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Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer (B60)
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Bg5

Number of games in database: 612
Years covered: 1918 to 2009
Overall record:
   White wins 37.6%
   Black wins 32.0%
   Draws 30.4%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Alexey Suetin  8 games
John Van der Wiel  7 games
Efim Geller  7 games
Evgeni Vasiukov  17 games
Boris Gulko  16 games
Yuri Averbakh  13 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
W A Foldeak vs F Nagy, 1942
Fischer vs J Bennett, 1957
M V Ghinda vs C Partos, 1975
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1948
Timman vs Salov, 1991
Xie Jun vs Zsuzsa Polgar, 1996
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 page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 612  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. A Van Foreest vs M Marchand  ½-½63 1918 VAS tournamentB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
2. H Von Hennig vs P Blechschmidt  0-180 1932 Bad Ems GERB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
3. Alekhine vs M Frentz 1-023 1933 Paris (03)B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
4. Alekhine vs Bieler  1-049 1935 BarcelonaB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
5. C Hounie Fleurquin vs J Vinuesa  0-154 1936 Mar del Plata it-03B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
6. R Charlier vs I Pleci  0-134 1936 Mar del Plata it-03B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
7. K Richter vs Bogoljubov 0-127 1937 Bad Elster (05)B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
8. Alekhine vs A Da Silva Rocha  1-040 1938 Montevideo (07)B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
9. Chekhover vs Lisitsin  1-038 1938 Trade UnionsB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
10. Kashdan vs W P M Mitchell  1-025 1938 USA Ch prel-IIIB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
11. Kashdan vs Denker  1-060 1940 USA ChB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
12. W A Foldeak vs F Nagy 1-012 1942 BudapestB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
13. G Kluger vs Nagy  1-013 1942 Budapest, HungaryB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
14. E G Sergeant vs Denker  0-147 1945 HastingsB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
15. Konstantinopolsky vs Boleslavsky  ½-½30 1945 URS-ch14B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
16. D Dietz vs H Gordon  0-140 1946 US Open prelimB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
17. K Forster vs H Gordon  ½-½20 1946 US Open Premier ReservesB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
18. Geller vs G Ilivitsky  1-026 1947 SverdlovskB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
19. Geller vs V Saigin  0-137 1947 SverdlovskB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
20. Keres vs Boleslavsky  ½-½20 1947 Parnu tt (04.08.47)B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
21. Keres vs Bronstein 0-134 1947 Parnu tt (30.07.47)B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
22. Nezhmetdinov vs Suetin 1-029 1947 URSB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
23. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 0-141 1948 FIDE World Championship TournamentB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
24. Averbakh vs Ragozin  0-169 1948 Ch URSB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
25. Schmid vs G Machate  0-137 1948 Essen West German chB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-19-04   Kenkaku: Nothing about the Richter-Rauzer? It is one of the most popular variations at the top today (excepting always the Najdorf).
Apr-19-04   actual: I've read that the black side has been experiencing some trouble...
May-29-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Vischer: Is it possible to play 6...e5 and try to transpose into the Sveshnikov avoiding the Rossolimo?
May-29-04   BiLL RobeRTiE: 6...e5? 7 Bxf6! gxf6 [7...Qxf6? 8 Nd5 Qd8 9 Nb5 and Black is already in a lot of trouble] and Black's position sucks a lot because of his screwed up pawns and the dominating knight that is about to land on d5. I don't know what you're trying to say when you refer to the Rossolimo variation - that starts on move 3 [1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5], and can be played against both prospective Sveshnikov players and Richter-Rauzer players who use the 2...Nc6 move order.
May-31-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Vischer: <BiLL RobeRTiE> thanks for the line, about avoiding the Rossolimo I meant be 2...d6 Richter-Rauzer, because I would prefer the black side of the Moscow than the Rossolimo.
May-31-04   OneBadDog: I think that Black has been having difficulties in just about all lines of the Richter Rauzer. Even if Black equalizes, he has to go through Hell to do so.
May-31-04   BiLL RobeRTiE: <OneBadDog> I am intrigued! Can you point out some good variations and guidelines for playing the White side of this? I gave this up for the Sozin Attack, finding it more direct than the R-R.
May-31-04   OneBadDog: The Nb3 lines in the Richter Rauzer are really difficult for Black to equalize against. I was looking at NCO and virtually all variations for Black lead to a slight edge for White. In the Richter Rauzer, White doessn't have as many flashy victories as he would in the Sozin, but he often ends up with more active pieces and a btter pawn structure.
Nov-18-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  artemis: Bill RobeRTie: The Richter Rauzer from White's perspective is awesome. White will have a massive lead in development. 1. e4 c4 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 Qc7 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 d5 11. Bb5! Nb4 12. Rhe1 (Anand Inkiov 1986) this line must be used very carefully. White will try to exploit his advantage down the center and on the kingside. The knights should try to replace themselves, but shouldnot be in a great hurry to do so, since they will not help the black queenside pawn advance (losing tempo for white). White will have a much better attack down the center and on the kingside, and I feel that Black does not get the same queenside initiative that he gets in the 6. Bg5 Najdorf. Some of the lines are similar, but the Black queenside rolls pretty quickly vs. the Richter-Rauzer
Oct-16-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Knight13: This opening is named after Vsevolod Rauzer, I think.
May-15-06   WTHarvey: Here are 10 zaps and traps in B60 Richter-Rauzer miniatures: http://www.wtharvey.com/b60.html What's the best move?
Jul-08-08   Method B: what about the <6...Qb6> variation? it looks a bit suicidal with white's kingside attack and pawn rush (much more than in the sheveningen or usual najdorf setup) but if black survives it he is ok.
Nov-11-09   BobbyDigital80: When is chessgames.com going to correct the spelling of "Rauzer" in the "most played openings" section of people who play it. They spell it as "Rauser."
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