page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Lokvenc vs M Czerniak   1-0 51 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 2. Averbakh vs A Tolush   1-0 25 1952 Training Game A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 3. M Raizman vs M Czerniak   ½-½ 73 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 4. Ragozin vs V Sherbakov 0-1 32 1955 Ch Moscow A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 5. Boleslavsky vs Gipslis   ½-½ 26 1955 URS-ch sf A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 6. Averbakh vs Tal 0-1 35 1958 Riga URS ch A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 7. K Klasup vs Tal   0-1 40 1959 Riga A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 8. M Vukovic vs Matulovic   0-1 40 1960 YUG-ch A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 9. Filip vs I Bilek   ½-½ 37 1961 Maroczy mem A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 10. Filip vs R Toran Albero   1-0 40 1961 EU-chT (Men) A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 11. J H Donner vs Robatsch   0-1 52 1962 Beverwijk A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 12. G Kluger vs Tringov   ½-½ 49 1962 Marianske Lazne A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 13. Y Kots vs Khodos   1-0 28 1962 30th USSR Championship A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 14. Tan Hiong Liong vs B Milic   1-0 51 1963 Hoogovens A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 15. Stahlberg vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 24 1964 Capablanca mem A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 16. Najdorf vs Garcia   1-0 54 1965 Mar del Plata A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 17. G Kuzmin vs Gufeld   1-0 29 1965 33rd USSR Championship A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 18. H Ree vs Keene   ½-½ 37 1966 Olympiad A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 19. H Ree vs Tringov   0-1 40 1966 Titovo Uzice A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 20. Korchnoi vs I Bilek   1-0 57 1967 Izt A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 21. Hort vs S Bouaziz   1-0 33 1967 Sousse A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 22. Soos vs Minic   ½-½ 16 1967 1. Turnir solidarnosti, Skopje (YUG) A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 23. Hort vs R Nicevski   1-0 38 1968 Skopje/Ohrid 6/149 A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 24. Korchnoi vs J Cordovil   1-0 33 1968 Lugano olm 6/147 A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 25. Portisch vs Janosevic   1-0 63 1968 Skopje A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Sep-02-06    biglo: One of the lesser ECO codes - only 32 games! Sep-03-06    Albertan: Hi biglo I have IM Jean Hebert's chessbase disk on the Modern Benoni.Mihail Tal scored 13.5/16 using this variation for Black! (including victories over Averbach,Geller, Gligoric, and Reshvesky!!).The first game played in this variation was Boleslavsky-Nezhmetdinov,URS-ch sf 1950 draw. Lajos Portisch has scored 6.5/9 as Black using this variation and Topalov has scored 2.5/4 using this variation (wins over Bareev and Ljubojevic and a draw with Illescas Cordoba). Timman has also played this variation as Black against Karpov in game 6 of the 1990 Candidates final and the game was drawn in 62 moves and Kamsky played it in game 15 of his World Championship Match against Karpov in Elista (the game was drawn in 42 moves) Kamsky also played it against Korchnoi in the 1993 Biel Interzonal (the game was drawn) . So I guess these facts indicate this variation has had its moments in the "spotlight" as an opening in the world of professional chess.

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