1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Bb6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 c5 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 a5 19. b3 Nc5 20. Rd1 Bd7 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nf3 Nb7 23. Nxe5 Nd6 24. a4 Be6 25. Qc3 Qg5 26. Nf3 Qd8 27. Nd4 Kh8 28. Nh5 Qg5 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qxc7 Qxh5 32. Qxd6 Qe2 33. Qd3 Qxd3 34. Rxd3 Rc8 35. Re3 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc2 37. f3 Rc6 38. Re5 Ra6 39. Kg3 Kg8 40. Kf4 Kf7 41. Rb5 Kf6 42. h4 Ra8 43. g4 Ra7 44. Ke4 g5 45. hxg5+ hxg5 46. Kd4 Rd7+ 47. Kc4 Ra7 48. b4 axb4 49. Kxb4 Ke7 50. Rxg5 Kd6 51. a5 Rf7 52. a6 Kc6 53. Ra5 Rf4+ 54. Kc3 Rxf3+ 55. Kd2 1-0

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (C65)
Player profiles: Svidler, Navara

Novelty of stem-game: 11. ...h6

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nd2 a6  8. Bxc6 bxc6  9. Re1 Re8  10. h3 Bb6  11. Nf1

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Svidler vs Navara 1-0 55 2012 Cez Trophy: Navara-Svidler C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. Navara vs M Andersen   1-0 38 2013 Reykjavik Open 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. Nd2 a6  8. Bxc6 bxc6  9. Re1 Re8

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Svidler vs R Jumabayev   ½-½ 54 2012 World Blitz Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. Caruana vs Harikrishna ½-½ 51 2013 Tata Steel 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. Nd2 a6  8. Bxc6 bxc6

page 1 of 1; 12 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Hracek vs Kramnik 0-1 23 2002 Eurotel Trophy C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. N Noritsyn vs N Mitkov   ½-½ 60 2006 Montreal Empresa Intl: B group C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. Svidler vs Karjakin   ½-½ 22 2010 Russian Championship Superfinal C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. Rublevsky vs Motylev   ½-½ 14 2010 Poikovsky Tournament C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. Movsesian vs Karjakin   0-1 61 2010 World Blitz Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. Movsesian vs A Pashikian   ½-½ 59 2010 European Club Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. Ivanchuk vs Ponomariov 0-1 26 2011 Russian Team Championships C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. Areshchenko vs Ponomariov   ½-½ 18 2011 Ukrainian Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 9. I Cheparinov vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 41 2012 13th European Individual Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 10. O Mihok vs M Aghayev   1-0 54 2012 World Junior Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 11. L Dominguez vs Leko   ½-½ 40 2012 FIDE Grand Prix London C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 12. Negi vs B Bok   1-0 38 2012 6th LCT GpA 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. Nd2 a6

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 38  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Gorbatov vs I Nikolayev   ½-½ 38 1985 Spartakiada of Russia Semi-Final C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. S Fedorchuk vs S Ovsejevitsch   1-0 42 2001 ch-UKR C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. A Zatonskih vs S Kamberi   ½-½ 53 2003 22nd NAO, Oklahoma USA C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. Hydra vs Karjakin 1-0 59 2004 Man vs Machine 120'/40+60' C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. J Aagaard vs S B Hansen   1-0 83 2006 Danish Championship: Gladiator (rapid) Games C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. Judit Polgar vs Bacrot   ½-½ 58 2006 World Blitz Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. M De Jong vs P Roggeveen   1-0 31 2007 Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. Leko vs Kramnik   ½-½ 30 2007 World Blitz Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 9. Anand vs Kramnik ½-½ 17 2007 World Blitz Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 10. Areshchenko vs Sakaev   ½-½ 27 2008 Russian Team Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 11. Leko vs E Alekseev   ½-½ 31 2008 Tal Memorial Blitz C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 12. Svidler vs Eljanov   0-1 44 2008 Tal Memorial Blitz C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 13. E Berg vs N Grandelius   1-0 35 2008 Schack-SM C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 14. L Dominguez vs R Buhmann 1-0 42 2008 2008 Olympiad C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 15. Leko vs Naiditsch   0-1 48 2009 World Blitz Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 16. L Dominguez vs Karjakin ½-½ 77 2009 World Blitz Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 17. Karjakin vs J Wegerle 1-0 30 2009 European Club Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 18. Karjakin vs Naiditsch   1-0 42 2009 World Blitz Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 19. L Dominguez vs Naiditsch   0-1 47 2009 World Blitz Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 20. Karjakin vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 40 2010 ACP World Rapid Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 21. Adams vs Kramnik ½-½ 45 2010 London Chess Classic C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 22. S Vokarev vs S Slugin   0-1 60 2010 Russian Team Championships (Higher League) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 23. M Kobalia vs V Malakhov   ½-½ 36 2010 Russian Team Championships C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 24. N Pogonina vs L Ordaz Valdes 1-0 61 2010 Chess Olympiad (Women) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 25. Karjakin vs Jakovenko 1-0 63 2010 ACP World Rapid Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 38

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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. Nd2

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 49  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Panov vs Tolush   ½-½ 43 1939 USSR Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. Waitzkin vs P Moulin   1-0 35 1993 New York (USA) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. T Gelashvili vs A Antoniou   1-0 39 1999 Chania op 9th C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. Chandler vs N Hjelm   1-0 40 2005 Politiken Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. Nunn vs J Smeets 1-0 32 2006 Youth vs Experience C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. Radjabov vs Fressinet 1-0 58 2007 European Team Chess Championships C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. Judit Polgar vs B Avrukh ½-½ 35 2007 Biel Chess Festival C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. Leko vs Adams   ½-½ 62 2008 Karen Asrian Memorial C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 9. Fressinet vs Ni Hua   0-1 45 2008 2008 Olympiad C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 10. Z Andriasian vs A Pashikian   ½-½ 18 2008 Armenian Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 11. A Sokolov vs Nisipeanu   ½-½ 15 2008 Bundesliga 2007-8 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 12. M Vachier-Lagrave vs G Sargissian   ½-½ 57 2008 Gyorgy Marx VI C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 13. R Mamedov vs Zhou Jianchao   ½-½ 24 2009 World Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 14. E Alekseev vs Fressinet 1-0 43 2009 World Cup C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 15. T Kosintseva vs Yang Shen   ½-½ 55 2009 Russia vs China (Women) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 16. N Kosintseva vs Yang Shen   1-0 54 2009 Russia vs China (Women's Rapid) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 17. K Arakhamia-Grant vs A Stefanova   0-1 58 2010 European Individual Championships (Women) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 18. L Dominguez vs L Bruzon   ½-½ 78 2010 Capablanca Memorial C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 19. T Kosintseva vs A Skripchenko 1-0 51 2010 European Individual Championships (Women) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 20. A Tukhaev vs V Malakhov 0-1 35 2010 European Club Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 21. R Felgaer vs T Fodor Jr   ½-½ 22 2010 Pula Open C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 22. Kosteniuk vs Ruan Lufei   ½-½ 47 2011 FIDE Women's Grand Prix C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 23. Svidler vs Ponomariov ½-½ 20 2011 World Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 24. Radjabov vs Ponomariov 1-0 73 2011 European Club Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 25. Anand vs Carlsen ½-½ 27 2011 Botvinnik Memorial Rapid C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 49

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 109  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. Schlechter vs G Marco   ½-½ 32 1900 Munich C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. I N Zakharov vs M Mukhitdinov   ½-½ 45 1961 URS-ch30 sf C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 7. Gufeld vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 43 1965 USSR Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. J Penrose vs M V Lambshire   ½-½ 23 1967 BCF-ch C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 9. O Katzkova vs M Litinskaya-Shul   1-0 28 1968 URS-ch (Women) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 10. T Tuomala vs E Hintikka   0-1 44 1989 Helsinki Club-ch C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 11. K Harandi vs R Rezaei   ½-½ 44 1990 Iran-ch C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 12. L Binet Tapaszto vs I Nikolayev 0-1 35 1998 RCC Open C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 13. N Castaneda vs I Nikolayev   0-1 34 1999 121st New York State Championship C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 14. A Mayo vs R Langen 0-1 48 1999 Halifax C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 15. Movsesian vs J Stocek   0-1 43 2001 Plzen m 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. Y Hernandez Estevez vs F De la Paz   1-0 42 2001 UPI C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 19. M Kozakov vs S Ovsejevitsch   ½-½ 79 2001 ch-UKR C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 20. Jonkman vs D Ledger   0-1 47 2003 Gibraltar Masters C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 21. E L'Ami vs Wenliang   ½-½ 30 2003 Harmonie C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 22. Akopian vs R Fontaine   ½-½ 45 2004 TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 23. Naiditsch vs Aronian   ½-½ 61 2004 GER-ch Internet g/5' C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 24. Morozevich vs Aronian 1-0 48 2005 Mainz Ordix op C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 25. Akopian vs Aronian   ½-½ 28 2005 Russian Team Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 109

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