page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 451  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kolisch vs Horwitz 1-0 18 1860 Manchester C66 Ruy Lopez 2. Morphy vs De Riviere 1-0 64 1863 Paris C66 Ruy Lopez 3. Zukertort vs Anderssen 0-1 39 1864 Breslau C66 Ruy Lopez 4. Max Lange vs F A Hipp   1-0 37 1864 WSB-04.Kongress C66 Ruy Lopez 5. Paulsen vs G Neumann 1-0 52 1864 Berlin m3 C66 Ruy Lopez 6. G Neumann vs V Knorre   1-0 27 1865 Berlin C66 Ruy Lopez 7. J Minckwitz vs A Stern   1-0 48 1870 Baden-Baden + C66 Ruy Lopez 8. H D Smith vs A Johnston   1-0 24 1871 Cleveland C66 Ruy Lopez 9. L D Barbour vs J Mason   ½-½ 91 1876 USA-04.Kongress C66 Ruy Lopez 10. J Minckwitz vs J Noa   ½-½ 37 1880 Graz C66 Ruy Lopez 11. Schiffers vs Chigorin   0-1 48 1880 St Petersburg m1 C66 Ruy Lopez 12. Mackenzie vs Lipschutz   1-0 28 1886 New York m C66 Ruy Lopez 13. Taubenhaus vs Blackburne 0-1 30 1889 USA-06.Congress New York C66 Ruy Lopez 14. W Pollock vs Lipschutz   1-0 86 1889 USA-06.Congress New York C66 Ruy Lopez 15. E Delmar vs J Mason   1-0 32 1889 USA-06.Congress New York (30-2) C66 Ruy Lopez 16. Burn vs Blackburne 0-1 33 1889 USA-06.Congress New York (38-2) C66 Ruy Lopez 17. J Mason vs Blackburne   ½-½ 54 1889 USA-06.Congress New York (24-1) C66 Ruy Lopez 18. Gunsberg vs Blackburne   ½-½ 19 1889 06.DSB-Kongress C66 Ruy Lopez 19. J Mason vs Blackburne   1-0 41 1889 06.DSB-Kongress C66 Ruy Lopez 20. Lipke / Seger / Steif vs Lasker   ½-½ 29 1889 Breslau cons C66 Ruy Lopez 21. J N Berger vs Metger   1-0 19 1889 DSB-06.Kongress C66 Ruy Lopez 22. Csank vs Max Weiss   ½-½ 59 1890 Kolisch mem C66 Ruy Lopez 23. J Schwarz vs Max Weiss   ½-½ 38 1890 Kolisch mem C66 Ruy Lopez 24. B Fleissig vs Max Weiss   ½-½ 22 1890 Kolisch mem C66 Ruy Lopez 25. G Marco vs Max Weiss   0-1 26 1890 Kolisch mem C66 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 451    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jul-10-05    aw1988: I think this is the Steinitz Defense Semi-Deferred.

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