page 1 of 46; games 1-25 of 1,126  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 London m B25 Sicilian, Closed 3. Von Gottschall vs Blackburne   0-1 33 1887 DSB-05.Kongress Frankfurt ;HCL 21 B25 Sicilian, Closed 4. Max Weiss vs Bird ½-½ 53 1889 USA-06.Congress New York B25 Sicilian, Closed 5. Burn vs Bird 1-0 51 1889 USA-06.Congress New York B25 Sicilian, Closed 6. Salwe vs Znosko-Borovsky   1-0 59 1903 Kiev All-Russian ch B25 Sicilian, Closed 7. V Nikolaev vs Dus Chotimirsky   0-1 48 1903 RUS-ch03 B25 Sicilian, Closed 8. Schiffers vs O Bernstein   0-1 28 1903 RUS-ch03 B25 Sicilian, Closed 9. Schiffers vs W Von Stamm   ½-½ 47 1903 RUS-ch03 B25 Sicilian, Closed 10. Leonhardt vs O Bernstein   1-0 56 1905 Barmen Masters A, GER B25 Sicilian, Closed 11. Lasker vs Stuart   1-0 18 1906 USA tour sim B25 Sicilian, Closed 12. H Wolf vs Lasker 0-1 35 1923 Maehrisch-Ostrau B25 Sicilian, Closed 13. E Malmberg vs Colle   0-1 39 1924 FRA B25 Sicilian, Closed 14. S Rosselli del Turco vs Janowski   0-1 43 1926 Semmering B25 Sicilian, Closed 15. P Romanovsky vs Rokhlin   1-0 29 1927 URS-ch05 B25 Sicilian, Closed 16. K Richter vs K Helling   0-1 65 1928 It Cafe Koenig B25 Sicilian, Closed 17. J A Seitz vs Colle   0-1 49 1929 Paris B25 Sicilian, Closed 18. A Pons vs I Pleci   0-1 49 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 B25 Sicilian, Closed 19. W Cruz vs Trompowsky   ½-½ 44 1939 BRA-ch9 m B25 Sicilian, Closed 20. Gligoric vs Pirc   1-0 53 1948 YUG-ch B25 Sicilian, Closed 21. B Kostic vs Gligoric   0-1 30 1949 YUG-ch B25 Sicilian, Closed 22. Smyslov vs G Ilivitsky   1-0 31 1952 Soviet Championship B25 Sicilian, Closed 23. Sliwa vs E Bakonyi   0-1 55 1952 Miedzyzdroje B25 Sicilian, Closed 24. K Makarczyk vs J Sowinski   1-0 36 1952 POL-ch10 B25 Sicilian, Closed 25. V Panov vs Taimanov   1-0 55 1952 City Champ. B25 Sicilian, Closed  page 1 of 46; games 1-25 of 1,126    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Secrets of Opening Surprises

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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