page 1 of 39; games 1-25 of 952  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Euwe vs K Kullberg   1-0 37 1920 Goteborg B E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 2. P F Johner vs K Kullberg   1-0 48 1920 Goteborg B E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 3. Alekhine vs Baratz 1-0 38 1933 Paris (08) E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 4. S Landau vs A Steiner   0-1 25 1937 Kemeri E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 5. Kevitz vs Marshall 0-1 25 1937 Manhattan CC v Marshall CC E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 6. Ragozin vs Bastrikov 1-0 24 1938 Leningrad (Russia) E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 7. Alatortsev vs V A Vasiliev   1-0 34 1938 Trade Unions E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 8. Eliskases vs P F Schmidt   1-0 43 1938 Noordwijk E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 9. Reshevsky vs Fine   ½-½ 27 1939 ACF-ch E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 10. Pachman vs K Prucha   ½-½ 45 1943 Zlin E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 11. Alatortsev vs Lisitsin   0-1 53 1948 USSR Championship E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 12. Levenfish vs Lisitsin   1-0 39 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final) E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 13. Alatortsev vs A Poliak   ½-½ 20 1949 URS-ch sf E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 14. Furman vs Bannik   0-1 65 1949 URS-ch sf E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 15. F Heemskerk vs E Bykova   0-1 58 1950 Moscow, WCH Woman RUS E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 16. Alatortsev vs Averbakh   ½-½ 90 1950 URS-ch18 E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 17. Gligoric vs Eliskases ½-½ 54 1950 Mar del Plata E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 18. Petrosian vs G Ilivitsky 1-0 64 1951 Semi-Final 19th USSR Championship E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 19. Najdorf vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 37 1952 San Salvador E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 20. Szabo vs H Steiner   ½-½ 41 1952 Saltsjobaden E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 21. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 42 1953 Gagra E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 22. Botvinnik vs Kan   1-0 40 1953 Training Game E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 23. Botvinnik vs Kan   ½-½ 57 1953 Training Game E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 24. G Kluger vs J Pogats   ½-½ 20 1954 HUN-ch 10th E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 25. G Ilivitsky vs Bisguier   ½-½ 31 1955 Izt E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System  page 1 of 39; games 1-25 of 952    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jan-21-05    themindset: Well, i play this system from both sides of the board (although d4 is not a very frequent opening). But I never see 7...dxc4, nor do I play it. Does anyone have thoughts on this? Is it considered inferior? Feb-24-05    akashic: 7.dxc4 is indeed not an inferior move. After 8.Bxc4, 8.cxd4 9.exd4 an IQP position arises. After 9. b6 it is called the Karpov varation and it scores very well for black. Mar-15-05    e4Newman: i started fumbling through some caro-kann lines in the opening explorer, and i noticed e54 was listed as a possible transposition after 1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5. what's up with this? i play the nimzo and it doesn't seem possible to end up in an e3 gligoric after the line i mentioned. Dec-24-05    Jap: I love it; E54 is the Gligoric system, and he's played it 54 times! Dec-24-05    refutor: <e4newman> it is very possible. later on in the line Black plays ...cxd4 and then white plays exd4 it exchanges off black's c-pawn for white's e-pawn, similar to many lines of the panov-botwinnik (except white captures first). this is where the transposition takes place. e.g. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O 9.O-O transposes to 1.d4 nf6 2.c4 e6 3.nc3 bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.exd4

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