1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 a6 9. a4 Qe7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf1 Nh5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. f4 Nd7 17. g4 Nhf6 18. Bf2 h5 19. g5 Nh7 20. Nc4 Nxg5 21. fxg5 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Na5 b4 24. Nb5 Ba6 25. Nc7 Qxg5+ 26. Bg2 Bb5 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Nc4 Bf8 29. Qc1 Qd8 30. Bg3 Nb6 31. Rf1 Nxc4 32. Qxc4 Rb7 33. b3 Bg7 34. Ra6 Be5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Qd3 Qe7 37. Rc6 Ra7 38. Qb5 Rd7 39. Rc8+ Rd8 40. Rxd8+ Qxd8 41. Qb7 Re7 42. Qc6 Kg7 43. Kh1 Re5 44. Qb7 Re7 45. Qa6 Re5 46. Qa1 Qe7 47. Qc1 Kg8 48. Qf4 Kg7 49. Rf2 Kg8 50. Qf6 Qc7 51. Ra2 Re8 52. Ra6 c4 53. Rc6 Qa7 54. Rxc4 Qe3 55. Rc7 Rf8 56. Qxd6 Qxb3 57. Rb7 Qd3 58. Rxb4 Qa3 59. e5 Rc8 60. e6 fxe6 61. Qxe6+ Kh7 62. Qf7+ Kh6 63. Qf4+ 1-0

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Opening: Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 (A70)
Player profiles: Van Wely, E Lobron

Novelty of stem-game: 9. ...Qe7

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7  8. h3 a6  9. a4

page 1 of 1; 8 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Van Wely vs E Lobron   1-0 63 1994 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 2. Bacrot vs M Nazar   1-0 32 2004 FRA-chT Gp-A A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 3. S Vijayalakshmi vs E Ghaem Maghami   1-0 45 2005 Paris Championship A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 4. M Dziuba vs R Wojtaszek   0-1 34 2005 5th Amplico AIG Life A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 5. A G Hagen vs R Montero Melendez   0-1 27 2010 Gibraltar A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 6. N Rysbayeva vs T Olsarova 1-0 32 2010 World Junior Championship (Girls) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 7. Navara vs Ivanchuk 0-1 41 2012 Tata Steel A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 8. L C Torres Rosas vs M Yurtseven   ½-½ 31 2012 World Youth Championship A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7  8. h3

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 101  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Khalifman vs Winants   1-0 33 1987 Dordrecht (Netherlands) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 2. Gelfand vs C Navrotescu   1-0 60 1988 Oakham A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 3. Vyzmanavin vs Titkov   1-0 37 1988 Riga (Latvia) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 4. V Tukmakov vs A Kovalev   ½-½ 27 1988 URS-ch FL56 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 5. G Zaitshik vs Romanishin   0-1 44 1988 Tbilisi 46/120 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 6. Vyzmanavin vs Psakhis   1-0 38 1988 Moscow-A A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 7. Barbero vs R Zelcic   ½-½ 73 1988 Belgrade (Yugoslavia) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 8. Zsuzsa Polgar vs DeFirmian 1-0 50 1989 New York (USA) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 9. Khalifman vs T Luther   1-0 31 1989 Ch URS A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 10. Piket vs Wahls   ½-½ 15 1989 Munich A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 11. E Vladimirov vs Z Franco Ocampos   ½-½ 47 1989 Marchena A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 12. Dreev vs Shabalov   1-0 32 1989 Tbilisi (Georgia) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 13. Smejkal vs Wahls   ½-½ 31 1989 Bundesliga 8990 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 14. Gelfand vs Wahls   1-0 54 1989 Arnhem A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 15. D Shapiro vs Wojtkiewicz 0-1 48 1989 USA A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 16. Gelfand vs Illescas Cordoba   1-0 38 1989 Amsterdam A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 17. V Tukmakov vs D Norwood 1-0 28 1990 1st VISA Chess Summit A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 18. Reshevsky vs J Gallagher 1-0 22 1990 US Open A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 19. P San Segundo Carrillo vs Wojtkiewicz   0-1 42 1990 open A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 20. S Nikolaev vs J Palkovi   1-0 28 1990 Budapest Spring op 06th A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 21. Vyzmanavin vs Yudasin   ½-½ 21 1990 Ch URS A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 22. G Miralles vs Suba   1-0 42 1990 Frankrig A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 23. Topalov vs T Nedev   1-0 32 1991 Stary A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 24. Dreev vs T Wedberg 1-0 37 1991 New York 51/79 [Dreev,A] A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 25. Khalifman vs Suba   1-0 55 1991 London 52/93 [Khalifman,A] A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 101

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7

page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 401  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Kampenuss vs Polugaevsky   0-1 44 1954 URS-chT A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 2. Flohr vs Sokolsky   ½-½ 41 1954 21st Soviet Championship A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 3. Kholmov vs E Sardarov 0-1 20 1954 URS-chTJ Coop A78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6 4. L Navarovszky vs P Dely   1-0 41 1954 HUN-ch 10th A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 5. G Kluger vs Kholmov   ½-½ 21 1954 Bucharest A74 Benoni, Classical, 9...a6, 10.a4 6. Simagin vs Antoshin   ½-½ 59 1955 Ch Moscow A72 Benoni, Classical without 9.O-O 7. B Lebedev vs Vasiukov   1-0 41 1955 Moscow-ch A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 8. Guimard vs Szabo   0-1 37 1955 Buenos Aires A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 9. S Schweber vs S Johannessen   0-1 50 1955 Wch U20 prel-B A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 10. Guimard vs Szabo   0-1 37 1955 Buenos Aires A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O 11. Boleslavsky vs Gipslis   ½-½ 26 1955 URS-ch sf A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 12. C Munoz vs Polugaevsky 0-1 78 1957 Reykjavik SN A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 13. Gurgenidze vs Tal 0-1 27 1957 USSR Championship A78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6 14. A Aggos vs Pachman   0-1 51 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 15. Averbakh vs Tal   ½-½ 19 1958 Portoroz Interzonal A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5 16. Bakhtiar vs M Mukhitdinov   1-0 55 1959 Tashkent A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 17. J H Donner vs Tal 0-1 28 1959 Zurich A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 18. J de Souza Mendes vs Ivkov   ½-½ 47 1959 Mar del Plata A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O 19. J H Donner vs A M Giustolisi   1-0 75 1960 Madrid zt A78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6 20. J Kozma vs B Rabar   1-0 29 1960 Marianske Lazne A74 Benoni, Classical, 9...a6, 10.a4 21. Taimanov vs Boleslavsky   1-0 31 1960 USSR Tch A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5 22. B Malich vs K Darga   ½-½ 35 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) fin-A A72 Benoni, Classical without 9.O-O 23. A Pomar-Salamanca vs E Eliskases   1-0 64 1961 Torremolinos A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 24. Uhlmann vs Szabo   1-0 31 1961 Marianske Lazne zt A72 Benoni, Classical without 9.O-O 25. Najdorf vs E Reinhardt   0-1 41 1961 Mar del Plata A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 401

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4

page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 209  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Stahlberg vs G Kluger   ½-½ 40 1954 Prague zt A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 2. J Vesely vs Kavalek   1-0 50 1961 CSR-ch A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 3. Hort vs A Filipowicz   ½-½ 29 1964 Polanica Zdroj A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 4. Gligoric vs Janosevic   1-0 43 1966 Titovo Uzice A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 5. Portisch vs Timman   ½-½ 21 1969 3, Hastings A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 6. G Lambert vs N E Povah   0-1 20 1977 Birmingham A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 7. L Shamkovich vs K Spraggett 0-1 37 1977 Etats-Unis A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 8. Matera vs Fedorowicz   ½-½ 39 1977 Ch USA A74 Benoni, Classical, 9...a6, 10.a4 9. Tarjan vs Rohde   1-0 33 1978 Lone Pine A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 10. Hebert vs K Spraggett   ½-½ 85 1980 Match Specialiste A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 11. Korchnoi vs M Cebalo   1-0 38 1984 Titograd A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 12. Gligoric vs M Cebalo   ½-½ 33 1986 Sarajevo A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 13. Ivanchuk vs R Antonio ½-½ 68 1988 Thessaloniki olm A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 14. Miles vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 45 1989 Ch USA A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 15. Vyzmanavin vs Stefansson   1-0 46 1989 Cup World (open) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 16. Pinter vs Psakhis   ½-½ 42 1990 Paris (France) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 17. Pinter vs Psakhis   ½-½ 42 1990 Paris A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 18. Skembris vs Psakhis   0-1 49 1990 Novi Sad (ol) 50/97 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 19. P Cramling vs Psakhis   0-1 41 1990 Tel Aviv A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 20. C Arduman vs Wojtkiewicz 0-1 58 1990 Novi Sad A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 21. Barlov vs DeFirmian 0-1 64 1990 Olympiad A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 22. V Ruban vs Emms   1-0 38 1991 Hastings challengers A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 23. E Porper vs Psakhis   0-1 53 1991 Israel 51/76 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 24. P Stentebjerg-Hansen vs Suba   0-1 40 1991 Alborg A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 25. Topalov vs Z Franco Ocampos   ½-½ 15 1991 Elgoibar A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 209

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6

page 1 of 77; games 1-25 of 1,912  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Nimzowitsch vs Marshall 1-0 30 1927 New York A61 Benoni 2. Capablanca vs Marshall ½-½ 60 1927 New York A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 3. B Goldenov vs Tolush   0-1 38 1952 USSR Championship E10 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Euwe vs Kotov 1-0 39 1953 Zurich Candidates A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 5. Ujtelky vs V Brat   1-0 41 1953 CSR-ch A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 6. Gligoric vs Petrosian ½-½ 41 1953 Zurich Candidates A61 Benoni 7. Petrosian vs Tolush   ½-½ 44 1953 Tournament A61 Benoni 8. Lilienthal vs Suetin   1-0 50 1954 URS-ch21 Kiev ,URS-c A61 Benoni 9. G Borisenko vs Sokolsky   1-0 64 1954 URS-ch21 A61 Benoni 10. Gligoric vs M Czerniak   1-0 42 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) pre-III A61 Benoni 11. K Darga vs E Gereben   ½-½ 40 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A A61 Benoni 12. Keres vs Tal ½-½ 38 1954 Tallinn, Est-Latvia team m A60 Benoni Defense 13. V Saigin vs Tal ½-½ 47 1954 Riga A61 Benoni 14. Kholmov vs Petrosian   ½-½ 27 1954 URS-ch21 A61 Benoni 15. Sliwa vs G Kluger 1-0 33 1954 Prague zt A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 16. Uhlmann vs G Kluger   ½-½ 41 1954 Prague zt A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 17. F Koberl vs P Dely   ½-½ 44 1954 HUN-ch 10th A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 18. G Kluger vs M Czerniak   0-1 44 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 19. Lutikov vs Spassky   ½-½ 43 1955 Ch URS (1/2 final) A60 Benoni Defense 20. E Dodero vs Najdorf   0-1 24 1955 Mar del Plata A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 21. Schwarz vs K Darga   0-1 37 1955 FRG-ch 03rd A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 22. Sliwa vs Spassky ½-½ 17 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal A63 Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7 23. V Sherbakov vs Vasiukov   0-1 58 1955 Moscow-ch A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 24. G Borisenko vs Tal 1-0 41 1955 Riga A61 Benoni 25. E Eliskases vs B Wexler   0-1 28 1955 ARG E10 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 77; games 1-25 of 1,912

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