page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 418  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Minckwitz vs Winawer   0-1 45 1870 Baden-Baden E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 2. Steinitz vs J Mortimer 1-0 37 1883 Tnmt, London E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 3. Maroczy vs Chigorin   1-0 33 1905 Ostend E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 4. Bogoljubov vs Colle   1-0 34 1931 Bled E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 5. K Helling vs Ahues   1-0 53 1931 27. DSB Kongress E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6. L Engels vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 27 1936 Dresden E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 7. Reshevsky vs Tartakower   ½-½ 51 1937 Kemeri E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 8. Eliskases vs Gilg   ½-½ 36 1937 11 E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 9. I Appel vs Pirc 0-1 25 1938 Lodz E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 10. I Rabinovich vs Goglidze   1-0 23 1939 Leningrad/Moscow E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 11. M Stolberg vs Botvinnik 0-1 41 1940 Moscow ch-URS E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 12. E Weinitschke vs H Muller   ½-½ 52 1941 GER-ch E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 13. E Weinitschke vs H Kranki   ½-½ 63 1941 GER-ch E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 14. K Rahn vs H Kranki   1-0 36 1941 GER-ch E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 15. K Junge vs Oeser   1-0 76 1942 Dresden E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 16. Sajtar vs K Prucha   ½-½ 41 1943 UJCS-17.Kongress E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 17. V Stulik vs Sajtar   0-1 46 1943 Zlin E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 18. C Kottnauer vs J Holas   1-0 30 1943 Zlin E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 19. Najdorf vs R Garcia-Vera   1-0 25 1944 Mar del Plata ;HCL 25 E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 20. V Saigin vs Ufimtsev   ½-½ 56 1945 Ch URS (1/2 final) E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 21. R Sanguineti vs A Maccioni   1-0 44 1946 Mar del Plata ARG E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 22. R Garcia-Vera vs Letelier   1-0 38 1946 Mar del Plata ARG E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 23. Bondarevsky vs Levenfish   1-0 65 1947 Ch URS E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 24. Tolush vs Ragozin   1-0 34 1947 Ch URS E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 25. Szabo vs E Foerder   ½-½ 35 1947 Hilversum zt E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 418    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Secrets of Opening Surprises

May-23-05    azaris: Let's play "Refute the Variation": After 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5?!, what should White play to achieve advantage? Sep-24-05    Bartleby: You'll pardon the four-month delay in response, won't you azaris? Anyway, without looking at a book or on the internet or on this site, my instinct vouches for the simple 7) Nf3. Then it seems like the obvious attempt to increase pressure, 7) ... Ne4, fails to 8) Qc2 Nxc3 9) bxc3 Ba5 10) O-O when a space gaining c4 or e4 is coming up, with the two bishops I might add. Then I looked at 7) ... c5, which seems to be refuted by 8) Bd2! when black's queen is hanging. 8) ... Bxc3 9) bxc3 and black has nothing. White will castle with a fine game. Jun-01-09    Amarande: As this variation has had little discussion, here's a major talking point: What advantage, if any, does Black hope to derive by playing 5 ... d5 here? After going out of his way to avoid the Queen's Gambit by playing the Nimzo in the first place, Black essentially transposes straight back into it - in a position where, moreover, it seems he stood to gain a static long-term positional advantage by instead playing 5 ... c5, or 5 ... Bxc3+ followed by 6 ... c5, then taking advantage of the weak pawn at c4. Perhaps there is a slight psychological purpose to transposing this way sometimes, but is there a practical one? Especially as the QGD normally tends to have "significant White advantage" written all over it? Jun-01-09    Sneaky: It seems to me that after ...d5 the position is very reminiscent of the Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation (D38) except that the White dark square bishop is caught behind the pawn chain, instead of on Bg5 where it seems to be serving more of a purpose. Jun-01-09    WhiteRook48: interesting that the first three notable games where White wins are all against Tal.

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