page 1 of 95; games 1-25 of 2,351  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Cochrane vs Somacarana   0-1 40 1857 Calcutta B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 2. Alapin vs Von Gottschall   1-0 56 1887 DSB-05.Kongress B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 3. W Henneberger vs Alekhine   0-1 52 1934 Zurich B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 4. Tartakower vs Boleslavsky   0-1 69 1946 Groningen NED B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 5. F Stoppel vs H Gordon   ½-½ 24 1946 US Open prelim B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 6. Tartakower vs Stoltz   ½-½ 19 1948 Saltsjobaden izt B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 7. Rossolimo vs I Romanenko 1-0 18 1948 Bad Gastein B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 8. Rossolimo vs O'Kelly 1-0 24 1949 OLdenburg B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 9. K Darga vs Lothar Musmann   1-0 20 1951 German Championship U20 B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 10. Teschner vs Stahlberg   0-1 72 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 11. Szabo vs Boleslavsky   1-0 74 1953 Bucharest B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 12. Szabo vs Averbakh   ½-½ 27 1953 Zurich ct B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 13. Larsen vs H Heikkila   1-0 40 1953 Wch U20 qual-B B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 14. Haag vs Koranyi   ½-½ 25 1953 Budapest, Hungary B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 15. Kholmov vs V Ciocaltea   1-0 31 1954 Bucharest B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 16. Bronstein vs Geller 1-0 23 1955 Goteborg m B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 17. Boleslavsky vs Taimanov   0-1 37 1955 USSR B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 18. Averbakh vs Taimanov   ½-½ 42 1956 Leningrad B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 19. J Yuchtman vs V Zurakhov   ½-½ 17 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 20. Kasparian vs A Buslaev   0-1 85 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 21. J Yuchtman vs Gurgenidze 1-0 29 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 22. Filip vs Flohr   ½-½ 33 1956 Marianske Lazne/Praha B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 23. J Florian vs Sajtar   1-0 53 1956 CSR-ch B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 24. Nezhmetdinov vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 19 1956 URS-ch sf B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 25. Bronstein vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 88 1957 Ch URS B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation  page 1 of 95; games 1-25 of 2,351    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing > Jun-14-06    borisbadenoff: <BaranDuin: Recently I played a nice game with the gambit 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 d6 6. b4 cxb4 7. a3 bxa3 I looked this line up in the online chessbase (www.chesslive.de) and I didn't find any games with it. Can someone confirm this? Does this mean that I can give the line a name?> The only fact that there maybe no game in the chessbase-database doesn't say there are no games with this line. One game just maybe is not enoguh to justify a new variation name and up to including 5. .. d6 there are games At first look the refutation to this line (6. b4) should be 6. cxb4 7. a3 c5 and black has at least equal game in my opinion. Btw black can/will give back the pawn at some time when he likes to do so. Normally a variation gets it's name after/by some strong player who promotes it. Jun-14-06    Ron: <BaranDuin> Although you line wasn't played in this game, there is a b4 sacrifice idea: Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 Jun-16-06    BaranDuin: <Ron: <BaranDuin> Although you line wasn't played in this game, there is a b4 sacrifice idea: Fischer vs Spassky, 1992> That was where I got the idea from. < borisbadenoff: At first look the refutation to this line (6. b4) should be 6. cxb4 7. a3 c5 and black has at least equal game in my opinion.> After 7. a3 c5 8. axb4 cxb4 9. c3 White has better development and central domination as compensation for the pawn. Jul-11-06    AdrianP: An interesting random statistic - from this position click for larger view (after 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 g6 4 Bxc6) Sutovsky, according to the cg database, has played 12, with results of +12 -0 =0. Quite an advert for the Rossolimo... Jul-11-06    Joshka: <AdrianP> yes it is indeed! maybe if this line can be refuted by black he has to take with the d pawn? 4...dc6? Jul-11-06    Joshka: After looking at the 4...dc6 yes this has to be it. This is what World Champ Kramnik plays, to refute 4.Bc6 Jul-11-06    Swapmeet: In the main position which occurs after 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3, Kramnik's score with black is +1-2=3. Not exactly refuted. In fact, statistically white wins more with 3.Bb5 than 3.d4, and has a very nice win % in the Bxc6 lines regardless of which pawn black recaptures with. Jul-11-06    Joshka: <swapmeat> okay thanks didn't realize Kramnik has also lost with this line! Jul-12-06    AdrianP: Another Rossolimo specialist Timman, almost invariably plays 4 O-O click for larger view In this line he has a score of +10 =11 -1, according to the database, which is also pretty impressive. Almost enough to tempt you to give up on open sicilians. Jul-12-06    AdrianP: Svidler plays both 4. Bxc6 and 4. O-O and has lost 0 games in 19 outings. Repertoire Explorer: Peter Svidler (white) Nov-10-06    Daoud911: Is there any reason for white to avoid e4-e5 in the g6 rossolimo variante? click for larger view e5 is a key move in black structure. Why white don't block it with e4-e5??? Plus, you get the Ne4 move with c5 attack and check threat (presuming black play Bg7). Any comment? Mar-17-07    legija: i started playing chess on tournaments in 2004...had problem with the sicilian,dragon,najdorf...and then i learned the B b5 sicilian...against both 2....Nc6 and 2....d6.....well im proud to say, i won 37 games with it...no draws....lost 2 times, both times left a piece in a dominant position...believe me people,play it, play it...Bb5 is extremly logical, you develop a piece,prepare castling,attack his piece, threaten to damage his pawn structure,and gain a positional plus by exchanging the light square bishop ant place your pawn chain on light squares....what more can you ask from a single move?look at some Mickey Adams games,he plays it...also Rublevsky,Vasiukov....you get a stable game,winning chances, positional advantages...and in the large tree of the sicilian, when you play Bb5,black has the least counterplay... Mar-17-07    SirBruce: I must study this opening more closely. I love the Ruy, and I hate facing the Sicilian, so this might be what I'm looking for... Mar-17-07    square dance: if you hate facing the sicilian you shouldnt play 1.e4. what more can a kings pawn player hope for but an open sicilian? Mar-17-07    SirBruce: Ummm... Ruy Lopez? Caro-Kann? Scandinavian? Mar-17-07    square dance: if thats what you look forward to when you play 1.e4 then you're really a queens pawn player, but you just havent come out of the closet yet. ruy lopez aside, of course. Mar-17-07    Colonel Mortimer: Only play 1.e4 if you enjoy playing against the Sicilian (goes without saying that you enjoy the Ruy, French, Caro etc) I like playing against the Sicilian because I believe it to be "positionally unsound". Many amateurs (1500-1800) consider the Sicilian an invincible weapon as Black and a fearsome defence against White - of course this is an exageration on both sides. One of the problems with the Sicilian is that there are so many ways it can be played - and this is dictated by White 80% of the time. The Rossolimo is like White saying to Black "okay wise guy you got big balls but can you think with them?" Mar-17-07    SirBruce: If I were a 1.d4 player, there would be other defenses that I would also hate playing against because they gave black good chances. I'm just saying... the Sicilian gives me the most trouble (as it does for everyone else) and this might be a good way to confront it. Mar-17-07    square dance: possibly. playing the open sicilian, especially the najdorf, is great fun if you enjoy tactics and sharp play. Mar-17-07    legija: someone once told me that the only good thing about 1.d4 is that it does not allow 1....c5!!!, i mean, black can play c5,but then follows 2.d5....who wrote that the sicilian is positionally unsound????do the names Fischer,Kasparov ring a bell?......and can someone pleaaaase tell me a variation against the petroff which is not a sealed draw from the begining???i really hate that opening...i really do... Mar-17-07    Plato: <legija: and can someone pleaaaase tell me a variation against the petroff which is not a sealed draw from the begining???i really hate that opening...i really do..> Sure: 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 Nf6, 3.Nxe5 d6, 4.Nxf7!? Kxf7, 5.d4 Before you laugh it off as a joke, you should know that it has been played at least seven Grandmasters in tournament play: Nadyrhanov, Reinderman, Santo Roman, Short, Shulman, Sulskis, B. Vuckovic. Stellwagen played it too, but he wasn't a GM yet so I didn't include him. I'm not saying it's completely sound, but it sure is fun! A good surprise weapon, too :) Mar-17-07    square dance: topalov also played the cochrane against kramnik a few years ago. it ended in a predictable draw. Mar-17-07    Plato: I missed that one, thanks. And it wasn't just any old game -- he used it at Linares, 1999! As opposed to my variation above, he played 5.Nc3 instead of the usual 5.d4 (that's why I missed it in my search). I'm not sure what you mean by <"it ended in a predictable draw">... The draw percentage for the Cochrane Variation is only 13%, so it's a great variation for someone like <legija> if he's looking for an unbalanced position. Mar-18-07    legija: hi people, i purchased a book by Yusupov,the petrov defense,and in its 400 pages it contains all variations in detail...except the only one i nearly like, 1.e4 e5 , 2.Nf3 Nf6, 3.Ne5 d6, 4.Nf3 Ne4, 5.Nc3 N:c3, 6.d:c3..........i think ill try it...ill also take a look at that piece sacrifice line,thx! Mar-19-07    ganstaman: <legija: someone once told me that the only good thing about 1.d4 is that it does not allow 1....c5!!!, i mean, black can play c5,but then follows 2.d5> Old Benoni (A43) Enjoy. Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 3) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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