1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Qd3 exd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qa6 Qd7 11. Qb7 Rc8 12. Qxa7 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qa6 Rfe8 15. Qd3 Qe6 16. f3 Nd7 17. Bd2 Ne5 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Rab1 Ra8 20. a4 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Qc4 22. Rfd1 Reb8 23. Qe3 Rb4 24. Qg5 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Rab8 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27. Rd1 Qc4 28. h4 Rxb2 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. Re1 Qh5 31. Ra1 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qh5 33. a5 Ra8 34. a6 Qc5+ 35. Kh1 Qc4 36. a7 Qc5 37. e5 Qxe5 38. Ra4 Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Qc5+ 40. Kh2 d5 41. Rh4 Rxa7 42. Nd1 0-1

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (C62)
Player profiles: Capablanca, Nimzowitsch

Novelty of stem-game: 12. Qxa7

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Qd3 exd4  8. Nxd4 g6  9. Nxc6 bxc6  10. Qa6 Qd7  11. Qb7 Rc8

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca 0-1 42 1914 St Petersburg C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 2. Ed Lasker vs Santasiere   ½-½ 50 1923 9th American Chess Congress C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Qd3 exd4  8. Nxd4 g6

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alekhine vs A Brinckmann   1-0 34 1927 Kecskemet C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense

 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Qd3 exd4  8. Nxd4

page 1 of 1; 21 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Pillsbury vs Steinitz 1-0 32 1898 Vienna C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 2. Showalter vs Steinitz   1-0 45 1899 London C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 3. Spielmann vs Maroczy   ½-½ 32 1920 Goteborg C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 4. Euwe vs Weenink   ½-½ 36 1921 Amsterdam C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 5. Euwe vs A Speijer   1-0 43 1921 Amsterdam C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 6. Bogoljubov vs Z von Balla 1-0 34 1922 Bad Pistyan C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 7. Euwe vs Dykstra 1-0 42 1923 Amsterdam C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 8. Tarrasch vs A Speijer   0-1 60 1923 Amsterdam C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 9. Alekhine vs G Padulli   ½-½ 40 1923 Milan sim C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 10. K Treybal vs B Thelen   1-0 25 1931 Kautsky mem 8th C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 11. Alekhine vs M Benitez   1-0 36 1939 Caracas C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 12. Alekhine vs J Pedreira 1-0 36 1945 Santa Cruz de Teneri C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 13. Rautenberg vs Kieninger   ½-½ 41 1947 Essen GER C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 14. Rautenberg vs Rellstab   1-0 42 1948 Essen West German ch C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 15. Tal vs I Zaitsev   ½-½ 41 1969 USSR Championship C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 16. O Sarapu vs W Fairhurst   ½-½ 12 1970 77th New Zealand Championship C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 17. H Van Riemsdijk vs A Rocha   1-0 34 1977 Sao Paulo C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 18. Suetin vs F Schuh   1-0 34 1990 Vienna (Austria) C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 19. Shabanov vs B Khanukov   ½-½ 13 2001 World Seniors C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 20. Hracek vs L Comas Fabrego   ½-½ 83 2003 EU-ch 4th C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 21. Grischuk vs A A Ivanov 1-0 33 2010 Russian Team Championships C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense  page 1 of 1; 21 games

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Qd3

page 1 of 1; 11 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Showalter vs E N Olly   0-1 36 1893 R9 10/12 New York C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 2. Showalter vs Steinitz 1-0 54 1898 11th DSB Kongress, Cologne C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 3. Nimzowitsch vs Breyer ½-½ 57 1920 Goteborg C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 4. Bogoljubov vs F Bohatirchuk 1-0 25 1924 Petrograd (III USSR Ch.) C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 5. Nimzowitsch vs L Steiner 1-0 21 1927 Niendorf, Germany C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 6. Kubbel vs Panov   0-1 46 1931 Ch URS (1/2 final) C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 7. Ravinsky vs Karpov   ½-½ 19 1966 Leningrad ;MAINB C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 8. S Tatai vs R Calvo   1-0 69 1967 Palma de Mallorca C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 9. O Sarapu vs W Fairhurst ½-½ 41 1976 83rd New Zealand Championship C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 10. Miles vs Steger   1-0 21 1984 Blindfold simultaneous exhibition, Roetgen C44 King's Pawn Game 11. V Rasulov vs S Guliev   0-1 86 2012 Turkish Bank Chess League C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6

page 1 of 1; 6 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Metger vs Tarrasch 0-1 55 1887 Nuremberg C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 2. Burille vs Lipschutz   0-1 35 1889 USA-06.Congress New York C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 3. Showalter vs M Judd   ½-½ 45 1889 USA-06.Congress New York (20-1) C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 4. Showalter vs Lipschutz ½-½ 72 1889 USA-06.Congress New York C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 5. Opocensky vs M Gargulak   ½-½ 61 1913 Mlada Boleslav-B C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 6. Matulovic vs B Eley   ½-½ 44 1973 EU-chT (Men) C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense

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