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King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3 (E78)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 f4 O-O 6 Be2 c5
7 Nf3

Number of games in database: 36
Years covered: 1927 to 2008
Overall record:
   White wins 19.4%
   Black wins 30.6%
   Draws 50.0%

Popularity graph, by decade

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Arthur Bisguier  5 games
William E Martz  3 games
Viacheslav Kulakov  3 games
Robert Eugene Byrne  3 games
 
 
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Bisguier vs Fischer, 1956
Stahlberg vs Stein, 1965
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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. V Vukovic vs A Nogues Acuna 0-132 1927 1st olm finalE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
2. G Borisenko vs Tolush  ½-½47 1950 USSR ChampionshipE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
3. A Fuderer vs E Paoli  ½-½24 1953 YUG-ITA mE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
4. K Darga vs R Toran Albero 1-023 1955 EU-Cup Gr3E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
5. Bisguier vs Fischer 1-033 1956 Third Rosenwald TrophyE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
6. Koblents vs Gurgenidze  0-129 1956 Tbilisi ½f-USSR chE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
7. L Barden vs Blau  1-032 1957 Hastings 1957/58E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
8. J Jezek vs Boleslavsky ½-½23 1957 EU-chT (Men)E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
9. S Dittmann vs M Farre  ½-½40 1958 13th olm final AE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
10. E McCormick vs E Macskasy  0-118 1960 Washington-BC mE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
11. Szabo vs Tal  ½-½35 1963 MoscowE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
12. L Loeffler vs N Gaprindashvili  0-139 1963 2nd olw finalE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
13. Benko vs R Byrne  0-158 1963 US OpenE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
14. Stahlberg vs Stein 0-136 1965 YerevanE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
15. A Pomar-Salamanca vs Gligoric  0-160 1966 La Habana ol (Men) fin-AE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
16. E Karkmazov vs V Vepkhvishvili  1-027 1966 Ch Tbilisi PupilsE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
17. Chubinizde vs V Vepkhvishvili  0-155 1966 Ch Tbilisi PupilsE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
18. J G Brogden vs Keene 0-128 1967 Inter-leagueE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
19. B H Wood vs G Speed  ½-½38 1968 BCF-chE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
20. A Pomar-Salamanca vs H Westerinen  ½-½58 1968 Palma de MallorcaE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
21. Bisguier vs R Byrne  ½-½25 1969 USAE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
22. Bisguier vs R Byrne  ½-½50 1969 San JuanE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
23. W Martz vs R Newbold  1-062 1971 Lone PineE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
24. W Martz vs Popovych  1-067 1972 US ChampionshipE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
25. W Martz vs Uddenfeldt  ½-½23 1972 Skopje ol (Men)E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-12-04  get Reti: Is this the opening with the least number of games in the database? Only 15.
Jul-12-04  PinkPanther: No. There is some variation of the Nimzo Indian that has only about 8 or so.
Jul-13-04
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Jul-13-04  Dillinger: <jelle> you should probably write an email to chess@chessgames.com
Dec-26-06  2021: <get Reti> <PinkPanther> E57 has only 13 games today.
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