1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 c6 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Bc7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bf1 Qe7 18. b4 Red8 19. a4 Be6 20. a5 Nd7 21. Ra1 b6 22. a6 Nf8 23. Nf3 Ng6 24. g3 Bd6 25. Red1 Rac8 26. Rd2 Bc7 27. Rad1 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rd8 29. h4 Nf8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Nd2 Qc8 32. Qa4 Bd6 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Bxc4 b5 35. Qd1 Be7 36. Bb3 Ne6 37. Qg4 Kf8 38. Qf5 Bf6 39. g4 Ke8 40. g5 hxg5 41. hxg5 1-0

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (C65)
Player profiles: Caruana, A Giri

Novelty of stem-game: 9. ...c6

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7  8. d4 Bb6  9. Re1

page 1 of 1; 8 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Movsesian vs J Stocek   0-1 43 2001 Plzen m C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. N Kosintseva vs V Zvjaginsev   ½-½ 24 2010 Aeroflot Open C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. Caruana vs A Giri 1-0 41 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. L Dominguez vs I Cheparinov   1-0 58 2012 Spanish Team Championship (Honor Division) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. Svidler vs Karjakin 1-0 57 2013 Norway Chess Tournament C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. Adams vs Anand ½-½ 43 2013 GRENKE Chess Classic C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. L Dominguez vs Harikrishna   1-0 43 2013 Capablanca Memorial C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. Zhao Jun vs Qun Ma   ½-½ 66 2013 Chinese Championships C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7  8. d4 Bb6

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Efimenko vs Ponomariov 0-1 45 2011 World Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. Ivanchuk vs Karjakin 0-1 47 2012 SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. Zhang Xiaowen vs Zhou Jianchao   ½-½ 30 2013 3rd HD Bank Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense

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page 1 of 1; 6 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C Balogh vs Z Gyimesi   ½-½ 30 2008 TCh-HUN 2007-8 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. Lu Shanglei vs N Das   1-0 49 2010 9th Asian Continental C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. Radjabov vs Kramnik ½-½ 25 2012 Tal Memorial C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. M Manik vs V Kalisky   1-0 50 2012 Int Open ch-SVK C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. A Shomoev vs Navara   0-1 51 2013 European Individual Championships C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. Wang Jue vs Yang Shen   ½-½ 62 2013 Chinese Championships (Women) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Penrose vs M V Lambshire   ½-½ 23 1967 BCF-ch C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. T Tuomala vs E Hintikka   0-1 44 1989 Helsinki Club-ch C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. L Binet Tapaszto vs I Nikolayev 0-1 35 1998 RCC Open C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. N Castaneda vs I Nikolayev   0-1 34 1999 121st New York State Championship C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 5. A Mayo vs R Langen 0-1 48 1999 Halifax C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. E L'Ami vs Wenliang   ½-½ 30 2003 Harmonie C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. Agrest vs Z Almasi   1-0 55 2005 Corsica Masters International Rapid C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. Smirin vs Bacrot   ½-½ 21 2006 World Blitz Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 9. Fishbein vs S Shivaji   1-0 29 2006 World Open C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 10. N Aginian vs L Stock   ½-½ 74 2006 37th Chess Olympiad: Women C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 11. Yang Shen vs N Zhukova   ½-½ 101 2006 FIDE Women's World Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 12. E Inarkiev vs Sakaev   ½-½ 40 2007 Russian Superfinals C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 13. R Vasquez vs E Scarella   1-0 24 2008 Villa Martelli C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 14. E Berg vs P H Nielsen   ½-½ 62 2009 BNbank Blitz C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 15. Kosteniuk vs Karjakin 0-1 36 2009 World Blitz Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 16. D Collutiis vs C D'Amore   1-0 55 2010 42nd Italian Team Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 17. J Radulski vs V Petkov   ½-½ 36 2010 Bulgarian Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 18. D Arenas vs Ngoc Lan Tran   1-0 58 2010 World Junior Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 19. M Kobalia vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 31 2011 World Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 20. D Rodin vs D Chuprov   ½-½ 39 2011 Russian Chess Championships Higher League C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 21. M Motycakova vs K Olsarova   0-1 25 2011 V4 IM/WGM tournament C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 22. A Tate vs J Mclatchie   1-0 26 2012 Scottish Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 23. K Alekseenko vs Leko 0-1 30 2012 Russian Team Championships C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 24. Karjakin vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 63 2012 Russian Superfinals (Tiebreak) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 25. T Kosintseva vs A Stefanova ½-½ 35 2012 Women Grand Prix Ankara C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32

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page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 167  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Neumann vs Anderssen   1-0 22 1866 Berlin C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. Anderssen vs E Schallopp 1-0 33 1877 Leipzig C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. Anderssen vs S Rosenthal 0-1 33 1878 Paris C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. J Grundy vs Mackenzie   0-1 38 1880 5th American Chess Congress C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. F K Esling vs A Wallace   ½-½ 32 1895 Australian Championship Match C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. Schlechter vs G Marco   ½-½ 32 1900 Munich C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. Panov vs Tolush   ½-½ 43 1939 USSR Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. I N Zakharov vs M Mukhitdinov   ½-½ 45 1961 URS-ch30 sf C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 9. Gufeld vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 43 1965 USSR Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 10. O Katzkova vs M Litinskaya-Shul   1-0 28 1968 URS-ch (Women) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 11. A Gorbatov vs I Nikolayev   ½-½ 38 1985 Spartakiada of Russia Semi-Final C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 12. K Harandi vs R Rezaei   ½-½ 44 1990 Iran-ch C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 13. Waitzkin vs P Moulin   1-0 35 1993 New York (USA) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 14. T Gelashvili vs A Antoniou   1-0 39 1999 Chania op 9th C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 15. M Kozakov vs S Ovsejevitsch   ½-½ 79 2001 ch-UKR C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 16. Wang Pin vs Li Ruofan   ½-½ 49 2001 TCh-CHN Women C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 17. S Kriventsov vs B Finegold 0-1 40 2001 29th World Open C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 18. S Fedorchuk vs S Ovsejevitsch   1-0 42 2001 ch-UKR C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 19. Y Hernandez Estevez vs F De la Paz   1-0 42 2001 UPI C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 20. Hracek vs Kramnik 0-1 23 2002 Eurotel Trophy C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 21. A Zatonskih vs S Kamberi   ½-½ 53 2003 22nd NAO, Oklahoma USA C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 22. Jonkman vs D Ledger   0-1 47 2003 Gibraltar Masters C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 23. Hydra vs Karjakin 1-0 59 2004 Man vs Machine 120'/40+60' C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 24. Akopian vs R Fontaine   ½-½ 45 2004 TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 25. Naiditsch vs Aronian   ½-½ 61 2004 GER-ch Internet g/5' C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 167

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