Alexander Khalifman playing the Ruy Lopez as Black

Player profile: Alexander Khalifman
Opening: Ruy Lopez (C60-C99)

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 52  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Yudasin vs Khalifman   ½-½ 27 1986 Ch URS (1 liga) C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. Oll vs Khalifman   ½-½ 23 1987 Tournament C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 3. Glek vs Khalifman   ½-½ 31 1987 URS C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. I Rausis vs Khalifman   ½-½ 54 1989 Bad Mergentheim C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 5. Fedorowicz vs Khalifman   0-1 44 1990 Groningen (Netherlands) C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. Dolmatov vs Khalifman ½-½ 57 1990 GMA C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 7. Anand vs Khalifman   ½-½ 29 1991 Reggio Emilia C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 8. Zsofia Polgar vs Khalifman   ½-½ 19 1991 Portoroz/Nova Gorica C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 9. Plaskett vs Khalifman   ½-½ 61 1991 It (cat.11) C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. Wahls vs Khalifman   ½-½ 34 1991 Hamburg (Germany) C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 11. E Lobron vs Khalifman   1-0 54 1992 Brussels (Belgium) C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 12. Yudasin vs Khalifman   1-0 80 1993 Dos Hermanas 57/346 [Yudasin,L] C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 13. Dolmatov vs Khalifman   ½-½ 18 1993 It (open) C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 14. Tiviakov vs Khalifman ½-½ 66 1993 Belgrade (Yugoslavia) C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 15. Yudasin vs Khalifman   ½-½ 21 1995 Memorial M.Botvinnik C77 Ruy Lopez 16. Smirin vs Khalifman   ½-½ 26 1995 It (cat.15) C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 17. Z Almasi vs Khalifman   ½-½ 27 1995 Hoogovens Tournament SPEED PLAYOFF Wijk aan Ze C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 18. Hracek vs Khalifman   ½-½ 11 1996 Keres mem A Parnu EST C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. Nijboer vs Khalifman   0-1 65 1997 Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o NED C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. Z Almasi vs Khalifman 0-1 36 1997 Ubeda C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 21. Tiviakov vs Khalifman   ½-½ 9 1998 President's Cup C60 Ruy Lopez 22. Akopian vs Khalifman   ½-½ 49 1999 FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. Leko vs Khalifman   1-0 43 2000 Match C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 24. Anand vs Khalifman   ½-½ 64 2000 FIDE World Ch C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. Anand vs Khalifman   ½-½ 31 2000 FIDE World Ch C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 52    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Khalifman wins | Khalifman loses

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