1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Ba6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qe5 Re8 17. Qg5 h6 18. Qf5 Rd6 19. Na4 Bb4 20. Red1 Ne4 21. a3 Bd2 22. Bd4 Bc8 23. Qh5 b5 24. Nc5 Ba5 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qxb5 Bb6 27. Qc4 Bg4 28. Rd2 Qd7 29. Rc1 Bf5 30. Qb4 a5 31. Qc3 Ba7 32. Qxa5 Rd5 33. Qc3 Rd8 34. Qb2 Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. exd4 Qxd4 37. Qxd4 Rxd4 38. Bf1 Rd2 39. Re1 Kf8 40. h4 Ra2 41. a4 Be6 42. Bb5 Bxb3 43. Rxe4 Ra1+ 44. Kh2 g5 45. Bc6 Rc1 46. Rb4 gxh4 47. gxh4 Rxc6 48. Rxb3 Rc4 49. Ra3 Rxh4+ 50. Kg3 Rd4 51. a5 Rd7 52. a6 Ra7 53. Kf4 Ke7 54. Kf5 Kd7 55. Kg4 Ke6 56. Kh5 f5 57. Kg6 Ke5 58. Ra4 Ke6 59. Ra5 h5 60. Kxh5 Kf6 61. Kh4 Kg6 62. Kg3 Kg5 63. Kf3 Kf6 64. Kf4 Kg6 65. f3 Kf6 66. Rxf5+ Ke6 67. Ra5 Kd6 68. Kg5 Kc6 69. f4 Kb6 70. Ra1 Ra8 71. f5 Rg8+ 72. Kh6 Ka7 73. f6 Rg2 74. f7 Rf2 75. Kg7 Rg2+ 76. Kf8 Re2 77. Rg1 Kb6 1-0

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Opening: English (A14)
Player profiles: S Barbier, M Karthikeyan

Novelty of stem-game: 11. ...Ba6

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6  8. e3 b6  9. Nc3 Bb7  10. cxd5 exd5  11. d4

page 1 of 1; 6 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Lengyel vs O'Kelly   1-0 31 1968 Int. tournament, Solingen (FRG) A14 English 2. Barbero vs M Dubeck   1-0 25 1994 It (open) A15 English 3. M Sorokin vs C Sandipan   ½-½ 45 2000 Goodricke Open A14 English 4. C Hanley vs D Gormally   1-0 44 2001 Smith & Williamson ch-GBR A13 English 5. Akopian vs V Iakymov 1-0 34 2010 European Individual Championships A14 English 6. S Barbier vs M Karthikeyan   1-0 77 2011 World Junior Championships A14 English

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6  8. e3 b6  9. Nc3 Bb7  10. cxd5

page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Varnusz vs G Kluger   ½-½ 63 1966 HUN-ch A14 English 2. W Schmidt vs J Kostro   ½-½ 17 1969 POL-ch 26th A14 English 3. V Liberzon vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 15 1969 USSR Championship A14 English 4. Jansa vs J Kostro   ½-½ 29 1969 Polanica Zdroj A14 English 5. Jansa vs L Lengyel   ½-½ 64 1969 Luhacovice A14 English 6. Geller vs L Lengyel   1-0 35 1969 Budapest A14 English 7. Panno vs Filip   ½-½ 22 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A14 English 8. R Toran Albero vs K Darga   ½-½ 65 1972 Skopje ol (Men) fin-A A13 English 9. L Barczay vs Smyslov   ½-½ 14 1975 12, Szolnok A07 King's Indian Attack 10. D Cummings vs Speelman   0-1 28 1979 Brighton A14 English 11. Csom vs E Cekro   1-0 40 1981 20. It Bosna '81 A15 English 12. A N Panchenko vs L Lengyel   1-0 32 1981 Festival Rossia A13 English 13. J Flesch vs Savon   ½-½ 14 1981 Lvov A14 English 14. Kasparov vs A Gypser   ½-½ 36 2000 Frankfurt sim1 A13 English 15. C Hanley vs J Werle   ½-½ 31 2001 Glorney Cup A15 English 16. J Stocek vs Kholmov   ½-½ 72 2002 Pardubice Czech op A14 English 17. M Pavlovic vs A Kulago   1-0 40 2006 Hastings Chess Congress A07 King's Indian Attack 18. Ivanchuk vs Carlsen   ½-½ 39 2008 Cap d'Agde A14 English 19. D Reizniece vs Sherily Cua   1-0 36 2008 Mindsports A14 English 20. J Catalino Sadorra vs M Kravtsiv   1-0 61 2008 Mindsports A13 English 21. R Markus vs N Paikidze   1-0 30 2010 Wroclaw Chess Festival A14 English 22. A Stone vs M Hamer   ½-½ 31 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar A14 English 23. M Leon Hoyos vs N Djukic   ½-½ 78 2012 Chess Olympiad A14 English 24. E Neiman vs J Houska   1-0 56 2012 French Team Championship A14 English 25. V Malakhov vs B Savchenko   1-0 43 2012 Turkish Bank Chess League A13 English  page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6  8. e3 b6  9. Nc3 Bb7

page 1 of 1; 8 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Botvinnik vs Larsen 1-0 47 1967 Spain A14 English 2. Gheorghiu vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 19 1968 Wijk aan Zee I A14 English 3. L Lengyel vs F Kuijpers   ½-½ 46 1968 IBM A14 English 4. Smejkal vs J Kozma   ½-½ 18 1969 Luhacovice A14 English 5. Smejkal vs M Orsag   0-1 80 1993 Prague A14 English 6. D Reizniece vs M Tsiganova   1-0 32 2002 Women A14 English 7. V Ilinsky vs A Kveinys   1-0 45 2004 36th Olympiad A14 English 8. D Reizniece vs D Aketaeva   1-0 55 2006 37th Chess Olympiad: Women A14 English

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6  8. e3 b6  9. Nc3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Botvinnik vs T Van Scheltinga 1-0 40 1966 Netherlands A14 English 2. Keene vs Balashov   0-1 40 1967 Hastings A14 English 3. Botvinnik vs N Bakulin 1-0 34 1967 USSR A14 English 4. M Bobotsov vs Filip   ½-½ 19 1969 Praia da Rocha zt A14 English 5. R Toran Albero vs Parma   ½-½ 17 1969 Palma de Majorca (Spain) A14 English 6. W Schmidt vs J Kostro   ½-½ 41 1970 Rubinstein mem A14 English 7. Dzindzichashvili vs Tseshkovsky 1-0 41 1973 Ch URS (1 liga) A14 English 8. L Day vs J Berry   1-0 61 1976 Quebec Open A14 English 9. Miles vs Spassky 0-1 41 1980 Baden 30/33 (Byrne, Mednis) A15 English 10. Miles vs Balashov   1-0 50 1982 URS A14 English 11. M Burgess vs Granda-Zuniga   0-1 53 1986 ChW jr A15 English 12. M Muresan vs I Madl   ½-½ 63 1987 Balatonfured zt (Women) A13 English 13. N Sprotte vs P Haba   0-1 35 2000 Donau op 9th A13 English 14. V Papadopoulou vs M Buckley   ½-½ 73 2001 WJun Women A14 English 15. Y Jouhki vs A Bykhovsky   0-1 26 2001 ECC A14 English 16. M Galyas vs S Paridar   1-0 34 2005 FSIM June A14 English 17. K White vs J Radovanovic   0-1 31 2006 3rd South Wales International A14 English 18. T Roussel Roozmon vs S Mareco   ½-½ 32 2011 Aeroflot Open A14 English 19. Wang Yue vs Yifan Hou   1-0 50 2011 2nd Danzhou Tournament A14 English 20. H S Zinner vs R Bezler   1-0 41 2012 ch-AUT A14 English 21. I Stohl vs R Tibensky   ½-½ 23 2012 TCh-SVK Extraliga -13 A13 English 22. J Gonzalez Garcia vs E Colon Garcia   ½-½ 40 2012 38th Badalona Open A A14 English 23. C Beaumont vs D Zakarian   ½-½ 61 2012 4NCL A14 English 24. J Asendorf vs D Hausrath   0-1 38 2013 Bundesliga A14 English 25. Efimenko vs K Landa   ½-½ 116 2013 Bundesliga A14 English  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6  8. e3 b6

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 26  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Filip vs D Drimer   ½-½ 37 1961 Maroczy mem A14 English 2. H Bouwmeester vs F Kuijpers   ½-½ 27 1968 IBM A14 English 3. Timman vs Carleton   0-1 37 1970 Manchester op A14 English 4. Tal vs Parma   ½-½ 18 1973 Ch Europe (team) A14 English 5. M Umansky vs B Kolker   ½-½ 16 1977 URS-ch13 corr7778 A14 English 6. Anikaev vs Lputian   1-0 45 1979 URS-ch A14 English 7. S Martinovic vs Ivkov   ½-½ 25 1981 Smederevska Palanka A13 English 8. Szabo vs H Ree   ½-½ 17 1981 Hastings A14 English 9. J L Watson vs Bradford   ½-½ 45 1981 Lone Pine A13 English 10. A J Mestel vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 15 1984 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings A13 English 11. C McNab vs Illescas Cordoba   0-1 39 1986 Ol A13 English 12. E Lobron vs Granda-Zuniga   ½-½ 31 1988 New York op A14 English 13. Wojtkiewicz vs Przewoznik   ½-½ 69 1988 C07,VII A13 English 14. I Bilek vs N Michaelsen   ½-½ 19 1989 Val Thorens (France) A07 King's Indian Attack 15. Xu Jun vs A Ambarcumjan   ½-½ 33 1991 Beijing CHN-CIS m A14 English 16. V Bezman vs Ponomariov 0-1 51 1995 Yalta open A13 English 17. Plachetka vs H Kummer   1-0 82 1996 AUT-chT2O 9697 A14 English 18. B Jacobsen vs L Grahn   1-0 53 2001 Politiken Cup A07 King's Indian Attack 19. Ftacnik vs Xu Jun   ½-½ 16 2002 Bled Olympiad A14 English 20. H Steingrimsson vs L Cooper   0-1 29 2008 Mindsports A14 English 21. Kramnik vs Naiditsch   1-0 43 2009 World Blitz Championship A13 English 22. A H Wohl vs J Radulski   0-1 44 2009 Arctic Chess Challenge A14 English 23. S Siebrecht vs A Naumann   ½-½ 32 2010 Bundesliga A14 English 24. B Thorfinnsson vs A Muir   1-0 36 2011 European Team Championship A14 English 25. C McNab vs S B Hansen   1-0 35 2012 Chess Olympiad A13 English  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 26

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6  8. e3

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 59  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tal vs V Zhuravliov 1-0 41 1967 USSR Championship A14 English 2. Smyslov vs R Grabczewski   1-0 37 1968 Lugano A14 English 3. Keres vs Book   1-0 30 1969 Tallinn A14 English 4. R Etruk vs Tal ½-½ 30 1972 Viljandi A14 English 5. Polugaevsky vs Spassky ½-½ 25 1973 Tallinn A14 English 6. Vaganian vs Geller   ½-½ 14 1975 Moscow A14 English 7. P Arnaudov vs R Fabry   1-0 32 1978 Prievidza A14 English 8. Lombardy vs Spassky 0-1 42 1979 It (cat.11) A14 English 9. Kasparov vs B Toro Sanchez   ½-½ 22 1980 Dortmund A14 English 10. S Giardelli vs F Braga   ½-½ 13 1982 cat.13, it Mar del Plata (Arg it (cat. A13 English 11. I Bilek vs M Santo-Roman   1-0 31 1985 Lille (France) A14 English 12. K Bischoff vs G Franzoni   ½-½ 41 1985 1st World Team Ch A14 English 13. Razuvaev vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 30 1986 URS-FL Irkutsk A14 English 14. E Pigusov vs Ivanchuk   1-0 55 1986 Tallinn A14 English 15. S Tatai vs F Braga   ½-½ 24 1988 10s, ITA-ch A14 English 16. K Bischoff vs Chekhov   1-0 31 1988 EUCup A14 English 17. G Dizdar vs Balashov   ½-½ 11 1989 Biel A14 English 18. Van Wely vs J Bosch   ½-½ 68 1989 EU-chJ U20 Arnhem A14 English 19. Plachetka vs A Muir   ½-½ 38 1990 Copenhagen op A14 English 20. T Rahman vs R Espinosa Flores   1-0 27 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) A14 English 21. Miles vs G Seul   1-0 83 1990 BL 8990 ;BL A14 English 22. Plachetka vs Schmittdiel   0-1 47 1992 Ostrava A14 English 23. Barbero vs M Fierz   1-0 53 1992 It (open) A13 English 24. A Nickel vs W Class 1-0 30 1992 GER-ch22 corr A14 English 25. G Schwartzman vs M Marin   1-0 57 1993 Odorheiu Secuiesc A14 English  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 59

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 88  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Flohr vs Stoltz   ½-½ 25 1931 Match A14 English 2. P F Schmidt vs Keres   ½-½ 26 1936 Parnu m A14 English 3. Keres vs Bogoljubov 1-0 39 1936 Zandvoort A14 English 4. Keres vs Pirc 1-0 41 1936 Munchen ol A14 English 5. Keres vs G Van Doesburgh   1-0 27 1936 Zandvoort A14 English 6. M Bluemich vs Saemisch   1-0 28 1937 Bad Elster A14 English 7. Sliwa vs S Czerniakow   ½-½ 44 1946 POL-ch A14 English 8. Golombek vs W Winter   1-0 49 1946 BCF-ch Nottingham A14 English 9. Alatortsev vs M Yudovich Sr.   1-0 27 1947 USSR Championship A14 English 10. G Kramer vs A Ludwig   1-0 42 1949 US Open A14 English 11. Golombek vs Schmid   ½-½ 17 1952 Hastings 1951/52 A14 English 12. Radulescu vs Sliwa   ½-½ 64 1953 Bucharest A14 English 13. Ragozin vs A Khasin   0-1 78 1956 USSR Championship A13 English 14. W Balcerowski vs Sliwa   0-1 35 1960 POL-ch A14 English 15. L Barczay vs K Honfi   0-1 40 1963 Asztalos mem 6th A13 English 16. Tal vs Pachman 1-0 25 1966 04 Sarajevo A14 English 17. Ujtelky vs Sliwa   ½-½ 56 1966 Rubinstein mem 04th A14 English 18. J Rodriguez Gonzales vs Antoshin   0-1 41 1968 Capablanca mem A13 English 19. Huebner vs L Lengyel   ½-½ 41 1968 Lugano ol (Men) A14 English 20. G Sperber vs A Olsson   ½-½ 47 1971 Eskilstuna A14 English 21. Taimanov vs Kholmov   1-0 42 1972 Sukhumi A15 English 22. Suba vs Balashov 0-1 36 1972 Graz Stu tt A14 English 23. Timman vs Sosonko   ½-½ 40 1974 Amsterdam IBM A13 English 24. Doda vs J Klovans   1-0 74 1975 Polanica Zdroj A13 English 25. J M Bellon Lopez vs Mecking   ½-½ 23 1975 Las Palmas Ruy Lopez mem A14 English  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 88

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