1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.f3 O-O 9.O-O-O a6 10.h4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Nd7 12.g4 b5 13.g5 Qc7 14.Kb1 b4 15.Na4 Bb7 16.b3 Bc6 17.Nb2 a5 18.h5 Ne5 19.Be2 f5 20.gxf6 Bxf6 21.Nc4 d5 22.Nb6 Rad8 23.exd5 Bxd5 24.Qe3 Ng4 25.Nxd5 Nxe3 26.Nxc7 Bxd4 27.Nxe6 Nxd1 28.Rxd1 Bf6 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Sicilian (B54)
Player profiles: Svidler, Leko

Novelty of stem-game: 10. h4

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7  8. f3 0-0  9. 0-0-0 a6

page 1 of 1; 14 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Dgebuadze vs Smirin   ½-½ 16 1990 Groningen op B56 Sicilian 2. J M De La Villa Garcia vs Morozevich   1-0 52 1995 cat.13 B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 3. Adams vs Kramnik   ½-½ 36 2001 Sparkassen Cat XXI B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 4. N Gallinnis vs A Voyna   1-0 39 2002 ICCF - corr B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 5. Schmaltz vs A Mastrovasilis   0-1 40 2003 Athens Acropolis GM B54 Sicilian 6. J Aagaard vs P H Nielsen   ½-½ 69 2004 12th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament B54 Sicilian 7. Adams vs Svidler ½-½ 40 2005 FIDE World Championship Tournament B54 Sicilian 8. Van Den Doel vs Vogt   1-0 36 2006 Bundesliga 0607 B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 9. Leko vs Svidler ½-½ 30 2006 Linares 2006 B54 Sicilian 10. T Luther vs Grigoriants   ½-½ 43 2006 Cappelle la Grande B54 Sicilian 11. T Kosintseva vs K Arakhamia-Grant   1-0 35 2009 European Club Cup (Women) B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 12. B Predojevic vs K Arakhamia-Grant   ½-½ 59 2010 Chess Olympiad B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 13. B Bok vs V Babula   ½-½ 41 2010 2009-2010 Bundesliga B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 14. B Firat vs S Ter-Sahakyan   ½-½ 50 2012 13th European Individual Championship B45 Sicilian, Taimanov

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7  8. f3 0-0  9. 0-0-0

page 1 of 1; 17 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Perenyi vs G Horvath   ½-½ 40 1988 Compack B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 2. Anand vs Salov   ½-½ 28 1992 Dortmund B56 Sicilian 3. Adams vs C Lutz 0-1 31 1995 Hoogovens Tournament SPEED PLAYOFF Wijk aan Ze B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 4. Sutovsky vs Sax   ½-½ 18 1997 EU-chT (Men) B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 5. Ponomariov vs Xu Jun 1-0 39 2005 FIDE World Cup B54 Sicilian 6. Conquest vs S Gordon   1-0 38 2005 Smith & Williamson British Championships B54 Sicilian 7. Zhang Pengxiang vs A Sokolov   ½-½ 52 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B54 Sicilian 8. O Korneev vs A Timofeev   0-1 44 2006 Montreal Empresa International B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 9. Morozevich vs A Sokolov   ½-½ 25 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B54 Sicilian 10. A Berescu vs C Balogh   ½-½ 18 2007 European Individual Championships B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 11. Hracek vs S Baumegger   1-0 40 2008 European Individual Championship B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 12. L Dominguez vs A Timofeev   ½-½ 30 2008 Bosnia Sarajevo Tournament B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 13. J Smeets vs Ljubojevic 1-0 30 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 14. M Pavlovic vs Kiril Georgiev   0-1 54 2010 Serbian League B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 15. Bologan vs M Tosic   1-0 27 2010 European Individual Championships B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 16. T Kosintseva vs A Timofeev   ½-½ 21 2010 Aeroflot Open B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 17. S Pucher vs J N Riff   0-1 28 2011 French Team Championships B54 Sicilian  page 1 of 1; 17 games

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7  8. f3 0-0

page 1 of 1; 18 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Adams vs G Hernandez Guerrero   1-0 45 1988 WchJ U20 Adelaide B56 Sicilian 2. Chandler vs T Engqvist   1-0 27 1989 London (England) B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 3. Degraeve vs R Pogorelov 1-0 58 1992 Paris-ch op B54 Sicilian 4. Tseshkovsky vs S Zagrebelny   ½-½ 11 1998 Krasnodar2 B54 Sicilian 5. A Lastin vs A Sokolov   1-0 37 2001 2nd IECC B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 6. Leko vs Svidler ½-½ 20 2004 Armenia vs The Rest of the World B54 Sicilian 7. C Balogh vs Bologan   0-1 116 2006 Corsica Masters B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 8. Z Medvegy vs R Savory ½-½ 103 2006 European Union Individual Championships B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 9. L Dominguez vs J A Lacasa Diaz 1-0 47 2006 Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona-Casino B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 10. Zhang Pengxiang vs A Sokolov   ½-½ 32 2006 France vs China B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 11. C Balogh vs Kulaots   ½-½ 25 2007 European Individual Championships B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 12. J Broekmeulen vs P Oberweis 1-0 39 2007 European Club Cup B54 Sicilian 13. Ivanchuk vs Rublevsky ½-½ 17 2007 Russian Team Championship B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 14. P Llaneza-Vega vs A Milovic   1-0 38 2007 European Team Chess Championships (Women) B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 15. L Dominguez vs Movsesian   ½-½ 15 2008 Bosnia Sarajevo Tournament B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 16. J Jens vs A Timofeev   ½-½ 48 2008 Euro Club Cup B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 17. T Luther vs A Sokolov   ½-½ 26 2008 Bundesliga 2007-8 B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 18. S Fedorchuk vs A Sokolov   1-0 31 2008 BL 0708 SC Remagen - TV Tegernsee B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen  page 1 of 1; 18 games

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page 1 of 1; 9 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Chandler vs J L Arnason   1-0 36 1986 Olympiad B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 2. D Dochev vs V Pozharsky   1-0 112 1990 Bankia op B56 Sicilian 3. Tiviakov vs Morozevich 1-0 39 1993 Podolsk B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 4. Tiviakov vs D K Johansen   1-0 37 2003 Gibraltar Masters B54 Sicilian 5. S Hautot vs J Van Leeuwen   1-0 32 2004 BEL-chT 0405 B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 6. T Seeman vs H Stevic   0-1 57 2006 7th European Individual Championship B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 7. B Lugo vs A Vaja   0-1 72 2008 Pan American Continental Championship B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 8. K Skinke vs T Gara   1-0 58 2008 Mindsports B56 Sicilian 9. S Swaminathan vs S Mihajlov   1-0 27 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen

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page 1 of 1; 15 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. O Sarapu vs D Friedgood   ½-½ 38 1970 19th Olympiad B54 Sicilian 2. Tseshkovsky vs M A Gabaldon Gomez   1-0 37 1993 Oviedo rapid B54 Sicilian 3. P Blehm vs O Brendel 1-0 23 2001 2nd IECC B32 Sicilian 4. Karjakin vs Khalifman   ½-½ 34 2003 Dos Hermanas XII B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 5. Anand vs Svidler   ½-½ 80 2004 13th Amber Blindfold B54 Sicilian 6. M Dzhumaev vs S Himanshu   0-1 44 2006 4th Parsvnath Intl Open Chess Tmt, B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 7. O Mraz vs M Petras   1-0 41 2006 Liptovsky Mikulas Liptov op B56 Sicilian 8. Adams vs V Zvjaginsev   ½-½ 43 2008 Euro Club Cup B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 9. Ni Hua vs A Timofeev   ½-½ 43 2009 Russia vs China (Rapid) B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 10. S Hautot vs F Berend   ½-½ 35 2009 17th European Team Championship B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 11. Wang Hao vs Movsesian 1-0 45 2009 Bosnia B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 12. R Hess vs I Salgado Lopez   0-1 49 2010 Magistral Barcelona B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 13. Judit Polgar vs Kaidanov 1-0 33 2010 Polgar-Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 14. W Rocha vs A Fier   0-1 41 2012 IX Regina Helena Marques Prol B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 15. P Idani vs Sax   ½-½ 39 2012 Caissa GM July B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen

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page 1 of 1; 12 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Alvarez Ibarra vs R Almeida   ½-½ 23 1989 EU-chT (Men) B56 Sicilian 2. J Svatos vs Plachetka   0-1 30 1997 CZE-chT 9798 B54 Sicilian 3. S Graebner vs Erik Kothe   0-1 53 1997 Hessen-ch U15 B56 Sicilian 4. D Brkic vs H Stevic   0-1 42 1999 It (open), Zagreb (Croatia) B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 5. A Jurkovic vs Y Dembo   ½-½ 47 2001 FSIMA March B56 Sicilian 6. J Borisek vs S S Ilic 0-1 15 2001 open B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 7. B G Smith vs G Braylovsky 1-0 64 2001 World op Philadelphia B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 8. J Arizmendi Martinez vs H Stevic   0-1 38 2003 EU-ch 4th B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 9. D Sengupta vs B Grachev   0-1 64 2006 World Junior Championship B54 Sicilian 10. Chandler vs G Canfell   1-0 67 2006 Australian Championships B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 11. Ni Hua vs A Timofeev   1-0 27 2010 7th CHN-RUS Rapid B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 12. Kulaots vs P Leito   1-0 34 2010 11th Puhajarve Rapid B45 Sicilian, Taimanov

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page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 638  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J H Lohr vs Euwe   0-1 23 1923 Amsterdam B56 Sicilian 2. H Saunders vs Colle   0-1 33 1924 Hastings-B 2425 B56 Sicilian 3. G Krauss vs C Sharp   1-0 46 1949 US Open B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 4. Foguelman vs B Wexler   0-1 31 1953 ARG-ch B83 Sicilian 5. J Fuller vs Korchnoi ½-½ 54 1955 Hastings B83 Sicilian 6. T Chipev vs Minev   0-1 39 1960 BUL-ch14 B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 7. B Milic vs Larsen   0-1 42 1964 Belgrade B54 Sicilian 8. Vasiukov vs V Liavdansky   ½-½ 65 1965 USSR Championship B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 9. Suetin vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 18 1965 USSR Championship B83 Sicilian 10. Bronstein vs Furman 1-0 35 1965 M:Moscow-Leningrad B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 11. R Fuchs vs Korchnoi 0-1 27 1965 Yerevan B83 Sicilian 12. Gligoric vs Larsen   0-1 24 1965 Zagreb B83 Sicilian 13. V Liberzon vs Portisch 1-0 28 1965 Yerevan B89 Sicilian 14. G Akopian vs Boleslavsky   0-1 42 1965 Moscow B83 Sicilian 15. Y Sakharov vs Furman   1-0 41 1965 USSR Championship B32 Sicilian 16. Tal vs Koblents 1-0 22 1965 ? B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 17. Tal vs Larsen 1-0 37 1965 Tal-Larsen Candidates Semifinal Match B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 18. Gligoric vs P Ostojic   1-0 36 1965 Novi Sad B83 Sicilian 19. Velimirovic vs J Sofrevski 1-0 24 1965 YUG-ch B89 Sicilian 20. Gufeld vs Furman   0-1 50 1965 USSR Championship B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 21. G Mazzoni vs K Honfi   1-0 52 1966 The Hague zt B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 22. Polugaevsky vs M Bobotsov   ½-½ 63 1966 4th Chigorin Memorial B83 Sicilian 23. Tal vs Julio Bolbochan 1-0 34 1966 Olympiad B89 Sicilian 24. A Hennings vs Savon   0-1 39 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 25. Korchnoi vs Boleslavsky 0-1 33 1966 Moscow B32 Sicilian  page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 638

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