Yosef Porat vs Gideon Stahlberg (1954)

Yosef Porat vs Gideon Stahlberg
Amsterdam ol (Men) 1954 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bernstein Defense (E59) · 1/2-1/2

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Jun-04-08		Benzol: Stahlberg fared better here against Porat than Kasparov did against Ivan Sokolov. See I Sokolov vs Kasparov, 1999

Aug-05-12		Landman: Strange - "find similar games" doesn't notice the similarity between these two games.

Aug-05-12		perfidious: <Benzol> It's always been an object of curiosity to me that Kasparov (compared to most top GMs since the 1930s) rarely played the Nimzo as Black. <Landman> The 'similar games' feature has its weaknesses, though I've no idea why.

Aug-06-12		SimonWebbsTiger: @<perfidious> My impression from reading the volumes in his OMGP and OMC series is that lots of players had swung to 3. Nf3 as a way to avoid the difficulties of the Huebner Variation of the Nimzo (along with 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2). GK had found new ideas too: 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 and he was succesful after the Hybrid 4...Bb4 5. Bg5 (eg. versus Timman, 1985) and 4...Bb7 5. a3 (eg. the famous wins versus Petrosian and Portisch, match games versus Karpov). I gain the further impression that the Nimzo (or playing the QGD) wasn't quite to his taste because he liked complicated, dynamic positions where material might have been offered and where the positions required concrete calculations.

Aug-06-12		Chessdreamer: <Landman> the move order is different in I Sokolov vs Kasparov, 1999, <4..O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qc7 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Bd3>. "find similar games" feature doesn't recognize complicated transpositions.

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