page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 524  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tarrasch vs M Kuerschner 1-0 43 1891 Nuremberg club m C06 French, Tarrasch 2. Sajtar vs W Kunerth   0-1 32 1938 Krakow C06 French, Tarrasch 3. Foltys vs M Foltys 1-0 37 1943 Zlin C06 French, Tarrasch 4. P Mueller vs J H Donner   ½-½ 53 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C06 French, Tarrasch 5. J Sefc vs J Marsalek   1-0 52 1955 Prague tm C06 French, Tarrasch 6. J Sefc vs I Ivanco 1-0 59 1955 CSR-ch C06 French, Tarrasch 7. M Mukhitdinov vs B Vladimirov 0-1 17 1957 URS-ch sf C06 French, Tarrasch 8. F R Anderson vs M Czerniak   1-0 50 1958 13th olm final B C06 French, Tarrasch 9. F R Anderson vs A Franck   1-0 71 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 C06 French, Tarrasch 10. K Van Schoor vs J Fichtl   0-1 38 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 C06 French, Tarrasch 11. Lutikov vs Popov   ½-½ 42 1960 Bad Salzungen C06 French, Tarrasch 12. Kholmov vs W Pietzsch   0-1 33 1965 Tbilisi C06 French, Tarrasch 13. E Keogh vs B Kchouk   ½-½ 27 1966 Havana ol final-C C06 French, Tarrasch 14. H Bouwmeester vs J Moles ½-½ 26 1967 EU-ch casual C06 French, Tarrasch 15. R Nicevski vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 23 1968 2. Turnir solidarnosti, Skopje/Ohrid C06 French, Tarrasch 16. B Friedman vs B Wall 1-0 24 1973 Word Open C06 French, Tarrasch 17. E Paoli vs Hecht   0-1 38 1973 FRG-ch int C06 French, Tarrasch 18. Matulovic vs Hecht   1-0 42 1974 Hoogovens C06 French, Tarrasch 19. Matulovic vs Vaganian   0-1 43 1974 Belgrade-Moscow C06 French, Tarrasch 20. Sznapik vs J Lechtynsky   ½-½ 42 1974 Rubinstein mem C06 French, Tarrasch 21. A Van Dop vs Huebner   0-1 56 1974 WchT U26 C06 French, Tarrasch 22. S Hutchings vs Keene 0-1 27 1975 World Championship Zonal Tournament C06 French, Tarrasch 23. M Litinskaya-Shul vs A B Grinfeld   1-0 28 1975 URS-ch (Women) C06 French, Tarrasch 24. Geller vs Keene 0-1 61 1975 International FIDE RATED Tournament C06 French, Tarrasch 25. Luis M Santos vs Keene   0-1 25 1975 Algarve C06 French, Tarrasch  page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 524    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Nov-17-05    Assassinater: Is the main reason this move is played instead of 8. Ngf3 because of 8... Qb6, which might be a bit awkward if white has to parry with Nb3? Nov-18-05    jahhaj: <Assassinater> 7.Ngf3 is perfectly playable for White. The knights are more awkwardly placed than after 7.Ne2 though. 7...cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 is possible but White should gambit the d pawn, 9.O-O Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Nf3 with plenty of compensation. More promising for Black is 7...Be7 8.O-O g5, with interesting play. Sep-22-06    Kwesi: I know thats the book generally frowns on 9.Nb3 after 8...Qb6, but I find it more fun to play, like in this (unsound) FICS game: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 O-O 11. h4 a5 12. Nf4 Nxd4 13. Nh5 Nxb3 14. axb3 g6 15. Qg4 Nxe5 16. Nf6+ Kg7 17. Qg5 Nxd3 18. Qh6+ Kxf6 19. Bg5+ Ke5 20. Qg7+ Ke4 21. f3+ Kf5 22. g4# Has 9.Nb3 been refuted yet? Sep-22-06    NateDawg: <Kwesi> 9. b3 is probably not refuted, although it isn't the best choice according to Fritz 9 and Crafty 19.19. Play might continue 9...a5 10. a4 b4+ 11. f1 0-0, and Black is at least even. Apr-16-07    gambitfan: Opening of the day OPOD Mo 16/04/2007

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