1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O d5 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Qa5 Qc8 13. a4 Rd8 14. Qc5 Nd5 15. e4 Nc3 16. Be3 Nxa4 17. Qh5 c3 18. Rfc1 Bd3 19. h4 Qa6 20. Qg4 Be2 21. Qf4 Qa5 22. Re1 Bd3 23. Rac1 h6 24. g4 c2 25. Bd2 Qb5 26. d5 Qc4 27. dxe6 Qxe6 28. g5 h5 29. Qxc7 Qxa2 30. g6 fxg6 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Qxc6 Rbc8 33. Qxg6 Nc3 34. Bh3 Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Bxc8 Rxc8 37. Ra1 Nxe4 38. Rxa7+ Kg6 39. Bc1 Nc3 40. Rae7 Rc4 41. R7e3 Rg4+ 42. Kh2 Rxh4+ 43. Kg3 Rd4 44. f3 Nd1 45. Re6+ Kh7 46. R1e5 h4+ 47. Kh2 Nc3 48. Rh5+ Kg8 49. Rc5 Ne2 50. Be3 Rd7 51. Re8+ Kh7 52. Kh3 Bg6 53. Ree5 Rd1 54. Kxh4 Rh1+ 55. Kg4 c1=Q 56. Bxc1 Nxc1 57. Re7 Nd3 58. Rcc7 Rg1+ 59. Kh4 Bf5 60. Rf7 Be6 61. Rfe7 Ne5 62. Kh5 0-1

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Opening: English (A14)
Player profiles: Zhao Jun, Yifan Hou

Novelty of stem-game: 12. ...Qc8

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O d5 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6  8. Nxc6 bxc6  9. Na3 Bxa3  10. bxa3 Ba6  11. Qd2 Rb8  12. Qa5

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Li Chao vs Ganguly ½-½ 159 2011 World Chess Team Championship E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 2. Ju Wenjun vs T Kosintseva   1-0 61 2011 FIDE Women's World Team Championship E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 3. Zhao Jun vs Yifan Hou 0-1 62 2012 Chinese Chess Championships A14 English

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O d5 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6  8. Nxc6 bxc6  9. Na3 Bxa3  10. bxa3 Ba6

page 1 of 1; 10 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alburt vs Geller   ½-½ 28 1977 Ch URS (cat.12) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 2. Chekhov vs L Zaid   1-0 53 1979 URS-ch YM E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 3. Beliavsky vs Geller   ½-½ 22 1981 Moscow E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 4. Ribli vs Balashov   ½-½ 20 1987 Dortmund 43/ E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 5. Ribli vs U Boensch   1-0 45 1988 Thessaloniki ol E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 6. Palatnik vs Y Kruppa   1-0 39 1989 URS-sf Ukraine-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 7. E Vladimirov vs Vaganian 0-1 44 1990 Moscow GMA-qual f ;TD 9003 E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 8. Antunes vs Karpov   0-1 73 1994 Netherlands, It A14 English 9. A Raetsky vs A Shneider   ½-½ 19 1999 Cappelle la Grande E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 10. Wang Yue vs Zhou Jianchao   ½-½ 60 2011 Chinese Championship E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O d5 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6  8. Nxc6 bxc6  9. Na3 Bxa3  10. bxa3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 38  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Palatnik vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 41 1973 URS-ch sf E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 2. Petursson vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 52 1979 Prague Bohemians E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 3. Chekhov vs V Baikov   1-0 68 1979 Moscow-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 4. Ribli vs V Inkiov   ½-½ 15 1979 Warsaw zt-A A14 English 5. Sveshnikov vs Balashov   ½-½ 21 1979 Minsk URS ch A14 English 6. Ftacnik vs Geller   ½-½ 25 1980 Malta Olympiad (Men) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 7. Ftacnik vs V Liberzon   1-0 68 1980 Hastings E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 8. J S Neto vs Vaganian   ½-½ 46 1980 Erevan A14 English 9. I Hausner vs Velimirovic   ½-½ 61 1981 N. Pavlica mem E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 10. Z Szymczak vs B Modr   ½-½ 26 1981 Bohemians E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 11. Ftacnik vs Kurajica   ½-½ 21 1981 Dortmund E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 12. R Hartoch vs F Kuijpers   ½-½ 14 1982 Hoogovens M-4K E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 13. I Rogers vs D Keca   ½-½ 45 1983 Nis E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 14. J Lechtynsky vs J L Vilela   0-1 36 1984 Tatran Cup E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 15. I Manor vs Anand   1-0 26 1987 London E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 16. N Ristic vs Blatny   ½-½ 42 1988 Groningen op A46 Queen's Pawn Game 17. Alburt vs Browne   ½-½ 39 1989 Philadelphia (USA) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 18. Shumiakina vs M Litinskaya-Shul   ½-½ 30 1994 Bucharest-A (Women) E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 19. M Mozny vs Pachman   ½-½ 55 1994 Czech Republic E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 20. Ribli vs Hertneck   ½-½ 52 1995 Bundesliga 9596 E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 21. I Rogers vs M Salter 1-0 33 1995 Doeberl Cup E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 22. N Tolstikh vs T Kulhanek   1-0 50 2000 KB Czech Open A14 English 23. Hertneck vs A Trisic   1-0 47 2001 Bundesliga -2 E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 24. A Raetsky vs C Thoma   1-0 56 2001 Schwabisch Gmund op E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 25. I Nester vs S Zavgorodniy   1-0 29 2002 Kaissa Open E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 38

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O d5 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6  8. Nxc6 bxc6  9. Na3

page 1 of 1; 4 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Szabo vs A Zaitsev 0-1 38 1969 Ludwigsburg A14 English 2. J Mohebbi vs A Rainfray   ½-½ 67 2001 TCh-FRA D02 Queen's Pawn Game 3. Ivkov vs D Stojanovic   ½-½ 45 2001 Savic-Mauzer Mem A14 English 4. A Illner vs M Dambacher   ½-½ 16 2012 TCh-BEL -13 E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O d5 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6  8. Nxc6 bxc6

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 61  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Calvo vs Robatsch   ½-½ 43 1972 Palma de Mallorca A14 English 2. Gheorghiu vs Robatsch   1-0 35 1972 Helsinki A14 English 3. W Schmidt vs L Espig   ½-½ 22 1973 Rubinstein mem E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 4. Smejkal vs Krogius   ½-½ 13 1973 Chigorin mem E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 5. Panno vs Ivkov   ½-½ 73 1973 Sao Paulo A14 English 6. Saidy vs Zuckerman   ½-½ 13 1974 US Championship A14 English 7. Ivkov vs J H Donner   ½-½ 58 1976 Amsterdam IBM A14 English 8. J Banas vs G Kluger   ½-½ 20 1977 Rimavska Sobota E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 9. S Webb vs J D Tisdall   1-0 39 1978 Hastings 1977/78 A04 Reti Opening 10. Smejkal vs R Byrne   ½-½ 24 1979 IBM E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 11. Larsen vs Speelman   0-1 66 1980 London P&D A46 Queen's Pawn Game 12. L Neckar vs E Prandstetter   ½-½ 10 1981 Bohemians E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 13. A Cichocki vs A Antonczyk   0-1 31 1991 POL-chT E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 14. Seirawan vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 69 1992 It (play-off) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 15. G Meins vs Chandler   0-1 36 2000 Bundesliga -2001 E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 16. Piket vs Adams   ½-½ 30 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus A14 English 17. M Mozny vs S Wagman   1-0 25 2001 43rd Open E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 18. D Benidze vs G Kanakaris   1-0 35 2001 EYCC B10 E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 19. N Managadze vs A Tsanas   1-0 25 2001 3rd Open E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 20. R Tashkov vs D Kazakov   0-1 37 2001 TCh-BUL E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 21. T Markowski vs P Jaracz   1-0 78 2001 58th ch-POL A14 English 22. R Simpson vs W Kobese   0-1 38 2001 Wilbert Paige Mem A14 English 23. Krasenkow vs E Pigusov   ½-½ 15 2002 European Club Cup E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 24. E Matorin vs V Malakhatko   ½-½ 63 2003 Kiev-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 25. C Horvath vs I V Danilov   ½-½ 19 2003 Pula Open E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 61

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O d5 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 71  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N K Ivanov vs Geller   ½-½ 16 1976 Sochi E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 2. Korchnoi vs Petrosian ½-½ 22 1977 Il Ciocco cm qf A14 English 3. P Szekely vs P Dely   ½-½ 16 1978 HUN-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 4. Spiridonov vs Geller   0-1 26 1978 Novi Sad A14 English 5. Gelfand vs A Shneider   ½-½ 38 1987 Uzhgorod E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 6. Gelfand vs G Timoshchenko   1-0 41 1987 Sverdlovsk E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 7. Gelfand vs G Timoshchenko   1-0 46 1987 Ch URS ( 1/2 ) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 8. C Hansen vs Vaganian   ½-½ 46 1988 Esbjerg ;CBM 10 E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 9. Gelfand vs K Aseev   0-1 37 1988 Ch URS ( 1 liga ) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 10. I Stohl vs S Cvetkovic   1-0 30 1988 Stary Smokovec E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 11. I Stohl vs S Cvetkovic   1-0 38 1989 Trnava E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 12. Wojtkiewicz vs D Shapiro   1-0 34 1989 open E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 13. Korchnoi vs Kotronias   ½-½ 52 1989 EU-chT Haifa A14 English 14. I Stohl vs T Polak   0-1 40 1990 CSFR 50/517 [Polak,T] E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 15. H Baensch vs S Stepanov   1-0 35 1991 WT/M/GT/291 E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 16. H Baensch vs S Turlej   ½-½ 45 1991 WT/M/GT/291 E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 17. L Kandyba vs S Rodnishchev   ½-½ 82 1993 RUS-chT E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 18. I Stohl vs Oral   1-0 23 1997 After GP Mladi E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 19. V Malakhov vs E Dervishi   ½-½ 56 1998 Montecatini Terme op E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 20. Huebner vs F Handke   1-0 61 2001 ch-GER A46 Queen's Pawn Game 21. Gelfand vs Anand   ½-½ 27 2001 Amber Rapidplay E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 22. T Markowski vs S Fedorchuk   ½-½ 50 2001 2nd IECC A14 English 23. O Biriukov vs Y Vaingorten   1-0 41 2001 White Nights E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 24. E Pigusov vs G Soppe   ½-½ 28 2002 XV Carlos Torre A07 King's Indian Attack 25. E Dizdarevic vs N Vasovski   1-0 52 2002 18th Open A14 English  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 71

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O d5 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 62  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Petrov vs E Eliskases   ½-½ 30 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 2. L Soluch vs Gruenfeld   ½-½ 42 1952 Vienna 5253 A14 English 3. B Tot vs B Djurasevic   ½-½ 59 1956 YUG-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 4. Ujtelky vs J Fichtl   0-1 22 1960 CSR-ch playoff E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 5. Filip vs Portisch   0-1 29 1964 Beverwijk A14 English 6. E Haag vs Portisch   0-1 53 1964 Ungarn A14 English 7. Doda vs Portisch   ½-½ 41 1964 Tel Aviv A14 English 8. Ujtelky vs Parma 0-1 26 1965 Reggio Emilia (Italy) A14 English 9. Ivkov vs Parma   ½-½ 39 1965 Havana E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 10. P Trifunovic vs Robatsch   ½-½ 30 1966 Palma de Mallorca A14 English 11. Szabo vs Portisch   ½-½ 23 1968 Ungarn E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 12. Ivkov vs Robatsch 1-0 17 1968 Vinkovci A14 English 13. Portisch vs A Matanovic 1-0 38 1968 Skopje A14 English 14. Huebner vs B Brinck-Claussen   1-0 39 1969 Castlebar A14 English 15. Szabo vs J Kozma   1-0 28 1969 Constanta 8/469 A14 English 16. Razuvaev vs O Chernikov   1-0 39 1970 URS Cup E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 17. L Espig vs G Kluger   1-0 58 1971 Zinnowitz 8th E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 18. Smejkal vs G Mititelu   1-0 24 1971 CSR-ch int E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 19. Hort vs S Hamann   1-0 35 1972 Skopje (ol) 14/527 E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 20. W Schmidt vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 43 1972 Helsinki A14 English 21. Razuvaev vs V Zhuravliov   0-1 62 1974 URS-ch sf E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 22. Filip vs Unzicker   1-0 36 1974 Nice ol (Men) fin-A E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 23. Bukic vs Csom   ½-½ 18 1975 Pula zt A14 English 24. L Day vs Nickoloff   ½-½ 22 1977 Winter Open A14 English 25. Palatnik vs G Kuzmin   0-1 37 1978 Kiev E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 62

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