1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. g3 e5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bg2 b5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. a4 Bb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. O-O b4 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. c4 Bxe4 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 O-O 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Nd4 Nfe4 22. Bxe4 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 exd4 24. Bd5 Qd8 25. Qd2 Qf6 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Qxb4 g6 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 d3 30. b4 Nb3 31. c5 Nd4 32. c6 Ne2+ 33. Kg2 Qd4 34. Bf3 Qc4 35. Qd2 d5 36. c7 Nd4 37. Qf4 d2 38. c8=Q+ 1-0

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Opening: Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation (B91)
Player profiles: E Safarli, B Adhiban

Novelty of stem-game: 9. Nf3

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6  8. g3 e5

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Leko vs Grischuk   0-1 62 2009 World Blitz Championship B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 2. E Safarli vs B Adhiban 1-0 38 2012 Aeroflot Open B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6  8. g3

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Dgebuadze vs D Komljenovic   1-0 37 2001 open B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation

 

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 177  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tiviakov vs Topalov   1-0 35 1994 PCA Qualifier (active) B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 2. B Ivanovic vs L Ptacnikova   1-0 57 1996 Ch Brazil B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 3. O Korneev vs Wojtkiewicz   0-1 30 1997 IV Anibal Open, Linares ESP B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Velimirovic vs Ilincic   1-0 41 1997 YUG-ch52 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Topalov vs Anand 0-1 34 1997 Chess Classic, Frankfurt GER B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Shirov vs Topalov 1-0 76 1999 It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (6 B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 7. Adams vs Anand   ½-½ 33 1999 It (cat.19), Dortmund (Germany) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. P Berclaz vs A Lecaros   1-0 30 1999 WC23/EWC01-SF09 B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 9. N Borge vs S B Hansen   0-1 40 1999 Ch Denmark, Aarhus (Denmark) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Dolmatov vs S Zagrebelny   1-0 47 1999 Goodricke 10th op B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 11. Tolnai vs Z Almasi   0-1 37 1999 Ch Hungary, Lillafured (Hungary) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. E Ghaem Maghami vs C Lutz   ½-½ 21 2000 FIDE World Ch B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Wang Pin vs E Pigusov   1-0 72 2000 Shanghai Sufe cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Movsesian vs Shirov   ½-½ 22 2000 Bundesliga 0001 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. A Kovacevic vs DeFirmian   1-0 55 2000 Istanbul ol (Men) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Smirin vs C Lutz   ½-½ 57 2000 Pula zt 1.2 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Xie Jun vs Kiril Georgiev   ½-½ 8 2000 Veselin Boskovic Memorial B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. S R Chowdhury vs P Mithrakanth   ½-½ 38 2000 Goodricke Open B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 19. M Apicella vs J Moreno Carnero   ½-½ 62 2000 34th Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Ivanchuk vs Gelfand   ½-½ 25 2000 Amber-blind 9th B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Shirov vs Kasparov   ½-½ 36 2000 Linares B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. M Sebag vs H Hunt   ½-½ 9 2001 EuTChw B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. Bologan vs J Moreno Carnero   1-0 30 2001 TCh-FRA B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. M Uribe vs A Abreu   ½-½ 24 2001 I American Continental B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. M Perez Candelario vs W Sprenger   1-0 28 2001 EYCC B18 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 177

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Movsesian vs M Hafizulhelmi   1-0 43 1997 Groningen op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Movsesian vs Ftacnik   1-0 62 1998 Extra League 1997/98, Czech Republic B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. A Mrugala vs Steffen Kiupel   1-0 46 1998 EM/MN/003 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. F Grafl vs L Gutman   ½-½ 53 2001 ch-GER B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. J Zawadzka vs L Rogule   1-0 64 2001 EYCC G14 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. D Olofsson vs J Aldrete   ½-½ 37 2002 ICCF - corr B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. A Thorgrimsdottir vs V Dotan   0-1 39 2003 European Club Cup (Women) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. T Nedev vs Gelfand   0-1 51 2004 20th European Club Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. S Melia vs N Dzagnidze   ½-½ 20 2005 World Junior Championship (Girls) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. S Wagman vs B Gruzman   0-1 30 2005 World Seniors Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. V Laznicka vs A Czebe   ½-½ 51 2005 Extraliga Pardubice-Plzen B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. R Hovhannisyan vs D Lintchevski   ½-½ 71 2006 European Youth Championship B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 13. I Nepomniachtchi vs V Popov   ½-½ 49 2006 59th Russian Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. E Ghaem Maghami vs O Dimakiling 0-1 48 2007 Asian Individual Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. G Szabo vs Z Ari   1-0 37 2007 European Club Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. O Algars vs E Hedman   0-1 40 2007 Scandinavian Chess Tournament B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. F De la Paz vs H Hernandez   0-1 36 2007 Cuban Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. J Smeets vs C Briscoe   1-0 40 2008 European Union Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. Amani Galal vs M Salman   0-1 42 2008 2008 Women's Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Jakovenko vs Judit Polgar   0-1 55 2009 World Blitz Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. I Saric vs I Salgado Lopez   ½-½ 39 2010 Chess Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. S Bjornsson vs A Kogan   ½-½ 63 2010 Reykjavik Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. H Odeev vs H Hernandez   ½-½ 43 2010 Chess Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. V Yemelin vs G Pankov   ½-½ 31 2010 European Individual Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. B Kalezic vs A Kovacevic   ½-½ 20 2011 European Team Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28

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page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 419  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Nunn vs B Gasic   1-0 44 1974 Birmingham B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Hort vs H J Holfelder   ½-½ 37 1981 Tyskland B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Smirin vs V Malisauskas   ½-½ 46 1988 Vilnius B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Tseshkovsky vs V Ruban   0-1 58 1990 Balassagyarmat B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. S Wagman vs Rashkovsky 0-1 10 1992 Forli open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Nunn vs Sadler   ½-½ 31 1992 Hastings 56/272 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Shirov vs Sadler ½-½ 24 1992 It (active) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. V Rasik vs Ftacnik   0-1 43 1993 Budapest (zt) 57/250 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Shirov vs Oll 1-0 33 1993 Wijk aan Zee 56/274 [Shirov,A] B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Anand vs Judit Polgar   1-0 31 1993 Monaco B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Judit Polgar vs Polugaevsky   0-1 60 1993 Hastings B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Z Lanka vs Oll   0-1 49 1993 Vilnius, Lithuania B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. J Ye vs Xu Jun   1-0 41 1993 Beijing ST Lee cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. R F Henao vs Ftacnik   ½-½ 27 1993 Philadelphia B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. J M De La Villa Garcia vs J H Hodgson   0-1 40 1993 Zaragoza B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Xie Jun vs N Ioseliani   ½-½ 45 1993 wcc (women) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. W Zili vs Xu Jun   1-0 36 1993 Beijing ST Lee cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. J Benjamin vs Kaidanov   1-0 35 1993 Pleasantville 57/251 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. A Grosar vs I Stohl   ½-½ 48 1993 Bad Woerishofen MC B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. A Pugachov vs B Avrukh   ½-½ 24 1994 Kurgan, RUS B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Leko vs Topalov   ½-½ 54 1994 Etoiles 94 Cap d'Agde Tournament FRA B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. P Delekta vs G Timoshenko   ½-½ 21 1994 Berliner Sommer 12th B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. J Cordovil vs G Sanakoev   0-1 21 1994 14th CC World Ch Final B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Stefansson vs Ftacnik   1-0 43 1994 Moscow B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Svidler vs Van Wely 0-1 61 1995 Groningen B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 419

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