page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 329  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Chigorin vs Albin 1-0 62 1896 Nrnberg D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 2. Schlechter vs Marshall   ½-½ 36 1900 Paris D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 3. Schlechter vs Mieses 0-1 31 1900 Paris D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 4. Schlechter vs W Cohn   ½-½ 36 1900 Munich D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 5. Burn vs Schlechter   ½-½ 30 1905 Barmen Masters A, GER D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 6. F Benima vs Vidmar   0-1 48 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 7. Burn vs Marshall   ½-½ 53 1905 Ostend D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 8. J Esser vs Marshall 0-1 29 1905 Scheveningen D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 9. O Valentiner vs J Szekely   1-0 37 1905 Barmen-D D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 10. Burn vs Leonhardt   1-0 49 1906 Ostend D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 11. Janowski vs Marshall 0-1 53 1908 Suresne m D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 12. Marshall vs Janowski   1-0 31 1913 Havana D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 13. I Rabinovich vs Tartakower   ½-½ 49 1925 Baden-Baden D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 14. Euwe vs Van der Kar   1-0 33 1927 Amsterdam D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 15. A Muffang vs H N Hansen   ½-½ 29 1927 1st olm final D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 16. Eliskases vs J Enevoldsen   1-0 25 1935 Poland D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 17. M Castillo vs J Maria Cristia   1-0 24 1935 Buenos Aires D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 18. Ojanen vs F Zita   1-0 33 1937 7th olm final D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 19. W Puechl vs W Jaeger 0-1 100 1939 Bad Elster D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 20. L Engels vs K Richter   1-0 32 1939 GER-ch 6th D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 21. H G Lachmann vs K Richter   ½-½ 40 1940 GER-ch 7th D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 22. Alekhine vs Pires   ½-½ 45 1941 Lisbon D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 23. L Skema vs A Rankis   1-0 68 1946 Nt + D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 24. H Gordon vs W Adams   0-1 38 1946 US Open Premier Reserves D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 25. Pirc vs B Kostic   1-0 59 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 329    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Apr-11-07    Knight13: Albin Countergambit has a reputation for being a bad opening... But... V Neverov vs R Strohhaeker, 2007 Jun-05-07    Silverstrike: White: John Calder Black: Julius Schwartz Event: Edinburgh Chess Congress Challengers (U-1900) Date: 15/4/'07 Board: 7 Round: 4 White ELO: 1815 Black ELO: 1647 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bf5 6.Bg2 Qd7 7.0-0 0-0-0 8.Bd2 f6 9.Qb3 Bh3 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Ne5 Qe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.c5 Qd7 14.Qa4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Bxc5 16.Rc1 Qd5+ 17.f3 Kd7 18.Qc2 Bb6 19.a4 a5 20.b4 Rde8 21.Qd3 Ng4 22.bxa5 Be3+ 23.Kg1 Ba7 24.Na3 g5 25.Nc4 Ng4 26.fxg4 Rhf8 27.Rab1 Rxe2 28.Qxe2 d3+ 29.Qe3 Bxe3+ 30.Nxe3 Qd4 31.Rc4 Qa7 Draw agreed click for larger view I'm fairly convinced I had the advantage in this game, but I didn't exploit it. My idea behind 25...Ng4 was 26.fxg4 Rxe2 27.Qxe2 d3+ but as I came back to the board I realised that 26...Rxe2 would fail to 27.Qf5+ (He would have still ended up with more material than I had he taken the rook, as eventually happened in the game). I believe the game is won for him at the end, I was very lucky to escape with a draw. Jun-05-07    MaxxLange: I agree, White looks much better in the diagram. He has some discomfort due to the pin, but can't he just play Kg2 (to break the pin and guard against ...Rf3), then Rcb4, Rb7, and push the a-pawns? Jun-05-07    Silverstrike: <MaxxLange> That seems to be one of many ways to win the diagramed position. It does indeed look won for white. Jun-06-07    MaxxLange: Fritz 10 likes Rc3 or even Rb3 - Black cannot hold that pawn, and it falls with check and with defense of the e3 Knight on the 3rd rank. If my move, 1. Kg2, is played, then Fritz says 1...Re8 2. Kf3 Rf8+ 3. Nf5 and White is still winning He may have gotten nervous, playing without a Queen, or seen some kind of ghost. You psyched him out, playing with confidence even after your blunder.

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