1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qd6 11. Qe2 Rfe8 12. f4 c5 13. Rb1 b6 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Qf3 c4 16. Rb4 cxd3 17. cxd3 c5 18. Bf4 Qxc3 19. Rc4 Qb2 20. e5 Nd7 21. Bc1 Nxe5 22. Bxb2 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Re1+ 24. Rf1 Re2 25. Rf2 Re1+ 26. Kh2 f6 27. d4 cxd4 28. Rxd4 Rae8 29. Rc2 R1e2 30. Rdd2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Re7 32. Kg3 Kf7 33. Kf3 Kg6 34. Bd4 Kf5 35. Be3 Kg6 36. a4 Re5 37. Rd4 h5 38. Rb4 Ra5 39. Bd2 Rd5 40. Ke3 Rg5 41. Kf2 Rc5 42. Ke1 Re5+ 43. Kd1 Rf5 44. Ke2 Re5+ 45. Be3 Ra5 46. Re4 Kf5 47. Rc4 g5 48. Bd4 Kg6 49. Bc3 Ra6 50. Kd3 h4 51. Ke4 b5 52. axb5 Rb6 53. Rc6 Rxb5 54. Rxf6+ Kh5 55. Rf5 Rb3 56. Kd3 Ra3 57. Ra5 Rb3 58. Rxa7 Rb1 59. Ra4 1-0

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Opening: Four Knights (C49)
Player profiles: Nimzowitsch, A Vajda

Novelty of stem-game: 11. Qe2

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bxc3  8. bxc3 Bg4  9. h3 Bxf3  10. Qxf3 Qd6

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Nimzowitsch vs A Vajda 1-0 59 1926 Semmering C49 Four Knights 2. Kasparian vs Korchnoi 0-1 44 1952 USSR Championship C49 Four Knights 3. S Iuldachev vs P Haba   0-1 41 1993 Hlinsko op C49 Four Knights

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bxc3  8. bxc3 Bg4  9. h3 Bxf3  10. Qxf3

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Paulsen vs M Bier   1-0 45 1879 Leipzig C49 Four Knights

 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bxc3  8. bxc3

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Fichtl vs J Sefc ½-½ 81 1953 CSR-ch C49 Four Knights

 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 52  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Paulsen vs C T Goering 1-0 34 1877 Leipzig C49 Four Knights 2. W Paulsen vs J Minckwitz   1-0 70 1879 Leipzig C49 Four Knights 3. Paulsen vs A Schwarz 1-0 29 1879 Leipzig m C49 Four Knights 4. P A Evtifeev vs V Nikolaev 1-0 38 1909 All Russian Amateur C49 Four Knights 5. Nimzowitsch vs Vidmar   ½-½ 25 1911 San Sebastian C49 Four Knights 6. Nimzowitsch vs Leonhardt 1-0 48 1911 San Sebastian C49 Four Knights 7. Nimzowitsch vs Leonhardt 0-1 77 1911 Match C49 Four Knights 8. Nimzowitsch vs Leonhardt 0-1 52 1911 Match C49 Four Knights 9. O Bernstein vs Flamberg   1-0 50 1912 Vilnius All-Russian Masters C49 Four Knights 10. Nimzowitsch vs Marshall 1-0 48 1912 San Sebastian C49 Four Knights 11. Capablanca vs C Jaffe 1-0 54 1912 Morristown exh C49 Four Knights 12. Capablanca vs O Chajes 1-0 51 1912 New York Brownsville exh C49 Four Knights 13. Capablanca vs C Jaffe 0-1 31 1913 American National C49 Four Knights 14. Capablanca vs Kupchik 1-0 37 1913 American National C49 Four Knights 15. Capablanca vs E Tennenwurzel 1-0 35 1913 American National C49 Four Knights 16. O Chajes vs Ed Lasker ½-½ 30 1915 New York Masters C49 Four Knights 17. O Chajes vs J Bernstein   1-0 58 1915 New York Masters C49 Four Knights 18. Kupchik vs J Bernstein   1-0 29 1916 match C49 Four Knights 19. L Asztalos vs Vidmar   1-0 58 1918 Kaschau Kosice C49 Four Knights 20. W Winter vs Capablanca 0-1 29 1919 Hastings C49 Four Knights 21. Nimzowitsch vs Bogoljubov ½-½ 51 1920 Stockholm C49 Four Knights 22. Tarrasch vs Rubinstein   ½-½ 31 1922 Vienna C49 Four Knights 23. Tarrasch vs A Pokorny   1-0 49 1923 Maehrisch-Ostrau C49 Four Knights 24. Tarrasch vs J Bernstein   1-0 70 1923 Karlsbad C49 Four Knights 25. Nimzowitsch vs G A Thomas   ½-½ 20 1925 Baden Baden C49 Four Knights  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 52

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 41  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Taubenhaus vs Chigorin ½-½ 32 1889 USA-06.Congress New York C49 Four Knights 2. Tarrasch vs Rubinstein ½-½ 61 1922 Hastings C49 Four Knights 3. Kmoch vs I Koenig ½-½ 26 1922 Vienna C49 Four Knights 4. Maroczy vs Rubinstein   ½-½ 35 1922 Vienna C49 Four Knights 5. I Koenig vs Rubinstein   0-1 35 1922 Vienna C49 Four Knights 6. V Sozin vs P Romanovsky 1-0 46 1924 USSR Championship C49 Four Knights 7. Von Gottschall vs Rubinstein 0-1 37 1926 Hannover C49 Four Knights 8. A Cruusberg vs Ahues   0-1 51 1931 Prague ol (Men) C49 Four Knights 9. J Trapl vs Smejkal   ½-½ 10 1967 CSR-ch C49 Four Knights 10. O Sarapu vs Korchnoi ½-½ 8 1967 Sousse Interzonal C49 Four Knights 11. H Ree vs A Matanovic   ½-½ 9 1968 Wijk aan Zee I C49 Four Knights 12. Kaplan vs Hort   ½-½ 26 1973 Madrid C49 Four Knights 13. Vasiukov vs A Graf   ½-½ 26 1984 Moscow-ch C49 Four Knights 14. Spassky vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 21 1985 Linares C49 Four Knights 15. Spassky vs E Torre   ½-½ 16 1986 Olympiad C49 Four Knights 16. G Welling vs P Littlewood   ½-½ 61 1987 Stock Exchange match C49 Four Knights 17. Tal vs I Sokolov ½-½ 13 1992 Barcelona 54/304 C49 Four Knights 18. Miles vs Yusupov   ½-½ 22 1992 Groningen 57/(321) C49 Four Knights 19. J Lipka vs K Mokry   ½-½ 19 1995 Pardubice op C49 Four Knights 20. B Golubovic vs Pinter   ½-½ 43 1996 Ch Croatia (team) (1st league) C49 Four Knights 21. J Lipka vs G Timoshchenko   ½-½ 10 1997 SVK-chT 9798 C49 Four Knights 22. N Mitkov vs Yusupov   ½-½ 12 2001 World Teams C49 Four Knights 23. M Neubauer vs B Socko ½-½ 16 2004 36th Olympiad C49 Four Knights 24. Spassky vs Unzicker ½-½ 31 2005 Unzicker's 80th Birthday C49 Four Knights 25. A Mirzoev vs Galego   ½-½ 11 2007 2nd Soller GM C49 Four Knights  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 41

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