1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. Qd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4 10. e3 Ne4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Nb5 Ke7 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. Nxa7 Ba6 17. O-O Bxc4 18. Rfb1 b5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Re1 Ra8 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. e4 Nf6 24. a3 Bc6 25. e5 Ne4 26. Re3 Nd2 27. c4 Nxc4 28. Rc3 Ra4 29. Kf2 g5 30. Rac1 Bd5 31. Ra1 gxf4 32. gxf4 Nd2 33. Ke3 Nb3 34. Rf1 Rxa3 35. f5 exf5 36. Rxf5 Ra4 37. Rh5 Re4+ 38. Kf2 Nd4 39. Rxh7 Re2+ 40. Kg3 Rg2+ 41. Kh3 Ne2 0-1

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Opening: English, Symmetrical (A33)
Player profiles: J Alhuwar, E Sharapov

Novelty of stem-game: 8. Qd4

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 97  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Taimanov vs Geller 1-0 44 1955 USSR Championship A33 English, Symmetrical 2. Portisch vs Korchnoi ½-½ 25 1970 USSR vs. Rest of the World A33 English, Symmetrical 3. H Ree vs C B Van den Berg   1-0 20 1971 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A, NED A33 English, Symmetrical 4. Korchnoi vs Keene   1-0 41 1975 Hastings (England) A33 English, Symmetrical 5. Beliavsky vs Geller 0-1 28 1975 Moscow A33 English, Symmetrical 6. Miles vs Nunn   ½-½ 31 1976 BBC TV Master Game A33 English, Symmetrical 7. W Schmidt vs Z S Ilic   ½-½ 42 1977 Nis A33 English, Symmetrical 8. E Magerramov vs Chekhov   0-1 39 1977 URS-ch YM A33 English, Symmetrical 9. Korchnoi vs Spassky 1-0 35 1977 Korchnoi-Spassky Candidates Final Match A33 English, Symmetrical 10. Karpov vs Miles 1-0 25 1977 Tilburg Interpolis A33 English, Symmetrical 11. Khodos vs Tseshkovsky   0-1 38 1978 URS-ch sf A33 English, Symmetrical 12. Meduna vs Plachetka   ½-½ 35 1978 CSR-ch A33 English, Symmetrical 13. B Pytel vs L Jicman   1-0 37 1979 Piotrkow A33 English, Symmetrical 14. L Piasetski vs K Spraggett   0-1 59 1979 Ch. Invit. Montreal A33 English, Symmetrical 15. M Stean vs Spassky ½-½ 52 1979 Munchen A33 English, Symmetrical 16. Nej vs Spassky   ½-½ 37 1979 Spartakiada A33 English, Symmetrical 17. S Garcia Martinez vs Y Gruenfeld   0-1 44 1980 Malta ol (Men) A33 English, Symmetrical 18. M Carlson vs K J Wicker   1-0 50 1981 Politiken Cup A33 English, Symmetrical 19. E Ubilava vs Gulko   ½-½ 56 1981 Volgodonsk URS sf A33 English, Symmetrical 20. Drasko vs Velimirovic 1-0 21 1984 Sarajevo A33 English, Symmetrical 21. A Greenfeld vs W Wittmann 1-0 23 1985 Beersheba zt A33 English, Symmetrical 22. Adorjan vs Portisch   ½-½ 21 1985 Reggio Emilia (Italy) A33 English, Symmetrical 23. Polugaevsky vs Ljubojevic   0-1 44 1985 Tilburg A33 English, Symmetrical 24. Dvoirys vs Tal   ½-½ 73 1985 URS A33 English, Symmetrical 25. Korchnoi vs Gulko ½-½ 29 1988 Lugano A33 English, Symmetrical  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 97

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1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Benko vs Reshevsky 1-0 61 1968 USA-ch A33 English, Symmetrical 2. Portisch vs J H Donner   1-0 34 1971 Amsterdam A33 English, Symmetrical 3. W Schmidt vs Tringov   ½-½ 11 1972 Skopje ol (Men) fin-A A33 English, Symmetrical 4. Karpov vs C W Pritchett 1-0 40 1974 Nice ol A33 English, Symmetrical 5. Romanishin vs K Hulak   1-0 37 1976 USSR-Jugoslavija 21/59 A33 English, Symmetrical 6. Smejkal vs Velimirovic   ½-½ 51 1976 Arandjelovac zt playoff A33 English, Symmetrical 7. Korchnoi vs Spassky   ½-½ 44 1977 Korchnoi-Spassky Candidates Final Match A33 English, Symmetrical 8. Christiansen vs B Leverett   1-0 29 1977 Columbus op A33 English, Symmetrical 9. Bagirov vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 57 1978 16, Tbilisi URS ch A33 English, Symmetrical 10. Chekhov vs Alburt   ½-½ 60 1978 Daugavpils A33 English, Symmetrical 11. W Schmidt vs S Joksic   1-0 38 1978 Vrnjacka Banja A33 English, Symmetrical 12. Nickoloff vs K Spraggett   ½-½ 40 1978 Ch. Canada, Toronto A33 English, Symmetrical 13. Bagirov vs Gulko   ½-½ 43 1978 Lvov zt A33 English, Symmetrical 14. W Schmidt vs P Marxen   1-0 75 1979 Kiel A33 English, Symmetrical 15. Bagirov vs Sznapik   1-0 34 1979 Berlijn A33 English, Symmetrical 16. G Zaitshik vs E Vladimirov   1-0 48 1980 URS-ch U26 A33 English, Symmetrical 17. V Tukmakov vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 53 1980 URS-ch FL48 A33 English, Symmetrical 18. Bagirov vs L Barczay   ½-½ 46 1981 Tallinn A33 English, Symmetrical 19. I Rogers vs Tringov   ½-½ 52 1982 Luzern ol (Men) A33 English, Symmetrical 20. A Pekarek vs K Mokry   ½-½ 62 1982 Bohemians A33 English, Symmetrical 21. S Cvetkovic vs Gligoric   ½-½ 17 1983 Lugano op A33 English, Symmetrical 22. Tal vs B Ivanovic   ½-½ 18 1983 Niksic 36/57 A33 English, Symmetrical 23. Adorjan vs B Ivanovic   ½-½ 16 1983 Vrsac A33 English, Symmetrical 24. Adorjan vs B Ivanovic 0-1 19 1983 Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) A33 English, Symmetrical 25. K Spraggett vs B Ivanovic   1-0 44 1983 Can. Open, Toronto A33 English, Symmetrical  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53

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1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 98  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Foltys vs Pirc   ½-½ 19 1950 Amsterdam A33 English, Symmetrical 2. A Lein vs Kholmov   0-1 39 1955 URS-chT sf A33 English, Symmetrical 3. M Bobotsov vs A Hadjipetrov   ½-½ 43 1959 BUL-ch A33 English, Symmetrical 4. Hort vs Kholmov   ½-½ 33 1960 Moscow A33 English, Symmetrical 5. M Cebalo vs Gligoric 1-0 52 1965 YUG-ch A33 English, Symmetrical 6. Taimanov vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 41 1967 Tallin zt po A33 English, Symmetrical 7. A Pomar-Salamanca vs J Penrose 1-0 20 1970 England A33 English, Symmetrical 8. Beliavsky vs D Gurevich   ½-½ 27 1975 URS A33 English, Symmetrical 9. A Lipinski vs W Schinzel 1-0 12 1977 Poland A33 English, Symmetrical 10. C Hon vs R Mascarinas   0-1 40 1978 Jakarta A33 English, Symmetrical 11. G Borg vs D Michiels   ½-½ 22 1981 EU-ch jr A33 English, Symmetrical 12. Adorjan vs I Radulov   ½-½ 27 1983 It ( cat. 11 ) A33 English, Symmetrical 13. V Tukmakov vs Mikhalchishin   ½-½ 28 1984 URS-ch51 A33 English, Symmetrical 14. Adorjan vs Van der Wiel   ½-½ 18 1984 It (cat.13) A33 English, Symmetrical 15. Adorjan vs J Horvath   1-0 34 1985 Ch Hungary (team) A33 English, Symmetrical 16. Speelman vs Timman   0-1 54 1989 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/2) A33 English, Symmetrical 17. Hjartarson vs Portisch   0-1 44 1989 Budapest A33 English, Symmetrical 18. Christiansen vs Tolnai   1-0 28 1989 Luzern A33 English, Symmetrical 19. Ashley vs Wojtkiewicz   ½-½ 33 1989 08, World A33 English, Symmetrical 20. Vaganian vs Dvoirys   1-0 38 1989 URS-ch56 Odessa ;URS-ch A33 English, Symmetrical 21. Kasparov vs Vaganian 1-0 43 1989 Skelleftea A33 English, Symmetrical 22. H Olafsson vs Gligoric   1-0 29 1989 GMA Baleares op A33 English, Symmetrical 23. V Mamaev vs G Staf   1-0 44 1989 WT/M/GT/260 A33 English, Symmetrical 24. H Olafsson vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 37 1990 Reykjavik A33 English, Symmetrical 25. Vaganian vs Nickoloff   1-0 32 1990 Toronto A33 English, Symmetrical  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 98

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