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FRENCH DEFENCE RUBINSTEIN VARIATION

Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2757)
Meier, Georg (2628)
Event: 46th GM 2018
Site: Dortmund GER Date: 07/22/2018
Round: 7.4 Score: 1-0
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein, Capablanca line

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O
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O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Qe2 Qa5+ 12. c3 cxd4 13. Nc4 Qc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. cxd4 Qb4+ 17
. Kf1 Bc718. Qe4 f5 19. Qh4 Kg7 20. g4 f4 21. Rg1 Bd7 22. Qh5 Rh8 23. g5 hxg5 24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25.
Qf6 Rxh2 26. Rg7 Be8 27. Bh7 1-0

Kramnik, Vladimir (2792)

Meier, Georg (2628)

Event: 46th GM 2018
Site: Dortmund GER Date: 07/17/2018
Round: 3.3 Score: ½-½
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Bb5+ B
d7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. d5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Nf6 13. Qc4 Bd614. Bg5 Qe7+ 15. Kf1 O-
O 16. Re1 Qd8 17. g3 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Kg2 Rfd8 20. Re4 Qf5 21. Rd1 Qc8 22. Rd5 Qc7 23. g4
Bf8 24. Rde5 g6 25. h4 Bd6 26. Rd5Bf8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. h5 gxh5 29. gxh5 Qc6 30. Rg4+ Bg7 31.
Rg3 Rd5 32. Qh4 b5 33. b3 Qe6 34. c4bxc4 35. bxc4 Rd3 36. Rg4 Rc3 37. Qg3 Qf6 38. Qb8+Kh7 3
9. Qb1+ Kh8 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Rf4 Qe6 42. Qb1+ Kg8 43. Re4 Qc8 44. a4 Bd4 45. Rf4 Be5 46. Rf5
Bg7 47. Rf4 Be5 48. Rf5 Bg7 49. Rf4 1/2-1/2

Svidler, Peter (2753)

Meier, Georg (2628)

Event: 4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup
Site: Jerusalem ISR Date: 07/03/2018
Round: 3.2 Score: 1-0
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ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 B
c6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Rd1 O-O-
O 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Rxd7 Bxd718. c5 h6 19. Bd2 Nc2 20. Rd1 Nd4 21. Ba6+ Kb8 22. Bxh
6 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 gxh6 24. Rxd7 Nxe5 25. Rd4 bxc526. Rh4 c6 27. f4 Nd7 28. g4 f6 29. Ke2 Kc7 30. g
5fxg5 31. fxg5 h5 32. Ke3 Ne5 33. Be2 c4 34. Rxh5Rb8 35. Rh6 Kd6 36. h4 Rxb2 37. g6 Ke7 38. g7
Kf739. Rxe6 Nd3 40. Re7+ Kg8 41. h5 Rb8 42. Bg4 Nc543. Bf5 1-0

Shirov, Alexei (2644)

Meier, Georg (2636)

Event: Lasker 150 Blitz Swiss
Site: Berlin GER Date: 04/28/2018
Round: 4.1 Score: ½-½
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g4 Rb86. Bg2 b5 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Qe2 a6 9. O-

O Ngf6 10. Nxf6+Nxf6 11. g5 Nd7 12. a4 Bd6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ne5Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bxe5 16. dxe5
O-
O 17. Qe4 Nb6 18. Be3 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Bc5 Rfd8 21. Ra7 h6 22. gxh6 gxh6 23. f4 Ra8 24.
Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Kf3 Ra2 26. Rb1 Ra4 27. Be3 Rc4 28. Rc1 Ra4 29. b3 Ra2 30. c4Nxe3 31. Kxe3 Rx
h2 32. Rb1 Rh3+ 33. Ke4 Rc3 34. Kd4 Rf3 35. Ke4 Rc3 36. Kd4 1/2-1/2

Anand, Viswanathan (2776)

Meier, Georg (2648)
Event: GRENKE Chess Classic 2018
Site: Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER Date: 04/07/2018
Round: 7.1 Score: ½-½
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be76. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Rb8 9. Bg2 b
5 10. O-O O-
O 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. c3 a6 14. a4Bd5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Kx
f3 Bd6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bg5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd522. Ra6 c5 23. Be3 Rfc8 24. Rda1 h5 25. Ra7 c4 2
6. Rd7 b4 27. Bd4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rb3 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Kf4 Rbb8 31. Kg5 Ra8 32. Re1 Rc6 33. f4
Ra2 34. h3Rd2 35. f5 Rd3 36. Kf4 h4 37. e6 Kf8 38. gxh4 fxe639. Ra1 exf5 40. Kxf5 Rxh3 41. Ra8+
Ke7 42. Ra7+Ke8 43. Ke5 Rxh4 44. Kxd5 Rg6 45. Bxg7 1/2-1/2
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Lomasov, Semyon (2551)

Meier, Georg (2648)

Event: 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018
Site: Batumi GEO Date: 03/27/2018
Round: 10.30 Score: 1-0
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-
O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-
O Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Rhg1 Nd7 14. Bg3 a6 15. Kb1 b5 16. Bf4 Bd5 17. g4 g5 18. Bc1
Kg719. h4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 gxh4 21. d5 Bg5 22. dxe6 Bxc123. exd7 Bg5 24. Qf5 Rh8 25. f4 Be7 26. B
e4 Rb8 27. g5 hxg5 28. fxg5 Bd6 29. Bd5 Rf8 30. Rd4 Bg3 31. Rxg3 hxg3 32. Rh4 1-0

Ostrovskiy, Andrey (2444)

Meier, Georg (2655)

Event: Bundesliga 2017-18
Site: Hamburg GER Date: 03/10/2018
Round: 11.4 Score: ½-½
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Bd3 c5 7. O-

O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3 O-
O 12. Qd3 Bc5 13. Rad1 e5 14. Nb3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Bb6 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19
. Bxb6 Rxb7 20. Ba5 Bxb3 1/2-1/2

Potkin, Vladimir (2574)

Meier, Georg (2650)
Event: World Blitz 2017
Site: Riyadh KSA Date: 12/30/2017
Round: 17.37 Score: ½-½
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 a6
10. Be2Bc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. c4 O-
O 14. Bf3 Ne415. Re1 f5 16. b3 c5 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. Nd3 Rad8 19. Nf4 Qc8 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Bx
d5 22. cxd5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Qd3 Rfd6 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Qxe4Rxd5 27. Kg2 Qd7 28. Re3 Rd4
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29. Qe6+ Qxe6 30. Rxe6 R8d6 31. Rae1 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Rb4 33. a5 bxa534. Rxa6 Rxb3 35. Rxa5
Rc3 36. Ra7 h5 37. Rc7 Rc238. Kf3 Kh7 39. Rc6 g6 40. Ke3 Kg7 41. h4 Kf7 42. f3Rc4 1/2-1/2

Feygin, Michael (2489)

Meier, Georg (2655)

Event: Bundesliga 2017-18
Site: Schwaebisch Hall GER Date: 12/09/2017
Round: 5.6 Score: 1-0
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 O
-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. O-O-
O Bb7 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. f4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qh3 Qc7 17. Rhe1 Rfd818. g4 Bf2 1
9. Re2 Bd4 20. g5 Rac8 21. gxh6 Bxb2+22. Kb1 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Qc5 24. Qh4 gxh6 25. Rf2Rxd3 26.
Rxd3 Be4 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxd8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rf4 Bd5 31. Kb2 Kg7 32. Rg4+ Kh733.
a3 h5 34. Rg5 Bf3 35. h4 Bg4 36. Kc3 Kh8 37. Kb41-0

Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2733)

Meier, Georg (2655)

Event: 21st European Teams
Site: Hersonissos GRE Date: 11/06/2017
Round: 9.2 Score: 1-0
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 a61
0. Be2 Bc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. c4 Nd714. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 O-
O 17. Rd1Qe8 18. Be3 Bb4 19. h4 h6 20. Rd4 Bc5 21. Rg4Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Kh8 23. c5 Qc6 24. cxb6
Qxb6 25. Qc3 Rfd8 26. Rc4 Rd7 27. Rc1 Rb8 28. b4 Kg8 29. h5 Qb7 30. Kh2 Qd5 31. Qe3 Qd2 32.
Qxd2 Rxd233. Rf4 Rb7 34. Kg2 Rd5 35. Rc6 Rxe5 36. Rxa6Rxh5 37. b5 g6 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Re8 c
6 40. bxc6Rc7 41. Rc4 Kf6 42. Ra8 Ke7 43. a5 Kd6 44. Rd8+Ke7 45. Ra8 Kd6 46. Ra4 Kxc6 47. a6
Kb6 48. Rb4+ Kc6 49. a7 Ra5 50. Rc4+ Kb7 51. Rxc7+Kxa8 52. Rxf7 h5 53. Rh7 Rxa7 54. Rh8+ Kb
7 55. Rh6 Kc6 56. Rxg6 Kd6 57. Kh3 Ra1 58. Rh6 Ke759. Rxh5 Kf6 60. Rh6+ Kf7 61. Kh4 Re1 62.
Kg4Kg7 63. Rh5 Kg6 64. f4 Rg1 65. Re5 Kf6 66. Kf3Rf1+ 67. Kg2 Ra1 68. g4 Ra3 69. Kf2 Ra1 70.
Re3Rb1 71. Kf3 Rb5 72. Kg3 Ra5 73. Rb3 Ra1 74. g5+Kf5 75. Rb5+ Kg6 76. Re5 Kf7 77. Re3 Ra4
78. Kf3Rb4 79. Ra3 Rc4 80. Ra7+ Kf8 81. g6 Rc1 82. Kg4Rg1+ 83. Kh5 Kg8 84. Kh6 Rh1+ 85. Kg5
Rf1 86. Re7 1-0

Dvoirys, Semen I (2552)

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Meier, Georg (2644)

Event: Maccabiah GMA 2017
Site: Jerusalem ISR Date: 07/14/2017
Round: 9.2 Score: 0-1
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2
O-O 10. Bd2 e5 11. O-O-
O e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 13. Rhe1 Qe6 14. Bc3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxf2 16. Re2 Bb6 17. b3 Qxe4 18. Rxe4
Be6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Re5 f6 21. Rd5 Bg4 22. Rd3 Rad8 23. Nb5 a6 24. Rd6 Be2 25. Rxb6 Bxd3 26.
Nd6 Bf1 27. g3 Bg2 28. Bd2 Bf3 29. c4 Rd7 30. c5 h631. a4 Kh7 32. Be3 g5 33. Rb4 f5 34. Kd2 Kg
6 35. Kc3Re7 36. Kd2 Rf6 37. Rd4 Rfe6 38. Rd3 Be4 39. Rc3Bc6 40. Rd3 Re5 41. Rc3 Kh5 42. h3
Kg6 43. Rd3Bg2 44. h4 Bf1 45. Rc3 a5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Nc8 Rh748. Nd6 Rh2+ 49. Kd1 Ba6 50. K
c1 f4 51. gxf4 gxf452. Bd2 Ree2 0-1

Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2803)

Meier, Georg (2621)

Event: 4th GRENKE Chess Classic
Site: Karlsruhe GER Date: 04/21/2017
Round: 6.1 Score: ½-½
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Bd3 c5 7. O-

O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3 O-
O 12. Qd3 Bc5 13. Rad1 e5 14. Nb3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Bb6 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bh4 Be6 18. Bg3 Rac8 19.
Bxe5 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rc2 21. Rf1 Rd822. Bxb7 Ng4 23. Bg3 Rxb2 24. Bf3 f5 25. h3 f4 26. Bh4 Nf6 2
7. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rde1 Rxd3 29. Re4 Rd4 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Rfe1 Rd7 32. R8e2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2Rd1+
34. Kh2 Rf1 35. g3 Rxf2+ 36. Rxf2 Bxf2 37. gxf4Bb6 38. Be4 Bc7 39. Kg3 Bd6 40. Kf3 Bc7 1/2-1/2

Caruana, Fabiano (2817)

Meier, Georg (2621)

Event: 4th GRENKE Chess Classic
Site: Karlsruhe GER Date: 04/17/2017
Round: 3.3 Score: 1-0
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-
O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-
O Bb7 11. Kb1 c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. c3Be7 15. Bg3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc5 17. Rhe1 Qc8 18.
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Be5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Nf6 20. h4 Rd8 21. Be5 h5 22. f3 Bd623. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qe3 Kg7 25. f4 Rg8 26. Bc
2 Bb8 27. Bb3 f5 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Qd4+ Kh7 30. Rxe6 Be4+31. Ka1 Rg7 32. Qf6 Bxf4 33. Rd8 Q
a6 34. Ree8Qf1+ 35. Bd1 1-0
Markgraf, Alexander (2523)

Meier, Georg (2648)

Event: Bundesliga 2016-17
Site: Hamburg GER Date: 03/18/2017
Round: 9.1 Score: 0-1
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Bd3 c5 7. O-

O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Rfd1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 f6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Qxd4 e5
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nd2 b5 17. Ne4 Bd7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Bc6 20. f3 Kf7 21. a3 g5 22. Be1R
hg8 23. Bc3 Ra4 24. h3 h5 25. Kf2 Rf4 26. Bd2 Rc427. Rc1 Ra4 28. Bb4 Raa8 29. Bc3 Rae8 30. Rc
d1Re6 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 h4 33. g3 hxg3+ 34. Kxg3Kg6 35. Bd2 Re7 36. Rd6 Rh7 37. Bc3 Kf7
38. Ba5Rh4 39. Bd2 Rc4 40. c3 Ke7 41. Rd3 Rh4 42. Be3Bd7 43. Bc5+ Ke8 44. Rd6 Rxh3+ 45. Kg2
Rh6 46. Kg3 Rg6 47. Kf2 Bc6 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Re7+ Kg8 50. Re6 Rh6 51. Kg3 Kf7 52. Rd6 Rh4 5
3. Be3 Rh1 54. Bb6 Rf1 55. Bf2 f5 0-1

Kulaots, Kaido (2564)

Meier, Georg (2648)

SOLID WHITE PREPARATION
Event: TCh-SWE Elitserien
Site: Sweden SWE Date: 01/14/2017
Round: 4.3 Score: 1-0
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-
O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-
O Bb7 11. Kb1 c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. h4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8
18. Qf5 g6 19. Qxg6 Qc7 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Qg6+Kh8 22. Bf5 Bc8 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rd7 1-0

Hansen, Eric (2584)

Meier, Georg (2632)

Event: FIDE World Rapid 2014
Site: Dubai UAE Date: 06/17/2014
Round: 7.28 Score: 0-1
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein variation
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf66. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 O
-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. O-O-
O Bb7 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. Qe4 Qf5 16. Qe1 Qf6 17. Qe4 Qf5 18. Qe1 Qf6 19
. Be4 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. c4 Rfe8 22. Kb1 Rab8 23. b3 Bf4 24. Rc1 a5 25. g3 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Nc3+
27. Qxc3 Bxe4+ 0-1