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Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation (E28)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 a3 Bxc3+ 5 bxc3 O-O 6 e3

Number of games in database: 331
Years covered: 1922 to 2025
Overall record:
   White wins 39.9%
   Black wins 35.6%
   Draws 24.5%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Laszlo Szabo  5 games
Svetozar Gligoric  5 games
Kozak  5 games
Ludek Pachman  4 games
Lajos Portisch  3 games
Sandro Mareco  3 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Botvinnik vs Keres, 1948
Kotov vs K Plater, 1947
K Smokina vs R Theissl Pokorna, 2007
Rubinstein vs Colle, 1931
L Brewster vs A Bisguier, 1960
A Ipatov vs E Ghaem Maghami, 2009
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 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 331  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Rubinstein vs Gruenfeld  ½-½901922Teplitz-SchonauE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
2. Rubinstein vs Colle 0-1611931Rotterdam quadrangularE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
3. Lilienthal vs Levenfish ½-½561937USSR ChampionshipE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
4. R Durkin vs S Bernstein ½-½401941Ventnor CityE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
5. M L Hanauer vs Shainswit  ½-½331943Ventnor CityE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
6. G Kasparian vs M Shishov  1-0621944Georgian ChampionshipE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
7. Kashdan vs A Pinkus  ½-½411944Manhattan CC-ch 1944/45E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
8. Kotov vs Pachman ½-½801946Moscow - PragueE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
9. Lilienthal vs A Dake  ½-½411946URS - USAE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
10. J Sajtar vs C Boutteville  1-0421947FRA-CSRE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
11. A Ufimtsev vs Keres 0-1691947USSR ChampionshipE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
12. N Minev vs K Krastev  0-1291947Bulgarian ChampionshipE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
13. Lilienthal vs Milner-Barry  1-0281947Great Britain - Soviet UnionE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
14. N Kopilov vs S Zhukhovitsky  0-1421947URS-ch sf LeningradE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
15. Kotov vs K Plater 1-0791947MoscowE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
16. R Sanguinetti vs Eliskases 0-1331948Mar del PlataE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
17. Botvinnik vs Keres 1-0231948FIDE World Championship TournamentE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
18. Gligoric vs Benko 1-0341948BudapestE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
19. Ragozin vs Szabo 0-1531948Saltsjobaden InterzonalE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
20. Gligoric vs N Kulzinski  1-0361948Belgrade-Novi SadE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
21. Euwe vs G Palmason  ½-½341948ReykjavikE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
22. Najdorf vs H Steiner  1-0301948New York 1948/49E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
23. W O Cruz vs H Rossetto  0-1321949Mar del PlataE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
24. Lilienthal vs Szabo  ½-½501949Moscow-BudapestE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
25. Gligoric vs F Gygli  1-0361949Yugoslavia - SwitzerlandE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
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