1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 a6 9. a4 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. h3 Nb4 12. Bc4 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Re2 g5 17. Bg3 Qe8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Rd8 20. Qf1 Nd7 21. Bc7 Rc8 22. Bh2 Rxe2 23. Nxe2 Nxc2 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Nc3 Qe6 26. Re1 Qc6 27. Qc4 Nf6 28. h4 g4 29. Ne5 Qe6 30. Qe2 Re8 31. f3 gxf3 32. Qxf3 Nc2 33. Rf1 Bg7 34. Qxb7 Ne3 35. Rb1 Nfg4 36. Nf3 Nd1 37. Bg3 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Ndf2+ 39. Bxf2 Nxf2+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kg1 Rb8 42. Ne2 Nh3+ 0-1

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Opening: Philidor Defense (C41)
Player profiles: J Brueggemann, T Straeter

Novelty of stem-game: 9. a4

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. 0-0 Re8  8. Re1 a6

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Brueggemann vs T Straeter   0-1 42 2001 Bundesliga -2 C41 Philidor Defense 2. Ivanchuk vs K Urban 1-0 39 2002 POL Supercup C41 Philidor Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. 0-0 Re8  8. Re1

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Igor Ivanov vs Yurtaev   ½-½ 31 1979 Spartakiada URS C41 Philidor Defense 2. Yurtaev vs Dzuban   0-1 66 1979 Spartakiada URS C41 Philidor Defense 3. N Ioseliani vs Chiburdanidze   ½-½ 25 1988 Telavi, WCH Woman C41 Philidor Defense 4. D Cooper vs Chiburdanidze   0-1 29 1990 Novi Sad ol (Women) C41 Philidor Defense 5. Adams vs Azmaiparashvili   1-0 75 1993 Las Palmas B07 Pirc 6. J C Hidalgo vs R Thomas   ½-½ 43 1999 EM/M/A076 C41 Philidor Defense 7. K Arakhamia-Grant vs V Iordachescu   ½-½ 54 2002 Corus C42 Petrov Defense 8. Wang Hao vs B Predojevic   ½-½ 67 2004 36th Olympiad C41 Philidor Defense 9. Movsesian vs Nisipeanu   ½-½ 8 2004 36th Olympiad C41 Philidor Defense 10. U Atakisi vs Mamedyarov   0-1 42 2004 20th European Club Cup C41 Philidor Defense 11. N Guliyev vs Bacrot   ½-½ 24 2005 FRA-chT Top 16 GpA C41 Philidor Defense 12. G Guseinov vs V Slovineanu   1-0 30 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C41 Philidor Defense 13. D Baramidze vs M Thinius   1-0 29 2006 Bad Zwesten Open C41 Philidor Defense 14. A Braun vs G Lorscheid   ½-½ 45 2006 FSGM August C41 Philidor Defense 15. Ivanchuk vs Aronian ½-½ 36 2006 Amber Blindfold C41 Philidor Defense 16. G Meier vs A Braun   ½-½ 12 2006 FSGM August C41 Philidor Defense 17. A Kovpak vs K Rysbayeva   1-0 58 2007 IM-Intl tmnt B C41 Philidor Defense 18. J Kochetkova vs I Sudakova   0-1 76 2007 European Club Cup (Women) C41 Philidor Defense 19. N Mamedov vs Z Mamedjarova   1-0 39 2007 Baku Chess Festival C41 Philidor Defense 20. E Moncayo Romero vs J Krivec   0-1 55 2008 2008 Women's Olympiad C41 Philidor Defense 21. Y Zhou vs P Garcia Castro   1-0 54 2008 European Union Championships C41 Philidor Defense 22. V Aveskulov vs E Ghaem Maghami   1-0 73 2008 Mindsports C41 Philidor Defense 23. Z Almasi vs E Ghaem Maghami   1-0 65 2008 Mindsports C41 Philidor Defense 24. R Valdes vs M Haddouche   0-1 53 2008 2008 Olympiad C41 Philidor Defense 25. E Berg vs S Haslinger   ½-½ 31 2008 European Union Championships C41 Philidor Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36

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page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 84  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. K Walbrodt vs Tinsley   1-0 37 1895 Hastings C42 Petrov Defense 2. Schlechter vs Albin 1-0 45 1903 Monte Carlo C41 Philidor Defense 3. E G Sergeant vs Koltanowski   ½-½ 40 1929 Ramsgate C41 Philidor Defense 4. Tylor vs Koltanowski   ½-½ 40 1929 Ramsgate C41 Philidor Defense 5. Noteboom vs Koltanowski ½-½ 21 1931 Hastings C42 Petrov Defense 6. Maroczy vs Koltanowski   ½-½ 36 1932 London C41 Philidor Defense 7. E Scholl vs Lutikov   0-1 37 1968 IBM-B C41 Philidor Defense 8. M Czerniak vs E Gereben   1-0 60 1968 IBM-B C41 Philidor Defense 9. Unzicker vs P Dely   ½-½ 21 1970 Bari C41 Philidor Defense 10. A Frolov vs Yurtaev   1-0 40 1989 Podolsk GMA-qual C41 Philidor Defense 11. Smirin vs G Kuzmin   ½-½ 41 1990 URS-ch57 C41 Philidor Defense 12. K Aseev vs G Kuzmin   1-0 59 1990 URS-ch57 C41 Philidor Defense 13. G Timmerman vs M Bosboom   ½-½ 36 1993 NED-chT C41 Philidor Defense 14. M Brodsky vs G Kuzmin   0-1 40 1994 EUCup Gr C41 Philidor Defense 15. K Mokry vs Z Ramik   1-0 42 1995 CZE-ch C41 Philidor Defense 16. J M Dubois vs M Kobalia   0-1 38 1999 Cappelle la Grande C41 Philidor Defense 17. Yurtaev vs A Payen   1-0 31 2000 Goodricke Open C41 Philidor Defense 18. A Zatonskih vs V Kalinina   ½-½ 64 2001 ch-UKR Women C41 Philidor Defense 19. O Renet vs Fressinet   0-1 74 2001 Clichy vs Select GMs C41 Philidor Defense 20. L Vajda vs S Biro   1-0 41 2001 FSGMB December C41 Philidor Defense 21. V Georgiev vs M Scalcione 1-0 21 2001 Open A C41 Philidor Defense 22. J Leonardo vs J Araujo   1-0 35 2001 43rd Tch-POR C41 Philidor Defense 23. M Perunovic vs G Szabo   1-0 44 2001 TCh-Europe Boys U18 C41 Philidor Defense 24. N Rogers vs G Nsubuga   1-0 38 2001 Wilbert Paige Mem C41 Philidor Defense 25. M Vachier-Lagrave vs J P Le Roux   ½-½ 37 2002 Clichy 14th C41 Philidor Defense  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 84

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page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 73  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Loewenthal vs Morphy ½-½ 51 1858 Morphy-Loewenthal C41 Philidor Defense 2. Paulsen vs Blackburne   ½-½ 48 1882 Vienna C41 Philidor Defense 3. J Schwarz vs V Hruby   ½-½ 41 1883 Nuremberg C41 Philidor Defense 4. Schlechter vs E Delmar   ½-½ 57 1904 Cambridge Springs C41 Philidor Defense 5. C W Blake vs E P Elliott   0-1 49 1912 Western Championship C41 Philidor Defense 6. Leonhardt vs Nimzowitsch 0-1 40 1912 San Sebastian C41 Philidor Defense 7. C Elison vs Nimzowitsch 0-1 33 1915 Riga C41 Philidor Defense 8. Koltanowski vs Captain La Force 1-0 25 1931 simul blind 1/30 C41 Philidor Defense 9. A Akmentins vs Tal 0-1 40 1954 Riga C41 Philidor Defense 10. Bastrikov vs Antoshin   1-0 53 1955 URS-ch 1L C41 Philidor Defense 11. J Yuchtman vs Kasparian   ½-½ 41 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch C41 Philidor Defense 12. G Forintos vs Antoshin   0-1 34 1963 HUN-RSFSR C41 Philidor Defense 13. Y Sakharov vs Antoshin   ½-½ 21 1967 UKR-RUS C41 Philidor Defense 14. R Bogdanovic vs Antoshin   ½-½ 15 1967 Sochi C41 Philidor Defense 15. G Zhivodov vs Antoshin   ½-½ 43 1967 RUS Spartakiad C41 Philidor Defense 16. V Liberzon vs Antoshin   ½-½ 66 1967 URS-chT C41 Philidor Defense 17. D Drimer vs Kholmov   ½-½ 54 1968 Capablanca mem C41 Philidor Defense 18. Keres vs Kholmov   ½-½ 16 1970 Budapest C41 Philidor Defense 19. J A Rubinetti vs E Jimenez Zerquera   1-0 65 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal C41 Philidor Defense 20. A Butnorius vs Lutikov   1-0 44 1975 URS-chT C41 Philidor Defense 21. M Mukhin vs Lutikov   ½-½ 19 1975 URS-chT C41 Philidor Defense 22. J Garwell vs N Starr   1-0 29 1978 Buenos Aires ol (Women) prel C41 Philidor Defense 23. Tseshkovsky vs T Georgadze   0-1 88 1979 URS-ch47 C41 Philidor Defense 24. Jansa vs G Timoshchenko   ½-½ 12 1979 Polanica Zdroj C41 Philidor Defense 25. Vasiukov vs T Georgadze   ½-½ 39 1980 URS-ch48 C41 Philidor Defense  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 73

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page 1 of 1; 16 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Staunton vs Horwitz 1-0 33 1846 London m3 ;HCL 34 C41 Philidor Defense 2. V Nedeljkovic vs E Bykova   0-1 69 1959 URS-JUG C41 Philidor Defense 3. P Gayson vs L Cooper   ½-½ 36 2001 4NCL C41 Philidor Defense 4. S D Sigfusson vs Sedlak 0-1 27 2004 Reykjavik Open C41 Philidor Defense 5. Ganguly vs M Kazhgaleyev   0-1 133 2005 Asian Chess Championship C41 Philidor Defense 6. J Hickman vs D Elsaca   ½-½ 41 2007 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival C41 Philidor Defense 7. A Arreguin Hernandez vs R Huertas Soris   0-1 47 2007 Morelia Open C41 Philidor Defense 8. N Volas vs B Skoric   1-0 32 2008 21st Belgrade Trophy C41 Philidor Defense 9. D Frolyanov vs D Chuprov   1-0 39 2008 Aeroflot Open C41 Philidor Defense 10. Judit Polgar vs M Kazhgaleyev 0-1 81 2008 World Blitz Championship C41 Philidor Defense 11. C Whitfield vs D Elsaca   0-1 40 2009 Gibtelecom C41 Philidor Defense 12. A Brkic vs V Iordachescu   1-0 44 2010 European Individual Championships C41 Philidor Defense 13. A Moen vs B Bogosavljevic   0-1 33 2010 European Club Cup C41 Philidor Defense 14. I Carlsen vs N Reci   1-0 23 2010 Gibraltar C41 Philidor Defense 15. A Romanov vs C Andersson   ½-½ 26 2011 11th BCC Thailand Open C41 Philidor Defense 16. A Brkic vs H Stevic   0-1 56 2012 19th Open A C41 Philidor Defense  page 1 of 1; 16 games

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