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page 1 of 39; games 1-25 of 967  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Minckwitz vs Winawer 0-1 45 1870 Baden-Baden E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 2. Steinitz vs J Mortimer 1-0 37 1883 London E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 3. Maroczy vs Chigorin 1-0 33 1905 Ostend E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 4. H Mueller vs S Takacs   ½-½ 44 1927 Trebitsch Memorial E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 5. K Helling vs Ahues   1-0 53 1931 27th German Chess Federation Congress E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6. Bogoljubov vs Colle 1-0 34 1931 Bled E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 7. V Soultanbeieff vs W Fairhurst   ½-½ 31 1933 Folkestone Olympiad E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 8. Eliskases vs Opocensky   ½-½ 35 1935 Bad Nauheim E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 9. V Silich vs G Stepanov (Schneideman)   1-0 30 1936 Trade Unions Championship E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 10. L Engels vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 27 1936 Dresden E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 11. Jung vs Saemisch 0-1 26 1936 non-FIDE Munich Olympiad E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 12. L Steiner vs P Johner   1-0 33 1936 non-FIDE Munich Olympiad E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 13. S Landau vs Kmoch   1-0 40 1936 Amsterdam E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 14. Eliskases vs Gilg   ½-½ 36 1937 Prague E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 15. I Appel vs Pirc 0-1 25 1938 Lodz E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 16. V Tomovic vs Pirc   1-0 40 1939 YUG-ch E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 17. I Rabinovich vs V Goglidze 1-0 23 1939 Leningrad/Moscow training E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 18. J J Leary vs J W Collins   1-0 48 1939 Ventnor City E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 19. B Friend vs Yanofsky   0-1 53 1939 40th ACF Congress. Consolation E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 20. Johannes Austboe vs J Turn   1-0 32 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4 E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 21. Y Porat vs Letelier   1-0 35 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-A E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 22. Johannes Austboe vs G Arnlaugsson   0-1 34 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-B E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 23. E Reinhardt vs Prins   ½-½ 33 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-A E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 24. Johannes Austboe vs Carlos Ayala   1-0 54 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-B E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 25. M Stolberg vs Botvinnik 0-1 41 1940 USSR Championship E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5  page 1 of 39; games 1-25 of 967

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May-23-05    azaris: Let's play "Refute the Variation": After 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5?!, what should White play to achieve advantage? Sep-24-05    Bartleby: You'll pardon the four-month delay in response, won't you azaris? Anyway, without looking at a book or on the internet or on this site, my instinct vouches for the simple 7) Nf3. Then it seems like the obvious attempt to increase pressure, 7) ... Ne4, fails to 8) Qc2 Nxc3 9) bxc3 Ba5 10) O-O when a space gaining c4 or e4 is coming up, with the two bishops I might add. Then I looked at 7) ... c5, which seems to be refuted by 8) Bd2! when black's queen is hanging. 8) ... Bxc3 9) bxc3 and black has nothing. White will castle with a fine game. Jun-01-09    Amarande: As this variation has had little discussion, here's a major talking point: What advantage, if any, does Black hope to derive by playing 5 ... d5 here? After going out of his way to avoid the Queen's Gambit by playing the Nimzo in the first place, Black essentially transposes straight back into it - in a position where, moreover, it seems he stood to gain a static long-term positional advantage by instead playing 5 ... c5, or 5 ... Bxc3+ followed by 6 ... c5, then taking advantage of the weak pawn at c4. Perhaps there is a slight psychological purpose to transposing this way sometimes, but is there a practical one? Especially as the QGD normally tends to have "significant White advantage" written all over it? Jun-01-09    Sneaky: It seems to me that after ...d5 the position is very reminiscent of the Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation (D38) except that the White dark square bishop is caught behind the pawn chain, instead of on Bg5 where it seems to be serving more of a purpose. Jun-01-09    WhiteRook48: interesting that the first three notable games where White wins are all against Tal.

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