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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: 94
Years covered: 1927 to 2023
Overall record:
   White wins 31.9%
   Black wins 31.9%
   Draws 36.2%

Popularity graph, by decade

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Arthur Bisguier  9 games
William Martz  6 games
Mario Bertok  5 games
Robert Byrne  4 games
Orest Popovych  3 games
Heikki Westerinen  3 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
A Bisguier vs Fischer, 1956
K Darga vs R Toran, 1955
A Bisguier vs O Popovych, 1969
Stahlberg vs Stein, 1965
A Pomar vs Gligoric, 1966
J G Brogden vs Keene, 1967
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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 94  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Vukovic vs A Nogues Acuna 0-1321927London OlympiadE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
2. S Ureta vs J de Souza Mendes  0-13519283rd South American ChampionshipE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
3. G Borisenko vs Tolush ½-½471950USSR ChampionshipE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
4. M Bertok vs M Udovcic  ½-½521951Croatian ChampionshipE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
5. A Fuderer vs E Paoli  ½-½241953Yugoslavia - ItalyE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
6. Tolush vs A Usov  1-0211954Leningrad ChampionshipE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
7. K Darga vs R Toran 1-0231955EU-Cup Gr3E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
8. A Serebrisky vs Gufeld ½-½271956Ukrainian ChampionshipE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
9. A Bisguier vs Fischer 1-0331956Third Rosenwald TrophyE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
10. B Malich vs E Bauer  1-0421956East German ChampionshipE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
11. Koblents vs B Gurgenidze  0-1291956URS-ch sf TbilisiE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
12. J Jezek vs Boleslavsky ½-½231957EUR-chT (Men) 1stE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
13. L Barden vs M Blau 1-0321957Hastings 1957/58E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
14. S Dittmann vs M Farre  ½-½401958Munich Olympiad Final-AE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
15. J McCormick vs E Macskasy 0-1181960Washington-BC mE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
16. G Moehring vs W Pietzsch  0-1321960East German Championship 1959/60E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
17. R Cardoso vs A Karguer  ½-½501960Sao Paulo Zonal (Women)E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
18. Uhlmann vs W Pietzsch  1-0281961East German ChampionshipE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
19. N Karaklajic vs K Krstev  1-0671961Yugoslav ChampionshipE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
20. E Fischer vs Y Kraidman  0-1371961NetanyaE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
21. E Strelis vs J Ridzvanavicius  1-0211962Lithuania - LatviaE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
22. A Pomar vs J Penrose  ½-½221962Varna Olympiad Final-BE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
23. Benko vs R Byrne 0-158196364th US OpenE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
24. L Loeffler vs N Gaprindashvili  0-1391963Split Olympiad (Women)E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
25. Szabo vs Tal  ½-½351963MoscowE78 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  jelle: my visa card is refused by you i cant
become amember
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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