1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. c3 Ncxb3 14. N2xb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 c5 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rd3 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Qh4 20. Qd2 a5 21. Re1 b4 22. Bg5 Qh5 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Qf4 h6 25. Bf6 Rg8 26. Be7 bxc3 27. Rxc3 c4 28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Qd4 Rab8 30. Ra3 Rb5 31. Bd6 Rd5 32. Qb6 Ra8 33. h3 Rd2 34. Kh2 Kh7 35. Qb7 Bd5 36. Qb6 Qf5 37. Bc5 Re8 38. Rg3 Re6 39. Qxa5 Rc2 40. Qd8 Bc6 41. Qd4 h5 42. Qh4 Rg6 43. Bd4 Rxg3 44. Qxg3 Rd2 45. Be3 Rxb2 46. e6 f6 47. e7 Be8 48. Rc1 Qe4 49. Qf4 Qxf4+ 50. Bxf4 Rxf2 51. Rxc4 Kg8 52. Bd6 Kf7 53. h4 Rd2 54. Bb4 Rb2 55. Re4 Bc6 56. e8=Q+ Bxe8 57. Re7+ Kg6 58. Rxe8 Rxb4 59. g3 Kf5 60. Kh3 Rb5 61. Rh8 Kg6 62. Ra8 Kf5 63. Rh8 Ke6 64. Re8+ Kf7 65. Re3 Re5 66. Ra3 Ke6 67. Ra7 g6 68. Ra6+ Kf5 69. Ra3 Rb5 70. Rf3+ Ke5 71. Re3+ Kd4 72. Re6 Rf5 73. Kg2 Kd5 74. Re8 Re5 75. Rg8 Ke6 76. Ra8 Kf5 77. Ra4 Re4 78. Ra5+ Kg4 79. Ra2 Rb4 80. Rc2 Ra4 81. Rb2 f5 82. Rc2 Rb4 83. Ra2 Rc4 84. Rb2 Ra4 85. Rc2 f4 86. gxf4 Ra3 87. Rc4 Ra2+ 88. Kf1 Kf3 89. Rc3+ Kxf4 90. Rc6 Kf5 91. Rc5+ Kf6 92. Rc4 Rd2 93. Rf4+ Ke5 94. Ra4 Rd4 95. Ra5+ Kf6 96. Ra6+ Kg7 97. Kg2 Rxh4 98. Kg3 Rb4 99. Rc6 Kh6 100. Rd6 Rb5 101. Rc6 Kg5 102. Rd6 Rb3+ 103. Kf2 h4 104. Rb6 Kh5 105. Rxb3 Kg4 106. Kg2 Kf4 107. Rb4+ Kf5 108. Kh3 g5 109. Rb5+ Kf4 110. Rb4+ Kf5 111. Rc4 Kf6 112. Kg4 Ke5 113. Rc5+ Kd4 114. Rxg5 Ke4 115. Rh5 Kd4 116. Rxh4 Ke4 117. Rh7 Ke5 118. Re7+ Kf6 119. Re2 Kf7 120. Kg5 Kg7 121. Re7+ Kf8 122. Kf6 Kg8 123. Rd7 Kh8 124. Kg6 Kg8 125. Rd8# 1-0

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack (C81)
Player profiles: J Smeets, Y Visser

Novelty of stem-game: 15. Nxb3

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5  8. dxe5 Be6  9. Qe2 Be7  10. Rd1 Na5  11. Nd2 Nc5  12. Nd4 0-0  13. c3 Ncxb3  14. N2 xb3

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Y Visser vs J Smeets 1-0 125 2006 Dutch Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 2. R Babaev vs I Sokolov   0-1 52 2008 President's Cup C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5  8. dxe5 Be6  9. Qe2 Be7  10. Rd1 Na5  11. Nd2

page 1 of 1; 4 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Penrose vs F Alexander   ½-½ 65 1950 Southsea C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 2. A Goloshchapov vs Mamedyarov   0-1 37 2004 20th European Club Cup C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 3. Plachetka vs R Akhayan   ½-½ 60 2005 Charleroi C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 4. B G Smith vs A Melekhina   1-0 51 2008 National Chess Congress C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5  8. dxe5 Be6  9. Qe2 Be7  10. Rd1 Na5

page 1 of 1; 5 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Yanofsky vs O Penrose   ½-½ 54 1952 Oxford-Cambridge C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 2. H Westerinen vs P Trifunovic   ½-½ 31 1963 Halle C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 3. Jansa vs Krantz   0-1 39 1967 Garrakhov C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 4. R Espinosa Flores vs D Schneider   0-1 45 2008 Mindsports C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 5. Morozevich vs Caruana 1-0 56 2012 Tal Memorial C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5  8. dxe5 Be6  9. Qe2 Be7  10. Rd1

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 141  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Nash vs Kashdan   0-1 48 1948 US Open C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 2. Keres vs Euwe 1-0 34 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 3. Aronin vs Keres   ½-½ 33 1949 USSR Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 4. Kholmov vs D Grechkin   1-0 35 1949 URS-ch sf C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 5. Aronin vs Ragozin   ½-½ 41 1949 USSR Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 6. M Castillo vs Unzicker   0-1 24 1950 Dubrovnik olm C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 7. T Van Scheltinga vs A Cuadrado   ½-½ 29 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 8. Mross vs Euwe 0-1 37 1950 Berlin C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 9. Boleslavsky vs Tolush   ½-½ 41 1950 USSR Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 10. Boleslavsky vs Ravinsky   ½-½ 46 1951 URS-ch sf C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 11. J H Donner vs Cortlever   1-0 41 1953 Hoogovens C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 12. I Romanenko vs A Pomar-Salamanca   0-1 41 1954 55th US Open C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 13. A Konstantinov vs Lutikov   0-1 23 1954 URS-ch sf C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 14. Boleslavsky vs V Shiyanovsky   ½-½ 34 1955 URS-ch sf C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 15. V Zurakhov vs Ragozin 1-0 78 1955 Ch URS (1/2 final) C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 16. J H Donner vs Euwe   ½-½ 30 1956 Haag C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 17. J H Donner vs Euwe 0-1 33 1956 Holland C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 18. Y Kotkov vs Korchnoi   0-1 50 1956 Molotov C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 19. Y Kotkov vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 51 1956 Poltava C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 20. A Lukic vs Matulovic   ½-½ 37 1956 YUG-ch C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 21. Boleslavsky vs N Karaklajic 1-0 49 1957 URS-JUG C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 22. Ivkov vs B Tot   1-0 40 1957 Sombor C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 23. Ragozin vs Ravinsky 0-1 34 1957 Ch Moscow C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 24. H Koskinen vs D Isaacson   ½-½ 39 1958 13th olm qual. group 2 C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 25. Suetin vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 37 1958 USSR Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 141

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5  8. dxe5 Be6  9. Qe2 Be7

page 1 of 1; 15 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Izbinsky vs Rubinstein 0-1 36 1903 RUS-ch03 C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 2. Keres vs Bronstein 0-1 37 1946 Moscow C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 3. Stoltz vs Szabo   0-1 43 1946 Groningen C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 4. Aitken vs J Penrose   0-1 57 1950 Ilford (England) C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 5. H Malmgren vs A Cuadrado   1-0 19 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 6. Kogan vs Ragozin   0-1 34 1950 Ch URS (1/2 final) C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 7. Korchnoi vs Suetin 1-0 61 1960 USSR Championship C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 8. Ivkov vs J H Donner   1-0 45 1963 Halle C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 9. Tal vs Keres 0-1 30 1967 Moscow C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 10. B Enklaar vs N Schouten   0-1 88 1975 30. NED-ch C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 11. F Trois vs C Amado 0-1 36 1975 Argentina C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 12. J Flint vs P H Nielsen   1-0 30 1995 IECG Cat-A C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 13. S Collins vs Flear 0-1 32 2001 10th Monarch Assurance C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 14. E L'Ami vs S Ernst   ½-½ 20 2001 Dutch Open C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 15. Kramnik vs J Beutel ½-½ 17 2001 Mainz CC Simul C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5  8. dxe5 Be6  9. Qe2

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 110  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Kohler vs Gilg   1-0 28 1940 Krakow/Krynica/Warsaw C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 2. Stoltz vs Cortlever   ½-½ 59 1946 Zaandam (Kottnauer Hexathlon) C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 3. Keres vs C H Alexander   ½-½ 66 1947 London, GB-SU team m C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 4. Keres vs Alatortsev   1-0 62 1947 USSR Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 5. V Tomovic vs A Bozic   1-0 20 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 6. Smyslov vs Sokolsky 1-0 31 1947 Moscow C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 7. Smyslov vs Reshevsky ½-½ 73 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 8. Boleslavsky vs Stoltz 1-0 34 1948 Saltsjobaden izt C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 9. Keres vs Reshevsky 0-1 41 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 10. Smyslov vs Euwe 1-0 26 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 11. G A Thomas vs Wade ½-½ 43 1948 Hastings 4849 C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 12. Lokvenc vs Euwe   ½-½ 41 1948 Venedig C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 13. Znosko-Borovsky vs Unzicker   0-1 31 1949 Lucerne C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 14. Ivkov vs A Fuderer   0-1 36 1949 Jugoslavien C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 15. J Balogh vs H Malmgren   0-1 50 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 16. K Skold vs C Poulsen   ½-½ 41 1950 Dubrovnik olm C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 17. R Flores-Alvarez vs J Sumar   1-0 52 1950 Dubrovnik olm C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 18. Smyslov vs M Castillo 1-0 54 1950 Venice C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 19. S Madsen vs H Malmgren   ½-½ 28 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 20. E Adam vs L Watzl   0-1 22 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 21. O Barda vs H Malmgren   ½-½ 43 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 22. F Bohatirchuk vs N Divinsky 0-1 42 1951 Vancouver C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 23. A Tsvetkov vs Szabo   0-1 37 1951 Marianske Lazne Prah C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 24. Bronstein vs Katragadda   1-0 38 1952 Liverpool C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 25. Pilnik vs Unzicker 1-0 94 1952 Sweden izt (18) C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 110

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5  8. dxe5 Be6

page 1 of 82; games 1-25 of 2,031  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Lange vs W Paulsen 1-0 51 1868 WSB-07.Kongress C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 2. S Mieses vs J Minckwitz   0-1 36 1869 Leipzig C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 3. Zukertort / Hoffer vs J Minckwitz ½-½ 44 1869 Leipzig C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 4. A Stern vs J Minckwitz 1-0 31 1870 Baden-Baden C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 5. Caravage vs Placais   0-1 23 1870 Postal C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 6. Wolgast vs Weissenfels   1-0 27 1871 Postal C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 7. S Mieses vs J Minckwitz   0-1 50 1871 Leipzig C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 8. S Mieses vs J Minckwitz   1-0 34 1871 Leipzig C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 9. Gelbfuhs vs Steinitz   0-1 45 1873 Vienna C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 10. Mackenzie vs H Hosmer   1-0 30 1874 3rd American Chess Congress C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 11. Wemmers vs C Schwede   1-0 41 1876 Cologne C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 12. K Leffmann vs Englisch   0-1 41 1877 Leipzig C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 13. Wemmers vs A Schottlaender   0-1 30 1879 Leipzig C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 14. M Judd vs Mackenzie 0-1 46 1881 St Louis m C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 15. B Fleissig vs Mackenzie   0-1 39 1882 Vienna C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 16. K Leffmann vs Gunsberg   0-1 39 1883 Nuremberg C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 17. A Solovtsov vs Chigorin 1-0 33 1884 Moscow C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 18. M Bier vs J Minckwitz   0-1 29 1885 Hamburg C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 19. M Bier vs Gunsberg   0-1 42 1885 Hamburg C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 20. Metger vs Mackenzie   0-1 19 1887 DSB-05.Kongress C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 21. Tarrasch vs Zukertort 1-0 17 1887 05.DSB-Kongress C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 22. Mackenzie vs Taubenhaus   1-0 41 1887 DSB-05.Kongress C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 23. Metger vs Tarrasch 0-1 39 1887 DSB-05.Kongress C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 24. Mackenzie vs Max Weiss   ½-½ 67 1887 DSB-05.Kongress C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 25. Tarrasch vs Max Weiss 0-1 68 1887 DSB-05.Kongress C82 Ruy Lopez, Open  page 1 of 82; games 1-25 of 2,031

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