page 1 of 60; games 1-25 of 1,493  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Hafe vs S Von Freymann 0-1 19 1911 Cologne-A D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 2. Teichmann vs Rubinstein   ½-½ 27 1923 Karlsbad D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. Bogoljubov vs Gruenfeld 0-1 60 1925 Baden-Baden D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 4. Capablanca vs Lasker ½-½ 29 1925 Moscow International Tournament D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. Rubinstein vs Lasker 0-1 57 1925 Moscow International Tournament D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. Samisch vs A Becker   ½-½ 30 1925 24. DSB Kongress D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. Capablanca vs Alekhine ½-½ 28 1927 New York D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. V Berger vs G A Thomas   1-0 31 1927 London D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. Bogoljubov vs W Von Holzhausen   1-0 26 1928 Berlin Chess League D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. Reti vs Rubinstein 1-0 21 1928 Berlin Tageblatt D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 11. Capablanca vs Spielmann ½-½ 68 1928 2, Berlin D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. Samisch vs W Von Holzhausen   1-0 40 1928 It Cafe Koenig D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 13. Alekhine/Bogoljubov vs Dr P 1-0 28 1929 Berlin alternating s D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. H Geiger vs Pirc   0-1 48 1929 Rogaska Slatina SLO D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 15. J Rejfir vs E R Lundin   1-0 20 1930 Hamburg ol (Men) D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 16. Bogoljubov vs Vidmar   ½-½ 65 1931 Bled D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. Capablanca vs Euwe   ½-½ 27 1931 Amsterdam m3 ;HCL 15 D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. J Rejfir vs Noteboom   1-0 37 1931 Prague ol (Men) D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. C Kottnauer vs Bogoljubov   1-0 32 1932 Prague sim D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. J Dobias vs Z Vecsey   1-0 22 1932 Kautsky mem D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. Botvinnik vs Lisitsin   1-0 30 1933 Russia D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. Lisitsin vs Botvinnik   0-1 29 1933 USSR D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 23. J Rejfir vs Eliskases   ½-½ 30 1933 Moravska Ostrava D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. Gruenfeld vs J Rejfir   ½-½ 31 1933 Moravska Ostrava D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. E Andersen vs Flohr   0-1 55 1933 Olympiad D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  page 1 of 60; games 1-25 of 1,493    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Aug-27-04    afshins: chess is very beautiful for me Aug-28-04    Lawrence: <afshins>, welcome, a lot of us feel the same way. And even those of us who have no great natural talent for it still find it a fascinating game. Aug-29-04    afshins: i am breathing by chess only. Aug-13-05    bomb the bishop: Is D47 more recommendable than D49 for black? Nov-10-05    vampiero: How many of you guys play the 8. Be2 variation instead of Bd3 and whats ur history with it cause i was thinking of trying it out Aug-04-06    gambitfan: Don't we have the wrong move order with this : 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 c6 5 e3 Nbd7 after : 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 then 3 cd ed 4 Nc3 Nf6 5 Bg5 Be7... and this is very favourable for White... The right move order seems for me to be : 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 d5 4 Nc3 c6 5 e3 Nbd7 Aug-16-06    actual: <1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 then 3 cd ed 4 Nc3 Nf6 5 Bg5 Be7... and this is very favourable for White...> Isn't that a little bit of a stretch... Sep-23-07    WannaBe: I see that there is Meran variation of this opening, now the question, is Meran's first name Lemon?! Feb-16-08    get Reti: What do you all think of 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 <<b4>> 9. Ne4? I like it because it prevents white from playing e4. Feb-17-08    nescio: <get Reti> If you like it, you should play it, as long as you are not aware of a refutation. Sveshnikov seems to agree with you. Black's pawn structure is weakened, but I have looked briefly at the follwing games and I think it is quite playable: Polugaevsky vs Sveshnikov, 1973 A Zakharov vs Sveshnikov, 1976 Bagirov vs Sveshnikov, 1977 V Shalimov vs Sveshnikov, 2000 V Baikov vs Sveshnikov, 2001 G Tunik vs Sveshnikov, 2002 Y Pelletier vs Sveshnikov, 2004 Z Mamedjarova vs Sveshnikov, 2004 P Staniszewski vs Sveshnikov, 2005 F Berkes vs Sveshnikov, 2006 As you can see, Sveshnikov seems to have abondoned it for a while, but then came back to it. The fact that Mecking has also played 8...b4 is an extra recommendation and the game Reshevsky vs Mecking, 1970 points out another possibility for White: 9.Na4.

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