Tortured in the opening
Fischer vs Stein, 1967  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 56 moves, 1-0
Karpov like dominance
Hydra vs Adams, 2005  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
Time pressure
Fischer vs Korchnoi, 1962  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0
Provocation on queenside to win the king
Fischer vs Ivkov, 1970  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 44 moves, 1-0
Spider web over black king
Karpov vs Spassky, 1973  (C94) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Gaining space with a full house
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0
Putting Steinitz defense to sleep
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1909  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
Castling into fire
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1971  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1-0
Wonderful refutation of the famous novelty
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
Simple Ruy attack
Anand vs Adams, 2005  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
Tactical assault
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Straighforward gain of the center and lately - material!
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 56 moves, 1-0
Perfectly played opening
Morphy vs Loewenthal, 1858  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 49 moves, 1-0
Berlin Wall
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 56 moves, 0-1
Excellent pawn sacrifice
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0
Panno finds a treasure, but Tal's magic makes him blunder
Tal vs Panno, 1958  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 57 moves, 1-0
Old Tal destroys king with unavoidable rook sacrifice.
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0
A sac to pin
Fischer vs Gligoric, 1970  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
Piece activity in exchange variation
Fischer vs Unzicker, 1970  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
Restricting opponent a WC match
Tal vs Spassky, 1965  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 66 moves, 0-1
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