1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. Re1 Kh8 10. Nf1 Ng4 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. h3 fxe4 15. Rxe4 Nf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd2 Qg7 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Rae1 Ne5 20. dxe5 Qxg3 21. Nd4 Qg5 22. Qxg5 fxg5 23. e6 Bc6 24. e7 Rfe8 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Bf7 Kg7 27. Bh5 Bb6 28. Rc4 c5 29. Re6 d5 30. Rg4 h6 31. h4 d4 32. hxg5 d3 33. gxh6+ Kh8 34. Kf1 1-0

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Opening: Giuoco Piano (C53)
Player profiles: A Sitnikov, J Smeets

Novelty of stem-game: 9. ...Kh8

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd2 a6  8. Bb3 Ba7  9. Re1

page 1 of 1; 13 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Nunn vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 57 1981 Johannesburg C53 Giuoco Piano 2. Sax vs Tarjan   ½-½ 19 1982 Olympiad C53 Giuoco Piano 3. R Messa vs Pinter   0-1 31 1983 Rome (Italy) C53 Giuoco Piano 4. D Roos vs A Medina Garcia   1-0 43 1983 Torremolinos (Spain) C50 Giuoco Piano 5. A Ivanov vs Glek   0-1 35 1984 Borzhomi C53 Giuoco Piano 6. S Belkhodja vs M Sharif   ½-½ 11 1986 Ch France C50 Giuoco Piano 7. Dreev vs Y Yakovich   ½-½ 36 1987 Uzhgorod C50 Giuoco Piano 8. Chiburdanidze vs Zsuzsa Polgar   ½-½ 37 1988 Thessaloniki olw C50 Giuoco Piano 9. J Klinger vs C Flueckiger   1-0 33 1989 It (cat.7) C50 Giuoco Piano 10. J Magem Badals vs G Milos   0-1 41 1991 It (open) C53 Giuoco Piano 11. A Sitnikov vs J Smeets   1-0 34 2001 EYCC B16 C53 Giuoco Piano 12. S Fruebing vs I Ogada-Osir   ½-½ 38 2009 Gibtelecom C50 Giuoco Piano 13. J Sosovicka vs T Kriebel   ½-½ 40 2012 Int Open ch-SVK C53 Giuoco Piano

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd2 a6  8. Bb3 Ba7

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kholmov vs S Smagin   ½-½ 64 1985 URS-ch FL53 C50 Giuoco Piano 2. Wang Fei vs Xue Wei   0-1 46 1987 PRC-ch C50 Giuoco Piano 3. Psakhis vs Ehlvest   0-1 51 1987 USSR (ch) 43/394 (Ehlvest,J;Veingold,A) C50 Giuoco Piano 4. Wojtkiewicz vs Z Szymczak   1-0 41 1988 Naleczow C50 Giuoco Piano 5. A Berecz vs W Boom   1-0 45 1988 EU-chT4 C50 Giuoco Piano 6. A Grosar vs Zsofia Polgar   0-1 53 1994 It (open), Bled (Slovenia) C53 Giuoco Piano 7. Nunn vs M Pribyl 1-0 30 1996 Bundesliga 1995/96 C50 Giuoco Piano 8. D Beaumont vs L H B Hansen   ½-½ 42 1999 EM/MN/015 C50 Giuoco Piano 9. S Smagin vs S Galdunts   1-0 27 1999 Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd C53 Giuoco Piano 10. Nunn vs J Parker   1-0 35 2000 4NCL C50 Giuoco Piano 11. Dgebuadze vs M Erwich   1-0 33 2000 Utrecht open I C50 Giuoco Piano 12. T Moldawski vs A Ciesla   1-0 54 2001 ch-POL Boys U18 C50 Giuoco Piano 13. R Kuczynski vs A Ciesla   1-0 40 2001 Bank Pocztowy Open A C50 Giuoco Piano 14. E Ghaem Maghami vs R Shetty   1-0 70 2001 open C50 Giuoco Piano 15. Zhang Pengxiang vs Karpov   ½-½ 40 2001 FIDE WCh KO C53 Giuoco Piano 16. M Mikac vs A Ghasra   ½-½ 22 2002 Bled Olympiad C53 Giuoco Piano 17. R Fontaine vs Degraeve   ½-½ 18 2002 French Championships C50 Giuoco Piano 18. E Ghaem Maghami vs Kasimdzhanov   0-1 49 2003 Commonwealth-ch C50 Giuoco Piano 19. D Flores vs G Mazziotti-Irigoyen   1-0 80 2004 79th Argentine Championship C53 Giuoco Piano 20. D Arngrimsson vs B Le Bailly   0-1 40 2006 Hastings Chess Congress C50 Giuoco Piano 21. Z Andriasian vs E Safarli   1-0 62 2007 World Youth Stars C53 Giuoco Piano 22. Areshchenko vs Votava   1-0 55 2007 BL 0708 Werder Bremen - Erfurter SK C53 Giuoco Piano 23. R Kuczynski vs Holzke   1-0 74 2007 BL 0708 Erfurter SK - SV Wattenscheid C53 Giuoco Piano 24. D Bojkov vs B Predojevic   ½-½ 33 2008 European Individual Championship C50 Giuoco Piano 25. V Spasov vs G Schroll   1-0 20 2008 European Individual Championship C50 Giuoco Piano  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd2 a6  8. Bb3

page 1 of 1; 12 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Nunn vs A Doyle   1-0 42 1982 Marbella zt A C50 Giuoco Piano 2. Huebner vs Smyslov ½-½ 38 1983 Velden cq C50 Giuoco Piano 3. Speelman vs Yusupov   1-0 39 1989 It (cat.14) C53 Giuoco Piano 4. S Kindermann vs A Druckenthaner   ½-½ 38 2000 Tch-AUT -01 C53 Giuoco Piano 5. E Kovalevskaya vs T Mamedjarova   1-0 40 2004 ? C53 Giuoco Piano 6. A Chibukhchian vs G Sargissian   0-1 35 2005 Armenian Championship C50 Giuoco Piano 7. J Pachow vs B Lengyel   ½-½ 51 2005 FSIMB October C50 Giuoco Piano 8. M Schlawin vs V Georgiev   ½-½ 70 2007 European Individual Championships C53 Giuoco Piano 9. O Korneev vs Sofyan Jafar   1-0 34 2012 2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship C50 Giuoco Piano 10. J S Vazquez Flores vs M Kaydanovich   ½-½ 45 2012 Chess Olympiad (Women) C53 Giuoco Piano 11. L Mons vs Hracek   0-1 49 2013 Bundesliga C53 Giuoco Piano 12. T Abrahamyan vs C Baginskaite 1-0 19 2013 US Chess Championships (Women) C50 Giuoco Piano

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd2 a6

page 1 of 1; 4 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Sycova vs M Rutkowska   0-1 21 1993 Ch World (cadets) (g) (under 14) C50 Giuoco Piano 2. Shredder vs Rybka 0-1 41 2006 WBEC13 Premier Division, C50 Giuoco Piano 3. S Narayanan vs T Rishi   1-0 34 2008 Commonwealth Championship C53 Giuoco Piano 4. P Duboue vs D Dumitrache   1-0 48 2012 27th Avoine Open C50 Giuoco Piano

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd2

page 1 of 1; 20 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J M Hanham vs Taubenhaus 1-0 85 1889 USA-06.Congress New York C50 Giuoco Piano 2. J M Hanham vs D G Baird 1-0 39 1894 2nd City Chess Club Tournament C53 Giuoco Piano 3. Chandler vs S Bachtiar   1-0 37 1982 It (cat.9) C50 Giuoco Piano 4. J Flis vs V Hresc 1-0 41 1983 Polanica Zdroj (Poland) C50 Giuoco Piano 5. V Inkiov vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 30 1989 EUCup ZSKA-Sofia C53 Giuoco Piano 6. E Safarzadeh vs Spassky   0-1 25 1992 Fajr op 2th C50 Giuoco Piano 7. C Moshina vs Z Kviatkovska   0-1 41 1993 Ch Europe (cadets) (under 12) (g) C50 Giuoco Piano 8. M Sycova vs D Collins   ½-½ 34 1994 WYFWC Szeged G14(2) C50 Giuoco Piano 9. M Brandstaedter vs J Umpfenbach   1-0 29 2000 2BLW West /01 C50 Giuoco Piano 10. M Al Sayed vs Ghobadi Baigvand,Ali   1-0 45 2001 open C53 Giuoco Piano 11. E Groberman vs J Kelleher   1-0 46 2001 29th World Open C53 Giuoco Piano 12. E Kerimov vs A Gabai   ½-½ 24 2001 3rd Open C50 Giuoco Piano 13. S Reutsky vs P Skatchkov   0-1 60 2001 Chigorin mem open C50 Giuoco Piano 14. D Bojkov vs K Haznedaroglu   ½-½ 26 2001 ch-Balkan C50 Giuoco Piano 15. J Maslowski vs N Panagiotakos   1-0 33 2001 EYCC B12 C53 Giuoco Piano 16. A Cabrera vs D Campora Perez   1-0 19 2002 XXVII Open C53 Giuoco Piano 17. D Sirias vs A Shukuraliev   1-0 35 2004 36th Olympiad C53 Giuoco Piano 18. R Kuczynski vs Finn Riedel   ½-½ 53 2007 Apolda op 16th C53 Giuoco Piano 19. E Chiarion vs A Guadamuro Torrente   0-1 61 2008 EU-ch U18 Girls 18th C53 Giuoco Piano 20. D Dubov vs O Gorbanovsky   1-0 46 2008 EU-ch U12 18th C53 Giuoco Piano  page 1 of 1; 20 games

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O

page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 268  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Horwitz vs Kieseritzky   0-1 38 1846 London m1 C53 Giuoco Piano 2. Staunton vs Horwitz   0-1 34 1846 London m3 ;HCL 34 C53 Giuoco Piano 3. Kolisch vs Paulsen 0-1 29 1861 London m C50 Giuoco Piano 4. Kolisch vs Paulsen 1-0 20 1861 London C50 Giuoco Piano 5. J Pinedo vs Paulsen   0-1 26 1865 Unknown C53 Giuoco Piano 6. G Makovetz vs M Porges 0-1 17 1892 DSB-07.Kongress C50 Giuoco Piano 7. J M Hanham vs Showalter   0-1 52 1893 1st City Chess Club Tournament C53 Giuoco Piano 8. J C Halpern vs D G Baird   1-0 55 1894 2nd City Chess Club Tournament C53 Giuoco Piano 9. Albin vs Teichmann 1-0 41 1896 Nuremberg C50 Giuoco Piano 10. G Makovetz vs Charousek   0-1 44 1896 Budapest m C53 Giuoco Piano 11. J Mortimer vs L R Eisenberg 1-0 21 1902 Monte Carlo C50 Giuoco Piano 12. D D Barkuloo vs C W Blake   0-1 39 1911 Western Championship C55 Two Knights Defense 13. W Bland vs C W Blake   0-1 26 1911 Western Championship C55 Two Knights Defense 14. J Davidson vs J W Te Kolste   0-1 20 1921 NED-ch C50 Giuoco Piano 15. L Isaacs vs Ed Lasker   0-1 49 1926 Chicago C50 Giuoco Piano 16. A Tulip vs H Courtney   0-1 38 1946 Nottingham-B1 C53 Giuoco Piano 17. Rossolimo vs J Penrose   0-1 76 1950 Hastings 5051 C53 Giuoco Piano 18. F Olafsson vs J Penrose   0-1 41 1953 Wch U20 final-A C53 Giuoco Piano 19. S Szabo vs Smyslov   ½-½ 21 1953 10, Bucharest C50 Giuoco Piano 20. W Zabierzanski vs Sliwa   ½-½ 29 1963 POL-ch 20th C50 Giuoco Piano 21. M Rivas Pastor vs T Wedberg   1-0 41 1978 Buenos Aires ol (Men) C50 Giuoco Piano 22. F Braga vs J B Campos-Moreno   ½-½ 43 1979 10s, Mar del Plata GP2 C50 Giuoco Piano 23. Dolmatov vs Razuvaev   0-1 41 1979 URS-ch47 C53 Giuoco Piano 24. Dolmatov vs Razuvaev   1-0 86 1980 URS-ch FL48 C53 Giuoco Piano 25. H Kuijf vs M Condie   ½-½ 7 1981 EU-ch jr C50 Giuoco Piano  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 268

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