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icelandic gambit 7 games, 1920-2001 nexus IQP position Botvinnik prepared by studying structures which arise from multiple openings. The main structure which Botvinnik studied was the Panov. I don't know if this exact position was one that he studied, but it seems to be a transpositional nexus for many openings which result in IQP positions. click for larger view The (1 e4) Caro-Kann Panov is the most common route to this tabiya. However, this tabiya is classified within the (1 d4) Semi-Tarrasch. There are myriad move orders to reach the position, including lines of the following openings: Sicilian Alapin, English Symmetrical, Slav Exchange, Scandinavian. Some examples of players who have followed the main line continuation from the nexus IQP position most frequently on the White side are Judit Polgar and Jovan Petronic. On the Black side we see the Caro-Kann adherents Anatoly Karpov, Allan Stig Rasmussen, and especially Eduard Meduna. These games all reach the same position after seven complete moves. 10 games, 1934-1991 Nezhmetdinov's Best Games of Chess The games from the book written by Nezhmetdinov entitled 'Nezhmetdinov's Best Games of Chess'. A few games are missing because I didn't find them in the DataBase. 96 games, 1929-1973 Scandinavisch 37 games, 1913-2009 Tabiyas 00014 +12 Moves + 100 Games King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Bayonet Attack Sokolov's Line (E97) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 51 games, 1996-2014 Tabiyas 0002 +15Moves +100 Games Defensa Siciliana Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Bf8 * 29 games, 1965-2012 Tabiyas 0003 +15 Moves + 100 Games Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (13...Bxg5) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 * 36 games, 1971-2011