page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 209  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Montgomerie vs C H Alexander   1-0 48 1937 7th olm final E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 2. Reshevsky vs Levenfish ½-½ 35 1939 Leningrad (Russia) E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 3. S Landau vs Szabo   ½-½ 22 1939 Amsterdam KNSB ;HCL 33 E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 4. S Landau vs Flohr 1-0 35 1939 Bournemouth E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 5. G Kramer vs K Forster   ½-½ 53 1946 US Open Premier Reserves E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 6. Szabo vs F Van Seters 1-0 26 1947 Hilversum E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 7. E Gereben vs C Kottnauer   ½-½ 51 1948 Bad Gastein E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 8. Szabo vs Larry Evans   1-0 53 1949 Hastings E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 9. I Koenig vs Euwe 0-1 75 1949 Hastings 4950 E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 10. Bronstein vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 23 1950 Cm ( f ) E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 11. Alatortsev vs Petrosian   ½-½ 23 1950 Ch URS E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 12. T Van Scheltinga vs J H Donner   ½-½ 55 1950 Amsterdam E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 13. Reshevsky vs Gligoric   ½-½ 28 1950 USA-JUG radio corr E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 14. Gligoric vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 45 1950 YUG-USA m radio E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 15. Pirc vs Golombek   1-0 53 1950 Staunton mem E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 16. Bondarevsky vs Sokolsky   ½-½ 47 1950 18th USSR Championship E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 17. Bronstein vs Aarland   ½-½ 25 1951 Ch URS E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 18. Novotelnov vs Smyslov 1-0 43 1951 Ch URS, Moscow E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 19. Gligoric vs Golombek   1-0 47 1951 Hastings Christmas -52 E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 20. G Abrahams vs D Hooper   1-0 35 1951 Hastings Christmas -52 E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 21. Benko vs Lokvenc   ½-½ 89 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 22. Bannik vs Petrosian 1-0 30 1951 URS-chT E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 23. Bronstein vs O Moiseev   ½-½ 25 1951 Moscow ch-URS E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 24. T A Petrosian vs Tolush   0-1 39 1951 URS Team Ch E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 25. Najdorf vs Reshevsky 1-0 41 1952 ? E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 209    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jun-14-08    Alphastar: It's odd that the winning percentage is so much in white's favor, yet the position is almost symmetrical. Jun-14-08    cuendillar: Remember that it is not this <position> scoring so well for white, but this <ECO code>. Some of black's main replys have their own ECO, removing those games from the data summarized above.

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