page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 256  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bogoljubov vs Nimzowitsch 0-1 30 1927 London A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 2. Carls vs Hilse 0-1 69 1927 Bremen GER A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 3. I Mazel vs Botvinnik 0-1 11 1938 1/2 final A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 4. L Schmitt vs M Eisinger   1-0 48 1938 GER-ch 5th A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 5. S Landau vs Euwe   0-1 37 1939 NLD-ch m (Utrecht) ;HCL 28 A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 6. De Ronde vs L Endzelins   1-0 25 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) f-A A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 7. De Ronde vs P Tautvaisas   ½-½ 26 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) f-A A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 8. M Czerniak vs M Luckis   1-0 25 1939 Buenos Aires Circulo A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 9. M Czerniak vs Julio Bolbochan   0-1 39 1941 Mar del Plata A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 10. M Czerniak vs Jacobo Bolbochan   1-0 36 1941 Mar del Plata A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 11. A Johannes van den Hoek vs Euwe   ½-½ 43 1942 Holland A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 12. M Czerniak vs Jacobo Bolbochan   0-1 62 1942 Mar del Plata A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 13. C Kottnauer vs Pachman   ½-½ 30 1943 Zlin A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 14. Fine vs W Cruz   ½-½ 40 1945 It, Hollywood (USA) A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 15. L Schmitt vs P Tautvaisas   1-0 62 1946 Augsburg 1st A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 16. L Schmitt vs P Tautvaisas   1-0 60 1946 Augsburg GER A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 17. L Marini vs Jacobo Bolbochan   ½-½ 36 1947 Mar del Plata ARG A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 18. Sokolsky vs C Kottnauer   ½-½ 43 1947 Chigorin mem A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 19. F Henneberke vs T Van Scheltinga   0-1 29 1948 Beverwijk NED A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 20. L Alster vs C Kottnauer   1-0 41 1948 CSR-ch A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 21. Tartakower vs Euwe   ½-½ 19 1950 Amsterdam A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 22. Aronin vs Smyslov 0-1 56 1950 Ch URS, Moscow A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 23. E Chaplinsky vs I Nei ½-½ 42 1952 URS ch sf A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 24. C Kottnauer vs E Cobo Arteaga   1-0 61 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 25. Polugaevsky vs N Gusev   0-1 35 1954 Tournament A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 256    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

May-02-04    Vischer: Why is this played? It just immediately sends the knight back to g8, seems like a loss of tempo to me. May-02-04    Dudley: Black has provoked a pawn advance by white which creates a weakness on f5 and weakens the d5 square. The knight can redeploy to e7 or h6. May-02-04    hongisto24: well, it is officially dead...no one played it for several years...and if someone did...it was for shock value. May-03-04    BiLL RobeRTiE: Not true! I think this line is considered the harshest test of White's idea (3 e4). Somebody elaborate? Jan-06-05    cuendillar: Looking in the database it looks like white has scored excellent with it the last few years, almost like if it was refuted. Jun-29-06    Kings Indian: opening of the day! I prefer 1.c4 e5 going into a reversed closed sicilian but this opening seems fine. It's just a Macrozy Bind, whats so bad about that? Jun-29-06    WannaBe: It looks like, it can easily be transposed to the Moroczy Bind! Dec-18-06    2021: <Vischer> Here is a line from NCO: 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.Nf3 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Bg5 Bb4= Dec-18-06    2021: <Vischer> Here is another line from NCO: 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxe5 8.Ndb5 a6 9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.Qxd6 f6 11.Be3 Ne7 (slight advantage for white.) Apr-07-07    gambitfan: Opening of the Day 07/04/2007 Apr-19-07    WTHarvey: Here are some traps 'n zaps in A19 miniatures: http://www.wtharvey.com/a19.html Apr-19-07    gambitfan: OPOD 19/04/2007 Opening of the Day

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