1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3 f5 10.Rc1 Kh8 11.a3 Bf6 12.Bc5 Re8 13.b4 Be6 14.Re1 Qd7 15.e4 a6 16.Bh3 g6 17.Be3 Qg7 18.Ng5 Bg8 19.Nf3 f4 20.Bxb6 cxb6 21.Nd5 g5 22.Bd7 Re6 23.Bxe6 Bxe6 24.Nxf6 Qxf6 25.Rxc6 bxc6 26.Qa1 a5 27.Qxe5 Qxe5 28.Nxe5 axb4 29.axb4 c5 30.bxc5 bxc5 31.gxf4 gxf4 32.Kg2 Ra3 33.Kf3 c4 34.Kxf4 cxd3 35.Rd1 Ra2 36.Nxd3 Bc4 37.f3 Rxh2 38.Ne5 Ba2 39.Rd7 Rh6 40.Nf7+ Bxf7 41.Rxf7 Kg8 42.Rf5 Rh1 43.e5 h5 44.Rg5+ Kf8 45.Kf5 h4 46.Rh5 Kg7 47.f4 h3 48.Ke6 Kg6 49.Rg5+ Kh6 50.Kf5 Rh2 51.Rg8 Rh1 52.e6 h2 53.Rg2 1-0

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Opening: English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (A29)
Player profiles: Nakamura, Aronian

Novelty of stem-game: 11. a3

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Be7  8. d3 0-0  9. Be3 f5  10. Rc1 Kh8

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Garcia Padron vs Timman   0-1 47 1981 Las Palmas A22 English 2. F Maeser vs V Tukmakov   ½-½ 22 1997 Weihnachts op-M 21th A22 English 3. Aronian vs Nakamura 1-0 53 2012 Tal Memorial A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Be7  8. d3 0-0  9. Be3 f5  10. Rc1

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C Bergstrom vs P Weber   ½-½ 44 1981 Suedlohn GER A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 2. Aronian vs S Del Rio Angelis   1-0 34 1998 Linares Anibal op 5th A00 Uncommon Opening

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Be7  8. d3 0-0  9. Be3 f5

page 1 of 1; 14 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kashdan vs I A Horowitz   ½-½ 43 1938 Ch USA A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 2. M Czerniak vs Alekhine 0-1 50 1939 Buenos Aires A22 English 3. M L Hanauer vs Shainswit   ½-½ 24 1940 USA Ch A22 English 4. A J van den Hoek vs Cortlever   1-0 72 1942 NED-ch12 playoff A22 English 5. F Zita vs Sajtar   ½-½ 33 1942 Chocen A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 6. C Kottnauer vs Cortlever   ½-½ 32 1947 Team match NED-CZE A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 7. Gligoric vs R Ortega   1-0 30 1962 Capablanca mem A22 English 8. H Bohm vs C Van Wijgerden   0-1 51 1977 Amsterdam IBM A22 English 9. Panno vs C Van Wijgerden   ½-½ 26 1977 Amsterdam IBM A22 English 10. I Poulsen vs A Christiansen 0-1 31 1981 Easter Tournament A22 English 11. Ivanchuk vs Lautier   1-0 45 1992 Tilburg 56/38 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 12. Petursson vs Stefansson   1-0 68 1996 Eikram mem op Gausdal NOR A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 13. L Mkrtchian vs O Zimina   1-0 37 2008 2008 Women's Olympiad A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 14. V Maki vs Bacrot   0-1 39 2012 28th European Club Cup A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Be7  8. d3 0-0  9. Be3

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 117  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Pitschak vs Flohr 0-1 19 1934 Liebwerda A22 English 2. W Winter vs Koltanowski   ½-½ 30 1935 Hastings A22 English 3. Keres vs Pirc   ½-½ 35 1935 Warszawa ol A22 English 4. C H Alexander vs Euwe 0-1 36 1936 Nottingham A22 English 5. Keres vs L Engels 0-1 46 1936 Dresden A22 English 6. K Ozols vs Szabo   0-1 40 1939 Kemeri A22 English 7. Szabo vs S Landau   ½-½ 19 1939 Hastings 1938/39 A22 English 8. Szabo vs Pirc   1-0 66 1939 Hastings 1938/39 A22 English 9. Szabo vs F Apsenieks   1-0 32 1939 Kemeri A22 English 10. K Junge vs M Bluemich 1-0 18 1941 Cracow/Warsaw POL A20 English 11. J F Donovan vs R Steinmeyer   ½-½ 18 1948 US Open A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 12. Benko vs Flohr   ½-½ 33 1949 Budapest (Hungary) A22 English 13. V Mikenas vs Flohr   ½-½ 13 1949 USSR Championship A22 English 14. Golombek vs Lokvenc   ½-½ 16 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A22 English 15. A Khasin vs Flohr ½-½ 69 1955 Ch Moscow A22 English 16. Suetin vs Flohr   ½-½ 35 1955 Ch URS (1/2 final) A22 English 17. Plachetka vs E Prandstetter   ½-½ 30 1974 CSR-ch A22 English 18. S Knott vs A P Ashby   ½-½ 31 1978 Ayr British ch A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 19. Petursson vs E Torre   0-1 31 1980 Reykjavik (Iceland) A22 English 20. M Hawelko vs A Kuligowski   ½-½ 29 1981 POL-ch 38th A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 21. Azmaiparashvili vs K Lerner   1-0 33 1981 URS A22 English 22. Iskov vs O Jakobsen   ½-½ 20 1981 Esbjerg Vesterhav A20 English 23. Bronstein vs Tal 1-0 46 1982 Tbilisi A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 24. H Pfleger vs Sosonko   ½-½ 31 1983 Hannover A22 English 25. Suba vs Miles   0-1 47 1985 Tunisien A00 Uncommon Opening  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 117

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Be7  8. d3 0-0

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 157  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Solin vs Lilienthal   0-1 44 1935 Olympiad A22 English 2. H Heinicke vs H Elsas   1-0 47 1947 Essen GER A22 English 3. Larry Evans vs J F Donovan   ½-½ 35 1949 US Open A22 English 4. H Heinicke vs Maicherczyck   1-0 47 1949 Bad Pyrmont ch-BRD A22 English 5. L Endzelins vs Ragozin   ½-½ 20 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship A22 English 6. P Clarke vs J Penrose   ½-½ 33 1957 Hastings 1956/57 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 7. Petrosian vs K Skold   1-0 34 1962 Olympiad A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 8. Wade vs R Ortega   1-0 41 1963 Havana A22 English 9. Geller vs J Broderman   1-0 40 1963 Havana A22 English 10. H Pfleger vs E Eichhorn 1-0 40 1964 Zurich - jungmeister A22 English 11. J H Donner vs H Lehmann   ½-½ 31 1965 Havana A22 English 12. O Alfredsson vs A Werle   1-0 40 1966 Malmo SWE ch A22 English 13. O Alfredsson vs R Goode   0-1 41 1966 Malmo SWE ch A22 English 14. I Asmundsson vs A Cavilhas Rocha   0-1 21 1968 Lugano ol (Men) fin-B A20 English 15. Gheorghiu vs S Mariotti   ½-½ 26 1976 Izt ( cat. 12 ) A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 16. H Ree vs E Torre   0-1 62 1977 Amsterdam IBM A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 17. J Peters vs J L Arnason   0-1 34 1980 Lone Pine A22 English 18. Christiansen vs Kavalek   ½-½ 31 1981 South Bend USA ch A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 19. G Sanna vs J Van Mil   0-1 40 1981 WchT U26 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 20. Adorjan vs Timman   0-1 38 1981 Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 21. J L Watson vs Sosonko   ½-½ 18 1981 Lone Pine A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 22. Glek vs Kaidanov   ½-½ 24 1981 Kuibyshev A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 23. Suba vs M Pavlov   1-0 24 1982 Baile Herculane zt A16 English 24. Suba vs Romanishin   0-1 38 1983 Sochi A20 English 25. K Bischoff vs Suba 0-1 36 1983 Dortmund A20 English  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 157

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page 1 of 1; 24 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F Reinfeld vs M L Hanauer   0-1 41 1937 Marshall CC Championship A22 English 2. Filip vs O Barda 1-0 51 1953 Bucharest A16 English 3. Beliavsky vs Psakhis   ½-½ 40 1982 Kislovodsk A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 4. Ljubojevic vs A Chernin   ½-½ 30 1986 Wijk aan Zee A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 5. Ulf Andersson vs A Chernin   0-1 37 1986 Reggio Emilia (Italy) A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 6. Lautier vs Huebner ½-½ 8 1992 03 Baden-Baden A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 7. Paolo Soprano vs A Belakovskaia   ½-½ 46 1998 Bratto op 18th A22 English 8. T Yake vs A Belakovskaia   0-1 46 1999 Ch Amateur Team, Parsippany (USA) A22 English 9. M Marin vs M Brodsky   ½-½ 21 2001 Victor Ciocaltea Mem A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 10. K Spraggett vs M Godard   1-0 36 2001 TCh-FRA A20 English 11. R Biolek vs Z Holeksa   1-0 44 2001 open A22 English 12. D Rodriguez Chaverri vs S Bermudez   0-1 32 2001 ch-CRC A22 English 13. D Pokojska vs K Grosar   1-0 37 2001 2nd ch-EUR Women A22 English 14. C Pantaleoni vs S Rigamonti   1-0 30 2001 21st Open A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 15. T Vakhidov vs N Murshed   ½-½ 9 2003 6th United Insurance A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 16. T Zoltek vs Nijboer   ½-½ 32 2004 36th Olympiad A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 17. V Georgiev vs N Dzagnidze   0-1 39 2006 5th Istanbul Festival A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 18. A Caoili vs Thanh Tu Le   0-1 46 2006 37th Chess Olympiad: Women A22 English 19. J S Neto vs F Khairallah   ½-½ 70 2008 2008 Olympiad A20 English 20. J Worek vs S Milliet   0-1 109 2008 European Individual Championship (Women) A22 English 21. M Matlakov vs A R Saleh Salem   ½-½ 44 2010 World Junior Championship A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 22. Galego vs D Ledger   1-0 41 2011 2nd Big Slick Tournament A22 English 23. L Dominguez vs Ponomariov   ½-½ 60 2011 SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold) A15 English 24. S Andresen vs A Cioara   0-1 29 2012 Bundesliga A22 English  page 1 of 1; 24 games

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page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 640  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. O Bernstein vs Metger 1-0 22 1907 Ostend International Tournament A22 English 2. T Regedzinski vs W F Wertheim   ½-½ 40 1928 Olympiad A22 English 3. Bogoljubov vs Euwe 1-0 59 1936 Zandvoort A22 English 4. A Reynolds vs Keres   0-1 24 1937 Ostende A22 English 5. Carls vs M Bluemich   ½-½ 18 1941 Cracow/Warsaw POL A22 English 6. Carls vs T Regedzinski   0-1 23 1941 Cracow/Warsaw POL A22 English 7. Keres vs Lilienthal 1-0 70 1945 Tallinn, Est op ch A22 English 8. L Schmitt vs M Riedmiller   1-0 60 1946 Augsburg 1st A20 English 9. Filip vs Karl Kopetzky   1-0 43 1949 AUT-CSR A22 English 10. Geller vs Flohr 1-0 39 1954 Ch URS A22 English 11. Taimanov vs Kan   1-0 41 1954 USSR A22 English 12. Averbakh vs Lisitsin   ½-½ 57 1955 USSR Championship A22 English 13. Korchnoi vs Chekhover 1-0 51 1955 Leningrad A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 14. Ragozin vs J Balogh   1-0 49 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship A22 English 15. Botvinnik vs O Benkner 1-0 27 1956 Russia A20 English 16. M Bobotsov vs H Heemsoth   1-0 42 1959 Hastings 5960 A22 English 17. Schmid vs T Salo   ½-½ 20 1960 EU-Cup Gr2 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 18. F Olafsson vs J H Donner   1-0 30 1961 Bled A22 English 19. Botvinnik vs O Olson 1-0 28 1962 Stockholm Interzonal A22 English 20. Botvinnik vs E R Lundin 1-0 35 1962 Stockholm Interzonal A22 English 21. Reshevsky vs W G Addison 1-0 57 1963 US Championship 1963/64 A22 English 22. Bisguier vs W G Addison   1-0 35 1964 US Championship 1963/64 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 23. B Enklaar vs Kavalek   0-1 23 1965 WchT U26 12th fin-A A22 English 24. Kavalek vs B Malich   ½-½ 39 1965 Leipzig Inter 1st A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 25. Filip vs H Lehmann   ½-½ 48 1966 Hoogovens 28th A20 English  page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 640

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