page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 630  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Showalter vs Winawer 0-1 49 1896 R3 7/22 Nuremberg D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. Z von Balla vs Spielmann   1-0 57 1928 Budapest D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. W Orbach vs W Von Holzhausen   1-0 69 1928 Giessen GER D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. Factor vs Kupchik   1-0 30 1928 Bradley Beach D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 5. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov 1-0 26 1929 Alekhine-Bogoljubov World Championship Match D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. Capablanca vs Dake 1-0 61 1931 New York, NY USA D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. Pirc vs L Steiner   ½-½ 45 1932 Hastings ENG D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. J Rejfir vs A Dunkelblum   ½-½ 38 1933 Folkestone ol (Men) D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 9. Kashdan vs V Soultanbeieff   ½-½ 38 1933 Olympiad D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. Alekhine vs Euwe 1-0 57 1935 Alekhine-Euwe World Championship Match D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. P Vaitonis vs S Erdelyi   ½-½ 39 1935 Olympiad D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 12. Alekhine vs K Helling 1-0 40 1936 Dresden D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. Samisch vs K Helling 1-0 33 1936 Dresden D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov 1-0 47 1936 Nottingham D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. Szabo vs G Kluger   1-0 37 1937 Budapest D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. S Rubinstein vs L Steiner   ½-½ 50 1937 Trebitsch Memorial 3738 D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. P Frydman vs Najdorf   1-0 15 1938 Lodz D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. P Frydman vs H Steiner   ½-½ 44 1938 Lodz D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. J Gadalinski vs T Kapfer   1-0 19 1938 Krakow D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 20. Flohr vs Szabo   ½-½ 28 1939 Amsterdam D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. Kotov vs Alatortsev   1-0 40 1942 Moscow Ch D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. Ragozin vs Ravinsky   1-0 44 1944 Ch URS D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. Lilienthal vs Ravinsky   ½-½ 41 1944 13th USSR Championship D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. Tolush vs Alatortsev   1-0 44 1944 13th USSR Championship D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. Flohr vs Smyslov   ½-½ 41 1945 Ch Moscow D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 630    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Secrets of Opening Surprises

Nov-14-04    azaris: Holding on to the pawn with 5...Bd7(?) doesn't seem to be all that popular and I might have discovered the reason why. [White "azaris"] [Black "teva"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bd7 6. e4 b5 7. axb5 cxb5 8. e5 Ng8 9. Ng5 f6 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. e6 Nxd4 12. exd7+ Kxd7 13. Qe4 Nb3 14. Ra6 Qc8 15. Qd5+ Ke8 16. Qxb5+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nf7 Nxc1 19. Bxc4 Rc8 20. Rxa7+ Ke8 21. Be6 Rb8 White to play and mate in 4. Nov-16-05    Dudley: Lets see now, would that be 22.Nd5 Rc8 23.Nc7+ RxN 24.Ra8+ Rc8 25. RxR# ? Good game- I play the QG also and have made a special point out of learning how to punish those feckless materialists who insist on trying to hold the gambit pawn. Well done.

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