| Apr-12-04 | | Vischer: Fischer played this only three times and won only once... of course I don't know why the Sicilian Alapin is named after Semion. |
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| Apr-12-04 | | Benjamin Lau: It should have been named the Alekhine or the Keres variation. Alekhine was the first to come up with the idea and put it into practice against serious opponents (i.e. Rubinstein) while Keres was the first to employ it frequently. |
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| Apr-12-04 | | Vischer: <BL> u talking about the Fischer variation of nimzo, or alapin sicilian?` |
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| Apr-12-04 | | Benjamin Lau: The Fischer Variation naturally. I don't think that Keres played the Alapin Sicilian very often. Neither did Alekhine I think. |
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Dec-03-04
 | | Sneaky: So the Fischer variation is simply 4...b6, is that all? Nearly everybody I encounter on the chess servers plays it that way, sometimes preferring to castle first. |
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| Dec-26-04 | | Dillinger: It's obvious from a cursory glance that this opening was used extensively before Fischer's time, especially in the 40s and 50s. Why *is* it named after Fischer? |
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Dec-26-04
 | | An Englishman: Good Morning: Fischer won a very good game with this line vs. Portisch, Portisch vs Fischer, 1966. Note that this game is not classified as a Fischer Variation game. I agree that Fischer didn't play enough games to justify naming 4...b6 after him. I'm not sure this should be named after any one individual, since the game could go in many different directions. |
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| May-01-05 | | cuendillar: Why not name it the nimzo-queens indian? This name seem to describe the variation pretty well. |
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| May-01-05 | | russep: The nimzo and queen's indian often transpose into each other. But they are two separate defences. Black doesn't always have to fianchetto the queen's bishop. |
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| May-01-05 | | Kangaroo: I would suggest rename this after David Bronstein : he played this way against Botvinnik long before Fisher won his frist trophy in 1956 or 1957! |
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| May-01-05 | | misguidedaggression: This is the "bust" to the Rubinstein variation of the Nimzo-Indian! ;) |
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| May-02-05 | | azaris: Too bad Karpov was the 'bust' to Fischer himself! |
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| May-02-05 | | misguidedaggression: Too bad we'll never know... I also think that Karpov would have beat Fischer, but there are plenty of people who would say otherwise. |
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May-04-06
 | | WTHarvey: Here are 10 zaps and traps in Fischer Variation miniatures: http://www.wtharvey.com/e43.html |
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| Sep-26-06 | | Eliskases: After 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 b6, 5.Be2 seems to be an alternative to the main line theory in the Fischer Variation (i.e. 5.Bd3 with 6.Nf3 and 5.Nge2). I have found a relatively small amount of games with the aforementioned move, but I am looking for a different way to approach 4...b6, and I have found the main line theory unsatisfactory for White (as well as the aforementioned main line theory, I have also considered playing 5.f3 and even 5.a3, but neither suits me), so can one use 5.Be2 as a reliable alternative? |
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| Apr-06-08 | | DrGridlock: Something seems to be amiss with the ECO code for this opening. According to Wikipedia (not always a definitive source, I concede), the Fischer variation is not identified with black's move 4 ... b6, but with White's continuation 5 Ne2 (to avoid doubled pawns if black captures on c3), and black's response 5 ... Ba6. According to the Wikipedia post -
"The Fischer Variation (5.Ne2 Ba6) aims to exchange light-squared bishops after ...d5 so that Black can play on the light squares. Keres, Bronstein and Smyslov were early contributors to the theory of this line, and Fischer used it several times successfully. White may play 6.a3, which was favoured by Botvinnik and asks the bishop on b4 to clarify its intentions, or 6.Ng3, which was invented by Reshevsky and prepares e4." Further, Wikipedia gives the following Nimzo-Indian variation ECO codes: E20 - 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 (includes Romanishin Variation, 4.f3 Variation of Nimzo-Indian excluding 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+, which is covered under E25)
E21 - 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 (Kasparov Variation excluding 4...c5 5.g3, which is covered under E20)
E22 - 4.Qb3 (E22 and E23 cover the Spielmann Variation)
E23 - 4.Qb3 c5
E24 - 4.a3 (E24-E29 cover the Sämisch Variation)
E25 - 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5
E26 - 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3
E27 - 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 0-0
E28 - 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 0-0 6.e3
E29 - 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 0-0 6.e3 c5
E30 - 4.Bg5 (E30 and E31 cover the Leningrad Variation)
E31 - 4.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6
E32 - 4.Qc2 (includes 4...0-0; E32-E39 cover the Classical/Capablanca Variation)
E33 - 4.Qc2 Nc6 (Zürich/Milner-Barry Variation)
E34 - 4.Qc2 d5
E35 - 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5
E36 - 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3
E37 - 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4
E38 - 4.Qc2 c5
E39 - 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 0-0
E40 - 4.e3 (includes Taimanov Variation; E40-E59 cover the Rubinstein System)
E41 - 4.e3 c5 (includes Hübner Variation)
E42 - 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein Variation, Romanishin-Psakhis Variation via 5...b6 6.a3 Ba5)
E43 - 4.e3 b6 (includes Dutch Variation, Keres Variation)
E44 - 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 (includes American Variation, 5...Bb7 Variation)
E45 - 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 (Fischer Variation)
E46 - 4.e3 0-0 (includes Reshevsky Variation)
E47 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3
E48 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 (includes Modern Variation)
E49 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3
E50 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3
E51 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5
E52 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 b6 (Classical Fianchetto/Tal Variation)
E53 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 (includes Averbakh Variation)
E54 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 (includes Karpov Variation, Bronstein Variation, Smyslov Variation)
E55 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 (Parma Variation)
E56 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 (includes Larsen Variation)
E57 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 cxd4
E58 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 (includes Khasin Variation)
E59 - 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 (includes Main Variation) The Chessgames database seems to list the E45 ECO as the "Bronstein (Byrne)" variation, rather than the "Fischer variation." |
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| Sep-14-09 | | whiteshark: Opening of the Day
Nimzo-Indian, <Fischer Variation> [ ???? ] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 Opening Explorer E43 + E44 are mislabeled here |
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| Sep-29-10 | | rapidcitychess: This is the Bronstein variation according to Seirawan. |
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Apr-09-11
 | | Penguincw: Opening of the Day :
Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 b6 |
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| Apr-09-11 | | lost in space: I am really surprised to find Keres playing so successfully the so called Fischer Variation - so long before Fischer. And he was playing this line very successfully http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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Apr-09-11
 | | chrisowen: goods at laud isnt it an improved owens defence |
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| Mar-08-21 | | Stolzenberg: This opening was played 3 times at the tournament of St. Petersburg in 1914 (Bernstein vs Nimzowitsch, Rubinstein vs Alekhine and Janowski vs Nimzowitsch), perhaps the first time ever. So shouldn't it rather be called "Nimzo-Indian Defense, St. Petersburg Variation"? Chesstempo.com is using this name. |
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