Games like Nick DeFirmian vs Predrag Nikolic (1985)

Stem game: Nick DeFirmian vs Predrag Nikolic (1985) 1-0

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.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nb4 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Qxa8 16.e5 dxe5 17.dxe5 Nfd5 18.Ne4 c5 19.e6 fxe6 20.Ne5 Nc6 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Qxd5+ Kh7 23.Qd3 Kg8 24.Qd5+ Kh7 25.Qd3 Kg8 26.Nd7 Nb4 27.Nef6+ Kf7 28.Ne5+ Ke6 29.Neg4 Kf7 30.Ne5+ Ke6 31.Neg4 Kf7 32.Nxh6+ gxh6 33.Qh7+ Kxf6 34.Qxh6+ Kf7 35.Qh7+ Kf6 36.Bg5+ Kxg5 37.Qg7+ 1-0

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

Novelty of stem-game: 15. ...Qxa8

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. a4 h6 12. Nd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. DeFirmian vs P Nikolic 1-0 37 1985 Tunis C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Jakovenko vs Adams ½-½ 19 2008 TCh-ESP CECLUB Final 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. a4 h6 12. Nd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Kasparov vs Karpov ½-½ 38 1985 Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. J Arizmendi Martinez vs M Perez Candelario 0-1 40 2006 LXXI ch-ESP GpB C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. Yifan Hou vs Zhao Xue ½-½ 46 2008 Isbank Ataturk Women Masters 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. a4 h6 12. Nd2

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. N Ioseliani vs N Gaprindashvili 1-0 48 1980 Tbilisi (Georgia) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Sax vs E Torre ½-½ 45 1981 Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. V Liberzon vs E Torre ½-½ 46 1981 Hastings (England) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. Huebner vs Portisch 0-1 49 1981 Tilburg C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

5. Parma vs P Nikolic ½-½ 35 1982 Ch Yugoslavia C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

6. Ljubojevic vs Gligoric ½-½ 20 1982 Vrbas ch-YU C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

7. Tal vs J A Rubinetti 1-0 93 1982 Lucerne olm C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

8. Beliavsky vs Smejkal ½-½ 58 1982 21. It Bosna '82 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

9. Tal vs L Hazai ½-½ 51 1982 ? C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

10. Sax vs P Nikolic ½-½ 21 1982 21. It Bosna '82 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

11. Kasparov vs Beliavsky ½-½ 41 1982 Moscow C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

12. Tseshkovsky vs Balashov 0-1 41 1982 Minsk C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

13. Sax vs Beliavsky 1-0 37 1982 Interzonal C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

14. Sax vs J Banas 1-0 27 1984 ? C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

15. Tal vs Gligoric ½-½ 24 1984 Bugojno C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

16. DeFirmian vs Hjartarson 0-1 69 1984 Reykjavik (Iceland) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

17. Y Kruppa vs K Aseev 1-0 45 1985 URS-ch U26 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

18. Matulovic vs P Lukacs ½-½ 30 1985 Vrnjacka Banja C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

19. Marjanovic vs Smejkal ½-½ 18 1986 Reggio Emilia (Italy) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

20. Sax vs Short 1-0 38 1987 Subotica (izt) 43/442 (Petran,Pal) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

21. Sax vs Short 0-1 45 1988 St John cq C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

22. Huebner vs Short ½-½ 35 1988 Belfort C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

23. DeFirmian vs A Ivanov 0-1 60 1988 Chicago (USA) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

24. Huebner vs Spassky ½-½ 18 1988 World Cup C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

25. J Ye vs K Perera 1-0 30 1989 Genting Highlands Asian cht 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. a4 h6

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Tringov vs M Stean ½-½ 17 1977 Bar C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Huebner vs Portisch ½-½ 23 1980 Tilburg C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. Tseshkovsky vs A Ivanov ½-½ 73 1980 URS-ch FL48 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. Tseshkovsky vs Psakhis 0-1 47 1982 Erevan (zt) 34/427 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

5. B Ivanovic vs Smejkal 1-0 43 1983 22. It Bosna '83 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

6. Velimirovic vs Ilincic ½-½ 45 1990 YUG-ch C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

7. Velimirovic vs Kraidman ½-½ 39 1990 Kusadasi op C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

8. Savon vs Karpov 0-1 35 1992 Tal mem C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

9. V Vepkhvishvili vs Y Smit 1-0 45 1992 Open Praha C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

10. Shahi Harshal vs Eswar R 0-1 39 2008 Commonwealth Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

11. I Snape vs B Savage 0-1 46 2008 Coulsdon Winter International C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

12. V Gashimov vs Eljanov ½-½ 31 2009 European Club Cup 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. a4

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Chiburdanidze vs E Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya ½-½ 40 1980 Rostov on Don tt C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Tseshkovsky vs Romanishin 1-0 41 1980 Tashkent URS sf C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. Y Gruenfeld vs Smejkal ½-½ 60 1980 EU-chT (Men) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. E Torre vs Beliavsky ½-½ 56 1980 Baku it, AZE C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

5. Tseshkovsky vs Karpov ½-½ 25 1980 Rostov on Don tt C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

6. Velimirovic vs P Nikolic 1-0 40 1981 Vrsac C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

7. Karpov vs Miles 1-0 32 1984 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

8. Tseshkovsky vs A Ivanov ½-½ 26 1985 URS-ch FL53 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

9. K Mokry vs C Gabriel 0-1 81 1991 BL2-S 9192 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

10. DeFirmian vs A Ivanov 1-0 40 1993 World Op, Philadelphia C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

11. Shirov vs Piket ½-½ 40 1996 Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

12. Savon vs I Zaitsev ½-½ 19 1999 Orel C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

13. Karjakin vs Beliavsky 1-0 57 2007 NH Chess Tournament C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

14. S Abu Sufian vs J Mohammad 1-0 58 2007 8th United Insurance Dhaka C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

15. Shirov vs A Korotylev 1-0 46 2007 World Blitz Cup C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

16. H Hamdouchi vs Karpov 0-1 35 2007 Corsica Masters C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

17. S Abu Sufian vs J Mohammad 1-0 54 2007 Bangladesh Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

18. Shirov vs Karpov 1-0 62 2007 World Blitz Cup C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

19. Caruana vs Karpov ½-½ 43 2008 Cap d'Agde C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

20. Caruana vs Karpov 0-1 66 2008 Cap d'Agde C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

21. Yifan Hou vs Karpov ½-½ 62 2008 Cap d'Agde C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

22. S Fedorchuk vs O Jovanic 0-1 41 2009 Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary 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

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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. Kavalek vs Gligoric ½-½ 29 1977 Montilla C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Kasparov vs Dorfman 1-0 39 1978 Tbilisi C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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

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

13. A Kapengut vs Beliavsky 0-1 40 1978 USSR First League C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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

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

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

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

18. A Ivanov vs Razuvaev ½-½ 30 1979 URS-ch FL47 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

19. G Timoshchenko vs A Ivanov 1-0 95 1979 URS-ch FL47 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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

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

22. Ljubojevic vs Gligoric 0-1 39 1979 Belgrade C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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

24. J Pokojowczyk vs Razuvaev ½-½ 19 1979 Rubinstein mem C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

25. Vasiukov vs Razuvaev 1-0 49 1979 Frunze C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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