1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g4 b4 12. Nce2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Bd3 Be7 15. g5 Nd7 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Kb1 O-O 18. h4 d5 19. e5 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bc5 21. Nge2 Qb6 22. h5 a5 23. Qh3 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Rc4 25. Qe3 a4 26. Rh2 a3 27. Nf5 Qxe3 28. Nxe3 Rxf4 29. Rg1 axb2 30. Kxb2 Rf3 31. Ng4 Ra8 32. g6 Rfa3 33. Ra1 Rg3 34. Rh4 Ba6 35. gxf7+ Kxf7 36. Nh2 Bc4 37. Rf4+ Kg8 38. Rf3 Rg2 39. Nf1 Rg5 40. Nd2 Rxe5 41. Nxc4 dxc4 42. Rh3 c3+ 43. Kb3 Re4 44. a4 Ra5 45. h6 Ra7 46. hxg7 Rxg7 47. Rd1 Rb7 48. Rg1+ Kh8 49. Rf3 Rb8 50. Rgf1 h5 51. Rh3 h4 52. Rfh1 Kg7 53. Rxh4 Rxh4 54. Rxh4 e5 55. Rxb4 Re8 56. Kxc3 Kf6 57. Kd3 Kf5 58. a5 Rd8+ 59. Ke2 Rh8 60. a6 Rh2+ 61. Kd3 Rh3+ 62. Kd2 Ra3 63. Rb6 e4 64. c4 Kf4 65. Rf6+ Ke5 66. Rc6 Kd4 67. Re6 Ra2+ 68. Ke1 e3 69. c5 Ra1+ 70. Ke2 Ra2+ 71. Kf3 Rf2+ 72. Kg3 Rf7 73. c6 Rc7 74. Kf3 Rf7+ 75. Kg3 Rc7 76. Kf4 Rf7+ 77. Kg3 Rg7+ 78. Kf4 Rf7+ 79. Kg3 Rc7 80. Kf3 Rf7+ 81. Kg3 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Sicilian, Najdorf (B96)
Player profiles: G Melendez, Rahayu Sinuhaji Tuti

Novelty of stem-game: 11. g4

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nd7  8. Qf3 Qc7  9. 0-0-0 b5  10. Bxf6 Nxf6

page 1 of 1; 13 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Fernandez-Romero vs R Vera   ½-½ 36 2001 UPI B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. A Berelovich vs R Janssen   1-0 78 2001 Dutch Open B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. K Opl vs W Sprenger   0-1 25 2002 TCh-AUT 2001-2 B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Hector vs G Van der Stricht   1-0 55 2003 EU-chT (Men) B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. K Haznedaroglu vs G Van der Stricht   1-0 40 2004 5th Individual European Chess Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Carlsen vs Gelfand ½-½ 26 2005 38th Biel Chess Festival B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. B Vuckovic vs S Marinkovic   1-0 39 2005 Sozina B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. B Brinck-Claussen vs R Vasquez   ½-½ 63 2005 Politiken Cup B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. K Haznedaroglu vs R S Jones 1-0 19 2005 15th European Team Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. H Willumsen vs F Urkedal   1-0 31 2006 Politiken Cup B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. J Radulski vs N Zdebskaja   1-0 52 2006 Cappelle la Grande B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. G Melendez vs Rahayu Sinuhaji Tuti   ½-½ 81 2006 37th Chess Olympiad: Women B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. A Marshall vs K Dolzhykova   0-1 30 2008 Mindsports B96 Sicilian, Najdorf

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nd7  8. Qf3 Qc7  9. 0-0-0 b5

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 242  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Zurakhov vs Spassky   ½-½ 40 1956 USSR Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. E Paoli vs Szabo   0-1 40 1960 Reggio Emilia B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. I Bratko vs S Cvetkovic   0-1 45 1963 YUG-chJ B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. R Ceglar vs S Martinovic   1-0 35 1963 YUG-chJ B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. S Leninskaya vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 22 1965 URSS B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Tal vs Ong Yok Hwa 1-0 17 1966 Sarajevo B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. S Tatai vs O'Kelly   0-1 40 1967 Palma de Mallorca B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. V Zheliandinov vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 64 1967 USSR Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Bronstein vs Polugaevsky   0-1 40 1967 Moskva B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Bronstein vs V Ciocaltea   ½-½ 31 1968 Kislovodsk B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. M Schulman vs Parma   ½-½ 23 1968 Olympiad B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Spassky vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 17 1970 Amsterdam (Netherlands) B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Tringov vs Polugaevsky   0-1 44 1971 Skopje B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Bronstein vs V Tukmakov   0-1 61 1972 Moscow 5' B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Matulovic vs Minic   ½-½ 13 1972 Sarajevo B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Geller vs Polugaevsky 0-1 36 1972 Kislovodsk B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Matulovic vs B Gasic 0-1 38 1972 Sarajevo B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Spassky vs V Tukmakov 1-0 35 1973 USSR Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. Timman vs Polugaevsky 1-0 15 1973 2nd AVRO B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. X Steiner vs K Borloy   1-0 28 1973 corr 1.EU tt B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. A Vitolinsh vs L Gutman   1-0 23 1973 Latvia B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Spassky vs J H Donner 0-1 35 1973 Amsterdam B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. A Planinc vs Minic 0-1 54 1973 Vidmar mem B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Geller vs Polugaevsky 0-1 38 1973 Petropolis izt po B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Velimirovic vs Tringov   1-0 48 1973 Vrnjacka Banja B96 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 242

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nd7  8. Qf3 Qc7  9. 0-0-0

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 65  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C B Van den Berg vs Ujtelky   1-0 31 1955 NED-CSR B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 2. O Sarapu vs B Marsick   1-0 31 1958 North Island Championship B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 3. A Dueckstein vs J H Donner   0-1 32 1959 Zurich B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 4. Y Sakharov vs Korchnoi 0-1 45 1960 USSR Championship B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 5. Kavalek vs E Aaltio   1-0 40 1961 WchT U26 08th B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 6. Gligoric vs Tringov   1-0 52 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 7. Tringov vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 39 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 8. E Reinhardt vs Najdorf   0-1 32 1965 Buenos Aires B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 9. C B Van den Berg vs J H Donner 1-0 13 1965 Noordwijk B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. E Scanavino vs Najdorf 0-1 46 1965 Buenos Aires B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 11. Minic vs Tringov 1-0 27 1965 Belgrade B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 12. E Mnatsakanian vs Polugaevsky   1-0 47 1967 USSR (ch) 18/ (0.4) B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 13. Timman vs O Jakobsen   1-0 30 1972 Helsinki B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 14. M Damjanovic vs Ljubojevic 1-0 67 1974 Jugoslavien B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 15. R T Cardoso vs Ljubojevic   0-1 41 1975 Las Palmas B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 16. Huebner vs Hort 1-0 28 1979 Wijk aan Zee I B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 17. Chiburdanidze vs Azmaiparashvili   ½-½ 20 1980 URS-ch U26 B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 18. I Polovodin vs Azmaiparashvili   1-0 39 1980 URS B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 19. Ermenkov vs J Lechtynsky   1-0 50 1985 Albena B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 20. W Wittmann vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 47 1986 Dubai olm B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. T Ernst vs Van Wely   ½-½ 60 1994 Reykjavik op B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 22. N McDonald vs Bronstein 0-1 46 1995 Wrexham B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 23. Timman vs Van Wely   0-1 57 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 24. Navara vs J Subrt   1-0 48 1997 CZE-chT 9798 B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 25. K Johansson vs D Rost   1-0 28 1999 WC23/EWC01-SF10 B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 65

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nd7  8. Qf3 Qc7

page 1 of 1; 16 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Welling vs H Grooten   1-0 40 1976 Provincial U20 ch. B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 2. Ljubojevic vs Gelfand ½-½ 17 1990 Novi B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Shabalov vs Wolff   1-0 40 1993 USA-ch Bulletin B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. J Rodon Balcells vs G Timoshchenko   0-1 38 1996 Balaguer op B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. H Staudler vs D Fleetwood   ½-½ 52 1999 ICCF - corr B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. P Wang vs D Berczes   1-0 37 2000 World Under 10 Ch B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. I Uhvarin vs V Gurevich   0-1 37 2000 Ukrainian Team ch B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. K Kalashnikov vs M Egorov   1-0 32 2001 TCh-RUS Siberian Zone B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. I Grobovsek vs M Zufic   0-1 42 2005 Portoroz B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Radjabov vs A Volokitin 1-0 39 2006 Biel Int'l Festival B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. I A Nataf vs O Renet ½-½ 25 2007 French Championships B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. A Volokitin vs T L Petrosian 1-0 33 2007 European Individual Championships B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Hector vs Negi 0-1 75 2007 15th Sigeman & Co B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Nakamura vs Van Wely 1-0 39 2010 Corus B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. M Paragua vs Negi 0-1 48 2011 10th Asian Individual Championships B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. M Rujevic vs V Zhelnin   0-1 39 2011 21st World Seniors Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 1; 16 games

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nd7  8. Qf3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Kostro vs J B Bednarski   1-0 32 1961 Warsaw B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. D R Thomson vs D A Smith   0-1 36 1962 Whitby British ch B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 3. Kholmov vs Suetin   0-1 41 1964 USSR Zonal B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 4. A Planinc vs Najdorf 1-0 20 1973 Wijk aan Zee B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 5. G Kadar vs E Gadek   1-0 24 1976 Sandomierz Vitrobud op B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. V Stefanishin vs D Gurevich 0-1 30 1991 Simferopol B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. S Brandt vs Navara 0-1 23 1996 Plzen op-A U18 B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 8. Zhang Jilin vs Zhao Xue   0-1 18 2001 9th Asian Women B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Raul-Ionut Luncasu vs J Smeets   ½-½ 26 2003 Noteboom op B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 10. W Spoelman vs M Bosboom   1-0 31 2005 Corus Tournament: Group C B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. L Mazi vs I Kurnosov   0-1 29 2005 6th European Individual Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. D Leygue vs N Ninov   0-1 28 2006 Marseille Chess Festival B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. A Alvir vs H Ziska   ½-½ 50 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. E Berg vs M Bosboom   1-0 60 2007 Corus Group C B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. A Diamant vs C Goldwaser 1-0 40 2007 III South American Ch U20 B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. M Perunovic vs B Tadic   1-0 28 2007 SRB-Ch B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Negi vs M Bosboom 0-1 50 2007 Corus Group C B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. P Klerides vs M Erdogdu   0-1 44 2007 European Team Chess Championships B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. E Hossain vs R Bitoon   1-0 73 2007 Asian Individual Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. I K Sukandar vs N Zdebskaja   1-0 29 2007 EWS Cup Jakarta B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Kamsky vs A Adly ½-½ 83 2007 World Chess Cup B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. W So vs A Adly 1-0 37 2008 Dubai Open B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 23. Shirov vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 29 2008 XXI Magistral Ciudad de Leon B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Robson vs A Adly ½-½ 102 2008 Reykjavik Open B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 25. J Daly vs D Doyle   1-0 30 2008 Irish Championship B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nd7

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 134  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Steiner vs Najdorf 0-1 33 1937 Warsaw B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Keres vs O Katajisto   1-0 34 1954 Amsterdam ol prel B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. J Sefc vs F Pithart   1-0 58 1954 CSR-ch B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Matulovic vs Pirc   1-0 25 1961 Sarajevo B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. I Bratko vs S Martinovic   ½-½ 49 1963 YUG-chJ B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Stein vs Najdorf 0-1 29 1965 Mar del Plata B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Parma vs Szabo 1-0 41 1968 Solingen (Germany) B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Bronstein vs Savon   ½-½ 67 1970 URS Cup B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. M D Tseitlin vs Polugaevsky   1-0 36 1971 USSR Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Matulovic vs Gheorghiu 0-1 34 1972 Helsinki B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Ljubojevic vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 20 1972 Palma de Mallorca B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. O Rodriguez vs Quinteros 1-0 27 1972 Sao Paulo (Brazil) B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. V Tukmakov vs Browne 0-1 40 1973 Madrid B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Savon vs Mecking 0-1 33 1973 Petropolis Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Matulovic vs Tringov   1-0 54 1973 Vrnjacka Banja B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Matulovic vs V Ciocaltea   ½-½ 25 1973 Novi Sad B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Bronstein vs Gheorghiu 1-0 36 1973 Petropolis Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. V Tukmakov vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 41 1973 USSR Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. H Ree vs Szabo   ½-½ 26 1973 Amsterdam IBM B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. G Kuzmin vs M Stean   1-0 43 1974 Hastings 1973/74 B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Kavalek vs Ljubojevic   0-1 29 1974 Las Palmas B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Matulovic vs I Buljovcic   0-1 42 1975 Novi Sad B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. L Shamkovich vs Quinteros   ½-½ 61 1975 Lone Pine B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. L Shamkovich vs N Weinstein   0-1 31 1976 USA B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. K B Richardson vs M Kletsel   1-0 64 1978 corr-10 WCH B96 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 134

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page 1 of 130; games 1-25 of 3,240  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. K Plater vs W Kunerth   0-1 51 1938 Krakow B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. W Kunerth vs K Wojtyla   1-0 27 1938 Krakow (composition) B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 3. E Joppen vs Bronstein 0-1 40 1954 Belgrad B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Keres vs Panno 1-0 31 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Spassky vs Pilnik 1-0 31 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Keres vs Najdorf 1-0 25 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Geller vs Panno 1-0 23 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. P Ravn vs Scherbakoff   1-0 43 1955 Paris B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. A Fuderer vs Panno ½-½ 50 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. B Rabar vs Najdorf 1-0 32 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. A Laurencena vs Najdorf   0-1 28 1955 ARG B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. B Rabar vs Panno   ½-½ 26 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Keres vs Stahlberg   0-1 41 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Geller vs Najdorf   ½-½ 19 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Keres vs A Fuderer 1-0 18 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Y Neishtadt vs Petrosian   0-1 44 1956 34th Moscow Championship B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Tal vs Tolush 1-0 31 1956 USSR Championship B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. H Bouwmeester vs Larsen   0-1 56 1956 Copenhagen B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. C H Alexander vs Larsen 0-1 40 1956 Hastings 1956/57 B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. P Santos Isain vs Najdorf   0-1 25 1956 Montevideo B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Keres vs Panno   1-0 67 1956 Amsterdam ct B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. A Lundqvist vs B Koch   1-0 41 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. L Endzelins vs B Koch   1-0 48 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Wade vs M J Franklin   1-0 25 1956 Ilford Premier B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Kalatozishbili vs A Blagidze 1-0 23 1956 Georgian Ch B98 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 130; games 1-25 of 3,240

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