page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 683  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais 1-0 49 1834 London m3 ;HCL 18 D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 2. Schlechter vs Janowski 1-0 30 1898 DSB11 Kongress D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 3. Schlechter vs Janowski   1-0 30 1898 Cologne D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 4. Burn vs Lasker 0-1 44 1900 Paris D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 5. Showalter vs G Marco   0-1 46 1900 Paris D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 6. Burn vs J Mason   ½-½ 76 1900 Paris D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 7. Lasker vs Mieses 1-0 29 1900 Paris (France) D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 8. Von Bardeleben vs Mieses 0-1 57 1902 Hanover D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 9. W Cohn vs Fahrni ½-½ 29 1905 Barmen Masters B, GER D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 10. Rubinstein vs Gajdos 1-0 50 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 11. Janowski vs Maroczy   0-1 75 1905 Ostend D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 12. O Bernstein vs Schlechter ½-½ 27 1906 Stockholm D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 13. Schlechter vs Maroczy   ½-½ 42 1907 Carlsbad it, CZE D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 14. Schlechter vs Dus Chotimirsky   ½-½ 29 1907 Carlsbad it, CZE D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 15. Teichmann vs Leonhardt   1-0 56 1907 Ostende-B D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 16. Lasker vs Janowski 1-0 22 1910 Lasker-Janowski World Championship Match D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 17. Nimzowitsch vs Kundriavsew / Landau   1-0 50 1910 Dorpat, Estonia D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 18. J Perlis vs Reti   0-1 29 1910 Vienna D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 19. Rubinstein vs Schlechter 1-0 39 1912 San Sebastian D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 20. Duras vs F Lapka   1-0 33 1912 Pisek sim D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 21. O Chajes vs J Stapfer   1-0 33 1913 New York Rice D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 22. Alekhine vs P K Yurdansky   ½-½ 37 1915 Moscow (05) D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 23. Alekhine vs Vidmar ½-½ 20 1922 London (07) D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 24. Ed Lasker vs Marshall   1-0 81 1923 Ch USA D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 25. Alekhine vs L Kussman 1-0 20 1924 New York D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch  page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 683    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Feb-16-04    Benjamin Lau: Jonathan vs Yedidia, 1982 is a funny trap in this opening. Question: how come black doesn't play 5...Nxd5 6 e4 Nf6!? in the D41 Semi-Tarrasch? Because of Bg5? Because black doesn't want to waste time? Is that really all there is? I don't see anything wrong with this on first glance, but it doesn't appear to be a line anyone has tried. Feb-16-04    refutor: i think it's that black doesn't want to waste time...look at the position after 7.Be3 for instance...what does black have to show for his tempi? white is much better developed and has better control of the center, much easier to play for white Jul-07-05    Knight13: <White wins 38.7%> <Black wins 14.7%> <Draws 46.6%> Black barely wins. Does this opening give Black trouble or what? Is it playable for Black? Aug-01-06    gambitfan: it seems to give a crushing advantage to White, doesn't it ? May-06-08    KingG: I like playing this opening after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+(9...Qa5?, Rubinstein vs Schlechter, 1912) 10.Qd2 0-0 11.Bc4, and then the main line runs something like 11...Nc6(11...Nd7) 12.0-0 b6 13.Rad1 Na5(13...b6) 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Rfe1, and then White has two interesting plans, either trying to promote his d pawn, as in Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969, or even better Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1977, and attacking Black's King with the pawn sacrifice d5, followed by e5, as in Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1969. Either way, you get an interesting game, where White has a nice initiative, but Black has winning chances of his own if White slips up.

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