1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 Bg4 12.Nxb5 O-O 13.Re1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.Kh1 Qf6 16.Rg1 exd4 17.Bg5 Qe5 18.Bd5 dxc3 19.Bxc6 cxb2 20.Rb1 Bxf2 21.Rg2 Rb6 22.Qd5 Bc5 23.Rbxb2 Rxc6 24.Qxc6 Ng3+ 25.hxg3 Qxg5 26.Rb1 Qh5+ 27.Rh2 Qxf3+ 28.Rg2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

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Opening: Ruy Lopez (C78)
Player profiles: Shirov, Ivanchuk

Novelty of stem-game: 13. Re1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8  8. c3 d6  9. d4 Bb6  10. axb5 axb5  11. Na3 Bg4  12. Nxb5 0-0

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Crafty vs Movei   1-0 56 2004 World Computer Chess Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 2. I Salem vs G Dickson   0-1 63 2009 Hastings Chess Congress C78 Ruy Lopez 3. Ivanchuk vs Shirov ½-½ 28 2010 Corus C78 Ruy Lopez

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8  8. c3 d6  9. d4 Bb6  10. axb5 axb5  11. Na3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Z Almasi vs Piket   ½-½ 18 1998 Groningen Tournament C78 Ruy Lopez 2. J Ye vs X Peng   ½-½ 26 2001 7th Tan Chin Nam Cup C78 Ruy Lopez 3. Z Almasi vs Piket 0-1 35 2001 Amber Blindfold C78 Ruy Lopez 4. Fressinet vs De Vreugt   0-1 37 2001 Zug SUI C78 Ruy Lopez 5. Harikrishna vs Ganguly   ½-½ 23 2002 41st World Junior Championships C78 Ruy Lopez 6. Shirov vs Topalov   ½-½ 34 2002 Amber Rapidplay C78 Ruy Lopez 7. S Sulskis vs Ganguly   ½-½ 60 2002 Bled Olympiad C78 Ruy Lopez 8. Topalov vs Morozevich 1-0 33 2002 NAO Masters C78 Ruy Lopez 9. J Jens vs M Sebag   ½-½ 33 2003 Deizisau GER C78 Ruy Lopez 10. Naiditsch vs De Vreugt   1-0 26 2003 EU-ch 4th C78 Ruy Lopez 11. T Ernst vs Hector   ½-½ 58 2003 Swedish Championships C78 Ruy Lopez 12. DeFirmian vs J Friedel   1-0 34 2004 Chessmaster US Championships 2005 C78 Ruy Lopez 13. Kramnik vs Topalov 1-0 30 2004 13th Amber Rapid C78 Ruy Lopez 14. Wang Hao vs Adams   ½-½ 26 2007 UK vs China Match C78 Ruy Lopez 15. Kasimdzhanov vs Anand 0-1 41 2007 World Blitz Cup C78 Ruy Lopez 16. L Dominguez vs M Kazhgaleyev 1-0 22 2008 World Blitz Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 17. J Becerra-Rivero vs E Perelshteyn   1-0 41 2008 Foxwoods Open C78 Ruy Lopez 18. Hracek vs Delchev   ½-½ 25 2009 17th European Team Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 19. I Chirila vs T Anton   1-0 39 2009 10th European Individual Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 20. F Kunzelmann vs C Blanco-Gramajo   ½-½ 25 2009 World Championship 24 Final C78 Ruy Lopez 21. K Berbatov vs A Sandalakis 1-0 45 2010 European Individual Championships C78 Ruy Lopez 22. K Berbatov vs L Lenic   ½-½ 39 2010 European Individual Championships C78 Ruy Lopez 23. Ding Yixin vs W Doudou   1-0 37 2010 Chinese Championship (Women) C78 Ruy Lopez 24. M Palac vs Shirov   0-1 49 2010 42nd Italian Team Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 25. J Smeets vs Shirov 1-0 25 2011 Tata Steel C78 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8  8. c3 d6  9. d4 Bb6  10. axb5 axb5

page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Topalov vs Shirov   ½-½ 33 1997 It Playoff g20, Madrid ESP C78 Ruy Lopez 2. Anand vs Topalov 1-0 29 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C78 Ruy Lopez 3. I Schuett vs D Olofsson   ½-½ 31 2002 ICCF - corr C78 Ruy Lopez 4. A Galkin vs Sasikiran ½-½ 15 2005 Aeroflot Open C78 Ruy Lopez 5. Shabalov vs Ganguly 1-0 37 2005 Canadian Open C78 Ruy Lopez 6. Shabalov vs J Friedel   ½-½ 59 2005 HB Global Chess Challenge C78 Ruy Lopez 7. Negi vs Lahno   ½-½ 56 2006 Lahno vs Negi Match C78 Ruy Lopez 8. Negi vs Lahno 0-1 45 2006 Lahno vs Negi Match C78 Ruy Lopez 9. Adams vs Shirov ½-½ 26 2007 Candidates Match: Shirov-Adams C78 Ruy Lopez 10. F Jaeger vs K Larsen   1-0 31 2007 Arctic Chess Challenge C78 Ruy Lopez 11. A Sokolov vs R Swinkels   1-0 52 2007 Cappelle la Grande C78 Ruy Lopez 12. R Felgaer vs R Swinkels   1-0 60 2007 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival C78 Ruy Lopez 13. I Sudakova vs C Leite   1-0 80 2007 European Individual Championships (Women) C78 Ruy Lopez 14. Negi vs J Mohammad   1-0 40 2008 Commonwealth Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 15. A Zozulia vs M Hasan 1-0 16 2008 83rd Hastings Chess Congress C78 Ruy Lopez 16. K Roser vs F Li   1-0 40 2009 Ch-Paris Int C78 Ruy Lopez 17. Bacrot vs D Burnier   1-0 24 2010 27th Christmas Open C78 Ruy Lopez 18. Robson vs B Bok 1-0 35 2010 Corus (C Group) C78 Ruy Lopez 19. L Dominguez vs Anand ½-½ 77 2010 Corus C78 Ruy Lopez 20. V Gashimov vs Anand   ½-½ 40 2010 2009-2010 Bundesliga C78 Ruy Lopez 21. R Felgaer vs S Sulskis   ½-½ 68 2010 Chess Olympiad C78 Ruy Lopez 22. Kulaots vs Caruana ½-½ 30 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar C78 Ruy Lopez 23. A Muzychuk vs T Kosintseva   ½-½ 41 2012 European Individual Women's Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 24. R Polzin vs J Gustafsson 0-1 32 2012 Bundesliga C78 Ruy Lopez 25. Adams vs Caruana ½-½ 50 2013 GRENKE Chess Classic C78 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8  8. c3 d6  9. d4 Bb6

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 102  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Topalov vs Shirov   ½-½ 53 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C78 Ruy Lopez 2. Anand vs Shirov 1-0 42 1997 Ch World FIDE C78 Ruy Lopez 3. Ivanchuk vs Shirov   ½-½ 45 1997 Belgrade Investbank C78 Ruy Lopez 4. Anand vs Shirov   ½-½ 30 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C78 Ruy Lopez 5. Svidler vs Shirov 1-0 37 1998 Linares C78 Ruy Lopez 6. C Menghi vs K Weber   ½-½ 47 1999 EM/M/A081 C78 Ruy Lopez 7. D Rogic vs D Anic   0-1 29 1999 Croatian Team Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 8. Anand vs Oll 1-0 39 1999 ECC14 Final C78 Ruy Lopez 9. Bologan vs Tkachiev 1-0 39 1999 III Chess Masters Enghien-les-Bains FRA C78 Ruy Lopez 10. Dolmatov vs Sivokho   1-0 60 2000 Chigorin Memorial C78 Ruy Lopez 11. G Carlsson vs F Huybrecht   ½-½ 24 2000 EM/MN/016 C78 Ruy Lopez 12. K Spraggett vs M Turner   ½-½ 21 2001 4NCL C78 Ruy Lopez 13. McShane vs I Zaja   ½-½ 29 2001 EuTCh C78 Ruy Lopez 14. P Blehm vs S Fedorchuk   ½-½ 15 2001 2nd IECC C78 Ruy Lopez 15. L Hodova vs M Sebag   ½-½ 47 2001 EuChJun Girls C78 Ruy Lopez 16. Anand vs Tkachiev ½-½ 48 2001 FIDE WCh KO C78 Ruy Lopez 17. Ding Linlin vs J Petronic   ½-½ 80 2001 Tan Lian Ann cup C78 Ruy Lopez 18. Grischuk vs Morozevich 1-0 37 2002 FIDE GP C78 Ruy Lopez 19. Leko vs Morozevich 1-0 44 2002 NAO Masters C78 Ruy Lopez 20. Ramesh vs Ganguly   ½-½ 55 2002 British Chess Championships C78 Ruy Lopez 21. N Das vs Ganguly   ½-½ 34 2002 41st World Junior Championships C78 Ruy Lopez 22. Ramesh vs Ganguly   0-1 44 2002 39th BPCL ch-IND C78 Ruy Lopez 23. Fressinet vs Tkachiev ½-½ 22 2002 Cap dAgde Chess Festival C78 Ruy Lopez 24. A Galkin vs E Prokopchuk   ½-½ 56 2002 Aeroflot Open C78 Ruy Lopez 25. E Perelshteyn vs De Vreugt   0-1 35 2002 GMB C78 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 102

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8  8. c3 d6

page 1 of 1; 9 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Thipsay vs G Lane   1-0 39 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England) C78 Ruy Lopez 2. Xu Yaping vs I Datu   ½-½ 11 2001 Zhong Hong Real Estate Cup C78 Ruy Lopez 3. A Kunte vs P Konguvel   ½-½ 14 2002 39th BPCL ch-IND C78 Ruy Lopez 4. J Benjamin vs Christiansen   ½-½ 16 2002 ch-USA C78 Ruy Lopez 5. Leko vs Topalov   ½-½ 29 2004 13th Amber Blindfold C78 Ruy Lopez 6. G Jones vs M Hasan   1-0 32 2007 83rd Hastings Chess Congress C78 Ruy Lopez 7. Ivanchuk vs Shirov 0-1 58 2007 Villa de Canada de Calatrava C78 Ruy Lopez 8. L Dominguez vs Caruana 0-1 62 2009 World Cup C78 Ruy Lopez 9. L Dominguez vs Caruana 0-1 57 2009 World Cup C78 Ruy Lopez

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8  8. c3

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Jaracz vs R Fontaine   0-1 35 2005 XXXV Rilton Cup C78 Ruy Lopez 2. Svidler vs Khalifman ½-½ 41 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal C78 Ruy Lopez 3. E Hermansson vs I Agrest   ½-½ 31 2005 XXXV Rilton Cup C78 Ruy Lopez 4. Smirin vs Kamsky   ½-½ 20 2005 FIDE World Cup C78 Ruy Lopez 5. T Kosintseva vs A Skripchenko   ½-½ 26 2006 37th Chess Olympiad: Women C78 Ruy Lopez 6. Topalov vs Anand ½-½ 23 2006 Corus Wijk aan Zee C78 Ruy Lopez 7. Smirin vs Fressinet   ½-½ 35 2006 Corsica Masters C78 Ruy Lopez 8. Topalov vs I Sokolov 1-0 37 2006 Corus Wijk aan Zee C78 Ruy Lopez 9. N Kosintseva vs A Stefanova   ½-½ 54 2006 North Urals Cup C78 Ruy Lopez 10. Ivanchuk vs Shirov   ½-½ 80 2006 Aerosvit GM Tournament C78 Ruy Lopez 11. O Korneev vs J M Lopez Martinez   1-0 34 2006 Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona-Casino C78 Ruy Lopez 12. Kotronias vs S Erenburg   1-0 45 2006 7th European Individual Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 13. C Bauer vs Tkachiev   ½-½ 25 2006 French Championships C78 Ruy Lopez 14. J Geller vs Yurtaev   1-0 43 2006 Zudov Memorial C78 Ruy Lopez 15. Grischuk vs Anand 1-0 29 2006 World Blitz Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 16. O Loskutov vs M Oleksienko   ½-½ 55 2007 Moscow Open C78 Ruy Lopez 17. Shirov vs Adams ½-½ 54 2007 Candidates Match: Shirov-Adams C78 Ruy Lopez 18. Judit Polgar vs Kasimdzhanov ½-½ 69 2007 Liga de Campeones C78 Ruy Lopez 19. A Brkic vs A Karpatchev   1-0 25 2007 European Individual Championships C78 Ruy Lopez 20. J Zawadzka vs E Djingarova   1-0 29 2008 European Individual Championship (Women) C78 Ruy Lopez 21. T Luther vs A Naumann   ½-½ 15 2008 BL 0708 Solinger SG - SC Kreuzberg C78 Ruy Lopez 22. L Kuchynka vs M Senlle Caride   ½-½ 34 2008 EU-ch U16 18th C78 Ruy Lopez 23. D Freidzon vs M Senlle Caride   ½-½ 18 2008 EU-ch U16 18th C78 Ruy Lopez 24. Topalov vs Adams ½-½ 23 2008 Corus C78 Ruy Lopez 25. Ivanchuk vs Tkachiev   1-0 28 2008 World Blitz Championship C78 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 104  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Balashov vs V Malaniuk   ½-½ 11 1996 St.Petersburg Petrov C78 Ruy Lopez 2. J Ye vs Tkachiev   0-1 28 1997 Geneva op C78 Ruy Lopez 3. Kasparov vs Topalov   ½-½ 30 1997 Novgorod C78 Ruy Lopez 4. Anand vs Shirov ½-½ 23 1997 It (cat.18) C78 Ruy Lopez 5. Illescas Cordoba vs Shirov   ½-½ 36 1997 Madrid C78 Ruy Lopez 6. D Barria vs J Rosito   0-1 41 1997 ITT Roque Saenz Pena C78 Ruy Lopez 7. Judit Polgar vs Shirov 1-0 26 1997 Tilburg Fontys C78 Ruy Lopez 8. Leko vs Shirov ½-½ 26 1997 Tilburg Fontys C78 Ruy Lopez 9. Morozevich vs Kiril Georgiev   ½-½ 63 1998 Bundesliga -9 C78 Ruy Lopez 10. Anand vs Piket   ½-½ 35 1998 Monaco C78 Ruy Lopez 11. Zhong Zhang vs S Fedorchuk   0-1 30 1998 World Junior Championships C78 Ruy Lopez 12. Hracek vs Kiril Georgiev   ½-½ 48 1998 Bundesliga -9 C78 Ruy Lopez 13. R G Alvarez vs M Umansky   1-0 28 1998 Pappier mem-A email C78 Ruy Lopez 14. J F Pierrot vs J Rosito   1-0 44 1998 It op Villa Martelli ARG C78 Ruy Lopez 15. Nijboer vs Piket 1-0 36 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C78 Ruy Lopez 16. A Minasian vs M Kazhgaleyev   ½-½ 20 1999 Anibal Open C78 Ruy Lopez 17. Shirov vs Piket   ½-½ 31 1999 8th Amber C78 Ruy Lopez 18. C Lutz vs B Avrukh   ½-½ 41 2000 Bundesliga 2007-8 C78 Ruy Lopez 19. Anand vs Piket   1-0 28 2000 SuperGM C78 Ruy Lopez 20. Jakovenko vs De Vreugt   0-1 27 2000 World Junior C78 Ruy Lopez 21. R Antonio vs I Datu   1-0 50 2001 ch-PHI C78 Ruy Lopez 22. J Benjamin vs Mulyar   ½-½ 17 2001 US Open C78 Ruy Lopez 23. C M Lopez vs G Garcia 0-1 29 2001 Champions Cup C78 Ruy Lopez 24. Dvoirys vs Mulyar   1-0 44 2001 Essent Open C78 Ruy Lopez 25. Kosteniuk vs M Sebag   1-0 45 2001 Girl Stars FIDE Trophy C78 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 104

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