1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 Ng6 9. Qe2 Be6 10. h4 h5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. g3 Qe7 14. Na4 Qf7 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. f3 Nf8 17. Nc4 Ne6 18. Nb3 a5 19. Ncxa5 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. O-O-O Rxa5 22. Nxa5 Qxa2 23. Nb3 Ba6 24. Qd2 c5 25. e5 fxe5 26. Qa5 Qxa5 27. Nxa5 Be2 28. Rde1 Bxf3 29. Rxe5+ Kd7 30. Rhe1 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Nb3 Kd7 34. Nxc5+ Kd6 35. Nd3 c5 36. b3 Bg4 37. Kd2 Kd5 38. c3 dxc3+ 39. Kxc3 Kd6 40. Nf4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense (C73)
Player profiles: J Friedel, V Pupols

Novelty of stem-game: 10. h4

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7  8. Be3 Ng6  9. Qe2 Be6

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Nunn vs R Slobodjan   1-0 38 1996 Bundesliga /97 C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. J Friedel vs V Pupols   ½-½ 40 2003 Vermont CCA op C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7  8. Be3 Ng6  9. Qe2

page 1 of 1; 6 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Ciocaltea vs Sliwa   1-0 37 1956 Alekhine Memorial C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. E Nagy vs E Pantazi   ½-½ 60 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. Chandler vs O Barken 1-0 25 1975 World Junior C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. P Popovic vs V Petrovic 1-0 31 1981 Novi Sad YUG C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. Anand vs Yusupov   ½-½ 27 1994 FIDE Candidates C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. T Gavriel vs N Gill 1-0 33 2009 British Championship C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7  8. Be3 Ng6

page 1 of 1; 5 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Yuchtman vs Y Sakharov 1-0 45 1956 URS-ch sf C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. N Padevsky vs V Ciocaltea   0-1 34 1956 Moscow ol (Men) C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. Shirov vs Huebner   1-0 42 1996 It (cat.18) C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. Kotronias vs Huebner   ½-½ 42 1996 Olympiad C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. T Spanton vs M Yeo   ½-½ 48 2007 Isle of Man International C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7  8. Be3

page 1 of 1; 11 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Matulovic vs S Shahar   1-0 29 1961 Netanya C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. J Yuchtman vs A Genin   1-0 39 1964 URS-chT sf C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. J Klovans vs Tseshkovsky   ½-½ 59 1968 USSR Championship 1968/69 C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. Cherepkov vs Lutikov   0-1 36 1968 USSR Championship 1968/69 C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. Nunn vs Hort   0-1 59 1977 Lord John Cup C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. Anand vs I Sokolov 1-0 38 1989 Wijk aan Zee C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 7. A Grzeslak vs N Kagan   0-1 33 1990 Adelaide C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 8. N Fairclough vs J Reyes   0-1 25 1990 Novi Sad ol (Men) C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 9. J Stopa vs R Ezov   ½-½ 50 2001 EYCC B14 C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 10. J Friedel vs E Najer   ½-½ 48 2006 34th World Open C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 11. R Glantz vs Y Meister   0-1 27 2008 LiraH Autumn Lichtenrade C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Fuchs vs Sliwa   1-0 33 1956 Dresden it C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. B Kantsler vs E Vladimirov   0-1 52 1981 URS Spartakiad C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. Naiditsch vs V Milov   ½-½ 49 2005 French League Top 16 C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Mills vs A Hodges   ½-½ 61 1901 6th Anglo-American Cable Match C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. Teichmann vs Schlechter ½-½ 68 1902 Monte Carlo C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. O Bernstein vs M Brody   1-0 73 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. Bogoljubov vs G A Thomas ½-½ 78 1922 Hastings C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. G A Thomas vs Alekhine ½-½ 32 1932 London C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. H Taube vs W Schoenmann   0-1 42 1932 Hamburg-Altona GER C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 7. A Gromer vs Alekhine   0-1 65 1933 Paris (02) C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 8. Feuer vs O'Kelly 1-0 13 1934 Belgian Championship C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 9. A G Preusse vs Saemisch   0-1 32 1938 Bad Harzburg C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 10. Unzicker vs F Bohatirchuk   ½-½ 41 1946 Regensburg GER C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 11. V Makogonov vs K Klaman   ½-½ 18 1949 URS-ch sf C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 12. V Ciocaltea vs Smyslov   ½-½ 17 1956 Moscow C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 13. Stein vs Gligoric   ½-½ 40 1961 YUG-URS C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 14. J Fichtl vs K Honfi   0-1 43 1962 Varna ol (Men) fin-A C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 15. Robatsch vs Tan Hoan Liong   0-1 66 1963 Beverwijk C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 16. Robatsch vs Keres   ½-½ 74 1965 Marianske Lazne C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 17. E Nagy vs Z Mestrovic   1-0 41 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 18. A Menvielle Laccourreye vs A Medina Garcia   ½-½ 53 1966 Palma de Mallorca C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 19. J Augustin vs F Blatny   1-0 32 1973 Primat 3rd C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 20. Chandler vs H Westerinen   ½-½ 37 1978 ? C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 21. M Brooks vs Igor Ivanov   0-1 47 1991 USA-op Los Angeles C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 22. Velimirovic vs M Kozakov   1-0 48 1995 YUG-chT2 C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 23. A Cela vs R Ziatdinov   0-1 28 2000 Frisco Masters C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 24. P Vavra vs Vokac   ½-½ 60 2005 Extraliga Plzen-Mahrla C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 25. Shabalov vs M Scekic   0-1 40 2006 34th World Open C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 228  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tarrasch vs Alapin 1-0 31 1892 Nurnberg C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. Winawer vs Alapin   1-0 38 1892 DSB-07.Kongress+ C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. H Wolf vs Schlechter   0-1 56 1903 Monte Carlo C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. Duras vs M Lange   1-0 37 1904 DSB-14.Kongress Hauptturnier A C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. Gajdos vs E Cohn   0-1 33 1905 Barmen Main A, GER C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. Przepiorka vs L Forgacs   0-1 27 1906 15th DSB Kongress (Nuremberg) C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 7. L Szwarcman vs Rubinstein   1-0 29 1919 Warsaw City Championship C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 8. S Sery vs K Treybal   ½-½ 35 1921 Brno C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 9. E Steiner vs Przepiorka   0-1 90 1929 Budapest C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 10. A Brinckmann vs Rubinstein   0-1 27 1929 Rogaska Slatina SLO C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 11. J Balogh vs Kashdan   0-1 32 1930 Gyor it, HUN C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 12. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs F Bohatirchuk   ½-½ 62 1931 USSR Championship C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 13. Kupchik vs Capablanca 0-1 55 1931 New York C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 14. Tartakower vs Stoltz   0-1 58 1931 Bled C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 15. A Brinckmann vs W Schoenmann 1-0 47 1932 Hamburg-Altona GER C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 16. Tartakower vs Sultan Khan 0-1 50 1932 London C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 17. K Richter vs Saemisch 1-0 32 1933 Berlin ch C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 18. G A Thomas vs A Vajda   0-1 47 1933 Olympiad C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 19. G A Thomas vs K Treybal   0-1 60 1933 Olympiad C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 20. G A Thomas vs M Monticelli 1-0 27 1933 Folkestone ol C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 21. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine   ½-½ 61 1933 Karlsruhe C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 22. K Richter vs Saemisch 1-0 56 1933 Bad Aachen C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 23. Richter vs Saemisch 1-0 27 1934 Berlin C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 24. R Rey Ardid vs Koltanowski   ½-½ 42 1934 Sitges C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 25. N Ticoulat vs Koltanowski   0-1 40 1934 Sitges C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 228

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