1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. a5 Nc6 10. Bb6 Qd7 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. c3 Nb5 15. Bc4 Qe7 16. Bd5 Nc7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Qb3 Bd8 19. O-O Kh8 20. Nc4 Qe7 21. Qb4 Bc7 22. f4 exf4 23. e5 Rd8 24. Rad1 Bg4 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Bb8 27. exd6 Qe2 28. Rdf1 Ba7+ 29. Kh1 g5 30. Nb6 Bxb6 31. Qxb6 Qe4 32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Rff1 Re8 34. Qf2 Re6 35. Qc5 Kg7 36. Rd2 Re5 37. Qc8 Qc6 38. Qxc6 bxc6 39. b4 Rd5 40. Rxd5 cxd5 41. Rd1 Rxd6 42. c4 d4 43. Kg1 d3 44. Kf2 d2 45. Ke2 Rd4 46. b5 Rxc4 47. b6 Rc5 48. Kxd2 Rd5+ 49. Kc2 Rxa5 50. Rb1 Rc5+ 51. Kb3 Rb5+ 52. Kc2 Rc5+ 53. Kb3 Rb5+ 54. Kc2 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Sicilian, Najdorf (B90)
Player profiles: S Kapnisis, H Banikas

Novelty of stem-game: 11. Nd5

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7  8. a4 Be7  9. a5 Nc6  10. Bb6 Qd7

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Socko vs Areshchenko   1-0 36 2005 Bundesliga 0506 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. S Kapnisis vs H Banikas   ½-½ 54 2010 60th ch-GRE B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. K Ambartsumova vs G Papadopoulos   ½-½ 27 2012 5th Paleochora Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7  8. a4 Be7  9. a5

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 99  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Huebner vs Portisch   ½-½ 60 1980 Abano Terme B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Huebner vs Portisch   ½-½ 27 1980 Abano Terme B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Glek vs E Ubilava   0-1 58 1984 Tashkent B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Chandler vs G Schruefer   1-0 36 1984 BL8384 Hamburger SK-Braunschweig B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Nunn vs J Howell   1-0 52 1985 London 40/312 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. K Mokry vs P Szekely   1-0 64 1985 Tirnavia B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. A J Mestel vs Chandler   ½-½ 23 1986 Ch Great Britain B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Chandler vs Portisch   0-1 37 1986 It ( cat. 13 ) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Chandler vs Portisch   0-1 36 1986 London B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Smirin vs Gelfand   ½-½ 32 1986 USSR B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Nunn vs F Hoelzl   1-0 41 1986 Vienna op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Y Yakovich vs S Zagrebelny   1-0 43 1986 Minsk tt B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Van der Wiel vs F Hellers   ½-½ 22 1986 Amsterdam OHRA B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. A J Mestel vs Chandler   0-1 40 1986 It (cat.13) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Kotronias vs A Petrosian   ½-½ 39 1987 Moscow B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Fedorowicz vs D King   ½-½ 19 1988 It (cat.8) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Smirin vs Gelfand   ½-½ 18 1989 Odessa B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Kotronias vs Gelfand   0-1 78 1989 Debrecen B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. Chandler vs Rashkovsky   0-1 38 1989 Cup World (open) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Smirin vs A Zagorskis   ½-½ 45 1989 URS-chT U18 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Kotronias vs D King   0-1 45 1990 Geneva B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Smirin vs Browne   ½-½ 37 1990 World op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. J Ye vs Y Gruenfeld   1-0 46 1990 Novi Sad olm B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Adams vs M Tortarolo   1-0 48 1990 Cannes B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. R Mainka vs G Timoshchenko   1-0 36 1991 Oberwart op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 99

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7  8. a4 Be7

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bronstein vs A Petrosian   ½-½ 17 1988 Polanica Zdroj B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. M Beulen vs Van der Wiel   ½-½ 23 1991 Bad Mondorf B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Smirin vs Y Gruenfeld   ½-½ 22 1991 Tel Aviv B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. C Landenbergue vs Baburin   ½-½ 59 1993 Suisse (Switzerland) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. P Morris vs D King   0-1 40 1993 Lloyds Bank Masters B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. A J Love vs D Guthrie   1-0 33 1997 Otago Spring Rapid Tt B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Adams vs Svidler ½-½ 27 1998 Dortmund B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. V Spasov vs E Najer   0-1 39 2003 EU-ch 4th B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. J Gallagher vs I Nemet   1-0 33 2004 Basle B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. J Gallagher vs I Nemet   1-0 33 2004 Basle B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Mamedyarov vs Karjakin   ½-½ 23 2004 Pamplona Tournament B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Harikrishna vs A Volokitin   ½-½ 46 2005 6th Lausanne Young Masters B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. J Gunnarsson vs A Colovic   ½-½ 15 2005 21st European Club Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. M Perunovic vs A Kovacevic   0-1 56 2005 Serbia and Montenegro Team Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. M Apicella vs L Guidarelli   1-0 43 2006 Montecatini Terme B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Karjakin vs C Scholz 1-0 37 2007 Ordix Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Leko vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 16 2009 Ivanchuk-Leko Match B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. T Gharamian vs Morozevich 0-1 44 2009 Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. Areshchenko vs S Gordon   1-0 45 2009 2009-2010 Bundesliga B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Y Yu vs Zhao Jun   ½-½ 74 2010 1st Danzhou Tournament B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. M M Pavlovic vs D Popovic   ½-½ 25 2010 Serbian League B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Ding Yixin vs A Bodnaruk   1-0 54 2010 7th CHN-RUS w Rapid B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. Adams vs B Esen   ½-½ 24 2010 Chess Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. E Safarli vs I Golichenko 1-0 132 2010 World Junior Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. T Shadrina vs A Bodnaruk   1-0 80 2010 60th Russian Women's Superfinal B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7  8. a4

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 68  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Thiele vs H Cording   1-0 30 1972 7th CC World Ch Final 7276 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. L Shamkovich vs Potter   1-0 42 1976 New York (USA) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. B Ivanovic vs Marjanovic   0-1 78 1977 Kostic mem B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Tringov vs H Pountzas   1-0 37 1979 Balkaniad 11th B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. A Ivanov vs Chiburdanidze   0-1 38 1981 URS-ch YM B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. M Trepp vs J S Neto   ½-½ 40 1982 Luzern ol (Men) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. W Hartmann vs Kavalek   ½-½ 28 1983 It FRG-ch B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. DeFirmian vs Marjanovic   1-0 54 1983 Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. J L Arnason vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 47 1984 It (open) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Chandler vs J M Hodgson   1-0 59 1984 Ch Great Britain B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Nunn vs S Hmadi 1-0 29 1985 Luzern B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Nunn vs Y Gruenfeld   ½-½ 21 1985 Brussels OHRA B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Nunn vs Ljubojevic   1-0 36 1989 Rotterdam 47/315 [Nunn,J] B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. U Kaminski vs Marjanovic   ½-½ 11 1990 Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Sherzer vs R Blumenfeld   1-0 51 1991 It (open) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Adams vs Anand   ½-½ 35 1992 Roquebrune B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Bronstein vs A Hunt   1-0 20 1994 Great Britain B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. T Bakre vs K Visweswaran   ½-½ 47 2000 Goodricke Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. Kiril Georgiev vs A Istratescu   ½-½ 40 2001 2nd IECC B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. N Vink vs R Lahaye   1-0 46 2001 Dutch Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. A Timofeev vs V A Loginov   1-0 85 2001 TCh-RUS B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. L Dominguez vs E Ghaem Maghami   ½-½ 47 2001 Master Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. M Paragua vs M Hafizulhelmi   1-0 32 2003 SEA Games op 22nd B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Naiditsch vs Y Kuzubov   ½-½ 63 2005 6th European Individual Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Carlsen vs F Amonatov   1-0 36 2005 FIDE World Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 68

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Makarichev vs S Hamann   1-0 34 1975 Amsterdam IBM B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Razuvaev vs G Sigurjonsson   1-0 41 1975 Capablanca mem-A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. G Sigurjonsson vs Gligoric   1-0 47 1975 Lone Pine B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Bronstein vs Savon 1-0 42 1975 USSR B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. G Ligterink vs G Sigurjonsson   0-1 38 1976 Amsterdam IBM I B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Hort vs Bukic   ½-½ 22 1976 Banja Luka B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Tseshkovsky vs Mecking   0-1 39 1976 Izt cat 12 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. L Shamkovich vs J S Neto   1-0 31 1977 Lone Pine B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Gipslis vs Marjanovic   ½-½ 16 1978 Dortmund (Germany) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. S Makarichev vs Tseshkovsky   0-1 74 1978 URS-ch46 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Kupreichik vs Marjanovic   1-0 57 1978 Kirovakan 26/484 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Plachetka vs Ftacnik   1-0 53 1979 Tirnavia-A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. D Ciric vs A Kuligowski   0-1 48 1979 Nis B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Plachetka vs A Poulsen   0-1 29 1980 Politiken Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Huebner vs Hjartarson   ½-½ 22 1988 Tilburg B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Adams vs Gavrikov   1-0 54 1989 Palma GMA-op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. M Dutreeuw vs S Soylu   1-0 36 1989 EU-chT (Men) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Adams vs D King   ½-½ 65 1990 Blackpool zt B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. Short vs Gelfand   1-0 61 1996 Novgorod B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. P Simacek vs A Florean   0-1 56 2000 KB Czech Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. A Timofeev vs Naiditsch   1-0 48 2001 WYB18 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Topalov vs Karjakin 1-0 54 2003 Hotel Bali Stars B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. Areshchenko vs M Burrows   1-0 43 2005 2nd Coventry Chess International B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. T Bae vs B Barth Sahl   ½-½ 27 2006 Norwegian Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. K Jedryczka vs Dvoirys   0-1 33 2007 Cappelle la Grande B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3

page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 500  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Miles vs M Stean 1-0 53 1970 Islington Junior A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Razuvaev vs Szabo   1-0 29 1975 Amsterdam IBM B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. P Iten vs P Haugli   1-0 43 1975 Hallsberg - int'l jr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Tseshkovsky vs Portisch   1-0 72 1976 Las Palmas B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Gipslis vs Rashkovsky   1-0 32 1976 Dubna (Russia) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Suetin vs Rashkovsky   ½-½ 16 1976 Dubna B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. P Hardicsay vs P Hanko   ½-½ 67 1978 Prievidza B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. B Engel vs L Pospisil   ½-½ 16 1983 EU-chT3 corr8392 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Chandler vs P Ostermeyer   ½-½ 25 1984 Reykjavik B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Hort vs H J Clara   1-0 53 1984 Tyskland B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Short vs Portisch   1-0 30 1985 Montpellier B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Anand vs DeFirmian 1-0 33 1986 London B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Kudrin vs DeFirmian   0-1 48 1986 USA-ch B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. F Hellers vs DeFirmian   1-0 41 1986 Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. M Trepp vs DeFirmian   0-1 36 1986 It (cat.7) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. K Spraggett vs L Ortega   1-0 26 1986 Radio Rebelde (Cuba) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Smirin vs Rashkovsky   ½-½ 40 1987 URS-ch FL55 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Kudrin vs DeFirmian   ½-½ 17 1987 Ch USA B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. Nunn vs L Gutman   1-0 37 1987 BRD 44/298 (Nunn,J) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Short vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 68 1987 Belgrade B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Adams vs F Aschwanden 1-0 20 1988 EU-chJ U20 Arnhem B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. J Ye vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 20 1989 Luzern 48/(356) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. J Benjamin vs D Sellos 0-1 53 1989 Ch Paris (open) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Shabalov vs A Vitolinsh ½-½ 62 1989 Riga B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Kotronias vs E Pigusov   0-1 42 1989 Sochi B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 500

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