page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 258  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Stahlberg vs Flohr   ½-½ 18 1933 Olympiad D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 2. Chekhover vs Levenfish 1-0 23 1935 Ch URS D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 3. Flohr vs Levenfish   ½-½ 80 1936 Moscow (Russia) D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 4. Riumin vs Levenfish 1-0 35 1936 Moscow (Russia) D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 5. Kan vs Levenfish   1-0 51 1937 Ch URS D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 6. Levenfish vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1-0 32 1937 Ch URS D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 7. P Romanovsky vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky   1-0 19 1938 URS-ch sf D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 8. Chekhover vs Bondarevsky 1-0 60 1938 URS-ch sf D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 9. Kan vs Levenfish   ½-½ 38 1939 Leningrad/Moscow D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 10. Botvinnik vs Flohr ½-½ 41 1946 Groningen D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 11. Vidmar vs Kotov ½-½ 30 1946 Staunton Groningen NED D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 12. Kotov vs H Steiner 0-1 72 1946 Staunton Groningen NED D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 13. Najdorf vs Euwe   ½-½ 26 1947 Buenos Aires D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 14. Bronstein vs Flohr ½-½ 16 1948 Izt D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 15. Najdorf vs I A Horowitz   ½-½ 42 1948 ? D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 16. Najdorf vs V Castaldi   1-0 60 1948 Venice D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 17. C Kottnauer vs Szabo   ½-½ 26 1949 Trencianske Teplice D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 18. H Kramer vs C Kottnauer   ½-½ 58 1950 Amsterdam D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 19. B Tot vs Gruenfeld   ½-½ 29 1950 Vienna D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 20. Najdorf vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 31 1951 New York D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 21. T Florian vs Szabo   ½-½ 34 1951 HUN ch D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 22. H Bouwmeester vs Euwe   ½-½ 18 1952 Beverwijk D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 23. Najdorf vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 65 1952 New York D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 24. Eliskases vs P Trifunovic   ½-½ 25 1952 Rio de Janeiro it D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 25. O Moiseev vs Lipnitsky 1-0 30 1952 Moscow, URS Ch D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 258    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Aug-02-06    gambitfan: I have White and my Brazilian opponent decided to play the semi-Tarrasch... I just played 6 e3... According to Chess Opening Explorer's statistics, my winning chances are relatively high... aren't they ? 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Aug-03-06    gambitfan: Petrosian vs Najdorf, 1967 Najdorf vs Tal, 1970

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