Yuri Averbakh playing the Ruy Lopez as Black

Player profile: Yuri Averbakh
Opening: Ruy Lopez (C60-C99)

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Petrosian vs Averbakh 0-1 40 1947 Ch URS ( 1/2 ) C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 2. Aronin vs Averbakh   ½-½ 41 1948 USSR Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. Simagin vs Averbakh   ½-½ 32 1949 Ch Moscow C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. I Grynfeld vs Averbakh   0-1 38 1950 Szczawno Zdroj it, POL C78 Ruy Lopez 5. O Troianescu vs Averbakh   0-1 37 1950 Szczawno Zdroj it, POL C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 6. Aronin vs Averbakh   ½-½ 29 1950 18th USSR Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 7. Taimanov vs Averbakh   ½-½ 41 1950 Schiavno Zdroj C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 8. Keres vs Averbakh   ½-½ 37 1951 Moscow C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 9. Kotov vs Averbakh   ½-½ 43 1952 RUS C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 10. Pilnik vs Averbakh   ½-½ 68 1952 Sweden izt (21) C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 11. Unzicker vs Averbakh ½-½ 28 1952 Sweden izt (19) C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 12. Botvinnik vs Averbakh 1-0 30 1956 Training Game C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 13. Gipslis vs Averbakh   ½-½ 53 1958 Ch URS C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 14. Gurgenidze vs Averbakh 0-1 61 1958 URS 25ch Riga C77 Ruy Lopez 15. Geller vs Averbakh   ½-½ 41 1958 Riga C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. Tal vs Averbakh 1-0 49 1959 Tbilisi URS ch C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 17. Spassky vs Averbakh   ½-½ 24 1959 Ch URS C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 18. V Liberzon vs Averbakh   ½-½ 78 1960 URS-ch27 C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. Tal vs Averbakh 1-0 28 1961 URS C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 20. Lutikov vs Averbakh   ½-½ 39 1961 URS-ch28 C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Savon vs Averbakh   0-1 43 1961 URS-ch29 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. V Shiyanovsky vs Averbakh   0-1 33 1961 29th USSR Championship C87 Ruy Lopez 23. Bronstein vs Averbakh   ½-½ 30 1961 Ch URS C87 Ruy Lopez 24. Polugaevsky vs Averbakh ½-½ 57 1961 Ch URS C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 25. C B Van den Berg vs Averbakh   ½-½ 44 1962 NED-RUS m C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Averbakh wins | Averbakh loses

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