According to
The Oxford Companion to Chess, the Konstantinopolsky Opening was introduced to master play in a game between
Alexander Konstantinopolsky and
Viacheslav Ragozin in a team championship in Moscow in 1956. The name ''
() was used by David Bronstein in his book 200 Open Games'' (published in Russian in 1970). Bronstein employed the opening against
Levente Lengyel in the 1964
Interzonal in Amsterdam. The opening has been described as a form of "anti-preparation" that takes the game "". ==See also==