page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 257  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Norman vs R P Michell   0-1 48 1923 Hastings 2324 E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 2. G Norman vs Yates   0-1 38 1927 Hastings 2728 E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 3. Kmoch vs Capablanca ½-½ 37 1928 2, Budapest E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 4. Samisch vs K Engel 1-0 25 1928 Bruenn E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 5. Samisch vs Reti 1-0 69 1928 Dortmund E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 6. P F Johner vs Ahues   0-1 41 1928 It Cafe Koenig E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 7. Samisch vs Gruenfeld   ½-½ 43 1928 It Cafe Koenig E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 8. Alekhine vs M Fox 1-0 90 1929 Bradley Beach (02) E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 9. Samisch vs Gruenfeld 1-0 48 1929 It E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 10. Samisch vs Capablanca 1-0 62 1929 Karlsbad E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 11. Samisch vs Yates   ½-½ 48 1929 Karlsbad E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 12. Noteboom vs A Gibaud   1-0 33 1929 Ramsgate-B E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 13. Kmoch vs J Araiza Munoz   ½-½ 29 1930 San Remo E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 14. Samisch vs Kmoch 1-0 35 1930 Hamburg E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 15. Samisch vs Colle 0-1 22 1930 Frankfurt GER E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 16. Samisch vs P M List   ½-½ 31 1930 Frankfurt GER E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 17. Samisch vs E Andersen   1-0 38 1930 Swinemuende GER E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 18. H Taubmann vs Sultan Khan   0-1 34 1930 Hamburg ol (Men) E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 19. Alekhine / Monosson vs Flohr / B Reilly   1-0 21 1931 Nice consult (06) E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 20. Rellstab vs P M List   1-0 52 1932 Swinemuende GER E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 21. Alekhine vs Eliskases ½-½ 67 1933 Hastings (07) E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 22. W Winter vs Sultan Khan 1-0 48 1933 Hastings E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 23. Euwe vs Bogoljubov 1-0 65 1934 Zurich E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 24. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov ½-½ 66 1934 Alekhine-Bogoljubov World Championship Rematch E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 25. Lilienthal vs Eliskases 1-0 43 1934 Ujpest E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 257    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Feb-06-03    Bears092: fun little miniature... 5...Ne4 6. Qc2 Qh4?? 7. g3 Qg4 8. f3 Oct-23-03    Helloween: 5...c5 is the line that makes this one very tough to play effectively as White. Black has much better pawns and is ahead in development. Nov-17-05    blingice: OMG, I drew Little Chess Partner w/ this opening. May-13-06    WTHarvey: Here are 10 traps 'n zaps in the E24 Saemisch Nimzo-Indian: http://www.wtharvey.com/e24.html May-13-06    tpstar: <WTHarvey> Great puzzles! Thanks for the link. A few typos: 1c) Scheffner-Oeljeklaus - no White Queen (presumably Qd1) 2c) Perez-Vallejo-Pons - Bf3+ (not Bf6+) 2e) Schmehl-Schmidt - Qd6+ (add check) For 2d) Biro-Bokros please consider adding the continuation Qxf3 Nf4+ to fully explain the solution. May-21-06    WTHarvey: <tpstar> Thanks! I'll try to be much more careful in the future. May-18-08    holland oats: I love playing the black side of the Nimzo-Indian, especially in blitz games. Its very solid, and its easy to get in some tactical fireworks if white slips up. Check out this trappy E24 blitz game I played as black...it serves as another example of why not to accept the double rook sacrifice! 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 d6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.O-O Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nh5! 12.Bxh7? Qg5+ 13.Kh1 Qh4? 14.Qe4 Nf4?! 15.Qxa8+ Ke7 16. Qxh8?? Qh3! 17.Rg1 Qxf3+ 18.Rg2 Qxg2# Jul-24-08    Alphastar: I play this as white with excellent results. Jul-24-08    jaybugg13: Seems like a nicely balanced opening, wonder why it's not played at high levels much anymore? Jul-24-08    Alphastar: <jaybugg13> because the antidote has been worked out - see line E25.

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