page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 612  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Van Foreest vs M Marchand   ½-½ 63 1918 VAS tournament B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 2. H Von Hennig vs P Blechschmidt   0-1 80 1932 Bad Ems GER B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 3. Alekhine vs M Frentz 1-0 23 1933 Paris (03) B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 4. Alekhine vs Bieler   1-0 49 1935 Barcelona B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 5. C Hounie Fleurquin vs J Vinuesa   0-1 54 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 6. R Charlier vs I Pleci   0-1 34 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 7. K Richter vs Bogoljubov 0-1 27 1937 Bad Elster (05) B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 8. Alekhine vs A Da Silva Rocha   1-0 40 1938 Montevideo (07) B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 9. Chekhover vs Lisitsin   1-0 38 1938 Trade Unions B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 10. Kashdan vs W P M Mitchell   1-0 25 1938 USA Ch prel-III B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 11. Kashdan vs Denker   1-0 60 1940 USA Ch B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 12. W A Foldeak vs F Nagy 1-0 12 1942 Budapest B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 13. G Kluger vs Nagy   1-0 13 1942 Budapest, Hungary B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 14. E G Sergeant vs Denker   0-1 47 1945 Hastings B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 15. Konstantinopolsky vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 30 1945 URS-ch14 B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 16. D Dietz vs H Gordon   0-1 40 1946 US Open prelim B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 17. K Forster vs H Gordon   ½-½ 20 1946 US Open Premier Reserves B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 18. Geller vs G Ilivitsky   1-0 26 1947 Sverdlovsk B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 19. Geller vs V Saigin   0-1 37 1947 Sverdlovsk B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 20. Keres vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 20 1947 Parnu tt (04.08.47) B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 21. Keres vs Bronstein 0-1 34 1947 Parnu tt (30.07.47) B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 22. Nezhmetdinov vs Suetin 1-0 29 1947 URS B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 23. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 0-1 41 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 24. Averbakh vs Ragozin   0-1 69 1948 Ch URS B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 25. Schmid vs G Machate   0-1 37 1948 Essen West German ch B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer  page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 612    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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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    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    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    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    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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