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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Qc1 Na5 14.Bd1 Nc4 15.Bf4 c5 16.b3 Nb6 17.Nbd2 Rc8 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Rxe4 Bf5 20.Re1 cxd4 21.Qb2 Bb4 22.Bd2 Bc3 23.Bxc3 dxc3 24.Qc1 Nd5 25.a3 Qb6 26.Bc2 Bxc2 27.Qxc2 Rfd8 28.e6 fxe6 29.Ng5 Nf6 30.Rxe6 Qc5 31.Nf3 a5 32.h3 Qd5 33.Re3+ b4 34.a4 Rc5 35.Rae1 Qf5 36.R3e2 Qxc2 37.Rxc2 Rcd5 38.Kf1 Nd7 39.Rb1 Nc5 40.Ke2 Nxb3 41.Rxb3 Re8+ 42.Ne5 Rexe5+ 43.Kf3 Rd3+ 44.Kf4 Re1 0-1

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Closed (C91)
Player profiles: F Benko, Keres

Novelty of stem-game: 13. Qc1

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. d4 Bg4  10. Be3 exd4  11. cxd4 d5  12. e5 Ne4

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F Benko vs Keres 0-1 44 1939 Buenos Aires C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 2. E Haag vs I Nei   ½-½ 24 1966 DSV-Turnier 03rd C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. Mucha vs Sevecek   0-1 27 1968 corr ch CZE C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. Gulko vs V Baikov   1-0 46 1974 URS C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. Hebert vs Smejkal 0-1 41 1979 Rio de Janeiro izt C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. Bronstein vs I Nei   ½-½ 22 1979 It (cat.11) C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. N Alexandria vs E Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya 1-0 77 1980 Kislovodsk cqfW C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. J L Arnason vs E Torre   ½-½ 47 1980 Sochi C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. A N Panchenko vs E Torre   1-0 40 1980 Sochi (Russia) C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. N Alexandria vs E Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya   0-1 41 1980 Kislovodsk cqfW C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. Gulko vs Averbakh   ½-½ 74 1982 Moscow ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. Khalifman vs K Aseev   0-1 34 1983 USSR C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. Van der Wiel vs Timman 0-1 27 1983 Tilburg 36/418 C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 14. A Petrushin vs S Smagin   0-1 39 1984 URS-ch sf C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. P Haba vs Tolnai   1-0 46 1988 Barcza mem C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. P Haba vs N Stajcic   1-0 49 1992 Kecskemet C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. J R Koch vs E Neiman 1-0 36 1997 FRA-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. F Winiwarter vs G Borisenko   0-1 75 1997 Wch Seniors C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. P Janous vs L Pospisil   0-1 58 2000 CZE-chT B1 corr C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. A Kovacevic vs D Blagojevic   ½-½ 29 2003 SCG-chT C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Tseshkovsky vs A Stambulian   ½-½ 36 2003 Sarkisov mem op C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. D Valerga vs J Rosito   ½-½ 33 2004 79th Argentine Championship C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. Sadvakasov vs A Graf   1-0 35 2004 11th Ordix Open C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Naiditsch vs Karjakin   1-0 53 2004 Dortmund Sparkassen C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. P Smirnov vs M Sorokin   ½-½ 49 2004 57th Russian Championship Qualifier C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66

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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. d4 Bg4  10. Be3 exd4  11. cxd4 d5

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Smyslov vs Savon   1-0 36 1978 9, Lvov zt C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 2. D Arenas vs E Santarius   1-0 51 2008 Pan-American Continental C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. V Lillo Castay vs D Berczes   0-1 22 2012 30th Andorra Open C91 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. d4 Bg4  10. Be3 exd4  11. cxd4

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 196  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Yates vs A Speijer   1-0 24 1923 Scheveningen NED C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 2. Verlinsky vs I Rabinovich 1-0 45 1924 USSR Championship C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. P Romanovsky vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 24 1924 Match C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. Yates vs Bogoljubov   0-1 33 1924 New York C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. Yates vs Capablanca   ½-½ 29 1924 New York C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. Kupchik vs Bogoljubov   0-1 50 1924 Bogoljubov-Kupchik Match C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. Riblin vs Botvinnik 0-1 43 1925 Leningrad tt C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. R P Michell vs G A Thomas   0-1 39 1925 Marienbad C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. K Treybal vs G A Thomas   ½-½ 32 1925 Baden Baden C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. Lasker vs H G Muller   0-1 29 1932 Koninsberg sim C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. Ragozin vs Lilienthal   0-1 49 1939 Leningrad/Moscow training C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. G Flad vs K Junge   ½-½ 54 1942 XVII.cr tournament o C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. G R Mitchell vs J W Collins   1-0 47 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 14. J Penrose vs Gligoric   ½-½ 34 1963 Enschede zt C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. Bronstein vs A Matanovic   ½-½ 32 1964 Belgrade (Yugoslavia) C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. A Khasin vs G Kluger   1-0 91 1964 Kislovodsk C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. O Rubtsova vs A Kushnir   1-0 39 1966 URS-chT C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. S Schweber vs Julio Bolbochan   ½-½ 21 1966 Mar del Plata C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. K Honfi vs G Kluger   0-1 35 1966 HUN-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. Korchnoi vs Portisch   1-0 70 1967 Sousse Interzonal C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Tseshkovsky vs Vasiukov   1-0 60 1968 USSR Championship 1968/69 C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. Tal vs Gligoric   1-0 66 1968 Belgrade C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. J Littlewood vs Portisch   0-1 53 1969 Hastings C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. A Lombard vs G Ligterink   ½-½ 72 1969 EU-ch U20 prel C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. J Pokojowczyk vs J Moles   0-1 51 1969 EU-ch U20 prel C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 196

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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. d4 Bg4  10. Be3

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 124  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Yates vs Ed Lasker 1-0 54 1924 New York C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 2. Yates vs Rubinstein 0-1 38 1925 Marienbad C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. O Chajes vs C Jaffe   0-1 21 1926 Chicago C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. O Chajes vs Showalter   1-0 37 1926 Chicago C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. Yates vs L Asztalos   0-1 53 1927 Kecskemet C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. E G Sergeant vs R P Michell   ½-½ 22 1930 10, Scarborough it ENG C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. H Johner vs O Bernstein   ½-½ 41 1934 Zurich C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. G Weissgerber vs Rellstab   0-1 26 1936 Bad Nauheim C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. Smyslov vs I Rabinovich 1-0 42 1941 Moscow C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. Saemisch vs H W Duenhaupt   1-0 46 1946 Bad Harzburg GER C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. E Sojka vs Sliwa   0-1 58 1946 POL-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. N Kopilov vs Kholmov   0-1 53 1949 USSR Championship C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. G R Mitchell vs S Madsen   ½-½ 24 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 14. M Bobotsov vs W Litmanowicz   ½-½ 91 1952 Miedzyzdroje C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. R Bogdanovic vs D Andric   1-0 63 1952 YUG-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. J Jezek vs J Kozma   ½-½ 28 1956 CSR-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. J Littlewood vs Gligoric   0-1 44 1961 Hastings 1960/61 C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. A Ginsberger vs G Borisenko   ½-½ 37 1965 Asztalos mem C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. R Byrne vs Rossolimo   1-0 52 1965 USA-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. Gulko vs A Bikhovsky   1-0 44 1966 Moscow C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. G Timoshchenko vs Karpov   0-1 45 1966 Moscow jr-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. Karpov vs Detkov 1-0 30 1967 03, Vladimir C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. R Thomas vs A Ludgate   0-1 40 1967 BCF-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. R Thomas vs G Speed   1-0 38 1968 BCF-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. L Kernazhitsky vs V Vepkhvishvili   1-0 65 1971 Ch Georgian C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 124

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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. d4 Bg4

page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 383  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Olland vs Loman   ½-½ 35 1901 Haarlem C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 2. R P Michell vs C Tattersall 1-0 33 1904 BCF-ch 1st C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. W Gunston vs J Mortimer   0-1 64 1904 London C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. Spielmann vs Marshall   ½-½ 38 1911 Karlsbad C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. Yates vs Alekhine ½-½ 38 1913 Scheveningen C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. Yates vs Rubinstein 0-1 37 1922 Hastings C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. M A Schapiro vs V Sournin   1-0 46 1923 9th American Chess Congress C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. P F Johner vs E Straat   ½-½ 39 1923 Scheveningen NED C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. Euwe vs A Speijer   ½-½ 58 1923 Amsterdam C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. Yates vs Rubinstein 0-1 51 1925 Baden Baden C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. P M List vs Leonhardt   1-0 50 1927 25. DSB Kongress C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. K Treybal vs Vidmar   1-0 57 1929 Karlsbad C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. H A Cadman vs E M Holloway 0-1 42 1929 Scarborough it C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 14. J Cukierman vs G A Thomas 1-0 42 1929 Paris C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. K Poschauko vs A Pytlakowski   ½-½ 53 1938 Krakow C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. Euwe vs Keres ½-½ 31 1939 Holland C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. Levenfish vs Ragozin 1-0 82 1939 Leningrad/Moscow training C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. D Polland vs F Reinfeld   1-0 80 1940 USA Ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. Euwe vs Keres 1-0 30 1940 NLD 3940 m (Amsterdam) ;MAINB C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. Pinkus vs W Adams   ½-½ 67 1940 USA Ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Pinkus vs B Blumin   1-0 48 1941 New York C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. Pinkus vs F Reinfeld   0-1 36 1941 Ventnor City C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. Kashdan vs Reshevsky   0-1 37 1945 Pan American C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Pilnik vs Jacobo Bolbochan   ½-½ 31 1946 Mar del Plata ARG C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. Reshevsky vs W Adams   1-0 44 1946 USA-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 383

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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. d4

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Maroczy vs M Smith   1-0 42 1906 Winnipeg exh C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 2. Capablanca vs Bogoljubov 1-0 52 1922 London C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. Yates vs Bogoljubov 1-0 42 1922 London C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. Lasker vs Bogoljubov 1-0 58 1923 Maehrisch-Ostrau C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. W Rivier vs Stoltz 1-0 43 1928 Olympiad C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. C Toerber vs Ahues 0-1 16 1946 Bad Harzburg GER C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. D Rovner vs Novotelnov   0-1 46 1956 URS-ch sf C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. Tseshkovsky vs A Arutiunov   1-0 50 1977 Yerevan C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. Vasiukov vs M Lodhi   1-0 64 1992 Doha op C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. U Lauk vs M Ebeling   1-0 39 1993 FIN-chT C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. J Chudnovsky vs J Whitfield   1-0 18 1999 Ch Amateur Team, Parsippany (USA) C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. Movsesian vs J Krivec   1-0 61 2000 Nova Gorica op 5th C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. C Leite vs P Dias   ½-½ 11 2001 2nd It C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 14. S Heim vs G Tallaksen Ostmoe   ½-½ 19 2004 Norwegian Championship C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. R Duje vs L Patriarca   ½-½ 13 2005 American Continental C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. Sutovsky vs Bologan   1-0 57 2005 Russian Team Championship C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. G Papp vs K Haznedaroglu   1-0 48 2006 First Saturday September C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. T Kosintseva vs Y Yagiz   1-0 52 2006 7th European Individual Championship C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. Pokorna vs J Krivec   1-0 43 2006 WGM Mediterranean Flower C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. V Sareen vs A Abdulla   ½-½ 23 2006 4 th Parsvnath Intl Chess Tmt - C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Negi vs D Arngrimsson 1-0 24 2007 World Junior Championship C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. R Nolte vs J Friedel   1-0 62 2008 Mindsports C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. N Grandelius vs H Tikkanen   ½-½ 51 2009 Scandinavian Open C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. V Koshy vs B Ramnathan   ½-½ 30 2009 Indian Premier National A Championship C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. J Kochetkova vs M Makropoulou   ½-½ 108 2010 Chess Olympiad (Women) C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31

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page 1 of 259; games 1-25 of 6,471  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tarrasch vs Schlechter   1-0 65 1902 Monte Carlo C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 2. Schlechter vs Chigorin 0-1 39 1904 Cambridge Springs C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. Gajdos vs F Gutmayer   1-0 47 1904 DSB-14.Kongress Hauptturnier C C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. O Bernstein vs Von Bardeleben ½-½ 62 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. Schlechter vs Von Bardeleben   1-0 31 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. Schlechter vs Von Gottschall   ½-½ 43 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. Taubenhaus vs Chigorin 0-1 41 1905 Ostend C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. Teichmann vs Tarrasch 1-0 82 1905 Ostend C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. Duras vs Chigorin 0-1 57 1906 15th DSB Kongress (Nuremberg) C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 10. Schlechter vs Chigorin 1-0 32 1907 Ostend (Championship) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 11. H Suechting vs Salwe   ½-½ 35 1907 Ostende-B C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 12. O Bernstein vs Rubinstein   ½-½ 26 1907 Ostende-B C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 13. Alapin vs Rubinstein   ½-½ 49 1907 Fifth All-Russian Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 14. L Forgacs vs Rubinstein ½-½ 27 1907 Ostende-B C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 15. Burn vs Schlechter   ½-½ 27 1907 Ostend (Championship) C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. A Beck vs K Treybal   0-1 29 1907 Brno C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 17. Przepiorka vs Rubinstein 0-1 31 1907 Lodz C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. Spielmann vs Schlechter 0-1 31 1908 Prague C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. Schlechter vs Prokes 1-0 37 1908 Prague C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 20. Schlechter vs Salwe 1-0 32 1908 Prague C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Von Bardeleben vs Prokes   0-1 63 1908 Prague C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. H Suechting vs Salwe 0-1 100 1908 16th DSB Kongress, Duesseldorf C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 23. Von Bardeleben vs Spielmann   0-1 40 1908 16th DSB Kongress, Duesseldorf C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 24. Von Bardeleben vs Salwe ½-½ 67 1908 Vienna C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 25. G Wainwright vs H E Atkins 0-1 45 1910 Oxford C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 259; games 1-25 of 6,471

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