Games like Veselin Topalov vs Peter Svidler (1998)

Stem game: Veselin Topalov vs Peter Svidler (1998) 1-0

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 h6 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Bf8 16.b3 Bb7 17.Ng3 Nc6 18.Bb2 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Rc8 20.Bd3 d5 21.e5 Ne4 22.Qg4 Qg5 23.Qxg5 Nxg5 24.Rad1 Ne6 25.Bb2 g6 26.Ne2 Bb4 27.Rf1 d4 28.Bb1 Bc3 29.Bc1 b4 30.Bxh6 a5 31.Bd3 Nc5 32.Bc4 Rcd8 33.Bg5 Rd7 34.Bf6 Bc6 35.f3 d3 36.Nxc3 bxc3 37.e6 Nxe6 38.Bxc3 Nf4 39.Bd2 Ne2+ 40.Kf2 Nd4 41.Be3 Nc2 42.Bc1 Re2+ 43.Kg1 Nd4 44.a4 d2 45.Bb2 Ree7 46.Kf2 Nc2 47.Bf6 1-0

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Closed (C90)
Player profiles: Topalov, Svidler

Novelty of stem-game: 16. b3

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bf8

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Emms vs Hebden 1-0 65 1993 London London LB C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Kasparov vs Adams 1-0 30 1993 London C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. Topalov vs Svidler 1-0 47 1998 Tilburg Fontys C90 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 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. M Brodsky vs A Zakharov ½-½ 35 1999 Chigorin mem C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Adams vs Kamsky 0-1 46 1995 Dos Hermanas C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Emms vs P Thipsay 1-0 40 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) C90 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 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Nezhmetdinov vs V Zagorovsky 1-0 43 1963 Russian Spartakiade C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Pilnik vs Smyslov 0-1 50 1965 Chile C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. J Boey vs G Mazzoni ½-½ 22 1966 The Hague zt C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. Short vs Hebden 0-1 22 1983 Hastings C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

5. G M Todorovic vs Geller ½-½ 28 1987 Pancevo C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

6. A Kuzmin vs Tseshkovsky ½-½ 43 1987 Tashkent Agzamov mem C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

7. B Abramovic vs Hebden 0-1 60 1988 Ch Paris C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

8. J Reyes vs Hebden ½-½ 53 1989 Vrnjachka C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

9. Emms vs Hebden 0-1 54 1991 Hastings Challengers C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

10. Velimirovic vs B Ivanovic ½-½ 14 1993 YUG-chT C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

11. Smirin vs Adams ½-½ 29 1993 Burgas C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

12. E Liss vs Tseshkovsky 1-0 67 1996 Politiken Cup 18th C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

13. Judit Polgar vs Ivanchuk 1-0 53 1996 Amber Rapid Monte Carlo C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

14. T Stepovaia-Dianchenko vs Pokorna 1-0 67 2001 2nd ch-EUR Women C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

15. J L Arnason vs B Thorsteinsson 1-0 41 2005 Icelandic Team Championship C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

16. N Mamedov vs W Sarwat 1-0 73 2010 World Team Championship C90 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 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nf1

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. J Penrose vs V Maher 1-0 30 1956 Moscow ol (Men) C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Tseshkovsky vs Tal 0-1 48 1970 Sochi C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. K Mokry vs T Lin ½-½ 49 1986 Dubai ol (Men) C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. Serper vs G Timoshchenko ½-½ 31 1987 Tashkent Agzamov mem C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

5. J Ye vs D Blagojevic 1-0 53 1988 Belgrade GMA op C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

6. Smirin vs M Wiedenkeller 1-0 57 1988 Rilton Cup 18th C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

7. Smirin vs V Malaniuk 1-0 37 1989 URS-ch56 C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

8. R Kuczynski vs Tseshkovsky ½-½ 52 1989 Alma-Ata C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

9. Savon vs L Basin ½-½ 16 1989 Tirnavia-B C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

10. Chiburdanidze vs Xie Jun 1-0 56 1991 Manila Wch-Woman Manila C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

11. Psakhis vs M D Tseitlin ½-½ 48 1993 Beer Sheva C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

12. T Markowski vs Hebden 1-0 40 1993 Oviedo 25' C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

13. Emms vs Hebden 1-0 54 1993 British Ch Dundee C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

14. V Yemelin vs S Smagin 0-1 40 1994 St Petersburg C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

15. R Kuczynski vs Kholmov ½-½ 29 1994 Legnica Voivode Cup C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

16. Judit Polgar vs Anand 0-1 93 1996 Monte Carlo (Monaco) C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

17. Judit Polgar vs Onischuk 1-0 107 1997 Tilburg Fontys C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

18. Kharlov vs M Sorokin ½-½ 13 2003 56th Russian Championships C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

19. S Nikolov vs V Lilov 0-1 42 2008 BUL 23-th C90 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 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nd2 Re8

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. M Brodsky vs A David ½-½ 42 1993 Berliner Sommer 11th C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. M Brodsky vs D Frolov ½-½ 62 1995 St Petersburg op C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. Z Peng vs C Otten 1-0 31 2007 Dutch Women's Championship C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. Judit Polgar vs Topalov 1-0 41 2008 Dos Hermanas XIV C90 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 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nd2

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Ed Lasker vs Marshall ½-½ 76 1923 Marshall-Ed Lasker Match C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

2. Pilnik vs Najdorf ½-½ 35 1944 Mar del Plata ;HCL 25 C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

3. Kupchik vs G Katz 1-0 33 1946 US Open Championship Final C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

4. Saemisch vs F Surmann 0-1 33 1947 Lueneburg GER C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

5. Saemisch vs T Wildschuetz 0-1 61 1947 Essen GER C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

6. G Stalda vs E Paoli 0-1 40 1949 Venice C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

7. Unzicker vs Rossolimo ½-½ 78 1949 OLdenburg C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

8. Fine vs Najdorf 0-1 71 1949 Match, New York (USA) C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

9. Averbakh vs A Pytlakowski ½-½ 42 1950 Szczawno Zdroj it, POL C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

10. Pilnik vs C Kottnauer 1-0 42 1950 Amsterdam C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

11. Pilnik vs H Kramer 1-0 59 1950 Amsterdam C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

12. Pilnik vs O'Kelly ½-½ 72 1950 Amsterdam C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

13. Boleslavsky vs Geller 1-0 59 1950 USSR Championship C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

14. F Van Seters vs F Henneberke 1-0 39 1950 Hoogovens C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

15. Botvinnik vs Smyslov ½-½ 64 1951 Training Game C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

16. Aronin vs Geller 0-1 55 1951 USSR Championship C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

17. D Grechkin vs Geller 0-1 39 1951 Sverdlovsk C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

18. Bronstein vs Geller ½-½ 33 1952 USSR Championship C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

19. Smyslov vs Benko 1-0 52 1952 Budapest C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

20. Nikitin vs Bannik 1-0 56 1952 URS ch sf C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

21. K Darga vs F Olafsson 1-0 53 1953 Wch U20 final-A C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

22. Pilnik vs Keres 0-1 57 1954 Amsterdam ol final C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

23. R Toran Albero vs A Fuderer 1-0 46 1954 Munich zt C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

24. Pilnik vs S Nedeljkovic ½-½ 35 1954 Belgrade C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

25. Novopashin vs Bannik 0-1 34 1954 URS-chT C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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