1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. Ne3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. Bc2 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Nd5 Rac8 16. Rf1 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. g3 Qh3 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Rf3 Qh5 22. exf5 Nh4 23. Rf1 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 c5 25. Kf2 Be7 26. Bb3+ Kh8 27. Be6 Bxe6 28. fxe6 cxd4 29. cxd4 d5 30. Nxd5 Bd6 31. Bd2 Rxe6 32. Rac1 Rf8 33. Re1 Rg6 34. Rg1 Rf5 35. Rxg6 Nxg6 36. Nc3 Nxf4 37. Ke3 Ng2+ 38. Kd3 Bxh2 39. d5 Rf3+ 40. Ke4 Rf2 41. Rd1 Kg8 42. Na4 Nh4 43. Be3 Rg2 44. Nc5 Rxb2 45. Rd2 Rb4+ 46. Rd4 Rb6 47. Ne6 Bd6 48. Bf4 Ng6 49. Bxd6 Rxd6 50. Kf5 Kf7 51. Nc5 Rf6+ 52. Ke4 b6 53. Nxa6 Ke7 54. Nc7 Nf8 55. Nb5 g5 56. d6+ Kd7 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Rb4 Ng7 59. Nd4 Rxd6 60. Ra4 Ke7 61. Ra6 Kf6 62. a4 Nf5+ 63. Nxf5 Kxf5 0-1

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense (C75)
Player profiles: Bronstein, Keres

Novelty of stem-game: 12. Re1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6  8. Nd2 Ng6  9. Nc4 Be7  10. Ne3 0-0  11. 0-0 Re8

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bronstein vs Keres 0-1 63 1948 USSR Championship C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. V Zurakhov vs A Khasin   ½-½ 23 1956 USSR Championship C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6  8. Nd2 Ng6  9. Nc4 Be7  10. Ne3 0-0  11. 0-0

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tringov vs Ghitescu   0-1 37 1957 Bratislava C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. Fischer vs F Olafsson 1-0 78 1959 Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6  8. Nd2 Ng6  9. Nc4 Be7  10. Ne3

page 1 of 1; 24 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Averbakh vs Bondarevsky   0-1 51 1950 Szczawno Zdroj it, POL C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. Unzicker vs Keres   0-1 32 1956 Hamburg m C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. Y Vasilchuk vs Kholmov   0-1 40 1956 URS-ch sf C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. Boleslavsky vs Bannik   ½-½ 56 1956 USSR Championship C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. Z Solecki vs Sliwa   ½-½ 30 1957 POL-ch 15th C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. Tringov vs J Vesely   1-0 60 1958 WchT U26 fin-A 05th C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 7. Tringov vs A Beni   1-0 49 1958 Munich ol (Men) prel C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 8. Pilnik vs C Jauregui   1-0 56 1959 Santiago C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 9. Parma vs Keres   ½-½ 43 1961 Bled C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 10. R Litsberger vs Keres   0-1 38 1966 Stockholm C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 11. J Penrose vs W Tabakiernik   1-0 21 1967 BCF-ch C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 12. Kavalek vs Yanofsky   ½-½ 30 1973 Netanya C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 13. S Mariotti vs Portisch   0-1 41 1975 Milan C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 14. R Kauranen vs J Kalish   1-0 38 1978 corr-10 WCH C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 15. Sax vs Y Rantanen   1-0 62 1979 Tallinn Keres mem EST C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 16. Balashov vs Ye Rongguang   1-0 41 1983 Hangzhou 35/421 C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 17. Tringov vs Z Novoselski   ½-½ 30 1984 Kragujevac C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 18. A Sokolov vs Portisch   ½-½ 17 1988 Reykjavik C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 19. Sax vs Portisch 0-1 28 1989 Skelleftea C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 20. Short vs Portisch   0-1 35 1990 Linares C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 21. Balashov vs I Nikolaidis   ½-½ 22 1994 St.Petersburg op C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 22. K Mokry vs A Zude   ½-½ 37 1994 Bundesliga 9495 C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 23. Nunn vs H A Gretarsson   ½-½ 20 1995 Leeuwarden VB C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 24. Yurtaev vs S Safin 0-1 39 2001 Asian Championships C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense  page 1 of 1; 24 games

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6  8. Nd2 Ng6  9. Nc4 Be7

page 1 of 1; 6 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Euwe vs Keres 0-1 56 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. Smyslov vs Reshevsky 1-0 52 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. Keres vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 29 1950 USSR Championship C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. Pilnik vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 18 1958 Hoogovens C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. Z Domnitz vs Pachman 0-1 24 1973 Netanya C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. D Vazquez Maccarini vs F Steil-Antoni   0-1 23 2012 Chess Olympiad (Women) C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6  8. Nd2 Ng6

page 1 of 1; 6 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Balashov vs Biyiasas 1-0 27 1976 Izt C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. J Horner vs K I Norman   1-0 25 1981 BCF-ch C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. Glek vs A Haritonov   ½-½ 24 1987 URS C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. Sax vs Portisch   ½-½ 16 1989 Rotterdam C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. L Kristol vs M Mamantov   ½-½ 42 1999 ISR-chT C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. G Quillan vs F Peredy   1-0 48 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6  8. Nd2

page 1 of 1; 9 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. H Wagner vs A Brinckmann   1-0 30 1923 23. DSB Kongress C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. H Kramer vs H Staudte 0-1 32 1950 Dubrovnik olm C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. R Dworzynski vs Sliwa   0-1 41 1952 POL-ch10 C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. W Pietzsch vs J Llado Lumbera   ½-½ 59 1958 13th olm final A C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. A Voltschok vs Bannik   0-1 35 1960 UKR-ch C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. Z Domnitz vs Sliwa   ½-½ 67 1966 Tel-Aviv it C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 7. V Liberzon vs Szabo   ½-½ 52 1969 Tallinn it C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 8. Browne vs R Ervin 0-1 47 1977 Lone Pine C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 9. Balashov vs R Ervin   1-0 58 1977 Lone Pine C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Teichmann vs Steinitz ½-½ 49 1895 Hastings C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. Ahues vs Rubinstein ½-½ 47 1930 San Remo C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. Kashdan vs Reshevsky   1-0 47 1942 USA-ch playoff-1pl C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. Smyslov vs V Makogonov   ½-½ 53 1943 09, Sverdlovsk ;HCL 08 C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. Nezhmetdinov vs V A Vasiliev 1-0 40 1949 Ch-URS ,1 (03) C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. Geller vs Keres 0-1 30 1950 USSR Championship C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 7. Geller vs Bondarevsky 0-1 60 1950 Schiavno Zdroj C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 8. Wade vs Schmid 1-0 21 1950 Match C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 9. Suetin vs N Aratovsky   1-0 30 1951 Ch URS (1/2 final) C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 10. O Troianescu vs Sliwa   1-0 39 1951 Sopot C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 11. Nezhmetdinov vs N Aratovsky   1-0 41 1951 11th RSFSR Ch C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 12. Keres vs Tarwe   1-0 26 1951 Fernpartie C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 13. Konstantinopolsky vs N Aratovsky   ½-½ 42 1952 URS-ch02 corr5255 C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 14. O Barda vs Sliwa   1-0 33 1953 Bucharest C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 15. E Orendy vs E Farkas   0-1 42 1953 Budapest HUN C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 16. Suetin vs A Shestoperov   1-0 40 1955 URS C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 17. Keres vs A Arulaid   1-0 27 1955 Parnu C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 18. O Sarapu vs R F Cuthbert   1-0 25 1955 62nd New Zealand Championship C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 19. Tal vs Bannik 1-0 50 1956 USSR Championship C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 20. F Blatny vs Ghitescu   ½-½ 23 1957 Bratislava C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 21. Suetin vs G Uusi   1-0 72 1957 Ch URS (1/4 final) C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 22. Nezhmetdinov vs Keres   ½-½ 41 1958 Vilnius USSR tm ch C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 23. Fischer vs Pachman 0-1 56 1959 Mar del Plata C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 24. F Blatny vs J Podgorny   1-0 38 1959 CSR-ch C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 25. Geller vs I Szabo   0-1 52 1959 Dresden C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48

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