1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Qg3 Nc5 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. a3 Kh8 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Nf6 16. Qe3 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Rad8 20. Qf3 Rfe8 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. Nd5 e4 23. Qf4 Re5 24. Nb6 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. Rc8 Re8 27. Rxd6 Rxc8 28. Nxc8 h5 29. b4 Re5 30. Rd2 e3 31. fxe3 Rxe3 32. h3 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Re6 34. Kf3 Kh7 35. Nd6 Re7 36. g4 hxg4+ 37. hxg4 Kg6 38. Rc2 Rd7 39. Nf5 Rd1 40. Ne7+ Kh6 41. g5+ Kxg5 42. Rg2+ Kh5 43. Rh2+ Kg5 44. Rg2+ Kh5 45. Rxg7 Ne8 46. Rg8 Nd6 47. Rd8 Rf1+ 48. Ke2 Rf6 49. Kd3 Kg4 50. a4 Rh6 51. Kd4 Re6 52. Nd5 Nf5+ 53. Kc4 Nd6+ 54. Kc5 Ne4+ 55. Kd4 f5 56. b5 axb5 57. axb5 Nf6 58. Rg8+ Kf3 59. Kc5 Ke4 60. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Sicilian, Najdorf (B90)
Player profiles: Acs, Z Almasi

Novelty of stem-game: 13. a3

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7  8. Bb3 0-0  9. Qf3 Nd7  10. Rd1 Qc7  11. Qg3 Nc5  12. Bh6 Ne8

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Zapata vs R Vera   0-1 85 2002 Capablanca Mem Elite B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Acs vs Z Almasi ½-½ 60 2010 Gyorgy Marx Memorial B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7  8. Bb3 0-0  9. Qf3 Nd7

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Christiansen vs Wojtkiewicz   ½-½ 29 1990 Banker's B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Stefansson vs L Bruzon   ½-½ 55 2002 Capablanca Mem Elite B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. J Martinez Alcantara vs Y De Moura Santiago 1-0 55 2012 ch-Pan Americano U20 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7  8. Bb3 0-0  9. Qf3

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Bjerke vs G Lim   ½-½ 62 2008 2008 Women's Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

 

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7  8. Bb3 0-0

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Kopilov vs Aronin   0-1 78 1951 USSR Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. A Kinzel vs E Paoli   1-0 80 1953 Venice B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Vasiukov vs Aronin   ½-½ 28 1954 URS-chT B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. B Lebedev vs Simagin   1-0 43 1955 Ch Moscow B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Estrin vs Simagin   1-0 43 1955 Ch Moscow B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Gufeld vs Polugaevsky ½-½ 55 1959 USSR Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Krogius vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 41 1959 USSR Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. O Rubtsova vs V Nedeljkovic   0-1 36 1959 Candidates Tournament (Women) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. J Fichtl vs M Bobotsov   ½-½ 46 1960 Varna B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. R A Court vs O Sarapu 0-1 35 1960 67th New Zealand Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. E Paoli vs S Tatai   0-1 44 1962 Reggio Emilia 6263 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Fischer vs D Rogosin 0-1 25 1964 Fischer tour simul B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Keene vs M L Dann   1-0 18 1965 London Schools Lge DC-Trinity B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Wahls vs I Stohl   ½-½ 27 1990 Dortmund B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Anand vs Ivanchuk 0-1 33 1991 Linares B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Judit Polgar vs Wojtkiewicz   ½-½ 22 1993 Zt (play-off) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. R Damaso vs Ribli 0-1 21 1993 EU-Cup Gr6 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Kaidanov vs Wojtkiewicz 1-0 26 1994 PCA Qualifier B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. M Kaminski vs Wojtkiewicz   1-0 44 1995 cat.14 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Kudrin vs B Einarsson   1-0 48 1995 Philadelphia, PA USA B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. DeFirmian vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 23 1996 Amsterdam B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Anand vs Kasparov ½-½ 39 1996 Moscow (Russia) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. Short vs Kasparov ½-½ 43 1996 10th Euwe Memorial B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. M Kaminski vs Wojtkiewicz   ½-½ 18 1996 Ch Poland B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Illescas Cordoba vs Judit Polgar 0-1 32 1997 Dos Hermanas B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7  8. Bb3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Pogats vs I Johansson   1-0 25 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Gipslis vs Simagin   0-1 57 1957 Sverdlovsk B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. J Kostro vs R Grabczewski   1-0 21 1957 Warsaw B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Vasiukov vs A Buslaev   ½-½ 28 1959 URS-chT B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. D Ugrinovic vs M Bertok   ½-½ 28 1959 Kragujevac B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Kholmov vs M Bobotsov   ½-½ 27 1963 Sochi B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. I Nei vs M Bobotsov 1-0 53 1964 Hoogovens B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Fischer vs J Blackstone 1-0 38 1964 Davis sim B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. I Platonov vs Tal 1-0 42 1969 USSR Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Sax vs Portisch   ½-½ 13 1984 It open I B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Movsesian vs M Jirovsky   ½-½ 43 1993 Mlada Boleslav op B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 12. A Blees vs G Welling   1-0 14 1994 KNSB league B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Kiril Georgiev vs Xu Jun   0-1 39 1994 Moscow olm B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. J Carillo vs J Gallagher   0-1 32 1994 Metz-op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Kudrin vs Browne   0-1 39 1995 Ch USA B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Illescas Cordoba vs Ulf Andersson 0-1 36 1997 It, Ubeda ESP B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 17. Votava vs E Paehtz   ½-½ 65 2001 Czech Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. M Srebrnic vs Z Milinkovic   1-0 46 2002 7th HIT Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. A Zapata vs C R Riordan   1-0 34 2005 7th Foxwoods Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. A Ashton vs F Rayner   ½-½ 48 2005 Smith & Williamson British Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. A Zapata vs V Dobrov   0-1 18 2005 Magistral Huila 100 aņos - Neiva B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. B Michiels vs J Smeets   ½-½ 37 2005 Stork Young Masters op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. H Villanueva vs M Zuriel   0-1 29 2006 Villa Ballester op 56th B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Deep Fritz vs Kramnik 1-0 47 2006 Kramnik vs Deep Fritz B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. M Kravtsiv vs E A Levin   0-1 37 2006 European Youth Championship B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 43  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J W Te Kolste vs Bogoljubov 0-1 20 1925 Baden Baden B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 2. Fischer vs R T Cardoso 1-0 31 1957 New York m B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Lombardy vs Book 1-0 27 1958 Munich ol (Men) qual-B B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. E Orendy vs Szabo   0-1 39 1959 HUN Ch 15th B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. A Hadjipetrov vs M Bobotsov   ½-½ 73 1960 BUL-ch14 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. G Sanakoev vs V Terentiev   0-1 30 1961 corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. J Gombas vs H Kasperowski   1-0 57 1963 2nd olw final B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. D Vandenburg vs L Kimpton   1-0 18 1963 Idaho State (Closed) Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Fischer vs A Sacks ½-½ 42 1964 Fischer Simul Exhibition Tour B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. V Sergievsky vs M Bobotsov   1-0 30 1966 Sochi Chigorin mem 04th B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. P Grinyer vs L Anderson   1-0 12 1985 Australia v Sweden corr match B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Korchnoi vs Ribli   1-0 49 1988 Reykjavik 46/320 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. M Saltaev vs Savon   1-0 35 1992 Alushta B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Kaidanov vs Browne   1-0 59 1994 Key West USA B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. M Saltaev vs Savon   1-0 38 1994 Volgograd B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Emms vs A Blees 1-0 29 1996 Isle of Man B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Ernesto Rovan vs R G Alvarez   0-1 38 1999 WC.2000.S.00001 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Emms vs S Shipov   1-0 24 1999 Hastings 1998/99 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. B Ivanovic vs S Benderac   ½-½ 39 1999 YUG Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Emms vs C Lutz   ½-½ 21 2000 34th Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. A Zapata vs D Alzate   ½-½ 20 2001 I American Continental B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. R Stuchly vs K Motuz   0-1 25 2001 Tatry Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. G Schebler vs T Roediger   1-0 55 2002 Karl Mala mem op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. R Tomasic vs A Butunoi   ½-½ 58 2003 Savaria Summer op 3rd B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Plachetka vs D Baramidze   ½-½ 35 2004 NRW Class1 0405 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 43

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 192  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. K Plater vs I Grynfeld   1-0 48 1938 Krakow B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Lipnitsky vs Aronin   1-0 52 1950 USSR Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. L Barden vs C Kottnauer   0-1 25 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. A Khenkin vs M Shishov   1-0 34 1954 Riga B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. J Gromek vs Doda   1-0 24 1955 Wroclaw B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. A Pytlakowski vs Doda   ½-½ 23 1955 Wroclaw B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Vasiukov vs Kotov   ½-½ 65 1955 Ch URS 1/2 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. I Nei vs Chukaev 1-0 40 1955 URS-chT fin B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 9. A Sandrin vs Dake   0-1 29 1955 US Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Tringov vs E Walther   1-0 41 1956 Moscow ol (Men) prel B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 11. J Sefc vs Ujtelky   1-0 24 1956 Marianske Lazne/Praha B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 12. J Kozma vs E Martin   ½-½ 23 1957 WchT U26 04th B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Fischer vs J Sherwin 1-0 36 1957 US Championship 1957/58 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Fischer vs R T Cardoso ½-½ 46 1957 New York m B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Esteban Gete Martin vs R Toran Albero   0-1 41 1957 ESP-ch B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Fischer vs R T Cardoso 1-0 46 1957 New York m B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Fischer vs V Witte 1-0 44 1957 58th US Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Tringov vs G Laco   ½-½ 66 1958 Munich ol (Men) prel B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 19. C Lemoine vs G Laco   1-0 34 1958 13th olm qual. group 1 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Vukcevich vs D Pantaleev 0-1 38 1958 Sofia B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. L Sanchez vs Pachman 1-0 41 1959 Santiago B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. E Nievergelt vs J H Donner   0-1 38 1959 Zurich B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. S Witkowski vs J Kozma   0-1 32 1959 Krakow B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. I Nei vs Tolush 1-0 35 1959 Riga B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. D Zorigt vs B Brinck-Claussen   ½-½ 19 1961 Helsinki B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 192

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