page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 434  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Flohr vs Nimzowitsch   0-1 64 1931 Bled E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 2. Flohr vs Milner-Barry 1-0 25 1932 London E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 3. Milner-Barry vs Menchik 0-1 31 1932 Cambridge E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 4. Flohr vs C H Alexander ½-½ 69 1932 Hastings 3233 E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. Sultan Khan vs Milner-Barry 1-0 56 1932 Cambridge E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 6. Lilienthal vs Milner-Barry   1-0 30 1933 Hastings ENG E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 7. Lilienthal vs Milner-Barry 1-0 30 1933 Hastings 3334 E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 8. Capablanca vs Milner-Barry 1-0 51 1934 Hastings E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 9. Chodera vs Pelikan   1-0 41 1934 Kautsky mem 9th E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 10. Stoltz vs Nimzowitsch   0-1 50 1934 Nordisk Skakforbund E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 11. Alekhine vs Makarczyk / Najdorf   ½-½ 48 1935 Warsaw E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 12. Euwe vs Alekhine ½-½ 18 1935 Alekhine-Euwe World Championship Match E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 13. Flohr vs P Romanovsky   1-0 69 1935 Moscow (Russia) E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 14. S Belavenets vs Ragozin 1-0 39 1935 Ch URS E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 15. Reshevsky vs Milner-Barry   ½-½ 61 1935 Margate E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 16. V Mikenas vs Tartakower   0-1 42 1935 Lodz E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 17. Spielmann vs P Romanovsky   1-0 76 1935 Moscow Intl Tt E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 18. Keres vs Alekhine 0-1 75 1936 Dresden E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 19. Fine vs A Becker   1-0 42 1936 7, Zandvoort it NED E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 20. G Van Doesburgh vs Tartakower   ½-½ 33 1936 7, Zandvoort it NED E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 21. Feigin vs Alekhine 0-1 95 1936 Hastings E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 22. Lasker vs Alekhine ½-½ 18 1936 Nottingham E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 23. Botvinnik vs Eliskases   ½-½ 57 1936 Russia E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 24. Botvinnik vs Kan   1-0 40 1936 Russia E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 25. Lilienthal vs Eliskases   ½-½ 61 1936 RUS E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical  page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 434    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Secrets of Opening Surprises

Dec-04-03    refutor: i imagine the popularity of this line has dropped immensely because modern players aren't so quick to block their c-pawn in queen's pawn openings? Dec-04-03    Benjamin Lau: Yes, that's probably one big reason. The main exception to this rule though in the Nimzo Indian (when it is OK to block your c-pawn) is when your opponent plays 4. Qb3. Then modern theory suggests 4...Nc6 to protect the bishop instead of 4...c5, which gives black a problematic backward pawn. But in spite of this, ...c5 is still the more common move and even Reuben Fine who condemned ...c5 in his book Ideas Behind the Chess Openings played it occasionally so it's probably not that much worse. Dec-25-04    bensoni: Also, remember that a many players are not getting to this position via the specified move order anymore. Benjamin, Yermolinsky among others are getting here via the Black Knights Tango, e.g., 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Qc2 Bb4 or 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 d6 and so on, instead of a move order involving 4...Nc6. Aug-20-05    Dudley: This is the line featured in a repertoire book Chess Openings for Black Explained by Alburt, Dzindzichashvili, etc. The idea seems to be to choose similar lines to the Bogo Indian which is the sister opening in case of 3. Nf3.

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