Slav 6.e3 Bd3?! Yusupov vs Kramnik, 1995  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 40 moves, 0-1 8. ... g5?! in the caro-kann advanced with c3 K Wolter vs M Saltaev, 2001 (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 76 moves, 0-1 ...Ba8 instead of ...Bxf1 Yermolinsky vs Shabalov, 1986  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 0-1 ...Bd3 slav...black got too ambitious Flohr vs V Mikenas, 1938 (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 31 moves, 1-0 1.Nf3 d5 2.b4?! improved sokolsky i think Alekhine vs J A J Drewitt, 1923  (A06) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0 not a novelty, but a good line i think F Hellers vs Ivanchuk, 1984  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 Be7?! 3.b3 L Day vs A Vogt, 2001 (C00) French Defense, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2 no need to play for the draw, white should play to win! Fischer vs Larsen, 1966  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 19 moves, 1-0 7. ...d5!? in the ...archangelsk...very interesting de Firmian vs B Lugo, 1996  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1 not a novelty, but better than what i play ;) J Whitehead vs P Biyiasas, 1977  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1 Sosonko gets a good enough position with 10.dxe5 Sosonko vs G Ligterink, 1979 (E96) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, Main line, 29 moves, 1-0 Schlechter's 3.Bd3 Schlechter vs Maroczy, 1896 (C00) French Defense, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2 Schlechter French with Schlechter as Black?! G Marco vs Schlechter, 1896  (C00) French Defense, 102 moves, 1/2-1/2 Schlecther 3. ... Nf6 Schlechter vs Showalter, 1898  (C00) French Defense, 43 moves, 1-0 3.c3 f5?! 4.d4 d6 Von Popiel vs Von Bardeleben, 1902 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 0-1 not a novelty, but 2.Bg5 is an interesting line Kasparov vs Illescas Cordoba, 1996  (A80) Dutch, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2 Drawing line in the Riga variation (6.d4exd4) of the open lopez M Damjanovic vs P Dely, 1964 (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2 ...Qc7 instead of ...e6 v. najdorf with Bc4 J Sherwin vs Larsen, 1958  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 46 moves, 0-1 early ...Qg5 in the classical lopez V Castaldi vs E Canal, 1948 (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2 pinkus' 11.Rh4 isn't necessarily strong, but it's interesting:) A Pinkus vs M L Hanauer, 1951 (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2 2.f3 v. the alekhine...likely garbage but interestin G Chandler vs J B Henderson, 1994  (B07) Pirc, 37 moves, 0-1 4.a4?! in the sokolsky attack...very interesting R G Wade vs Speelman, 1973  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 29 moves, 1-0 4.Be3 in the adv. CK - interesting idea to stop ...c5 I Ivanov vs R Rowley, 1990  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 40 moves, 1-0 ...Nd5 in the botvinnik...i called it absurd but now i dunno ;) Timman vs Ljubojevic, 1980  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 1-0 1.Nf3 f5 2.b3 with switching off the knight Van Wely vs J van Mil, 1993  (A04) Reti Opening, 21 moves, 1-0 CK Adv 4.Bd3 5.f4 Qa5+! M Perovsek vs I Sitnik, 2001 (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 40 moves, 0-1 refutation of the muzio? i like :) S Brady vs M Heidenfeld, 1991  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1 crazy meran line with 4 queens L Pliester vs Dreev, 1989  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 0-1 interesting v. the falkbeer Chigorin vs G Marco, 1898  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0 i like gunsburg's 2. ... f5 v. 1.e4 e5 2.d3 J M Hanham vs Gunsberg, 1889  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1 trying to hold onto the pawn with ...b5 M Ruderfer vs Karpov, 1971  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 24 moves, 0-1 root's 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5?! J Silman vs D Root, 1979  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 38 moves, 0-1 an example of the great positions you can get in 2.Bg5 dutch Dzindzichashvili vs Fritz, 1993  (A80) Dutch, 36 moves, 1-0 the debut of 3.h4 in the tromp C Depasquale vs Kudrin, 1986  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0 svidler/sveshnikov's 7.b3 Svidler vs S Volkov, 2003  (C02) French, Advance, 54 moves, 1-0 it's likely junk but may be good for a go in blitz ;) Najdorf vs Quinteros, 1978 (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2 11.Nxe6! Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 58 moves, 0-1 tal ends up at ½/2 in his "refutation" of the Caro-Kann Tal vs M Vukic, 1978  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2 12.Kd2?! in the Taimanov Benoni A Aleksandrov vs Wojtkiewicz, 1992  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 20 moves, 1-0 first chessgames.com instance of 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.h4 Piket vs V Malaniuk, 1988  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 40 moves, 0-1 6. ...b5?! not a novelty, but new to me in the nimzo I Morovic Fernandez vs V Iordachescu, 2004  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2 15. ...h5?! in the marshall Fischer vs R G Wade, 1965  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2 brave to play 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b4 v. the world champ :) P Dankert vs Karpov, 1979  (B40) Sicilian, 53 moves, 0-1 3.Bb5+ v. the scandinavian...can't wait to test this out :) W Hanstein vs von der Lasa, 1839  (B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2 5.g4 v. the pirc W Liu vs J H Donner, 1978  (B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 1-0 Hort vs Short, 1982 (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 53 moves, 1-0 5.e5 Bronstein vs Benko, 1969  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 44 moves, 1-0 clarendon court P Cramling vs K Spraggett, 1994  (A43) Old Benoni, 36 moves, 1-0 piket plays the lisitsin Piket vs J van Mil, 1992  (A04) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 1-0 winawer countergambit Marshall vs Winawer, 1901  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 0-1 4.g4 Bg6 5.e6?! in the Advanced Caro S Macak vs M Rezak, 2001 (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 47 moves, 1-0 first instance of 6. ...b5?! I Nemet vs Adorjan, 1983  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 41 moves, 0-1 QID SIcilian (...e6, ...b6) A Karagiannis vs Miles, 1992  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 25 moves, 0-1 9. ...Ne8 10.f4 J Fraguela Gil vs Huebner, 1976 (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 65 moves, 1-0 why not the maroczy attack? f4!? Polgar vs Khalifman, 1999 (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2 3.Nh3 in KGA Tartakower vs Gruenfeld, 1921  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2 Seirawan's 5.Bd3 in the KID stopping ...f5 Saemisch vs H Wagner, 1925 (E77) King's Indian, 34 moves, 1-0 2.e5 genius or madness? D D van Geet vs Hort, 1968  (B10) Caro-Kann, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 first bayonet played at GM level Taimanov vs V Ciocaltea, 1956 (E97) King's Indian, 43 moves, 1-0 Bb5+ in the Dragon...looks interesting Bogoljubov vs Gilg, 1949  (B50) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0 12. ...Bb4 A Sherzer vs R Rowley, 1994 (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2 7. ...c5 turning the Meran into a QGA Capablanca vs Lasker, 1925  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.h4!? Z Basagic vs Z Zvan, 2001 (A48) King's Indian, 57 moves, 1-0 g4 is not a novelty, but i'm thinking of playing it I Cheparinov vs Stellwagen, 2005  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 36 moves, 1-0 2.h3 Korchnoi attack Korchnoi vs H Kaenel, 1979  (A80) Dutch, 37 moves, 1-0 strong play v. the pirc Hort vs Keene, 1975  (B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0 1.b4 : Schüler gambit Z Nemec vs B Wall, 2005 (A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2 4.a4 v. benko C Ward vs Adams, 1995 (A57) Benko Gambit, 62 moves, 1-0 d6 in the ...g6 panov seems interesting...maybenot great but !? X Zhao vs N Hryhorenko, 2001 (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 37 moves, 1-0 2.Bb5?! v. the French Bird vs M Fleissig, 1873  (C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 13. ...b5 an interesting pawn gambit Ivanchuk vs Seirawan, 1990  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2 Caro Wing Gambit 2.Ne2 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4?! J Rosito vs Horacio Hernandez, 1995 (B10) Caro-Kann, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2 Reti-Smyslov Bacrot vs A Greenfeld, 2004 (A05) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 1-0 7. ...e5!? in the Panov J Leandro vs R Arias Formoso, 2005 (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2 benko in the leningrad instead of 6. ...Ne4?! Spassky vs Tal, 1973  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 38 moves, 0-1 trans. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7 4.Nc3 d5 tromp->french U Goy vs L Lukovski, 1995 (C13) French, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2 7.Nd5 the "Lein line" A Lein vs N Minev, 1972 (B33) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0 accelerated shirov-shabalov Epishin vs F J Losada Carrera, 2006 (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 1-0 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4!? Morozevich vs E Inarkiev, 2007  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 58 moves, 1-0 Gajewski Variation 10 ...d5 V Kuznetsov vs G Gajewski, 2007  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1 4.Nd2 e6 5.g4!? F Vallejo Pons vs Karpov, 2009  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 59 moves, 1-0 something for blitz 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 Ne4?! D Podhorzer vs Keres, 1937 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1 spassky 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.h4!? Spassky vs A Ufimtsev, 1958  (B06) Robatsch, 27 moves, 1-0 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Re1?! Showalter vs Pillsbury, 1897  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 39 moves, 0-1 2. b3 with double fianchetto v. Caro-Kann Euwe vs Reti, 1920  (B10) Caro-Kann, 31 moves, 1-0 early b4 in scandinavian P S Leonhardt vs J Mieses, 1908  (B01) Scandinavian, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2 86 games