page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 244  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gruenfeld vs Tartakower   ½-½ 35 1921 Vienna A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 2. O Tenner vs A Hodges 1-0 24 1923 9th American Chess Congress A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 3. J Rejfir vs F Krticka   1-0 45 1928 Prague Evony A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 4. Menchik vs Samisch 1-0 55 1929 Karlsbad A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 5. Botvinnik vs Kan 1-0 38 1931 Russia A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 6. S Rosselli del Turco vs Znosko-Borovsky   1-0 29 1931 Nice it A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 7. A Budo vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky 0-1 28 1931 URS-ch07 A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 8. A Budo vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky   0-1 53 1932 Leningrad-ch A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 9. K Sterk vs Flohr   0-1 47 1934 Budapest A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 10. E Tholfsen vs Santasiere   0-1 32 1934 Syracuse (Italy) A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 11. J Traian Iliesco vs R Charlier   0-1 41 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 12. J Traian Iliesco vs J Vinuesa   0-1 40 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 13. K Junge vs Bogoljubov 1-0 73 1942 Salzburg (10) A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 14. Kotov vs Sokolsky   1-0 39 1947 Moscow-ch A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 15. Petrosian vs Simagin ½-½ 24 1947 Moscow A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 16. Kholmov vs Chistiakov   1-0 53 1949 URS-ch sf A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 17. C Kottnauer vs Simagin   1-0 68 1950 Schiavno Zdroj (Poland) A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 18. O Moiseev vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 29 1951 Leningrad A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 19. Eliskases vs Letelier   1-0 40 1952 Mar del Plata A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 20. Tal vs A S Segal 1-0 22 1952 Riga A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 21. F Jost vs E Bhend   0-1 56 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 22. T Salo vs E Bhend   1-0 41 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 23. Balin vs Tal 0-1 34 1953 URS A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 24. Averbakh vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 31 1953 Zuerich, ct A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 25. Koltanowski vs Grob 1-0 59 1953 Itl A96 Dutch, Classical Variation  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 244    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jul-02-05    Knight13: This opening is very playable for Black. Mar-16-06    notyetagm: Yes, check out this game played at the recent Reykjavik Open in which IM Simon Williams defeats Ivan Sokolov, using a crushing sacrifice on f2: [Event "XXII Open"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "2006.03.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Sokolov,Iv"] [Black "Williams,Si"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2452"] [EventDate "2006.03.06"] [ECO "A96"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. d5 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Ne5 11. e3 c6 12. b4 Bf6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rad1 a5 15. b5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Rc8 17. Ndb1 Bxb5 18. dxe6 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Kh8 20. Bxb7 Rc7 21. Qb3 a4 22. Nxa4 Qe8 23. Nbc3 Qh5 24. Bg2 Nf3 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Qd5 Qh5 27. Qxd6 Rfc8 28. Kg2 h6 29. Nb5 Rc2 30. Nb6 f4 31. exf4 Qe2 32. Rf1 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 <Rxf2!> 34. Rxf2 Rc1+ 35. Rf1 Rc2 36. Qd5 Qe2 37. Qh1 Qe3+ 0-1

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