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Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin (C98)
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Be7 6 Re1 b5
7 Bb3 O-O 8 c3 d6 9 h3 Na5 10 Bc2 c5 11 d4 Qc7 12 Nbd2 Nc6

Number of games in database: 786
Years covered: 1907 to 2025
Overall record:
   White wins 33.5%
   Black wins 18.6%
   Draws 48.0%

Popularity graph, by decade

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Mikhail Tal  12 games
Aleksandar Matanovic  11 games
Milan Matulovic  10 games
Bela Lengyel  29 games
Terrey Shaw  15 games
Vasily Smyslov  12 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974
Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003
Capablanca vs Vidmar, 1927
Fischer vs Kholmov, 1965
Euwe vs Smyslov, 1948
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1968
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 page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 786  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Alapin vs Rubinstein ½-½4919075th All-Russian Masters, LodzC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
2. O Bernstein vs Rubinstein ½-½261907Ostend MastersC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
3. L Forgacs vs Rubinstein ½-½271907Ostend MastersC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
4. H Suechting vs Salwe ½-½351907Ostend MastersC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
5. Marco / Faehndrich vs Rubinstein / Salwe 1-0601908Vienna Chess Club ConsultationC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
6. H Suechting vs Vidmar  ½-½301908PragueC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
7. F Treybal vs A Rabinovich  0-1521908PragueC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
8. von Bardeleben vs Spielmann  0-140190816th DSB Congress, DuesseldorfC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
9. H Suechting vs Salwe 0-1100190816th DSB Congress, DuesseldorfC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
10. Lasker vs Tarrasch 1-0381908Lasker - Tarrasch World Championship MatchC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
11. W Gunston vs E Griffiths  0-1401910Correspondence gameC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
12. F Koehnlein vs Salwe  ½-½71191017th DSB Congress, HamburgC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
13. L Asztalos vs F Chalupetzky  ½-½311911BudapestC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
14. P Leonhardt vs Rubinstein 0-1541911San SebastianC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
15. Z Barasz vs F Chalupetzky  ½-½351911BudapestC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
16. H Kline vs Kupchik 0-1421912MatchC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
17. W Allnutt vs E G Sergeant  0-1431912City of London CC chC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
18. J W te Kolste vs R Michell  1-0501912ENG-NED mC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
19. H B Uber vs V Wahltuch  ½-½491912British ChampionshipC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
20. Teichmann vs Alekhine 0-1381913Exhibition gameC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
21. B Prikryl vs J Brach Sr  1-0331915BrnoC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
22. Ed. Lasker vs R S Hoff  0-140191617th Western ChampionshipC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
23. Saemisch vs Bogoljubov  ½-½291921TribergC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
24. Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein 1-0551923Maehrisch-OstrauC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
25. V Zbandutto vs Botvinnik ½-½431924Leningrad 2nd catC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-24-08  ravel5184: <C98> What's up with your ECO page? Only 0 kibitzes? (well 1 now).
Sep-13-11  Xeroxx: Botvinnik, Smyslov, Rubinstein played this opening you cant go wrong there.

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