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Larsen's Opening P-QN3 by Andrew Soltis
Compiled by willyfly
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Booklet from an article first published in Chess Digest Magazine May 1972

A 1a) 1...e5 2 Bb2 Nc6 3 e3
B Larsen vs S Garcia Martinez, 1971 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

B Larsen vs Parma, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 44 moves, 1-0

Ragozin vs V Rauzer, 1936 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 60 moves, 0-1

B Larsen vs T Ledic, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 38 moves, 1-0

A 1b) 1...e5 2 Bb2 Nc6 3 c4
I Mazel vs N Riumin, 1934 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 29 moves, 0-1

Simagin vs A Sokolsky, 1966 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 35 moves, 1-0

B Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

J Bellon Lopez vs Smejkal, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 35 moves, 0-1

B Larsen vs N Caro, 1968 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 53 moves, 1-0

Fischer vs Tukmakov, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 26 moves, 1-0

B Larsen vs Portisch, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 22 moves, 0-1

B Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

A 2) 1...e5 2 Bb2 d6
B Larsen vs D Minic, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

B Larsen vs J H Donner, 1969 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

B Larsen vs J Diez del Corral, 1968
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 48 moves, 1-0

D Sahovic vs Matulovic, 1969 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 26 moves, 0-1

A 3) 1...e5 2 Bb2 f6
A Nimzowitsch vs W Winter, 1927 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 45 moves, 0-1

B Larsen vs F Martinez Ibrahim, 1969 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

B 1) 1... d5 2 Bb2 c5 3e3
Lisitsin vs Botvinnik, 1944 
(A06) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 0-1

Fischer vs Mecking, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971 
(A04) Reti Opening, 66 moves, 0-1

Andersson vs Spassky, 1971 
(A06) Reti Opening, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Nimzowitsch vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1925  
(A06) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Simagin vs Taimanov, 1952
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 49 moves, 0-1

B 2(1) 1...d5 2...Black delays c5
Lisitsin vs Keres, 1955
(A06) Reti Opening, 54 moves, 0-1

Averbakh vs Spassky, 1956 
(A15) English, 41 moves, 0-1

Smyslov vs P Trifunovic, 1955 
(A17) English, 48 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Levenfish, 1937 
(A06) Reti Opening, 49 moves, 1-0

A Konstantinopolsky vs A Sadomsky, 1957
(A06) Reti Opening, 48 moves, 0-1

E Szabados vs Tal, 1957 
(A13) English, 25 moves, 0-1

B Larsen vs A Pomar, 1971 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

B 2 (2)
B Larsen vs Najdorf, 1968 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 0-1

B 2 (3)
B Larsen vs J Penrose, 1969 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 44 moves, 1-0

Fischer vs Filip, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 40 moves, 1-0

B 3) 1...d5 2 ...c6 or no move of the c-pawn
A Nimzowitsch vs C Ahues, 1930 
(A06) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Tartakower vs S Khan, 1931 
(A06) Reti Opening, 77 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1935 
(A13) English, 43 moves, 1-0

A Nimzowitsch vs Vidmar, 1927 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 0-1

P Romanovsky vs Botvinnik, 1931 
(A04) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Andersson vs J H Donner, 1971
(A06) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 1-0

B 3 (2)
A Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein, 1928 
(A06) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 1-0

B 4 other systems with ...d5
Gunsberg vs Tarrasch, 1914 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 0-1

C 1 Bird-type fianchetto systems
B Larsen vs Keene, 1971 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

C 2) KID variations
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1956 
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 30 moves, 1-0

A Dunkelblum vs A Matanovic, 1958
(A04) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

Polugaevsky vs Janosevic, 1968 
(A05) Reti Opening, 51 moves, 1-0

Taimanov vs Spassky, 1956 
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 57 moves, 1-0

A Planinc vs N Spiridonov, 1971
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Ragozin vs P Romanovsky, 1927 
(A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 0-1

G Kasparian vs Tolush, 1952 
(A04) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

B Larsen vs Ujtumen, 1968 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

J Bellon Lopez vs Ljubojevic, 1971
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 75 moves, 0-1

D Other Lines ...f5 ...c5 ...b6
B Larsen vs Kavalek, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

B Larsen vs I Bilek, 1969 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

I Rabinovich vs Levenfish, 1933
(A04) Reti Opening, 57 moves, 0-1

B Larsen vs J Bellon Lopez, 1971 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

B Larsen vs M Colon Romero, 1969
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

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