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page 1 of 35; games 1-25 of 854  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C G Heydon vs J S Stanley ½-½ 54 1873 New South Wales v Victoria; Telegraph Match E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 2. P F Johner vs A Staehelin   1-0 42 1932 Berne E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 3. E R Lundin vs Fine 0-1 29 1937 Stockholm E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 4. L Laurine vs Koblents   ½-½ 30 1938 Match 1st Riga - Tallinn Chess clubs E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 5. E Eliskases vs P F Schmidt 1-0 43 1938 Noordwijk E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 6. S Landau vs Pirc   0-1 66 1939 Hastings 1938/39 E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 7. Szabo vs T Melngailis 1-0 61 1939 Kemeri E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 8. Menchik vs Graf-Stevenson 1-0 74 1939 Wch (Women) E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 9. Alatortsev vs Levenfish   ½-½ 51 1940 Match E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 10. Alatortsev vs Levenfish ½-½ 37 1940 Match E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 11. C Vlagsma vs Kmoch   ½-½ 35 1940 Kamstra Cup E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 12. Ravinsky vs Ragozin   0-1 40 1942 Moscow-ch E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 13. Lilienthal vs Boleslavsky   0-1 39 1942 Kuybyshev E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 14. Pachman vs K Prucha   ½-½ 45 1943 Zlin E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 15. B Ratner vs Ragozin   ½-½ 58 1945 USSR Championship E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 16. Lilienthal vs Averbakh ½-½ 28 1946 RUS E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 17. Smyslov vs Averbakh 1-0 68 1946 Moscow Championship E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 18. Kotov vs Estrin ½-½ 37 1946 Moscow Championship E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 19. M Raizman vs G Abrahams   0-1 51 1947 Hastings 1946/47 E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 20. G S Gudmundsson vs G Abrahams   ½-½ 20 1947 Hastings 1946/47 E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 21. Pachman vs Ragozin   ½-½ 57 1947 Moscow E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 22. Taimanov vs Tolush   ½-½ 37 1948 USSR Championship E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 23. Levenfish vs Bondarevsky 1-0 34 1948 USSR Championship E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 24. Levenfish vs Taimanov   0-1 40 1948 USSR Championship E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 25. Ragozin vs Bondarevsky   0-1 64 1948 USSR Championship E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3  page 1 of 35; games 1-25 of 854

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Mar-31-05    dac1990: Opening question, or debate: after 7.0-0, which is better, 7. ...Nc6, or 7. ...dxc4? I'm trying to add the Nimzo to my repetoire, but I don't know which to use, and what kind of game both lead to. Mar-31-05    Helloween: It depends on what type of middlegame position you are aiming for. 7...dxc4 followed by 8...Nbd7 leads to more open positions, Black often playing b7-b6 and fianchettoing his Light Bishop or putting it on e6 - Kramnik vs Anand, 2001 7...Nc6 is the ultimate main line which leads to more closed positions with the centre often blocked. The Light Bishop often goes on f5. White has more choices in this line, especially at move 11, and if he can can open the position he will usually have a big advantage as in Kramnik vs Tiviakov, 2001. Here is an example of Black exploiting the closed centre in this line - Cherepkov vs Tseshkovsky, 1968. Notice the ineffectiveness of White's Dark Bishop locked behind the pawn chain. Here is an example of Black exploiting the closed centre in this line. Notice the ineffectiveness of White's Dark Bishop locked behind the pawn chain.

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