1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rhg1 Ng4 11. h3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 h6 13. Nd4 Bf6 14. Nf5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. g4 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Qf6 18. Rg4 Kh7 19. Rdg1 Rg8 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. cxd4 f6 22. f4 Rae8 23. Re1 Re7 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. dxe5 Rf8 27. Rf4 Rd8 28. e6 Rd6 29. h4 Kg8 30. h5 Kf8 31. Rg1 Re8 32. Rg6 Ra6 33. f6 gxf6 34. Rfxf6+ Ke7 35. Rxh6 Rxa2 36. Rf7+ Kd6 37. Rd7+ Kc6 38. Rd3 Re7 39. Rg6 Ra1+ 40. Kb2 Rh1 41. h6 Re1 42. Rh3 Rh7 43. Rg7  1-0

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (C62)
Player profiles: De Vere, Loyd

Novelty of stem-game: 10. Rhg1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6  8. Be3 Be7  9. 0-0-0 0-0

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Loyd vs E Rousseau   0-1 26 1867 Paris C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 2. De Vere vs Loyd 1-0 43 1867 Paris C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. T W Barnes vs Staunton 0-1 43 1856 London m4 C41 Philidor Defense 2. Bird vs Steinitz 1-0 41 1866 London C41 Philidor Defense 3. S Rosenthal vs Loyd   ½-½ 51 1867 Paris C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 4. Tarrasch vs Schwarzhaupt 1-0 19 1884 Derenburg C41 Philidor Defense 5. D M Martinez vs N MacLeod 1-0 36 1889 USA-06.Congress New York C41 Philidor Defense 6. Max Weiss vs N MacLeod 1-0 22 1889 USA-06.Congress New York C41 Philidor Defense 7. Pillsbury vs Blackburne 0-1 41 1899 London C41 Philidor Defense 8. E Z Adams vs Carlos Torre 1-0 23 1920 New Orleans (probably analysis) C41 Philidor Defense 9. Kupchik vs A Simkov   1-0 31 1924 Rice Chess Club-ch C41 Philidor Defense 10. Alekhine vs Hoelsder 1-0 17 1933 NED C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 11. Alekhine vs Pineiro 1-0 24 1935 La Coruna C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 12. Alekhine vs Afritsch 1-0 26 1936 Vienna C41 Philidor Defense 13. Book vs Reinhold 1-0 18 1944 Finland C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 14. Parma vs S Nikolic   ½-½ 40 1969 Jugoslavija C41 Philidor Defense 15. A C Van der Tak vs J Hardinge   ½-½ 17 1970 Hastings Christmas Congress C41 Philidor Defense 16. Campora vs F Braga   1-0 42 1976 10s, Buenos Aires ch-ARG C41 Philidor Defense 17. Velimirovic vs J Kristiansen   ½-½ 63 1978 Buenos Aires ol (Men) C41 Philidor Defense 18. J Peters vs P Littlewood   ½-½ 27 1978 Lloyds Bank C41 Philidor Defense 19. Jansa vs J Lechtynsky   ½-½ 13 1982 Trnava C41 Philidor Defense 20. J Kristiansen vs Plachetka   ½-½ 37 1983 Copenhagen C41 Philidor Defense 21. Kholmov vs G Laketic   ½-½ 41 1990 Belgorod C41 Philidor Defense 22. Ivkov vs L Somma   1-0 45 1990 Rome op C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 23. S Brynell vs Hoi   1-0 33 2000 Politiken Cup C41 Philidor Defense 24. J Echavarria vs R Ugalde   1-0 47 2001 I American Continental C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 25. A Kornev vs A Gabrielian   ½-½ 55 2006 Russian Club Cup C41 Philidor Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29

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page 1 of 1; 11 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Mlotkowski vs W Cohn 1-0 33 1909 Manhattan CC-Franklin CC C41 Philidor Defense 2. Spielmann vs A Gromer   1-0 21 1931 Prague ol (Men) C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 3. Black Knight vs Chaos   ½-½ 37 1977 World Computer Championship C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 4. V W Knox vs P W Hempson   ½-½ 50 1978 Ayr British ch C41 Philidor Defense 5. Tringov vs S Acimovic   1-0 60 1988 Belgrade GMA op C41 Philidor Defense 6. Kuan Kuan Tian vs M Ninchich 1-0 29 1999 Cup Doeberl, Canberra (Australia) C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 7. B Nguku Namale vs C Skehan   ½-½ 46 2004 36th Olympiad C41 Philidor Defense 8. R Tolentino vs S Fancy 1-0 22 2007 Asian Individual Championship C41 Philidor Defense 9. S Decuadro vs Amaral Joao   1-0 40 2009 48th World Junior Championship C41 Philidor Defense 10. M Erdogdu vs K B Tulay   1-0 33 2011 Turkish Team Championship C41 Philidor Defense 11. B Dekic vs T Mendieta Rodriguez   1-0 45 2012 Chess Olympiad (Women) C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bird vs Horwitz 0-1 38 1851 London m C41 Philidor Defense 2. Loewenthal vs Harrwitz ½-½ 66 1853 London C41 Philidor Defense 3. Loewenthal vs Harrwitz   0-1 47 1853 London C41 Philidor Defense 4. Cochrane vs Mohishunder   1-0 37 1854 Calcutta C41 Philidor Defense 5. Cochrane vs Mohishunder 1-0 25 1854 Unknown C41 Philidor Defense 6. R Brien vs Zytogorski   ½-½ 43 1855 Kling's Coffee House C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 7. Cochrane vs Somacarana   ½-½ 59 1856 Calcutta C41 Philidor Defense 8. Morphy vs Harrwitz 0-1 37 1858 Paris, September C41 Philidor Defense 9. Morphy vs H Baucher 1-0 29 1858 blindfold simul C41 Philidor Defense 10. Morphy vs Harrwitz 1-0 35 1858 Paris (France) C41 Philidor Defense 11. Winawer vs Loyd   1-0 51 1867 Paris C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 12. F Elder vs P Ware   1-0 59 1871 2nd American Chess Congress C41 Philidor Defense 13. Anderssen vs Paulsen 1-0 54 1873 Vienna C41 Philidor Defense 14. Anderssen vs Meitner   ½-½ 34 1873 Vienna C41 Philidor Defense 15. K Pitschel vs A Schwarz 0-1 27 1873 Vienna C41 Philidor Defense 16. Burn vs W Hunter 1-0 30 1875 Challenge Cup C41 Philidor Defense 17. Metger vs A Fritz 1-0 41 1878 WSB-12.Kongress C41 Philidor Defense 18. Max Weiss vs Blackburne 0-1 51 1882 Vienna C41 Philidor Defense 19. J Mason vs N MacLeod   1-0 55 1889 USA-06.Congress New York C41 Philidor Defense 20. E Delmar vs N MacLeod   ½-½ 60 1889 USA-06.Congress New York (22-1) C41 Philidor Defense 21. Charousek vs Englander 1-0 29 1892 Kaschau C41 Philidor Defense 22. F Lazard vs M Romi   0-1 36 1926 Parigi C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 23. Stoltz vs E Andersen 1-0 25 1931 Match C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 24. Alekhine vs Van Mindeno 1-0 17 1933 NED sm C41 Philidor Defense 25. F Petersen vs T Haahr   ½-½ 28 1960 Ch Denmark, Aalborg (Denmark) C41 Philidor Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32

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