page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 799  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Vidmar vs Alekhine   ½-½ 17 1925 Hastings (04) E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 2. Verlinsky vs Bogoljubov 1-0 27 1925 Leningrad ch-SU (15) E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 3. Rubinstein vs B Moritz   1-0 25 1925 24. DSB Kongress E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 4. Euwe vs Colle 0-1 21 1926 Amsterdam E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 5. Rubinstein vs Ahues 1-0 31 1926 Berlin+++ E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 6. Rubinstein vs P M List 1-0 64 1926 Berlin+++ E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 7. Rubinstein vs Samisch   ½-½ 92 1926 Berlin+++ E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 8. K Havasi vs G Nagy   0-1 29 1926 Budapest E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 9. H Muller vs Balazs Sarkozy   ½-½ 66 1927 pre-A E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 10. V Vukovic vs J Szekely   1-0 50 1927 pre-B E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 11. Koltanowski vs Reti   ½-½ 32 1927 London E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 12. G A Thomas vs Marshall   0-1 30 1927 London E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 13. W Winter vs V Berger 1-0 49 1927 London E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 14. G A Thomas vs W Winter 0-1 17 1927 London E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 15. Ahues vs W Schoenmann   1-0 36 1927 25. DSB Kongress E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 16. A Cheron vs Stoltz   0-1 39 1927 1st olm final E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 17. E Jacobson vs Yates   0-1 36 1927 1st olm final E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 18. Spielmann vs A Vajda   1-0 26 1928 Budapest E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 19. A Vajda vs L Merenyi   1-0 46 1928 Budapest E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 20. Capablanca vs Marshall   ½-½ 40 1928 3, Budapest E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 21. Capablanca vs Z von Balla 1-0 38 1928 8, Budapest E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 22. Rubinstein vs Tarrasch ½-½ 30 1928 Bad Kissingen E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 23. Bogoljubov vs Samisch   ½-½ 52 1928 Dortmund (Germany) E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 24. Euwe vs Colle 1-0 40 1928 Amsterdam m1 ,HCL 28 E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 25. Koltanowski vs W Schoenmann   1-0 27 1928 den Haag E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5  page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 799    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jan-25-07    plang: In all the opening books I have 5 dc is the only response mentioned. Is 5 Nf3 unplayable? After 5..Nc6 6 e3 whites position looks solid. I would think it should at least be mentioned as an attempt to avoid mainline theory. Sep-07-07    plang: ...oe 5 e3 also looks perfectly playable. Sep-19-08    refutor: i wonder if morozevich's idea v. ponomariov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.c6?!) in Morozevich vs Ponomariov, 2008 would work after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 (6.c6?!) any masters who use this idea and are annotating their victory, remember it's "refutor" with an "r" :)

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