1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Qb8 18. Rad1 Rc6 19. g3 Rfc8 20. Qd3 Be7 21. a4 g6 22. Nd2 Rc5 23. Nc4 b5 24. Nxd6 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd6 26. Qxd6 bxa4 27. bxa4 Qxb2 28. Qxa6 Qc2 29. Ra1 Kg7 30. Qb6 Qxe4 31. a5 Rc6 32. Qb2 Ra6 33. Qb5 Rf6 34. Qb2 Ra6 35. Qb5 Rf6 36. Qf1 Qd4 37. Ra2 e4 38. Qe2 Re6 39. Ra3 Qb4 40. Qa2 Ra6 41. Qa1+ f6 42. h4 Qc5 43. Kg2 Qd5 44. Kh2 Qc5 45. Kg2 Qd5 46. Kh2 Qc5 47. Ra2 g5 48. hxg5 Qxg5 49. Qc3 Qd5 50. Ra4 Rc6 51. Qe3 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Sicilian, Najdorf (B90)
Player profiles: I Khairullin, Z Andriasian

Novelty of stem-game: 11. Qe2

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7  8. Bc4 0-0  9. 0-0 Nc6  10. Bg5 Be6

page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kotronias vs Gelfand   ½-½ 17 1993 Chalkidiki (Greece) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Anand vs Gelfand 1-0 42 1996 It (cat.19) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. I Smirnov vs A Zhigalko   ½-½ 76 2005 Czech Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Adams vs Granda-Zuniga   ½-½ 22 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. I Khairullin vs Z Andriasian   ½-½ 51 2006 World Junior Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. S Mikheev vs H Odeev   0-1 30 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. M Vachier-Lagrave vs Bu Xiangzhi   1-0 74 2008 Cap d'Agde B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. A Brkic vs Yifan Hou ½-½ 27 2008 World Junior Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. K Asrian vs Areshchenko   1-0 50 2008 Russian Team Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Leko vs Van Wely   ½-½ 36 2008 Amber Tournament (Rapid) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. S Fedorchuk vs E Najer   ½-½ 75 2008 2008-2009 Bundesliga B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Z Almasi vs Bu Xiangzhi   1-0 38 2008 Mindsports B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. C Balogh vs R Kempinski   1-0 78 2008 Najdorf Memorial B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Areshchenko vs G N Gopal   ½-½ 58 2009 Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. T L Petrosian vs S Sjugirov   ½-½ 60 2009 Aeroflot Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Z Andriasian vs S Sjugirov   1-0 79 2010 Russia Cup Final KO B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. T Petrik vs Zhou Jianchao   ½-½ 108 2010 Chess Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Y Melnikova vs N Zdebskaja   ½-½ 24 2010 European Individual Championships (Women) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. T L Petrosian vs M Makarov   ½-½ 63 2010 European Individual Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. T L Petrosian vs G N Gopal ½-½ 104 2010 World Team Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. D Kononenko vs Gelfand ½-½ 30 2010 European Club Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Akopian vs S Sjugirov   1-0 55 2010 European Individual Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. D Svetushkin vs E Ghaem Maghami   0-1 40 2010 2009-2010 Bundesliga B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. R Rapport vs P Szwarc   1-0 45 2012 12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. T Gharamian vs V Petkov   ½-½ 20 2013 29th Cappelle-la-Grande B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7  8. Bc4 0-0  9. 0-0 Nc6  10. Bg5

page 1 of 1; 5 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. T Bakre vs Efimenko   ½-½ 58 2006 Gibtelecom Chess Festival B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. J op den Kelder vs K Van der Weide   0-1 42 2007 Dieren op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. M Vachier-Lagrave vs I Paulet   1-0 55 2008 European Union Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. A Kovacevic vs I Papaioannou   ½-½ 10 2009 10th European Individual Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. G N Gopal vs I Nepomniachtchi 0-1 53 2013 Moscow Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7  8. Bc4 0-0  9. 0-0 Nc6

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gipslis vs Rashkovsky   1-0 32 1976 Dubna (Russia) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Smirin vs Rashkovsky   ½-½ 40 1987 URS-ch FL55 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Khalifman vs R Byrne   1-0 33 1990 It (open) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. N Kalesis vs F Hellers   0-1 66 1993 Biel izt B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Smirin vs Wolff   0-1 37 1993 Biel Interzonal B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Kotronias vs E Kengis   ½-½ 64 1994 It (open) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Topalov vs Gelfand 1-0 47 1994 Linares B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Short vs Ehlvest ½-½ 19 1995 Horgen B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. T Bakre vs S Zagrebelny   0-1 54 1999 10th Goodricke Int. B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. D Dochev vs V Gurevich   ½-½ 12 2001 5th Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. A Borowiec vs F A Bisquert   1-0 51 2004 AEAC - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Areshchenko vs E Ghaem Maghami 0-1 38 2005 Aeroflot Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. I Khairullin vs E Alekseev   ½-½ 40 2006 Russian Championship Superfinal B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Jakovenko vs I Khairullin   0-1 40 2006 Russian Championship Superfinal B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. S Erenburg vs Areshchenko   ½-½ 36 2006 Russian Club Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Movsesian vs Areshchenko   ½-½ 128 2006 Russian Club Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. I Smirnov vs V Zakhartsov   ½-½ 28 2006 Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Shirov vs Bologan 1-0 31 2006 7th Poikovsky Tournament B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. S Fruebing vs Ftacnik   0-1 65 2007 European Individual Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. I Teran Alvarez vs Efimenko   0-1 20 2007 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. B Socko vs Shirov 1-0 26 2007 European Team Chess Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. C Balogh vs Yifan Hou   1-0 40 2007 5th Gyorgy Marx Memorial B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. I Khairullin vs I Nepomniachtchi   ½-½ 24 2007 Russian Championship Higher League B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. A Sokolov vs Ribli   ½-½ 21 2007 Bazna Kings Tournament B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. E Najer vs E Safarli   1-0 76 2007 6th Aeroflot Festival B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7  8. Bc4 0-0  9. 0-0

page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 208  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Adams vs F Aschwanden 1-0 20 1988 EU-chJ U20 Arnhem B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Kotronias vs E Pigusov   0-1 42 1989 Sochi B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. V Isupov vs A Vaulin 0-1 43 1991 URS-ch Club Pavlodar B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Varavin vs A Vaulin   0-1 26 1991 Smolensk B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. K Prentos vs A Tzoumbas   ½-½ 50 1992 GRE-chT B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. S Sulskis vs A Vaulin   0-1 45 1992 Warsaw op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Shirov vs Gavrikov   ½-½ 31 1994 It (cat.16) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. I Smykovsky vs A Vaulin   0-1 25 1995 Moscow op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Xie Jun vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 42 1995 Pan Pacific International B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Short vs Kasparov ½-½ 37 1995 Horgen B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Smirin vs DeFirmian 0-1 40 1995 Intel Chess Grand Prix (active) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Ivanchuk vs Kasparov 0-1 35 1995 New York PCA-Intel GP B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. S Sulskis vs A Vaulin   ½-½ 19 1996 Koszalin op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Smirin vs Sadler 0-1 37 1996 Ischia B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Smirin vs M Huizer   1-0 11 1996 Koop Tjuchem op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Kharlov vs B Voekler 1-0 38 1996 Vienna op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Smirin vs Lautier   0-1 31 1996 EU-ch Rapid-30' B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Kotronias vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 36 1996 Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. W Raschewski vs H Weisenburger   0-1 63 1997 ICCF - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Anand vs Lautier   1-0 43 1997 6th Amber Blind, Monaco B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Xie Jun vs Oll   0-1 42 1998 Keres mem B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Judit Polgar vs Anand 1-0 56 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. Xie Jun vs Van Wely   0-1 30 1999 Pamplona International B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. V Meijers vs D Hamelink   1-0 32 2000 open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. A Markgraf vs F Grafl   1-0 40 2001 Bundesliga 2000-1 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 208

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7  8. Bc4 0-0

page 1 of 1; 19 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Miles vs M Stean 1-0 53 1970 Islington Junior A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. K Spraggett vs L Ortega   1-0 26 1986 Radio Rebelde (Cuba) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. J Benjamin vs D Sellos 0-1 53 1989 Ch Paris (open) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Wolff vs J Benjamin   ½-½ 26 1989 It (matches) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Savon vs M Palac   0-1 56 1991 Borovo B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. V Panbukchian vs Savon   1-0 53 1991 Anapa B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Yudasin vs Wojtkiewicz   ½-½ 39 1994 active B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Timman vs E Kengis   ½-½ 27 1997 etch B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Timman vs Van Wely   ½-½ 54 2001 Corus B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. A Timofeev vs M Kobalia   0-1 80 2001 54th ch-RUS B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Z Medvegy vs Fressinet   ½-½ 29 2001 Zug SUI B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. J Gunnarsson vs A Grant Kerr   1-0 38 2005 Hastings Chess Congress B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Deep Gandalf vs HIARCS   ½-½ 67 2006 26th Dutch CC B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Carlsen vs Van Wely ½-½ 109 2007 Corus B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. L Ibarra Chami vs T Mamikonyan   ½-½ 72 2007 World Junior Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. R Giroux vs A Kovalyov   0-1 42 2008 Pere Noel B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. A Diamant vs Leitao   ½-½ 25 2009 LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro Ind B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. V Zolotukhin vs A Giri 0-1 54 2011 Russian Team Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. T Petenyi vs T K Antal   1-0 34 2013 European Individual Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 1; 19 games

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7  8. Bc4

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Iten vs P Haugli   1-0 43 1975 Hallsberg - int'l jr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Razuvaev vs Szabo   1-0 29 1975 Amsterdam IBM B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Suetin vs Rashkovsky   ½-½ 16 1976 Dubna B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Chandler vs P Ostermeyer   ½-½ 25 1984 Reykjavik B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Short vs Portisch   1-0 30 1985 Montpellier B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. M Trepp vs DeFirmian   0-1 36 1986 It (cat.7) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Kudrin vs DeFirmian   0-1 48 1986 USA-ch B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Anand vs DeFirmian 1-0 33 1986 London B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Nunn vs L Gutman   1-0 37 1987 BRD 44/298 (Nunn,J) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Kudrin vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 17 1987 Ch USA B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. F Hellers vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 29 1990 Match (team) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Short vs Anand 1-0 41 1993 Monaco B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. B Jaracz vs M Litinskaya-Shul   1-0 71 1994 POL-chT B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Stefansson vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 19 1994 Reykjavik open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. J Ye vs Shirov 0-1 27 1996 Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. M Senff vs R Costantini   0-1 40 2001 MTO B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. K Landa vs M Roeder 1-0 36 2001 open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. E Karahaliou vs A Ismailova 1-0 30 2002 EU-ch 3rd (Women) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. E Karahaliou vs G Grapsa   1-0 68 2002 GRE-ch U18 Girls B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. A Borowiec vs R Cortes Olivares   ½-½ 50 2004 AEAC - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Delchev vs J Touboulic   1-0 43 2005 Tarragona op 6th B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Efimenko vs J Dworakowska   1-0 28 2005 Gibraltar Masters B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. P Smirnov vs D Baramidze   1-0 31 2005 6th European Individual Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. C Balogh vs Areshchenko   ½-½ 26 2005 FIDE World Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. M Velcheva vs S Ghader Pour   ½-½ 42 2006 37th Chess Olympiad: Women B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7

page 1 of 1; 14 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Seltzer vs R Byrne   0-1 29 1992 World op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. R Ciemniak vs Wojtkiewicz   ½-½ 27 1993 Cht-POL Lubniewice B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. J L Arnason vs E Kengis   0-1 40 1994 Reykjavik op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. McShane vs Sadler   0-1 47 1999 Trenque Lauquen Masters B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. V Meijers vs J Cremer   1-0 51 2001 7th Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. V Meijers vs E L'Ami   0-1 67 2001 Dutch Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. V Meijers vs Dvoirys   0-1 46 2001 Dutch Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. V Meijers vs D Baramidze   ½-½ 33 2001 14th Kieler Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Bologan vs Areshchenko   ½-½ 68 2005 Russian Team Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. K Cao vs M Langer   0-1 24 2008 Stillwater Winter FIDE B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. H Fidaeyee vs B Saeheng   0-1 54 2008 2008 Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. H Odeev vs B Adhiban   ½-½ 52 2010 Chess Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. B Belyakov vs S Zhigalko   ½-½ 40 2011 Russian Team Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. J Ingvason vs A L'Ami   0-1 35 2012 Reykjavik Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

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