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page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 324  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Steinitz vs E Jenay ½-½ 31 1860 Casual game E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 2. Steinitz vs Englisch   ½-½ 20 1882 Vienna E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 3. Rubinstein vs Teichmann 1-0 63 1922 Teplitz-Schönau E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 4. Gruenfeld vs Saemisch   1-0 56 1922 Vienna E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 5. H Wolf vs Maroczy ½-½ 57 1922 Vienna E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 6. I Rabinovich vs N Zubarev 1-0 31 1925 Moscow E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 7. L Furlani vs J Gabrovsek   1-0 19 1927 YUG E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 8. W Hilse vs Bogoljubov   0-1 22 1927 Bremen E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 9. S Ureta vs C H Maderna   0-1 40 1928 3rd South American Championship E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 10. Tartakower vs Nimzowitsch ½-½ 68 1928 Bad Kissingen E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 11. Tartakower vs Reti ½-½ 73 1928 Berlin E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 12. J Dobias vs Flohr   0-1 31 1929 Kautsky mem 6th E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 13. V Popov vs N Riumin 0-1 30 1929 Moscow ch E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 14. Euwe vs E Canal 1-0 32 1929 Karlsbad E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 15. F E Hamond vs H E Price   0-1 43 1929 British Championship E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 16. Capablanca vs Colle 1-0 11 1929 Budapest E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 17. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine 1-0 38 1929 Alekhine - Bogoljubov World Championship Match E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 18. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine 1-0 48 1929 Alekhine - Bogoljubov World Championship Match E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 19. Pirc vs Flohr   0-1 52 1929 Rogaska Slatina E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 20. S Rosselli del Turco vs E Hellmann   ½-½ 40 1929 Venice E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 21. S Rosselli del Turco vs O Naegeli   1-0 50 1929 Venice E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 22. S Rosselli del Turco vs J Rejfir 0-1 44 1929 Venice E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 23. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov 1-0 49 1929 Alekhine - Bogoljubov World Championship Match E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 24. Botvinnik vs S Gotthilf 1-0 40 1930 Leningrad Masters Tournament E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 25. Koltanowski vs Noteboom   1-0 44 1930 Hastings E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation  page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 324

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Dec-02-04    EnglishOpeningc4: WOW i thought that this variation was good for white, but i guess not Apr-15-05    drukenknight: I got a very nice Spielmann var. a few moments ago, I was able to pull that B/N battery vs. the Q; it doesnt win here but it's a good pattern to remember for the nimzoindian. THe last time I saw that, the N was able to give check and kill the Q; but I forgot the moves to that one! I wonder if it's that Qb3 move that allows black to gain tempo on the Q? 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nf3 a5 (I figured this pawn could smack the Q if whites a-pawn got aggressive) 6. a3 a4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 two games in the data base got this far including Van der Tol v Kramer 1946 8...Ne4 (the novelty as it turns out, my reasoning: I wanted to smack the Q, why not?) 9. Qd3 d5 10. e3 e5!? 11. dxe5 Bf5 12. Qxd5 Qe7 13. Be2 the crap pc says pretty close to even and black has some very sharp play. Sep-17-06    WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from the E22 Spielmann miniatures: http://www.wtharvey.com/e22.html Sep-17-06    Kean: hey thats a nice avatar; the puzzles are cool Apr-15-07    coolbob: I simply don't get it, Qb3 seems better than qc2, avoiding doubled c pawns while attacking the bishop? Apr-15-07    whiskeyrebel: it's certainly very playable, but on b3 the Queen doesn't exert pressure on the key Nimzo e4 square. Apr-30-08    SPOONY: Qc2 helps the bishops on the diagonal attack and threatens a pawn push Jan-31-09    Kaspykov: I studied a lot this opening. At first look Qb3 look like a good square for the Queen but with Nc6-Na5 chasing the queen... Qb3 is useless. Qc2 is a better move. Aug-30-10    apexin: I have found an interesting move, let me know what you think of this - while playing my fritz 7 i came up with a queen sacrifice in 4.Qb3 variation- 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.Bd2 Qe7 7.Nf3 Nxc5 8.Qxb4!? Nd3+ 9.exd3 Qxb4 10.Nb5 10..Qc5 seems to lead to a draw 10..Qe7 is better for white can somene with a better engine analize this? :) Aug-30-10    Sastre: Firebird main line after 8.Qxb4 - <8... Nd3+ 9. exd3 Qxb4 10. Nb5 Qe7 11. Nc7+ Kf8 12.Nxa8 Qd6 13. Be3 Qb8 14. Nb6 axb6 15. Bxb6 g6 16. Be2 e5 (-0.32/19)>. Oct-06-10    apexin: thanks <Sestre) does anyone knoe Is there any 2000+ games in that line? Mar-04-11    parisattack: <Kaspykov: I studied a lot this opening. At first look Qb3 look like a good square for the Queen but with Nc6-Na5 chasing the queen... Qb3 is useless. Qc2 is a better move. > I played it twice and that was two times too many. Mar-04-11    Penguincw: Opening of the Day : Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation (E22) 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.♕b3 Mar-31-11    Penguincw: Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929 Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929 I guess Efim Bogoljubov has had some good results with this opening. Mar-21-12    Penguincw: Opening of the Day Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 1. d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.♕b3 click for larger view Oct-09-13    Kikoman: <Opening of the Day> Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 click for larger view Opening Explorer May-12-23    eternaloptimist: This variation is stupid. It seems like playing Qb3 in the opening hardly ever does white any good except in some lines of the English. If u play this variation then pretty often your ♕ just sits on b3 & looks stupid b/c it’s doing virtually nothing. Then black attacks the ♕ w/ something of lesser value & u end up losing a tempo & sometimes multiple tempos. Sometimes white retreats the ♕ to c2 & then that makes it look like u should have played the classical variation of the nimzo to start off w/. Speaking of the classical variation it could very well b the best variation for white to play. In this example: K Rahn vs P Schmidt, 1941 rahn did a pretty good job of playing the opening but he played this variation instead of a better variation. He even had a pretty nice advantage during parts of the game. He was doing fine until he played 32.♖b5??. After 13.♔b1 this game was = so that shows that rahn didn’t play terribly in the opening. ♖ahn defeated rellstab in the same tournament that this game was played in & rellstab was a IM so that shows that rahn was a knowledgeable chess player. Schmidt was an IM & he defeated flohr & keres w/ black before this game so he was definitely no slouch. ♘otice rahn’s ♕ didn’t do much of anything in this game. In the ♕GD: ragozin variation the ♕ on b3 doesn’t do a whole lot much of of the time either. Here’s an example.: P Vezzosi vs F Braga, 1992 if any of u guys can think of any variations where white playing Qb3 in the opening has some real value to it please let me know. Please make some kibitzes here & then make a kibitz on my profile wall to let me know that u made (a) kibitz(es) here. Thx!

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