page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 794  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Goglidze vs Pirc   1-0 37 1935 Moscow Intl Tt B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 2. Keres vs H Heinicke ½-½ 42 1936 Bad Nauheim (21.05.36) B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 3. V A Vasiliev vs Ragozin   0-1 40 1936 Ch Leningrad B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 4. R Charlier vs A Schwartzman   0-1 65 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 5. Panov vs O Rubtsova 1-0 31 1936 Trade Unions B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 6. Tartakower vs Rossolimo   1-0 27 1936 Paris B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 7. K Richter vs Pelikan   0-1 78 1936 Podebrady B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 8. V Gergenreder vs Moskaliev   0-1 28 1937 correspondence B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 9. P Trifunovic vs O Kavlie-Joergensen   1-0 20 1937 7th olm final B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 10. V Petrov vs J Kolski   ½-½ 39 1938 Lodz B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 11. C Corte vs J Canepa   1-0 45 1942 Mar del Plata B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 12. Prins vs P Devos   0-1 43 1945 Hastings B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 13. Chekhover vs Boleslavsky   0-1 61 1945 URS-ch14 B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 14. Averbakh vs Kotov ½-½ 69 1946 RUS B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 15. W Elm vs C Toerber   1-0 19 1946 Bad Harzburg GER B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 16. Unzicker vs W Fleischmann   1-0 39 1946 Regensburg GER B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 17. C Corte vs J Traian Iliesco   1-0 40 1946 Mar del Plata ARG B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 18. Prins vs Foltys   ½-½ 25 1947 Team match NED-CZE B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 19. Unzicker vs W Ernst   1-0 32 1947 Essen GER B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 20. Prins vs Sajtar   0-1 51 1948 Karlovy Vary B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 21. Unzicker vs H Heinicke   ½-½ 37 1949 OLdenburg B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 22. A Fuderer vs Gligoric   0-1 41 1949 YUG-ch B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 23. Chekhover vs N Kopaev   ½-½ 83 1949 URS-ch sf B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 24. Schmid vs J Sumar   1-0 37 1950 Dubrovnik olm B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 25. Liublinsky vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 58 1950 URS-ch18 B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack  page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 794    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Secrets of Opening Surprises

Jun-28-05    vampiero: Ok, so white has an astounding winning percentage in this opening, and we can see that this defense's popularity has gone way down in the past decade. but what is it due to, late catsling for black and no castling at all lead to kingside weakness, maybe because it takes to long for the b5 and a6 pawns to move while all of whites pieces are already developed? but why dont you guys look into the 1e4 c5 2Nf3 d6 3d4 cxd4 4Nxd4 Nf6 5Nc3 Nc6 6Bg5 e6 7Qd2 Be7 80-0-0 0-0 lines becuase black is much more safe than in the d7 lines. opinions? how can black get counterplay? Mar-30-08    hamworld: " 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O 0-0" will probably just end up with a bunch of exchanges leading to a drawish endgame. Its popularity might've gone down due to drawish lines. That, or maybe players prefer other sicilian openings. The late castling isn't horrible. I think I castled in the 37-39th move and won anyway. Not an expert or anything, I just want to comment. Mar-30-08    hrvyklly: <hamworld: " 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O 0-0"> I've always thought that this is totally sound for Black (unlike other lines of the Rauzer I could mention) and I have no idea why its popularity has waned. Kramnik stopped playing (for the most part) 1...c5 and switched to 1...e5 - I remember both Kramnik and Anand playing it in the 90s - which may account for it going out of fashion . Or p'haps as it is not as sharp as the Najdorf or Sveshnikov? Any stronger players want to chip in and explain what's wrong/dubious/uncomfortable playing this as Black?

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