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Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 (A88)
1 d4 f5 2 c4 Nf6 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 O-O 6 O-O d6
7 Nc3 c6

Number of games in database: 1790
Years covered: 1928 to 2023
Overall record:
   White wins 36.4%
   Black wins 30.2%
   Draws 33.4%

Popularity graph, by decade

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Ivan Farago  12 games
Boris Gelfand  9 games
Jan Smejkal  7 games
Pavel Potapov  29 games
Vladimir Malaniuk  21 games
Valeri Beim  19 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Kramnik vs Nakamura, 2010
Karpov vs Yusupov, 1989
The World vs G Timmerman, 2007
S Brzozka vs Bronstein, 1963
Gelfand vs Nakamura, 2012
T Franke vs A Graf, 2006
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 page 1 of 72; games 1-25 of 1,790  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Blas vs Kletchinski 1-0221928WarsawA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
2. Szabo vs W Hasenfuss 1-0471939KemeriA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
3. J Bolbochan vs F Apsenieks  1-0711939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-AA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
4. A Bozic vs Kostic  0-1381949Yugoslav ChampionshipA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
5. G Stoltz vs Kostic  1-0371950BledA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
6. S Nedeljkovic vs A Fuderer  1-0651951Yugoslav Championship 1950A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
7. E Keller-Herrmann vs Bogoljubov  ½-½481951DortmundA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
8. Z Milev vs V Urseanu  ½-½261951Bucharest GMT 2ndA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
9. A Fuderer vs D Dimc  ½-½181953Yugoslav ChampionshipA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
10. Pirc vs A Fuderer  1-0561954Yugoslav Championship playoffA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
11. F de Carvalho vs J Munoz Izcua  ½-½321954MontevideoA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
12. Lisitsin vs Lutikov 0-1391955URS-ch sf LeningradA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
13. V Tarasov vs Vasiukov  ½-½281956URS-ch sf KharkivA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
14. Simagin vs A Khasin  1-0381956Moscow ChampionshipA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
15. A Zamikhovsky vs G Borisenko  ½-½471956URS-ch sf KharkivA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
16. Averbakh vs A Khasin 1-0501956USSR ChampionshipA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
17. Polugaevsky vs H Liebert 0-1431956UpsalaA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
18. H Juettler vs H Liebert  1-0261956GDR ChampionshipA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
19. J Dolezal vs L Alster  1-0391956Czechoslovak ChampionshipA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
20. N Novotelnov vs A Khasin  1-0811956URS-ch sf LeningradA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
21. M S Abroshin vs H Liebert  ½-½291957URS-GER corr5761A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
22. I Johannsson vs G Palmason  1-0441957ReykjavikA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
23. E Lazarev vs Y Nikolaevsky  0-1421957Ukrainian ChampionshipA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
24. A Kostiuchenko vs A Zamikhovsky  ½-½401957Ukrainian ChampionshipA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
25. P Bates vs A Jongsma  0-1521957World Junior ChampionshipA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-17-02  emuvdi: a marvelous site for an enthusiast of chess!Wonderful!
Apr-17-02  Webmaster: Many thanks. Be sure to tell your chess friends!
Mar-28-04  ruylopez900: One question...has "Webmaster" been replaced by the username chessgames.com?
Apr-26-04  Calli: Like Mig says, should we rename this the St. Petersburg variation now?
Mar-14-06  blingice: <ruy> Yes. I love how some people wander the site, make a random comment about wanting to play on a random game, or about how great <CG.com> is, and then never come back. Whatever. Back to the opening, I'm sure it's one of the most bizarre ones I have seen with an ECO. A white fianchetto, directly across from a black fianchetto-type thing, but with a flared pawn wall. White has opened up a huge fissure in his pawns, with little support for the d-pawn. The black pawns are even weirder, in a formation like


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I can't imagine playing an endgame with them.

It's also interesting to see <CG.com> in it's desperate starting phase. ;)

Feb-25-09  WhiteRook48: why not 2. Bg5?

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