[Event "New York International Masters-02"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1927.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "Capablanca/Alekhine"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1927.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 ({Bekanntlich sind hier} 4. Bg5) ({und} 4. Nc3 {energischere und dabei ganz unbedenkliche Entwicklungszüge. Aber es ist nun einmal so - man spielte gegen Capablanca in New York im allgemeinen derart, als ob es ein "mot d'ordre" gegeben hätte, gegen ihn nur die zweit- bis drittbesten Züge zu machen. (Aljechin)}) 4... Be7 5. Nbd2 {White, during the course of the opening so far, has been changing about the order of the moves. He started with an English Opening and after the third move he had already turned it into a Queen's Gambit. Then on his third move he failed to bring out his queen's bishop, and now he makes this move. It may be that he intended to puzzle Black, or that he tried to disguise, until the last minute, what he really intended to play. That can be done by White, up to a certain point, but never at the expense of proper development. White's last move has for object to retake with the Knight in case Black should at any time play ...dxc4. It aims also at playing e3-e4 after the King's Bishop has been brought to d3. (Capablanca)  Wozu diese Künstelei? Alles andere (5.b1-c3, 5.f1-d3) war gesünder, d.h. den Forderungen des entstandenen Zentrumsproblems mehr entsprechend. (Aljechin)} O-O 6. Bd3 ({Mehr im Einklang mit dem vorigen Zuge war die Flankenentwicklung des Damenläufers} 6. b3) ({oder zunächst} 6. Be2 {(Aljechin)}) 6... c5 {To prevent e3-e4 and to take the initiative. This has been possible thanks to the system of opening adopted by White. The fact that Black is able so early in the game to take things into his own hand is sufficient proof that the development of White has been faulty. (Capablanca)} 7. dxc5 ({Auch jetzt noch hätte} 7. b3 {zu einem vollen Spiel mit beiderseitigen Chancen geführt. Der Textzug sollte eine rasche Verödung der Stellung zur Folge haben. (Aljechin)}) 7... Na6 {The joker in the position. Black will retake the pawn attacking the bishop with the knight, gaining time and position. Short of a move gaining material, a move gaining both in time and position is an ideal opening move. (Capablanca)  Ein guter Zug, der aber auch nur zum Ausgleich führen sollte. (Aljechin)} 8. O-O {? Das ist der eigentliche Fehler, welcher dem Nachziehenden die Herrschaft über das ganze Brett überläßt. (Aljechin)} ({Geradezu selbstverständlich war hier} 8. Nb3 dxc4 ({falls} 8... Nxc5 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 {so} 11. Rc1 {eher zum Vorteil von Weiß.}) 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Ke2 $11 {Alekhine}) 8... Nxc5 9. Be2 b6 10. cxd5 $146 {? Diese systematische und ununterbrochene Entwicklung des Gegners unter Aufopferung von Zeit und Raum ist gleichbedeutend mit einem positionellen Harakiri. (Aljechin)} ({Es sollte noch immer} 10. b3 {geschehen. Weiß verzichtet so lange auf diese Möglichkeit, bis er gerade wegen des eingekapselten Damenläufers in Verluststellung gerät. (Aljechin)}) ({RR} 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. N2f3 a6 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. b4 Ncd7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. a3 b5 18. Nb3 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qa1 Bf6 {½-½ (20) Koykka,P (2329)-Nyysti,S (2322) Helsinki FIN 2023}) ({RR} 10. b4 Nce4 11. Qb3 Ba6 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Nd5 15. a3 Bf6 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Bxf6 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Bh4 Rfc8 21. Bg3 Rc2 22. Nd4 Rb2 23. Rdb1 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 a6 {Feng,E (2261)-Chen,J (2380) Washington DC USA 2026 0-1 (55)}) ({RR} 10. b4 Nce4 11. Qb3 Bb7 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bd5 14. a4 Rc8 15. Rac1 Nd6 16. Nfd2 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rc2 Bf6 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rfc1 Nf5 22. b5 Qg5 23. e4 Nd4 24. Qe3 Qxe3+ {Ilandzis,S (2196)-Haritakis,T (2276) Kallithea 2008 0-1}) 10... Nxd5 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 {After his failure in the opening, White, with very good judgment, attempts to simplify the game hoping to overcome the loss of time by bringing about a position where he may through skillful defensive play neutralize Black's advantage in development. (Capablanca)} 13. Qa4 {Und nun sucht er den bereits entwickelten Läufer abzutauschen und lässt den anderen ruhig schlafen! Fürwahr, Nimzowitsch ist in dieser Partie nicht zu erkennen. (Aljechin)} ({Vorzuziehen war} 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. Qb3 {(} e5 15. Bc3 {usw.). Aljechin}) 13... Qf6 {Black is aware of White's plan. He prepares for one more exchange, at the same time retarding the development of the white queen's bishop. (Capablanca)  Mit Recht kümmert sich Schwarz nicht im Geringsten um die vom Gegner weiteren Tempoverluste (der Abtausch auf a6 war ja sonst durch a7-a6 leicht zu verhindern) und spielt nur auf die Erschwerung der Entwicklung des Läufers c1. Ein gesunder sachgemäßer Plan, den aber Capablanca ausnahmsweise nicht mit der erforderlichen Genauigkeit in der Folge durchführt. (Aljechin)} 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Nb4 {(?) Dieses Spingermanöver nämlich scheint etwas oberflächlich durchgerechnet zu sein und führt nur zu einem den Gegner erleichternden Abtausch.} ({Einfach und stark war hier} 15... Rfd8 {nebst eventuell} 16. Z0 e5 17. Z0 e4 {wogegen Weiß auf die Dauer kaum eine genügende Verteidigung gefunden hätte. (Aljechin)}) 16. Qe2 Rfd8 {Black keeps on developing his pieces in the most logical way. Outside of the 7th move there is not a single move of Black that is not simple and logical. Any one playing over the game would think that he would have done the same had he been playing the black pieces. Yet with every move Black is gaining. (Capablanca)} 17. a3 ({Besser als} 17. Ne1 {worauf schon die einfache Turmverdopplung} Rd7 {sehr stark wäre. (Aljechin)}) 17... Nd3 18. Ne1 Nxe1 19. Rxe1 Rac8 20. Rb1 {[%cal Yb2b4] White is at last ready to liberate his position by means of b2-b4 followed by b2. Black, on the other hand, as a result of simple and logical development, has the control of both the open files with his rooks and is also ahead in time. It is now time to turn his advantage to account before White is able fully to develop his game. (Capablanca)} Qe5 {A finesse to gain time in bringing the queen into the battle. Black wants to take possession of the seventh row with one of his rooks and to do that he needs the cooperation of the queen. (Capablanca)  Dieser soviel bewunderte Damenzug sollte ebensowenig Erfolg haben, wie alles andere: Schwarz hat eben das Wesentliche von seinem Vorteil durch das unglückliche Springermanöver weggeworfen. (Aljechin)} 21. g3 {Diese höchst bedenkliche Schwächung der weißen Felder war kaum zu umgehen. (Aljechin)} ({Black's move aimed at preventing Capablanca/Alekhine: 'Allerdings darf Weiß auf 20...De5 nicht'} 21. b4 {at once, which would be answered by Capablanca/Alekhine: 'wegen'} Bd6 22. g3 Qe4 {and Black will obtain possession of the seventh row. (Capablanca) Capablanca/Alekhine: 'mit folgenden Eindringen der Türme nicht gut spielen. Aber er hatte im folgenden eifachere Auswege. (Aljechin)'}) ({Allerdings darf Weiß auf 20...De5 nicht} 21. b4 {wegen} Bd6 22. g3 Qe4 {mit folgenden Eindringen der Türme nicht gut spielen. Aber er hatte im folgenden eifachere Auswege. (Aljechin)}) ({Auf den plausiblen Zug} 21. Bd2 {wäre Schwarz auf folgende Weise in Vorteil gekommen.} Bd6 22. g3 Rc2 23. Qd3 Rxb2 $1 24. Bc3 Rxb1 25. Bxe5 Rxe1+ 26. Kg2 Be7 {usw. (Aljechin)}) 21... Qd5 {! Das Richtige, weil damit eine weitere Schwächung erzwungen wird. (Aljechin)} ({Auf einem Irrtum beruht dagegen die Behauptung Capablancas ( in seinen für das englische Turnierbuch geschriebenen Glossen zu dieser Partie), dass} 21... Qe4 {einen Bauern gewonnen hätte: Schwarz hätte nämlich auf} 22. Bd2 {doch nicht} Bxa3 $2 {spielen können, weil ihm dann das fehlende Luftloch verhängnisvoll geworden wäre; z. B.} 23. bxa3 Rc2 24. Rbc1 $1 Rb2 25. Red1 Qd5 26. e4 Qd7 27. Bb4 {und gewinnt. (Aljechin)}) 22. b4 Bf8 23. Bb2 Qa2 {[%cal Ra7a5] ! mit der unangenehmen Drohung 24... a5. (Aljechin)} 24. Ra1 {Ein schwaches Palliativmittel. (Aljechin)} ({Zu halten war die Partie mit} 24. Rbd1 $1 {z.B.} Rxd1 (24... a5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bd4 $1 {mit ausreichenden Gegendrohungen.}) 25. Rxd1 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 ({oder} 26... Bxa3 27. Qa6 $1) 27. Qa6 Rc2 28. Rd8 Rxb2 (28... Qxb2 29. Qd6 {usw. (Im Turnierbuch steht c8, doch dies ist offenbar ein Druckfehler. PS)}) (28... Qb1+ $1 29. Kg2 Qxb2 {und Schwarz gewinnt. (PS)}) 29. Rxf8+ {usw. mit ewigem Schach. (Aljechin)}) 24... Qb3 25. Bd4 {? Das Feld d4 ist kein Stehpunkt für den Läufer, da e6-e5 beständig in der Luft schwebt. (Aljechin)} ({Selbst hier noch konnte} 25. Rac1 {geschehen, mit ähnlichen Varianten, wie die oben erwähnten. (Aljechin)}) 25... Rc2 {At last Black has possession of the seventh row. Its effect will soon be felt. (Capablanca)} 26. Qa6 {? Darauf ist die Partie endgültig verloren (merkwürdig ist es übrigens, wieviel schwache Züge Weiß machen musste, um zu diesem Ergebnis zu kommen!). (Aljechin)} (26. Qf1) ({oder auch} 26. Qd1 {(Absicht} Z0 27. Re2 {) wären immer noch einige Rettungshoffnungen vorhanden. (Aljechin)}) 26... e5 {! Der Beginn eines energischen Schlußspiels, welches gewissermaßen für die beiderseitigen Unterlassungen der vorigen Phase entschädigt. (Aljechin)} 27. Bxe5 Rdd2 28. Qb7 ({It is now evident that White's game in gone. It should be noticed that White was unable to play Capablanca/Alekhine: 'Hübsch ist die "Hauptvariante"'} 28. Rf1 {because of} Qxe3 {The queen could not be taken because mate would follow in three moves, and if then} 29. Bf4 Rxf2 {Capablanca/Alekhine: '!' giving up the queen again, and mating in a few moves no matter what White played. (Capablanca) Capablanca/Alekhine: 'mit baldigem Matt. (Alekhine)'}) ({Hübsch ist die "Hauptvariante"} 28. Rf1 Qxe3 ({wie in so vielen Problemen und Studien gibt es übrigens auch hier eine Nebenlösung:} 28... Qd5 {nebst} 29. Z0 Qf3) 29. Bf4 Rxf2 $1 {mit baldigem Matt. (Alekhine)}) ({Und auch} 28. Qf1 {hätte das Spiel nicht mehr gerettet, z. B.} Qd5 29. Bd4 Qh5 $1 {(von Capablanca angegeben} ({und viel besser als} 29... Qf3 {was mit} 30. Rac1 {beantwortet werden könnte)}) 30. h4 Qf3 {mit Vernichtung. (Aljechin)}) 28... Rxf2 29. g4 Qe6 {Threatening not only 30...xg4+ but also 30...xh2. (Capablanca)} 30. Bg3 Rxh2 {! Eine zweite hübsche Wendung. (Aljechin)} ({White puts up a fight. If Black were to play Capablanca/Alekhine: 'Schwächer wäre dagegen'} 30... Qxg4 {then Capablanca/Alekhine: 'wegen'} 31. Rf1 {would give him a chance. It is true that with proper play Black would still be able to win but it would not be as easy as in the actual game. The text move is the coup de grace. (Capablanca) Capablanca/Alekhine: 'usw. (Aljechin)'}) ({Schwächer wäre dagegen} 30... Qxg4 {wegen} 31. Rf1 {usw. (Aljechin)}) 31. Qf3 ({White cannot take} 31. Bxh2 {because of} Qxg4+ {followed by 32...h3 and mate. (Capablanca)}) ({Falls} 31. Bxh2 {so} Qxg4+ 32. Kh1 Qh3 $1 {nebst Matt. (Aljechin)}) 31... Rhg2+ 32. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qxg4 {Das Übrige ist schon ganz leicht. (Aljechin)} 34. Rad1 h5 35. Rd4 Qg5 36. Kh2 a5 37. Re2 axb4 38. axb4 Be7 39. Re4 Bf6 40. Rf2 Qd5 41. Re8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Ostend Masters"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1907.06.06"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Bernstein, Ossip Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1907.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "29"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. a3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 cxd4 ({RR} 6... a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. h3 h6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Bb1 Nb8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. e4 e5 20. Nf1 Nbd7 21. Ng3 {Deac,B (2707)-Idani,P (2623) Mayrhofen 2022 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 6... Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. b5 b6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Rac1 Rc7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rd7 18. a4 Qa8 19. Bd4 Bxg2 20. f3 Bh3 21. Bxb6 {Ticona Rocabado,L (2431)-Acosta,P (2473) Rosario ARG 2026 0-1 (42)}) 7. exd4 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Ba2 Nb6 11. Ne5 Nbd5 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Re1 Bc6 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Re5 Qxa3 19. Bb1 g6 20. Qf3 Nd7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Ra5 {Klemm,D (2241)-Hoepfl,T (2355) Germany 2007 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 7... Be7 8. O-O a6 9. Nc3 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Rc1 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne4 Nf4 17. Qf3 Ng6 18. Qg3 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rac8 20. Rce1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rc2 22. R4e2 {Franic,M (2425)-Saric,A (2350) Bizovac 2003 ½-½}) 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. Ba2 Bd7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Rad1 Bd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. Bb1 g6 17. f4 Qb6 18. Rf2 Rc7 19. g4 Rfc8 20. f5 Nxg4 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Nxg4 Bxg5 23. Qe4 Qd6 24. h4 Rc1 25. Rxc1 Qg3+ 26. Kf1 Rxc1+ 27. Ke2 Nf4+ 28. Kd2 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen National Tournament"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1922.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Gemzoe, Jacob Erhard W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1922.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 {Nimzowitsch: Die Praxis meines Systems. S.110. Ausgabe Niggemann.2012.S.168.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rc1 ({RR} 12. Nb5 Ne4 13. Rc1 Bb6 14. Nbd4 Qd7 15. Bd3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Rc8 18. Qb2 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc3 20. Qxa7 h5 21. a4 h4 22. Nxh4 d4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. exd4 Bxb3 25. a5 g6 26. Nf3 Bc4 {Kotsyuba,V (2282)-Arpith S Bijoy (2309) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (52)}) 12... Qe7 13. Nb5 Rfd8 14. Nfd4 a6 $146 ({RR} 14... Ne4 15. Bg4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Ne5 17. Qxg7+ Kxg7 18. Nf5+ Kf8 19. Nxe7 Nd3 20. Nxc8 Nxb2 21. Ncxa7 Ra8 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Rc1 Nbd3 24. Rd1 f5 25. a3 f4 26. b4 fxe3 27. fxe3 Nb2 28. Rxd5 Ne4 29. Rd7 {Kaenel,H (2405)-Eisenbeis,N (2230) Biel 1996 1-0}) 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Nd4 Rc7 17. Qd3 Rdc8 18. Nf5 Qd8 19. Rfd1 Bf8 (19... Qd7) 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Ng3 Be7 22. Bf3 Rd7 {Passive Versteidigung} (22... Qc8 $142 {Aktives Gegenspiel} 23. Qb1 (23. Ne2 Bf5) 23... Rc2) 23. Ne2 $16 Ne4 24. Nf4 Bf6 (24... Bd6) 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Bxe4 Bxb2 27. Bxh7+ $16 {und Weiß gewann nach langwierigem Endspiel.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad-01 International Masters"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "1907.09.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1907.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8. dxc5 d4 9. Ne4 O-O 10. g3 Bf5 11. Nfd2 Qa5 12. Bg2 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxc5 14. O-O Rad8 15. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 15. Rc1 Qh5 16. Nf3 Rd7 17. Qa4 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. b4 a6 20. Rc5 Qg4 21. Bd3 Qe6 22. b5 axb5 23. Rxb5 Qf6 24. Qb3 Nd5 25. Rd2 Qe7 26. Bf5 Nc3 27. Bxd7 Nxb5 28. Qxb5 Rxd7 29. Qc4 Qe4 {Marshall,F-Jacob,F Hamburg 1910 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 15. Qb3 Rd7 16. Bg2 Qh5 17. Nf3 Ng6 18. Rfd1 Nge5 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rad1 g6 22. h3 Qf5 23. Qc2 Qe6 24. b3 Qb6 25. Kh2 Rd6 26. Qe4 Nc6 27. e3 Kg7 28. Qc2 Kg8 {½-½ (28) Vooremaa,A-Lein,A Riga 1968}) 15... Qh5 16. Rac1 f5 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Bf3 Qh6 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Rc5 b6 21. Rcc1 Ne5 22. Nc4 N7g6 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qb5 Nxf3+ 25. exf3 Qe6 26. b3 Rfd8 27. Qd3 h6 28. Kg2 Rd5 29. Rc7 a5 30. Rdc1 Qe5 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kh7 33. Rc6 b5 34. Rc2 Qd6 35. Re2 Qc5 36. Rc2 Qd6 37. Re2 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nimzowitsch sim"]
[Site "Tartu"]
[Date "1910.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Kudrjawzew/Landau"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Zoran"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,99,27,27,19,25,27,0,6,6,37,33,33,25,67,55,55,55,55,29,29,-36,-36,-48,-11,-5,-6,-22,36,29,78,78,35,24,29,29,50,49,62,67,90,90,90,99,90,93,96,78,105,96,109,89,100,66,64,64,82,82,102,107,107,109,115,100,100,88,139,139,147,147,147,78,78,78,77,81,81,66,65,78,79,79,85,74,70,92,92,91,88,84,83,83,184,189,190,193,300,184,169,169,254,262]} {This game Nimzowitsch had liked so much that he had published it in his famous book "Chess praxis".} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 {At that time text move was extremely popular because of Tarrasch.} 5. cxd5 exd5 ({The influence of the Tarrasch is visible in this move as well. Black players (it was the consultation game) are not afraid of having an isolated pawn in the centre. Still, preferable was} 5... Nxd5 {which is extremely popular lately.}) 6. Bg5 (6. g3 {would transpose to the main lines of the Tarrasch variation.}) 6... cxd4 $6 ({An old continuation that gives White a clear edge. Stronger was} 6... Be6 {Out of a sudden, this line is very popular lately.}) 7. Nxd4 $16 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bg4 Qd6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nc5 Nd8 18. b4 Bb2 19. Rc2 Ba3 20. Qd2 b6 21. Nd3 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Bxb4 23. Nf4 Qd6 24. Rd1 {Durarbayli,V (2638)-Bharath,S (2479) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (75)}) 10. Nxc6 $146 {(The "isolated pair of pawns" at c6 and d5 soon turns out to be a weakness."} ({Nimzowitsch wanted to create his opponents' Isolated pawns in the centre, thinking that they are weak. However, we know today that such pawns are good. Better was} 10. O-O) ({RR} 10. O-O Qa5 11. Qb3 Nxd4 12. exd4 Rb8 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Rfe1 Kf8 16. a3 Rd7 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nc3 f5 20. Qc2 Bg5 21. Re5 Bf6 22. Rxf5 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qd8 {Garcia Palermo,C (2505)-Paolini,C Trelew 1995 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Bf3 Ne5 13. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bxf6 15. Qxd5 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Bxd4 19. exd4 Be6 20. Nc5 Bd5 21. b4 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Kf8 23. f3 Rd6 24. Kf2 Rad8 {Shuvalova,P (2483)-Bacus,D (2131) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (71)}) ({RR} 10. O-O Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Rfd8 16. Na4 h6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. Nb6 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rc7 21. Bf3 d4 22. Rxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Bf6 {Karavade,E (2263)-Aghaverdiyeva,M (2055) Baku AZE 2025 ½-½ (33)}) 10... bxc6 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5]} 11. O-O Be6 {Nimzowitsch was right when he stated that Bishop on e6 is good only in case Black wants to play c6-c5.} 12. Rc1 Rb8 ({Black is searching his chances on open b file. Slightly preferable was} 12... Rc8 {with the next c5.}) 13. Qc2 ({Slightly preferable was} 13. Na4 {protecting the b2 pawn and eying c5 square.}) 13... Bd7 $2 ({A bad move. Nimzowitsch had examined} 13... c5 14. Rfd1 Qa5 ({Stronger is} 14... d4 15. b3 Rc8 16. Ba6 Rc6 {with mutual chances.}) 15. Bf3 (15. Bf4 {was interesting.}) 15... Rfd8 (15... d4 $11 {is very strong.}) 16. b3 ({or} 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxd5 Bxc3 18. Bxe6 Bxb2 {with an even game.}) 16... c4 {This posiiton is aproximately even.}) ({Also, very interesting is} 13... Bd6) 14. Rfd1 Ne8 $2 ({The dark-squared Bishop is a very important piece and it was a mistake to trade it. Better was} 14... Bd6 $14 {After which the position is only slightly preferable for White.}) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Na4 $16 {[%csl Yc5,Yd4,Ye5][%cal Ya4c5] Besides weak pawns c6-d5, Black has a complex of weak dark squares (c5, d6, d4, e5).} Nf6 ({In case of} 16... Nc7 {Nimzowitsch suggests} 17. Nc5 ({however, stronger is} 17. Qc5 {keeping a stable advantage.})) 17. Nc5 Rb6 (17... Bg4 {was stronger.}) 18. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Gc5,Rc6,Gd4,Rd5] "The blockade proceeds on schedule. Incidentally, Black's a-pawn is difficult to defend." - Nimzowitsch} Rfb8 19. b3 Be8 20. Bd3 h6 21. Qc3 {[%csl Gc5,Rc6,Gd4,Rd5][%cal Gc3d4]} Bd7 22. Ra4 {We should not forget that a7 is weak.} Ra8 23. Qd4 {The d4 square is great transit one.} Ne8 24. Ra5 Nc7 25. Qa4 Nb5 26. Bxb5 $2 ({A mistake that throws away a big part of his advantage. Better was} 26. Qf4 $16) 26... cxb5 27. Qd4 {[%csl Rd5]} Bc6 $2 ({A passive move. Better was} 27... Rg6 {that gives Black counter-play.}) 28. b4 (28. Nd3 $1) 28... Rab8 29. Nb3 ({Preferable was} 29. Nd3 {relocating the Knight on f4.}) 29... f6 $2 ({Makes a lot of weak points. Lesser evil was} 29... Be8 $16) 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. Nxc5 Ra8 32. Rc3 {[%csl Ra7]} (32. Ne6 {was stronger. White is eying the a7 pawn.}) 32... Re8 $2 (32... d4 {was the last practical chance.}) 33. Rxa7 (33. f3 $5) 33... d4 34. Rd3 dxe3 35. Rxe3 $2 (35. fxe3 $18 {was stronger.}) 35... Rxe3 36. fxe3 Bd5 37. a3 Bc4 (37... f5 {was interesting.}) 38. Kf2 Rd6 39. Rd7 $1 {"The pressure, carried over from the period of the blockade, even now, on an open board, exerts is paralyzing influence." Nimzowitsch} Rxd7 40. Nxd7 Kf7 {"Only now the strong points have their say. White can no longer prevent the Black King from occupying a central position at e4 or d5, but that would mean a victory of the opening-up idea over the principles of blockade." Nimzowitsch} 41. Nb6 Bb3 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Ke4 Kd6 44. Kd4 Be6 45. a4 Kc6 46. a5 h5 47. e4 f5 48. exf5 Bxf5 49. Nd5 Kb7 50. Kc5 {and White won after a few moves.} 1-0

[Event "Stockholms Schackforbund 6 Players 2R"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Stoltz, Gosta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "Nimzowitsch,Aron"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1934.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)WSZ 1934, S.124 [Nimzowitsch nach TfS].} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O Nge7 9. e4 dxe4 (9... O-O 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bg5 $1 Be7 12. Nxd5 Bxg5 (12... Qxd5 $2 13. Ne5 $1) 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Ne3 $1 $14) 10. Nxe4 Bf5 $6 (10... O-O 11. Qc2 $1 Qd5 (11... Nxd4 $2 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Be3) 12. Be3 Ng6 13. Nh4 Qb5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. a3 Be7 16. d5 Na5 17. d6 Bd8 18. Nc3 $16 {Reshevsky-Stahlberg, Zurich, 1953.}) 11. Ne5 $1 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. a3 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Bc5 $146 ({RR} 14... Nb3 15. Be3 Nxa1 16. Rxa1 Bd6 17. Nxc4 Bc7 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bf3 Bb6 20. Bf4 Rd8 21. Re1 Rd4 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Be5 Ra4 24. Bxg7 Rg8 25. Bc6+ Kd8 26. Rd1+ Kc8 27. Bd7+ {1-0 (27) Berczes,D (2555)-Lundin,J (2314) Stockholm 2011}) 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Ba6 Ne2+ 17. Kg2 Bd4 18. Nxf7 $1 Nxc1 (18... Kxf7 19. Bxc4+) 19. Nxh8 Nb3 20. Rad1 g6 21. Nf7 Kxf7 22. Bxc4+ Kf8 23. Bxb3 Bxb2 24. Rd3 Bxa3 25. Rf3+ Kg7 26. Ra1 Bc5 27. Rf7+ Kh6 28. Ra5 Bb6 (28... Bd6 29. Be6) 29. Ra4 Nf5 30. Be6 Nd4 31. Bd7 1-0

[Event "SUI-ch35 Meister"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1931.04.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Naegeli, Oskar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1931.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Rc1 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Ne5 Bd6 ({RR} 11... N6d7 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Nxd5 Ne5 14. Bxe5 cxd5 15. Bb5 Bf5 16. Qf3 Ke6 17. Bc7 Qc8 18. Be5 Qd8 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. Bxg7 Ng6 21. Be5 Qb5 22. b3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qa5 24. Rfd1 Rf8 25. Rc7 Be4 26. Qh3+ {Kosic,D (2480)-Kovacs,G (2471) Hungary 2013 1-0 (38)}) 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. f4 N6d7 14. e4 $146 ({RR} 14. Bf2 f6 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. a4 Be6 18. Nd2 Bb4 19. Qc2 Bf7 20. Na2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Nxa4 22. b4 a6 23. Rb1 Bg6 24. f5 Bf7 25. Nc1 Nb6 26. Nb3 Nc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Na5 Rac8 {Guerreiro,N (2065)-Frois,A (2257) Lisabon 2022 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 14. Bf2 f6 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. a4 Be6 18. Nd2 Bb4 19. Qc2 Bf7 20. Na2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Nxa4 22. b4 a6 23. Rb1 Bg6 24. f5 Bf7 25. Nc1 Nb6 26. Nb3 Nc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Na5 Rac8 {Guerreiro,N (2065)-Frois,A (2257) Lisabon 2022 0-1 (48)}) 14... dxe4 15. Bc4 Ne6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. f5 Nf6 18. Bh4 Kg8 19. Nxe4 Rf8 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qg4+ Kf7 24. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "Match Stahlberg-Nimzowitsch +4-2=2"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1934.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1934.02.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stockfish 16.1} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Qf6 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. O-O Rad8 16. Qc2 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 d4 {½-½ (17) Fedoseev,V (2683)-Giri,A (2760) chess.com INT 2023}) ({RR} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 h4 14. Bh2 d4 15. Qe2 Be6 16. O-O dxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qd5 ({RR} 18... Qf6) 19. Qe3 O-O-O ({RR} 19... Rd8) 20. Be4 Qd4 21. Qf3 Ne5 ({RR} 21... Bd5) 22. Rac1+ Kd7 {Lazavik,D (2778)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2815) Chess.com 2024 [Stockfish 16.1] 1-0}) ({RR} 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bxc4 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Ba3 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Bc6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Bf1 b6 19. Nb3 e5 20. Rd1 Ba4 21. Rac1 Nb7 22. Rd5 Nf6 {Javakhishvili,L (2437)-Batsiashvili,N (2462) Tbilisi GEO 2026 ½-½}) ({RR} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 h4 14. Bh2 d4 15. Qe2 Be6 16. O-O dxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qd5 19. Qe3 O-O-O 20. Be4 Qd4 21. Qf3 Ne5 22. Rac1+ Kd7 {Lazavik,D (2572)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2770) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 8... O-O 9. O-O a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. Rc1 Be7 15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Be4 Ne7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nf4 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Ra8 25. Rc5 Kf8 26. Bd5 b4 27. Rc7 Bxb2 28. Rxf7+ Ke8 29. Rxb7 Bc3 30. Rxg7 Bxg7 31. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "SUI-ch35 Meister"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1931.04.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Johner, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1931.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bxc3+ ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bh4 a5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. a3 Be7 13. Rab1 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 Ba6 16. Nc1 Qb6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rae8 22. Rbc1 Re6 23. Rc2 {Ree,H (2500)-Browne,W (2550) Amsterdam 1978 0-1 (78)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 a5 14. Rab1 axb4 15. axb4 b5 16. Rfc1 N8d7 17. Bg3 Nb6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nfd5 20. Qxc6 Nxb4 21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. Bxb5 Bd7 23. Qc7 {Ardila,O (1956)-Guevara Ruiz,S (2121) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (40)}) 9. bxc3 h6 10. Bh4 c5 $146 ({RR} 10... Qa5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Nd2 Qa3 14. c4 b6 15. Rab1 Ba6 16. Rb3 Qf8 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxd5 19. Bg3 f5 20. Qc2 c5 21. Qc4 Qf7 22. Bd6 Rac8 23. Ra3 a5 24. Nf3 Qe6 25. dxc5 {Golz,W-Rejfir,J Dresden 1957 0-1 (39)}) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. a4 c4 14. Be2 Qc7 15. a5 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Nf8 18. Bg3 Qc6 19. Bd1 b5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Bc2 Bd7 23. Bd6 Ng6 24. Bb1 Qc6 25. Bg3 Ne7 26. Qb2 Ra8 27. Bc2 Ra5 28. Rb1 Rb5 29. Qa3 Rxb1+ 30. Bxb1 Bf5 31. Qxe7 Bxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner SG 100th anniversary"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1928.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1928.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bh7+ ({RR} 13. Rae1 Nf8 14. Nc1 Nf6 15. Nb3 Ne6 16. f3 a5 17. a3 b6 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Nc1 Bd7 20. Nc3 {½-½ (20) Rapport,R (2646)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2559) Deizisau 2013}) ({RR} 13. Rae1 Ndf6 14. Nc1 g6 15. f3 Ng7 16. e4 Be6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Nb3 b6 19. Qf2 Rad8 20. h3 Qc7 21. Qh4 Nd7 22. Re2 c5 23. exd5 Bf5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Be4 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Qc5 27. Qf2 Bxe4 {Kashlinskaya,A (2480)-Radzimski,A (2403) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (71)}) 13... Kh8 14. Bf5 Nf8 $146 ({RR} 14... Ndf6 15. a3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 f5 19. b4 Be6 20. Na4 b6 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Qe2 g6 23. Nb2 c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Na4 cxb4 26. axb4 Qxb4 27. Ra1 Bc4 28. Rfb1 Qxb1+ {0-1 (28) Balague Camps,M (2197)-Clarke,M (2075) chess.com INT 2023}) ({RR} 14... Ndf6 15. a3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 f5 19. b4 Be6 20. Na4 b6 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Qe2 g6 23. Nb2 c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Na4 cxb4 26. axb4 Qxb4 27. Ra1 Bc4 28. Rfb1 Qxb1+ {0-1 (28) Balague Camps,M (2197)-Clarke,M (2075) chess.com INT 2023}) 15. Bxc8 Raxc8 16. Qf5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nimzowitsch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Romi, Massimiliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Zoran"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 (7... Be7) 8. Qc2 (8. Nf3) 8... h6 (8... Nf8) 9. Bh4 Qa5 $6 ({Better was} 9... O-O 10. Nf3 $14) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Nge2 Qa5 11. O-O Qd8 12. Kh1 Re8 13. Rae1 Nf8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qd8 17. f4 Bb4 18. N2c3 Bf5 19. a3 Be7 20. Ng3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne6 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. d5 {Horvath,P (2390)-Burmakin,V (2460) Nagykanizsa 1993 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 9... Qe7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f3 Bd7 14. e4 g5 15. Bf2 Bc7 16. e5 Nh5 17. g3 Rae8 18. Kh1 Qe6 19. f4 Ng7 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Be3 Bd8 22. Nf3 Qg4 23. Qd2 Ne6 24. Bc2 {Mirzoeva,E (2271)-Ferris,O Peterborough ENG 2026 1-0 (37)}) 10. O-O-O $146 (10. Nge2 $14) ({RR} 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 c5 13. Kf1 Re8 14. Bf5 b5 15. g4 b4 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Nf4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Ndf6 19. Kg1 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 b3 21. Qxb3 Qd2 22. Nh3 Rab8 23. Qd1 Qxb2 24. Rc1 Nc3 {Koopmeiners,K (1973)-Ivic,R (2036) Troisdorf 2002 0-1}) ({RR} 10. Nge2 b5 11. O-O b4 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Bg3 Ng4 14. e4 Bxg3 15. Nxg3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb7 17. Bf5 h5 18. Rfe1+ Kf8 19. Nc5 Ngf6 20. d5 Rc8 21. d6 {1-0 (21) Hammann,B (1894)-Stelter,W (1636) Duisburg 2004}) 10... Bb4 (10... O-O) 11. Nge2 Be7 (11... O-O $14) 12. Kb1 Nf8 (12... O-O) 13. h3 Be6 14. f3 a6 15. a3 (15. Be1 $5) 15... Bd7 16. Bxf6 (16. Be1 $142) 16... Bxf6 17. e4 {[%csl Yd4,Ye4]} Ne6 18. e5 Be7 19. f4 Nc7 (19... O-O-O) 20. f5 $1 Nb5 (20... O-O-O) 21. Rhf1 (21. e6 $1 fxe6 22. fxe6 Bc8 (22... Bxe6 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Nf4 Bf7 25. Ng6 Bxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kd7 27. Qg4+ Kd8 28. Qxg7 $18) 23. Rhf1 $18) 21... Qb6 $2 (21... Rf8 $142) 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Nf4 (23. e6 $1) 23... b4 24. Ncxd5 $1 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Qa5 26. Nc7+ Kd8 27. Nxa8 Qxa8 28. d5 $18 {[%csl Yd5,Ye5,Yf5]} Qc8 29. Qe4 Re8 30. Rc1 Qb8 31. e6 Bb5 32. Qd4 b6 33. d6 Bf6 34. e7+ Kd7 35. Qd5 Bxf1 $6 36. Qc6# 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad-04 International Masters"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "1929.08.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1929.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. h3 Bd6 13. Be5 Qe7 ({RR} 13... Bxe5 14. Nxe5 N6d7 15. Nf3 Ne6 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Nf6 18. b5 cxb5 19. axb5 a5 20. Ne5 b6 21. Nc6 Qd6 22. Ne2 Bb7 23. Ng3 Rac8 24. Nf5 Qf8 25. Qa2 g6 26. Ng3 Qd6 27. Ne5 Nf8 28. Ne2 {Atakhan,A (2414)-Nihal,S (2687) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (64)}) 14. Rfe1 $146 ({RR} 14. Rab1 N6d7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. b4 b5 17. Bxb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Qg6 19. Qxg6 Nxg6 20. Nc7 Bb7 21. Rfc1 Nb6 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Rc7 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nf8 25. Rcc1 Ne6 26. Nb3 Nc4 27. Nc5 Ba8 28. a4 Rc8 {Keller Hermann,E-Funke,E Soemmerda 1957 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 14. a3 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Rfc1 Red8 20. a4 Rd5 21. Qb3 Qe7 22. Qa3 Qc7 23. Rc5 Ne6 24. Rc2 f6 25. Nc4 Rad8 26. a5 c5 27. Nd2 Qf7 28. Nxe4 cxd4 {Gong,S (2404)-Gadzhiev,R (2339) Moscow RUS 2026 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 14. Rae1 N6d7 {½-½ (14) Frydman,P-Stahlberg,G Podebrady 1936}) 14... Be6 15. Na4 N6d7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nc5 Rab8 18. Rac1 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. b4 a6 21. a4 Bd7 22. Nd4 Ra8 23. Ra1 Qe5 24. Bf5 g6 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Rab1 Rac8 27. Rec1 Qe4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Rc3 Kg7 30. Rbc1 Nf8 31. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Kissingen International Masters"]
[Site "Bad Kissingen"]
[Date "1928.08.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1928.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c6 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. h4 Bxg5 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Nxe4 Qg6 15. f3 Nf8 16. Nf4 Qf5 17. Rh5 Qd7 18. d5 $146 ({RR} 18. Rdh1 Qe7 19. Kb1 f6 20. d5 g6 21. Qc3 Kg7 22. d6 Qd8 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxh7+ Nxh7 25. Rxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qxf6 Bf5+ 27. e4 {1-0 (27) Ker,A (2335)-Aung,T (2215) Genting 1995}) 18... cxd5 19. Nxd5 Qc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Ndf6+ gxf6 22. Nxf6+ Kh8 23. Nxe8 Bg4 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Rg5 Be6 26. Nxe6 Nxe6 27. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad-03 International Masters"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "1923.05.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Bernstein, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1923.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%mdl 1]} Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 a6 7. c5 c6 ({RR} 7... b6 8. b4 a5 9. Bb2 bxc5 10. bxc5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qe2 Ra8 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rab1 Qd7 15. a4 Rfb8 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 f5 19. Rb5 Qd5 20. Rfb1 Rd8 21. Qc4 e5 22. dxe5 {Andreikin,D (2725)-Indjic,A (2607) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0 (47)}) 8. b4 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 10. Be2 e5 11. O-O e4 12. Nd2 Ne8 13. a4 f5 14. b5 f4 15. exf4 Qxf4 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Bc1 Qf6 18. Nb3 Nxc5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. dxc5 Nc7 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Nd4 Rb4 24. a5 Bd7 {Baburin,A (2400)-O'Gorman,T (2401) Dublin 2022 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 10. Be2 e5 11. O-O e4 12. Nd2 Ne8 13. a4 f5 14. b5 f4 15. exf4 Qxf4 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Bc1 Qf6 18. Nb3 Nxc5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. dxc5 Nc7 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Nd4 Rb4 24. a5 Bd7 {Baburin,A (2400)-O'Gorman,T (2401) Dublin 2022 ½-½ (38)}) 10... e5 11. O-O-O e4 12. Nh4 Nb8 13. g3 Ne8 14. Ng2 f5 15. h4 Bd8 16. a4 b6 17. b5 Nf6 18. Nf4 axb5 19. axb5 Qf7 20. Be2 Bc7 21. cxb6 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Bd7 23. Kd2 cxb5 24. Ra1 Nc6 25. Bxb5 Na5 26. Be2 Rfb8 27. Na4 Bxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxb6 29. Bc3 Nb3+ 30. Qxb3 Rxb3 31. Rxa8+ Ne8 32. Bd1 Rxc3 33. Kxc3 Qc7+ 34. Kd2 Kf7 35. Bh5+ g6 36. Rha1 Qb6 37. Be2 Kg7 38. Ke1 Nc7 39. R8a5 Kh6 40. Kf1 Qb3 41. h5 Ne8 42. Ra6 Qb2 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. R6a2 Qb7 45. Ra7 Qb2 46. Kg2 Nf6 47. Rh1+ Nh5 48. Bxh5 gxh5 49. Rha1 1-0

[Event "Match Stahlberg-Nimzowitsch +4-2=2"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1934.02.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1934.02.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 a6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Be2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 b5 14. Bf3 Ra7 15. Bxf6 $146 ({RR} 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Rd7 17. Rxd7 Nxd7 18. Ke2 Ne5 19. Rd1 Nxf3 20. gxf3 f5 21. b4 Kf7 22. a4 Ke7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra1 Bd7 25. Ra5 Rc8 26. Nxb5 Rb8 27. Nd4 Rxb4 28. f4 Ra4 29. Rxa4 Bxa4 {Souza Mendes,J-Cruz,W Rio de Janeiro 1943 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 15. Ke2 Bd7 16. Rc1 b4 17. Nd5 Bb5+ 18. Kd2 Nd7 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. exd4 Nb6 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. b3 e5 24. Nxe5 Rxd4+ 25. Ke3 Rd6 26. Rhd1 Re6 27. Kf4 g6 28. Rc7 Kg7 29. h4 Rf6+ {Malaniuk,V (2540)-Arlandi,E (2435) Forli 1992 1-0 (50)}) 15... gxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. g4 Bb7 18. Ke2 Bd5 19. b3 Rc8 20. Rd2 Kf8 21. Rhd1 Rac7 22. Rd4 a5 23. Nd2 Bxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rc2 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Ra2 27. Ne4 Rcc2 28. R1d2 f5 0-1

[Event "Nimzowitsch casual"]
[Site "Hjorring"]
[Date "1922.11.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Lie, Niels"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1922.11.11"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. Re1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Na5 $146 ({RR} 13... Rc7 14. Qe2 Rd7 15. d5 Ba6 16. dxc6 Rxd3 17. Nb5 Rb3 18. Nfd4 Rxb2 19. Qxb2 Bc5 20. Rad1 Qb8 21. Qe2 Re8 22. Qe5 Qc8 23. Qc7 e5 24. Qxc8 Bxc8 25. Nb3 Bg4 26. Rd2 a6 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 {Carvalho,G (2237)-Izquierdo,D (2261) Montevideo 2012 1-0 (61)}) 14. Ne5 Kh8 15. g4 Nd7 16. d5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bf6 18. Rh5 g6 19. Qd2 Rg8 20. Ne4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2+ Rg7 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. g5 Nc6 25. Re1 exd5 26. Re3 Qxf6 27. Rh3+ Kg8 28. gxf6 Rh7 29. Rxh7 Kxh7 30. Qe2 dxc4 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Nimzowitsch consultation"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Allies"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf5 Rc7 $146 ({RR} 13... Ra8 14. Re1 Ne7 15. Bb1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Re8 17. Qf3 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bd3 a6 20. Kf1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bb4 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Qe2 Qd6 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. dxe5 Ng4 26. f4 Nxh2+ 27. Ke2 Ng4 28. Na4 {Beckers,T (1965)-Volshanik,L (1986) Bayern 2008 ½-½ (38)}) 14. Nb5 Re7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Nd8 17. Rc2 Ne6 18. f4 Ne4 19. Qc1 b5 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qb8 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. f5 Nd8 24. f6 gxf6 25. Rcxf6 Ne6 26. d5 Ng7 27. Qg5 Qe8 28. R1f4 Kh8 29. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "All Russian Masters (Qualification)"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.01.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Taubenhaus, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1914.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Nimzowitsch in Rigaesche Rundschau 1915, Jan 23. 2)Skoldager: Nimzowitsch 1886-1924. McFarland. p.233-234.} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nbd5 15. Nb5 $146 ({RR} 15. Bd3 Bb4 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. f3 Be7 18. Bb1 Bd6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bf2 Qa5 21. Be1 Qa4 22. b3 Qe8 23. Qd3 g6 24. Bh4 Nd5 25. Qd2 Nc3 26. Ng4 Be7 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Re1 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 h5 {Kouvatsou,M (2078)-Radeva,V (2101) Achaia 2016 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 15. Bd3 Rc7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bd2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Kh1 Qd8 21. Re1 Ba3 22. Rcd1 Bb2 23. Nc4 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Bd5 25. Nxb6 axb6 26. Bb4 Bc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Bc5 Ra4 29. Qb5 Rxa2 {Hebden,M (2560)-Rogers,I (2595) Hastings 1993 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bb5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Bg5 18. Nf3 Nf4 19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qf6 21. Kh1 h6 22. h4 Bxh4 23. Bxf4 Rd8 24. Be3 e5 25. Kg2 exd4 26. Bf4 Rd5 27. Bd3 g6 28. Be4 Rh5 29. Kf1 Kh7 {Kluger,G (2260)-Horvath,J Budapest 1981 ½-½}) 15... a6 16. Na7 Ra8 17. Nac6 Qd6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bd3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 b5 21. Rc5 Rfc8 22. Rdc1 g6 23. a3 Ne8 24. b4 Nd6 {[#]} 25. Qf2 f5 26. Qf4 Ne8 27. Be2 Nd6 28. Bf3 Rxc5 29. dxc5 Ne8 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. c6 Bc8 32. c7 Ra7 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rxc8 Rxc7 35. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Match Nimzowitsch-Brinckmann +4-0=0"]
[Site "Kolding"]
[Date "1923.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Brinckmann, Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1923.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 cxd4 9. exd4 Ne4 10. Bb2 ({RR} 10. Qc2 f5 11. a3 Kh8 12. Bb2 Bb8 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. Na4 Bf4 15. Nc5 Qd6 16. Nd3 Bh6 17. Nde5 g5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Bc3 a5 21. b4 Ne4 22. Be1 axb4 23. axb4 g4 24. Bd3 g3 {Owezdurdiyeva,J (2144)-Zarylykov,E (1923) Korumdu KGZ 2024 1-0 (63)}) 10... Nxc3 $146 ({RR} 10... Qf6 11. Bd3 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Ne2 Qh6 14. g3 b6 15. Qc1 Qf6 16. a3 Bb7 17. cxd5 Na5 18. Qe3 exd5 19. Bc2 Rac8 20. Qd3 Qg6 21. Qd2 Rxc2 {0-1 (21) Heiny,M (2084)-Theissl Pokorna,R (2343) Austria 2013}) ({RR} 10... f5 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. Bb2 Qb6 16. Rc1 a5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Bc3 Ra8 20. Re1 Bd7 {½-½ (20) Dranov,A (2440)-Schneider,I (2435) Germany 2007}) 11. Bxc3 Ne7 12. c5 Bc7 13. b4 Ng6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. b5 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. a4 Kh8 18. a5 f6 19. a6 b6 20. c6 Be8 21. Bf1 Bf7 22. h4 Bd6 23. g3 Qc7 24. Bh3 Re8 25. Re3 Nf8 26. Rae1 Re7 27. Bb4 Rae8 28. Qc3 Bxb4 29. Qxb4 Kg8 30. Bf5 Bg6 31. Bxg6 Nxg6 32. h5 Nf8 33. Nh4 Kf7 34. Kg2 g6 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. f4 Qd8 37. Nf3 Qc7 38. Rh1 Kg8 39. Ree1 Rh7 40. Rxh7 Nxh7 41. Rh1 Nf8 42. Rh6 Re7 43. Qa3 Rg7 44. Rh8+ Kxh8 45. Qxf8+ $18 Kh7 46. Qxf6 Qe7 47. Ng5+ Kh8 48. Qe5 Qc7 49. Qxe6 Qe7 50. Qh3+ Kg8 51. Qc8+ Qf8 52. Qxf8+ Kxf8 53. Ne6+ Kf7 54. Nxg7 Kxg7 55. c7 1-0

[Event "DSB-24 Kongress Meisterturnier-22"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1925.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Nimzowitsch/Keene"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1925.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Chekhov,Valery A 1)Keene:Aron Nimzowitsch 1886-1935. A Reappraisal. p.33.} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 (3... e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4) (3... Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 Ng4 $1 {Breyer} 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 $1 Ne6 $1 {Ideas for Black: (i) Qa5, (ii) 0-0 and f5, (iii) b6 and Bb7.}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 cxd4 (5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 $1) 6. Qxd4 e6 7. e3 $146 (7. e4 Nxc3 $1 8. Qxc3 (8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. bxc3) 8... Nc6 9. Bb5 (9. a3 Qa5 $1) 9... Bd7) (7. Nxd5 exd5 8. e4 Nc6 (8... dxe4 $1 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ke7 $1) ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Qxd5 Qxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. O-O) 9. Qxd5 Qxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Bb5+) ({RR} 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Nxd4 10. Bxa5 Nxf3+ 11. exf3 exd5 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. f4 g6 15. Bb4+ Kd8 16. Bc3 Rc8 17. Kb1 Rg8 18. Bf6+ Be7 19. Be5 Bc5 20. Bc4 Ke7 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 {Bronstein,D-Benko,P Budapest 1955 1-0 (67)}) ({RR} 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. e3 Kh8 13. Be2 d4 14. O-O dxe3 15. Bxe3 Qc7 16. h3 Bd7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Bxa7 Be8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Be3 h6 {Bareev,E (2670)-Goldin,A (2555) Moscow 1993 1-0}) ({RR} 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Qxd5 exd5 9. e3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bg4 13. Be2 Kd7 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Rac1 Kd6 17. Nh4 Na5 18. Rc3 Rac8 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. f4 a6 21. Bd3 b5 {Thompson,A-Brookbanks,A Peterborough ENG 2026 ½-½ (56)}) ({RR} 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Qxe4+ Qe7 10. Bd3 Qxe4+ 11. Bxe4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nd7 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. O-O Nf6 16. Bf3 O-O 17. Nb3 ({RR} 17. Rc7 Be6 18. a3 ({RR} 18. Bxb7 Rfd8 19. Nb3 Ne8) ({RR} 18. Rxb7 Rxb7 19. Bxb7 Rb8) 18... Rfd8 19. Ne4 Nd5) ({RR} 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Be6 19. a3) 17... Be6 18. Nc5 Bxa2 19. Ra1 ({RR} 19. Nxb7 Bd5) ({RR} 19. Bxb7 Rfd8 20. Ra1 Bd5 21. Rxa7 Bxb7 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Nxb7 Rb8 24. Rc1 Ne8 25. Na5 Rxb2) 19... Rfc8 ({RR} 19... Bd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nd7) ({RR} 19... Bc4 20. Rfc1 Ba6 21. Nxa6 bxa6 22. Rxa6 Rxb2 23. Rxa7) 20. Rxa2 ({RR} 20. Nxb7 Bd5 21. Nd6 Rc7) 20... Rxc5 21. Rxa7 Rb5 {Uhlmann,W-Keres,P Moscow 1956 MCL [Chekhov,Valery A] ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 7. e4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Bd7 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qb3 Nc5 12. Qe3 Be7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. b3) 7... Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. Nxc6 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Nd5 13. Bd2 $14 Bc5 $6 (13... Be7 $1 14. e4 Nb6 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Ke2 Bf6 $1 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. b3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxc1 (19... Nd7) 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Kd3 f6 23. Kc4 Kf7 24. Kb5 a6+ $1 25. Kc5 Ke7 {followed by ...Kd7 with a draw}) 14. Nb3 Bb4 $6 (14... Bb6 $1 15. e4 Ne7 $11) 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Ke2 Ke7 18. Rc4 {There follows a classic illustration by Nimzowitsch of how one should exploit greater control of terrain in a R+N ending.} Na6 (18... Nc6 19. Rhc1 $1 $16 (19. Nc5 $2 Na5 20. Rc3 b6)) 19. Rhc1 Rd7 20. f4 $1 Rhd8 21. Nd4 f6 22. a4 $1 (22. b4 b5) 22... e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Nf3 Ke6 25. b4 b6 26. R1c2 $1 { Ng5+, Ne4, b5} h6 27. h4 $1 Rd6 28. h5 Rd5 29. Rg4 R5d7 30. Rc6+ Rd6 (30... Kf5 $2 31. Rcg6 $18) (30... Kd5 31. Rcg6 e4 $1 32. Nd2 Nxb4 33. Nxe4 $16) 31. Rg6+ Ke7 (31... Kd5 32. Rcxd6+ Rxd6 33. e4+ $1 Kc6 34. b5+) 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxa7 Nxb4 35. Nxe5 Re6 $18 36. Ng6+ Kg8 $1 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Nf5 Nd5 39. g4 Nf4+ 40. Kf3 Nd3 41. Ra8+ $1 (41. Rh7 Ne5+ 42. Kf4 Nf7 $1) 41... Kf7 42. Rh8 Nc5 43. Rh7+ Kg8 (43... Kf8 44. Nxh6) 44. Rxh6 Rxh6 45. Nxh6+ Kf8 46. Nf5 Nxa4 47. h6 Kg8 48. g5 Kh7 49. Kg4 Nc5 50. Kh5 Ne6 51. g6+ Kg8 52. h7+ Kh8 53. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Bled International"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1931.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1931.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 a6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Be2 Qe7 10. O-O ({RR} 10. c5 Bc7 11. Na4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8 Rbxc8 15. Nd4 Ba5+ 16. Kf1 Ne4 17. f3 Nd2+ 18. Kf2 Rfe8 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Rhd1 g6 21. Nd6 Ng4+ 22. Kg1 Nxe3 23. Bxf6 Nxc2 24. Rac1 Rxe2 {Willow,J (2452)-Rudd,J (2248) Daventry ENG 2026 ½-½ (64)}) 10... Re8 ({RR} 10... e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rad1 Be6 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Bf5 20. Nxd5 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Nc3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 {Moiseenko,A (2670)-Vysochin,S (2531) Chess.com INT 2017 ½-½ (65)}) 11. Rad1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 $146 ({RR} 12... e5 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. d5 c5 15. a4 Nb6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Nce4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bg4 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. f3 Bh5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bf5 Bg6 23. f4 exf4 24. Qc3 Rg8 25. Bxg6 Qxg6 26. exf4 Rad8 27. f5 {Haug,J (2458)-Formento,P (2294) Paleochora 2020 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 12... e5 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. d5 c5 15. a4 Nb6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Nce4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bg4 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. f3 Bh5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bf5 Bg6 23. f4 exf4 24. Qc3 Rg8 25. Bxg6 Qxg6 26. exf4 Rad8 27. f5 {Haug,J (2458)-Formento,P (2294) Paleochora 2020 1-0 (31)}) 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bd3 c5 17. e4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Bb2 Nc5 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. exf5 e4 22. f6 gxf6 23. Be2 Nd3 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Qb1 Qg7 26. g3 Qg6 27. Bd4 Re2 28. Bb6 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "FrankfurterSV Anderssen Jubilee Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1930.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1930.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nd7 8. f4 Nb6 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Bc2 a5 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. b3 Rae8 17. Kh1 Bc8 18. e4 d4 19. e5 dxc3 20. exf6 cxd2 21. Qh5 h6 22. fxg7 Rf7 23. Qg6 {Shimanov,A (2566)-Salinas Herrera,P (2464) chess.com INT 2023 1-0}) ({RR} 8... f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bc5 12. Na4 O-O 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. O-O Bf5 15. Bd2 Qg6 16. Bb4 Be4 17. Bf3 Nd3 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Rad1 c5 21. f5 Qa6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. f6 {Alavkin,A (2368)-Rodrigues,B (2033) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 8... Nc5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd2 f5 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qe8 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Bc3 Rc8 21. Rd1 Bc5 {½-½ (21) Ahues,C-Mieses,J Frankfurt 1930}) 9. Qb3 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 9... f6 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. e4 d4 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Kb8 16. Bd3 e5 17. g3 Bd6 18. Rdf1 Bh3 19. Rf2 exf4 20. Bxf4 g5 21. Bxd6+ Qxd6 22. Re1 Qe5 23. Qd1 h5 24. Qd2 {Abatino,M (2275)-Borgo,G (2448) Cutro 1999 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 9... a5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 a4 12. Qc2 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh3 14. Bf1 Qh5 15. Bg2 a3 16. b3 Bb4 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. e4 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nd5 22. Bd4 O-O 23. O-O f5 24. Qf3 {Sykes,A (1868)-Zaric,S (2192) Adelaide 2007 ½-½}) 10. Bd2 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bd7 15. Ne4 b5 16. Qd3 f5 17. Nf6+ Qxf6 18. Bc3 Qe7 19. Bxh8 O-O-O 20. Be5 Qf7 21. Rd2 c5 22. Rhd1 Be7 1-0

[Event "FrankfurterSV Anderssen Jubilee Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1930.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Orbach, Wilhelm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1930.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O ({RR} 14... Ke7 15. Rhe1 b6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. f3 Nd7 18. Nd3 Kd6 19. Kc3 a5 20. Rad1 Kc7 21. b4 axb4+ 22. axb4 Ra2 23. Ra1 Rha8 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Kb3 Ra8 26. Kb2 h6 27. Bb3 g5 28. Kc3 Kd6 29. c5+ {Karpov,A (2700)-Kortschnoj,V (2635) Vienna 1986 ½-½ (59)}) ({RR} 14... b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. b4 Ke7 17. Rhe1 Rhd8 18. Kc3 Nd7 19. Nd3 a5 20. f3 h6 21. h4 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rh1 axb4+ 24. axb4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. c5 Bb7 28. Ne5 b5 29. Be4 {Sarana,A (2686)-Rasulov,V (2526) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (49)}) 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Kc3 Bd7 17. Rhd1 $146 ({RR} 17. Rad1 Be8 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Rc7 22. Rhe1 f6 23. Rd2 g6 24. Be6+ Bf7 25. d5 cxd5 26. Rxd5 Kf8 27. Bxf7 Kxf7 28. a4 Re7 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Rb5 Rb8 31. a5 Kd7 {Saemisch,F-Speijer,A Berlin 1922 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 17. f3 Rac8 18. b4 Be8 19. Rad1 a5 20. Bb3 Ra8 21. Ra1 Ra7 22. Rhd1 Rda8 23. Kb2 b6 24. Rac1 Rc7 25. g4 g6 26. h4 h5 27. g5 Nd7 28. Nd3 Kg7 29. Re1 Nf8 30. Nf2 Bd7 31. Ne4 Bc8 {Lukacs,P (2459)-Sentef,N Zalakaros 2001 1-0 (49)}) 17... Be8 18. f4 b5 19. b3 a5 20. a4 b4+ 21. Kd3 Nh5 22. Ke3 f6 23. Nd3 f5 24. Nc5 Bf7 25. Bd3 Nf6 26. Be2 Ra7 27. Bf3 Rc7 28. Rd2 Rd6 29. Nd3 Bh5 30. Bxh5 Nxh5 31. Ne5 Nf6 32. h3 Ne4 33. Rd3 g6 34. g4 Rd8 35. Rg1 Nd6 36. g5 Nf7 37. Rgd1 Kf8 38. h4 Ke7 39. Nf3 Rcd7 40. h5 Kf8 41. R3d2 Kg7 42. Re1 Re7 43. Kd3 c5 44. Rde2 e5 45. fxe5 cxd4 46. c5 Rc8 47. e6 Nd8 48. Kxd4 Nb7 49. Re5 Rc6 50. Rd5 Kf8 51. Ne5 Rcxe6 52. hxg6 hxg6 53. Rh1 Kg7 54. c6 Nd6 55. Rc1 Rc7 56. Rxa5 Ne4 57. Rb5 Nxg5 58. Rb7 Rd6+ 59. Kc4 Ne6 60. Rxc7+ Nxc7 61. Kxb4 Rd5 62. Nf3 Kf6 63. Kc4 Ke6 64. Rg1 Kf6 65. b4 Rd8 66. b5 Ra8 67. b6 Rxa4+ 68. Kb3 Ra8 69. bxc7 Rc8 70. Kc4 Rxc7 71. Kc5 Re7 72. Re1 Ra7 73. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Match Nimzowitsch-Stoltz +2-1=3"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1934.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Stoltz, Gosta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1934.03.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd5 14. Qb3 O-O 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rac1 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 16... b6 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qa4 Qc6 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Qxc6 Bxc6 24. Ba6 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rb8 26. Rc1 Ne8 27. Bc8 Kf8 28. Bd7 Nd6 29. Ba4 Rc8 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Kg2 {Poulsen,K-Nielsen,H Copenhagen 1935 ½-½ (35)}) 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Nd4 Kh8 20. Be4 Nb6 21. Rc7 Rab8 22. Rfc1 Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Qc2 {... (30).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen International 6 Masters"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1923.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Jacobsen, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1923.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O ({RR} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 h6 9. Bf4 c5 10. Bd3 a6 11. Bf5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Rd1 Re8 14. O-O Bd6 15. Nde2 Ne6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Qf6 19. Nh5 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Be5 21. Ng3 Qf6 {Wei Yi (2722)-Zhou Weiqi (2604) Fuling CHN 2023 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 7. h4 c5 8. h5 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. e4 Qa5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxc4 Nb4 14. Qe2 b5 15. Nxb5 Nxa2+ 16. Kb1 Nb4 17. Na3 Rb8 18. Rh3 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rg3 Qxa3 21. Qd2 Bf5+ {Migot,T (2373)-Matveeva,O (2111) chess.com INT 2023 0-1}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. e3 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 9... Nce4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g4 Nxg4 12. Rg1 Nf6 13. Rd4 Bd7 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rh4 g6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Rxh7 Ne4 19. Rxe7 Rxf3 20. Rxg6+ {0-1 (20) Flores,D (2568)-Hoffman,A (2488) Mar del Plata 2017}) 10. Kb1 Nfe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nd4 Rfc8 16. Qb3 b5 17. f3 g6 18. Rhe1 b4 19. Ba6 Rcb8 20. g4 Rb6 21. Bf1 Be6 22. Rc1 a5 23. a4 Nd7 24. Bb5 Nc5 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. h4 Rbb8 27. Qh2 Qc7 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Nc6 Rxb5 30. axb5 Nd3 31. Nxa5 Ra7 32. Nc6 Rb7 33. Nd4 Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Bd7 35. Rc1 Bxb5 36. Rc5 Bd7 37. Rxd5 Kf8 38. Kc2 b3+ 39. Kc3 Ke7 40. h5 Be6 41. Rc5 Kd6 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Nxe6 fxe6 45. Rc5 Kd6 46. Rg5 Rg7 47. f4 Rg8 48. Kxb3 Ke7 49. Kc4 Rc8+ 50. Rc5 Rh8 51. Rc7+ Kf6 52. e4 g5 53. e5+ Kg6 54. f5+ exf5 55. Rc6+ Kg7 56. gxf5 Rh2 57. b4 Rc2+ 58. Kd5 Rxc6 59. Kxc6 g4 60. e6 g3 61. e7 g2 62. e8=Q g1=Q 63. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Nimzowitsch sim"]
[Site "Tartu"]
[Date "1911.12.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Owen, Leonard E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Zoran"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,87,0,21,35,-10,-10,-18,-18,-48,12,10,18,32,41,50,50,42,123,58,55,53,57,46,48,43,47,48,48,60,50,34,44,32,30,33,38,43,47,38,48,53,50,76,70,73,79,63,60,57,62,3,33,57,98,67,78,56,64,64,63,78,67,93,88,9,69,49,64,37,85,89,95,66,66,62,86,104,104,137,130,158,159,159,165,171,251,239,227,235]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 {Well-known Lasker's continuation. Nowadays e4 is played after h6.} 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. cxd5 ({RR} 8. Rc1 Nxc3 {½-½ (8) Ovsejevitsch,S (2581)-Shengelia,D (2549) Triesen 2008}) 8... Qb4 $146 ({A losing move. Better was common} 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5) ({RR} 8... Nxc3 9. d6 cxd6 10. bxc3 e5 11. Be2 e4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. g3 Nd7 15. Qa3 Nb6 16. Rb1 Be6 17. c4 Rfc8 18. Qb4 Rc7 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rbc1 Qd8 21. Qa5 d5 22. c5 Nd7 23. Nb3 {Dupsky,L (2245)-Dudas,J (2035) Hungary 1995 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 8... exd5 9. Nxd5 Qd6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15. O-O Rad8 16. Rfc1 a6 17. Qc2 g6 18. a3 Rfe8 19. b4 Nf6 20. Nd2 h5 21. Nc4 Qe6 22. Ne5 h4 23. h3 {De Souza,C (2018)-Manukyan,S (2158) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (69)}) ({RR} 8... exd5 9. Nxd5 Qd6 10. Nc3 Qb4 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qa3 15. O-O Nc6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Ne4 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nd5 19. c4 Rae8 20. Nc5 Nf6 21. Rab1 b6 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. Qxa5 {Pospisil,A (1678)-Kapinus,D Volyne 2003 1-0 (32)}) 9. Qb3 $2 ({Nimzowitsch claimed that his position was winning after} 9. Qc2 {and he was right.} exd5 10. a3 Qa5 (10... Qb6 {was stronger, although after} 11. Nxd5 {White should win.}) 11. b4 $18) ({There is nothing wrong in taking a pawn:} 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qc2 $18 {Black does not have any compensation for a pawn.}) 9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 exd5 12. Bd3 (12. Kd2 {was interesting.}) 12... Be6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. f4 {Pawn e6 is chronically weak. White has a clear edge.} Nd7 16. b4 a6 17. Ke2 c6 ({Interesting was} 17... g5) 18. g4 Nf6 19. Rhg1 Kf7 20. h4 Nd7 21. h5 Rh8 22. g5 (22. c4 {was interesting.}) 22... Rhg8 ({Stronger was} 22... hxg5 23. Rxg5 Nf6 24. Kf3 Rag8 {White has a clear edge, but it is a question of how to convert it.}) 23. Bh7 $6 ({Better was} 23. c4 Ke7 24. c5 {and White has a strategicaly winning position.}) 23... Rh8 24. Bg6+ Ke7 25. Rg3 Rag8 $2 ({Better was} 25... hxg5 26. Rxg5 Nf6 $14) 26. Rag1 b6 $2 ({A serious mistake. Better was} 26... hxg5 27. Rxg5 Nf6 $14) 27. Ra1 {White has two targets: Pa6 and g file.} Ra8 28. Bd3 a5 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. b5 c5 $2 ({A losing move. Better was} 30... cxb5 31. Rg7+ Kd6 32. Bxb5 Nf6 $16) 31. Rg7+ $18 Kd6 32. f5 $2 ({This move throws away all his advantage. Winning move was} 32. e4 cxd4 33. e5+ $18) 32... c4 $11 {Now the position is even.} 33. Bc2 Rag8 ({Preferable was} 33... Rhg8 $11) 34. Rag1 Rxg7 $6 ({This move gives White extra chances. After} 34... Nf6 $11 {the position is even.}) 35. Rxg7 Rf8 36. fxe6 $2 (36. Rh7 {was stronger.}) 36... Kxe6 37. Rh7 Rf6 $2 ({A losing move. After better} 37... Nf6 38. Rxh6 Rg8 39. Rg6 Kf7 $11 {the position is even.}) 38. e4 $1 $18 dxe4 39. Bxe4 Kd6 40. Bc6 Nb8 41. Bg2 Nd7 42. Bh3 Nf8 43. Rb7 Ne6 44. Rxb6+ Ke7 45. Rxe6+ {Easiest.} Rxe6+ 46. Bxe6 Kxe6 47. Kd2 Kd5 48. Kc2 1-0

