1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 a6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O b6 9.Be3 Bb7 10.f3 O-O 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.a4 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nf5 Nc5 15.cxd5 1-0

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Opening: English, Symmetrical Variation (A32)
Player profiles: Khurtsidze, Savon

Novelty of stem-game: 9. Be3

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 a6 7. Be2 Be7  8. 0-0 b6

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Khurtsidze vs Savon 1-0 15 1999 October GM A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 2. S Bednikova vs R Gocheva   1-0 40 2001 TCh-BUL w B41 Sicilian, Kan

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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 a6 7. Be2 Be7  8. 0-0

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 52  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Reti vs G Norman   ½-½ 31 1927 Hastings 1926/27 A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 2. Myagmarsuren vs P Reissmann   1-0 88 1962 Varna olm prelim2 B54 Sicilian 3. E Haag vs Szabo   ½-½ 26 1968 HUN B41 Sicilian, Kan 4. Soltis vs Christiansen   1-0 45 1978 USA ch [Soltis,A B41 Sicilian, Kan 5. Nunn vs Gheorghiu   1-0 34 1980 Phillips & Drew 'King's' B41 Sicilian, Kan 6. Chiburdanidze vs Rashkovsky 0-1 32 1980 URS-ch FL48 B41 Sicilian, Kan 7. V Antonov vs B Malich   1-0 78 1981 It b B20 Sicilian 8. L Roos vs Gheorghiu   0-1 32 1981 Baden-Baden GER B41 Sicilian, Kan 9. A Fehrig vs K Schiffer   0-1 47 1982 BL 8182 SKJE-D,sseldorf B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 10. Nunn vs R Szmetan   1-0 33 1982 Biel B41 Sicilian, Kan 11. Nunn vs J S Neto   1-0 28 1982 Wijk aan Zee B41 Sicilian, Kan 12. Nunn vs M Diker   1-0 40 1983 London B41 Sicilian, Kan 13. W Schmidt vs Przewoznik   ½-½ 22 1987 Poznan A15 English 14. Unzicker vs K Darga   ½-½ 34 1987 Bundesliga 8788 B41 Sicilian, Kan 15. J Sarfati vs R J Dive   1-0 37 1990 NZL-ch A15 English 16. A Galliamova vs M Litinskaya-Shul   0-1 59 1990 Moscow A04 Reti Opening 17. A Fernandez vs L Shamkovich   ½-½ 74 1992 It (open) A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 18. V Malakhov vs G Bakhtadze   ½-½ 37 1997 EU-ch U20 B40 Sicilian 19. O Dobierzin vs H Bastian   0-1 48 1997 GER-ch B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 20. B Grabarczyk vs A Jakubiec   ½-½ 17 1999 Ch Poland, Polanica Zdroj (Poland) B41 Sicilian, Kan 21. O Yurchenko vs Y Dissky   0-1 46 2000 Kharkov Caissa op E00 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Rublevsky vs Podzielny   1-0 38 2000 Frankfurt Ordix op B40 Sicilian 23. W Glaser vs N Rogobete   1-0 41 2000 RLSW BY99/00 B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 24. V Beim vs H J Wohlfahrt   ½-½ 54 2000 Donau op 9th A16 English 25. J Belostozkaja vs I Brener   1-0 38 2000 Kreuzberg B41 Sicilian, Kan  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 52

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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 a6 7. Be2 Be7

page 1 of 1; 16 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Mariotti vs Gheorghiu   0-1 34 1977 October Revolution 60th Anniversary B41 Sicilian, Kan 2. Quinteros vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 54 1978 12, Buenos Aires Clarin ARG B41 Sicilian, Kan 3. Sznapik vs D Rajkovic   ½-½ 51 1981 11. It B41 Sicilian, Kan 4. Quinteros vs S Giardelli   1-0 34 1982 Mar del Plata (Argentina) B41 Sicilian, Kan 5. D Nalepa vs W Pruess   ½-½ 58 1999 VK Gr4 9900 E10 Queen's Pawn Game 6. A Ong vs M Kivisto   1-0 48 2001 October Training B41 Sicilian, Kan 7. P Vavrak vs C Zetocha   0-1 40 2001 TCh-SVK A40 Queen's Pawn Game 8. M Ardeshi vs M Mahjoob   ½-½ 29 2001 open B41 Sicilian, Kan 9. E Paehtz vs T Vasilevich   ½-½ 106 2002 Olympiad, women B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 10. T Luther vs L Espig 1-0 46 2004 75th German Championship B41 Sicilian, Kan 11. Judit Polgar vs Topalov   ½-½ 32 2006 Blind Chess World Duel B40 Sicilian 12. J Wehner vs H Bastian   1-0 44 2008 DEM B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 13. B Pavlenko vs I Martemianov   1-0 38 2009 Ch of Moldova B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 14. H S Gretarsson vs B Hjartarson   1-0 43 2010 Reykjavik Open A17 English 15. A Kowsarinia vs R Ibrahimov ½-½ 21 2010 Baku Open A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 16. D Shen vs M Barlow   ½-½ 29 2011 118th New Zealand Championship B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation  page 1 of 1; 16 games

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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 a6 7. Be2

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bagirov vs L Popov   ½-½ 18 1969 02, Polanica Zdroj B41 Sicilian, Kan 2. E Paoli vs L Popov   1-0 34 1970 Reggio Emilia B41 Sicilian, Kan 3. Furman vs L Popov   1-0 58 1975 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A04 Reti Opening 4. Quinteros vs S Giardelli   1-0 41 1980 It (cat.13) A16 English 5. L Roos vs O Borik   ½-½ 47 1981 Baden-Baden GER B41 Sicilian, Kan 6. Jansa vs U Boensch   1-0 49 1983 Tallinn B54 Sicilian 7. Ljubojevic vs Seirawan   ½-½ 80 1992 Melody Amber Rapid B41 Sicilian, Kan 8. V Komliakov vs S Kiselev   1-0 35 1994 Orel AF-ch, Cat.9 B40 Sicilian 9. V Malakhov vs A Charnushevich   1-0 48 1998 Zepter op B40 Sicilian 10. Kasimdzhanov vs G Bakhtadze   1-0 42 1999 Wch U20 B40 Sicilian 11. Kosteniuk vs Khurtsidze   0-1 46 2000 WCC B41 Sicilian, Kan 12. K Kuenitz vs T Ritz   0-1 47 2000 Seefeld op-11 A04 Reti Opening 13. H Milligan vs H Erenska-Barlo   ½-½ 25 2001 2nd ch-EUR Women B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 14. S Arias Torio vs E Alvarez Fernandez   0-1 51 2001 Gijon CAO Luis Gallego-mem A15 English 15. R Price vs B McCarthy   0-1 35 2001 29th World Open B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 16. K Jewulski vs M Maka   ½-½ 28 2001 Kochan Mem Open B40 Sicilian 17. L Jicman vs S Tikhomirov   ½-½ 28 2001 ANC POST IM B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 18. Y Pratibha vs P Coffey   0-1 58 2001 Ron Banwell Masters B41 Sicilian, Kan 19. P Ruiz vs D Alzate   0-1 48 2001 I American Continental B40 Sicilian 20. F Balabaev vs M Sawadkuhi   0-1 45 2001 Mipap Cup B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 21. M Nemeth vs A Kiss   ½-½ 20 2001 Hotel Lippa IM B40 Sicilian 22. B Lalic vs J Fernandez Calzada   1-0 31 2002 XXVII Open A15 English 23. Kramnik vs Bologan 1-0 28 2004 Dortmund Sparkassen B41 Sicilian, Kan 24. E Sedina vs A Sharevich   1-0 80 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship B41 Sicilian, Kan 25. Y Hernandez Estevez vs S Limontaite   1-0 74 2005 15th European Team Championship (Women) B41 Sicilian, Kan  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45

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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 a6

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 57  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Vepkhvishvili vs A Bokuchava   0-1 61 1970 Ch Tbilisi University B41 Sicilian, Kan 2. Bitti vs J Konikowski   0-1 35 1973 corr 1.EU tt B41 Sicilian, Kan 3. Ljubojevic vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 44 1977 Moscow ETC B41 Sicilian, Kan 4. J B Bednarski vs Ulf Andersson   0-1 40 1978 Polanica Zdroj (Poland) B41 Sicilian, Kan 5. M Wilder vs D Rajkovic 0-1 45 1979 Lone Pine B41 Sicilian, Kan 6. Ribli vs L Karlsson   1-0 55 1980 Malta ol (Men) A04 Reti Opening 7. O Borik vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 27 1981 Baden-Baden GER B41 Sicilian, Kan 8. B Ivanovic vs Ermenkov   1-0 26 1983 EU-chT (Men) B54 Sicilian 9. Tseshkovsky vs Vogt   ½-½ 38 1984 Rostock 10th B40 Sicilian 10. Sznapik vs I Stohl   ½-½ 17 1985 Polanica Zdroj B54 Sicilian 11. I Rogers vs Ftacnik   ½-½ 24 1986 Dubai olm A15 English 12. Morgan vs K Burger   0-1 44 1990 It (open) B41 Sicilian, Kan 13. A Sokolov vs J S Neto   ½-½ 41 1990 Manila izt B41 Sicilian, Kan 14. Suetin vs K Appl   1-0 21 1992 Berlin (Germany) B40 Sicilian 15. F Roeberg vs V Lukov   ½-½ 14 1994 Giessen IM B42 Sicilian, Kan 16. Miles vs V Bach   1-0 37 1994 Andorra op E10 Queen's Pawn Game 17. Velimirovic vs L Popov   1-0 50 1995 YUG-chT2 B41 Sicilian, Kan 18. O Sarana Hungeling vs M Litinskaya-Shul   ½-½ 74 1999 BL 9900 (Women) B40 Sicilian 19. D Margraf vs D Schumacher   1-0 45 2000 GER-chT U20 B41 Sicilian, Kan 20. K Mar vs A Pahor   0-1 39 2001 4th IM Women B40 Sicilian 21. S Shtereva vs B Yildiz   1-0 34 2001 EuChJun Girls B41 Sicilian, Kan 22. V Spasov vs Khurtsidze   1-0 23 2001 open B41 Sicilian, Kan 23. J Toledo vs J Torres   1-0 47 2001 ch-PHI Women B40 Sicilian 24. S Krkljes vs Z Zufic   ½-½ 48 2001 TCh-CRO Jun A34 English, Symmetrical 25. F Alvarez vs J Santa Torres   0-1 25 2001 Santo Domingo it Los Inmortales II B41 Sicilian, Kan  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 57

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