page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 276  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Marshall vs Salwe   ½-½ 48 1908 Praha D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 2. Marshall vs Von Bardeleben   1-0 46 1908 DSB Kongress XVI D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 3. Marshall vs Przepiorka 1-0 28 1908 DSB Kongress XVI D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 4. Marshall vs A Jakob   1-0 47 1908 DSB Kongress XVI D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 5. Marshall vs W John   ½-½ 30 1908 DSB Kongress XVI D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 6. Marshall vs Mieses   1-0 27 1908 Berlin D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 7. Marshall vs Mieses 0-1 43 1908 Berlin D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 8. Marshall vs Mieses 1-0 48 1908 Berlin D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 9. Marshall vs Mieses   1-0 30 1908 Berlin D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 10. Rubinstein vs Salwe 1-0 38 1908 Triangular tournament D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 11. Schlechter vs Dus Chotimirsky 1-0 26 1908 Prague D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 12. Vidmar vs Spielmann   1-0 65 1908 Prague D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 13. Rubinstein vs Salwe 1-0 40 1908 Triangular tournament D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 14. Rubinstein vs J Kvicala ½-½ 60 1908 Prague D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 15. Marshall vs Capablanca ½-½ 30 1909 New York D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 16. Marshall vs Capablanca 0-1 49 1909 New York D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 17. Rubinstein vs J Perlis ½-½ 38 1909 RUS D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 18. Rubinstein vs Salwe 1-0 20 1909 RUS D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 19. D Daniuszewski vs V Nikolaev   ½-½ 35 1909 All Russian D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 20. Rotlewi vs D Daniuszewski   ½-½ 49 1909 All Russian D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 21. Rubinstein vs Mieses   0-1 24 1909 Second Match D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 22. Rubinstein vs Salwe   0-1 20 1909 Triple round robin All-Russian tournament D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 23. Rotlewi vs B Gregory   1-0 24 1909 All Russian D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 24. J Brach vs J R von Pessler 1-0 31 1910 Third SSZ international correspondence tourney (-1912) D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 25. Rotlewi vs Rubinstein ½-½ 43 1911 Karlsbad D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 276    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jul-07-05    refutor: any opinions on the swedish variation 6. ...c4? it is still played irregularly nowadays. worth a shot? Jul-07-05    e4Newman: out of curiosity (i never play the line), what would 6...c4 accomplish? Jul-07-05    MUG: I’ve never played 6...c4 either, and would be interested to know the logic behind it (Avoid having to play with an isolated queens pawn??). I notice it can often lead to a very open centre with good piece play for Black, A Kuligowski vs Ricardo Calvo Minguez, 1978 But if White does not try to rush things, and continues with natural development before playing the pawn to e4 (e.g. 7.Bg2 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. e4) then the statistics don’t seem to favour Black much: 72% win percentage for White! (according to the Opening Explorer) Keeping the tension and developing with the more common 6…Nf6 is preferable in my opinion. Jul-07-05    acirce: <But if White does not try to rush things, and continues with natural development before playing the pawn to e4 (e.g. 7.Bg2 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. e4) then the statistics don’t seem to favour Black much: 72% win percentage for White!> Yes, this is how White should play. It is considered favourable for him and with good reason. However, practical play is something else. This leads to *white* getting an isolated pawn instead of black, and depending on level and other circumstances, I guess this can be confusing. White needs to know the theory well which is less likely in a sideline of a line that isn't all that common to begin with. Jul-07-05    MUG: <This leads to *white* getting an isolated pawn instead of black> Good point, but if White is uncomfortable with this I notice he can often force the exchange of the isolated pawn for Blacks advanced c-pawn. Gligoric vs B Kostic, 1947 However, I agree that the games often end up very open affairs where the better player 'should' prevail. On a side note, this game impressed me. What a pawn!! Ftacnik vs G Miralles, 1988 Jul-07-05    Shams: the model game against the Swedish variation must be this game, round six at Zurich: Reshevsky vs Stahlberg, 1953 after I first played through this game I swore I would never allow my opponent an isolated d-pawn. I'm sure black players have come up with a better response to Reshevsky's 11.Qc2 in the last 50 years, though. Jul-07-05    paul dorion: The notable games for the Tarrasch are suprisingly old. I know that Keres , Tal , Spassky (WC match 69) and Kasparov have played it with success. Jul-07-05    refutor: <paul dorion> those are just the notable game for this line...the main line of the tarrasch is Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (D34) with 6. ...Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 Oct-15-05    elh: I think the point of pushing ahead with c4 is to have three pawns to two on the queenside (pawn majority). Black wants to push one through and queen. Feb-04-06    LluviaSean: this hasnt a very high win percentage for black does it? what is the best opening for black against the queen's gambit?

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