1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.c3 c6 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rfe1 Rfe8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nh4 Rxe1+ 16.Rxe1 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Nxe8 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Qe2 Nd6 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.Qe8 Qe7 22.Qxe7 Bxe7 23.Bf5 Bg5 24.Bc8 Bc1 25.Bxb7 Bxb2 26.Bxc6 Bxc3 27.Bxd5 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

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Opening: French, Exchange (C01)
Player profiles: Max Weiss, J Schwarz

Novelty of stem-game: 11. Rfe1

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4  8. c3 c6  9. Nd2 Nd7  10. Qc2 Qc7

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Max Weiss vs J Schwarz ½-½ 27 1883 Nuremberg C01 French, Exchange 2. Chigorin vs Schiffers   1-0 40 1899 Moscow C01 French, Exchange 3. Chigorin vs Alapin   1-0 66 1906 Petersburg C01 French, Exchange

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4  8. c3 c6  9. Nd2 Nd7

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Klenburg vs M Shur   ½-½ 9 2001 16th Maccabia IM C01 French, Exchange 2. C Paci vs C Philippe   ½-½ 11 2001 FSIMB April C01 French, Exchange

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4  8. c3

page 1 of 1; 5 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Staunton vs E Williams 0-1 68 1851 London m6 C01 French, Exchange 2. J W Te Kolste vs N Mannheimer   0-1 34 1899 Amsterdam C01 French, Exchange 3. H Suechting vs W John   ½-½ 33 1908 16th DSB Kongress, Duesseldorf C01 French, Exchange 4. M Marchand vs Maroczy   ½-½ 23 1920 Amsterdam C01 French, Exchange 5. D Gurevich vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 49 1993 Biel C01 French, Exchange

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 113  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Paulsen vs Kolisch ½-½ 24 1861 London m C01 French, Exchange 2. J Leonard vs W Dwight   1-0 37 1861 Match C01 French, Exchange 3. J Leonard vs W Dwight   0-1 32 1861 Match game C01 French, Exchange 4. Dubois vs Hannah 1-0 36 1862 London C01 French, Exchange 5. W R Stephen vs F J Gibbes   ½-½ 42 1871 NSW v VIC Telegraphic Match C01 French, Exchange 6. J Minckwitz vs W Paulsen   ½-½ 54 1871 WSB-09.Kongress+ C01 French, Exchange 7. Meitner vs A Schwarz   1-0 41 1873 Vienna C01 French, Exchange 8. H Davidson vs J Elson   0-1 47 1876 Philadelphia C01 French, Exchange 9. Chigorin vs Blackburne 1-0 38 1889 USA-06.Congress New York C01 French, Exchange 10. Chigorin vs Max Weiss 1-0 80 1889 USA-06.Congress New York (28-2) C01 French, Exchange 11. G Marco vs J N Berger   ½-½ 13 1894 DSB-09.Kongress C01 French, Exchange 12. J C Halpern vs N Jasnogrodsky   ½-½ 88 1894 2nd City Chess Club Tournament C01 French, Exchange 13. Schlechter vs J N Berger   ½-½ 16 1894 Leipzig C01 French, Exchange 14. Blackburne vs A Zinkl   ½-½ 29 1894 Leipzig C01 French, Exchange 15. Showalter vs Albin   ½-½ 17 1896 Nuremberg C01 French, Exchange 16. Chigorin vs Schiffers   ½-½ 53 1897 St Petersburg m C01 French, Exchange 17. Maroczy vs Lipke   ½-½ 31 1898 Vienna C01 French, Exchange 18. Blackburne vs E Jones 1-0 31 1900 London ;HCL 39 C00 French Defense 19. Maroczy vs Schlechter   ½-½ 20 1900 Paris C01 French, Exchange 20. J Finn vs Lasker   0-1 33 1902 USA tour sim C01 French, Exchange 21. Schlechter vs Maroczy   ½-½ 32 1903 Monte Carlo C01 French, Exchange 22. Blackburne vs C Tattersall   0-1 73 1904 London ;HCL 45 C01 French, Exchange 23. Chigorin vs Von Bardeleben 0-1 59 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A C01 French, Exchange 24. Maroczy vs Schlechter   ½-½ 21 1905 Ostend C01 French, Exchange 25. Chigorin vs Maroczy   ½-½ 59 1905 Ostend C01 French, Exchange  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 113

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Horwitz vs Bird 1-0 18 1851 London C01 French, Exchange 2. W Hodges vs C E Ranken   ½-½ 30 1851 London Provincial C01 French, Exchange 3. A Clerc vs G Tassinari   1-0 32 1856 Paris C01 French, Exchange 4. G MacDonnell vs Mackenzie 0-1 27 1862 MacDonnell-Mackenzie C01 French, Exchange 5. Mackenzie vs G Reichhelm   1-0 32 1867 Match C01 French, Exchange 6. A Ascharin vs A Solovtsov   ½-½ 47 1879 Best Russian Players C01 French, Exchange 7. A Solovtsov vs Alapin   0-1 47 1879 Best Russian Players C01 French, Exchange 8. J Blake vs D Mills   1-0 26 1883 Birmingham CCA C01 French, Exchange 9. Alapin vs Von Scheve   ½-½ 22 1887 DSB-05.Kongress C01 French, Exchange 10. Metger vs Blackburne   ½-½ 39 1887 DSB-05.Kongress Frankfurt ;HCL 21 C01 French, Exchange 11. G Marco vs Blackburne 0-1 22 1892 07.DSB-Kongress C01 French, Exchange 12. Schiffers vs Maroczy   ½-½ 24 1896 Nuremberg C01 French, Exchange 13. Blackburne vs Burn ½-½ 39 1897 Berlin C00 French Defense 14. E Delmar vs McCutcheon   0-1 30 1897 New York State vs Pennsylvania C01 French, Exchange 15. Schlechter vs Maroczy   ½-½ 24 1898 Vienna C01 French, Exchange 16. E Schrader vs G Spencer   1-0 44 1905 Western Championship C00 French Defense 17. H Suechting vs Maroczy   ½-½ 48 1908 Prague C01 French, Exchange 18. Von Bardeleben vs Maroczy   ½-½ 30 1908 Prague C01 French, Exchange 19. Duras vs Nenarokov   1-0 46 1909 St Petersburg C01 French, Exchange 20. H Wagner vs W John   ½-½ 31 1921 21. DSB Kongress C01 French, Exchange 21. Jose R Florido vs J F Shaw   1-0 25 1951 US Open C01 French, Exchange 22. Gipslis vs A Batuev   ½-½ 12 1954 URS-chT C01 French, Exchange 23. Bareev vs Speelman   0-1 32 1995 Moscow PCA-Intel qual C01 French, Exchange 24. Velicka vs G Timoshchenko   ½-½ 17 1996 Stary Smokovec C01 French, Exchange 25. A Rogovskoy vs D Sumaneev   ½-½ 7 2001 open C01 French, Exchange  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 158  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bird vs G Medley 0-1 24 1849 London m2 C01 French, Exchange 2. G Medley vs Bird 1-0 53 1849 London ;HCL 34 C01 French, Exchange 3. Loewenthal vs H Buckle 0-1 42 1851 London m1 C01 French, Exchange 4. Loewenthal vs E Williams 0-1 44 1851 London C01 French, Exchange 5. Staunton vs E Williams 0-1 39 1851 London C01 French, Exchange 6. R Brien vs S Boden 1-0 11 1851 London C01 French, Exchange 7. G Tassinari vs H Buckle   0-1 29 1855 Paris C01 French, Exchange 8. N Marache vs Morphy 0-1 47 1857 New York 000 Chess variants 9. B Raphael vs N Marache 0-1 20 1857 1st American Chess Congress C01 French, Exchange 10. Bird vs R Brien 1-0 40 1858 Birmingham C01 French, Exchange 11. Morphy vs Loewenthal 1-0 34 1858 Morphy-Loewenthal C01 French, Exchange 12. Morphy vs M Chamouillet / Allies 1-0 26 1858 Paris C01 French, Exchange 13. Morphy vs G Walker ½-½ 26 1859 London C01 French, Exchange 14. Harrwitz vs Hamppe 1-0 23 1860 ? C01 French, Exchange 15. Anderssen vs M van 't Kruijs   1-0 42 1861 Amsterdam C01 French, Exchange 16. Anderssen vs Kolisch 0-1 57 1861 London C01 French, Exchange 17. Paulsen vs Kolisch   ½-½ 24 1861 London m C01 French, Exchange 18. Morphy vs J M Sicre 1-0 29 1862 Havana C01 French, Exchange 19. Anderssen vs Blackburne 1-0 53 1862 London C01 French, Exchange 20. Mackenzie vs G Medley 0-1 42 1862 London C01 French, Exchange 21. Steinitz vs Hannah 1-0 57 1862 London C01 French, Exchange 22. G MacDonnell vs Hannah   0-1 37 1862 London C01 French, Exchange 23. Schmidt vs J Minckwitz   1-0 26 1865 Leipzig C01 French, Exchange 24. V Knorre vs T Lichtenhein   1-0 45 1865 Berlin C01 French, Exchange 25. J Wisker vs Blackburne   ½-½ 38 1868 BCA-02.Challenge Cup+ C01 French, Exchange  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 158

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