1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.a3 d6 7.h3 Be6 8.Nd5 Qd7 9.c3 Rae8 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.Bb3 h6 12.O-O g5 13.Nh2 Bg7 14.Bxe6 Qxe6 15.g4 d5 16.Qb3 dxe4 17.Qxe6 Rxe6 18.dxe4 Na5 19.Rd1 Nb3 20.Rb1 Rc8 21.Nf1 Kf8 22.Be3 b6 23.Ng3 Ke8 24.Nf5 Bf8 25.Rd3 a5 26.a4 Rc6 27.c4 Nc5 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.b3 Rd8 30.Rbd1 Rxd3 31.Rxd3 Rc6 32.Rd5 Re6 33.Kg2 c6 34.Rd1 Rg6 35.Kg3 Bc5 36.h4 Rf6 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Rh1 Rg6 39.Rh8+ Kd7 40.Rh7 Ke6 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Two Knights Defense (C55)
Player profiles: P Journoud, De Riviere

Novelty of stem-game: 8. ...Qd7

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. h3 Be6  8. Nd5

page 1 of 1; 4 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Journoud vs De Riviere   ½-½ 40 1859 Paris C55 Two Knights Defense 2. Puc vs A Planinc   ½-½ 17 1969 Vidmar mem C55 Two Knights Defense 3. M Godena vs C Landenbergue   ½-½ 32 1992 It (b) C55 Two Knights Defense 4. M Savic vs R Markus   0-1 51 2001 VII Sreiber Mem C55 Two Knights Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. h3 Be6

page 1 of 1; 7 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Sitanggang vs O Sarapu   0-1 72 1977 2nd Asian Tm Ch C50 Giuoco Piano 2. P Roth vs J Klinger   ½-½ 10 1985 OST-CH C55 Two Knights Defense 3. Sting Th vs J Cygon   ½-½ 74 1989 Bundesliga /90 C55 Two Knights Defense 4. Aronian vs M Sitnik 1-0 41 1993 Ch World (cadets) (under 12) C55 Two Knights Defense 5. E Ernst vs E Karklins 0-1 27 1994 It (open) (2) C55 Two Knights Defense 6. M Kujovic vs M Panchanathan   0-1 42 2006 XXII Reykjavik Open C55 Two Knights Defense 7. A Karklins vs R Ris   0-1 44 2010 North American Open C55 Two Knights Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. h3

page 1 of 1; 6 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C Haas vs R Castagna   1-0 28 1989 It (open) C55 Two Knights Defense 2. Fernandes vs C Pereira dos Santos   1-0 39 1991 Portoroz, C55 Two Knights Defense 3. Morozevich vs Kiril Georgiev   0-1 105 1993 Tilburg (Netherlands) C55 Two Knights Defense 4. K K Chatterjee vs Hasan Kh Kayes   1-0 42 1994 It (open) C55 Two Knights Defense 5. R Pert vs Hebden   0-1 33 2001 Smith & Williamson ch-GBR C55 Two Knights Defense 6. E Paehtz vs A Skripchenko   ½-½ 23 2006 Russian Club Championship: Women C55 Two Knights Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6

page 1 of 1; 11 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Foltys vs Pachman   ½-½ 19 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha C55 Two Knights Defense 2. Pachman vs Furman 0-1 71 1954 Bucharest C55 Two Knights Defense 3. W Pietzsch vs Geller ½-½ 18 1965 Havana C55 Two Knights Defense 4. Robatsch vs Geller   ½-½ 17 1965 Havana C55 Two Knights Defense 5. K Friedli vs R Castagna   0-1 27 1985 Mendric (Yugoslavia) C55 Two Knights Defense 6. A Hauchard vs Hebden   1-0 43 1989 ? C55 Two Knights Defense 7. K Nikolaidis vs I Seitaj   0-1 41 1991 It (open) C55 Two Knights Defense 8. G McDonnell vs T Southam   ½-½ 15 1991 It (open) C55 Two Knights Defense 9. M Kreuzer vs J Klovans   0-1 40 1992 Budapest (Hungary) C55 Two Knights Defense 10. I Borocz vs P Sinkovics   1-0 42 1993 It (b) C55 Two Knights Defense 11. L Vajda vs Holzke   0-1 56 2012 13th European Individual Championship C55 Two Knights Defense

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