Chess openings: Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O (A73)

Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O (A73)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 e6 4 Nc3 exd5 5 cxd5 d6 6 e4 g6
7 Nf3 Bg7 8 Be2 O-O 9

Number of games in database: 99
Years covered: 1954 to 2009
Overall record:
   White wins 35.4%
   Black wins 32.3%
   Draws 32.3%

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PRACTITIONERS

With the White Pieces

With the Black Pieces

Lev Polugaevsky		4 games
Vladimir Bagirov		4 games
Alexander Baburin		3 games

NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]

White Wins

Black Wins

Gligoric vs Matulovic, 1967

Beliavsky vs Kasparov, 1979

Smyslov vs Filip, 1957

Stahlberg vs Spassky, 1955

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Polugaevsky vs Spassky ½-½ 38 1954 Tournament A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

2. Stahlberg vs Spassky 0-1 36 1955 Goteborg m A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

3. Guimard vs Szabo 0-1 37 1955 Buenos Aires A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

4. Ivkov vs P Trifunovic ½-½ 18 1957 ch YUG Sombo A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

5. Smyslov vs Filip 1-0 39 1957 Vienna A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

6. J Souza-Mendes vs Ivkov ½-½ 47 1959 Mar del Plata A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

7. Korchnoi vs Lutikov 1-0 20 1959 URS-ch26 Tbilisi A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

8. B Korsakov vs Bannik 0-1 55 1959 UKR-ch A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

9. Polugaevsky vs Tomson 1-0 28 1962 Jalta A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

10. Eliskases vs R Garcia ½-½ 28 1964 Buenos Aires ch-AR A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

11. Z Vranesic vs Reshevsky 0-1 40 1964 Amsterdam izt A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

12. S Zinser vs Larry Evans 0-1 26 1967 Venice it A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

13. Gligoric vs Matulovic 1-0 42 1967 Palma de Mallorca A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

14. Pachman vs Kaplan ½-½ 43 1968 Puerto Rico A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

15. B Kchouk vs G McCurdy ½-½ 35 1968 Lugano Olympiad A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

16. O'Kelly vs Korchnoi ½-½ 62 1969 Havana A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

17. Balashov vs Savon 0-1 48 1971 Leningrad URS ch A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

18. Spassky vs Balashov ½-½ 36 1971 Moscow Ale mem A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

19. H MacGrillen vs G McCurdy 1-0 49 1971 Cork op A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

20. R Hartoch vs Browne ½-½ 37 1972 Amsterdam IBM A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

21. P C Griffiths vs D W Anderton 1-0 46 1972 Barnstaple op A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

22. B Schmidt vs Schmid 0-1 39 1972 FRG-ch 12th A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

23. Negoescu vs Nielsen 0-1 45 1973 corr 1.EU tt A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

24. J H Donner vs A Planinc 0-1 35 1973 IBM A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

25. Bagirov vs Karasev 0-1 44 1974 URS A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O

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