1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Bxf4 Qc7 13. Be2 Be6 14. Nd4 Rfe8 15. Bg5 Qd8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rc8 18. Qd4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (B93)
Player profiles: M Panchanathan, V Aveskulov

Novelty of stem-game: 12. ...Qc7

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nd7  8. a4 Be7  9. Bd3 0-0  10. 0-0 exf4  11. Kh1 Ne5  12. Bxf4

page 1 of 1; 22 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tseshkovsky vs L Zaid   1-0 26 1984 URS Cup B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 2. Oll vs T Darcyl 1-0 43 1984 Wch U20 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 3. Tal vs J Rizzitano   ½-½ 39 1988 Chicago B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 4. A Sokolov vs Gavrikov   ½-½ 15 1988 55th USSR Championship B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 5. S Micic vs A Riedel   0-1 53 1988 Sochi (Women) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 6. Svidler vs I Polovodin   ½-½ 40 1989 03 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 7. A Sokolov vs Savon   1-0 24 1991 Moscow7 op B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 8. Sherzer vs Wojtkiewicz   0-1 50 1993 New York (USA) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 9. O Reeh vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 43 1993 It (open) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 10. Judit Polgar vs Wojtkiewicz   1-0 47 1993 Budapest (Hungary) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 11. Svidler vs A Rodriguez   1-0 28 1994 Linares op B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 12. A Sokolov vs C Lutz   ½-½ 22 1999 Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 13. M Larsson vs A Sirota   0-1 66 1999 WC.2000.S.00005 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 14. L Dominguez vs W Arencibia   ½-½ 44 2000 CUB-ch B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 15. L Aslanian vs Areshchenko   0-1 36 2000 Ukrainian Team ch B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 16. N Resika vs Z Dub   ½-½ 70 2001 FSIM June B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 17. Comet vs Holmes   1-0 35 2003 12th IPCCC B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 18. K Arakhamia-Grant vs B Kadziolka   1-0 45 2003 EU-ch 4th, Women B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 19. M Panchanathan vs V Aveskulov   ½-½ 18 2007 OCF Winter NAO FIDE Open B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 20. J Friedel vs V Aveskulov   1-0 44 2008 Mindsports B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 21. D Pruess vs V Aveskulov   ½-½ 116 2008 Mindsports B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 22. Shabalov vs Baklan 1-0 53 2009 World Cup B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4  page 1 of 1; 22 games

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nd7  8. a4 Be7  9. Bd3 0-0  10. 0-0 exf4  11. Kh1

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 57  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Z Veroci Petronic vs N Gaprindashvili   ½-½ 23 1984 It (cat.14) (w) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 2. Khalifman vs P Szekely   ½-½ 21 1985 Moscow (Russia) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 3. Glek vs Ehlvest   1-0 29 1985 Lvov B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 4. Psakhis vs E Pigusov   ½-½ 22 1986 Irkutsk URS sf B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 5. Psakhis vs E Pigusov   ½-½ 22 1986 Irkutsk B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 6. V Ruehrig vs F Schoenthier   ½-½ 41 1987 Bad Neuenahr B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 7. P Gayson vs Sampson 1-0 23 1987 Swansea B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 8. Ulibin vs E Pigusov   ½-½ 39 1988 Nabereznye Chelny B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 9. DeFirmian vs Gavrikov   ½-½ 13 1989 Cup World (open) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 10. G Timoshenko vs Savon   0-1 65 1993 Nikolaev zt B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 11. Svidler vs Savon   ½-½ 15 1994 St Petersburg B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 12. Svidler vs M Nedobora   1-0 30 1994 Linares op B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 13. Zsofia Polgar vs DeFirmian   0-1 44 1995 Pan Pacific International B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 14. J Bielczyk vs Wojtkiewicz   ½-½ 64 1995 Ch Poland Lubniewice (Poland) (03) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 15. Judit Polgar vs Kamsky   ½-½ 51 1996 Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 16. Adams vs I Morovic   1-0 35 1997 Match, Santiago CHI B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 17. V Malakhov vs O Maiorov   ½-½ 49 1997 Minsk op B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 18. Judit Polgar vs Gelfand ½-½ 24 1997 Linares B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 19. Mack Wynn Novosad vs I Firnhaber   0-1 29 1997 EM/M/GT/A008 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 20. S Burns-Mannion vs V Gurevich   ½-½ 27 1999 Cappelle la Grande B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 21. M J Read vs M Tochacek   ½-½ 30 1999 ICCF - corr B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 22. B Gongora Montes vs W Arencibia   0-1 40 1999 Torre mem op B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 23. L Dominguez vs DeFirmian 1-0 51 2000 34th Olympiad B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 24. Korbut vs A Vaulin   0-1 38 2001 White Nights B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 25. I Herrera vs J A Morales   1-0 44 2001 XVII Moratalaz Open B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 57

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nd7  8. a4 Be7  9. Bd3 0-0  10. 0-0 exf4

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Karaklajic vs R Bogdanovic   1-0 53 1955 Novi Sad B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 2. V Ciocaltea vs G Danner   1-0 41 1983 Timisoara B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 3. S Kindermann vs L Spassov   1-0 52 1984 Plovdiv B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 4. L Hazai vs S Mirkovic   ½-½ 22 1984 Vrnjacka Banja B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 5. L Hazai vs L Spassov   ½-½ 17 1984 Vrnjacka Banja B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 6. H Erenska-Barlo vs Z Nikolin   1-0 62 1985 Smederevska Palanka B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 7. Vogt vs Gelfand   ½-½ 23 1987 Halle B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 8. L Hazai vs M Marin   ½-½ 17 1987 Warsaw B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 9. H Erenska-Barlo vs A Brustman   ½-½ 23 1987 Wroclaw B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 10. L B Hoyos Millan vs L J Bernal Moro   1-0 29 1988 COL B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 11. Nijboer vs Wojtkiewicz   0-1 31 1993 07 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 12. P Zarnicki vs Dvoirys   0-1 36 1993 Biel izt B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 13. Savon vs A Vaulin   ½-½ 22 1993 Katowice Fibak op B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 14. H Axelsson vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 38 1994 Cup Rilton B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 15. S Kindermann vs Ftacnik   ½-½ 48 1994 Pardubice B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 16. Adams vs Van Wely   1-0 43 1994 Garmisch Partenkirchen (Germany) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 17. A Kveinys vs Van Wely 1-0 33 1994 Moscow B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 18. C Lutz vs Short   0-1 45 1994 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 19. DeFirmian vs Van Wely   ½-½ 50 1994 Akureyri (Iceland) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 20. Leko vs Gelfand   0-1 40 1995 Belgrade (Yugoslavia) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 21. Hort vs I Stohl   ½-½ 34 1996 Kottnauer mem Prague CZE B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 22. P Doggers vs Wojtkiewicz   1-0 43 1996 It (open) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 23. Waitzkin vs J S Neto   1-0 39 1996 It (cat.13) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 24. J Tan vs Wojtkiewicz   0-1 57 1997 FEBTC Open, Greenhills PHI B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 25. S Kindermann vs Xu Jun   1-0 51 1997 Bad Homburg it B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nd7  8. a4 Be7  9. Bd3 0-0  10. 0-0

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 134  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Pilnik vs Szabo   ½-½ 70 1955 Buenos Aires B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 2. Najdorf vs Blau   ½-½ 39 1956 Moscow B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 3. B Brinck-Claussen vs JO Soderborg   1-0 71 1961 Helsinki B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 4. J Moles vs Timman   0-1 43 1966 Groningen Ech-jr pre B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 5. T Stanciu vs S Neamtu   1-0 24 1969 Romania B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 6. D Tudhope vs C Lennox   0-1 43 1973 Bearsden B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 7. B Thorsteinsson vs G Sigurjonsson   ½-½ 23 1981 Reykjavik B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 8. Nunn vs S Bouaziz 1-0 24 1983 Reggio Emilia B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 9. DeFirmian vs R Byrne   ½-½ 28 1984 US-ch B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 10. DeFirmian vs Browne   ½-½ 19 1984 US-ch B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 11. E Belle vs D Nutu-Gajic   0-1 60 1984 Thessaloniki olw B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 12. N Radev vs V Lukov   ½-½ 15 1984 Sofia ch-BUL B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 13. J Grigorov vs V Lukov   ½-½ 64 1984 Sofia B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 14. J L Arnason vs H Olafsson   ½-½ 17 1984 Reykjavik B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 15. P Cramling vs G Sigurjonsson   ½-½ 21 1984 Reykjavik B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 16. Nunn vs Ribli   ½-½ 22 1984 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 17. D Cramling vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 42 1984 Bunadarbanka (Iceland) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 18. B Kristjansson vs G Sigurjonsson   0-1 41 1984 Reykjavik B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 19. Zhao Lan vs D Nutu-Gajic   ½-½ 41 1984 Thessaloniki olw B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 20. Tseshkovsky vs Dvoirys   ½-½ 55 1984 URS-ch sf B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 21. A Lanc vs W Newerow   0-1 57 1985 Poznan B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 22. Sznapik vs J Yrjola   0-1 29 1985 Pohja B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 23. Khalifman vs E Kengis   1-0 33 1985 Minsk (Belarus) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 24. Nunn vs Portisch   1-0 38 1986 Bruxelles 42/309 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 25. Psakhis vs Balashov   1-0 26 1986 URS-FL Irkutsk B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 134

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nd7  8. a4 Be7  9. Bd3 0-0

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Walicki vs C Oggier   1-0 75 1986 Neuquen B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4

 

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nd7  8. a4 Be7  9. Bd3

page 1 of 1; 7 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. H Van der Poel vs R Dam   1-0 41 1984 SGS ch B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 2. DeFirmian vs Richard Wade   1-0 29 1989 National B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 3. I Rogers vs R Kempinski   0-1 30 1996 It Polanica Zdroj POL B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 4. J Gdanski vs R Kempinski   0-1 35 1999 Ch Poland, Polanica Zdroj (Poland) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 5. E Sperdokli vs L Hodova   1-0 30 2001 EuChJun Girls B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 6. REBEL vs PARSOS   1-0 45 2001 WMCCC B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 7. A Ganichev vs A Giri   0-1 45 2008 World's Youth Stars B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4

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page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 89  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C J Corte vs Shocron   1-0 63 1955 Buenos Aires B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 2. M Farre vs R Saborido   1-0 26 1961 Torremolinos B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 3. C Zuidema vs J H Donner   ½-½ 56 1967 Zierikzee B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 4. Ribli vs K H Maeder   0-1 37 1969 Groningen B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 5. S Wach vs J Barle   1-0 36 1971 Athens B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 6. Sax vs Marjanovic   1-0 36 1972 Netherlands B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 7. Sax vs H Wirthensohn   0-1 30 1973 Bath B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 8. C Zuidema vs E Scholl   ½-½ 45 1973 Leeuwarden B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 9. K Roehrl vs H Wirthensohn   ½-½ 38 1974 Nice B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 10. P Poutiainen vs Portisch   ½-½ 42 1975 Budapest B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 11. Van der Wiel vs C Baljon   1-0 37 1979 Leeuwarden NED ch B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 12. Van der Wiel vs Ribli 1-0 29 1980 Amsterdam IBM B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 13. R Cardoso vs M Wiese-Jozwiak   ½-½ 29 1980 La Valetta B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 14. Dolmatov vs Gavrikov   0-1 31 1981 USSR B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 15. J M Bellon Lopez vs Ribli 1-0 33 1981 ?? B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 16. J Peters vs Kavalek   0-1 37 1981 South Bend B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 17. J M Bellon Lopez vs Portisch   0-1 56 1981 Linares B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 18. V Stoica vs C Ionescu   1-0 57 1981 Romania B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 19. Y Rantanen vs K Helmers   ½-½ 55 1982 Randers B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 20. A Lukin vs A Shneider   ½-½ 29 1982 Tel Aviv B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 21. Nunn vs S Bouaziz   ½-½ 45 1982 Hamburg-TV (1 h) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 22. V Lukic vs G Zaitshik   ½-½ 42 1982 USSR B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 23. S Kindermann vs Chandler   0-1 51 1983 Bundesliga 1982/83 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 24. V Stoica vs P Stefanov   1-0 40 1983 Romania B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 25. DeFirmian vs H Olafsson   ½-½ 18 1983 Bunadarbanka (Iceland) B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 89

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