page 1 of 58; games 1-25 of 1,448  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Capablanca vs Tartakower ½-½ 42 1922 London D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 2. J Bernstein vs Tartakower   ½-½ 36 1923 Karlsbad D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 3. E Jacobsen vs Tartakower   0-1 34 1923 Copenhagen DEN D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 4. Janowski vs Tartakower 0-1 33 1926 Semmering D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 5. Vidmar vs Tartakower 1-0 65 1926 Semmering D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 6. Rubinstein vs H Duhm   1-0 44 1926 Hannover D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 7. Colle vs Tartakower   ½-½ 57 1926 Amsterdam NED D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 8. Gruenfeld vs Przepiorka   ½-½ 18 1927 pre-B D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 9. G Norman vs G A Thomas   1-0 55 1927 Hastings 2627 D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 10. Reti vs Tartakower   1-0 54 1928 Bad Kissingen D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 11. J Rejfir vs M Oren   0-1 39 1928 The Hague ol (Men) D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 12. Szijjarto vs B Hoenlinger   1-0 59 1930 Gyor it, HUN D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 13. Alekhine vs Tartakower 0-1 74 1933 Folkestone ol D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 14. Riumin vs I Rabinovich   1-0 32 1934 Leningrad D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 15. E Gereben vs L Steiner   ½-½ 17 1935 Tatatovaros it D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 16. J Dobias vs B Petkevic   0-1 32 1935 Kautsky mem 12th D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 17. I Rabinovich vs Goglidze   ½-½ 61 1935 Moscow Intl Tt D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 18. Euwe vs S Landau   ½-½ 40 1936 6, Zandvoort it NED D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 19. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov   1-0 58 1936 Bad Nauheim D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 20. Flohr vs Capablanca ½-½ 45 1936 Moscow (Russia) D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 21. P Dubinin vs Kotov   1-0 35 1936 Giant Factory D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 22. S Landau vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 63 1938 Noordwijk D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 23. J Gadalinski vs I Grynfeld   ½-½ 25 1938 Krakow D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 24. F Kitto vs A Thomas   0-1 42 1939 Bournemouth D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 25. Kotov vs V Makogonov   1-0 50 1939 URS-ch11 D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst  page 1 of 58; games 1-25 of 1,448    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Apr-21-04    Kenkaku: Spassky was a big proponent of this statistically drawish opening. Jul-05-04    zagor: Spassky played 98 QGD games with black and Tartakower was his favorite sub-variation. 77 of those games ended with draws. And the weirdest thing - same man was a huge proponent of King's Gambit, extremly non-drawish opening Jul-05-04    Shadout Mapes: I'm guessing Spassky played this when he didn't want a risk. Even Fischer played it on occasion. More comments are on Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (D59) if you're interested. Jul-05-04    zagor: Actually, before his match against Fischer, Spassky was warned by Korchnoi that Bobby could use 1.d4 as a suprise weapon. Boris just laughed and said: "Then I'll play Tartakower and he's got nothing". His bullet-proof defense failed when he needed it most. Jul-05-04    PizzatheHut: I thought the TMB variation was defined by 8. Rc1, but considering I'm not a big opening theorist, I'm probably mistaken. Jul-05-04    zagor: Rc1 defines anti-neo-orthodox variation. Aug-01-04    mad knight: When confronted with the QGD-Exchange, I'd like to transpose to the TMB since the Tartakover is my usual defence against the QGD and I don't like the cramped positions in the Exchange variation. Can White oppose this and if so, how? And what's the next best thing then? Thanks and play well! Jul-10-05    Isolani: "Notable exponents include Kasparov, Kramnik, Short, and Beliavsky - none of whom is usually happy just to draw with black." Starting Out: the Queen's Gambit p. 11 John Shaw Mar-12-06    fred lennox: One can see by the position above the main traits of this opening. Black's kingside pieces are developed and the king is in safety. White's king is not. With the position closed, this is not yet an issue, kingside development is not complete. White does have central control with 3 minor pieces to one of black. White's d pawn is secure and...b6 solves the problem of the Queens bishop. One trait to this opening is it does allow black to have both bishops, or at the least, does not give white the pair advantage. Oct-01-06    TheKid: Why does this opening draw so much at top level? It was created by Tartakower!! Jul-03-07    get Reti: I like this opening for black because b6 stops white from playing c5, and thus black doesn't have to play dxc5, surrendering the center. Sep-05-08    ravel5184: Whenever anybody loses as Black in this opening, they have to write down its name 100 times and hand it in

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