1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Rb8 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O Ne7 10. f4 O-O 11. g4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Ng3 Qe8 14. Nd1 b6 15. c3 Ndc6 16. Kh1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Nf2 h5 21. Rg1 h4 22. Nf1 e5 23. Re1 exf4 24. Qf3 Qh5 25. Qxf4 Rbe8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Ne3 Ng4 28. Nfxg4 fxg4 29. Nxg4 Rf8 30. Qd6 Nd8 31. Bxb7 Nxb7 32. Qd7 Nd8 33. Nf6+ 1-0

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Opening: Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (B26)
Player profiles: C Pedersen, G McCurdy

Novelty of stem-game: 10. f4

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Rb8  8. Ne2 Nd4  9. 0-0 Ne7

page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Llavandero vs H Enevoldsen   ½-½ 41 1958 13th olm qual. group 1 B24 Sicilian, Closed 2. C Pedersen vs G McCurdy   1-0 33 1967 EU-chT (prelim) B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 3. F Feistenauer vs P Gelpke   1-0 42 1980 FRG-ch int U18 A07 King's Indian Attack 4. Bronstein vs Suetin   ½-½ 31 1981 Moscow (Russia) B23 Sicilian, Closed 5. J Sarfati vs R W Smith   0-1 35 1982 North Island Ch A07 King's Indian Attack 6. J Sarfati vs V Small   ½-½ 21 1982 South Island Ch A07 King's Indian Attack 7. J Sarfati vs E Torre ½-½ 43 1983 Asian Teams B24 Sicilian, Closed 8. Karpov vs Ftacnik   ½-½ 22 1986 Vienna op B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 9. Romanishin vs Van Wely   1-0 30 1992 Stary Smokovec B23 Sicilian, Closed 10. S Milosevic vs D Lazic   ½-½ 59 1995 Kragujevac A07 King's Indian Attack 11. A Gavrilov vs Y Zimmerman   1-0 50 1997 Ceske Budejovice op B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 12. C Morrison vs M Ahn   0-1 62 1999 EU-chT (Men) A07 King's Indian Attack 13. M Vachier-Lagrave vs Li Haoyu   0-1 40 1999 Wch U10 B24 Sicilian, Closed 14. M Kolkin vs D Lineykin   1-0 35 2000 Kharkov Caissa op B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 15. G Mahia vs J Sanchez Almeyra   ½-½ 51 2000 Najdorf mem Great fin B24 Sicilian, Closed 16. H Alvarez Castillo vs J Szmetan   0-1 27 2003 Torneo Continental Americano B24 Sicilian, Closed 17. J Houska vs N Mammadova   ½-½ 63 2004 EU-ch (Women) 5th A07 King's Indian Attack 18. M Coimbra vs L Jaime Montalvan 0-1 29 2005 Gibraltar Masters B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 19. S Lalic vs N Medvegy   0-1 57 2005 15th European Team Championship (Women) B23 Sicilian, Closed 20. M Coimbra vs A Mortazavi   0-1 28 2005 Gibraltar Masters B23 Sicilian, Closed 21. G Huber vs L Gerzhoy   ½-½ 41 2006 Canadian Closed B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 22. L Ptacnikova vs S Macak   0-1 34 2009 Reykjavik Open A07 King's Indian Attack 23. R Burmeister vs T Sondergaard   1-0 40 2009 Politiken Cup A07 King's Indian Attack 24. M Marcos vs D Shengelia   0-1 43 2010 Dubai Open B23 Sicilian, Closed 25. O Sabirova vs Ju Wenjun ½-½ 118 2010 16th Asian Games (Women Teams) A07 King's Indian Attack  page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Rb8  8. Ne2 Nd4  9. 0-0

page 1 of 1; 10 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Romanishin vs K Lerner   ½-½ 32 1983 Yurmala B24 Sicilian, Closed 2. E Kasioura vs N Gaprindashvili   0-1 51 1986 Dubai (United Arab Emirates) B24 Sicilian, Closed 3. D Roos vs B Ivanovic   0-1 27 1990 Metz op 8th B24 Sicilian, Closed 4. S Keskinen vs Ari Tonteri   1-0 30 2001 Heart of Finland Open B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 5. Nidjat Agayev vs D Andreikin   0-1 39 2001 WYB12 B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 6. D Vargic vs I Vitic   1-0 56 2001 TCh-CRO B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 7. H Alvarez Castillo vs D Nedilski   0-1 59 2004 79th Argentine Championship B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 8. M Narmontas vs W Moranda   0-1 32 2006 European Youth Championship B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 9. E Safarli vs S Azarov   0-1 26 2008 Aeroflot Open B24 Sicilian, Closed 10. O Sabirova vs Ju Wenjun   1-0 36 2010 16th Asian Games Team Final Women A07 King's Indian Attack

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Rb8  8. Ne2 Nd4

page 1 of 1; 22 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F Blatny vs J Mojzis   0-1 58 1971 CSR sf-B B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 2. Ljubojevic vs Hort ½-½ 20 1973 Las Palmas C00 French Defense 3. Blatny vs Z Szymczak 0-1 28 1984 Poznan B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 4. E Birmingham vs Jansa   0-1 47 1989 Paris-ch B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 5. F Blatny vs G Moser   1-0 35 1993 AUT-chT B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 6. F Blatny vs P Spanhel   ½-½ 28 1995 CZE-chT2c 9596 B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 7. K Matseyko vs H Adondakis 1-0 30 2001 EYCC G16 B24 Sicilian, Closed 8. M Costagliola vs K Szymanowska   1-0 64 2001 2nd ch-EUR Women B24 Sicilian, Closed 9. A Iliopoulos vs S Blaho   0-1 45 2001 3rd Open B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 10. T Yilmaz vs A Mastrovasilis   0-1 35 2004 5th Individual European Chess Championship B23 Sicilian, Closed 11. S Himanshu vs Ganguly 1-0 103 2006 43rd Indian Championship B24 Sicilian, Closed 12. B Mendoza vs G Dauletova   0-1 32 2006 37th Chess Olympiad: Women B24 Sicilian, Closed 13. S Keskinen vs M Erdogdu   1-0 54 2007 European Team Chess Championships B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 14. Pokorna vs S Pertlova   1-0 68 2007 European Individual Championships (Women) B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 15. A Rundgren vs Z Clitan   ½-½ 29 2008 21st Belgrade Trophy A07 King's Indian Attack 16. K Krasiuk vs Y Shvayger   1-0 36 2008 EU-ch U16 Girls 18th A07 King's Indian Attack 17. R Stepp vs M Langer   0-1 34 2008 Stillwater Winter FIDE A07 King's Indian Attack 18. N Maltez vs M Pena Gomez   0-1 54 2010 Tch-POR 1st Div Final A07 King's Indian Attack 19. A Ryvova vs M Stojkovska   ½-½ 49 2010 Chess Olympiad (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 20. M Marcos vs E Karavade   0-1 72 2010 Dubai Open B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 21. A Van Oosten vs L Lederman   0-1 13 2011 European Seniors Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 22. T Finnbogadottir vs M Shepherd   1-0 12 2012 Reykjavik Open A07 King's Indian Attack  page 1 of 1; 22 games

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Rb8  8. Ne2

page 1 of 1; 15 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Efler vs Ftacnik   0-1 39 1992 Pardubice op B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 2. K Berg vs S Pedersen   0-1 56 1994 DEN-ch A07 King's Indian Attack 3. H Vazouras vs T Papadopoulou   0-1 25 2001 3rd Open B24 Sicilian, Closed 4. N Frost vs S Ledger   ½-½ 15 2001 Smith & Williamson ch-GBR B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 5. De Vreugt vs J Blokhuis   ½-½ 66 2001 sf ch-NED B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 6. J Shaw vs S Collins   ½-½ 54 2001 10th Monarch Assurance B23 Sicilian, Closed 7. D Rivas Vila vs I Khamrakulov   0-1 33 2001 open B24 Sicilian, Closed 8. J Ye vs Ni Hua   1-0 39 2004 FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 9. L Zahilas vs T Sideris   ½-½ 77 2005 Athens Acropolis GM B24 Sicilian, Closed 10. D Fryer vs O Jackson   0-1 46 2008 83rd Hastings Chess Congress B23 Sicilian, Closed 11. S Gurpreet vs V N Ghate   1-0 38 2008 Commonwealth Championship B24 Sicilian, Closed 12. E Safarli vs T M Georgescu   1-0 49 2008 European Individual Championship B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 13. A Fox vs O Benson   1-0 41 2008 Irish Championship B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 14. R Burmeister vs M M Hansen   ½-½ 19 2009 Politiken Cup A07 King's Indian Attack 15. A Fox vs N Andersen   1-0 44 2010 Gibraltar A07 King's Indian Attack

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Rb8

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 61  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C Orbaan vs Geller   0-1 33 1960 Nimzowitsch mem B24 Sicilian, Closed 2. F Blatny vs J Trapl   1-0 34 1963 CSR-ch B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 3. P Smederevac vs F Kuijpers   ½-½ 73 1963 Hoogovens-C B24 Sicilian, Closed 4. F Blatny vs J Lechtynsky   ½-½ 40 1968 CSR-ch B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 5. Biyiasas vs G Sigurjonsson   ½-½ 37 1975 Lone Pine B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 6. F Blatny vs D Sorm   0-1 30 1978 Decin-B 8th B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 7. F Blatny vs I Hausner   0-1 61 1978 Decin-B 8th B25 Sicilian, Closed 8. B Zivkovic vs Tringov   0-1 43 1979 Nis B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 9. A Pacis vs L Shamkovich   ½-½ 47 1980 Malta (ol) B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 10. E Raaste vs Matulovic   0-1 26 1981 Helsinki B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 11. F Feistenauer vs M Kivisto   1-0 61 1981 EU-ch jr B24 Sicilian, Closed 12. J A Barlow vs Myagmarsuren   0-1 48 1982 Lucerne olm B24 Sicilian, Closed 13. V Arapovic vs P Popovic   0-1 35 1982 Sarajevo B24 Sicilian, Closed 14. V Genfan vs J Litvinchuk   0-1 34 1983 US Junior Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 15. Romanishin vs Geller   0-1 49 1983 Sochi B24 Sicilian, Closed 16. B Zivkovic vs Marjanovic   0-1 74 1983 Nis (Yugoslavia) B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 17. Balashov vs K Lerner   ½-½ 11 1989 Odessa URS ch B24 Sicilian, Closed 18. O Castro vs E Gonzales   1-0 31 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) A07 King's Indian Attack 19. L Eisen vs Waitzkin   1-0 36 1992 US National HS Championships B24 Sicilian, Closed 20. T Christensen vs Khmelnitsky   1-0 68 1993 It (open) A07 King's Indian Attack 21. F Kroeze vs S Strating   1-0 68 1993 Leeuwarden op A07 King's Indian Attack 22. D Wanzek vs Kupreichik   ½-½ 60 1995 Schwaebisch Gmuend op B24 Sicilian, Closed 23. T Bae vs Petursson   0-1 37 1995 It VII-VIII Gausdal (Norway) (08) B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 24. T Khodykin vs S Konstantinov   ½-½ 39 1996 RUS-chT A07 King's Indian Attack 25. G Vescovi vs Ljubojevic   0-1 81 1998 Elista ol (Men) A07 King's Indian Attack  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 61

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page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 253  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tolush vs Bondarevsky   1-0 40 1939 Leningrad/Moscow training B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 2. Smyslov vs C Kottnauer 1-0 37 1946 Moscow B24 Sicilian, Closed 3. Bronstein vs Aronin   1-0 63 1947 USSR Championship B24 Sicilian, Closed 4. Kasparian vs Simagin   1-0 42 1947 Ch URS (1/2 final) B24 Sicilian, Closed 5. G A Thomas vs C Kottnauer   1-0 57 1947 Match UK-CZE B24 Sicilian, Closed 6. H Mallison vs R M Bruce   1-0 40 1947 WECU Bristol B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 7. G A Thomas vs O Friedman   0-1 33 1949 Southsea B24 Sicilian, Closed 8. G A Thomas vs Rossolimo   ½-½ 46 1949 Southsea B24 Sicilian, Closed 9. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 1-0 41 1951 Training B24 Sicilian, Closed 10. Smyslov vs O Moiseev   ½-½ 30 1952 USSR Championship B24 Sicilian, Closed 11. Keres vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 16 1952 Helsinki ol final B24 Sicilian, Closed 12. Smyslov vs Tolush   ½-½ 41 1953 Gagra B24 Sicilian, Closed 13. F Blatny vs E Arlamowski   0-1 37 1955 Prague tm B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 14. Suetin vs A Shagalovich   1-0 43 1957 Ch URS (1/4 final) A07 King's Indian Attack 15. R A Redolfi vs Tringov   1-0 40 1958 WchT U26 fin-A 05th B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 16. R A Redolfi vs O Bazan   0-1 38 1960 Mar del Plata B24 Sicilian, Closed 17. E Nowak vs M Bobotsov   ½-½ 47 1966 ARMIES-ch 3rd B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 18. Karpov vs I Zaitsev   ½-½ 23 1966 05, Leningrad B24 Sicilian, Closed 19. Stein vs O Sarapu   1-0 42 1967 Sousse Interzonal A07 King's Indian Attack 20. S Kagan vs U Geller   1-0 33 1969 Netanya A07 King's Indian Attack 21. A Medina Garcia vs J Penrose   ½-½ 23 1969 Palma de Majorca (Spain) B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 22. A Medina Garcia vs Geller   ½-½ 41 1969 Wijk aan Zee B24 Sicilian, Closed 23. Ekenberg vs M Johansson Sr   ½-½ 37 1971 Eskilstuna B24 Sicilian, Closed 24. E Pedersen vs A Malagon   1-0 35 1972 Skopje ol (Men) A07 King's Indian Attack 25. S Soska vs J Franzen   0-1 29 1973 Prievidza B24 Sicilian, Closed  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 253

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page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 102  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Smyslov vs C Kottnauer 1-0 59 1947 Moscow B24 Sicilian, Closed 2. A Tsvetkov vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 45 1947 Zonal B24 Sicilian, Closed 3. I V Rohacek vs Pachman   0-1 37 1949 Trencianske Teplice A07 King's Indian Attack 4. I V Rohacek vs S Erdelyi   0-1 53 1949 Trencianske Teplice A07 King's Indian Attack 5. I V Rohacek vs K S Ojanen   ½-½ 29 1949 Trencianske Teplice A07 King's Indian Attack 6. Averbakh vs E Gereben   ½-½ 42 1949 Budapest-Moscow B24 Sicilian, Closed 7. K Palda vs M Kupferstich   ½-½ 41 1950 Dubrovnik olm B23 Sicilian, Closed 8. E Bykova vs M Karff   1-0 63 1950 Moscow, WCH Woman RUS B24 Sicilian, Closed 9. C Orbaan vs E Spanjaard   0-1 41 1950 NED-ch A07 King's Indian Attack 10. S Basjuni vs Pachman   0-1 30 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha B24 Sicilian, Closed 11. W Cruz vs J de Souza Mendes   1-0 26 1952 Rio de Janeiro it B24 Sicilian, Closed 12. Bannik vs M Pasman   ½-½ 40 1952 URS ch sf B24 Sicilian, Closed 13. W Cruz vs P Trifunovic   0-1 60 1952 Rio de Janeiro it B24 Sicilian, Closed 14. Smyslov vs C Kottnauer   0-1 62 1952 Budapest B24 Sicilian, Closed 15. V Maher vs Blau   0-1 57 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B24 Sicilian, Closed 16. Lombardy vs M Harrow   ½-½ 60 1954 55th US Open A07 King's Indian Attack 17. I Livshin vs G Ilivitsky   ½-½ 34 1954 URS-ch21 B24 Sicilian, Closed 18. Portisch vs S Kalmar   ½-½ 41 1956 Debrecen B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 19. R A Redolfi vs Shocron   0-1 33 1959 Mar del Plata A07 King's Indian Attack 20. R A Redolfi vs B Wexler   0-1 36 1959 Mar del Plata A07 King's Indian Attack 21. B Andersen vs S Holm Petersen   ½-½ 43 1960 Nimzowitsch mem B24 Sicilian, Closed 22. C Maalouf vs W Schmidt   0-1 39 1961 Wch U20 fin-C B25 Sicilian, Closed 23. R A Fuller vs D A Smith   ½-½ 51 1962 Whitby British ch B24 Sicilian, Closed 24. I Kattinger vs G Hulgana   ½-½ 41 1963 2nd olw final B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 25. J Nielsen vs Hort   ½-½ 38 1965 Copenhagen B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 102

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