page 1 of 82; games 1-25 of 2,027  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tarrasch vs K Eckart 1-0 17 1889 **Rd--()-, Nuremburg C05 French, Tarrasch 2. Tarrasch vs K Eckart 1-0 17 1890 Nurnberg C05 French, Tarrasch 3. Tarrasch vs M Kuerschner 1-0 31 1890 Nurnberg C05 French, Tarrasch 4. Tarrasch vs Von Gottschall   1-0 48 1892 DSB-07.Kongress C05 French, Tarrasch 5. E Schallopp vs Metger   0-1 56 1893 DSB-08.Kongress C05 French, Tarrasch 6. Steinitz vs J C Halpern   1-0 33 1894 New York C05 French, Tarrasch 7. Schlechter vs J Noa   ½-½ 85 1896 Budapest it C05 French, Tarrasch 8. Steinitz vs C Enschede   ½-½ 28 1896 Harlem (Netherlands) C05 French, Tarrasch 9. W Cohn vs Walbrodt   0-1 65 1897 Berlin it C05 French, Tarrasch 10. Pillsbury vs Maroczy 1-0 46 1900 Paris C05 French, Tarrasch 11. H Suechting vs Olland 0-1 34 1902 Hanover C05 French, Tarrasch 12. Teichmann vs Reggio   1-0 32 1903 Monte Carlo C05 French, Tarrasch 13. A N Stuart vs H G Wright   1-0 30 1925 Scarborough-C C05 French, Tarrasch 14. Alekhine vs Kukovec 0-1 41 1930 Maribor C05 French, Tarrasch 15. Spielmann vs Stoltz 0-1 28 1931 Stokholm m C05 French, Tarrasch 16. Roedl vs L Engels   1-0 40 1931 27. DSB Kongress C05 French, Tarrasch 17. Spielmann vs Dekker 1-0 39 1934 Bussum C05 French, Tarrasch 18. M Yudovich Sr. vs Alatortsev   ½-½ 23 1934 USSR Championship C05 French, Tarrasch 19. Roedl vs W John   1-0 40 1934 GER-ch 2nd C05 French, Tarrasch 20. Book vs E Gilfer   1-0 29 1936 Munich ol (Men) C05 French, Tarrasch 21. Keres vs Fine   ½-½ 64 1937 It, Margate (England) C05 French, Tarrasch 22. Alekhine vs Capablanca 1-0 35 1938 Amsterdam AVRO C05 French, Tarrasch 23. Abramian vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 41 1938 1/2 final C05 French, Tarrasch 24. Riumin vs Alatortsev 1-0 27 1938 Moscow 4m C05 French, Tarrasch 25. Ragozin vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 42 1938 Training Game C05 French, Tarrasch  page 1 of 82; games 1-25 of 2,027    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jul-30-02    smichellel: Don't you put only one game of the day? Jul-30-02    chessgames.com: We have one "game of the day" each day, but we also have an opening of the day. Today the opening is the French Tarrasch. Sep-08-05    ArturoRivera: doesnt this variation loses the right to castle as white? lets say after 1.-e4 e6 2.-d4 d5 3.-Nd2 Nf6 4.-e5 Nd7 5.-Bd3 c5 6.-c3 Nc6 7.-Ne2 Qb6 8.-Nf3 Bb4+ doesnt white must move now the king. Sep-08-05    Resignation Trap: <ArturoRivera> Actually, you mean after 8...cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+, right? Yes, White should play 10. Kf1 here, but the loss of the castling privilege is no big deal in such a blocked position, unless White gets a bit careless as in Spielmann vs Stoltz, 1931 . Generally speaking, White does quite well in this line, and two early examples which I can cite with it are Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1938 and Spielmann vs Dekker, 1934 . Jan-23-06    chessboyhaha: No thatīs wrong, White has to lay very well to stay better or even fight for a drawn because in this variation that white loss the castle, the blacks should open the game in some moment with ...g5 as in this variation: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.g3 cd4 9.cd4 Bb4+ 10.Kf2 g5! 11.fg Ndxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 And the black has clear advantage because white has an uncastled king in a open position. Jan-23-06    chessboyhaha: <ArturoRiviera> But I prefer to play 9...Be7!? thatīs quite interesting because black play with f6, 0-0(the e pawn is falling with check!)and g5!? and attack the white king at any cost as in Poliantsev vs Kaplun. That game was in 1983! Feb-27-06    sirduke: <ArturoRivera> and <Resignation Trap>, in your line how about 8...cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2? Why move the King? If BxB, then QxB and the b2 is covered. Is there some reason for not playing this line? Oct-08-06    WTHarvey: Here's a collection of puzzles from C05 miniatures: http://www.wtharvey.com/c05.html Apr-16-07    artemis: Chessboyhaha: the difference is that in this line, white is not playing f4, so his position is not that open and g5 is not as serious of a threat. Jun-12-07    OJC: I encountered the following unorthodox 5th move recently: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 Qg5 click for larger view I'd never seen this one before and it turns out it is not in chessgames' or chessbase's database. The French defense isn't ideal for early Queen adventures from the black side and the g2 pawn looks poisoned... 6.Ngf3 Qxg2 7.Rg1 Qh3 8.Ng5! White has a won game already: Possible continuations are: (1) Black accepts a second pawn 8. ...Qxh2 9.Ndf3 Qh5 10.Rg3! and black's queen will be trapped. e.g. (i) 10. ...Qh1+ 11.Bf1 h6 12. Nh3 (ii)10. ...Be7 11.Rh3 Qg4 12.Rh4 Qg2 13.Bf1 (2) If black ignores the h2 pawn the same basic outcome occurs 8. ...Qh4 9.Ndf3 Qh5 10.Rg3 Be7 11.Rh3 Qg4 12.Rh4 Qg2 13.Bf1 Qh1 14.Rg4 with Rg1 to follow. So, the g2 pawn is strategically and tactically poisoned in this line. The actual game was line (1,ii).

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