page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 147  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Niemela vs Tal 0-1 27 1959 Riga A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 2. V Mikenas vs M Damjanovic   0-1 48 1962 Bulgaria A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 3. A Zaitsev vs Suetin ½-½ 64 1962 URS-ch30 Yerevan ,URS A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 4. Uhlmann vs Szabo   ½-½ 34 1963 Sarajevo A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 5. V Mikenas vs B Vladimirov   1-0 42 1963 URS-ch sf A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 6. H Westerinen vs Tringov   ½-½ 41 1964 Tel Aviv ol (Men) prel A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 7. I Papadopoulos vs Schmid   0-1 22 1964 Tel Aviv ol (Men) prel A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 8. B Malich vs Tringov   ½-½ 27 1965 Sarajevo 8th A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 9. Keene vs Levy 1-0 30 1965 En Passant 5-min tourney A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 10. A Pomar-Salamanca vs Fischer 0-1 41 1966 Havana ol final A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 11. J Arbuthnott vs O Sarapu   0-1 52 1966 73rd New Zealand Championship A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 12. I Nei vs V Ciocaltea   0-1 36 1966 DSV-Turnier 03rd A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 13. Balashov vs M Dvoretsky   ½-½ 75 1967 Moscow A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 14. A Pomar-Salamanca vs Szabo 0-1 42 1967 Beverwijk A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 15. Szabo vs W Pietzsch 1-0 26 1967 Salgotarjan A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 16. Hawson JB vs D B Pritchard   0-1 32 1967 BCF-ch A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 17. B Vladimirov vs Doda 1-0 28 1967 Leningrad, U.S.S.R. A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 18. W Goichberg vs J F Shaw   1-0 27 1967 US Open A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 19. W Goichberg vs F Banffy   1-0 30 1967 US Open A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 20. Keene vs W Rosen   1-0 21 1967 Blindfold exhibition game, Essen A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 21. Khodos vs Portisch   0-1 34 1968 Budapest A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 22. Szabo vs J H Donner 0-1 24 1968 Bamberg A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 23. Peiew vs Pietrusiak ½-½ 32 1968 Lublin A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 24. B Toth vs G Kluger   ½-½ 52 1968 Budapest A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 25. V Mikenas vs B Rytov   0-1 59 1969 Latvia A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 147    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Jul-15-04    ruylopez900: <chessgames.com> I do believe that the practitioners list is incomplete. Either that or it isn't really a mainline. Jul-15-04    refutor: it's the mainline of the 8.Nf3 line, but who would ever play 8.Nf3 once 8.Bb5+! was found Benoni, Taimanov Variation (A67) Oct-05-05    Zettel: One can arrive at this position from a King's Indian where one has re-captured on d5 with the c-pawn and not the e-pawn as is being done today. Jun-05-06    PaulKeres: Move 9 is ? its missing ? Jun-05-06    KingG: 9.Be2, but yeah, they should probably correct it. Jun-05-06    PaulKeres: Thanks <KingG>, there's actually a whole load of ECOs with moves missing.

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