Morphy had a strong distaste for the "uninteresting" Sicilian McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834   (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 46 moves, 1-0 Capablanca isn't sold on this Slav Defense Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910   (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 71 moves, 1-0 Teichmann scoffs at the Benoni Defense Steinitz vs Tinsley, 1895   (A57) Benko Gambit, 42 moves, 1-0 Capa sees the Sveshnikov, at best, a surprise opening Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910   (B33) Sicilian, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2 Alekhine discounts the e5 push in the Winawer A Speijer vs Alekhine, 1910   (C15) French, Winawer, 48 moves, 0-1 Alekhine has White doomed in Gruenfeld Exchange Vidmar vs Alekhine, 1936  (D85) Grunfeld, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2 Tarrasch doesn't buy 3...a6 in the Ruy Lopez Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1896   (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0 7 games