page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 161  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. W Schelfhout vs Euwe   0-1 53 1925 Amsterdam E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 2. Botvinnik vs Alatortsev 1-0 27 1931 USSR Championship E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 3. Menchik vs G A Thomas 1-0 24 1932 London E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 4. E Reinhardt vs H Heinicke   0-1 35 1932 Hamburg-Altona GER E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 5. Alekhine vs Ridlington+3 players   ½-½ 54 1933 Hong Kong E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 6. Alekhine vs Paul BW   1-0 54 1933 Hong Kong E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 7. Rellstab vs Carls   1-0 50 1933 Bad Aachen E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 8. G Weissgerber vs Carls   1-0 36 1933 Bad Aachen E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 9. I Rabinovich vs M Yudovich Sr.   1-0 37 1933 USSR Championship E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 10. V Mikenas vs Tartakower   ½-½ 51 1935 Poland E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 11. Capablanca vs Menchik 1-0 32 1935 Moscow E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 12. V Makogonov vs Bondarevsky   1-0 27 1937 URS-ch10 E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 13. T Regedzinski vs Pelikan   1-0 38 1937 7th olm final E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 14. Euwe vs Pirc   ½-½ 40 1938 Hastings 1938/39 E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 15. Bondarevsky vs Smyslov 1-0 26 1939 Leningrad/Moscow training E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 16. P N Wallis vs Euwe 0-1 29 1939 Bournemouth E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 17. S Belavenets vs I Pogrebissky   1-0 50 1939 USSR Championship E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 18. M Czerniak vs J Traian Iliesco   1-0 43 1940 Buenos Aires ARG E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 19. J Vinuesa vs M Czerniak   ½-½ 56 1941 Mar del Plata E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 20. T P Possi vs Najdorf   0-1 26 1945 Vina del Mar ;HCL 41 E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 21. Jacobo Bolbochan vs J Traian Iliesco   1-0 42 1946 Mar del Plata ARG E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 22. R Sanguineti vs J Traian Iliesco 0-1 61 1946 Mar del Plata ARG E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 23. Jacobo Bolbochan vs Euwe 0-1 35 1947 Mar del Plata E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 24. S Baron vs H Steiner   0-1 72 1948 49th US Open E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 25. O Garcia Vera vs M Czerniak   0-1 44 1949 Rosario ARG E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 161    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Nov-23-03    mprchess: Check out the percentages! Amazing! Nov-23-03    PinkPanther: Probably the only legitimate contribution Saemisch ever made to the game, seeing as how the Saemisch variation of the Nimzo Indian isn't viewed as being too respectable anymore. Nov-23-03    Sneaky: My favorite lines in the Samisch Attack are ones where the center becomes blocked, White castles long, and both sides initiate pawn storms on each other's position. I learned a lot about chess playing this opening, when it dawned on me that White can be slightly better off because he hasn't pushed his a or b pawns, while Black has played the weakening ...g6 move. Of course I was told for years that pushing pawns in front of one's king (or anywhere for that matter) incurs serious weaknesses, but it never really hit home until I started to conduct pawn storms with f3, g4, h4, and h5, tearing holes in the enemy position. Meanwhile Black can push a pawn to b3; but that's met with a3, or he can push a pawn to a3, but that's met with b3. In summary: Flat pawns = safe pawns. Fianchetto = taking your life into your own hands. Nov-23-03    Sneaky: <Probably the only legitimate contribution Saemisch ever made to the game> That's not true at all; he was a prominent opening theoretician. Don't think that player's contributions stop at the openings named in their honor. I can't site an example off the top of my head but I've read in more than one opening book "such-and-such a move was an idea of Saemisch..." Mar-27-04    morphyvsfischer: <Sneaky and anyone else who cares> I find this funny: As you know, Fischer often played KID, but despised the Sicilian Dragon because of the 'pry open the h file, sac sac mate!' assesment. However, White, in the Saemich, can play pretty much the same way, with more space, and an advantage with a locked up Qside! The ultimate irony in chess... Sep-21-06    BaranDuin: Not really, in the yuguslav attack white has already developped his white square bishop, which usually stays at home for a long time in this line.

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