page 1 of 62; games 1-25 of 1,539  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Teichmann vs Blackburne   ½-½ 18 1905 Ostend D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 2. Marshall vs Janowski   1-0 62 1907 Belgium D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 3. Marshall vs Schlechter 1-0 29 1907 Ostend D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 4. Rubinstein vs S Von Freymann 1-0 16 1909 St.Petersburg D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 5. Levenfish vs Teichmann   ½-½ 47 1911 Karlsbad D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 6. B Koch vs K Helling   0-1 44 1928 It BSG D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 7. Kupchik vs Rubinstein   ½-½ 27 1928 Exhibition Game D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 8. Kupchik vs Rubinstein   ½-½ 67 1928 Exhibition Game D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 9. Botvinnik vs Y Vilner   ½-½ 45 1930 Leningrad ch-city D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 10. Flohr vs Gruenfeld   ½-½ 22 1933 Olympiad D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 11. S Rosselli del Turco vs Gruenfeld   1-0 37 1933 Olympiad D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 12. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine ½-½ 58 1934 Alekhine-Bogoljubov World Championship Rematch D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 13. Gruenfeld vs Flohr   ½-½ 20 1935 Olympiad D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 14. Dake vs Eliskases   ½-½ 17 1935 Olympiad D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 15. Bogoljubov vs Fine ½-½ 55 1936 9, Zandvoort it NED D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 16. Reshevsky vs Vidmar 1-0 26 1936 Nottingham D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 17. Kevitz vs M L Hanauer   ½-½ 81 1936 USA ch D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 18. Flohr vs Alekhine   ½-½ 27 1937 Kemeri D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 19. Eliskases vs Reshevsky   0-1 41 1937 Semmering D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 20. Flohr vs Fine   ½-½ 30 1937 Semmering D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 21. Reshevsky vs V Petrov   1-0 55 1937 Semmering D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 22. Botvinnik vs Keres   ½-½ 41 1941 match-tournament D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 23. H Kramer vs Euwe   ½-½ 14 1941 NLD m ;HCL 28 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 24. P Frydman vs Najdorf   ½-½ 19 1941 Buenos Aires Circulo ;HCL 25 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 25. G Pfeiffer vs W Ernst   ½-½ 45 1941 GER-ch D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical  page 1 of 62; games 1-25 of 1,539    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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May-01-04    chessplayermatthew: why is the popularety so high on this Sep-02-04    krullichka: Im having some problems playing d27 with white. I played about 100 games against Fritz 8 and I won only once and draw about 10 times. I studied Gligoric and Botvinik (against Petrosjan 1963 games and still didnt find whats the best after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 cd4 9.Rfd1 Be7 10.ed4 0-0 11.Nc3 Nfd5 12.Bd3 Ncb4 13.Bb1 b6 (- that line played Portisch but he played 14...Bd7 which I think isnt so good as Fritz 14....Bb7). Now I have several continuings as 14.Ne5,14.a5,etc but afther 14.a5 Fritz play 14...Bb7 and i have nothing my bishop on b1 isnt so strong and after 14.Ra3 i still dont have attack. Sep-02-04    Lawrence: Hi <krullichka>, welcome back. Don't you put Fritz on "infinite analysis" so it can pick out a good strong line for you? Sep-03-04    krullichka: Hi Lawrence! The only thing it does it shoes Sep-03-04    Lawrence: <krullichka>, there's a line that says "Fritz 8" in green, then the space that shows you which move it is considering at the moment, then "Stop" in red, then a "+" and a "-" sign. If you click on the "+" sign you get more candidate moves, and can choose the one you like the most. I always just choose the first one--but give the machine at least 3 minutes to think about it. Is this what you are doing? Mar-31-05    Hesam7: Kramnik with white has really good scores in this line: +11 -4 =21 Apr-01-05    An Englishman: Good Evening: Here's one reason why this line is popular: Alekhine vs Book, 1938 It's hard not to be excited by a game like this. Apr-02-05    abujabishop: In this opening is it always mandatory for white to play 3.Nf3 because in some of the games i played using this opening black replies this move with 3....Bb4 pinning my knight and eventually taking it! Nov-26-05    Eric Schiller: My review of Rizzitano's fine new book on the QGA is up at www.chesscountry.com, in case anyone is interested.

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