Games like Robert James Fischer vs Samuel Baron (1956)

Stem game: Robert James Fischer vs Samuel Baron (1956) 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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Rd7 17. Ng5 Rfd8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. a4 c4 20. axb5 axb5 21. b3 Nd4 22. cxd4 exd4 23. bxc4 dxe3 24. Bxe3 bxc4 25. Ra6 e5 26. Bb6 Qc8 27. Ra4 Rd2 28. Qxc4+ Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Rb8 30. Be3 Rd7 31. Ra1 Rbb7 32. Ra5 Bd6 33. Rc6 Bb8 34. Rb6 h6 35. g3 Kf7 36. Rxb7 Rxb7 37. Kg2 Rb2 38. Bd3 Rb4 39. Kf3 Rb2 40. Bc4+ Kg6 41. Ra6 Rb4 42. Rc6 Ra4 43. Be6 Rxe4 44. Bc4 Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Ba7+ 46. Kf3 e4+ 47. Ke2 Bd4 48. Rc7 h5 49. Bb3 Bb6 50. Rb7 Bc5 51. Bc2 Kh6 52. Rc7 Bf8 53. Rc4 1-0

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin (C98)
Player profiles: Fischer, S Baron

Novelty of stem-game: 16. ...Rd7

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Bronstein vs Alatortsev ½-½ 41 1948 USSR Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

2. J Enevoldsen vs Rellstab ½-½ 28 1949 OLdenburg C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

3. D Andric vs Gruenfeld ½-½ 40 1952 Belgrade C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

4. Fischer vs S Baron 1-0 53 1956 New York Manhattan C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

5. Matulovic vs B Milic ½-½ 79 1964 Belgrade C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

6. Zuckerman vs Reshevsky ½-½ 43 1965 U.S. Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

7. Ivkov vs Robatsch 0-1 58 1965 Havana C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

8. Stein vs Smyslov ½-½ 26 1966 Mar del Plata C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

9. Krantz vs J Rodriguez Cordoba ½-½ 58 1966 Orebro Stud olm fB C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

10. Reshevsky vs E Eliskases ½-½ 31 1966 Mar del Plata C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

11. W E Poutrus vs E Nowak ½-½ 45 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

12. Gligoric vs Noordhoff 1-0 32 1966 EU-ch U20 clock sim1 C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

13. Ivkov vs Mecking 0-1 43 1967 Sousse Interzonal C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

14. Kavalek vs M Cuellar Gacharna 0-1 63 1967 Sousse Interzonal C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

15. Matulovic vs Mecking 1-0 41 1967 Sousse Interzonal C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

16. S Aarseth vs R Kauranen 1-0 54 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

17. Vasiukov vs Kholmov 0-1 40 1968 USSR Championship 1968/69 C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

18. Savon vs Portisch ½-½ 18 1968 Skopje C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

19. Tal vs Korchnoi 0-1 36 1968 Moscow C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

20. A Matanovic vs Rossolimo 1-0 45 1968 Wijk C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

21. A Matanovic vs Smejkal ½-½ 36 1969 Raach zt C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

22. R Byrne vs Kavalek ½-½ 21 1969 San Juan C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

23. Parma vs P Ostojic 1-0 30 1969 Skopje/Krusevo/Ohrid (Yugoslavia) C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

24. Parma vs B Ivanovic ½-½ 23 1969 YUG-ch 24th C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

25. Gipslis vs Stein ½-½ 19 1969 Tallinn it C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

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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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Ne3

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Boleslavsky vs Lilienthal ½-½ 47 1945 USSR Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

2. A Matanovic vs Jacobo Bolbochan 1-0 44 1966 Tel-Aviv it C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

3. Ivkov vs J Kostro ½-½ 39 1967 Vrnjacka Banja C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

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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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. P Hohler vs J Rodriguez Cordoba ½-½ 24 1966 Orebro Stud olm fB C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

2. V Vepkhvishvili vs Pauker ½-½ 51 1968 SU Spartaciad C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

3. Kurajica vs Tringov ½-½ 15 1969 Belgrade C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

4. D Neukirch vs Vogt ½-½ 25 1974 Potsdam ch-DDR C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

5. Z Radojevic vs J Franzen ½-½ 29 1978 Prievidza C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

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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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Tolush vs Lilienthal 1-0 39 1939 Leningrad/Moscow training C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

2. Bronstein vs S Zhukhovitsky 1-0 32 1940 Kiev jr C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

3. Boleslavsky vs Lilienthal ½-½ 42 1940 USSR Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

4. Rellstab vs Rautenberg 1-0 35 1947 Essen GER C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

5. Pachman vs T Van Scheltinga ½-½ 45 1947 Team match NED-CZE C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

6. Tal vs N Darsniek 0-1 26 1950 Riga C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

7. Bronstein vs Reshevsky 1-0 51 1953 Zurich Candidates C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

8. Pilnik vs Julio Bolbochan ½-½ 19 1953 Mar del Plata (Argentina) C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

9. Smyslov vs Julio Bolbochan ½-½ 31 1956 Olympiad C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

10. R Sanguineti vs L Engels ½-½ 34 1957 Sao Paulo C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

11. Tal vs Filip ½-½ 26 1957 Reykjavik C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

12. Tal vs Lombardy ½-½ 27 1958 WchT U26 fin-A 05th C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

13. Tal vs Filip 1-0 38 1958 Portoroz Interzonal C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

14. Fischer vs E Eliskases 1-0 44 1960 Mar del Plata C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

15. Polugaevsky vs Averbakh ½-½ 57 1961 USSR Championship 1961a C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

16. Tal vs Averbakh 1-0 32 1961 URS C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

17. Kolishkin vs Karpov 0-1 54 1962 Zlatoust C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

18. Fischer vs Filip 1-0 66 1962 Curacao Candidates C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

19. A Matanovic vs E Gereben ½-½ 43 1963 Hoogovens C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

20. Suetin vs Averbakh ½-½ 41 1964 USSR Championship 1964/65 C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

21. Keres vs A Dunkelblum ½-½ 39 1964 Beverwijk C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

22. V Liberzon vs Filip ½-½ 37 1965 Yerevan C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

23. E Torre vs F Loheac-Amoun 1-0 27 1970 Siegen (Germany) C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

24. Kavalek vs Filip 1-0 58 1970 Hoogovens C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

25. Marjanovic vs Velimirovic ½-½ 14 1984 Yugoslavia C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

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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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Levenfish vs Lilienthal ½-½ 42 1940 USSR Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

2. Smyslov vs Lilienthal ½-½ 125 1941 USSR Absolute Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

3. Boleslavsky vs Kotov ½-½ 41 1944 Moscow C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

4. Boleslavsky vs Kotov 1-0 60 1944 USSR Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

5. Gligoric vs Unzicker ½-½ 41 1951 FRG-JUG m C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

6. M Bonch-Osmolovsky vs Novotelnov 1-0 41 1952 URS-ch sf C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

7. Unzicker vs M Cuellar Gacharna 1-0 44 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

8. J Sherwin vs D Byrne 1-0 43 1954 Rosenwald 1954/55 C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

9. Yanofsky vs A Dunkelblum ½-½ 27 1958 13th olm final B C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

10. Larry Evans vs W G Addison ½-½ 33 1963 USA-ch sf C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

11. Ivkov vs L Lengyel 1-0 39 1964 Beverwijk C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

12. Szabo vs Filip ½-½ 21 1965 Amsterdam C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

13. R Nicevski vs B Milic 0-1 24 1966 Vrnjacka Banja C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

14. Y Sakharov vs Suetin 1-0 54 1966 Ch URS (team) C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

15. C B Van den Berg vs I Nei 1-0 41 1966 Hoogovens 28th C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

16. F Kuijpers vs C Zuidema ½-½ 43 1966 IBM C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

17. J Penrose vs Mecking 1-0 48 1967 Hastings C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

18. Stein vs Mecking 1-0 32 1967 Sousse Interzonal C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

19. V Tukmakov vs J Kozma 1-0 39 1967 DSV-Turnier C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

20. M H Horton vs A H Perkins ½-½ 34 1968 BCF-ch C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

21. Bronstein vs Averbakh ½-½ 42 1968 Moscow ch-city C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

22. Yanofsky vs Y Porat 1-0 33 1968 Netanya C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

23. F Kuijpers vs E Scholl ½-½ 40 1969 NED-ch C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

24. Tringov vs A Matanovic ½-½ 20 1969 Belgrade C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

25. Bagirov vs M Kolpakov ½-½ 41 1969 URS C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

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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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nc6

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Alapin vs Rubinstein ½-½ 49 1907 Fifth All-Russian Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

2. O Bernstein vs Rubinstein ½-½ 26 1907 Ostende-B C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

3. H Suechting vs Salwe ½-½ 35 1907 Ostende-B C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

4. L Forgacs vs Rubinstein ½-½ 27 1907 Ostende-B C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

5. H Suechting vs Salwe 0-1 100 1908 16th DSB Kongress, Duesseldorf C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

6. Von Bardeleben vs Spielmann 0-1 40 1908 16th DSB Kongress, Duesseldorf C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

7. Leonhardt vs Rubinstein 0-1 54 1911 San Sebastian C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

8. L Asztalos vs F Chalupetzky ½-½ 31 1911 Budapest C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

9. Z Barasz vs F Chalupetzky ½-½ 35 1911 Budapest C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

10. Teichmann vs Alekhine 0-1 38 1913 Berlin exg C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

11. Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein 1-0 54 1923 Maehrisch-Ostrau C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

12. G A Thomas vs Rubinstein 0-1 63 1925 Baden Baden C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

13. Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein ½-½ 58 1925 Breslau C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

14. J Dobropistsev vs Botvinnik 0-1 35 1925 Leningrad 1st cat C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

15. Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein ½-½ 44 1925 Baden Baden C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

16. Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein ½-½ 75 1926 Berlin (09) C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

17. N Panchenko vs Botvinnik ½-½ 49 1927 Leningrad-Moskva C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

18. Yates vs L Asztalos 1-0 53 1927 1st olm final C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

19. Lasker vs Bogoljubov ½-½ 70 1927 Essen exh C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

20. G Nagy vs K Makarczyk 1-0 37 1928 The Hague ol (Men) C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

21. O Naegeli vs W F Wertheim 1-0 54 1928 Olympiad C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

22. Ed Lasker vs Kupchik ½-½ 47 1931 New York International C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

23. I A Horowitz vs W Adams 0-1 78 1936 US Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

24. C H Alexander vs Keres ½-½ 52 1938 Hastings 1937/38 C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

25. K Poschauko vs I Grynfeld 1-0 45 1938 Krakow C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

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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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Duras vs Chigorin 0-1 57 1906 15th DSB Kongress (Nuremberg) C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

2. Schlechter vs Chigorin 1-0 32 1907 Ostend (Championship) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

3. Maroczy vs Reti ½-½ 58 1924 New York C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

4. Ed Lasker vs Reti 1-0 36 1924 New York C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

5. A A Smorodsky vs A Selezniev 0-1 43 1924 USSR Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

6. R P Michell vs A Teller 0-1 69 1926 Hastings 1926/27 C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

7. Weenink vs M Monticelli 1-0 56 1927 1st olm final C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

8. Yates vs G A Thomas 1-0 29 1928 Hastings 1927/28 C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

9. O Naegeli vs O Bernstein 1-0 41 1932 Bern m C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

10. O Naegeli vs O Bernstein 0-1 41 1932 Bern C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

11. Keres vs G Friedemann ½-½ 55 1935 Tallinn, Est ch C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

12. J Van Den Bosch vs T Van Scheltinga 1-0 34 1936 Amsterdam C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

13. K Poschauko vs M Bluemich 1-0 41 1938 Krakow C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

14. K Poschauko vs Mross 0-1 41 1938 Krakow C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

15. Boleslavsky vs E Korchmar 1-0 40 1938 Ukraine Ch C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

16. Ragozin vs Panov 1-0 50 1939 USSR Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

17. Tolush vs Ragozin 0-1 58 1939 USSR Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

18. C Hounie Fleurquin vs Alekhine 0-1 62 1939 Montevideo (07) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

19. M Yudovich Sr. vs Levenfish 1-0 47 1939 USSR Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

20. I Rabinovich vs Levenfish 0-1 55 1939 Leningrad/Moscow training C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

21. J Balogh vs Szabo 0-1 45 1939 Budapest C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

22. I Rabinovich vs Flohr 0-1 37 1939 Leningrad/Moscow training C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

23. Lisitsin vs Botvinnik ½-½ 30 1940 USSR Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

24. Boleslavsky vs Panov 1-0 54 1940 USSR Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

25. Pinkus vs F Reinfeld ½-½ 41 1940 USA Ch C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

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