Games like Nick DeFirmian vs Predrag Nikolic (1980)

Stem game: Nick DeFirmian vs Predrag Nikolic (1980) 0-1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.b3 Rc8 17.Ba3 g6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Bxb4 cxb4 20.Bd3 Qb6 21.e5 dxe5 22.dxe5 Nd5 23.Ne4 Red8 24.Qd2 Nc3 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Ng4 h5 27.Nf6 Be7 28.Qe3 Qxe3 29.Rxe3 Bc5 30.Bf1 Bxe3 31.fxe3 Rc5 32.e4 Nxe4 33.Ra7 Bd5 34.Nxe4 Bxe4 35.Ng5 Bd5 36.e6 Kf6 37.Nxf7 Ra8 38.Rxa8 Bxa8 39.Nd6 Bc6 0-1

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Closed (C92)
Player profiles: DeFirmian, P Nikolic

Novelty of stem-game: 16. b3

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. DeFirmian vs P Nikolic 0-1 39 1980 Olympiad C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Chiburdanidze vs Z Veroci Petronic ½-½ 18 1982 Luzern ol (Women) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. Kasparov vs Karpov 1-0 41 1986 Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Rematch C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. Kasparov vs Karpov 1-0 48 1986 Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Rematch C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

5. Glek vs V Kharlamov 1-0 46 1988 corr 48/477 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

6. Chandler vs S Burns-Mannion 1-0 40 1989 Barnsdale (England) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

7. Kasparov vs Karpov ½-½ 41 1990 Kasparov-Karpov World Championship Match C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

8. G Timoshenko vs D Shapiro 1-0 50 1990 USA op C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

9. Timman vs Karpov 0-1 56 1990 m/9, Kuala Lumpur 49/420 [Karpov,An C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

10. Adams vs A Gaffar 1-0 28 1990 Novi Sad olm ENG-BAR C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

11. Kasparov vs Karpov ½-½ 43 1990 Kasparov-Karpov World Championship Match C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

12. Kasparov vs Karpov 1-0 41 1990 Kasparov-Karpov World Championship Match C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

13. Judit Polgar vs Kamsky 0-1 53 1991 New DELHI Indie C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

14. G Timmerman vs A Viaud 1-0 47 1991 FIN jub30-A corr9196 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

15. Tolnai vs J Klovans 0-1 42 1991 Vienna C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

16. Kasparov vs Karpov ½-½ 61 1991 Amsterdam 51/358 [Karpov,An] C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

17. Ivanchuk vs Karpov 1-0 40 1993 Monaco rapid C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

18. R Kempinski vs Barbero 1-0 38 1993 ? C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

19. F Hellers vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 55 1993 Tilburg 20' C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

20. Kiril Georgiev vs Hjartarson ½-½ 26 1993 PCA Qualifiers C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

21. F Hellers vs Z Almasi ½-½ 28 1994 Malmo C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

22. M Lecroq vs S Webb 1-0 36 1994 14th CC World Ch Final C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

23. Anand vs Kamsky ½-½ 43 1995 Las Palmas-qf (m/07) PCA C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

24. Fedorowicz vs R Lobo 1-0 35 1995 CalChess/Mechanic's College C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

25. Anand vs Kamsky ½-½ 26 1995 Las Palmas-qf (m/05) PCA C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. A Sokolov vs Geller ½-½ 41 1985 Riga ch-SU C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Kasparov vs Karpov 1-0 44 1990 Kasparov-Karpov World Championship Match C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. Timman vs Karpov 0-1 36 1990 m/1, Kuala Lumpur 49/416 [Karpov,An C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. Timman vs Karpov ½-½ 38 1990 m/5, Kuala Lumpur 49/417 [Karpov,An C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

5. Nunn vs Razuvaev 1-0 49 1991 Dortmund 51/357 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

6. Anand vs Kamsky 0-1 32 1995 Las Palmas-qf (m/01) PCA C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

7. Anand vs Kamsky 1-0 50 1995 Las Palmas-cf (m/09) PCA C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

8. Anand vs Piket ½-½ 44 1995 4th Amber, Rapidplay, Monaco (4) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

9. D Rogic vs Z Sturua 0-1 39 1997 EU-chT (Men) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

10. Nijboer vs Van der Sterren 1-0 44 1999 Den Bosch C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

11. Ferret vs Gandalf 1-0 75 2001 WMCCC C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. P Enders vs F Levin ½-½ 27 2010 2009-2010 Bundesliga C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Bologan vs M Bosiocic 1-0 40 2012 13th European Individual Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. M Kravtsiv vs S Zilka 1-0 25 2012 23rd Czech Open A C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. I Zaitsev vs E Torre 0-1 67 1980 Baku it, AZE C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. P Popovic vs Gligoric ½-½ 41 1982 Novi Sad C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. Yurtaev vs Podgaets ½-½ 58 1983 Estonia C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. Kasparov vs Karpov ½-½ 53 1985 Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

5. Hjartarson vs Karpov ½-½ 73 1986 07, Dubai olm ;TD 86\\02 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

6. Geller vs Gligoric ½-½ 34 1986 Sochi C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

7. Kiril Georgiev vs Van der Sterren 1-0 39 1988 Wijk aan Zee C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

8. Zsofia Polgar vs C Foisor 1-0 57 1996 Olympiad (w) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

9. Nijboer vs Zhong Zhang 0-1 35 2003 Wijk aan Zee C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

10. Judit Polgar vs I Sokolov 1-0 44 2003 7th Essent C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

11. Kotronias vs S Azarov 1-0 32 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

12. Kotronias vs J Aagaard 1-0 29 2008 2008 Olympiad C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

13. B Grimberg vs W Pajeken ½-½ 24 2008 DEM C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Kasparov vs Dorfman 1-0 39 1978 Tbilisi C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. B Ivanovic vs Gligoric ½-½ 15 1984 YUG-ch C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. A J Mestel vs Short ½-½ 41 1984 Esbjerg C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. Nunn vs Smejkal ½-½ 56 1986 Dubai (ol) 42/437 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

5. G Cabrilo vs Gligoric 1-0 36 1991 YUG-chT C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

6. Zsofia Polgar vs Granda-Zuniga 1-0 54 1992 Aruba C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

7. Morozevich vs A Gelman 1-0 45 1992 juniors C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

8. Zsofia Polgar vs A Brito Garcia 1-0 63 1994 Las Palmas, Cat.7 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

9. Zsofia Polgar vs Gligoric ½-½ 30 1995 It (cat.11), Reykjavik (Iceland) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

10. Svidler vs Morozevich 0-1 40 1996 PCA Qualifier g/25 Moscow RUS C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

11. Svidler vs Z Almasi 1-0 30 1998 Dortmund C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

12. D Fleetwood vs V Piccardo ½-½ 28 1999 ICCF - corr C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

13. A Kunte vs S K Rathore 1-0 56 1999 Nagpur Indian ch A, IND C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

14. A Kovalev vs A Czerwonski ½-½ 54 2001 TCh-POL C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

15. G Hernandez Guerrero vs U Garbisu ½-½ 29 2001 TCh-ESP Div 2 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

16. K Maaroofkhani vs R Abbasi 0-1 56 2001 Asian U20 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

17. C Szucs vs S Webb ½-½ 18 2001 ICCF Email - corr C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

18. Smirin vs Bacrot ½-½ 15 2003 Biel International Chess Festival C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

19. K Haznedaroglu vs E Dervishi 1-0 67 2004 36th Olympiad C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

20. R W Smith vs D Rowe ½-½ 64 2004 36th Olympiad C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

21. N Yap vs A Stein 0-1 51 2007 World Open C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

22. Yu Lie vs H Milligan 1-0 35 2008 Malaysian Open C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

23. Svidler vs R Janssen 1-0 30 2009 2008-2009 Bundesliga C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

24. K Mekhitarian vs E Matsuura 1-0 37 2009 LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro Ind C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

25. N Paikidze vs T Shadrina 1-0 38 2010 60th Russian Women's Superfinal C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nd2 Bf8 12. a4

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. P Popovic vs Smejkal 1-0 42 1985 Zagreb C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Geller vs Smejkal ½-½ 18 1985 Baden Baden C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. Kasparov vs Karpov 0-1 44 1985 Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. Kasparov vs Karpov ½-½ 44 1985 Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

5. Huebner vs Portisch 1-0 44 1986 Brussels C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

6. Y Kruppa vs Podgaets ½-½ 27 1986 UKR-ch C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

7. Ivanchuk vs Goldin ½-½ 94 1986 URS-FL Irkutsk C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

8. Kasparov vs Smejkal 1-0 41 1986 Dubai C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

9. Van der Wiel vs Karpov 0-1 53 1988 Tilburg ;CBM 09 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

10. Chandler vs O Sarapu 1-0 32 1988 Plaza C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

11. Timman vs Karpov ½-½ 43 1990 7, Kuala C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

12. Ivanchuk vs Portisch 1-0 61 1990 Linares 49/414 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

13. Geller vs M Brooks 1-0 42 1990 Manhattan C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

14. Fedorowicz vs V Frias 0-1 43 1993 New York (USA) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

15. H Schorra vs Peter Rak 1-0 45 1998 EM/MN/003 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

16. G Boonet vs W Brandhorst ½-½ 21 1999 WC23/EWC01-SF09 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

17. Svidler vs Zhong Zhang 0-1 35 2001 CHN-RUS Rapid Match C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

18. Kotronias vs D Tzamouranis 1-0 30 2001 3rd Open C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

19. Svidler vs Zhong Zhang 1-0 38 2001 CHN-RUS Summit Men C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

20. V Talla vs A Matras 1-0 43 2001 open C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

21. Sasikiran vs S Vijayalakshmi 1-0 35 2002 39th BPCL ch-IND C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

22. D Fleetwood vs V Piccardo ½-½ 45 2003 ICCF - corr C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

23. G Vescovi vs A Ivanov ½-½ 32 2005 American Continental Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

24. A Volokitin vs Kasimdzhanov ½-½ 28 2006 Russian Club Cup C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

25. Stellwagen vs Beliavsky ½-½ 44 2006 Youth vs Experience C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nd2 Bf8

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Karpov vs Balashov 1-0 43 1976 USSR Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Tringov vs Gligoric ½-½ 16 1977 EU-chT (Men) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. V Liberzon vs Furman ½-½ 31 1977 Bad Lauterberg C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. Parma vs Gligoric ½-½ 23 1977 Ljubljana/Portoroz C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

5. Plachetka vs I Jelen ½-½ 64 1977 Maribor C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

6. Suetin vs I Zaitsev 1-0 31 1977 Sochi 24/293 [Suetin,A] C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

7. I Jelen vs Gligoric ½-½ 23 1977 Ljubljana/Portoroz C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

8. G Timoshchenko vs Beliavsky 0-1 66 1978 URS-ch46 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

9. Suetin vs Psakhis 1-0 45 1978 Sverdlovsk C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

10. Karpov vs Gligoric ½-½ 45 1978 Bugojno C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

11. Geller vs Beliavsky ½-½ 21 1978 Tbilisi ch-SU C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

12. R Byrne vs Karpov ½-½ 23 1978 Bugojno C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

13. Geller vs Gligoric ½-½ 26 1979 Novi Sad C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

14. Tal vs Romanishin 1-0 38 1979 Riga izt C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense

15. Huebner vs Kavalek ½-½ 29 1979 Tilburg C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

16. Tseshkovsky vs Romanishin ½-½ 38 1979 Lvov zt playoff pl3-4 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

17. A Vitolinsh vs Gulko 1-0 37 1979 USSR 27/318 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

18. Geller vs Beliavsky ½-½ 25 1979 Novi Sad C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

19. B Perenyi vs P Lukacs ½-½ 40 1979 Kecskemet C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

20. Karpov vs Romanishin 1-0 62 1979 Spartakiada C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

21. Romanishin vs Beliavsky 1-0 36 1979 Minsk URS ch C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

22. Beliavsky vs Gligoric 1-0 55 1979 Novi Sad C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

23. B Ivanovic vs I Zaitsev 1-0 42 1979 Sochi C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

24. Chiburdanidze vs Z Veroci Petronic ½-½ 17 1980 Malta ol (Women) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

25. G Timoshchenko vs I Polovodin 1-0 68 1980 URS-ch48 sf Krasnojarsk C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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