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Mighty Ruy 4Ever
Compiled by bitko
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Ruy Lopez is an opening that shows absolute strenght of the player. Here are some ruy classics ...

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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