1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rb8 14. Qh3 Ne7 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qh4 Rc8 18. Rad1 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qd5 20. f3 Nh7 21. Be3 Nf6 22. Bg5 Nh7 23. Be3 Nf6 24. Bg5 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) (E42)
Player profiles: A Iljushin, Ulf Andersson

Novelty of stem-game: 14. Qh3

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4  8. exd4 dxc4  9. Bxc4 Nc6  10. Be3 0-0  11. 0-0 b6  12. Qf3 Bb7  13. Bd3 Rb8

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Beliavsky vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 40 1984 Bugojno E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 2. A Iljushin vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 24 2004 5th Individual European Chess Championship E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4  8. exd4 dxc4  9. Bxc4 Nc6  10. Be3 0-0  11. 0-0 b6  12. Qf3 Bb7  13. Bd3

page 1 of 1; 11 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Vaganian vs A Petrosian   1-0 37 1982 URS-ch FL50 E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 2. Kasparov vs Psakhis 1-0 36 1990 Murcia E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 3. Korchnoi vs Vyzmanavin ½-½ 46 1994 Moscow PCA 25' E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 4. G Giorgadze vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 18 1995 It, Benasque (Spain) E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 5. Sadler vs Karpov   ½-½ 34 1998 It, Monaco E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 6. E Janosi vs W Mueller   ½-½ 25 1999 EM/M/A070 E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 7. Nickoloff vs Y Teplitsky   1-0 23 2000 Wentworth active E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 8. A Aleksandrov vs N Vekshenkov   1-0 54 2004 Russia Team Championship E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 9. S Martinovic vs M Sandhu   1-0 76 2010 Pula Open E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 10. C C Rios vs C Daly   1-0 53 2010 Chess Olympiad E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 11. D Yang vs M Brooks   ½-½ 37 2011 Saint Louis Invitational E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4  8. exd4 dxc4  9. Bxc4 Nc6  10. Be3 0-0  11. 0-0 b6  12. Qf3 Bb7

page 1 of 1; 7 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Lutikov vs Tolush   0-1 34 1959 URS-chT E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 2. Antoshin vs I Vistaneckis   1-0 42 1960 URS-ch sf E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 3. I Morovic vs M Rivas Pastor   1-0 39 1995 VIII Torneo Ciudad de Leon Leon ESP E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 4. M Gurevich vs E Van Beers   1-0 30 2005 Belgian Teams 2004-05 E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 5. A Kunte vs S Vaibhav 1-0 37 2008 Commonwealth Championship E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 6. S Tologontegin vs C Daly   1-0 51 2010 Chess Olympiad E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 7. L Schandorff vs B M Ochsner   ½-½ 34 2012 Politiken Cup E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4  8. exd4 dxc4  9. Bxc4 Nc6  10. Be3 0-0  11. 0-0 b6

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Larry Evans vs K Smith   1-0 30 1951 USA-op 52nd E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 2. Petrosian vs F Olafsson 0-1 76 1959 Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 3. Botvinnik vs Tolush 1-0 41 1965 Moscow E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 4. Ghitescu vs Parma   ½-½ 19 1968 Olympiad E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 5. O'Kelly vs Parma   ½-½ 15 1968 Int. tournament, Solingen (FRG) E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 6. A Kushnir vs N Gaprindashvili   ½-½ 24 1972 Riga, WCH Woman RUS E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 7. O Moiseev vs A Hollis   1-0 47 1972 olm7 fin B1 corr E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 8. Korchnoi vs Karpov ½-½ 124 1978 Karpov-Korchnoi World Championship Match E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 9. Speelman vs D Dunne   ½-½ 36 1980 Berlin E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 10. S Kindermann vs R Hess   1-0 28 1981 Wiesbaden GER E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 11. Vyzmanavin vs G Zaitshik   ½-½ 42 1983 Ch URS (young masters) E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 12. Miles vs NN   ½-½ 21 1984 Blindfold simultaneous exhibition, Roetgen E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 13. Kiril Georgiev vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 20 1984 Olympiad E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 14. D Gurevich vs B Kogan   ½-½ 28 1985 Estes Park ch-USA E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 15. D Gurevich vs Sosonko   ½-½ 14 1986 Jerusalem E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 16. M Gurevich vs Ulf Andersson 1-0 113 1987 Ch URS, Leningrad (Russia) E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 17. Bagirov vs Psakhis   ½-½ 15 1987 Jurmala E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 18. W Schmidt vs P Stempin   ½-½ 20 1987 POL-ch 44th E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 19. S Webb vs Sosonko   0-1 26 1987 Stockholm E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 20. R Knaak vs Razuvaev   0-1 40 1989 GMA Baleares op E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 21. R Knaak vs Lautier 1-0 71 1990 ol Novi Sad 50/588 [Knaak,R] E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 22. A Chernin vs Miles   ½-½ 26 1990 Rome op E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 23. Karasev vs M Brodsky   ½-½ 20 1991 URS-chT E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 24. Korchnoi vs C Hansen   ½-½ 23 1992 Biel E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 25. Y Shulman vs M Feygin   1-0 43 1995 Nikolaev zt E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4  8. exd4 dxc4  9. Bxc4 Nc6  10. Be3 0-0  11. 0-0

page 1 of 1; 22 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gligoric vs S Djuric   1-0 39 1983 Vrsac E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 2. U Boensch vs Barlov   ½-½ 33 1984 Sochi E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 3. Gligoric vs Barlov   ½-½ 92 1984 YUG-ch E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 4. Bagirov vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 15 1984 Tashkent E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 5. W Schmidt vs J Klinger   ½-½ 58 1985 Rubinstein mem E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 6. C Garcia Palermo vs O Cvitan   1-0 65 1985 Polanica Zdroj E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 7. Miles vs K Hulak   1-0 53 1985 Bad Worishofen E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 8. Granda-Zuniga vs Oll   1-0 39 1991 Velez-Malaga E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 9. Illescas Cordoba vs Xu Jun   ½-½ 17 1996 Yerevan olm E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 10. A Mascarenhas vs Hebert   0-1 32 1997 EM/M/GT/A004 E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 11. P H Nielsen vs O Cvitan   0-1 65 2001 2nd IECC E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 12. K Nikolaidis vs B Khetsuriani   ½-½ 13 2001 5th Open E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 13. Xu Jun vs O Cvitan   0-1 38 2002 Bled Olympiad E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 14. J Donaldson vs Karpov   ½-½ 17 2003 Lindsborg Inv rap E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 15. V Milov vs K Hulak   ½-½ 61 2004 5th Individual European Chess Championship E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 16. Onischuk vs N Vekshenkov 1-0 57 2004 Russia Team Championship E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 17. S Volkov vs Sundararajan   1-0 44 2005 VI Ciudad de Dos Hermanas Internet E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 18. B Lalic vs A Saric   ½-½ 14 2005 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 19. S Rezan vs K Hulak   1-0 36 2008 Croatian Championship E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 20. Grischuk vs Karpov   ½-½ 33 2009 World Blitz Championship E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 21. A Gonzalez Perez vs F Lopez Gracia   ½-½ 49 2012 6th Augusta Aragon Open E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 22. G Jones vs I Naumkin   1-0 31 2012 32nd Benasque Open E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)  page 1 of 1; 22 games

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4  8. exd4 dxc4  9. Bxc4 Nc6  10. Be3

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Csom vs Z Varga   ½-½ 43 2001 Hotel Lippa GM E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)

 

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4  8. exd4 dxc4  9. Bxc4 Nc6

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Sliwa vs Tolush   0-1 60 1961 Warsaw E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 2. E Torre vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 13 1984 Bugojno E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)

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