1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Re8 10.h4 c6 11.h5 h6 12.Kb1 Nf6 13.Bd3 Bf8 14.Rdg1 Ng4 15.Bf4 Qf6 16.Nh2 Nxh2 17.Rxh2 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Qxf5 19.g4 Qe4 20.g5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Qe2 22.Qxe2 Rxe2 23.Be3 Rxe3 24.fxe3 Re8 25.Rh3 Re6 26.c4 Be7 27.Rf3 Re5 28.Rgf1 Rxh5 29.Rxf7 Re5 30.R7f3 Bf6 31.c3 Re4 32.Rxf6 gxf6 33.Rxf6 Rxe3 34.Rxd6 Kf7 35.Kc2 Re2+ 36.Kb3 Ke7 37.Rd4 c5 38.Rd3 b6 39.Ka3 Rc2 40.Rd5 a5 41.Rd3 Rh2 42.b3 Rc2 43.Ka4 Rxa2+ 44.Kb5 Rb2 45.Kxb6 a4 46.Kxc5 Rxb3 47.Kc6 a3 48.c5 Ke8 49.Rh3 a2 50.Rh8+ Ke7 51.Ra8 Rb2 52.Kc7 Rc2 53.c6 Rb2 54.c4 Rc2 55.Ra6 Rb2 56.c5 Ke6 57.Ra5 Rc2 58.Kb7 Rb2+ 59.Kc8 Ke7 60.c7 Ke8 61.Rxa2 Rxa2 62.Kb7 1-0

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Opening: Petrov Defense (C42)
Player profiles: Gelfand, Topalov

Novelty of stem-game: 11. h5

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0  8. Qd2 Nd7  9. 0-0-0 Re8  10. h4 c6

page 1 of 1; 7 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Korbut vs Lahno   0-1 49 2007 European Club Cup (Women) C42 Petrov Defense 2. Nakamura vs Kramnik ½-½ 33 2010 Tal Memorial C42 Petrov Defense 3. Caruana vs Kramnik ½-½ 31 2010 Corus C42 Petrov Defense 4. Topalov vs Gelfand 1-0 62 2010 Linares C42 Petrov Defense 5. Ivanchuk vs Gelfand 1-0 32 2010 Amber Tournament (Rapid) C42 Petrov Defense 6. L Dominguez vs Gelfand   0-1 60 2010 Amber Tournament (Blindfold) C42 Petrov Defense 7. P Hristodoulou vs K Safronov   1-0 77 2012 13th European Individual Championship C42 Petrov Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0  8. Qd2 Nd7  9. 0-0-0 Re8

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Quillan vs P Svendsen   1-0 28 2008 Gibraltar C42 Petrov Defense

 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0  8. Qd2 Nd7  9. 0-0-0

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kupreichik vs Z Szymczak   1-0 36 1981 Polanica Zdroj C42 Petrov Defense 2. V Ciocaltea vs Schussler   1-0 48 1981 It FRG-ch C42 Petrov Defense 3. Van der Wiel vs Van der Sterren 1-0 20 1984 Wijk aan Zee C42 Petrov Defense 4. Van der Wiel vs Yusupov   ½-½ 27 1984 Sarajevo C42 Petrov Defense 5. Van der Wiel vs Piket   ½-½ 29 1989 Amsterdam OHRA-A C42 Petrov Defense 6. D M Tarrio vs D Ippolito 0-1 41 2004 32nd World Open C42 Petrov Defense 7. J Rohl vs O Perea   ½-½ 52 2004 Capablanca Memorial PREMIER II C42 Petrov Defense 8. J Smeets vs Carlsen 1-0 37 2005 Corus Tournament: Group B C42 Petrov Defense 9. E Inarkiev vs Motylev   ½-½ 17 2005 58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals C42 Petrov Defense 10. M Zumsande vs J Bick   ½-½ 31 2006 First Saturday September C42 Petrov Defense 11. D Smerdon vs R Bellin 1-0 41 2007 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival C42 Petrov Defense 12. Zhu Chen vs Koneru   1-0 58 2007 2nd MAIG-Team Standard chess C42 Petrov Defense 13. D Baramidze vs Huzman   ½-½ 13 2007 European Individual Championships C42 Petrov Defense 14. Nisipeanu vs Karpov ½-½ 27 2007 Liga de Campeones C42 Petrov Defense 15. Anand vs E Alekseev ½-½ 43 2007 Dortmund C42 Petrov Defense 16. N Pogonina vs Hoang Thi Bao Tram   1-0 42 2008 Mindsports C42 Petrov Defense 17. I Schneider vs O Perea   ½-½ 36 2008 United States Chess League C42 Petrov Defense 18. A David vs A Braun   0-1 71 2008 Euro Club Cup C42 Petrov Defense 19. V Gashimov vs Gelfand ½-½ 29 2010 FIDE Grand Prix C42 Petrov Defense 20. Leko vs Gelfand ½-½ 26 2010 FIDE Grand Prix C42 Petrov Defense 21. Karjakin vs Gelfand 1-0 57 2010 Tal Memorial C42 Petrov Defense 22. Jakovenko vs Gelfand ½-½ 53 2010 FIDE Grand Prix C42 Petrov Defense 23. Nisipeanu vs Gelfand 0-1 40 2010 King's Tournament C42 Petrov Defense 24. Karjakin vs Kramnik 1-0 32 2010 Tal Memorial C42 Petrov Defense 25. Karjakin vs Gelfand 0-1 37 2011 20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold) C42 Petrov Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0  8. Qd2 Nd7

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Dolmatov vs Anikaev   1-0 49 1979 47th USSR Championship C42 Petrov Defense

 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0  8. Qd2

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Pytlakowski vs S Basjuni 0-1 31 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha C42 Petrov Defense 2. Kramnik vs Kasparov ½-½ 66 1995 Intel Chess Grand Prix (blitz) C42 Petrov Defense 3. D Blohm vs A Howe   1-0 38 2000 Carroll Capps mem C42 Petrov Defense 4. T Topi-Hulmi vs T Rantanen   ½-½ 49 2000 We TuTS C42 Petrov Defense 5. W Arencibia vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 9 2001 9th Aosta Valley C42 Petrov Defense 6. M Kobalia vs D Frolyanov   1-0 43 2005 6th European Individual Championship C42 Petrov Defense 7. Svidler vs Kramnik 1-0 48 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal C42 Petrov Defense 8. Naiditsch vs Bacrot ½-½ 23 2005 Dortmund Sparkassen 2005 C42 Petrov Defense 9. A Tukhaev vs V Belikov 0-1 27 2005 Alushta Victory Cup C42 Petrov Defense 10. A Panocki vs M Mingachev   0-1 30 2006 European Youth Championship C42 Petrov Defense 11. Adams vs Bacrot   ½-½ 39 2006 Corus Wijk aan Zee C42 Petrov Defense 12. L Webb vs M Ferguson   ½-½ 14 2007 4NCL 2006-07 C42 Petrov Defense 13. Jakovenko vs Shirov ½-½ 28 2007 Tal Memorial C42 Petrov Defense 14. T Soraas vs M Hamer   1-0 66 2007 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival C42 Petrov Defense 15. M Greeff vs M Gonzalez Amaya   1-0 43 2008 Gibraltar C42 Petrov Defense 16. E Sparenberg vs R D Miedema   ½-½ 49 2008 12th Essent Chess Tournament C42 Petrov Defense 17. A Panic vs S Adamovic   0-1 36 2008 21st Belgrade Trophy C42 Petrov Defense 18. K Wight vs V Plotkin   1-0 33 2009 Spring Pro-Am Pro C42 Petrov Defense 19. V Schneider vs S Milliet   1-0 32 2010 European Individual Championships (Women) C42 Petrov Defense 20. J Borisek vs T Kantans   0-1 29 2010 Chess Olympiad C42 Petrov Defense 21. J Radlovacki vs A Stamenkovic   ½-½ 17 2010 XXIII Belgrade Trophy C42 Petrov Defense 22. Mamedyarov vs T Nabaty   ½-½ 57 2011 World Chess Team Championship C42 Petrov Defense 23. Yifan Hou vs Koneru ½-½ 42 2011 Hou-Koneru Women's World Championship C42 Petrov Defense 24. A Muzychuk vs G Nakhbayeva   1-0 59 2012 Chess Olympiad (Women) C42 Petrov Defense 25. K F Kiewra vs M Goodger   1-0 29 2012 Reykjavik Open C42 Petrov Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0

page 1 of 1; 5 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Drewitt vs R Barnett   1-0 29 1919 Oxford University vs Imperial Chess Club C42 Petrov Defense 2. A Pourkashiyan vs Lahno   1-0 43 2000 Wch U12 Girls C42 Petrov Defense 3. S Glinert vs M Schleifer 1-0 33 2001 Canadian Closed C42 Petrov Defense 4. Motylev vs Kramnik ½-½ 17 2007 Corus C42 Petrov Defense 5. P Bailet vs N Milchev   ½-½ 7 2012 9th Plancoet Open C42 Petrov Defense

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page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 222  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Sherrard vs H E Atkins   1-0 31 1902 British Championship C42 Petrov Defense 2. H Wolf vs Pillsbury   ½-½ 45 1903 Monte Carlo C42 Petrov Defense 3. H E Atkins vs Sherrard   1-0 31 1905 British Chess Championship C42 Petrov Defense 4. Nimzowitsch vs Marshall ½-½ 22 1914 St Petersburg C42 Petrov Defense 5. H E Atkins vs R Scott   0-1 47 1921 Hastings 2021 C42 Petrov Defense 6. Kupreichik vs Yusupov 0-1 53 1980 USSR (ch) 30/238 C42 Petrov Defense 7. V Ciocaltea vs N Ristic   1-0 60 1981 7. Gosa C42 Petrov Defense 8. Short vs M Condie   ½-½ 30 1984 Brighton C42 Petrov Defense 9. Nunn vs R Mascarinas   1-0 65 1984 Thessaloniki olm ;BIG C42 Petrov Defense 10. Nunn vs Zsuzsa Polgar   ½-½ 42 1985 Brussels OHRA C42 Petrov Defense 11. Deep Thought vs BP   1-0 23 1989 Reno NACCC C42 Petrov Defense 12. J H Gomez-Baillo vs G Miralles   ½-½ 30 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) C42 Petrov Defense 13. Ulibin vs P Haba   ½-½ 21 1990 Prague Mladi op C42 Petrov Defense 14. Van der Wiel vs D Barua   ½-½ 15 1990 Novi Sad olm NLD-IND C42 Petrov Defense 15. E Perelshteyn vs V Bhat   1-0 66 1999 Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA) C42 Petrov Defense 16. J Charest vs M Leger 1-0 60 1999 Ch Quebec (w), Quebec (Canada) C42 Petrov Defense 17. C Graf vs A Hartl   1-0 34 2000 RLSO BY99/00 C42 Petrov Defense 18. R Damaso vs Paulo Fanha   1-0 20 2001 Batalha dos Mestres-2 C42 Petrov Defense 19. M V M Santos vs L A Araujo-Filho   ½-½ 49 2001 Paulista-ch C42 Petrov Defense 20. H Hagesaether vs T Hansen   1-0 55 2001 NOR-chT 2000/01 C42 Petrov Defense 21. S Baumegger vs R Rabiega   0-1 26 2001 TCh-AUT -2 C42 Petrov Defense 22. S Khukhashvili vs S Meenakshi   ½-½ 43 2001 WJun Women C42 Petrov Defense 23. Radjabov vs Motylev   ½-½ 19 2004 20th European Club Cup C42 Petrov Defense 24. Tseshkovsky vs N Giertz   1-0 16 2004 Biel MTO op C42 Petrov Defense 25. R Shetty vs A Pourkashiyan   1-0 50 2004 6th Dubai Open C42 Petrov Defense  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 222

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