page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 628  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Nimzowitsch vs Marshall 1-0 30 1927 New York A61 Benoni 2. Gligoric vs Petrosian ½-½ 41 1953 Zurich A61 Benoni 3. Petrosian vs Tolush   ½-½ 44 1953 Tournament A61 Benoni 4. Lilienthal vs Suetin   1-0 50 1954 URS-ch21 Kiev ,URS-c A61 Benoni 5. V Saigin vs Tal ½-½ 47 1954 Riga A61 Benoni 6. G Borisenko vs Sokolsky   1-0 64 1954 URS-ch21 A61 Benoni 7. Gligoric vs M Czerniak   1-0 42 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) pre-III A61 Benoni 8. K Darga vs E Gereben   ½-½ 40 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A A61 Benoni 9. Kholmov vs Petrosian   ½-½ 27 1954 URS-ch21 A61 Benoni 10. J H Donner vs Petrosian 0-1 41 1955 Goteborg m A61 Benoni 11. G Borisenko vs Tal 1-0 41 1955 Riga A61 Benoni 12. S G Lebedev vs Tal 0-1 44 1955 Riga A61 Benoni 13. K Darga vs J Fuller   ½-½ 67 1955 Hastings 5556 A61 Benoni 14. J Kozma vs A Zaruba   ½-½ 41 1955 CSR-ch A61 Benoni 15. G Borisenko vs Polugaevsky   1-0 41 1956 Leningrad Ch URS A61 Benoni 16. Antoshin vs Tal   ½-½ 42 1956 Leningrad A61 Benoni 17. Shamkovich vs Vasiukov 0-1 83 1956 URS-ch sf A61 Benoni 18. Najdorf vs Larsen 1-0 42 1957 Dallas A61 Benoni 19. A M Giustolisi vs Tal   0-1 36 1957 Italien A61 Benoni 20. Gligoric vs A M Giustolisi   ½-½ 31 1957 Dublin zt A61 Benoni 21. Gligoric vs P Trifunovic   ½-½ 35 1957 YUG-ch A61 Benoni 22. J Lahti vs Lombardy   0-1 50 1957 WchT U26 04th A61 Benoni 23. J Kozma vs B Sandor   1-0 44 1957 Bratislava A61 Benoni 24. J Kozma vs Spassky   0-1 38 1957 WchT U26 04th A61 Benoni 25. Ivkov vs K Van Schoor 0-1 41 1958 Munich A61 Benoni  page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 628    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Jan-15-06    blingice: Interesting opening. Seems to give black an advantage because of the weak d pawn because it is distant from all your pieces. It does restrict a lot of black's close movement, though. Does anyone play it here? Jan-15-06    hintza: The d-pawn isn't weak. Jan-15-06    Ludamad: the d pawn is a strong point Jan-15-06    blingice: It, superficially at least, seems weak because it has two supporting pieces, which both can't move naturally because they have to support that one pawn. The fact that the d-pawn is indeed strong drags down the mobility of all the other pieces because they have to worry about it. Jan-15-06    EnglishOpeningc4: e4 and the knight can move, the d pawn is not whites problem, the black b pawn is Aug-29-06    yanez: <blingice> I play it but with an early ...a6 to stop the tamianov attack(7. Bb5+) Sep-01-06    blingice: Hahah, I appear to be wrong on many levels about this opening. May-31-08    Xeroxx: Blacks backward d-pawn can become weak though.

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