1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 Nd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bf6 10. Nf1 Re8 11. h3 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. a4 Nc4 15. b3 Ncb6 16. a5 Nc8 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Nd5 c6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. g3 Rad8 22. h4 Bc8 23. Nh2 Ndf8 24. Ng4 Qe6 25. Ne3 Qh3 26. Bd3 Ne7 27. c4 Qd7 28. Qh5 Ne6 29. Nf5 exd4 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Nxd4 Nxd4 32. Bxd4 c5 33. Bb2 Ba6 34. e5 Ng6 35. Bf5 Qc7 36. exd6 Qxd6 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. Rd1 Qc7 39. Qf3 b4 40. Rd7 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Nxh4 42. Qa8+ 1-0

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred (C79)
Player profiles: Alekhine, Hromadka

Novelty of stem-game: 10. ...Re8

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 Nd7  8. Re1 0-0  9. Nd2 Bf6  10. Nf1

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alekhine vs Hromadka 1-0 42 1942 Praha (01) C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 2. E S Stoliar vs Antoshin   0-1 44 1952 URS-ch sf C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 Nd7

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Romanovsky vs Kholmov   1-0 57 1956 URS-ch sf C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred

 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. d4

page 1 of 1; 23 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. H Wolf vs G Marco   0-1 43 1905 Ostend C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 2. E Cohn vs L Forgacs   ½-½ 43 1906 15th DSB Kongress (Nuremberg) C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 3. Reshevsky vs Knoller 1-0 40 1920 New York sim C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 4. Verlinsky vs Spielmann   1-0 45 1925 Moscow C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 5. Alekhine vs S E Gale   0-1 44 1932 Toronto Simul C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 6. Yanofsky vs Charles Joachim   1-0 23 1947 US Open C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 7. Geller vs P Dubinin 1-0 32 1947 Sverdlovsk C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 8. Pachman vs G Barcza   ½-½ 69 1956 Moscow ol (Men) C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 9. Tal vs Teschner 1-0 27 1957 Vienna C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 10. Suetin vs A Ostrauskas   1-0 39 1957 Ch URS (1/4 final) C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 11. Fischer vs Gligoric ½-½ 40 1959 Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 12. Gipslis vs Antoshin   ½-½ 72 1960 URS-ch sf C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 13. Jansa vs I Bilek   ½-½ 22 1961 Ch Europe (team) C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 14. W Pietzsch vs Szabo   ½-½ 47 1962 Varna C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 15. Tal vs Lutikov 0-1 37 1963 Moscow C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 16. Parma vs B Ilievski   1-0 41 1968 2. Turnir solidarnosti, Skopje/Ohrid C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 17. Ujtumen vs A Medina Garcia   0-1 57 1968 Lugano olm fB C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 18. Suetin vs Tseshkovsky   ½-½ 30 1971 USSR C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 19. C Zuidema vs Smyslov   ½-½ 33 1972 Skopje-Krusevo-Ohrid C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 20. Sax vs Hort   ½-½ 43 1983 Linares C77 Ruy Lopez 21. V Sedyshev vs Balashov   0-1 48 1991 Katowice C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 22. Unzicker vs Smyslov   ½-½ 11 1994 Memorial J.Donner (seniors), Amsterdam (Netherl C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 23. Zhao Dindin vs S Liu   0-1 32 2001 TCh-CHN Women C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred  page 1 of 1; 23 games

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Leussen vs A Speijer   0-1 37 1903 Hilversum C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 2. B Gregory vs G Helbach   1-0 63 1909 All Russian Amateur C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 3. J Lynch vs Lasker   ½-½ 46 1910 Buenos Aires sim C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 4. Reshevsky vs A B Stamer   ½-½ 60 1921 San Francisco sim C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 5. G A Thomas vs A Teller   ½-½ 28 1927 Hastings 1926/27 C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 6. E Steiner vs L Merenyi   ½-½ 49 1928 Budapest C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 7. Reti vs W Orbach   1-0 34 1928 Giessen GER C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 8. L A Gulla vs Alekhine   0-1 37 1939 Montevideo (01) C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 9. F Terrazas vs Alekhine 0-1 38 1945 Sabadell C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 10. C Toerber vs Ahues   1-0 57 1947 Lueneburg GER C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 11. J Baay vs Prins   0-1 64 1948 NED-ch14 C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. R Toran Albero vs J F Olivera   1-0 54 1954 Montevideo C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. Pilnik vs Smyslov   ½-½ 21 1958 13th olm final A C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 14. Parma vs Gligoric   ½-½ 23 1962 YUG-ch C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 15. Ivkov vs B De Greiff   1-0 73 1963 Havana C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 16. Ivkov vs E Jimenez Zerquera   ½-½ 57 1963 Havana C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 17. S Garcia Martinez vs E Jimenez Zerquera   ½-½ 30 1964 Capablanca mem C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 18. D Neukirch vs Kavalek   ½-½ 24 1965 WchT U26 12th prel C70 Ruy Lopez 19. K B Richardson vs C Hilton   ½-½ 56 1968 BCF-ch C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 20. Parma vs Spassky   ½-½ 24 1971 Moscow C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. V Tukmakov vs F Olafsson   0-1 42 1972 Reykjavik C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 22. Matulovic vs Balashov   ½-½ 26 1975 Novi Sad C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 23. Tseshkovsky vs Balashov ½-½ 83 1975 Sochi Zonal Play-off C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 24. B R Anderson vs S Nasir Ali   1-0 36 1977 Second Philips Asian Teams Championship C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 25. DeFirmian vs Portisch   ½-½ 64 1990 Manila (Philippines) C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30

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