page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 132  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Steinitz vs Showalter   1-0 29 1894 New York D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 2. Maroczy vs Charousek   1-0 34 1895 Budapest m D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 3. Pillsbury vs Showalter   0-1 53 1897 17, New York D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 4. Reggio vs Schlechter   0-1 55 1901 Monte Carlo D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 5. Janowski vs Olland   1-0 39 1902 Hanover D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 6. Leonhardt vs J Esser   1-0 45 1903 Hilversum D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 7. A Mackenzie vs W Gunston   1-0 35 1904 London D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 8. Janowski vs Von Gottschall 0-1 45 1905 Barmen Masters A, GER D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 9. Rubinstein vs O Bernstein   ½-½ 23 1912 Russian National Tournament D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 10. M Marchand vs J W Te Kolste   0-1 68 1919 NED-ch03 D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 11. M Marchand vs A Nilsson   ½-½ 36 1920 Goteborg B D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 12. Euwe vs A Larsson 1-0 48 1920 Goteborg B D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 13. Alekhine vs McArthur Dr   ½-½ 18 1923 Montreal 1of21 D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 14. Alekhine vs A West   1-0 29 1923 Portsmouth/Southsea (06) D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 15. Euwe vs Spielmann 0-1 26 1923 Maehrisch-Ostrau ;HCL 17 D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 16. A Speyer vs Spielmann   0-1 46 1923 Scheveningen D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 17. J Davidson vs Znosko-Borovsky   0-1 56 1923 Scheveningen it D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 18. Alekhine vs M Monsky   1-0 43 1924 New York 1of26 D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 19. Tarrasch vs Spielmann   ½-½ 30 1924 2, Merano D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 20. A Vajda vs L Asztalos   ½-½ 82 1925 Debrecen D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 21. Alekhine vs Yates 1-0 50 1925 Baden-Baden D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 22. Gruenfeld vs A Haida   1-0 46 1925 Marienbad D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 23. Alekhine vs F Hofhans   1-0 27 1925 Most D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 24. Samisch vs Bogoljubov 0-1 69 1925 Moscow (Russia) D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 25. Tartakower vs Znosko-Borovsky   1-0 25 1925 Paris it D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 132    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Dec-02-04    EnglishOpeningc4: And you wonder why no one plays the orthodox any more lol Oct-22-05    morphyvsfischer: It's because the orthodox is so drawish and any winning chances left rest with white. Therefore, a better way to play the QGD is the Tartakower, which is a very good defense for new players to learn against 1 d4. Apr-09-07    gambitfan: http://playchess.de/games/HCL-T341-3 Apr-11-07    gambitfan: This opening looks very boring and old fashioned... Why ? Apr-11-07    KingG: I don't know, but bizarrely a lot of people i play online actually transpose into this from a Semi-Slav, in order to avoid the Botvinnik or Moscow variations. Although in that case, i usually go for Q-side castling instead of Rc1. Apr-13-07    gambitfan: michail

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