page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 287  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Samisch vs S Vukovic   0-1 38 1922 Vienna D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 2. J Davidson vs Tartakower   ½-½ 39 1926 Spa D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 3. V Berger vs Tartakower   0-1 56 1927 Hastings 2627 D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 4. Chekhover vs V Makogonov ½-½ 66 1934 USSR Championship D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 5. Bogoljubov vs Tartakower   ½-½ 55 1936 5, Zandvoort it NED D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 6. Flohr vs Capablanca 1-0 64 1936 Nottingham D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 7. Levenfish vs Capablanca   ½-½ 33 1936 Moscow (Russia) D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 8. S Rubinstein vs B Hoenlinger   ½-½ 15 1936 Trebitsch Memorial 19th D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 9. A Budo vs Levenfish   ½-½ 51 1937 Ch URS D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 10. Lilienthal vs V Makogonov   0-1 57 1937 URS-ch10 D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 11. A Budo vs V Makogonov   0-1 41 1938 URS-ch sf D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 12. Botvinnik vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 64 1939 Russia D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 13. S Belavenets vs V Makogonov   ½-½ 30 1939 URS-ch11 D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 14. Foltys vs J Dobias   1-0 62 1940 Rakovnik D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 15. V Makogonov vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 23 1940 URS-ch12 D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 16. V Makogonov vs M Stolberg   ½-½ 53 1940 URS-ch12 D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 17. R Palme vs K Rahn   1-0 44 1941 GER-ch D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 18. Kieninger vs B Rabar   ½-½ 31 1941 Munich GER D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 19. Ragozin vs Smyslov 0-1 57 1942 Ch Moscow D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 20. Flohr vs V Makogonov   ½-½ 26 1944 Kiev D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 21. Flohr vs Vidmar ½-½ 30 1946 Staunton, Groningen NED D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 22. H Steiner vs Vidmar   ½-½ 30 1946 Staunton Groningen NED D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 23. Sajtar vs M Katetov   ½-½ 24 1946 Treybal mem D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 24. Puc vs Vidmar   0-1 60 1946 Liberation D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 25. M Riedmiller vs P Tautvaisas   0-1 62 1946 Augsburg GER D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 287    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Secrets of Opening Surprises

Mar-06-03    JustAFish: This is a great opening for pulling off a draw against that opponent who is rated 400 points higher than you. One exchanges down into a clear, placid, late-middle game in which is is hard for either side to gain an advantage. One of my favorite security blankets. Mar-06-03    kostich in time: The stats on this opening are incredible..Im pretty sure most amateurs know this opening only on the basis of Bobbys great win versus Boris ..but Fischer ocasionaly played it himself(see Bertok_Fischer, Stockholm1962.) Jul-16-05    bomb the bishop: <JustAFish> Couldn't agree with you more, I use the queens gambit declined hoping for this line, when I play against a higher rated oponent who uses d4, and when playing someone around my level I ussually prefer the Benoni Mar-12-06    Ludamad: Whoa, is there any opening more drawish than this (by stats) ? Mar-12-06    jamesmaskell: Apart from the starting position... :) Theres a lot of draws there. Its been played 227 times which means that it just sounds like a lot. Mar-29-06    Ludamad: I meant by percent Apr-12-07    Scarecrow: Very drawish opening indeed, but I found this: Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (D14) One full percent more of draws there. (70,5 to 69,5 at the time of posting) Aug-26-07    2021: Purdy gives the continuation 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.Qa4 c5 13.Qa3 Rc8 14.Be2 Nd7 15.0-0 a6 16.Rfd1 Qf8 17.b3 Nf6 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Ne5 Rc7 20.Bf3 a5 21.Nd3 c4 22.Qxf8+ Rxf8 23.Nf4 Rfc8 24.Ne2 cxb3 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.axb3 Rc2 27.Nd4 and "a draw is foreshadowed." Aug-26-07    2021: However in the famous game Fischer-Spassky, Fischer played Furman's 14.Bb5. May-20-08    fromoort: <2021>Neil McDonald says that Fischer's move has been refuted by Geller's Qb7! See McDonald's book "Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined." May-20-08    littlefermat: <fromoort> Here is the game. Timman vs Geller, 1973

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