1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.O-O c4 11.Bc2 b4 12.Ne2 Na6 13.Ng3 Nc5 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Re1 Rd8 16.Bd4 Ba6 17.Qd2 Qb5 18.Nh4 Bc8 19.Rad1 Ncd7 20.Nhf5 gxf5 21.Nxf5 h6 22.Re3 Ne5 23.Nxg7 Kxg7 24.Rg3+ Kf8 25.Qxh6+ Ke7 26.f4 Ned7 27.e5 dxe5 28.fxe5 Ne8 1-0

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Opening: Benoni (A61)
Player profiles: D E Vigorito, A Kovacevic

Novelty of stem-game: 10. ...c4

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7  8. e4 0-0  9. Bd3 b5  10. 0-0

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Halkias vs V Malakhov   0-1 40 1992 Wch U12 A61 Benoni 2. D E Vigorito vs A Kovacevic   1-0 28 2003 Internet Section 18-A A61 Benoni 3. S Cherednichenko vs E Hedman   ½-½ 24 2012 Politiken Cup A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7  8. e4 0-0  9. Bd3 b5

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 41  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Barbero vs G Rajna   ½-½ 20 1988 Budapest (Hungary) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 2. Alburt vs DeFirmian 1-0 42 1990 Ch USA A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 3. V Polyakin vs J Bonin   0-1 54 1990 Philadelphia Wld Opn A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 4. J Bonin vs J E Lewis   1-0 31 1991 New York State ch A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 5. Rublevsky vs N Haburdzania   1-0 23 1991 Alma-Ata A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 6. Gelfand vs Topalov 0-1 60 1994 Olympiad A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 7. V Tukmakov vs Suba   0-1 37 1995 Geneva op A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 8. Krasenkow vs DeFirmian 1-0 71 1995 It (cat.14) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 9. Illescas Cordoba vs Shirov   ½-½ 20 1995 Linares SuperGM Tournament Linares SPA A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 10. N Sulava vs M Cebalo   0-1 39 1995 Ch Croatia A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 11. E Lobron vs Topalov 0-1 47 1996 It (cat.18) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 12. Karpov vs Judit Polgar 0-1 82 1998 Match (active), Budapest (Hungary) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 13. A Hauchard vs Degraeve   ½-½ 22 1998 Belfort International A61 Benoni 14. Van Wely vs Topalov 0-1 48 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 15. Van Wely vs Topalov 0-1 79 1999 8th Amber Tournament A61 Benoni 16. Hoang Thanh Trang vs C Horvath   ½-½ 17 1999 It (cat.8), Budapest (Hungary) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 17. A Breier vs R Kleeschaetzky   1-0 52 1999 BL2-Nord 9900 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 18. N Sulava vs De Vreugt   1-0 40 2001 open A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 19. Lautier vs Vaisser   1-0 28 2002 French Championships A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 20. M Purtseladze vs C Foisor   1-0 59 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship A61 Benoni 21. I Divljan vs V Kaminski   0-1 64 2006 Canadian Closed A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 22. L Murzin vs Sadvakasov 0-1 32 2006 National Open A61 Benoni 23. Sasikiran vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 28 2007 Aerosvit A61 Benoni 24. M Nedobora vs G Popilski   1-0 37 2007 Elitzur Winter Givataim A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 25. Fressinet vs V Gashimov   ½-½ 31 2008 2008 Olympiad A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 41

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7  8. e4 0-0  9. Bd3

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 71  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Sarno vs Suba   1-0 57 1990 Rome op A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 2. E Magerramov vs D Rogozenko   1-0 34 1991 Russian Winter op A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 3. I Stohl vs T Wedberg   ½-½ 23 1991 Gausdal Arnold Cup A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 4. Zsuzsa Polgar vs Yudasin   1-0 44 1991 Pamplona A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 5. D Garcia Ilundain vs Romanishin   1-0 60 1991 Terrassa A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 6. R Lev vs Psakhis   ½-½ 31 1991 Israel 54/78 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 7. Krasenkow vs S Kovacevic   1-0 46 1992 It Santa Barbara de Casa (ESP) (07) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 8. Kramnik vs Illescas Cordoba   ½-½ 28 1993 ESP A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 9. D Shapiro vs Gold 0-1 21 1993 World Op, Philadelphia A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 10. Krasenkow vs S Kovacevic   1-0 46 1994 Metz-op A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 11. Kramnik vs Hjartarson 1-0 28 1994 Munich Intel Express blitz '5 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 12. O Vodep vs G Blasberg   0-1 32 1997 CM..0.00020 A61 Benoni 13. Barsov vs R Bouhallel 0-1 37 1998 Bethune op A61 Benoni 14. J Pichler vs C Maier   1-0 34 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 15. T Rahman vs A Bruemmel   1-0 32 2001 6th Wichern Open A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 16. M Grabarczyk vs T Wedberg   ½-½ 39 2001 Hasselbacken SWE A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 17. S Pedersen vs K Lie   1-0 46 2001 Nordic Championships A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 18. L Rama vs H Erdogan   ½-½ 59 2001 ch-Balkan A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 19. E Porper vs T Karlsen   1-0 41 2001 Nordic Championships A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 20. Piket vs E Van Haastert   1-0 30 2001 Tch-NED A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 21. I Sokolov vs T Wedberg   0-1 38 2001 Sigeman & Co A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 22. I Novikov vs G Shahade   1-0 21 2001 Smartchess.com It A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 23. D Bocharov vs R Popov   1-0 32 2001 ch-NR A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 24. P Cramling vs T Wedberg   1-0 65 2001 Sigeman & Co A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 25. Barsov vs Sarakauskas   ½-½ 35 2003 FRA-chT2 0304 A61 Benoni  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 71

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7  8. e4 0-0

page 1 of 1; 10 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alburt vs DeFirmian 1-0 17 1990 Ch USA A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 2. L Ostrowski vs G Schoeneberg   1-0 28 1997 ICCF - corr A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 3. R Dautov vs Psakhis   0-1 41 1998 Dresden zt A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 4. Piket vs Topalov 1-0 45 1998 Monaco A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 5. A Abdulla vs Mecking   ½-½ 48 2006 Festival A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 6. R Loncar vs V Kovacevic   1-0 29 2006 CRO-chT2 (qual) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 7. R Janssen vs W Spoelman   1-0 78 2007 Dutch Championship A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 8. K Rusev vs V Jianu   ½-½ 21 2010 2nd Balkan Grand Prix Final A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 9. Ehlvest vs D Boskovic   0-1 49 2010 Reykjavik Open A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 10. G Kjartansson vs J N Sugden   1-0 55 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7  8. e4

page 1 of 1; 13 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Gonzalez Garcia vs Wojtkiewicz   0-1 45 1994 It New York (USA) A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 2. H A Gretarsson vs R Wukits   1-0 31 2003 European Clubs Cup (Men) A61 Benoni 3. Hertneck vs Naiditsch   1-0 46 2008 2008-2009 Bundesliga A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 4. V Iotov vs P Carlsson 1-0 39 2008 2008 Olympiad A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 5. I Khmelniker vs R Edouard   ½-½ 39 2008 Euro Club Cup A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 6. V Iotov vs G Nigalidze   ½-½ 30 2010 European Individual Championships A61 Benoni 7. P Van Hoolandt vs A Kovacevic   0-1 46 2010 Chess Olympiad A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 8. A Pashikian vs O Kurmann   ½-½ 40 2010 European Individual Championships A61 Benoni 9. A Stefanova vs V Cmilyte   ½-½ 87 2011 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 10. K Kavutskiy vs I Sipos   0-1 35 2011 Berkeley International A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 11. A Gavrilov vs J Mertanen   ½-½ 130 2012 22nd HOF Open A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 12. J Houska vs O Jeitz   1-0 44 2012 London Chess Classic Open A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 13. T Nguyen vs M A Gomes   1-0 31 2012 Asian Women Continental Chess Championship A61 Benoni

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7

page 1 of 1; 21 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. T Weinberger vs S Yarmak   1-0 25 1959 So. Cal. Championship E60 King's Indian Defense 2. G Andruet vs E Daillet   ½-½ 34 1990 FRA-ch A61 Benoni 3. I Sokolov vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 15 1994 Akureyri (Iceland) E10 Queen's Pawn Game 4. A Ushenina vs Koneru 0-1 41 2008 Euro Club Cup (Women) E00 Queen's Pawn Game 5. D Khismatullin vs Y Zherebukh   1-0 30 2008 European Individual Championship A60 Benoni Defense 6. I Lysyj vs O Badmatsyrenov 1-0 55 2009 62nd Russian Championship Higher League E10 Queen's Pawn Game 7. I Lysyj vs Bacrot   ½-½ 22 2009 Ordix Open E10 Queen's Pawn Game 8. I Sokolov vs V Gashimov   1-0 41 2009 Ordix Open E10 Queen's Pawn Game 9. S P Sethuraman vs G N Gopal   ½-½ 51 2009 Indian Premier National A Championship A60 Benoni Defense 10. S Brittner vs D Kononenko   0-1 57 2009 European Club Cup A60 Benoni Defense 11. J Elbilia vs H Hamdouchi   0-1 39 2009 TOP 16 GpB E10 Queen's Pawn Game 12. M Steadman vs G Nakauchi   1-0 48 2009 Oceania Zonal Tt A61 Benoni 13. O Vovk vs L Evertsson   0-1 38 2010 Rilton Cup A60 Benoni Defense 14. G Sargissian vs E Berg 0-1 40 2010 European Individual Championships A61 Benoni 15. S Khademalsharieh vs S Narayanan   0-1 32 2010 Abu Dhabi Open E10 Queen's Pawn Game 16. D Bocharov vs K Sek   1-0 44 2010 Russian Team Championships (Higher League) A61 Benoni 17. M Abeln vs C Van Oosterom   0-1 33 2010 Meesterklasse 2009- A60 Benoni Defense 18. A Fier vs A Nassr 1-0 41 2012 Chess Olympiad E10 Queen's Pawn Game 19. I Sokolov vs Shabalov 1-0 19 2012 World Open A60 Benoni Defense 20. Granda-Zuniga vs D Flores   1-0 48 2012 4th Marcel Duchamp GM A60 Benoni Defense 21. N Dzagnidze vs L Trent   1-0 29 2013 Tradewise Gibraltar A60 Benoni Defense  page 1 of 1; 21 games

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 95  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Karpov vs DeFirmian   1-0 43 1990 It (cat.14) E10 Queen's Pawn Game 2. I Stohl vs S Maus   1-0 41 1991 BL 9091 ;BL A60 Benoni Defense 3. J Horvath vs Suba   ½-½ 43 1992 Debrecen ETC E10 Queen's Pawn Game 4. D Del Rey vs J Rosito   0-1 65 1992 open E10 Queen's Pawn Game 5. D Garcia Ilundain vs K Spraggett   0-1 39 1992 Op.Cand s R08M02 E10 Queen's Pawn Game 6. Alburt vs V Fedorov   ½-½ 57 1992 It (open) E10 Queen's Pawn Game 7. P Cramling vs Suba   1-0 65 1993 ESP-chT E10 Queen's Pawn Game 8. B Lalic vs K Spraggett   ½-½ 65 1993 Zagreb E10 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Psakhis vs K Spraggett   1-0 52 1993 Barcelona EUR cup E10 Queen's Pawn Game 10. V Arbakov vs V Milov 0-1 27 1994 Bad Ragaz E10 Queen's Pawn Game 11. J Bonin vs R Klovsky   1-0 34 1994 MCC Winter Int'l E10 Queen's Pawn Game 12. O Rodriguez vs Suba   0-1 45 1994 Linares op E10 Queen's Pawn Game 13. P San Segundo Carrillo vs K Spraggett   1-0 45 1994 Ibercaja op E10 Queen's Pawn Game 14. P Cramling vs Suba   ½-½ 40 1994 ESP tch E10 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Y Shulman vs P Lyrberg   1-0 37 1994 Minsk Boleslavsky mem E10 Queen's Pawn Game 16. I Sokolov vs Kamsky   1-0 83 1996 Amsterdam A61 Benoni 17. O Jakobsen vs DeFirmian   0-1 35 1996 Copenhagen (Denmark) E10 Queen's Pawn Game 18. G Timoshchenko vs DeFirmian   0-1 48 1996 Olympiad E10 Queen's Pawn Game 19. J Gonzalez Garcia vs J Stocek   0-1 37 1998 Budapest Nyar-A A61 Benoni 20. R Bates vs Emms   1-0 34 1999 BCF-chT 9900 (4NCL) E10 Queen's Pawn Game 21. B Lalic vs C Ward   ½-½ 26 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) E10 Queen's Pawn Game 22. S Halkias vs Emms ½-½ 17 2000 34th Olympiad A61 Benoni 23. Ivanchuk vs Topalov   ½-½ 43 2000 34th Olympiad A61 Benoni 24. D Bocharov vs A Poluljahov   1-0 34 2001 Chigorin mem open E10 Queen's Pawn Game 25. D Blagojevic vs A Kovacevic   ½-½ 45 2001 56th ch-YUG E10 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 95

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