page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 922  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Meyer vs Livanec 1-0 14 1839 Postal D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. Mayet vs Harrwitz 0-1 25 1847 Berlin m D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. Mayet vs Harrwitz 0-1 8 1848 Berlijn D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. Janowski vs Schlechter   1-0 39 1895 Hastings D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. K Walbrodt vs Janowski   0-1 30 1898 Vienna D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. Pillsbury vs F J Lee 1-0 26 1899 London D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. Lasker vs Tinsley 1-0 46 1899 London D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. Marshall vs Lipschutz   0-1 49 1900 hex D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. G Bellingham vs A Hodges   0-1 65 1900 5th Anglo-American Cable Match D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. Alapin vs Reggio   1-0 47 1901 Monte Carlo D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Lasker vs W P Shipley 0-1 24 1901 Franklin CC simul D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. J F Heemskerk vs C Trimborn   0-1 24 1903 Hilversum D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Lasker vs E Delmar 1-0 40 1904 Cambridge Springs D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. W Napier vs Teichmann 0-1 37 1904 Cambridge Springs D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. Marshall vs O Roething   1-0 31 1904 quad D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. L R Eisenberg vs E Schrader   ½-½ 53 1904 7th American Chess Congress D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. J Sawyer vs E Kemeny   ½-½ 59 1904 Western Championship D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. A Neumann vs P Kaegbein   1-0 38 1904 DSB-14.Kongress Hauptturnier A D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. L Forgacs vs Fahrni   1-0 42 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier B D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. H Caro vs Reggio   ½-½ 40 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier B D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. R K Kieseritsky vs A Sartori   1-0 27 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. F Benima vs F Englund 0-1 43 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. D Bleijkmans vs K Petzold   1-0 51 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Rubinstein vs E Cohn ½-½ 70 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. F Benima vs Duras   0-1 21 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D51 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 922    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Jan-30-02    Sneaky: The Cambridge Springs Defense. I've always enjoyed the well known trap that it sets, as illustrated in the game Mayet vs Harrwitz 1848 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nxd5? Nxd5! 7.Bxd8 Bb4+ winning the Queen http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Apr-06-04    ruylopez900: Funny, I was just going to post the same trap =P. I didn't know this was the Cambridge Sprins Variation though. You learn something everyday! Apr-06-04    Bears092: Mayet vs Harrwitz, 1848 Dec-05-04    manderson: Technically this isn't the Cambridge Springs. The Cambridge Springs is classified under D52 (after 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3, and then 6...Qa5). D51 is the QGD:Semi-Pillsbury, variants with 4...Nbd7, but not 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3. It includes several sub-variants such as: Alekhine: 5.Nf3 c6 6.e4 Rochlin: 5.Nf3 c6 6.Rc1 Qa5 7.Bd2 New York: 5.Nf3 Bb4 Manhatten: 5.e3 Bb4 Westphalia: 5.e3 Bb4 6.Nf3 c5 Capablanca: 5.e3 c6 6.a3 Exchange: 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 Feb-12-12    Penguincw: Opening of the Day The Manhattan Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 f6 4.g5 bd7 5.e3 b4 click for larger view Much better choice than thinking you can win a pawn. :) Mar-16-12    The Finisher: I tried to do this tonight, the Cambridge Springs.. his 4th move was Nf3. I thought that maybe I could still do it, but from experience I also know that is a recipe for disaster, continuing with the plan after a slightly different move (or even move order). It went the first 3 moves, then: 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 (now I wasn't sure what to do.. I had to fill a move in - and I forgot the plan) Bb4. I knew that move was wrong, but I thought at least pin the Knight. I only discovered this yesterday, so I'm unfamiliar with it. I should have made a non-committal move, like a6, instead. 6.Bxf6 Nxf6 7.Qa4+ I should have resigned then. It went another 10 moves. Obviously I should have gone 6...Qxf6. Maybe that's a way to get white's black squared bishop if you want it; he'll play the moves out in the hope you'll do what I did. As for the Cambridge Springs... I'm guessing all d4 players know it. Jan-09-13    DanielBryant: Today's opening of the day is the Manhattan Defense, which is far more respectable than the Brooklyn Variation of the Alekhine. Queens obviously has the Queens Gambit; that leaves Staten Island and The Bronx as openingless boroughs (to my knowledge). Jan-10-13    perfidious: <Daniel> I remember Joel Benjamin playing 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8, though unsuccessfully, but there are no games of his in the DB. Even Petrosian had a go at it in a training event for defence of his world title: Boleslavsky vs Petrosian, 1966.

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