Alexander Khalifman playing the Ruy Lopez as White

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

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 59  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Khalifman vs K Aseev   0-1 34 1983 USSR C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 2. Khalifman vs Glek   ½-½ 21 1985 Lvov C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 3. Khalifman vs V Malaniuk   0-1 33 1985 Minsk URS sf C78 Ruy Lopez 4. Khalifman vs R Lev   ½-½ 41 1985 EU-ch U20 C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. Khalifman vs Razuvaev   1-0 53 1985 Ch URS (1 liga) C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. Khalifman vs Mikhalchishin   1-0 38 1986 Ch URS (1 liga) C78 Ruy Lopez 7. Khalifman vs V Inkiov   1-0 62 1986 Plovdiv (Bulgaria) C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 8. Khalifman vs Kaidanov   ½-½ 38 1986 Ch URS (1 liga) C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 9. Khalifman vs Mikhalchishin   ½-½ 41 1986 It (cat.9) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. Khalifman vs Kupreichik   1-0 49 1986 It (cat.9) C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 11. Khalifman vs Dorfman   ½-½ 22 1986 It (cat.9) C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. Khalifman vs R Ziatdinov   1-0 36 1987 Memorial G.Agzamov C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. Khalifman vs G Timoshchenko   ½-½ 25 1987 Armed Forces-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 14. Khalifman vs A Kuzmin   1-0 40 1987 Memorial G.Agzamov C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. Khalifman vs A Graf   1-0 44 1987 Ch Armed Forces C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. Khalifman vs Balashov   1-0 54 1987 Sverdlovsk URS sf C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. Khalifman vs V Malaniuk   ½-½ 41 1987 Tournament C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 18. Khalifman vs V Malaniuk 1-0 43 1987 Tournament C78 Ruy Lopez 19. Khalifman vs V Malaniuk   ½-½ 27 1987 Ch URS C60 Ruy Lopez 20. Khalifman vs P Petran   1-0 35 1988 Ch European Club C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Khalifman vs V Kozlov   0-1 63 1988 Riga (Latvia) C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. Khalifman vs Beliavsky   0-1 40 1988 Moskva C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. Khalifman vs Goldin   ½-½ 30 1988 Ch URS (young masters) C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Khalifman vs G Giorgadze   ½-½ 26 1988 Ch URS (1 liga) (cat.10) C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation 25. Khalifman vs V Inkiov 1-0 41 1989 GMA C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 59    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Khalifman wins | Khalifman loses

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