1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Ba4 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. c4 Bxb3 14. axb3 c6 15. Qe3 Kh8 16. Nd2 Rg8 17. Ne4 Nc8 18. Qf4 Rg6 19. Rfd1 Ne7 20. Nxf6 Nf5 21. Nh5 Qg5 22. Qxg5 Rxg5 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 a6 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Rad1 Kg7 27. Kf1 Ra5 28. Ke2 Ra2 29. R1d2 Ra1 30. Rd1 Ra2 31. R3d2 h6 32. g4 a5 33. Kd3 a4 34. bxa4 Rxa4 35. b3 Ra5 36. Kc3 h5 37. gxh5 Rxh5 38. Ra1 Kf6 39. g3 Ke7 40. Ra7 Rd7 41. Re2 Kd8 42. Re4 Rh1 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. Rb8 Rf1 45. Rf4 Rc1+ 46. Kb4 Rd1 47. g4 b5 48. Kc5 Rc1 49. Rc8 bxc4 50. bxc4 Rd5+ 51. Kb4 Rb1+ 52. Kc3 Rc1+ 53. Kd3 Rd7 54. Rxc6 e5 55. Re4 Rxd4+ 56. Rxd4 Rd1+ 57. Ke4 exd4 58. Ra6 d3 59. Ra2 Kd6 60. Kd4 d2 61. Ke3 Re1+ 62. Kxd2 Re4 63. Ra4 Kc5 64. f3 Rf4 65. Ke3 Rf6 66. Ke4 Re6+ 67. Kf5 1-0

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Opening: French (C11)
Player profiles: Smyslov, Stahlberg

Novelty of stem-game: 11. ...Ba4

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7  8. Bc4 0-0  9. Qe2 Nb6  10. Bb3 Bd7  11. 0-0

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Smyslov vs Stahlberg 1-0 67 1950 ct, Budapest C11 French 2. Smyslov vs Stahlberg 1-0 33 1953 Zurich Candidates C11 French 3. Spassky vs M Czerniak 1-0 38 1971 Goteborg C11 French

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7  8. Bc4 0-0  9. Qe2

page 1 of 1; 6 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Velimirovic vs Pachman   0-1 33 1994 seniors C11 French 2. J Magem Badals vs G Dizdar   1-0 36 1996 Olympiad C11 French 3. Anand vs Radjabov   ½-½ 21 2002 FIDE GP C11 French 4. O De la Riva Aguado vs Radjabov   1-0 64 2002 Pamplona ESP C11 French 5. R Tischbierek vs Sadler   0-1 36 2004 Bundesliga 0304 C11 French 6. F Jenni vs D Good   ½-½ 33 2008 8th Winterthur Chess Week C11 French

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7  8. Bc4 0-0

page 1 of 1; 4 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Fischer vs Pachman 1-0 43 1960 Leipzig ol fin C11 French 2. R Goode vs H Ek   ½-½ 19 1966 Malmo SWE ch C11 French 3. S Alonso vs J M Pascual Perdiguero   1-0 20 2001 5th Pablo Gorbea Mem Open C11 French 4. P Llaneza-Vega vs L Mkrtchian   0-1 51 2003 EuTCh w C11 French

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7  8. Bc4

page 1 of 1; 16 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Short vs Nikolaiczuk   1-0 24 1986 Dortmund C11 French 2. Hracek vs Navara   ½-½ 48 1998 Prague Comnet m C11 French 3. A Volokitin vs Navara   ½-½ 115 1999 Groningen Young Masters C11 French 4. G Milos vs Bareev ½-½ 13 2000 WCC C11 French 5. G Milos vs Bareev 0-1 94 2000 WCC C11 French 6. Shirov vs M Gurevich   ½-½ 21 2000 FIDE World Ch C11 French 7. A Goloshchapov vs M Gurevich   0-1 55 2001 Essent Open C11 French 8. Timman vs M Gurevich   ½-½ 17 2002 Corus C11 French 9. J Magem Badals vs M Abdul   1-0 73 2002 Bled Olympiad C11 French 10. D Aketaeva vs A Zatonskih   1-0 62 2002 Olympiad, women C11 French 11. N Davies vs B Lalic   ½-½ 17 2004 Gibraltar Masters C11 French 12. Sutovsky vs Navara   ½-½ 63 2004 GRE-chT C11 French 13. Sutovsky vs Efimenko   ½-½ 44 2005 Russian Teams C11 French 14. Huebner vs M Gurevich   ½-½ 15 2005 Bundesliga Final Weekend C11 French 15. D Ledger vs S Dilleigh   1-0 31 2006 British Championship C11 French 16. M Al-Modiahki vs M Gurevich 0-1 42 2007 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival C11 French  page 1 of 1; 16 games

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7

page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 215  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Maroczy vs Tarrasch   ½-½ 30 1898 Vienna C11 French 2. A Marder vs E Tennenwurzel   1-0 24 1913 Rice CC Summer Tournament C11 French 3. E Tennenwurzel vs J C Rosenthal   ½-½ 27 1916 Rice Memorial C11 French 4. A E Wolf vs L Bourqui   ½-½ 64 1921 Vienna-B C11 French 5. A Gromer vs V Kahn   0-1 29 1923 Cercle Philidor Tournament C11 French 6. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine 1-0 54 1923 Margate C11 French 7. Lasker vs Carlos Torre ½-½ 26 1924 Simultaneous exhibition C11 French 8. Alekhine vs A Aurbach   ½-½ 29 1925 Bern (06) C10 French 9. Yates vs Alekhine 0-1 75 1927 Kecskemet C11 French 10. J Gemzoe vs L Matibet 1-0 15 1928 Olympiad C11 French 11. L Steiner vs Alekhine 0-1 33 1929 Bradley Beach C11 French 12. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine ½-½ 38 1929 Alekhine-Bogoljubov World Championship Match C11 French 13. K Richter vs L Abramavicius 1-0 23 1930 Hamburg ol (Men) C11 French 14. Kashdan vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 13 1930 Stockholm C11 French 15. Weenink vs L Matibet 1-0 58 1930 Hamburg ol (Men) C11 French 16. Weenink vs J Van Den Bosch   1-0 32 1930 Amsterdam C11 French 17. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Rauzer   1-0 29 1931 USSR Championship C11 French 18. I A Horowitz vs V Marin y Llovet   1-0 32 1931 Prague ol (Men) C11 French 19. I A Horowitz vs Kupchik   ½-½ 31 1931 New York International C11 French 20. Kan vs Shneideman   0-1 31 1931 Ch URS (1/2 final) C11 French 21. I Gudju vs L Matibet   1-0 29 1931 Prague ol (Men) C11 French 22. Verlinsky vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky   1-0 36 1931 USSR Championship C11 French 23. M Yudovich Sr. vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky   1-0 40 1931 USSR Championship C11 French 24. Dake vs Kashdan   ½-½ 19 1932 Goodyear C11 French 25. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Stepanov   1-0 42 1932 Leningrad Ch C11 French  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 215

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3

page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 271  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Carlos Torre vs E Z Adams 1-0 21 1920 New Orleans, USA C11 French 2. Loman vs J Van Den Bosch   1-0 25 1927 Match C11 French 3. Loman vs W F Wertheim 1-0 16 1927 Match C11 French 4. Alekhine vs Sequeira AD   1-0 48 1933 Hong Kong C11 French 5. E Eliskases vs Spielmann   ½-½ 67 1936 Match C11 French 6. A Becker vs Spielmann   ½-½ 73 1936 Zandvoort C11 French 7. J Barta vs Josef Koska   1-0 57 1937 Brno C11 French 8. C H Alexander vs Spielmann   0-1 52 1938 Margate C11 French 9. Tolush vs Bondarevsky   0-1 92 1939 USSR Championship C11 French 10. Ragozin vs Bondarevsky   0-1 43 1939 USSR Championship C11 French 11. Levenfish vs Bondarevsky   1-0 74 1939 Leningrad/Moscow training C11 French 12. M Herink vs J Lastovicka   0-1 52 1950 Chocen C11 French 13. A Thiellement vs W Morena   1-0 17 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C11 French 14. Unzicker vs P Troeger 1-0 25 1957 Bad Neuenahr C11 French 15. Blau vs P Troeger   ½-½ 76 1958 13th olm final A C11 French 16. C Orbaan vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 14 1959 Krakov C11 French 17. Keres vs P Troeger 1-0 31 1960 Hamburg FRG-SU C11 French 18. Kavalek vs J Fichtl   ½-½ 38 1961 CSR-ch C11 French 19. Polugaevsky vs Keres   ½-½ 21 1961 USSR Championship 1961b C11 French 20. K Darga vs W Pietzsch   ½-½ 23 1962 Varna ol (Men) C11 French 21. Gipslis vs N Darsniek 1-0 18 1962 Riga C11 French 22. R Timmer vs N Elder   1-0 19 1963 2nd olw final C11 French 23. R Timmer vs S Handsuren   1-0 42 1963 2nd olw final C11 French 24. Gligoric vs J Durao   ½-½ 30 1963 Enschede zt C11 French 25. Fischer vs D Ellison 1-0 28 1964 Cleveland sim C11 French  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 271

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P F Johner vs Znosko-Borovsky ½-½ 25 1906 Ostend C11 French 2. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine   ½-½ 43 1925 Baden Baden C11 French 3. Weenink vs Maroczy   ½-½ 33 1930 match NED C11 French 4. Maroczy vs L Matibet   1-0 47 1930 Hamburg C11 French 5. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Rauzer   0-1 22 1936 Leningrad-ch C11 French 6. Alekhine vs S Landau   ½-½ 28 1936 Amsterdam Quad C11 French 7. Bogoljubov vs Patigler 1-0 20 1938 corr (FS C11 French 8. Smyslov vs M Katetov ½-½ 42 1946 Moscow C11 French 9. Smyslov vs Pachman 1-0 33 1947 Moscow C11 French 10. Najdorf vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 26 1948 Buenos Aires C11 French 11. Foguelman vs C Incutto   0-1 45 1960 Mar del Plata C11 French 12. Boleslavsky vs Teschner 1-0 39 1960 FRG-URS C11 French 13. Bronstein vs I Nei 1-0 21 1962 Ch URS (team) C11 French 14. Spassky vs Petrosian ½-½ 39 1966 Petrosian-Spassky World Championship Match C11 French 15. V Ciocaltea vs M Czerniak   ½-½ 58 1968 AKROPOLIS C11 French 16. Spassky vs L Grigorian   ½-½ 23 1975 Olympiad URS C11 French 17. L Binet Tapaszto vs K Fufuengmongkolkij   0-1 61 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) C10 French 18. Dvoirys vs Bareev   0-1 63 1990 Lvov zt C11 French 19. P A Boll vs Dreev   0-1 37 1993 Tilburg (Netherlands) C11 French 20. Topalov vs Bareev 0-1 23 1994 Linares C11 French 21. V Piber vs J Zorko   0-1 32 2001 12th Open C11 French 22. J Janovsky vs M Bobula   ½-½ 37 2001 EYCC B12 C11 French 23. L Toth vs A Tako   1-0 24 2001 HUN-ch U16 Girls C11 French 24. A Abreu vs J Nogueiras   ½-½ 22 2001 IX Guillermo Garcia Mem Alfil C11 French 25. M Myc vs B Baran   1-0 26 2001 Kochan Mem Open C11 French  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27

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