1. d4  Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qb6  9. Nc2 d6 10. b3 Be6 11. Nd5  11...Bxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. Be3 Qa6 14. a4  14...Rfc8 15. Na3 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Ned7 18. Rab1 Nc5 19. Rfc1 Nce4 20. Be1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nc5 22. Rb1 Rc8  23. a5 Nce4 24. b4 a6  25. Kf1  25...Rc7  26. b5 axb5  27. Nxb5 Rc4 28. Rb4  28...Rc5 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxb5 31. Rxe7 Bf6 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. e4 Bd4 34. Rd8 Bc5 35. Bc3+ Kh6 36. Bd2+ Kg7 37. Bc3+ Kh6 38. Rb8 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Rg8 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Kh5  1-0

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Opening: English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 (A39)
Player profiles: J Littlewood, Keene

Novelty of stem-game: 11. Nd5

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6  8. Nc3 Qb6  9. Nc2 d6  10. b3 Be6

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Keene vs J Littlewood 1-0 41 1971 Hammersmith A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 2. P Freisler vs M Mrva   ½-½ 61 2001 Czech Extra League 2000-1 A04 Reti Opening 3. T Lonngren vs N Marklund   0-1 17 2001 Solett Open A04 Reti Opening

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6  8. Nc3 Qb6  9. Nc2 d6  10. b3

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Llanos vs F Restuccia   1-0 34 2003 Torneo Continental Americano A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4

 

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6  8. Nc3 Qb6  9. Nc2

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Burnett vs S Tidman   1-0 33 2001 4NCL A07 King's Indian Attack 2. N Anas vs J Kaamu   1-0 37 2006 37th Chess Olympiad A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6  8. Nc3 Qb6

page 1 of 1; 9 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Foguelman vs J Saadi   0-1 57 1959 ARG-ch E60 King's Indian Defense 2. R Steinmeyer vs J Ragan   ½-½ 29 1960 St. Louis Team Tournament A15 English 3. P Goffin vs P S Spiller   ½-½ 31 1976 NZ Chmp Premier Reserve A07 King's Indian Attack 4. Julio Bolbochan vs B Rowley   ½-½ 23 1991 It (open) E60 King's Indian Defense 5. M Chetverik vs D Biro   1-0 29 2001 17th Spring Festival E60 King's Indian Defense 6. L Grasselli vs V Piber   ½-½ 51 2003 Portoroz Open A07 King's Indian Attack 7. N Davies vs E Taylor   ½-½ 37 2008 European Union Championships A07 King's Indian Attack 8. S Mohammad vs Basel Alshoha   ½-½ 63 2010 16th Asian Games (Men Rapid) A15 English 9. E Soares vs E Grassi   1-0 45 2010 Chess Olympiad A07 King's Indian Attack

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6  8. Nc3

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ahues vs K Richter   ½-½ 32 1933 Bad Aachen A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 2. Pirc vs Golombek 1-0 21 1939 Hastings 1938/39 A05 Reti Opening 3. H Heinicke vs Rellstab 1-0 28 1940 Berlin A15 English 4. Lombardy vs Pinkus   0-1 43 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 A07 King's Indian Attack 5. Stahlberg vs Ujtelky 1-0 56 1956 Marianske Lazne/Praha A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 6. G Uusi vs V Rozhdestvensky   ½-½ 34 1957 Minsk zt A07 King's Indian Attack 7. Panno vs B Malich   1-0 31 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 A15 English 8. Lombardy vs Seidman   0-1 53 1958 US Championship 1957/58 A07 King's Indian Attack 9. Filip vs J Marsalek   1-0 42 1961 CSR-ch E60 King's Indian Defense 10. Gligoric vs Szabo   ½-½ 40 1963 Sarajevo E60 King's Indian Defense 11. E Cobo Arteaga vs B De Greiff   ½-½ 14 1963 Havana A15 English 12. Spassky vs Suetin   ½-½ 89 1963 USSR Championship A04 Reti Opening 13. M Damjanovic vs Hort   1-0 43 1964 Kecskemet zt A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 14. Reshevsky vs Stein ½-½ 30 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A15 English 15. A Bachtiar vs Szabo   0-1 30 1966 Beverwijk E60 King's Indian Defense 16. Julio Bolbochan vs Stein   ½-½ 38 1966 Mar del Plata E60 King's Indian Defense 17. J Kozma vs Bukic   0-1 39 1967 DSV-Turnier E60 King's Indian Defense 18. Smejkal vs K Honfi   1-0 34 1967 EU-chT preliminary E60 King's Indian Defense 19. Pachman vs Stein   ½-½ 17 1967 Moscow E60 King's Indian Defense 20. S Webb vs Hartston   0-1 48 1967 BCF-ch A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 21. M Umansky vs Adorjan   ½-½ 20 1968 HUN-URS A15 English 22. Krogius vs Tringov   1-0 34 1969 Varna A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 23. Plachetka vs J Boudy   1-0 34 1969 WchT U26 qual-D E60 King's Indian Defense 24. G Barcza vs Gufeld 1-0 41 1969 Tallinn it A04 Reti Opening 25. Keene vs H H Hawley 1-0 29 1969 Atheneum Tournament A07 King's Indian Attack  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6

page 1 of 1; 22 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Lilienthal vs Prins   1-0 47 1934 Sitges E60 King's Indian Defense 2. F Roessel vs E Arnlind   1-0 40 1958 13th olm final B A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 3. Filip vs H Rossetto   ½-½ 21 1964 Buenos Aires A15 English 4. Kavalek vs A Filipowicz   ½-½ 45 1964 Tel Aviv ol (Men) fin-A A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 5. H Lehmann vs R Toran Albero   ½-½ 24 1968 Palma de Mallorca A15 English 6. D W Anderton vs B Cafferty   ½-½ 22 1970 BCF-ch A40 Queen's Pawn Game 7. Romanishin vs A Van den Berg   1-0 43 1973 Amsterdam IBM II A04 Reti Opening 8. Denker vs Pilnik   1-0 59 1975 Lone Pine A15 English 9. T Q Miller vs A Lief   1-0 37 1984 Midwest A15 English 10. N Davies vs Tolnai   1-0 39 1988 It (cat.10) A07 King's Indian Attack 11. Vaganian vs J Graf   ½-½ 46 1991 FRG BL A15 English 12. W Heaton vs A Belakovskaia 0-1 21 1995 National Op E60 King's Indian Defense 13. G Colombi vs C Chaude de Silans   ½-½ 26 1996 FRA-chT A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 14. E Peralta vs G Milos   0-1 31 1996 Pan American tt A15 English 15. G Hernandez vs REBEL   0-1 46 1997 SANTO DOMINGO,SAMANEL III A15 English 16. Csom vs A Szieberth   1-0 37 2001 XXVI Elekes Mem GM A15 English 17. S Sarno vs P Vezzosi   ½-½ 11 2001 ch-ITA A07 King's Indian Attack 18. E Kengis vs M Muse   ½-½ 36 2001 Bundesliga 2000-1 A15 English 19. N Tuvic vs L Drljevic   ½-½ 10 2002 28th ch-YUG Youth Women A07 King's Indian Attack 20. V Drkulec vs B Fiedler   ½-½ 17 2010 Oktoberfest - Open A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 21. A Bollengier vs J Durno   1-0 22 2012 Chess Olympiad (Women) A30 English, Symmetrical 22. M Ly vs N Pinic   1-0 60 2012 Queenstown Chess Classic A15 English  page 1 of 1; 22 games

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 54  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tartakower vs Opocensky   ½-½ 30 1935 Olympiad E60 King's Indian Defense 2. Santasiere vs A Di Camillo   ½-½ 47 1946 USA Championship D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 3. Szabo vs Kotov   ½-½ 31 1948 13 Saltsjobaden A07 King's Indian Attack 4. Benko vs Simagin   ½-½ 20 1949 Budapest (Hungary) A07 King's Indian Attack 5. Szabo vs Flohr   1-0 45 1950 Tournament (candidates) A15 English 6. Gligoric vs M Czerniak   ½-½ 17 1956 Moscow ol (Men) prel E60 King's Indian Defense 7. F Olafsson vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 47 1957 Hastings 1956/57 A15 English 8. Ivkov vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 10 1967 Palma de Mallorca E60 King's Indian Defense 9. H Pfleger vs Pribyl   1-0 44 1973 Tallinn A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 10. A E Muslimova vs M Litinskaya-Shul   ½-½ 57 1975 URS-chT E60 King's Indian Defense 11. Dorfman vs Chekhov   1-0 43 1976 URS-ch FL44 E60 King's Indian Defense 12. Smejkal vs W Schmidt   ½-½ 27 1977 Kostic mem A15 English 13. Smejkal vs J Adamski   1-0 32 1977 Leipzig DSV A15 English 14. Huebner vs Karpov   ½-½ 13 1978 Bugojno A30 English, Symmetrical 15. Minev vs V Mechkarov   ½-½ 47 1979 Sofia A07 King's Indian Attack 16. J Hvenekilde vs Hoi   0-1 42 1981 Copenhagen ch A15 English 17. Z Ksieski vs W Schmidt   ½-½ 21 1984 Naleczow A15 English 18. Pinter vs J Nogueiras   ½-½ 13 1985 Taxco (Mexico) A07 King's Indian Attack 19. Portisch vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 36 1986 Tilburg ,CBM 03 E60 King's Indian Defense 20. J Bany vs W Schmidt   ½-½ 42 1988 POL-ch 45th A15 English 21. V Tukmakov vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 47 1988 Biel E60 King's Indian Defense 22. Miles vs Z Lanka   ½-½ 19 1990 Rome op A00 Uncommon Opening 23. S Wastney vs R J Dive   ½-½ 19 1996 New Zealand Ch A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 24. V Szucs vs T Haimovich   0-1 89 2001 ECC A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 25. B Macanga vs A Brkic   ½-½ 16 2001 Cat V A15 English  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 54

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