 EU-chT (Men) E70 King's Indian 21. J Rejfir vs E Haag 0-1 45 1961 EU-chT (Men) A56 Benoni Defense 22. M Aaron vs Stein 0-1 24 1962 Stockholm Interzonal A56 Benoni Defense 23. S Hunt vs F Clark   0-1 38 1962 Utah Open E77 King's Indian 24. A Roizman vs B Vladimirov   ½-½ 17 1962 URS-chT A56 Benoni Defense 25. Antoshin vs B Vladimirov   1-0 40 1962 URS-chT A56 Benoni Defense  page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 320

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