page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 390  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Rubinstein vs I Rabinovich 0-1 32 1925 Moscow International Tournament E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 2. Rubinstein vs Kashdan   ½-½ 22 1930 Hamburg E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 3. Rubinstein vs S Landau 1-0 45 1930 Match E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 4. S Landau vs J Rejfir   1-0 38 1930 Hamburg ol (Men) E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 5. Euwe vs Capablanca ½-½ 26 1931 Amsterdam E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 6. S Erdelyi vs Sultan Khan   0-1 45 1931 Prague ol (Men) E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 7. G A Thomas vs C H Alexander   ½-½ 37 1936 Nottingham E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 8. Eliskases vs Kan   ½-½ 61 1936 07 E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 9. Eliskases vs Lilienthal ½-½ 27 1936 14 E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 10. J Kubanek vs Gilg   ½-½ 17 1936 UJCS-14.Kongress E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 11. V Petrov vs Tartakower   ½-½ 32 1937 Kemeri E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 12. Eliskases vs Spielmann   ½-½ 52 1937 Match E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 13. Eliskases vs Gilg   0-1 32 1938 Bad Elster E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 14. S Landau vs Spielmann   1-0 41 1938 Noordwijk aan Zee E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 15. Reshevsky vs Kan   ½-½ 31 1939 Leningrad/Moscow E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 16. Reshevsky vs Seidman   ½-½ 65 1940 USA-ch E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 17. Kashdan vs M L Hanauer 1-0 71 1940 USA Ch E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 18. Bogoljubov vs Keres   0-1 40 1943 Salzburg (Austria) E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 19. Botvinnik vs Ragozin   1-0 41 1943 Sverdlovsk E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 20. Lilienthal vs Kotov 1-0 43 1945 Ch URS E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 21. Ragozin vs Seidman   1-0 49 1945 USA-USSR Radio-match E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 22. Botvinnik vs O'Kelly 1-0 36 1946 Groningen E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 23. Euwe vs O'Kelly 1-0 35 1946 Groningen E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 24. Gligoric vs Stoltz 0-1 30 1946 Treybal mem E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 25. Szabo vs K Plater   1-0 36 1947 Hilversum E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 390    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Aug-28-04    Whitehat1963: Funny that Fischer never played it. Feb-16-05    Dudley: He did play it several times but I am not sure how it got named after him considering it was played much earlier in chess history. Feb-16-05    Dudley: 4...b6 is the Fischer variation, not 5.Ne2 Feb-16-05    Joshka: Well if he played it (4...b6) where is the game?...and when? Feb-16-05    Minor Piece Activity: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Fischer mostly played it under E45. Opening systems tend to be confusing since E45 is a subset of the opening on this page. May-01-05    refutor: is 5.Ne2 the strongest line v. the Fischer variation? I've been having some trouble against it recently...can anyone recommend a good setup for White? I haven't tried it, but i imagine Ne2, f3, e4, etc.

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