page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 350  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E R Lundin vs Fine 0-1 29 1937 Stockholm it, SWE E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 2. S Landau vs Pirc   0-1 66 1938 Hastings E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 3. Szabo vs E Melngailis   1-0 61 1939 Kemeri E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 4. Menchik vs Graf-Stevenson 1-0 74 1939 Buenos Aires olw E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 5. Alatortsev vs Levenfish   ½-½ 51 1940 Leningrad (Russia) E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 6. Lilienthal vs Boleslavsky   0-1 39 1942 10 Kuibyshev ,HCL 32 E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 7. Ravinsky vs Ragozin   0-1 40 1942 Ch Moscow E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 8. B Ratner vs Ragozin   ½-½ 58 1945 Ch URS E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 9. Kotov vs Estrin ½-½ 37 1946 Ch Moscow E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 10. Lilienthal vs Averbakh ½-½ 28 1946 RUS E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 11. Smyslov vs Averbakh 1-0 68 1946 Moscow E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 12. Pachman vs Ragozin   ½-½ 57 1947 RUS E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 13. Levenfish vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 33 1948 Ch URS E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 14. Levenfish vs Taimanov   1-0 40 1948 Ch URS E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 15. Ragozin vs Bondarevsky   0-1 64 1948 Ch URS E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 16. Taimanov vs Tolush   0-1 37 1948 Moscow E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 17. Levenfish vs Bondarevsky   1-0 34 1948 USSR Championship E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 18. Kotov vs T Florian   1-0 36 1949 Match \\ E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 19. Levenfish vs Taimanov   ½-½ 43 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final) E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 20. Levenfish vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 40 1949 Ch URS E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 21. Ragozin vs Szabo   0-1 41 1949 Budapest (Hungary) E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 22. Ragozin vs Smyslov 0-1 41 1949 Ch URS E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 23. H Opsahl vs H Lambert   0-1 52 1950 Dubrovnik olm E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 24. Boleslavsky vs Averbakh   1-0 32 1950 Moscow E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 25. Tolush vs Sokolsky   1-0 40 1950 18th USSR Championship E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 350    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Secrets of Opening Surprises

Mar-31-05    dac1990: Opening question, or debate: after 7.0-0, which is better, 7. ...Nc6, or 7. ...dxc4? I'm trying to add the Nimzo to my repetoire, but I don't know which to use, and what kind of game both lead to. Mar-31-05    Helloween: It depends on what type of middlegame position you are aiming for. 7...dxc4 followed by 8...Nbd7 leads to more open positions, Black often playing b7-b6 and fianchettoing his Light Bishop or putting it on e6 - Kramnik vs Anand, 2001 7...Nc6 is the ultimate main line which leads to more closed positions with the centre often blocked. The Light Bishop often goes on f5. White has more choices in this line, especially at move 11, and if he can can open the position he will usually have a big advantage as in Kramnik vs Tiviakov, 2001. Here is an example of Black exploiting the closed centre in this line - Cherepkov vs Tseshkovsky, 1968. Notice the ineffectiveness of White's Dark Bishop locked behind the pawn chain. Here is an example of Black exploiting the closed centre in this line. Notice the ineffectiveness of White's Dark Bishop locked behind the pawn chain.

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