1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.a3 a6 8.O-O Nge7 9.Ne1 Rb8 10.Nc2 b5 11.b4 cxb4 12.Nxb4 Nxb4 13.axb4 O-O 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Ra5 Bd7 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qb3 Rfc8 19.Bd5 Be8 20.Ne4 Kh8 21.Ra6 Rd8 22.Bc6 Bxc6 23.Rxc6 d5 24.Nc5 e4 25.e3 exd3 26.Qxd3 Qe5 27.Na6 Ra8 28.Nc5 Rab8 29.Rd1 Kg8 30.Na6 Rb7 31.Nc5 Rbb8 32.Na6 Rb7 33.Rc5 Qd6 34.Rxd5 Qxd5 35.Qxd5 Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Bf8 37.Nc5 Ra7 38.Nd3 Ra1+ 39.Kg2 Rd1 40.Kf3 Rd2 41.e4 h5 42.e5 h4 43.gxh4 Rd1 44.Ke2 Rh1 45.Rxb5 Rxh2 46.Rb8 Rxh4 47.b5 Kg7 48.b6 Rh1 49.Rb7 Rb1 50.f4 Kg8 51.Kd2 Ba3 52.Kc2 Rb5 53.Kc3 Bf8 54.Kc4 Rb1 55.Rb8 g5 56.fxg5 Kg7 57.Rxf8 Rxb6 58.Rd8 Rg6 59.Rd7 Kf8 60.Kd5 Rxg5 61.Ke4 Rg1 62.Nf4 Re1+ 63.Kf5 Rf1 64.Ra7 Ke8 65.Rb7 Kf8 66.Kg5 Ke8 67.Nd5 Rg1+ 68.Kf4 Rf1+ 69.Ke4 Kf8 70.Ne3 Rf2 71.Nf5 Ke8 72.Nd6+ Kf8 73.Rc7 Rf1 74.Kd5 Rd1+ 75.Kc6 Rc1+ 76.Kb7 Rxc7+ 77.Kxc7 Ke7 78.Nxf7 1-0

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Opening: English (A36)
Player profiles: Benko, Averbakh

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

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. a3

page 1 of 1; 16 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Stahlberg vs Najdorf ½-½ 35 1956 Alekhine Memorial A37 English, Symmetrical 2. Benko vs Averbakh 1-0 78 1958 Portoroz Interzonal A36 English 3. R Etruk vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 37 1966 URS-chT A04 Reti Opening 4. Ujtelky vs G Marosi   ½-½ 65 1978 Zamardi A37 English, Symmetrical 5. Suba vs W Schmidt   ½-½ 21 1982 Baile Herculane zt A37 English, Symmetrical 6. P Peelen vs Zsofia Polgar   1-0 40 1990 Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) A37 English, Symmetrical 7. Blatny vs Epishin   ½-½ 61 1994 Brno A04 Reti Opening 8. R Thoma vs H Watzka   ½-½ 25 2001 TCh-AUT -2 A37 English, Symmetrical 9. G Huber vs D Filipovich   1-0 37 2004 77th Canadian Championship A10 English 10. R Zysk vs N Miezis 0-1 67 2005 2nd Porto Carras International Open A04 Reti Opening 11. E Denayer vs E Cekro   0-1 33 2006 Belgian Championships A37 English, Symmetrical 12. C McNab vs G Swathi   1-0 59 2006 Gibtelecom Chess Festival A37 English, Symmetrical 13. M Ginsburg vs Lenderman   0-1 39 2008 United States Chess League A30 English, Symmetrical 14. Y M El Ghazali vs E El Gindy   1-0 30 2009 Egyptian Championship A37 English, Symmetrical 15. Z S Ilic vs R Dragomirescu   ½-½ 20 2010 XXIII Belgrade Trophy A36 English 16. C McNab vs M Camacho Collados   ½-½ 37 2012 4NCL A37 English, Symmetrical  page 1 of 1; 16 games

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1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 e5

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 67  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Golombek vs W A Winser   1-0 62 1959 Hastings 5960 A21 English 2. F Koberl vs E Orendy   1-0 89 1959 HUN Ch 15th A37 English, Symmetrical 3. S Bernstein vs D Byrne   0-1 39 1961 USA-ch A37 English, Symmetrical 4. M Macdonald-Ross vs F Parr   ½-½ 21 1967 BCF-ch A21 English 5. F Parr vs M Fuller   1-0 58 1969 BCF-ch Rhyl A37 English, Symmetrical 6. D Byrne vs Ivkov   ½-½ 42 1972 Novi Sad A36 English 7. F Atabek vs R Kauranen   0-1 39 1973 corr 1.EU tt A37 English, Symmetrical 8. V Shulman vs K Klaman   0-1 33 1979 Leningrad-ch A36 English 9. H Ree vs Sosonko   ½-½ 15 1982 Wijk aan Zee A37 English, Symmetrical 10. T Van Scheltinga vs Van der Wiel 0-1 29 1983 Hilversum NED ch A37 English, Symmetrical 11. O Jakobsen vs W Schmidt   ½-½ 36 1988 Naestved op A37 English, Symmetrical 12. Larsen vs W Schmidt 1-0 46 1988 Naestved op A37 English, Symmetrical 13. L B Hansen vs Judit Polgar   ½-½ 29 1989 Abenra A04 Reti Opening 14. H Van Riemsdijk vs G Milos   0-1 38 1989 Santiago (Chile) A37 English, Symmetrical 15. E Lobron vs Shabalov   1-0 52 1989 Moscow GMA-op A21 English 16. O Prestel vs Zsofia Polgar   0-1 38 1989 Bad Mergentheim A37 English, Symmetrical 17. Suba vs J Benjamin   1-0 55 1990 Reykjavik Summit ,CB A04 Reti Opening 18. Sliwa vs M Blokh   ½-½ 36 1993 Konstantinopolsky mem corr9398 A37 English, Symmetrical 19. D Norwood vs D Coleman   1-0 33 1996 It (open) A36 English 20. O Aikhoje vs C Storey   1-0 56 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) A37 English, Symmetrical 21. Larsen vs J F Pierrot   0-1 43 2000 Najdorf mem Great fin A37 English, Symmetrical 22. Jobava vs A Gershon   ½-½ 67 2000 Wch U20 A36 English 23. Ivkov vs M Brodsky   ½-½ 21 2001 Corus reserve op A04 Reti Opening 24. K Zalkind vs Z Gofshtein   0-1 36 2001 Israel Open Ch A37 English, Symmetrical 25. C McNab vs L Ravi   ½-½ 37 2001 Ron Banwell Masters A30 English, Symmetrical  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 67

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