page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,612  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Chigorin vs Schiffers   ½-½ 41 1879 St Petersburg m1 B25 Sicilian, Closed 2. Zukertort vs Blackburne 1-0 49 1881 Blackburne - Zukertort Match B25 Sicilian, Closed 3. W Siebenhaar vs C Messemaker   0-1 21 1884 Gouda B25 Sicilian, Closed 4. Von Gottschall vs Blackburne 0-1 33 1887 DSB-05.Kongress Frankfurt ;HCL 21 B25 Sicilian, Closed 5. Gossip vs John E Crewe 1-0 21 1887 AUS-ch B25 Sicilian, Closed 6. David Heiman vs John E Crewe   1-0 38 1887 AUS-ch B25 Sicilian, Closed 7. H Hookham vs John E Crewe   0-1 72 1887 AUS-ch B25 Sicilian, Closed 8. Max Weiss vs Bird ½-½ 53 1889 USA-06.Congress New York B25 Sicilian, Closed 9. Burn vs Bird 1-0 51 1889 USA-06.Congress New York B25 Sicilian, Closed 10. Showalter vs A Hodges   0-1 29 1894 US ch match B25 Sicilian, Closed 11. Salwe vs Znosko-Borovsky   1-0 59 1903 Kiev All-Russian ch B25 Sicilian, Closed 12. V Nikolaev vs Dus Chotimirsky   0-1 48 1903 RUS-ch03 B25 Sicilian, Closed 13. Schiffers vs O Bernstein   0-1 28 1903 RUS-ch03 B25 Sicilian, Closed 14. Schiffers vs W Von Stamm   ½-½ 47 1903 RUS-ch03 B25 Sicilian, Closed 15. N Mannheimer vs H Weiss   0-1 40 1904 DSB-14.Kongress Hauptturnier C B25 Sicilian, Closed 16. Leonhardt vs O Bernstein   1-0 56 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A B25 Sicilian, Closed 17. Lasker vs Stuart   1-0 18 1906 USA tour sim B25 Sicilian, Closed 18. J Giersing vs Schlechter   0-1 26 1906 Stockholm B25 Sicilian, Closed 19. W Jonas vs T M Bradshaw   1-0 21 1908 NSW ch B25 Sicilian, Closed 20. H Von Hennig vs H Walter   1-0 29 1920 Berlin CC B25 Sicilian, Closed 21. H Wolf vs Lasker 0-1 35 1923 Maehrisch-Ostrau B25 Sicilian, Closed 22. E Malmberg vs Colle   0-1 39 1924 FRA B25 Sicilian, Closed 23. S Rosselli del Turco vs Janowski   0-1 43 1926 Semmering B25 Sicilian, Closed 24. P Romanovsky vs Rokhlin   1-0 29 1927 USSR Championship B25 Sicilian, Closed 25. K Richter vs K Helling   0-1 65 1928 It Cafe Koenig B25 Sicilian, Closed  page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,612    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Feb-24-05    chess man: Take a look at game #17 Smyslov vs. Kotov. Mar-16-06    Knight13: White wins 25.8% Black wins 39.2% Come on it can't be that bad a opening for White! Mar-17-06    IMlday: Heh! It's just easier to play the line mechanically with Black than White. From the database, "Lawrence Day" and B25 gives +8=3-2 with one loss being where I was Black and one where I was up Q for R before falling asleep. May-07-08    Elxiddicus: I like to play the 6. f4 line, even though my computer hates it, and my opponents seem to have a much easier time defeating it than anything else. Anybody have any basic tips on how to gain an advantage out of the f4 line? Feb-07-09    number 23 NBer: Why does the total percentage add up to 100.1%? Feb-07-09    whiteshark: <number 23 NBer> rounding differences

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