1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.a4 b4 13.Bf4 Nd5 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 a5 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Nc4 Qc5 20.Ne3 Qe7 21.Rd1 Rad8 22.Nxd5 exd5 23.Qc6 Bxe2 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Qxd5 c5 26.Re1 Bg4 27.Rc1 Rc8 28.Qc4 h5 29.Bd5 Qd7 30.Re1 Rd8 31.e6 fxe6 32.Bxe6+ Bxe6 33.Rxe6 Qf7 34.h4 Rf8 35.Qe2 Qf3 36.Qxf3 Rxf3 37.Re5 c4 38.Rxa5 Rb3 39.Rc5 Rxb2 40.Rxc4 Kf7 41.Kg2 b3 42.Rb4 g6 43.Kf3 Ra2 44.Rxb3 Rxa4 45.Re3 Kf6 46.Re4 Ra3+ 47.Kf4 Ra2 48.f3 Ra5 49.Rc4 Rf5+ 50.Ke3 Re5+ 51.Re4 Ra5 52.Rf4+ Kg7 53.Rc4 Ra6 54.Rc5 Kf6 55.Rd5 Ra3+ 56.Ke4 Ra6 57.Rd4 Re6+ 58.Kf4 Ra6 59.Rb4 Rc6 60.g4 hxg4 61.Kxg4 Rc5 62.Rb6+ Kg7 63.Re6 Kf7 64.Re4 Ra5 65.f4 Ra1 66.Re3 Kf6 67.Rb3 Rg1+ 68.Rg3 Ra1 69.Rg2 Rb1 70.Rh2 Rg1+ 71.Kf3 Kf5 72.h5 gxh5 73.Rxh5+ Kf6 74.Ra5 Rf1+ 75.Ke3 Re1+ 76.Kf2 Rb1 77.Kg3 Rg1+ 78.Kf3 Rf1+ 79.Kg4 Rg1+ 80.Kf3 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (E06)
Player profiles: Koneru, Yifan Hou

Novelty of stem-game: 13. Bf4

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6  8. Qxc4 b5  9. Qc2 Bb7  10. Bd2 Be4  11. Qc1 Bb7  12. a4 b4

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Saulin vs M V Novikov   ½-½ 59 2005 Tula Efremenkov mem A14 English 2. Koneru vs Yifan Hou ½-½ 80 2011 Hou-Koneru Women's World Championship E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6  8. Qxc4 b5  9. Qc2 Bb7  10. Bd2 Be4  11. Qc1 Bb7

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 134  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kasparov vs Karpov ½-½ 20 1984 Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 2. Sosonko vs Beliavsky   ½-½ 14 1985 Tunisien E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 3. Suba vs I Morovic   1-0 48 1985 Interzonal E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 4. A Chernin vs M Gurevich   ½-½ 31 1985 URS-ch52 playoff 1-pl A14 English 5. A Chernin vs Vaganian   ½-½ 14 1985 Montpellier ct A14 English 6. B Lalic vs Chandler   ½-½ 14 1985 Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 7. V Neverov vs Y Kruppa   ½-½ 57 1987 Uzhgorod E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 8. Alburt vs Rachels ½-½ 14 1987 12, USA op A46 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Suba vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 13 1987 Berlin op A14 English 10. Bareev vs B Lalic   1-0 41 1987 Sochi E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 11. Kupreichik vs Oll   0-1 45 1987 URS-FL Sverdlovsk A14 English 12. Ehlvest vs Salov   ½-½ 12 1987 URS-ch54 E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 13. Vaganian vs Ulf Andersson   1-0 41 1987 Ch URS, Leningrad (Russia) A14 English 14. E Pigusov vs Khalifman   ½-½ 14 1988 Dordrecht (Netherlands) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 15. Romanishin vs B Ivanovic   ½-½ 56 1988 Stara Pazova A46 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Polugaevsky vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 47 1988 It (cat.13), Haninge (Sweden) A14 English 17. Romanishin vs L Janjghava   1-0 41 1988 Simferopol 46/661 E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 18. Khalifman vs Karpov   ½-½ 26 1988 URS-ch55 Moscow ;URS-ch E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 19. Yusupov vs Vaganian   ½-½ 26 1988 URS-ch55 Moscow ;URS-ch E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 20. Psakhis vs E Pigusov   ½-½ 12 1988 Belgrade GMA-op A46 Queen's Pawn Game 21. E Pigusov vs Khalifman   ½-½ 14 1988 Dordrecht E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 22. V Tukmakov vs Lautier ½-½ 61 1989 World Cup Palma de Mallorca E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 23. A Kochyev vs Khalifman   ½-½ 13 1989 Ch URS E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 24. Blatny vs P Haba   ½-½ 14 1989 Prague E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 25. Shabalov vs L Janjghava   ½-½ 14 1989 Leningrad-chT E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 134

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6  8. Qxc4 b5  9. Qc2 Bb7  10. Bd2 Be4  11. Qc1

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 148  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Smejkal vs A Lein   1-0 86 1979 IBM E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 2. Sosonko vs M Stean   ½-½ 20 1979 Amsterdam IBM E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 3. Sosonko vs Karpov 0-1 43 1979 Waddinxveen E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 4. A Van Dop vs F Kuijpers   ½-½ 20 1980 NED-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 5. P Seewald vs J Van Oosterom   0-1 36 1980 Ch Netherlands (corr.) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 6. G Sigurjonsson vs Speelman   ½-½ 22 1981 Brighton E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 7. Sosonko vs Karpov   ½-½ 16 1982 cat. 14, It , Tilburg E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 8. Sosonko vs Gligoric   ½-½ 22 1982 Luzern olm ;BIG E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 9. Sosonko vs H Pfleger   ½-½ 17 1983 BL 8283 ;BL E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 10. Smejkal vs Gligoric   1-0 43 1983 10. Boris Kostic mem E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 11. Korchnoi vs Kasparov   ½-½ 41 1983 London cs E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 12. Smejkal vs H Pfleger   1-0 51 1983 Bundesliga 8384 E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 13. G Agzamov vs Gligoric   1-0 47 1983 Vrsac E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 14. Sosonko vs Karpov   ½-½ 26 1983 03, Tilburg E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 15. Alburt vs N Weinstein 1-0 38 1984 New York (USA) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 16. Suba vs Damljanovic   1-0 37 1984 Belgrade A14 English 17. Suba vs E Lobron   1-0 56 1984 Dortmund E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 18. Sosonko vs Zuckerman   1-0 42 1984 New York E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 19. Speelman vs M Rivas Pastor   ½-½ 23 1984 Leningrad (Russia) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 20. Barlov vs I Morovic   0-1 51 1985 YUG E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 21. H Olafsson vs Hort   ½-½ 31 1985 Reykjavik E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 22. Smejkal vs E Lobron   ½-½ 18 1985 Reggio Emilia 8586 E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 23. Suba vs E Prandstetter   ½-½ 45 1985 Prague zt E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 24. Polugaevsky vs Geller   ½-½ 22 1985 Moscow A14 English 25. J Benjamin vs Zuckerman   1-0 52 1986 New E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 148

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6  8. Qxc4 b5  9. Qc2 Bb7  10. Bd2 Be4

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Dorfman vs Kiril Georgiev   ½-½ 10 2004 20th European Club Cup E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line

 

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6  8. Qxc4 b5  9. Qc2 Bb7  10. Bd2

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 171  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Sosonko vs R Byrne   ½-½ 19 1977 Geneve E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 2. Sosonko vs G Morrison   1-0 36 1978 Amsterdam zt E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 3. Sosonko vs Najdorf   ½-½ 30 1978 Wijk aan Zee E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 4. M Stean vs R Byrne   ½-½ 25 1979 IBM A14 English 5. H Olafsson vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 29 1980 Reykjavik E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 6. Speelman vs S Taulbut   ½-½ 56 1981 BCF-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 7. Speelman vs Browne   ½-½ 63 1983 Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) A46 Queen's Pawn Game 8. Speelman vs J Cox   ½-½ 41 1983 British ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 9. Sosonko vs D Chen   1-0 69 1983 Hannover E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 10. Smejkal vs T Brueckner   1-0 52 1984 Berlin op E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 11. E Sterud vs V Palciauskas   1-0 59 1984 W-ch12 corr8490 E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 12. Smejkal vs E Prandstetter   ½-½ 34 1984 CSR-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 13. Ehlvest vs Hjartarson   ½-½ 27 1988 Reykjavik E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 14. Vaganian vs Beliavsky   0-1 42 1988 URS-ch55 Moscow ;URS-ch A14 English 15. Suba vs M Braun   ½-½ 45 1988 Baden-Baden E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 16. Karpov vs Short   ½-½ 62 1988 07, Tilburg E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 17. Beliavsky vs Karpov 1-0 60 1988 Brussels World Cup E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 18. J Klinger vs I Zaitsev   1-0 51 1989 Moscow GMA-Open E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 19. Timman vs Hjartarson   ½-½ 30 1989 3rd Euwe Memorial E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 20. Hjartarson vs Short   0-1 39 1989 Belgrade E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 21. Timman vs Short 1-0 57 1989 Hilversum 48/650 E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 22. J C Hawksworth vs Adams 0-1 40 1990 Eastbourne GBR ch A46 Queen's Pawn Game 23. G Orlov vs Vaganian   ½-½ 56 1990 It (open) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 24. Suba vs D King   ½-½ 53 1991 London WFW A14 English 25. Romanishin vs D Bryson   1-0 71 1992 Manila olm E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 171

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6  8. Qxc4 b5  9. Qc2 Bb7

page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 295  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Smyslov vs Gligoric 0-1 55 1947 it, Warsaw (Poland) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 2. V Borsony vs Schmid   0-1 37 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 3. Smyslov vs Filip 1-0 109 1958 Munich A14 English 4. Uhlmann vs D Drimer   0-1 53 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) A14 English 5. A Esposito vs Filip   ½-½ 22 1961 Buenos Aires CA E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 6. J Kozma vs L Barczay   ½-½ 66 1964 Reggio Emilia 6465 E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 7. Smyslov vs Parma   ½-½ 17 1965 Havana A14 English 8. K Honfi vs G Kluger   ½-½ 25 1966 Budapest-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 9. Smyslov vs Tal   ½-½ 17 1967 Moscow E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 10. H Liebert vs Parma   0-1 47 1968 Bucharest (Romania) A14 English 11. Smyslov vs A Zaitsev   ½-½ 34 1969 USSR Championship A14 English 12. Smyslov vs L Barczay 1-0 58 1970 2, Kapfenberg ETC E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 13. Smyslov vs Mecking   ½-½ 58 1970 Buenos Aires A14 English 14. Smyslov vs F Olafsson 1-0 67 1970 USSR vs. Rest of the World A14 English 15. F Olafsson vs F Kuijpers   1-0 49 1971 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A, NED A14 English 16. Sosonko vs K Rogoff   ½-½ 29 1976 Biel E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 17. Ribli vs G Kuzmin   ½-½ 23 1977 October Revolution 60th Anniversary A07 King's Indian Attack 18. Plachetka vs K Lerner   0-1 40 1977 Stary Smokovec E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 19. L Gutman vs A Kochyev   1-0 41 1978 USSR First League E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 20. Sosonko vs Larry Evans   ½-½ 14 1978 Sao Paulo E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 21. G Zaitshik vs Kholmov   ½-½ 54 1978 Karseladze mem E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 22. S Odendahl vs Christiansen   ½-½ 39 1979 Lone Pine E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 23. M S Tseitlin vs Plachetka   ½-½ 16 1979 Tirnavia-A E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 24. Sosonko vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 21 1979 Wijk aan Zee E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 25. Korchnoi vs S Schweber   1-0 78 1979 Buenos Aires KON E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 295

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6  8. Qxc4 b5  9. Qc2

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. K J Schulz vs T Jung   1-0 22 2000 BL2-West9900 A14 English