1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. O-O Qa5 11. f3 Bd7 12. Bd2 c4 13. Bc2 Bc6 14. g4 Kh8 15. Ng3 Ng8 16. e4 f6 17. g5 Qd8 18. Bb1 Nd7 19. Ra2 fxg5 20. e5 Nf8 21. f4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Bd7 23. Be3 Qh4 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Ne6 26. Rg2 Nh6 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Qf3 Qd8 29. Bg5 Qe8 30. Bxh6 Rxh6 31. Qxd5 b5 32. Rgf2 Rg6+ 33. Kh1 h5 34. Rf5 Rg4 35. e6 Rd8 36. Qxd8 Qxd8 37. Rf8+ 1-0

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Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined (D31)
Player profiles: B Kovacevic, P Van Hoolandt

Novelty of stem-game: 9. ...Re8

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5  8. Bd3 c5  9. Ne2

page 1 of 1; 19 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Lilienthal vs B H Wood 1-0 29 1946 UK - URS radiomatch E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 2. Lilienthal vs Dake   ½-½ 41 1946 URS-USA E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 3. J W Collins vs E Adam   0-1 47 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 4. Spassky vs E S Stoliar   1-0 42 1957 USSR Championship E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 5. Reshevsky vs Fischer ½-½ 25 1961 Fischer - Reshevsky E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 6. Gligoric vs M Damjanovic   ½-½ 39 1969 Sarajevo E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 7. K Darga vs I Saren   1-0 41 1978 Buenos Aires ol (Men) D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. E Hoeksema vs Sosonko   ½-½ 14 1993 Eindhoven NED ch D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. S Kapnisis vs A Mastrovasilis ½-½ 18 2005 55th ch-GRE D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. Bacrot vs Vallejo-Pons ½-½ 18 2006 Linares 2006 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Kiril Georgiev vs J M Lopez Martinez 1-0 65 2008 Casino de Barcelona D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. D Sanzhaev vs A Mladenovic   1-0 33 2008 EU-ch U12 18th E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 13. I Sokolov vs S Maze   1-0 29 2009 10th European Individual Championship E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 14. Yang Shen vs T Kosintseva   0-1 36 2009 Russia vs China (Women's Blitz) E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 15. F Peralta vs S Mansour 1-0 39 2010 Chess Olympiad E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 16. B Kovacevic vs P Van Hoolandt   1-0 37 2010 Pula Open D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. D Guthrie vs F Fields   1-0 33 2012 London Chess Classic Open E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 18. A Ipatov vs S Khanin   1-0 37 2012 Chigorin Memorial E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 19. Zhu Chen vs D Harika   0-1 89 2012 SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz) D31 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 1; 19 games

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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5  8. Bd3

page 1 of 1; 20 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Szabo vs Smyslov 0-1 80 1949 11, Budapest E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 2. Kirby vs M Blieden   1-0 28 1949 RSA-ch E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 3. G Szapiro vs Sliwa   ½-½ 44 1955 POL-ch E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 4. J Benjamin vs Blatny   0-1 35 1995 New York op 63/459 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. Korchnoi vs Baburin   0-1 72 1996 Politiken Copenhagen DEN D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. D Toth vs J Konnyu   ½-½ 54 1999 Bader mem op E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 7. Kramnik vs G Kleczewski   1-0 24 2001 Simul E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 8. A Braun vs R Rabiega   1-0 40 2001 ch-GER D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. K Bischoff vs G Dizdar   ½-½ 40 2004 36th Olympiad E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 10. V Zakhartsov vs I Dmitriev   1-0 41 2005 9th Chess Festival Voronezh D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. V Georgiev vs E Postny   0-1 80 2007 Cappelle la Grande E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 12. T Vasilevich vs A Van Weersel   ½-½ 41 2007 European Individual Championships (Women) E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 13. Yang Shen vs Koneru   0-1 42 2008 Women's World Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. N Mohota vs V Bashkite   1-0 12 2008 Mindsports E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 15. I Golichenko vs K R Arun   1-0 41 2010 World Junior Championship E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 16. A Maksimenko vs M Luch   ½-½ 55 2010 XXVI Governors Cup D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. Lahno vs Yifan Hou 1-0 41 2011 FIDE Women's Grand Prix D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. Lahno vs Koneru   ½-½ 48 2011 FIDE Women's Grand Prix D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. I Khairullin vs P Ponkratov   1-0 40 2012 VIII Governor's Cup E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 20. Zhu Chen vs Koneru   1-0 50 2012 SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz) D31 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 1; 20 games

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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Petrosian vs Ghitescu   ½-½ 29 1964 Tel Aviv E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 2. A Aleksandrov vs S D Swapnil   1-0 78 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3

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page 1 of 1; 5 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Hooper vs R Barbier   1-0 35 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. G Welling vs T Van Scheltinga 1-0 21 1984 Dutch ch 1/2 finals E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 3. Korchnoi vs Smyslov ½-½ 16 1988 Hastings A2 ,CBM 11 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. J Gustafsson vs F Hoelzl   1-0 38 2002 TCh-AUT 2001-2 E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 5. Flear vs L Renaze   1-0 29 2011 12th European Individual Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined

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page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Hamming vs E Mulder   1-0 38 1933 Scheveningen NED E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 2. E Mulder vs P Van Hoorn   0-1 24 1933 Scheveningen NED E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 3. Lilienthal vs R P Michell 1-0 39 1934 Hastings 1934/35 E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 4. Bogoljubov vs Reshevsky 0-1 72 1936 Nottingham E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 5. A Olivera vs L Zavala 1-0 28 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 6. V Mikenas vs Ragozin 1-0 52 1944 USSR Championship E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 7. F Nuernberg vs Unzicker   0-1 41 1946 Augsburg GER E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 8. Gligoric vs F Zita   0-1 83 1946 Treybal mem E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 9. Reshevsky vs H Steiner   1-0 30 1946 New York E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 10. Jacobo Bolbochan vs J Pizzi   0-1 54 1947 Mar del Plata ARG E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 11. O Bain vs H C Underwood   1-0 31 1948 US Open E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 12. S Vukovic vs D Djaja   0-1 22 1948 YUG-ch E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 13. F Nuernberg vs G Stein   1-0 42 1948 Essen West German ch E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 14. H Steiner vs Kashdan   0-1 60 1948 New York E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 15. H Enevoldsen vs I Johansson   ½-½ 59 1950 Dubrovnik olm E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 16. C Doerner vs Pachman   0-1 27 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E00 Queen's Pawn Game 17. O Trujillo vs S Annabi   ½-½ 51 1966 Orebro Stud olm fB E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 18. E Bukhman vs A Reshko   ½-½ 22 1968 URS-chT2 E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 19. Vaganian vs B Ivanovic 0-1 75 1979 Tallinn E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 20. Agrest vs N Mitkov   1-0 40 1999 EU-chT (Men) E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 21. T Kirschneck vs W Zschunke   ½-½ 64 2000 RLNW BY00/01 E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 22. C Goletto vs S Gvetadze   0-1 36 2001 WYG18 E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 23. O Benson vs G Aagedal   1-0 52 2009 Gibtelecom E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 24. N Dzagnidze vs Yifan Hou   0-1 68 2011 SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold, Women) E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 25. T Nyback vs L Rindlisbacher   1-0 55 2013 European Individual Championships E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System  page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25

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