Boris Spassky playing the Nimzo Indian as Black

Player profile: Boris Spassky
Opening: Nimzo-Indian (E20-E59)

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 71  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Furman vs Spassky 1-0 29 1955 Ch URS E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 2. G Borisenko vs Spassky   1-0 42 1955 Ch URS E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 3. S Schweber vs Spassky 0-1 35 1955 Antwerpen E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 4. Geller vs Spassky 0-1 31 1955 Moscow ch-SU E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 5. A Fuderer vs Spassky   ½-½ 44 1955 Goteborg m E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 6. A Khasin vs Spassky   ½-½ 34 1956 Ch URS E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 7. Szabo vs Spassky   ½-½ 30 1956 Amsterdam-Wch E46 Nimzo-Indian 8. Geller vs Spassky ½-½ 43 1956 Amsterdam E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 9. G Borisenko vs Spassky   0-1 34 1956 Ch URS E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 10. P Trifunovic vs Spassky   ½-½ 15 1957 Wien-Baden E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 11. Minev vs Spassky   ½-½ 29 1957 WchT U26 04th E41 Nimzo-Indian 12. Antoshin vs Spassky   ½-½ 31 1957 URS-ch sf E41 Nimzo-Indian 13. Tolush vs Spassky   ½-½ 16 1957 Ch URS E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 14. Bronstein vs Spassky 0-1 30 1958 Riga E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 15. Polugaevsky vs Spassky 1-0 41 1959 Tbilisi E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 16. Taimanov vs Spassky   1-0 53 1959 Ch URS E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 17. I Johannsson vs Spassky   0-1 44 1959 Riga E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 18. B Wexler vs Spassky ½-½ 20 1960 Margate E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 19. Bronstein vs Spassky   ½-½ 17 1961 Ch URS E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 20. Taimanov vs Spassky   ½-½ 15 1961 Ch URS E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 21. A Zaitsev vs Spassky   ½-½ 41 1961 Moscow (Russia) E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 22. Cherepkov vs Spassky   ½-½ 37 1961 URS-ch E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 23. Najdorf vs Spassky   ½-½ 11 1962 Havana Cap mem E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 24. V Mikenas vs Spassky 0-1 22 1962 Ch URS Leningrad (RUS) E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 25. Korchnoi vs Spassky   ½-½ 56 1964 Belgrade E46 Nimzo-Indian  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 71    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Spassky wins | Spassky loses

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