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Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line (E59)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 O-O 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5
7 O-O Nc6 8 a3 Bxc3 9 bxc3 dxc4 10 Bxc4

Number of games in database: 440
Years covered: 1936 to 2009
Overall record:
   White wins 33.2%
   Black wins 22.5%
   Draws 44.3%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Svetozar Gligoric  24 games
Efim Geller  9 games
Mark Taimanov  9 games
Boris Spassky  14 games
Aleksandar Matanovic  10 games
Frantisek Blatny  9 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1997
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966
Kramnik vs Tiviakov, 2001
O Rodriguez vs F Olafsson, 1978
M Pasman vs Tal, 1954
Ojanen vs Euwe, 1958
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 page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 440  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Stahlberg vs G Weissgerber  1-076 1936 Bad NauheimE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
2. Zagorjansky vs Belavenets 0-137 1941 MoscowE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
3. Levenfish vs Kan  ½-½40 1947 Ch URSE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
4. Benko vs Szabo  1-046 1947 Hungarian ChampionshipE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
5. Ragozin vs Tolush  0-156 1948 Ch URSE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
6. Gligoric vs Rossolimo  1-041 1949 VeniceE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
7. G Borisenko vs Averbakh  ½-½18 1950 URS-ch18E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
8. P Martin vs Julio Bolbochan  0-132 1951 Mar del Plata (Argentina)E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
9. J Nikolac vs Gligoric  ½-½48 1951 YUG-ch 7thE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
10. Boleslavsky vs P Kondratiev  ½-½41 1951 URS-ch sfE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
11. Bronstein vs Botvinnik  ½-½24 1952 USSRE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
12. Kotov vs A Matanovic 1-041 1952 Sweden iztE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
13. Szabo vs O'Kelly  ½-½28 1952 BudapestE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
14. B Rabar vs E German  ½-½40 1952 Rio de Janeiro itE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
15. O Moiseev vs Byvshev  1-034 1952 Moscow, URS ChE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
16. Bronstein vs Y Porat  1-049 1952 Helsinki olympiad prelE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
17. Bronstein vs Euwe ½-½41 1953 ZurichE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
18. Reshevsky vs Euwe  1-040 1953 SchweizE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
19. Taimanov vs Euwe 0-141 1953 SchweizE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
20. Averbakh vs Euwe  1-045 1953 ZurichE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
21. Geller vs Kotov  0-142 1953 Zurich ctE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
22. Najdorf vs Reshevsky 0-135 1953 Buenos AiresE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
23. Najdorf vs Reshevsky  1-042 1953 Buenos AiresE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
24. Reshevsky vs Najdorf  ½-½29 1953 Buenos AiresE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
25. Najdorf vs Reshevsky ½-½24 1953 SUIE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
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Dec-21-05   AlexanderMorphy: what is the continuation after 18.Ba3 in the 4. e3 rubinstein variation/main line....anyone have an idea?
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