page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 126  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Andersen vs Najdorf 0-1 43 1937 Jurata B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 2. Keres vs L Blumenoff 1-0 33 1938 Tallinn, Est team ch B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 3. L Shamaev vs Chekhover 1-0 73 1938 Trade Unions B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 4. L Shamaev vs Kotov   1-0 47 1938 Trade Unions B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 5. W Kunerth vs H Ropstorff   1-0 20 1938 Krakow B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 6. I Pleci vs Ekenberg   0-1 37 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) f-A B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 7. Book vs Z Solmanis   1-0 23 1939 Kemeri B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 8. F Apsenieks vs Koblents   ½-½ 22 1939 Kemeri B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 9. J Van Den Bosch vs S Landau   1-0 50 1940 Delft B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 10. Alekhine/Frank vs Bogoljubov / Stolzyk 1-0 35 1941 Warsaw B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 11. Keres vs Foltys 1-0 33 1942 Munich B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 12. L Levy vs Denker 0-1 12 1942 USA Ch B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 13. Alekhine vs Rellstab   1-0 35 1943 Salzburg B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 14. C J Corte vs R Garcia Vera   1-0 57 1946 Mar del Plata ARG B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 15. C J Corte vs A Maccioni   1-0 35 1946 Mar del Plata ARG B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 16. E Reinhardt vs J Traian Iliesco   ½-½ 40 1946 Mar del Plata ARG B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 17. Book vs E R Lundin   ½-½ 27 1946 Radio FIN-SWE B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 18. Blau vs A Tsvetkov 1-0 34 1947 Zonal B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 19. H Rossetto vs C Hounie Fleurquin   1-0 38 1947 Mar del Plata ARG B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 20. Sahlmann vs Niephaus   0-1 51 1948 Essen West German ch B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 21. J Mayer vs E Nash   0-1 45 1948 US Open B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 22. D Horne vs O Barda   1-0 61 1949 Hastings 4950 B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 23. D Horne vs B H Wood   ½-½ 59 1949 Hastings 4950 B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 24. E Paoli vs Opocensky   0-1 64 1949 Schlechter mem B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 25. E Paoli vs C Kottnauer   0-1 26 1949 Schlechter mem B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 126    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Nov-30-04    Knight13: Nobody ever kibitzed? 6... Bd7 is the usualy responce. I don't see many people play the move f3. Dec-11-04    flandes: I encourage everyone interested in this opening to note the fact, that white has an incredible advantage in this opening as the results have shown that white wins in a majority of the games Dec-11-04    Milo: Flandes: White wins 40.4% Black wins 38.3% Draws 21.3% ??? Dec-11-04    euripides: A good club player once played 5 Qf3 against me. To my knowledge it's unique in chess history. Dec-11-04    Joshka: <euripides> Interesting move indeed, cannot find one single master game with it. What was your result when this was played agaisnt you? Dec-11-04    PinkPanther: Although it wasn't the Venice Attack, McShane played the Prins Variation against Ponomariov this year at Biel, 1-0. Dec-11-04    euripides: <Joschka> He got a nice position and lost. Sep-06-05    monopole2313: I've also seen Qf3 played, but only after Black castles K-side. Jun-15-06    KingG: Someone played this against me online today. It was the first time i remember encountering it, and i had no idea that it was a proper opening. As far as i can see, Black plays a quick ...d5 and has a comfortable game, or am i missing something? Nov-21-06    ongyj: <euripides> Could you post that game with 5.Qf3!? Also, I'll like to seek opinion on the idea of 5.f3. It's because White doesn't want to play 5.Nc3 which hinders queenside development(assuming he castles short), I mean White doesn't want the c3Knight to block his own c pawn right? Maybe, also because White doesn't want to tie a piece to defend a pawn. Defending a pawn with a pawn sounds more logical in certain cases. Of course, alternative 5.Bd3 isn't very popular as well. Thanks for clarifications. Apr-05-08    refutor: i agree with KingG about the quick ...d5 taking all the fun out of it for White. i was going to try it, but then played over a couple of games and it looks a lot "easier" for Black. when trying 5.f3 over the board i got a lot of 5. ...g6 which allows you to transpose to the Yugoslav of the Dragon which is good enough, but it also allows you to play a Maroczy Bind with 6.c4 where Black is stuck playing ...d6 in one move. Feb-08-12    Penguincw: Opening of the Day Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.f3 e5 6.b5+ click for larger view

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