Games like Viswanathan Anand vs Ruslan Ponomariov (2002)

Stem game: Viswanathan Anand vs Ruslan Ponomariov (2002) 1/2-1/2

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. a3 O-O 16. h4 Ng6 17. b4 Qc7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O-O Rh8 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Kb2 f6 23. g3 Ne5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 f5 29. Qg2+ Kf7 30. Rd3 Qf4 31. Qxb7 Rh2 32. Qf3 Qxe5 33. Re3 Qd4 34. Re2 Rh8 35. Re4 Qf6 36. Re3 Qd4 37. Qe2 Qc4 38. Qg2 Qd4 39. Qe2 Qc4 40. Qg2 Qd4 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Sicilian, Najdorf (B90)
Player profiles: Ponomariov, Anand

Novelty of stem-game: 15. ...O-O

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. a3

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. I Gaponenko vs J Miloradovic 1-0 28 2001 6th ECCW B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

2. Anand vs Ponomariov ½-½ 40 2002 Chess Classic Mainz Rapid Match B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

3. F Amonatov vs A Adly 0-1 52 2010 Chess Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Leko vs Morozevich 1-0 59 2006 Tal Memorial B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

2. J Adair vs J Yap 1-0 45 2011 British Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. A A Tsvetkov vs W Krzyzanowski ½-½ 30 2002 ICCF - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. S Goerlinger vs J Aldrete ½-½ 55 2002 ICCF - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

2. A Barnsley vs J Aldrete 1-0 60 2002 ICCF - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bf2

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. DeFirmian vs R Ruck 1-0 40 2000 34th Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

2. S L Jones vs V Lyukmanov 1-0 29 2000 ICCF - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

3. L Jacot vs D Gronkowski ½-½ 67 2000 ICCF - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

4. Leko vs Kasparov ½-½ 37 2000 Linares B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

5. Richard Ward vs H Behling ½-½ 32 2000 EM/M/A100 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

6. M Palac vs Sakaev 0-1 66 2001 ECC B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

7. Kasparov vs Judit Polgar ½-½ 27 2001 SuperGM B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

8. R Galvin vs M Schulze ½-½ 36 2001 CM..0.00143 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

9. R Galvin vs D Matic ½-½ 27 2001 CM..0.00143 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

10. I Zakurdjaeva vs E Sperdokli 1-0 41 2001 EuChJun Girls B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

11. P L Coleman vs F Beckmann 1-0 27 2002 ICCF Email - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

12. G Morais vs P Schuster ½-½ 59 2003 ICCF Email - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

13. Sadvakasov vs Sutovsky 0-1 52 2004 36th Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

14. D Gormally vs J Rowson 0-1 48 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

15. Tiviakov vs L Dominguez ½-½ 48 2004 Wijk aan Zee B Group B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

16. Akopian vs Kramnik 1-0 32 2004 Wijk an Zee Corus Chess B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

17. Svidler vs Judit Polgar 1-0 59 2005 FIDE World Championship Tournament B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

18. A Lastin vs Sakaev ½-½ 16 2005 58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

19. Carlsen vs D Zoler ½-½ 55 2006 World Blitz Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

20. V Iordachescu vs A Maksimenko ½-½ 37 2006 Serbian Team Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

21. D Arutyunova vs A Butskhrikidze 1-0 49 2006 World Junior Championship (Girls) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

22. Leko vs Gelfand ½-½ 35 2007 16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

23. Karjakin vs Grischuk 1-0 77 2007 Russian Team Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

24. T Stepovaia-Dianchenko vs Korbut 0-1 64 2007 Russian Superfinals (Women) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

25. P Smirnov vs V Zakhartsov 0-1 38 2007 Russian Championship Higher League B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. D Das vs A Tiwari 1-0 59 2000 Goodricke Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

2. R Akopian vs M Esserman ½-½ 33 2008 World Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Svidler vs Van Wely 0-1 61 1995 Groningen B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

2. Svidler vs Kiril Georgiev ½-½ 31 1999 Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

3. Shirov vs Judit Polgar 1-0 38 1999 Eurotel Trophy B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

4. E Fernandez-Romero vs Jobava 0-1 25 1999 Wch U16 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

5. Anand vs Gelfand 1-0 45 2000 Haifa Wydra B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

6. Shirov vs Gelfand 1-0 40 2000 Amber-rapid 9th B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

7. A Kovacevic vs Andras Jurcsak 1-0 34 2000 Vrsac op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

8. Kulaots vs G Timoshenko ½-½ 13 2000 Keres mem op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

9. A Jegorovas vs O Kinsiz ½-½ 57 2001 TCh-Europe Boys U18 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

10. R Aarthie vs T Roschina ½-½ 45 2001 MTO B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

11. V Spasov vs R Kempinski ½-½ 62 2001 EuTCh B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

12. O Uralde vs E D'Adamo 0-1 43 2001 ICCF Email - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

13. T Hamarat vs E D'Adamo 1-0 53 2001 ICCF Email - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

14. I Cheparinov vs J C Ibarra Jerez 1-0 51 2001 WYB16 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

15. Sakae Ohtake vs J Aldrete 1-0 45 2002 ICCF Email - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

16. Tseshkovsky vs S Apalev 1-0 46 2002 Sarkisov mem op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

17. V Spasov vs D Maghalashvili 1-0 37 2002 Saraybahce GP B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

18. Naiditsch vs R Ruck 1-0 52 2002 Unilog-Integrata GM B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

19. D Reizniece vs J Tella ½-½ 44 2002 Women B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

20. A Goloshchapov vs Jobava 1-0 33 2002 Dubai op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

21. P Hugentobler vs J Aldrete ½-½ 47 2002 ICCF - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

22. A Shikalov vs W Krzyzanowski 1-0 26 2002 ICCF - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

23. Dolmatov vs Sakaev ½-½ 20 2003 Aeroflot Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

24. Smirin vs Sakaev 1-0 53 2003 RUS-chT B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

25. D Krivic vs Shimon Yalov 1-0 55 2003 ICCF Email - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

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