page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 626  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bucholz vs Bologni 0-1 32 1870 Postal E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 2. S Belavenets vs Lisitsin   ½-½ 21 1934 USSR Championship E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 3. Botvinnik vs Lisitsin   ½-½ 107 1935 Russia E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 4. P Frydman vs Marshall   ½-½ 36 1935 Warsaw E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 5. Stahlberg vs A Steiner   1-0 63 1937 Kemeri E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 6. S Vukovic vs E Steiner   0-1 50 1937 7th olm final E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 7. P Frydman vs E Steiner   ½-½ 40 1937 7th olm final E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 8. W Sandifort vs Szabo   0-1 49 1946 Zaandam E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 9. Pirc vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 41 1948 Saltsjobaden izt E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 10. Kholmov vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 31 1948 USSR Championship E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 11. Flohr vs G Barcza   ½-½ 41 1949 Budapest (Hungary) E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 12. O'Kelly vs Pachman   ½-½ 14 1949 Trencianske Teplice (Slovakia) E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 13. B H Wood vs Euwe   ½-½ 37 1949 Hastings 4950 E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 14. T Van Scheltinga vs Gligoric   0-1 31 1949 YUG-NED E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 15. Reshevsky vs Euwe   ½-½ 39 1950 Amsterdam E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 16. Flohr vs Najdorf   ½-½ 14 1950 Tournament (candidates) E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 17. Boleslavsky vs Lilienthal   1-0 42 1950 Budapest E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 18. T Van Scheltinga vs O'Kelly ½-½ 18 1950 Amsterdam E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 19. T Van Scheltinga vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 18 1950 Amsterdam (Netherlands) E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 20. Reshevsky vs Rossolimo   1-0 60 1950 Amsterdam E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 21. O'Kelly vs A Beni   ½-½ 20 1950 Dubrovnik olm E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 22. Golombek vs Pirc 0-1 27 1950 Amsterdam E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 23. Keller-Hermann vs F Heemskerk   1-0 71 1950 Moscow, WCH Woman RUS E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 24. C B Van den Berg vs Ivkov   0-1 33 1950 NED-YUG E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 25. Euwe vs Unzicker   1-0 20 1951 Dusseldorf E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation  page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 626    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jul-06-06    plang: I don't understand the appeal of the classical NI for white. He gets the two bishops but at the expense of very slow development. I have seen a lot of quick black victories.

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