for later
P Kotsur vs Sveshnikov, 2008  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
understand why this works
Kramnik vs Anand, 2007  (A15) English, 21 moves, 1-0
Guico
Z Tsydypov vs M Matlakov, 2018  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 31 moves, 0-1
study the mating sequence
J Vetemaa vs Shabalov, 1986  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Interesting ending
Karjakin vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2018  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 38 moves, 1-0
Continual Tension
Timman vs Korchnoi, 1991  (C10) French, 25 moves, 1-0
34.? (Wednesday, February 22)
Rybka vs Pandix, 2008  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0
19.? (Friday, March 16)
V Liberzon vs I Radulov, 1968  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1-0
79.? (Friday, March 23)
Bogoljubov vs G A Thomas, 1922  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
42.? (Tuesday, April 10)
R S Hoff vs N Whitaker, 1916  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 43 moves, 1-0
24.? (Tuesday, May 8)
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
79...? (Tuesday, July 3)
R Ziatdinov vs Mikhalevski, 2005  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 91 moves, 1/2-1/2
31.? (Monday, July 9)
Karpov vs Geller, 1983  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0
33.? (Friday, July 27)
Geller vs Dorfman, 1976  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 39 moves, 1-0
42...? (Friday, August 3)
K Akshayraj vs S Safin, 2005  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 0-1
28...? (Wednesday, August 8)
J Emms vs P K Wells, 1989  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
29.? (Tuesday, August 14)
Kupreichik vs Razuvaev, 1980  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0
34...? (Saturday, September 8)
T Gvarjaladze vs V Vepkhvishvili, 1998  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 40 moves, 0-1
22...? (Wednesday, October 3)
Waitzkin vs B Kreiman, 1993  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 0-1
27.? (Sunday, October 28)
Ivanchuk vs I Sokolov, 1996  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 37 moves, 1-0
21.? (Friday, November 2)
M Steadman vs B Rider, 1995  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 1-0
20...? (Sunday, November 4)
Fedorowicz vs Y Lapshun, 1997  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 24 moves, 0-1
18.? (Friday, November 9)
Kupreichik vs K Gschwendtner, 1996  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0
35.? (Monday, November 19)
J Koch vs E Neiman, 1997  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 1-0
23.? (Monday, December 17)
J Finnegan vs R P Allen, 1948  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0
40...? (Tuesday, January 8)
M J Turner vs J Hector, 1998  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
30.? (Monday, February 4)
M Perez Candelario vs Saleh Salman, 2012  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
27.? (Saturday, March 2)
Naiditsch vs I Sokolov, 2012  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 1-0
31.? (Sunday, March 3)
Y Yu vs Li Shilong, 2012  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 47 moves, 1-0
21.? (Sunday, March 31)
H Stefansson vs J Norqvist, 1998  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0
21.? (Wednesday, April 3)
Tseshkovsky vs V Inkiov, 1983  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
36.? (Tuesday, April 9)
Kasparov vs Mephisto, 1985  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 41 moves, 1-0
60...? (Sunday, May 5)
V Buenermann vs K Mokry, 1998  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 75 moves, 0-1
23.? (Saturday, June 22)
Keres vs F Kuijpers, 1963  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 31 moves, 1-0
13.? (Monday, June 24)
T Voronova vs Vo Hong Phuong, 2000  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 13 moves, 1-0
48.? (Monday, July 22)
Yi Ye Wang vs J Schroeder, 2010  (C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 49 moves, 1-0
21.? (Friday, July 26)
Gheorghiu vs S Momo, 1962  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 1-0
22.? (Tuesday, October 1)
Y Zhou vs M Wood, 2008  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
17.? (Monday, October 14)
V Soultanbeieff vs NN, 1923  (C70) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 1-0
24.? (Saturday, October 26)
R Nezhmetdinov vs V Zagorovsky, 1963  (C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 43 moves, 1-0
50.? (Wednesday, October 30)
R Nezhmetdinov vs Lengyel, 1963  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 51 moves, 1-0
25...? (Wednesday, November 6)
Duras vs Vidmar, 1907  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1
21...? (Monday, November 11)
I Dai vs M Rojickova, 2012  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 22 moves, 0-1
38.? (Tuesday, November 12)
S Tatai vs G Mazzoni, 1963  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 39 moves, 1-0
25.? (Saturday, November 23)
K Richter vs Saemisch, 1933  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
19.? (Monday, November 25)
T Leviczky vs A Cseke, 2002  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 19 moves, 1-0
22.? (Tuesday, December 10)
A Brinckmann vs G Schories, 1933  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 23 moves, 1-0
23...? (Saturday, December 21)
F Duz-Khotimirsky vs Salwe, 1903  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 36 moves, 0-1
32.? (Thursday, January 23)
Ivkov vs Lengyel, 1964  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 39 moves, 1-0
29...? (Wednesday, February 12)
J Moeller vs F Englund, 1903  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
22.? (Thursday, February 27)
Boleslavsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1957  (C76) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation, 34 moves, 1-0
22.? (Monday, March 17)
M Barroso Campos vs J M Quesada Vera, 2003  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 22 moves, 1-0
23.? (Thursday, March 20)
V Knorre vs G Neumann, 1864  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
30.? (Friday, March 21)
Tal vs B Dudley, 1964  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
22...? (Monday, March 24)
D G Baird vs Albin, 1894  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 22 moves, 0-1
44.? (Wednesday, March 26)
R Nezhmetdinov vs Krogius, 1965  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 45 moves, 1-0
40.? (Thursday, March 27)
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1987  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 57 moves, 1-0
37 ? (Saturday, March 29)
Harikrishna vs Efimenko, 2013  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0
26.? (Wednesday, May 7)
G Marco vs A Hodges, 1904  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 1-0
27...? (Thursday, July 10)
Caruana vs Adams, 2013  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
30.? (Monday, August 4)
G Mazzoni vs G Villarroel, 1964  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
27.? (Sunday, August 17)
Anand vs Carlsen, 2007  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
38.? (Friday, August 22)
Topalov vs Beliavsky, 1999  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0
37.? (Tuesday, September 9)
Karjakin vs Shirov, 2010  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 37 moves, 1-0
41...? (Tuesday, September 16)
Hjartarson vs Beliavsky, 1988  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 42 moves, 0-1
44.? (Wednesday, September 24)
Beliavsky vs Tarjan, 1979  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 1-0
29.? (Saturday, September 27)
Timman vs Piket, 1995  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
19...? (Friday, October 10)
H Nagel vs A Lenz, 1994  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 22 moves, 0-1
41.? (Saturday, October 18)
A Ivanov vs L Christiansen, 1996  (C87) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0
21....? (Sunday, October 26)
Shabalov vs Aronian, 2004  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 47 moves, 0-1
12...? (Monday, October 27)
NN vs V Grimm, 1864  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 13 moves, 0-1
54.? (Tuesday, November 18)
S Kun vs G Merenyi, 1997  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 56 moves, 1-0
35...? (Friday, November 28)
Y Kotkov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1963  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 42 moves, 0-1
15...? (Friday, January 9)
Reti vs Capablanca, 1928  (C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 18 moves, 0-1
22.? (Thursday, January 22)
J Sammour-Hasbun vs A Ivanov, 2013  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1-0
35.? (Saturday, February 7)
Browne vs Westerinen, 1970  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 40 moves, 0-1
12.? (Tuesday, February 10)
Polgar vs Spassky, 1993  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 63 moves, 0-1
24.? (Friday, Feburary 20)
J Grefe vs A Karklins, 1973  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
17.? (Monday, March 9)
L Lalla vs V A Martin, 2005  (C70) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 1-0
50.? (Friday, March 27)
Caruana vs Aronian, 2014  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 66 moves, 1-0
24.? (Thursday, April 23)
R Altshuler vs K Messere, 1965  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 25 moves, 1-0
64.? (Tuesday, April 28)
R Gao vs V C Shen, 2015  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 64 moves, 1-0
23.? (Monday, May 4)
J McCook vs B Lee, 2006  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0
35.? (Wednesday, May 20)
Matulovic vs H Hecht, 1965  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 1-0
39.? (Tuesday, May 26)
Fressinet vs E Postny, 2005  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 40 moves, 1-0
43.? (Sunday, June 14)
Nisipeanu vs Adams, 2007  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 53 moves, 1-0
37.? (Saturday, June 27)
Anand vs Bologan, 2000  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 42 moves, 1-0
21...? (Sunday, June 28)
Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1
24.? (Friday, July 3)
Nisipeanu vs A Ivanov, 2005  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0
27.? (Wednesday, July 8)
Westerinen vs E Forsaa, 2007  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
27...? (Tuesday, July 14)
D Hall vs D Foord, 2007  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
24.? (Friday, July 24)
Sutovsky vs Mikhalevski, 2008  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 31 moves, 1-0
12...? (Monday, July 27)
E Bankert vs R Ehrler, 2007  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 13 moves, 0-1
23.? (Friday, August 14)
M Magomedov vs J Isaev, 1997  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0
22.? (Tuesday, October 6)
R Hardarson vs S Briem, 1982  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 22 moves, 1-0
28.? (Monday, December 7)
K Gutkind vs S Peck, 2014  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
53...? (Thursday, December 17)
M Karthikeyan vs Eljanov, 2014  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 54 moves, 0-1
20.? (Sunday, March 14)
Lisitsin vs V Goglidze, 1933  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 1-0
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