1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.c3 e5 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 exd4 10.Bf4 d6 11.Na3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 O-O 14.Qb3 Qd7 15.h4 Ne5 16.Nb5 N7c6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Nf3+ 20.Bxf3 Bxd4 21.Rd1 Bg7 22.e5 d5 23.Bxd5 Kh8 24.Qf3 Qf5 25.g4 Qc2 26.Rd2 Qc7 27.Re2 Qa5 28.Bb3 Qb5 29.h5 Rd3 30.Re3 Rxe3 31.Qxe3 g5 32.Bg3 h6 33.Qe4 Kg8 34.Qf5 a5 35.e6 Qxf5 36.gxf5 Bxb2 37.Bd6 1/2-1/2

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Opening: French Defense (C00)
Player profiles: B Hjorth, Speelman

Novelty of stem-game: 8. d4

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 e5

page 1 of 1; 11 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Fichtl vs J Marsalek   0-1 68 1965 CSR-ch B40 Sicilian 2. B Hjorth vs Speelman   ½-½ 37 1985 Ch Great Britain C00 French Defense 3. Vasiukov vs Levitina   1-0 36 1995 Furman mem C00 French Defense 4. M Kaminski vs W Schmidt   ½-½ 29 1998 MK Cafe Cup-A C00 French Defense 5. S Berger vs M Brodsky   1-0 38 2000 KB Czech Open B40 Sicilian 6. Y Xu vs P Cramling   1-0 67 2000 WCC B40 Sicilian 7. N Firman vs S Bohnenblust   1-0 37 2001 Biel Magistral de Jovenes C00 French Defense 8. J Radovanovic vs K Spraggett   0-1 27 2005 Gibraltar Masters B40 Sicilian 9. M Roiz vs Smirin   ½-½ 14 2006 European Club Cup B40 Sicilian 10. V Sanduleac vs H Banikas   ½-½ 14 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B40 Sicilian 11. A Bonafede vs D Rombaldoni   0-1 32 2010 70th ch-ITA B40 Sicilian

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1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Blau vs O Sterner   0-1 51 1958 Hastings 1957/58 C00 French Defense 2. O Gadia vs J de Souza Mendes   1-0 29 1964 Brasilia C00 French Defense 3. M Turner vs Y Shulman   ½-½ 59 1993 EU-ch U18 C00 French Defense 4. M Turner vs J Kjeldsen   0-1 42 1994 It Aarhus Festuge B40 Sicilian 5. Ehlvest vs Judit Polgar   1-0 44 1995 Intel Chess Grand Prix (active) B40 Sicilian 6. Ehlvest vs Yusupov ½-½ 35 1995 Novgorod C00 French Defense 7. M Kaminski vs Glek   0-1 53 1995 Biel op C00 French Defense 8. S Belkhodja vs G Timoshenko   0-1 29 1998 Paris op B40 Sicilian 9. A Dexler vs M Moebus   0-1 45 1999 Hassloch op-A C00 French Defense 10. R W Smith vs I Bjelobrk   0-1 55 1999 107th New Zealand C00 French Defense 11. E Janev vs A Hauchard   0-1 38 2004 20th Cappelle la Grande B40 Sicilian 12. M Kaminski vs V McCambridge   1-0 38 2005 USCL Carolina vs San Francisco C00 French Defense 13. I Chahrani vs T Thamtavatvorn   ½-½ 66 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C00 French Defense 14. G Koskoska vs M Medic   0-1 45 2006 37th Chess Olympiad: Women C00 French Defense 15. A Bokros vs A Minasian   0-1 39 2007 European Club Cup C00 French Defense 16. Damljanovic vs R Jedynak   1-0 38 2007 French League C00 French Defense 17. Gaguik Oganessian vs Alexandru Cacinschi   ½-½ 82 2008 Festival des Jeux C00 French Defense 18. V Sanduleac vs D Ramesa   1-0 37 2008 European Individual Championship B40 Sicilian 19. P Piscopo vs D Dvirnyy   1-0 26 2010 70th ch-ITA C00 French Defense 20. B Predojevic vs M Kazhgaleyev   ½-½ 10 2010 Chess Olympiad C00 French Defense 21. P Piscopo vs M Roiz   ½-½ 35 2010 European Individual Championships C00 French Defense 22. T Vihinen vs G Sinnett   ½-½ 30 2010 European Club Cup C00 French Defense 23. D Zakarian vs N Pert   ½-½ 69 2011 4NCL C00 French Defense 24. Yudasin vs D Yang   ½-½ 62 2011 39th World Open C00 French Defense 25. G Beikert vs S Fedorchuk   ½-½ 40 2012 French Team Championship B40 Sicilian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Cappello vs Schmid   0-1 23 1964 Clare Benedict Cup 11th B40 Sicilian 2. Vasiukov vs Doroshkievich   ½-½ 38 1966 USSR Championship 1966/67 C00 French Defense 3. Tal vs H Liebert 1-0 43 1974 Lublin C00 French Defense 4. Smyslov vs Kurajica   0-1 28 1980 Bar C00 French Defense 5. Kholmov vs P Kucera   1-0 62 1995 Decin op C00 French Defense 6. Kholmov vs R Tibensky   1-0 69 1995 Mlada Boleslav op C00 French Defense 7. Kasparov vs P Albalate 1-0 29 1997 El Pais Simul, Madrid ESP C00 French Defense 8. Smyslov vs P Cramling   ½-½ 58 1998 Match, Roquebrune (France) B40 Sicilian 9. T Thomas vs A P Borwell   1-0 58 1998 cr Cleeve mem C00 French Defense 10. A Kotsuba vs Y Kruppa   0-1 40 1999 UKR-chT C00 French Defense 11. B Walter vs H Merges   0-1 50 1999 Rheinland-ch MA1 C00 French Defense 12. R Furdzik vs Shabalov   0-1 32 2000 World Open C00 French Defense 13. T Ulucan vs J Skok   0-1 33 2001 6th HIT Open C00 French Defense 14. C Ciobanu vs C Gheorghe   1-0 38 2001 ch-ROM Women C00 French Defense 15. N Odinokov vs R Popov   ½-½ 55 2001 RUS-ch54 sf Siberia C00 French Defense 16. W Rodriguez vs A Zapata   0-1 36 2001 I American Continental B40 Sicilian 17. A R Saleh Jasim vs Radjabov   ½-½ 55 2002 FIDE GP C00 French Defense 18. A Gnidash vs V Kurochkin   1-0 42 2002 Kaissa Open C00 French Defense 19. M Dzhumaev vs S Baumegger   1-0 23 2002 Bled Olympiad C00 French Defense 20. D Jatautis vs C Hanley   1-0 55 2003 World Junior Championships C00 French Defense 21. K Jakubowski vs A Iljushin   ½-½ 96 2003 Cappelle La Grande C00 French Defense 22. S Pina Vega vs H Groffen   1-0 41 2004 Capablanca Memorial MIXTO C00 French Defense 23. A Ermeni vs A Wilson   1-0 38 2005 MTO Open C00 French Defense 24. M Bezold vs M Richter   1-0 58 2006 Bundesliga 0607 A07 King's Indian Attack 25. K Haznedaroglu vs I Rajlich   0-1 53 2006 First Saturday September C00 French Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32

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