Nimzo Indian Leningrad Variation

Games that start with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5
WHITE BLACK EVENT YEAR RESULT                                                                                
Evgeny Solozhenkin Kevin Spraggett Barcelona 1993 ½-½ 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.dxe6 Qxe6                                    
Boris Spassky Vassily Smyslov Bucharest 1963 1-0                           exd5 8.cxd5 Nbd7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.Nge2 Ne5 11.O-O Ng6 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Bd3 Nxg3 14.Nxg3 Ne5 15.Be2 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qh4 17.f4! Ng4 18.Bxg4 Bxg4 19.Qa4! Bc8 20. e4 Qg4
Vallejo Parker European Zonal 2000 ½-½                                         11.a3 Ba5 12.O-O Ng6 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Rb1 a6 15.Bd3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Ne5 17.b4 cxb4 18.axb4 Bb6 19.b5 axb5 20.Nxb5 Bc5
Boris Spassky Mikhail Tal Tallinn 1973 0-1                       b5 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.cxb5 d5 9. e3 O-O 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Bxf6 Rxf6 12.Qd2 a6 13.bxa6 Nc6 14.Be2 d4 15.cxd4 Rxf3 16.Bxf3 cxd4 17.O-O dxc3 18.bxc3 Bxc3 19.Qd6 Rxa6 20.Bxc6 Bb4
Richard Reti Frank Marshall Brno 1928 1-0                     6. e3 Qa5 7.Qb3 Ne4 8.Rc1 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Nf3 g5 11.Bg3 g4 12.d5 gxf3 13.dxc6 Nxg3 14.hxg3 fxg2 15.Bxg2 bxc6 16.Kf1 Ba6 17.Kg1 Rb8 18.Ne4 f5 19.a3 fxe4 20.axb4 Qxb4
Peter Biyiasas Sharif Haifa Olympiad 1976 1-0                       O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nf3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 d6 10.O-O e5 11.d5 Nb8 12.Nd2 Qe7 13.f4 exf4 14.Ne4 g5 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Bg3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.exf4 g4 19.Qb1 Qxb1 20.Raxb1 Nd7
Fuster Van den Broeck Olympiad 1958 1-0                   b6 6.f3 Be7 7.Bg3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.Nge2 Nc6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Rc1 Re8 14.Nb5 Rf8 15.Bf5 Ne8 16.Bb1 a6 17.Nbc3 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Nf6 19.Nce2 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Bd6
Garcia Frank Anderson Olympiad 1964 0-1                   O-O 6.Rc1 d6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bxc3+ 9.Rxc3 b6 10.Ne2 Bb7 11.O-O Qe8 12.f3 Kh8 13.Bc2 Ng8 14.Ba4 c6 15.e4 a6 16.Bc2 b5 17.Bg3 e5 18.Bf2 Qe7 19.Ng3 g6 20.Qd2 Rfd8
Alexander Alekhine Znosko Borovsky Birmingham 1926 1-0                 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Rc1 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 O-O 9.Be2 d6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Rxc3 Nd7 12.Nd2 e5 13.Bf3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 e4 15.Nd2 Qe7 16.Qa4 f5 17.Qc6 Nf6 18.b4 a5 19.Ra3 Qd7 20.Qxd7 Nxd7
Walker Schleiffer Simcoe Open 1992 1-0               c5 5.d5 b5 6. e4 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Nxe4 9.Qf3 Nxg3 10.dxe6 Qe7 11.hxg3 Qxe6+ 12.Kd2 Qc6 13.Re1+ Kf8 14.Bd3 Qxf3 15.Nxf3 Bb7 16.Nxg5 bxc4 17.Be2 d5 18.Bf3 Nd7 19.Rh4 Rd8 20.Nxf7 Kxf7
De Villiers Bryon Nickoloff Moscow Olympiad 1994 1-0                   Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.e3 Qe7 8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Nd2 O-O-O 11.Be2 d5 12.Qa4 d4 13.cxd4 cxd4 14.Rb1 h6 15.Bf3 Bd7 16.Bf4 Be8 17.c5 dxe3 18.Nc4 exf2+ 19.Kxf2 Qxc5+ 20.Be3 Rd4
Parker Joel Lautier European Zonal 2000 0-1                   d6 6.f3 h6 7.Bd2 exd5 8.cxd5 O-O 9.e4 Nh5 10.Nge2 f5 11.Qc2 fxe4 12.fxe4 Nd7 13.O-O-O Ne5 14.Kb1 Bd7 15.h3 Nc4 16.Bc1 Rf2 17.Qd3 Ne5 18.Qe3 Qf8 19.g4 Nc4 20.Qd3 Ne5
Amadou Marsh Elista Olympiad 1998 1-0               d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6. e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c6 8.Nge2 Bd6 9.Qc2 g6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.h4 Qc7 12.h5 Ng4 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.Bxg6 Ndf6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Bd3 Rf7 17.Rh4 Bg4 18.f3 Bh5 19.Rdh1 Kf8 20.g4 Be7
Valtonis Bergraser Olympiad 1954 ½-½                 5.e3 c5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be2 cxd4 10.exd4 Bd7 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Na5 13.Nd2 Bc6 14.Bf3 Qd7 15.Re1 O-O-O 16.Ne4 f5 17.Nc5 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Qd5 19.Qxd5 Rxd5 20.Rab1 b6

Last Updated on 10/1/00
By Craig Sadler
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