1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Be7 10.f5 e5 11.Nb3 O-O 12.g4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 Qd8 15.h4 Be7 16.g5 f6 17.Bc4 Kh8 18.Qh5 b5 19.g6 h6 20.Ne3 Re8 21.Ng4 Bf8 22.Rhg1 Qe7 23.Bf7 Qd8 24.Nxh6 gxh6 25.g7+ Bxg7 26.Rxg7 Kxg7 27.Rg1+ Kf8 28.Bd5 Re6 29.Bxe6 Qe8 30.Rg8+ Ke7 31.Qxe8# 1-0

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Opening: Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (B99)
Player profiles: O Sarapu, B Marsick

Novelty of stem-game: 10. f5

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nd7  8. Qf3 Qc7  9. 0-0-0 Be7

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 60  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C B Van den Berg vs Ujtelky   1-0 31 1955 NED-CSR B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 2. O Sarapu vs B Marsick   1-0 31 1958 North Island Championship B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 3. A Dueckstein vs J H Donner   0-1 32 1959 Zurich B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 4. Y Sakharov vs Korchnoi 0-1 45 1960 USSR Championship B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 5. Kavalek vs E Aaltio   1-0 40 1961 WchT U26 08th B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 6. Tringov vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 39 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 7. Gligoric vs Tringov   1-0 52 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 8. E Reinhardt vs Najdorf   0-1 32 1965 Buenos Aires B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 9. Minic vs Tringov 1-0 27 1965 Belgrade B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 10. E Scanavino vs Najdorf 0-1 46 1965 Buenos Aires B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 11. E Mnatsakanian vs Polugaevsky   1-0 47 1967 USSR (ch) 18/ (0.4) B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 12. Timman vs O Jakobsen   1-0 30 1972 Helsinki B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 13. M Damjanovic vs Ljubojevic 1-0 67 1974 Jugoslavien B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 14. R T Cardoso vs Ljubojevic   0-1 41 1975 Las Palmas B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 15. Huebner vs Hort 1-0 28 1979 Wijk aan Zee I B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 16. Chiburdanidze vs Azmaiparashvili   ½-½ 20 1980 URS-ch U26 B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 17. I Polovodin vs Azmaiparashvili   1-0 39 1980 URS B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 18. Ermenkov vs J Lechtynsky   1-0 50 1985 Albena B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 19. T Ernst vs Van Wely   ½-½ 60 1994 Reykjavik op B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 20. N McDonald vs Bronstein 0-1 46 1995 Wrexham B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 21. Timman vs Van Wely   0-1 57 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 22. Navara vs J Subrt   1-0 48 1997 CZE-chT 9798 B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 23. V Medunova vs K Daemering   1-0 61 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99 (w), Germany B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 24. K Johansson vs D Rost   1-0 28 1999 WC23/EWC01-SF10 B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 25. E Fernandez-Romero vs P Ricardi   ½-½ 56 1999 Malaga Open B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 60

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nd7  8. Qf3 Qc7  9. 0-0-0

page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 260  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Zurakhov vs Spassky   ½-½ 40 1956 USSR Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. E Paoli vs Szabo   0-1 40 1960 Reggio Emilia B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. R Ceglar vs S Martinovic   1-0 35 1963 YUG-chJ B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. I Bratko vs S Cvetkovic   0-1 45 1963 YUG-chJ B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. S Leninskaya vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 22 1965 URSS B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. C B Van den Berg vs J H Donner 1-0 13 1965 Noordwijk B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Tal vs Ong Yok Hwa 1-0 17 1966 Sarajevo B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. S Tatai vs O'Kelly   0-1 40 1967 Palma de Mallorca B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. V Zheliandinov vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 64 1967 USSR Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Bronstein vs Polugaevsky   0-1 40 1967 Moskva B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Bronstein vs V Ciocaltea   ½-½ 31 1968 Kislovodsk B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. M Schulman vs Parma   ½-½ 23 1968 Olympiad B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Spassky vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 17 1970 Amsterdam (Netherlands) B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Tringov vs Polugaevsky   0-1 44 1971 Skopje B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Matulovic vs Minic   ½-½ 13 1972 Sarajevo B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Matulovic vs B Gasic 0-1 38 1972 Sarajevo B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Geller vs Polugaevsky 0-1 36 1972 Kislovodsk B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Bronstein vs V Tukmakov   0-1 61 1972 Moscow 5' B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. Velimirovic vs Tringov   1-0 48 1973 Vrnjacka Banja B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Geller vs Polugaevsky 0-1 38 1973 Petropolis izt po B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Spassky vs J H Donner 0-1 35 1973 Amsterdam B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Spassky vs V Tukmakov 1-0 35 1973 USSR Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. A Vitolinsh vs L Gutman   1-0 23 1973 Latvia B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. A Planinc vs Minic 0-1 54 1973 Vidmar mem B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Timman vs Polugaevsky 1-0 15 1973 2nd AVRO B96 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 260

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nd7  8. Qf3 Qc7

page 1 of 1; 16 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Welling vs H Grooten   1-0 40 1976 Provincial U20 ch. B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 2. Ljubojevic vs Gelfand ½-½ 17 1990 Novi B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Shabalov vs Wolff   1-0 40 1993 USA-ch Bulletin B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. J Rodon Balcells vs G Timoshchenko   0-1 38 1996 Balaguer op B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. H Staudler vs D Fleetwood   ½-½ 52 1999 ICCF - corr B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. P Wang vs D Berczes   1-0 37 2000 World Under 10 Ch B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. I Uhvarin vs V Gurevich   0-1 37 2000 Ukrainian Team ch B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. K Kalashnikov vs M Egorov   1-0 32 2001 TCh-RUS Siberian Zone B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. I Grobovsek vs M Zufic   0-1 42 2005 Portoroz B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Radjabov vs A Volokitin 1-0 39 2006 Biel Int'l Festival B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. I A Nataf vs O Renet ½-½ 25 2007 French Championships B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. A Volokitin vs T L Petrosian 1-0 33 2007 European Individual Championships B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Hector vs Negi 0-1 75 2007 15th Sigeman & Co B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Nakamura vs Van Wely 1-0 39 2010 Corus B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. M Paragua vs Negi 0-1 48 2011 10th Asian Individual Championships B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. M Rujevic vs V Zhelnin   0-1 39 2011 21st World Seniors Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 1; 16 games

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nd7  8. Qf3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Kostro vs J B Bednarski   1-0 32 1961 Warsaw B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. D R Thomson vs D A Smith   0-1 36 1962 Whitby British ch B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 3. Kholmov vs Suetin   0-1 41 1964 USSR Zonal B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 4. A Planinc vs Najdorf 1-0 20 1973 Wijk aan Zee B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 5. G Kadar vs E Gadek   1-0 24 1976 Sandomierz Vitrobud op B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. V Stefanishin vs D Gurevich 0-1 30 1991 Simferopol B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. S Brandt vs Navara 0-1 23 1996 Plzen op-A U18 B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 8. Zhang Jilin vs Zhao Xue   0-1 18 2001 9th Asian Women B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Raul-Ionut Luncasu vs J Smeets   ½-½ 26 2003 Noteboom op B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 10. W Spoelman vs M Bosboom   1-0 31 2005 Corus Tournament: Group C B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. L Mazi vs I Kurnosov   0-1 29 2005 6th European Individual Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. D Leygue vs N Ninov   0-1 28 2006 Marseille Chess Festival B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. A Alvir vs H Ziska   ½-½ 50 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. E Berg vs M Bosboom   1-0 60 2007 Corus Group C B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. A Diamant vs C Goldwaser 1-0 40 2007 III South American Ch U20 B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. M Perunovic vs B Tadic   1-0 28 2007 SRB-Ch B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Negi vs M Bosboom 0-1 50 2007 Corus Group C B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. P Klerides vs M Erdogdu   0-1 44 2007 European Team Chess Championships B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. E Hossain vs R Bitoon   1-0 73 2007 Asian Individual Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. I K Sukandar vs N Zdebskaja   1-0 29 2007 EWS Cup Jakarta B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Kamsky vs A Adly ½-½ 83 2007 World Chess Cup B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. W So vs A Adly 1-0 37 2008 Dubai Open B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 23. Shirov vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 29 2008 XXI Magistral Ciudad de Leon B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Robson vs A Adly ½-½ 102 2008 Reykjavik Open B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 25. J Daly vs D Doyle   1-0 30 2008 Irish Championship B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nd7

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 134  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Steiner vs Najdorf 0-1 33 1937 Warsaw B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Keres vs O Katajisto   1-0 34 1954 Amsterdam ol prel B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. J Sefc vs F Pithart   1-0 58 1954 CSR-ch B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Matulovic vs Pirc   1-0 25 1961 Sarajevo B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. I Bratko vs S Martinovic   ½-½ 49 1963 YUG-chJ B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Stein vs Najdorf 0-1 29 1965 Mar del Plata B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Parma vs Szabo 1-0 41 1968 Solingen (Germany) B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Bronstein vs Savon   ½-½ 67 1970 URS Cup B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. M D Tseitlin vs Polugaevsky   1-0 36 1971 USSR Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Matulovic vs Gheorghiu 0-1 34 1972 Helsinki B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Ljubojevic vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 20 1972 Palma de Mallorca B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. O Rodriguez vs Quinteros 1-0 27 1972 Sao Paulo (Brazil) B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. V Tukmakov vs Browne 0-1 40 1973 Madrid B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Savon vs Mecking 0-1 33 1973 Petropolis Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Matulovic vs Tringov   1-0 54 1973 Vrnjacka Banja B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Matulovic vs V Ciocaltea   ½-½ 25 1973 Novi Sad B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Bronstein vs Gheorghiu 1-0 36 1973 Petropolis Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. V Tukmakov vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 41 1973 USSR Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. H Ree vs Szabo   ½-½ 26 1973 Amsterdam IBM B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. G Kuzmin vs M Stean   1-0 43 1974 Hastings 1973/74 B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Kavalek vs Ljubojevic   0-1 29 1974 Las Palmas B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Matulovic vs I Buljovcic   0-1 42 1975 Novi Sad B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. L Shamkovich vs Quinteros   ½-½ 61 1975 Lone Pine B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. L Shamkovich vs N Weinstein   0-1 31 1976 USA B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. K B Richardson vs M Kletsel   1-0 64 1978 corr-10 WCH B96 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 134

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4

page 1 of 130; games 1-25 of 3,240  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. K Plater vs W Kunerth   0-1 51 1938 Krakow B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. W Kunerth vs K Wojtyla   1-0 27 1938 Krakow (composition) B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 3. E Joppen vs Bronstein 0-1 40 1954 Belgrad B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Keres vs Panno 1-0 31 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Spassky vs Pilnik 1-0 31 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Keres vs Najdorf 1-0 25 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Geller vs Panno 1-0 23 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. P Ravn vs Scherbakoff   1-0 43 1955 Paris B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. A Fuderer vs Panno ½-½ 50 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. B Rabar vs Najdorf 1-0 32 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. A Laurencena vs Najdorf   0-1 28 1955 ARG B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. B Rabar vs Panno   ½-½ 26 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Keres vs Stahlberg   0-1 41 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Geller vs Najdorf   ½-½ 19 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Keres vs A Fuderer 1-0 18 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Y Neishtadt vs Petrosian   0-1 44 1956 34th Moscow Championship B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Tal vs Tolush 1-0 31 1956 USSR Championship B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. H Bouwmeester vs Larsen   0-1 56 1956 Copenhagen B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. C H Alexander vs Larsen 0-1 40 1956 Hastings 1956/57 B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. P Santos Isain vs Najdorf   0-1 25 1956 Montevideo B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Keres vs Panno   1-0 67 1956 Amsterdam ct B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. A Lundqvist vs B Koch   1-0 41 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. L Endzelins vs B Koch   1-0 48 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Wade vs M J Franklin   1-0 25 1956 Ilford Premier B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Kalatozishbili vs A Blagidze 1-0 23 1956 Georgian Ch B98 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 130; games 1-25 of 3,240

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