page 1 of 35; games 1-25 of 867  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alekhine vs Allies 1-0 40 1922 Berlin exg A33 English, Symmetrical 2. Capablanca vs Santasiere 1-0 33 1922 New York (USA) A33 English, Symmetrical 3. Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch 1-0 44 1923 Karlsbad A33 English, Symmetrical 4. Kupchik vs O Chajes   1-0 29 1923 9th American Chess Congress A33 English, Symmetrical 5. Kupchik vs M C Palmer   0-1 51 1925 Western Championship (open) A33 English, Symmetrical 6. Gruenfeld vs Yates   ½-½ 20 1927 fin-B A33 English, Symmetrical 7. Samisch vs W Schoenmann   ½-½ 46 1927 25. DSB Kongress A33 English, Symmetrical 8. A Teller vs Tartakower 0-1 24 1927 Hastings 2627 A33 English, Symmetrical 9. Rubinstein vs T Regedzinski   1-0 36 1927 POL-ch A33 English, Symmetrical 10. P Rethy vs Foltys   0-1 60 1941 Munich GER A33 English, Symmetrical 11. Sajtar vs F Vasicek   1-0 32 1943 Zlin A33 English, Symmetrical 12. Petrosian vs Zeinalli 1-0 20 1945 Leningrad (Russia) A33 English, Symmetrical 13. De Ronde vs M Czerniak   0-1 40 1945 Buenos Aires Circulo A33 English, Symmetrical 14. Foltys vs Pirc   ½-½ 19 1950 Amsterdam A33 English, Symmetrical 15. Alatortsev vs N Kopilov   1-0 57 1950 URS-ch sf A33 English, Symmetrical 16. H Platz vs Geller 0-1 33 1952 Budapest A33 English, Symmetrical 17. J A Fred vs Geller   0-1 37 1952 Helsinki ol f A33 English, Symmetrical 18. Bisguier vs Petrosian 0-1 42 1954 New York (USA) A33 English, Symmetrical 19. M Pavey vs Keres 0-1 57 1954 New York US-SU (19.06.54) A33 English, Symmetrical 20. Morcken vs Larsen   0-1 29 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-B A33 English, Symmetrical 21. Schmid vs G Philippe   1-0 33 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) pre-IV A33 English, Symmetrical 22. Taimanov vs Geller   1-0 44 1955 Moscow ch-SU A33 English, Symmetrical 23. Averbakh vs V Mikenas   ½-½ 24 1955 URS-ch22 Moscow ,URS A33 English, Symmetrical 24. Smyslov vs V Mikenas 1-0 64 1955 Soviet ch A33 English, Symmetrical 25. Furman vs Petrosian   ½-½ 44 1955 Ch URS A33 English, Symmetrical  page 1 of 35; games 1-25 of 867    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Jul-08-05    Knight13: Sicilian can also transpose to this position. It happend to me once. I like this opening as White much better than Black. Aug-20-08    siggemannen: I love this opening as White. Generally I put the bishop on g2, and try to exploit eventual weakness on b6, after Black plays a6. Another idea is to try to get in c5 for White later on.

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