98_C80-C83_Ruy Lopez, Open

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98_C80-C83_Ruy Lopez, Open
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1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Nxe4 Ruy Lopez, Open (C80)

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Nxe4 6 d4 b5 7 Bb3 d5 8 dxe5 Be6 9 Qe2
Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack (C81)

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Nxe4 6 d4 b5 7 Bb3 d5 8 dxe5 Be6 9 c3
Ruy Lopez, Open (C82)

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Nxe4 6 d4 b5 7 Bb3 d5 8 dxe5 Be6
Ruy Lopez, Open (C83)

In the Open Defence, <3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4>, Black tries to make use of the time White will take to regain the pawn to gain a foothold in the centre, with play usually continuing <6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6>. Here 8.Nxe5, once adopted by Fischer, is much less often seen, and Black should equalise after the accurate 8...Nxe5 9.dxe5 c6, which avoids prematurely committing the light-squared bishop and solidly defends d5, often a problem in the Open.

The Riga Variation, <6...exd4>, is considered inferior; the main line runs <7.Re1 d5 8.Nxd4 Bd6! 9.Nxc6 Bxh2+! 10.Kh1!> (10.Kxh2 Qh4+ 11.Kg1 Qxf2+ draws by perpetual check.) <Qh4 11.Rxe4+! dxe4 12.Qd8+! Qxd8 13.Nxd8+ Kxd8 14.Kxh2 Be6> (14...f5?? 15.Bg5#!) and now the endgame is considered to favour White after 15.Be3 or Nd2 (but not 15.Nc3 c5!, playing to trap the bishop).

White has a variety of options at move nine, including 9.c3, 9.Be3, 9.Qe2 and 9.Nbd2.

The classical line starts with <9.c3> when Black may choose from 9...Na5, 9...Be7 (the main line), and the aggressive 9...Bc5.

After <9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Bc2>, Black must meet the attack on e4, with the following possibilities from which to choose: 11...f5, 11...Bf5, both of which aim to maintain the strongpoint on e4, or the forcing line 11...Nxf2, introduced by the English amateur Vernon Dilworth.

Today, 9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 is often used to transpose into the main line, 9.c3, while obviating the option of the Dilworth.

An old continuation is <11...f5>, when after <12.Nb3 Ba7 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4> White can gain some advantage with Bogoljubov's 15.Qxd4. Instead, the very sharp La Grande Variante continues <15.cxd4 f4 16.f3 Ng3 17.hxg3 fxg3 18.Qd3 Bf5 19.Qxf5 Rxf5 20.Bxf5 Qh4 21.Bh3 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxe5>, with unclear consequences. Perhaps the most famous game in this variation is Smyslov–Reshevsky, 1945 USSR–USA Radio Match. An analysis of the line had just been published in a Russian chess magazine, and Smyslov was able to follow it to quickly obtain a winning position. Reshevsky had not seen the analysis and he struggled in vain to solve the position over the board with his chess clock running.

The Dilworth Variation (or Attack), <11...Nxf2 12.Rxf2 f6 13.exf6 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Qxf6> has scored well for Black, with many traps for the ill-prepared White player. The main line leads to unbalanced endgames which are difficult to play for both sides, though with a strong drawing tendency. Yusupov is one of the few grandmasters to often adopt the Dilworth.

In the Howell Attack (ECO C81), <9.Qe2>, White aims for play against d5 after Rd1. The game usually continues <9...Be7 10.Rd1> followed by 10...Nc5 or 10...0-0. Keres played this line several times in the late 1940s, and it is sometimes named after him.

Karpov's move, <9.Nbd2>, limits Black's options. In the 1978 Karpov–Korchnoi World Chess Championship match, following <9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4> (10...Be7 is an old move that remains popular) Karpov introduced the surprising <11.Ng5!?>, a move suggested by his trainer, Igor Zaitsev. If Black takes the knight with 11...Qxg5 White regains the material with 12.Qf3. This variation played a decisive role in a later World Championship match, Kasparov–Anand 1995, when Anand was unable to successfully defend as Black.

Source: Wikipedia article: Ruy Lopez#Open Defence: 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4

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Related theory book: <Grandmaster Repertoire 13 - <The Open Spanish>> by Victor Mikhalevski

http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/produ...

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check also: Game Collection: The Open Defence

Spassky vs Keres, 1965
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

corr
Keres vs E Dyckhoff, 1935
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2

corr
Keres vs G Friedemann, 1935
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 36 moves, 1-0

Keres vs L Wildegans, 1936
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

Keres vs Euwe, 1937
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 0-1

Keres vs Fine, 1938
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Keres vs Euwe, 1939
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Keres vs Bronstein, 1946
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 37 moves, 0-1

Keres vs Alatortsev, 1947
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 62 moves, 1-0

Keres vs Reshevsky, 1948
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 41 moves, 0-1

Keres vs Levenfish, 1949
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1-0

Keres vs Averbakh, 1951
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

Keres vs Lilienthal, 1955
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1-0

Keres vs Unzicker, 1956
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2

J Borisek vs V Mikhalevski, 2015
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Svidler vs Mamedyarov, 2015
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Karpov Gambit
Shirov vs Timman, 1996
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 49 moves, 1-0

Karpov Gambit
G Swathi vs L Robichaud, 2006
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0

Karpov Gambit
Shirov vs Anand, 2004
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Karpov Gambit
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

Karpov Gambit
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0

Karpov Gambit
Kasparov vs Shirov, 2001
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0

Karpov Gambit
Judit Polgar vs Mamedyarov, 2002
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 23 moves, 1-0

Karpov Gambit
Svidler vs Anand, 1999
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2

Karpov Gambit
Timman vs Smyslov, 1979
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

Karpov Gambit
J Cervenka vs K Dudek, 1998
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 24 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs E Magerramov, 1976
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 0-1

Kasparov vs Yusupov, 1979
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs Anand, 1995
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kasparov vs G Botteley, 1997
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs Kramnik, 2001
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kasparov vs M Krasenkow, 2002
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 24 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs Shirov, 2004
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1-0

A Sokolov vs Yusupov, 1985
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 85 moves, 0-1

Short vs Yusupov, 1985
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

Tal vs Yusupov, 1985
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Huebner vs Ljubojevic, 1985
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 1-0

Stein vs Suetin, 1962
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Stein vs Savon, 1963
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Stein vs Keres, 1967
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1-0

Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 99 moves, 1/2-1/2

Adams vs W So, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

Adams vs J Smeets, 2007
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 47 moves, 1-0

Sutovsky vs I Sokolov, 2005
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 57 moves, 0-1

R T Black vs J Bernstein, 1913
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1-0

Pilnik vs Unzicker, 1952
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 94 moves, 1-0

Keres vs Euwe, 1948
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

Smyslov vs Euwe, 1948
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 26 moves, 1-0

Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bacrot vs S P Sethuraman, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

Fischer vs Larsen, 1966
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 30 moves, 0-1

Fischer vs Unzicker, 1966
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2

Fischer vs H Ree, 1968
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Fischer vs F Olafsson, 1966
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 63 moves, 1-0

D Kokarev vs Short, 2015
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 47 moves, 0-1

Kholmov vs Y Kots, 1981
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 48 moves, 1-0

Yifan Hou vs M Muzychuk, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0

V Zagorovsky vs Estrin, 1968
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

J Boey vs Estrin, 1972
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 0-1

Boleslavsky vs Ragozin, 1942
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1-0

Boleslavsky vs Botvinnik, 1943
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2

K B Richardson vs Estrin, 1978
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0

Janowski vs Tarrasch, 1896
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 68 moves, 0-1

Caruana vs Wei Yi, 2016
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0

Mecking vs Korchnoi, 1974
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

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Open Ruy w/ Black:

Viktor Korchnoi : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... (95 games)

Max Euwe http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... (60 games)

Artur Yusupov : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... (57 games)

Victor Mikhalevski : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... (43 games)

Jan Timman : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... (34 games)

Wolfgang Unzicker : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... (30 games)

Siegbert Tarrasch :http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... (30 games)

Sipke Ernst : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... (24 games)

Spassky vs Keres, 1965
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
corr
Keres vs E Dyckhoff, 1935
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
corr
Keres vs G Friedemann, 1935
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 36 moves, 1-0
Keres vs L Wildegans, 1936
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keres vs Euwe, 1937
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 0-1
Keres vs Fine, 1938
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keres vs Euwe, 1939
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keres vs Bronstein, 1946
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 37 moves, 0-1
Keres vs Alatortsev, 1947
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 62 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Reshevsky, 1948
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 41 moves, 0-1
Keres vs Levenfish, 1949
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Averbakh, 1951
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keres vs Lilienthal, 1955
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Unzicker, 1956
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Borisek vs Mikhalevski, 2015
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Svidler vs Mamedyarov, 2015
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov Gambit
Shirov vs Timman, 1996
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 49 moves, 1-0
Karpov Gambit
G Swathi vs L Robichaud, 2006
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0
Karpov Gambit
Shirov vs Anand, 2004
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov Gambit
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov Gambit
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0
Karpov Gambit
Kasparov vs Shirov, 2001
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0
Karpov Gambit
Polgar vs Mamedyarov, 2002
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 23 moves, 1-0
Karpov Gambit
Svidler vs Anand, 1999
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov Gambit
Timman vs Smyslov, 1979
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov Gambit
J Cervenka vs K Dudek, 1998
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 24 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs E Magerramov, 1976
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Yusupov, 1979
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kasparov vs G Botteley, 1997
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 2001
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kasparov vs Krasenkow, 2002
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 24 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Shirov, 2004
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1-0
A Sokolov vs Yusupov, 1985
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 85 moves, 0-1
Short vs Yusupov, 1985
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tal vs Yusupov, 1985
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Huebner vs Ljubojevic, 1985
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 1-0
Stein vs Suetin, 1962
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stein vs Savon, 1963
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stein vs Keres, 1967
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 99 moves, 1/2-1/2
Adams vs So, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Adams vs Smeets, 2007
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 47 moves, 1-0
Sutovsky vs I Sokolov, 2005
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 57 moves, 0-1
R T Black vs J Bernstein, 1913
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1-0
Pilnik vs Unzicker, 1952
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 94 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Euwe, 1948
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs Euwe, 1948
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 26 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bacrot vs S P Sethuraman, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Fischer vs Larsen, 1966
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 30 moves, 0-1
Fischer vs Unzicker, 1966
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
Fischer vs H Ree, 1968
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs F Olafsson, 1966
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 63 moves, 1-0
D Kokarev vs Short, 2015
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 47 moves, 0-1
Kholmov vs Y Kots, 1981
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 48 moves, 1-0
Y Hou vs M Muzychuk, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0
V Zagorovsky vs Estrin, 1968
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
J M Boey vs Estrin, 1972
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 0-1
Boleslavsky vs Ragozin, 1942
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1-0
Boleslavsky vs Botvinnik, 1943
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2
K B Richardson vs Estrin, 1978
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0
Janowski vs Tarrasch, 1896
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 68 moves, 0-1
Caruana vs Wei Yi, 2016
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0
Mecking vs Korchnoi, 1974
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Mecking vs Korchnoi, 1974
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Liberzon vs Korchnoi, 1979
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Adorjan vs Huebner, 1980
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
B Koch vs E Arnlind, 1956
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
L Schmid vs E Arnlind, 1956
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 34 moves, 1-0
M Kletsel vs E Arnlind, 1975
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Capablanca vs O Chajes, 1916
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 60 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs A Hodges, 1916
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1-0
Vasiukov vs A Zaitsev, 1969
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1-0
Breakthrough-Theory in the making.
Shirov vs G Flear, 2005
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1914
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bronstein vs Korchnoi, 1962
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Savon, 1971
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 24 moves, 1-0
Sutovsky vs I Sokolov, 2005
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1-0
Adams vs Timman, 2008
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 49 moves, 1-0
Ponomariov vs Korchnoi, 2001
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 45 moves, 1-0
Schlechter vs O Strobl, 1914
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 23 moves, 1-0
Shirov vs Ivanchuk, 2009
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 49 moves, 1-0
Svidler vs Motylev, 2004
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 0-1
Topalov vs Piket, 1997
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1-0
Grischuk vs Piket, 2002
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 53 moves, 1-0
Leko vs Anand, 1999
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Adams vs I Sokolov, 2000
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 65 moves, 1-0
Khalifman vs Hracek, 1996
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 30 moves, 1-0
Sutovsky vs Krasenkow, 1999
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
Svidler vs Kaidanov, 2003
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 54 moves, 1-0
Leko vs Khalifman, 2000
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 43 moves, 1-0
Svidler vs Adianto, 1997
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 44 moves, 1-0
Z Almasi vs Korchnoi, 1997
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 1-0
Shirov vs Mikhalevski, 2002
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 1-0
M Bonch-Osmolovsky vs V Chekhover, 1956
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Livshin vs A Khasin, 1956
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 43 moves, 1-0
E Schnoor vs J Geske, 2007
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov vs Yusupov, 1983
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 44 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1943
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 50 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 29 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs J Mortimer, 1902
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 34 moves, 1-0
So vs Ding Liren, 2016
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
So vs Ding Liren, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
W Zili vs Yusupov, 1990
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 36 moves, 0-1
NN vs Tarrasch, 1915
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 26 moves, 0-1
D Flores vs G Papp, 2001
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1
A Planinc vs Parma, 1976
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 0-1
Caruana vs Giri, 2016
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karjakin vs Caruana, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lilienthal vs Botvinnik, 1941
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Botvinnik vs Bondarevsky, 1941
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2
Boleslavsky vs Botvinnik, 1941
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Averbakh vs V Zak, 1947
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 26 moves, 1-0
Averbakh vs Szabo, 1953
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kholmov vs K Honfi, 1959
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 1-0
Wei Yi vs So, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
Xiong vs So, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Harikrishna vs Ding Liren, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0
blitz
Tomashevsky vs Ding Liren, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
blitz
Harikrishna vs Ding Liren, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 0-1
blitz
Movsesian vs Ding Liren, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 58 moves, 0-1
Breyer vs Tarrasch, 1914
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0
K Junge vs R Teschner, 1942
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1-0
Sutovsky vs Mikhalevski, 2008
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 31 moves, 1-0
A Sherzer vs Mikhalevski, 1991
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 29 moves, 1-0
Short vs Mikhalevski, 2001
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 44 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs Lasker, 1914
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 100 moves, 1/2-1/2
Svidler vs Carlsen, 2008
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karjakin vs Wei Yi, 2015
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vachier-Lagrave vs T Heinz, 2004
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1-0
Vachier-Lagrave vs L'Ami, 2007
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 31 moves, 1-0
Vachier-Lagrave vs R Hardarson, 2008
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 51 moves, 1-0
Vachier-Lagrave vs Wei Yi, 2015
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vachier-Lagrave vs S P Sethuraman, 2016
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keres vs Unzicker, 1959
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1-0
J Enevoldsen vs Unzicker, 1949
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 26 moves, 0-1
Gligoric vs Unzicker, 1964
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kavalek vs Unzicker, 1970
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Unzicker vs Korchnoi, 1984
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Short vs Unzicker, 1988
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 60 moves, 1-0
Geller vs Unzicker, 1991
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
S Polgar vs Unzicker, 1996
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Z Almasi vs Unzicker, 1997
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0
Unzicker vs K Junge, 1939
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 50 moves, 1-0
Aronin vs Keres, 1949
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Aronin vs Ragozin, 1949
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Tietjen vs A Curnock, 1891
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 34 moves, 1-0
1st BW eva! (well kinda)
Loewenthal vs Brien / Wormald, 1854
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 23 moves, 1-0
J H Blackburne / J Kling vs E Falkbeer / A Zytogorski, 1864
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0
Spassky vs Chekhov, 1972
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 0-1
Spassky vs H Neunhoeffer, 1983
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 50 moves, 0-1
Euwe vs Eliskases, 1947
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 57 moves, 1-0
Flamberg vs Tarrasch, 1914
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tarrasch vs E Post, 1914
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 1-0
Flamberg vs Alekhine, 1914
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 0-1
Caruana vs Giri, 2016
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 46 moves, 1-0
Tal vs I Miglans, 1950
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 21 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1955
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 0-1
Tal vs Smejkal, 1960
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 31 moves, 1-0
Kamsky vs Anand, 1995
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1962
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 0-1
Tal vs Keres, 1967
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 30 moves, 0-1
Tal vs Geller, 1967
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 24 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Antoshin, 1967
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 68 moves, 1-0
Tal vs H Ree, 1968
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tal vs K Langeweg, 1968
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Z Sturua, 1982
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1987
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 57 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1987
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lasker vs Rubinstein, 1914
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 66 moves, 1-0
J C Eppens vs S P Johnston, 1903
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 19 moves, 1-0
Kavalek vs Tal, 1979
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bogoljubov vs Euwe, 1941
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 0-1
de Firmian vs Huebner, 1984
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Gashimov vs D Svetushkin, 2007
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
F Amonatov vs D Svetushkin, 2007
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 51 moves, 0-1
Nisipeanu vs D Svetushkin, 2007
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 50 moves, 1-0
R Zelcic vs D Svetushkin, 2008
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Harikrishna vs Caruana, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Klaman vs Lutikov, 1954
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 0-1
resign?
A I Konstantinov vs Lutikov, 1954
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 23 moves, 0-1
R Nezhmetdinov vs Lutikov, 1954
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 50 moves, 0-1
Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1898
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 50 moves, 1-0
J W Baird vs W Pollock, 1889
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 36 moves, 0-1
A Sokolov vs Yusupov, 1986
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0
A Sokolov vs Yusupov, 1987
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Sokolov vs Yusupov, 1988
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Carlsen vs Predojevic, 2006
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 88 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kamsky vs Carlsen, 2006
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Carlsen vs Krasenkow, 2006
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stellwagen vs Korchnoi, 2008
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 74 moves, 0-1
Leko vs Kasimdzhanov, 2002
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 86 moves, 1-0
K Treybal vs Spielmann, 1922
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 36 moves, 0-1
White plays in the middle and infiltrates 7th rank
Khalifman vs M Marin, 2000
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0
White wins a piece at the end after intense pressure
I Cheparinov vs M Erdogdu, 2004
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1-0
Very tactical game in the middle; rook vs. 2 minors
H Walsh vs A Collins, 2003
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 47 moves, 1-0
White attacks kingside after having good center and 7th rook
Shabalov vs M Vucic, 1993
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0
another brilliant kingside attack by White
Shabalov vs A Sorin, 1992
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0
RIGA; Whte activated minor pieces
D Nygren vs P Wallin, 2007
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1-0
RIGA; White goes for mate attack on central king
J Jackson vs P Talsma, 2010
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bogoljubov vs Eliskases, 1939
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Sokolov vs Korchnoi, 1987
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 52 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1912
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1
Balashov vs Smyslov, 1977
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 58 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs Euwe, 1934
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bronstein vs Keres, 1952
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 1-0
J Cervenka vs J Schauer, 1993
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0
Bronstein vs V Makogonov, 1944
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bronstein vs Flohr, 1944
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 0-1
Bronstein vs G Flear, 1995
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bronstein vs Korchnoi, 1962
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bronstein vs Alatortsev, 1947
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
F Brinkmann vs I Khmelniker, 2015
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 26 moves, 0-1
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1981
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 0-1
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1981
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs W Addison, 1966
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
De Vere vs C Golmayo, 1867
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 1-0
Adams vs Giri, 2017
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karjakin vs Y Hou, 2016
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 53 moves, 1-0
Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2007
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
T Tolnai vs Z Gyimesi, 1993
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 0-1
Geller vs B Kurajica, 1977
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 1-0
M Esserman vs J Kristinsson, 2017
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi vs Suetin, 1960
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 61 moves, 1-0
Y Gruenfeld vs Tal, 1979
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Timman vs Yusupov, 1985
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hjartarson vs Korchnoi, 1988
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 44 moves, 1-0
B Fleissig vs Mackenzie, 1882
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 0-1
Y Hou vs Korchnoi, 2007
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 45 moves, 0-1
11.Bc2 Nxf2 12.Rxf2 f6 13.exf6 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Qxf6 15.Nf1 Ne5
Short vs Yusupov, 1989
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 0-1
11.Bc2 Nxf2 12.Rxf2 f6 13.exf6 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Qxf6 15.Nf1 Ne5
Leko vs Yusupov, 1994
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Nf1 N
B Thorpe vs V Dilworth, 1946
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 22 moves, 0-1
Huebner vs Korchnoi, 1973
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Huebner vs Korchnoi, 1973
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Huebner vs Korchnoi, 1982
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Huebner vs Korchnoi, 1982
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
Huebner vs Korchnoi, 1986
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 0-1
Huebner vs Korchnoi, 1987
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 19 moves, 1-0
Svidler vs Caruana, 2009
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 43 moves, 0-1
Caruana vs E Najer, 2017
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ganguly vs E Najer, 2005
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Y Yu vs E Najer, 2017
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
H Peng vs R Gao, 2017
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 68 moves, 0-1
Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1912
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 0-1
Bogoljubov vs Tarrasch, 1922
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 0-1
S Rozental vs V Sozin, 1924
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 58 moves, 0-1
Karelin vs V Sozin, 1939
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 45 moves, 0-1
Anand vs So, 2018
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Kollars vs Sutovsky, 2018
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 59 moves, 0-1
Dolmatov vs Yusupov, 1991
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 61 moves, 1-0
U Atakisi vs S Skembris, 2001
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 58 moves, 0-1
U Atakisi vs S Atalik, 2006
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
U Atakisi vs I Naumkin, 2013
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Wahls vs Huebner, 1991
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 45 moves, 0-1
Short vs Yusupov, 1984
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2
Jakovenko vs Sutovsky, 2007
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 43 moves, 1-0
7.d5 bxa4 8.dxc6 d6 9.Re1 Nc5 10.Be3 Ne6 11.c4
K Richter vs Eliskases, 1935
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 44 moves, 1-0
8.c4 (Harksen Gambit)
Kavalek vs J Ratolistka, 1961
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 31 moves, 0-1
Kavalek vs J Kaplan, 1969
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 28 moves, 0-1
Kavalek vs Karpov, 1979
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 41 moves, 0-1
Kavalek vs K Honfi, 1966
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kavalek vs W Addison, 1970
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
G Timmerman vs J Kolenbrander, 1991
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 45 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs V Erdos, 2014
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0
H Wolf vs A Reggio, 1903
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 34 moves, 1-0
H Wolf vs Maroczy, 1905
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 0-1
H Wolf vs Janowski, 1905
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 30 moves, 0-1
H Wolf vs Tarrasch, 1905
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
H Wolf vs Burn, 1905
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 1-0
H Wolf vs Euwe, 1922
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
H Wolf vs Tarrasch, 1922
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
H Wolf vs J Bernstein, 1923
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
H Wolf vs Tarrasch, 1923
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 51 moves, 0-1
H Wolf vs Tarrasch, 1923
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Shirov vs M Tomczak, 2018
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Short vs P Motwani, 1995
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 1-0
V Iordachescu vs P Motwani, 2002
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Topalov vs Mamedyarov, 2018
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 1-0
corr
R Oechslein vs G Timmerman, 1986
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Motylev vs M Matlakov, 2018
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
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