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page 1 of 84; games 1-25 of 2,096  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Marshall vs Rubinstein ½-½ 24 1908 Lodz D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 2. Rubinstein vs Salwe 1-0 40 1908 Lodz D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 3. Tartakower vs J Perlis   ½-½ 26 1909 St. Petersburg D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 4. Rotlewi vs M Lowcki   0-1 26 1911 Cologne-A D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 5. Burn vs Marshall 1-0 37 1911 13th Anglo-American Cable Match D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 6. W A T Schelfhout vs Kirschen   1-0 34 1911 Cologne-A D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 7. B Kostic vs Marshall   ½-½ 31 1911 Karlsbad D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 8. Dus Chotimirsky vs P F Johner   1-0 50 1911 Karlsbad D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 9. Marshall vs Rubinstein 1-0 20 1911 Karlsbad D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 10. Dus Chotimirsky vs Teichmann   0-1 63 1911 Karlsbad D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 11. Vidmar vs Burn   1-0 32 1911 Karlsbad D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 12. Rotlewi vs J Perlis 1-0 47 1911 Karlsbad D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 13. Dus Chotimirsky vs Leonhardt   1-0 62 1911 Karlsbad D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 14. Duras vs Vidmar   0-1 47 1912 Budapest D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 15. Schlechter vs Maroczy   ½-½ 20 1912 Budapest D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 16. L Forgacs vs Tarrasch   0-1 30 1912 San Sebastian D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 17. M Lowcki vs Alapin   ½-½ 57 1912 Bad Pistyan D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 18. O Bernstein vs Levenfish   0-1 38 1912 Vilnius All-Russian Masters D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 19. M Brody vs Vidmar 1-0 26 1913 Austro-Hun Master Tt D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 20. Marshall vs J Corzo 1-0 17 1913 Havana D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 21. Bogoljubov vs Flamberg 0-1 28 1914 Mannheim D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 22. F Schubert vs Schlechter 0-1 24 1915 7th Trebitsch Memorial D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 23. Vidmar vs Schlechter   ½-½ 35 1916 Vienna D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 24. Rubinstein vs J Gottesdiener 1-0 45 1916 Tournament /1917 D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 25. J Taft vs F K Perkins   1-0 26 1916 Match D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch  page 1 of 84; games 1-25 of 2,096

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Sep-12-03    Benjamin Lau: According to current theory, this is one of the best ways to meet the Tarrasch. The hope is to place overwhelming pressure on d5 and win the isolated pawn and thus maybe the endgame. Jul-31-05    TIMMY .O: PLAY ME! Jul-31-05    Koster: "The future will decide who has erred in estimating this defense, I or the chess world!" Dr. Tarrasch Currently the opening seems out of favor and its statistics aren't so good. It needs a world class player to adopt it, like Keres, Spassky and Kasparov did before. Those Karpov-Kasparov games scared many players but I think there are improvements for black. Mar-25-07    RookFile: I guess the stats depend on how you look at this. Let's say you have the Tarrasch as an occasional surprise weapon: then it isn't so bad to know that he odds are above 50 percent that you'll get at least a draw. Mar-25-07    Plato: That's nothing special. In any decent opening White's odds of winning won't be above 50%. The chances of the other two results (draw or Black wins) should invariably outweigh White's chances of winning. If not, something is seriously wrong with Black's opening. May-27-07    therangeravl: To all theory experts. Black's drawback in this variation is obvious - the isolated d-pawn. But somehow I cannot see the compensation for this drawback. Maybe there are some tactical threats that I overlook or something? Can you recommend me some typical games that show the positive sides of black's position? May-27-07    Surrealist: Isolated queen's pawn is not only a weakness, it has some attacking potential on its own. You should be looking all the time for possibilities to advance it. Also Black can play Re8 and Bg4 pressurizing the e2-pawn. Too bad that against well prepared opponent the Tarrasch is too often a long struggle for draw. May-27-07    Eric Schiller: The isolated d-pawn is not a drawback, it is an asset! Black's freedom of movement and the ability to advance the d-pawn is what makes the opening so much fun for Black. Even if you drop the isolated pawn, it is very hard for White to win the endgame. Babuly Annakov vs E Schiller, 2000 is a good example. I even tossed in the bishop pair. Still drew. Mar-29-08    Auggie: I rather think that the Tarrasch is an excellent opening since it immediately turns a closed game into an open one which most queen pawn players disdain, else why open with the queen pawn ? Most players I have faced would much rather see some dull, run of the mill Kings Indian. Mar-31-08    Akavall: <Most players I have faced would much rather see some dull, run of the mill Kings Indian.> What do you mean? I think King's Indian is one of the most interesting openings. Oct-28-10    rapidcitychess: Good Evening: What is one to do if the black player simply refuses to exchange pawns? Should I exchange pawns, or let him keep the tension? Oct-28-10    parisattack: I've wondered why this defence isn't more popular at the top. It seems to have a decent reputation and probably still lots of gold to mine...especially in this engine-age. Spassky revitalized it in the late 1960s and Gligoric played some fine games with it in the mid-1970s... Oct-28-10    plang: <Spassky revitalized it in the late 1960s and Gligoric played some fine games with it in the mid-1970s...> Kasparov used it quite a bit early in his career until two losses to Karpov early in their first match seemed to discourage him from using it again.

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