1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Na4 Be7 12.c3 Qd6 13.f4 c5 14.b3 Bd7 15.Nb2 Ng4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qf3 c4 18.bxc4 Rab8 19.Nd1 dxc4 20.Bc2 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 f5 22.h3 Rf6 23.Rb1 Rxb1 24.Bxb1 Bc6 25.Qg3 Rg6 26.Rg1 Ba4 27.Qh4 Bxd1 28.Qd8+ Qf8 29.Qd5+ Kh8 30.Qxc4 Rb6 0-1

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Opening: Four Knights (C47)
Player profiles: Lisitsin, Taimanov

Novelty of stem-game: 11. Na4

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5  8. exd5 cxd5  9. 0-0 0-0  10. Bg5 Be6

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 71  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Larsson vs Gruenfeld   0-1 43 1920 Goteborg B C47 Four Knights 2. Euwe vs Gruenfeld   ½-½ 65 1921 Wien C47 Four Knights 3. Weenink vs Tarrasch   ½-½ 30 1923 Amsterdam C47 Four Knights 4. Tartakower vs M Monticelli   ½-½ 15 1926 Budapest C47 Four Knights 5. Tartakower vs R P Michell   1-0 55 1926 Hastings 1926/27 C47 Four Knights 6. Reti vs L Asztalos 1-0 27 1927 1st olm final C47 Four Knights 7. Kan vs Goglidze   ½-½ 29 1935 Moscow C47 Four Knights 8. Lisitsin vs Taimanov 0-1 30 1938 Telephone Match C47 Four Knights 9. J Van Den Bosch vs Euwe   ½-½ 50 1941 Baarn I C47 Four Knights 10. M Czerniak vs J Lynch   1-0 56 1944 La Plata Jockey Club C47 Four Knights 11. N Folke Ekstrom vs Euwe 1-0 80 1945 Hastings4546 ;HCL 24 C47 Four Knights 12. P Trifunovic vs Gligoric   ½-½ 53 1946 Treybal mem C47 Four Knights 13. I V Rohacek vs Gligoric   ½-½ 38 1946 Treybal mem C47 Four Knights 14. Pilnik vs Euwe   ½-½ 23 1947 Mar del Plata C47 Four Knights 15. M Czerniak vs C H Maderna   1-0 40 1949 Mar del Plata C47 Four Knights 16. Rossolimo vs Euwe   ½-½ 17 1950 Amsterdam C47 Four Knights 17. M Czerniak vs Ed Lasker   1-0 35 1951 Schlechter Memorial C47 Four Knights 18. Ugo Cala vs Sliwa   ½-½ 42 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 19. R Toran Albero vs Ed Lasker   0-1 41 1952 Havana C47 Four Knights 20. H Rossetto vs F Vasconcellos   1-0 42 1952 Rio de Janeiro it C47 Four Knights 21. W Litmanowicz vs Sliwa   0-1 35 1952 POL-ch10 C47 Four Knights 22. M Czerniak vs O Neikirch   1-0 35 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 23. Ivkov vs A Matanovic   ½-½ 29 1955 YUG-ch C47 Four Knights 24. J T Westbrock vs G Borisenko   ½-½ 46 1955 olm3 corr5562 C47 Four Knights 25. Tal vs Antoshin   ½-½ 28 1956 Tbilisi C47 Four Knights  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 71

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5  8. exd5 cxd5  9. 0-0 0-0  10. Bg5

page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 555  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Schottlaender vs Paulsen 0-1 33 1879 Leipzig C47 Four Knights 2. Steinitz vs Zukertort 0-1 46 1886 Steinitz-Zukertort World Championship Match C47 Four Knights 3. Janowski vs Lipke 0-1 37 1894 9th DSB Kongress, Leipzig C47 Four Knights 4. Mieses vs J N Berger ½-½ 19 1894 9th DSB Kongress, Leipzig C47 Four Knights 5. Maroczy vs Charousek ½-½ 34 1895 Match C47 Four Knights 6. Bird vs Maroczy ½-½ 64 1899 London C47 Four Knights 7. Garshagen vs Lasker   1-0 27 1904 Bremen sim C47 Four Knights 8. Nimzowitsch vs Reggio   ½-½ 42 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier B C47 Four Knights 9. Spielmann vs Nimzowitsch 1-0 42 1905 Munich C47 Four Knights 10. J Perlis vs Swiderski 0-1 26 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier B C47 Four Knights 11. Nimzowitsch vs L Forgacs 0-1 33 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier B C47 Four Knights 12. Von Bardeleben vs Janowski   0-1 57 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A C47 Four Knights 13. Chigorin vs Znosko-Borovsky   1-0 60 1906 St Petersburg C47 Four Knights 14. Chigorin vs E Cohn   0-1 37 1906 15th DSB Kongress (Nuremberg) C45 Scotch Game 15. J Perlis vs L Loewy Sr   1-0 45 1907 1st Trebitsch Memorial C47 Four Knights 16. Chigorin vs Marshall   0-1 29 1907 Ostend (Championship) C47 Four Knights 17. Nimzowitsch vs Salwe   ½-½ 28 1907 Ostende-B C47 Four Knights 18. Dus Chotimirsky vs Salwe 1-0 51 1907 Karlsbad C45 Scotch Game 19. Chigorin vs Schlechter   ½-½ 24 1907 Ostend (Championship) C47 Four Knights 20. Nimzowitsch vs Janowski   1-0 72 1907 Karlsbad C47 Four Knights 21. J Perlis vs Vidmar 0-1 40 1907 1st Trebitsch Memorial C47 Four Knights 22. Duras vs Teichmann ½-½ 33 1908 Vienna C47 Four Knights 23. Dus Chotimirsky vs Salwe   0-1 38 1908 Prague C47 Four Knights 24. Mieses vs J Perlis 0-1 43 1909 St Petersburg C47 Four Knights 25. Nimzowitsch vs Spielmann 1-0 31 1910 Hamburg C47 Four Knights  page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 555

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