Gerald Abrahams
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Gerald Abrahams (15 April 1907 – 15 March 1980) was an English chess player, author, and barrister.
Position after 10... Bb7
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| Moves | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ECO | D31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Named after | Gerald Abrahams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | QGD Semi-Slav | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonym(s) | Abrahams–Noteboom Variation Noteboom Variation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He is best known for the Abrahams Defence of the Semi-Slav, also known as the Abrahams–Noteboom Variation, or the Noteboom Variation:
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 Bb4 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 (ECO D31).
In 1933 he was third at Hastings in the British Championship, after Mir Sultan Khan and Theodore Tylor.
Abrahams was known as a strong blindfold player. In 1934 he took on four strong Irish players, playing blindfold, at the Belgravia Hotel in Belfast, winning two games and drawing two.
In the Anglo-Soviet radio match of 1946 he scored one win and one draw against Viacheslav Ragozin on board 10.
