D75a — Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.Nc3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.Nc3 * ● Trait aux Noirs

Ouverture — Centre semi-ouvert

♔ Point de vue Blancs

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Plan principal. Exploiter la case forte f4….

Atouts. Les Blancs s'appuient sur une majorité de pions à l'centre (2 contre 1), les cases fortes f4, e5 et g5, la paire de fous et la colonne semi-ouverte c.

Côté adverse. Le fou enfermé en c8 et une pièce en prise (le pion en c5).

En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le fou c1 et la tour a1).

Plans. Be3 (Développer Bc1) ; h3 (Empêcher ...Bg4).

♚ Point de vue Noirs

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Plan principal. Exploiter la case forte b4….

Atouts. Les Noirs s'appuient sur une majorité de pions à l'aile_dame (3 contre 2), les cases fortes b4 et f5, un fou actif en g7, la paire de fous et la colonne semi-ouverte d.

Côté adverse. Les fous enfermés en c1 et g2.

En contrepartie. Plusieurs pièces dorment encore (le cavalier b8, le fou c8 et la tour a8).

Plans. ...Nbd7 (Développer Nb8) ; ...Bg4 (Développer Bc8, clouer Nf3) ; ...c4 (Rupture) ; ...e6 (Rupture) ; ...e5 (Rupture).

Avantages

Faiblesses adverses

Diagonale active

Plans

Structure de pions

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Pions doublés	—	—
Pions isolés	—	—
Arriérés	—	—
Chaînes	● f2→g3, h2→g3	● f7→g6, h7→g6
Passés	—	—
Majorité	● centre 2v1	● aile_dame 3v2

Cases

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Cases fortes	● f4 (2v1), ● e5 (2v1), ● g5 (2v0)	● b4 (2v0), ● f5 (2v0)
Cases faibles	● d4	—
Centre	● e4 (1v0), ● e5 (2v1)	—

Colonnes et diagonales

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Semi-ouvertes	● c	● d

Pièces

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Bc1	● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5)
Bg2	● Bg2 Enfermé (mob. 2)
Bg7		● Bg7 Actif (mob. 5)
Bc8		● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 5)
Paire de fous	● Oui	● Oui
Non développées	2 (● c1, ● a1)	3 (● b8, ● c8, ● a8)

Sécurité du roi

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Statut	● Roqué	● Roqué
Droits de roque	—	—

Thèmes

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Phase	Ouverture
Centre	semi-ouvert
Ruptures	● e2-e3	● …c5-c4, ● …e7-e6, ● …e7-e5, ● …f7-f6, ● …f7-f5

Partie
1922 It – Round 8 – Rubinstein, Akiba – 1/2-1/2 – Tartakower, Savielly – G9 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5
1922 Vienna – Round 1 – Rubinstein, Akiba – 1/2-1/2 – Tartakower, Savielly – G42 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5
1925 Marienbad – Round 6 – Saemisch, Friedrich – 0-1 – Reti, Richard – G36 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7
1927 London – Round 3 – Reti, Richard – 1/2-1/2 – Yates, Frederic D – G16 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 cxd4
1928 The Hague ol (Men) – Round 2 – Apscheneek, Fricis – 0-1 – Lokvenc, Josef – G16 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5
1936 UJCS-14.Kongress – Round 3 – Engel, Jindrich – 1-0 – Olexa, Vilem – G7 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5
1937 Hastings3738 – Round 3 – Keres, Paul Petrovich – 1-0 – Mikenas, Vladas – G9 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7
1937 Stockholm ol – Round 9 – Keres, Paul Petrovich – 1/2-1/2 – Mikenas, Vladas – G53 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6
1939 Buenos Aires ol f-A – Round 11 – Staahlberg, Gideon – 1-0 – Mikenas, Vladas – G219 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5
1939 Buenos Aires ol f-A – Round 7 – Raud, Ilmar – 0-1 – Najdorf, Miguel – G145 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Ne5 Qxd4
1939 Kemeri / Riga – Round 1 – Stahlberg, Gideon – 1-0 – Mikenas, Vladas – G37 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Rd8
1939 olm Buenos Aires – Round ? – Raud, Ilmar – 0-1 – Najdorf, Miguel – G13 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Ne5 Qxd4
1940 URS-sf – Round 1 – Grechkin, Dmitry M – 1-0 – Khavin, Abram Leonidovich – G88 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5
1941 Mar del Plata – Round 15 – Luckis, Marcos – 0-1 – Najdorf, Miguel – G119 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5
1942 Sverdlovsk – Round 4 – Mikenas, Vladas – 1-0 – Bastrikov, Georgy – G24 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5
1944 La Plata Jockey Club – Round 14 – Iliesco, Juan – 1-0 – Bolbochan, Julio – G65 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d4 Na6 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4
1944 La Plata Jockey Club – Round 5 – Guimard, Carlos E – 1/2-1/2 – Bolbochan, Julio – G26 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 cxd4
1945 Mar del Plata – Round 5 – Guimard, Carlos E – 1/2-1/2 – Bolbochan, J. – G16 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 cxd4
1946 Buenos Aires ch-ARG – Round 20 – Alvarez Martin, Pedro – 1/2-1/2 – Beretta, Alberto Luigi – G77 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7
1946 Staunton, Groningen NED – Round 16 – Vidmar, Marjeta – 1/2-1/2 – Szabo, Ladislav – G58 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7
1946 Treybal Memorial – Round 13 – Zíta, František – 0-1 – Najdorf, Miguel – G69 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Ne5 Qxd4
1948 Karlovy Vary – Round 3 – Vidmar, Marjeta – 1/2-1/2 – Foltys, Jan – G38 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7
1948 Mar del Plata – Round 9 – Guimard, Carlos E – 1-0 – Denker, Arnold S – G73 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qh5
1949 Mar del Plata – Round 5 – Blanco Cruz, Wara – 1-0 – Flores Alvarez, Rodrigo – G53 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 c4
1949 Oldenburg – Round 15 – Zemgalis, Elmars – 1/2-1/2 – Unzicker, Wolfgang – G31 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qh5
1949 Trencianske Teplice – Round 5 – Bolbochan, J. – 1/2-1/2 – Richter, Edgar – G26 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 cxd4
1949 URS Ch, semi final – Round 1 – Vatnikov, Josif E – 1-0 – Arulaid, Alexander – G20 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. g3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qh5
1950 Dubrovnik olm – Round 1 – Porreca, Giorgio – 0-1 – Aguilar Flores, Renata Camila – G34 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qc4
1950 Sorrento ch ITA – Round 10 – Giustolisi, Alberto – 0-1 – Castaldi, Vincenzo – G24 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. g3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7
1950 Sorrento ch ITA – Round 10 – Primavera, Giuseppe – 0-1 – Paoli, Enrico – G25 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. g3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5
1951 YUG Ch 7th – Round 3 – Tot, Bora – 1/2-1/2 – Gligoric, Svetozar – G20 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. e3 a6
1952 Helsinki olm – Round 1 – Johnsen, Larus – 1/2-1/2 – Pachman, Ludek – G292 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 c5 8. d4 Nc6 9. dxc5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5
1953 HUN Ch Budapest HUN – Round 1 – Laszlo, Csaba – 0-1 – Kluger, Gyula – G40 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qc4
1953 Wch U20 fin-A – Round 1 – Olafsson, Fridrik – 1/2-1/2 – Panno, Oscar – G3 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 cxd4
1954 Bucharest – Round 1 – Sandor, Bela – 1/2-1/2 – Wade, Robert G – G24 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 cxd4
1954 Bucharest – Round 10 – Sandor, Bela – 1/2-1/2 – Kluger, Carsten – G91 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 cxd4
1957 Mar del Plata – Round 13 – Behrensen, Joern – 0-1 – Ader Hausman, Walter – G114 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5
1957 URS Ch, semi final – Round 9 – Averbakh, Yuri L – 1-0 – Kaminsky, Oleg – G95 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5
1960 AUS Ch – Round 6.2 – Koshnitsky, Gregory – 1/2-1/2 – Purdy, Cecil J S – G25 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. e3 Be6 10. Ng5 Nxc3
1960 Buenos Aires ch-ARG – Round 16 – Bolbochan, J. – 1/2-1/2 – Najdorf, Rafael – G117 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qc4
1960 Leipzig olm fin-A – Round 1 – Najdorf, Miguel – 1/2-1/2 – Uhlmann, Wolfgang – G12 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6
1963 Hoogovens-B – Round 8 – Sandor, Bela – 1/2-1/2 – Zuidema, Coen – G27 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 c5 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6
1963 Kiev Avantgard Ch – Round ? – Pelts, Roman – 1-0 – Bakhmatov, Eduard – G22 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5
1964 Capablanca Memorial – Round 19 – Bielicki, Carlos – 1-0 – Garcia Martinez, Salomon – G193 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Rd8
1969 Moskou ch-URS – Round 1 – Kholmov, Ratmir D – 1/2-1/2 – Savon, Vladimir – G69 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5
4. Norway Blitz 2016 – Round 8.2 – Carlsen, Magnus – 1-0 – Li, Chao – G36 1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6
Bugojno 1978 – Round 12 – Huebner, Robert – 1/2-1/2 – Tal, Mikhail – G66 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6
World Cup 1989 – Round 1 – Ribli, Zoltan – 1/2-1/2 – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir – G80 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 a6

D75a — Neo-Gruenfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.Nc3

Les coups candidats

8…cxd4 — 37.6% (341 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Mikenas, Vladas (6x), Keres, Paul Petrovich (3x), Leontiev, Aleksandr V. (3x), Tomaszewski, Kacper (3x), Vidmar, Marjeta (2x), Rubinstein, Akiba (2x), Tartakower, Savielly (2x), Najdorf, Miguel (2x)

8…Nxc3 — 34.4% (312 parties) →

Ambassadeurs : Pirc, Vasja (4x), Jasnikowski, Zbigniew (4x), Euwe, Max (3x), Benko, Pal (3x), Najdorf, Miguel (2x), Bronstein, David I (2x), Radulescu, Mihai (2x), Milev, Zdravko (2x)

8…Nc6 — 27.9% (253 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Bolbochan, J. (4x), Najdorf, Miguel (3x), Guimard, Carlos E (3x), Unzicker, Wolfgang (2x), Raud, Ilmar (2x), Sandor, Bela (2x), Iljin, Stanislav (2x), Richter, Edgar (1x)

8…Na6 — 0.2% (2 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Iliesco, Juan (1x), Bolbochan, Julio (1x), Uddenfeldt, Dan (1x), Flesch, Janos (1x)

Analyse statistique des coups candidats

Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)

Tranche Elo	N parties	8…cxd4	8…Nxc3	8…Nc6	8…Na6
<1800	14	29%	36%	36%	—
1800-2200	254	45%	25%	30%	—
2200-2600	416	36%	40%	24%	0%
2600+	16	25%	62%	12%	—

Évolution par décennie (% des parties)

Décennie	N parties	8…cxd4	8…Nxc3	8…Nc6	8…Na6
1920s	9	33%	44%	22%	—
1930s	14	50%	21%	29%	—
1940s	34	35%	29%	32%	3%
1950s	22	23%	41%	36%	—
1960s	24	38%	33%	29%	—
1970s	20	35%	35%	25%	5%
1980s	71	32%	45%	23%	—
1990s	146	40%	31%	29%	—
2000s	198	38%	31%	31%	—
2010s	292	36%	39%	26%	—
2020s	78	46%	26%	28%	—

Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)

Coup	2010s	2020s	Δ
8…cxd4	36%	46%	▲ +10.5%
8…Nxc3	39%	26%	▼ -13.1%
8…Nc6	26%	28%	▲ +2.5%
8…Na6	0%	0%	+0.0%

Joueurs célèbres

Champions du monde dans cette position

Euwe, Max — 3 parties
Carlsen, Magnus — 2 parties
Alekhine, Alexander — 1 partie
Tal, Mikhail — 1 partie
Kasparov, Garry — 1 partie
Ju, Wenjun — 1 partie

Parties historiques

8…cxd4 — 37.6% (341 parties)

1922 — Rubinstein, Akiba vs Tartakower, Savielly — 1/2-1/2 — Vienna AUT
1922 — Rubinstein, Akiba vs Tartakower, Savielly — 1/2-1/2 — Vienna AUT
1925 — Saemisch, Friedrich vs Reti, Richard — 0-1 — Marienbad CZE
1936 — Engel, Jindrich vs Olexa, Vilem — 1-0 — Podebrady CZE
1937 — Keres, Paul Petrovich vs Mikenas, Vladas — 1-0 — Hastings ENG

8…Nxc3 — 34.4% (312 parties)

1923 — Michell, Reginald vs Euwe, Max — 0-1 — Hastings ENG
1926 — Thomas, George Alan vs Euwe, Max — 0-1 — Weston ENG
1928 — Johner, Paul vs Alekhine, Alexander — 0-1 — Switzerland
1928 — Bogoljubow, Efim vs Euwe, Max — 0-1 — The Netherlands
1938 — Blumin, Boris vs Santasiere, Anthony — 0-1 — Boston, MA USA

8…Nc6 — 27.9% (253 parties)

1927 — Reti, Richard vs Yates, Frederic D — 1/2-1/2 — London ENG
1928 — Apscheneek, Fricis vs Lokvenc, Josef — 0-1 — The Hague NED
1933 — Filipovic, Biljana vs Nedeljkovic, Ozren — 0-1 — Yugoslavia
1939 — Stahlberg, Gideon vs Mikenas, Vladas — 1-0 — Kemeri / Riga
1939 — Raud, Ilmar vs Najdorf, Miguel — 0-1 — olm Buenos Aires

8…Na6 — 0.2% (2 parties)

1944 — Iliesco, Juan vs Bolbochan, Julio — 1-0 — La Plata
1973 — Uddenfeldt, Dan vs Flesch, Janos — 1-0 — Stockholm RILTON Cup