page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 151  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Letelier vs Pelikan   0-1 81 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) fin-A E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 2. W Sandifort vs C Kottnauer   0-1 49 1946 It II E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 3. T Van Den Tol vs P H Pruyt   0-1 88 1946 NED-ch prelim II E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 4. I Nei vs Petrosian 0-1 28 1946 URS-ch U18 E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 5. M Luckis vs H Rossetto   ½-½ 76 1947 Mar del Plata ARG E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 6. H Rossetto vs J Traian Iliesco   1-0 36 1947 Mar del Plata ARG E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 7. Stahlberg vs R Sanguineti   1-0 33 1947 Mar del Plata ARG E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 8. M Luckis vs J Traian Iliesco   ½-½ 91 1947 Mar del Plata ARG E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 9. H Kramer vs T Van Scheltinga   0-1 45 1948 Beverwijk NED E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 10. K Makarczyk vs W Pietzsch   ½-½ 34 1951 Bucharest GMT 2nd E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 11. J H Donner vs Gligoric   ½-½ 45 1951 Bad Pyrmont zt E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 12. Gligoric vs A Fuderer   ½-½ 33 1951 YUG-ch 7th E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 13. B Tot vs Kindij   1-0 62 1951 YUG-ch 7th E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 14. D Andric vs Janosevic   ½-½ 43 1952 Belgrade E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 15. E Cobo Arteaga vs Gligoric   0-1 47 1952 Havana E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 16. Reshevsky vs Gligoric 1-0 42 1952 New York m E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 17. Lokvenc vs E Paoli   ½-½ 41 1952 ITA-AUT m E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 18. A Beni vs E Paoli   0-1 74 1952 Vienna 5253 E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 19. E German vs F Olafsson   1-0 40 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 20. Ojanen vs Najdorf   0-1 59 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 21. B Rabar vs W Pietzsch   1-0 30 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 22. T Florian vs C Kottnauer   ½-½ 40 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 23. H Rossetto vs J A Fred   1-0 61 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 24. Teschner vs Reshevsky   0-1 38 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 25. E Cobo Arteaga vs J H Donner   0-1 40 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 151    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Feb-19-03    ksadler: I played a game last night that went 8. Re1 exd4...what is wrong with this move for Black? Feb-19-03    Spitecheck: Keene in his book written in the late 70s says the move PxP (LOL Descriptive) is premature, and gives White far too much freedom. In my eyes, a devotee of the Nbd7 KIDs, the move goes against the general principles of the King's Indian, Black lets White set up a centre so he can slash and burn it later with his well positioned pieces. But in this case he frees the position for the white pieces without fixing any White weakness. True Black has few weaknesses, but White will throw all the punches from now on. Having said that it's not so bad to be classified as a blunder, and Black effectively brings his devil on g7 into the game, atleast in the drier positional sense rather than the tactical one all Black players crave. Feb-20-03    ksadler: Thanks SpiteCheck, I suppose that was the reason for it, to free the diagonal for the Bishop. I understand that it's not a blunder, but you correctly interpreted my question as "why do no 2400+ players play this" :)

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