page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 472  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Stapfer vs C Jaffe   0-1 29 1913 American National A27 English, Three Knights System 2. I Rabinovich vs Nenarokov   1-0 29 1925 USSR Championship A27 English, Three Knights System 3. Ahues vs Colle 1-0 27 1926 Berlin+++ A27 English, Three Knights System 4. Ahues vs Saemisch   ½-½ 61 1926 Berlin+++ A27 English, Three Knights System 5. Kupchik vs H Steiner   0-1 52 1927 Manhattan Chess Club-ch' A27 English, Three Knights System 6. Muller vs NN 1-0 10 1928 Wenen A27 English, Three Knights System 7. Kevitz vs Lasker   1-0 36 1928 New York sim A27 English, Three Knights System 8. H R Bigelow vs Marshall 0-1 56 1929 Bradley Beach A27 English, Three Knights System 9. Nimzowitsch vs Stoltz   ½-½ 39 1931 Bled A27 English, Three Knights System 10. I Mazel vs Riumin   ½-½ 20 1931 USSR Championship A27 English, Three Knights System 11. Kasparian vs Goglidze   0-1 43 1931 USSR Championship A27 English, Three Knights System 12. I Mazel vs Goglidze   ½-½ 33 1931 USSR Championship A27 English, Three Knights System 13. P Blechschmidt vs Kieninger   0-1 35 1932 Bad Ems GER A27 English, Three Knights System 14. Keres vs E Joonas 1-0 68 1934 Tallinn, Est ch A27 English, Three Knights System 15. I Mazel vs Riumin 0-1 29 1934 USSR Championship 1934/35 A27 English, Three Knights System 16. Euwe vs Milner-Barry 1-0 34 1935 Hastings 1934/35 A27 English, Three Knights System 17. Chekhover vs Riumin   ½-½ 38 1935 Moscow A27 English, Three Knights System 18. P Trifunovic vs I Vistaneckis   1-0 51 1935 Olympiad A27 English, Three Knights System 19. Fine vs W A Ruth   1-0 30 1935 Western Championship A27 English, Three Knights System 20. M L Hanauer vs Factor   0-1 56 1936 US Championship A27 English, Three Knights System 21. M L Hanauer vs H Steiner   ½-½ 40 1936 US Championship A27 English, Three Knights System 22. A Simonson vs Factor 0-1 60 1936 US Championship A27 English, Three Knights System 23. Ragozin vs Alatortsev   ½-½ 69 1937 URS-ch A27 English, Three Knights System 24. G Koshnitsky vs F M Hallman   ½-½ 17 1937 AUS corr-ch A27 English, Three Knights System 25. Santasiere vs W Suesman   1-0 52 1938 USA-ch A27 English, Three Knights System  page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 472    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Feb-06-05    Helloween: Yes, in this line against the English Black refrains from Nf6 until he's already played f5. The game takes on a hybrid Dutch/Nimzo flavor. Black usually eliminates his Dark by playing Bb4 and Bxc3+, doubling White's queenside pawns to prevent their advance while he prepares to stir up trouble on the kingside. Smejkal vs Kurajica, 1982. White may be better off playing 3.g3. Feb-06-05    An Englishman: Good Evening: I agree--the Nf3 is just too good a target for the eventual g7-g5-g4 or e5-e4. After 3.g3, White has the option of playing e2-e3 and Nge2, and an eventual f2-f4. This last move not only thwarts ...f5-f4, it also keep the Bc8 penned behind the f-pawn. Feb-06-05    Helloween: On the other hand, the statistics seem awfully good for Black in 3.g3. If you follow the main line in this database it goes up to move 14 with 4 different alternatives for Black: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... The Light goes to e6, usefully controlling d5. Also, I don't think that g2-g3 necessarily thwarts f4; in fact, it may give Black a target to attack and forcefully pry open the f-file with or even advance to f3. In 3.Nf3, usually when the Knight gets pushed with e5-e4, this creates a weak square at f4 which can be exploited(Ng5-h3-f4). In any case, the English systems with an early f7-f5 for Black are quite double-edged. Feb-07-05    An Englishman: Good Evening: I've seen those statistics, and they were very surprising to me. All I know is that *my* statistics were quite good. Perhaps this line is my personal Albin Countergambit--stinks for most people, works great for me? Aug-06-05    melianis: i've had only bad experiences as white in this opening, but then i'm mostly a queen's gambit/catalan player. trying catalan type setups against this has lead to very complex games. Jan-06-12    Penguincw: Opening of the Day English, Three Knights System 1.c4 e5 2.c3 c6 3.f3 click for larger view

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