1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.Nf1 O-O 8.Ng3 Qe7 9.h3 Nd8 10.Be3 h6 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.O-O-O c6 13.Ba4 b5 14.Bc2 d5 15.Rhe1 b4 16.d4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nxe5 bxc3 19.Qxc3 f5 20.f4 Be6 21.Kb1 Bd5 22.g4 Qe6 23.Qa3 Nf7 24.Rg1 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Rfb8 26.Bc5 Bf8 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Rdf1 Rfb8 29.Rg3 Rb7 30.Rfg1 Rab8 31.b3 Qe7 32.Qxe7+ Rxe7 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.Kb2 Rbb7 35.Kc3 a5 36.a3 Rb5 37.Rg6 Reb7 38.Rf6 Bxb3 39.Bxb3 Rxb3+ 40.Kc4 Rb1 41.Rxb1 Rxb1 42.Rxf5 Kg6 43.Rf6+ Kg7 44.Kd4 Rb3 45.Kxe4 Rxa3 46.Rxc6 Rxh3 47.Ra6 Ra3 48.Kf5 Ra1 49.Ra7+ Kf8 50.e6 1-0

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (C62)
Player profiles: J Vetemaa, E Hintikka

Novelty of stem-game: 9. h3

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 0-0  8. Ng3 Qe7

page 1 of 1; 4 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Vetemaa vs E Hintikka   1-0 50 1995 Kuopio op2 C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 2. V Kuporosov vs V Yemelin   ½-½ 24 2000 Chigorin Memorial C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. Cherniaev vs M Ferguson   1-0 40 2001 4NCL C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. A Ormsby vs M Ferguson   0-1 47 2006 15th Monarch Assurance C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 0-0  8. Ng3

page 1 of 1; 13 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Naryshkin / Terescenko vs Schiffers   0-1 31 1895 Petrograd C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. F Gobet vs Spassky   0-1 46 1987 Fribourg C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. V Golod vs F Levin   1-0 38 1999 Cappelle la Grande C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. Morozevich vs G Sargissian   1-0 42 2002 Bled Olympiad C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. O De la Riva Aguado vs Ponomariov 1-0 59 2003 Andorra m g/5' C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. I Kryukova vs E Zaiatz   ½-½ 42 2003 European Club Cup (Women) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. P Charbonneau vs A Aleksandrov   0-1 61 2004 36th Olympiad C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. B Ivanovic vs D Blagojevic   0-1 40 2005 57th Championship of Montenegro C77 Ruy Lopez 9. Movsziszian vs Granda-Zuniga   ½-½ 34 2006 VII Tarragona Open C77 Ruy Lopez 10. A Guller vs K Hayashi   ½-½ 62 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 11. E Paehtz vs I Turova   1-0 78 2006 7th European Individual Championship: Women C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 12. Y Erturan vs J Smeets   ½-½ 22 2007 European Individual Championships C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 13. R Castellanos vs B Valuet   1-0 36 2013 29th Cappelle-la-Grande C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense

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page 1 of 1; 14 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Steinitz vs S Rosenthal   ½-½ 45 1883 London C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. Steinitz vs Chigorin 1-0 33 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. Steinitz vs Chigorin 1-0 28 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. Steinitz vs Chigorin ½-½ 32 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. W Crane vs A Wallace   1-0 50 1893 AUS-ch match C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. W Crane vs A Wallace   1-0 27 1893 AUS-ch match C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 7. R Weinstein vs Bisguier 0-1 34 1963 US Championship 1963/64 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. Short vs Vallejo-Pons   ½-½ 26 2001 EuTCh C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 9. T Romic vs V Yemelin   0-1 30 2001 open C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 10. Morozevich vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 65 2003 Amber Blindfold C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 11. Svidler vs Topalov 0-1 47 2005 14th Amber Tournament: Blindfold C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 12. Sedlak vs Svidler   0-1 41 2005 BL 0405 Stuttgarter Sfr - OSC Baden Bad C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 13. K Arakhamia-Grant vs E Zaiatz   0-1 37 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 14. N Cinar Corlulu vs E Polovnikova-Atalik   0-1 27 2011 Turkish Team Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense

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page 1 of 1; 8 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Pedersen vs A Olsson   1-0 74 1972 Skopje ol (Men) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. K Arakhamia-Grant vs G Timoshchenko   0-1 40 2001 Valle d'Aosta op 9th C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. S Azarov vs D Schneider   1-0 64 2003 World Junior Championships C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. E Kalegin vs A Bezgodov   ½-½ 65 2005 Privolzhsky Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. M Al-Modiahki vs M Kobalia   0-1 50 2006 Gibtelecom Chess Festival C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. S B Hansen vs Vallejo-Pons   ½-½ 69 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. D Gormally vs J Parker   ½-½ 21 2006 British Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. R Lovkov vs R Nechepurenko   0-1 60 2008 Russian Under-20 Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense

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page 1 of 1; 11 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Lipschutz vs Mackenzie   ½-½ 39 1886 New York m C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. A Hodges vs G Bellingham   1-0 85 1898 3rd Anglo-American Cable Match C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. Minic vs M Knezevic   ½-½ 18 1967 Skopje C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. Dvoirys vs A Akhmetov   1-0 34 2002 Aeroflot Open C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. L Ross vs Kaufman   ½-½ 89 2003 US Championships 2003 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. Efimenko vs Z Almasi   1-0 56 2004 Bundesliga 0405 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. Efimenko vs Kiril Georgiev 1-0 66 2005 Gibraltar Masters C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. U Atakisi vs M Neubauer   0-1 51 2005 15th European Team Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 9. Efimenko vs Shirov   ½-½ 28 2005 Polish Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 10. I Khairullin vs M Sorokin   ½-½ 13 2006 Russian Club Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 11. A Feuerstack vs T Markowski   0-1 63 2010 Wroclaw Chess Festival C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense

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