page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 313  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alatortsev vs Ragozin 1-0 29 1936 Tournament E08 Catalan, Closed 2. Dake vs Kupchik 1-0 54 1936 USA ch E08 Catalan, Closed 3. Keres vs Pirc ½-½ 37 1938 Noordwijk (19.06.38) E08 Catalan, Closed 4. P Dubinin vs D Rovner   1-0 52 1938 URS-ch sf E08 Catalan, Closed 5. V Petrov vs H Cordova   1-0 33 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B E08 Catalan, Closed 6. E Reed Valenzuela vs E Karastoichev   1-0 34 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B E08 Catalan, Closed 7. Alekhine vs H Nowarra ½-½ 77 1941 Cracow-Warsaw E08 Catalan, Closed 8. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov 1-0 50 1941 Poland (08) E08 Catalan, Closed 9. H Rossetto vs Guimard   1-0 74 1942 ARG-ch m E08 Catalan, Closed 10. E R Lundin vs O Bernstein   0-1 53 1946 Groningen NED E08 Catalan, Closed 11. Fine vs H Steiner   ½-½ 40 1947 Los Angeles m, USA E08 Catalan, Closed 12. Keres vs Levenfish 1-0 30 1947 Leningrad ch-SU (05.03.47) E08 Catalan, Closed 13. P Martin vs Pilnik   0-1 79 1947 ARG-ch E08 Catalan, Closed 14. Najdorf vs Guimard   ½-½ 55 1948 Mar del Plata E08 Catalan, Closed 15. Szabo vs M Castillo   1-0 39 1948 Mar del Plata E08 Catalan, Closed 16. E Gereben vs Benko   ½-½ 25 1948 Bad Gastein E08 Catalan, Closed 17. L Camara vs H Rossetto   ½-½ 27 1948 Buenos Aires E08 Catalan, Closed 18. G Ilivitsky vs V Makogonov   1-0 37 1949 URS-ch sf E08 Catalan, Closed 19. Flohr vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 27 1950 Tournament (candidates) E08 Catalan, Closed 20. Simagin vs Szabo   0-1 38 1950 Schiavno Zdroj (Poland) E08 Catalan, Closed 21. Szabo vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 29 1950 Budapest E08 Catalan, Closed 22. Golombek vs Szabados   ½-½ 40 1950 Amsterdam E08 Catalan, Closed 23. Novotelnov vs Averbakh 0-1 29 1951 URS-ch19 E08 Catalan, Closed 24. Eliskases vs L Sanchez   1-0 49 1952 Saltsjobaden izt ,IZT E08 Catalan, Closed 25. J Sowinski vs Sliwa   0-1 50 1952 POL-ch10 E08 Catalan, Closed  page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 313    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Feb-15-04    Taidanii: 13.7%? >< Feb-15-04    Benjamin Lau: You can't really expect that much from a black opening Petrosian championed. :-) When you consider all the weird and sometimes dubious setups Petrosian made, you know he must have been a very strong player to not get flattened each time.

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