page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 403  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Mason vs Blackburne ½-½ 28 1892 Belfast C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. Winawer vs Alapin   1-0 38 1892 DSB-07.Kongress+ C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. Tarrasch vs Alapin 1-0 31 1892 Nurnberg C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. Maroczy vs H Wolf 1-0 40 1899 Berlin C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. J Kotrc vs H Wolf   1-0 48 1899 Kolisch mem 9900 C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. D Mills vs A Hodges   ½-½ 61 1899 ENG-USA cable m C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 7. Teichmann vs Schlechter ½-½ 68 1902 Monte Carlo C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 8. H Wolf vs Schlechter   0-1 56 1903 Monte Carlo C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 9. O Bernstein vs M Brody   1-0 73 1904 DSB-14.Kongress+ C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 10. O Bernstein vs Von Bardeleben 1-0 28 1905 Barmen Masters A, GER C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 11. Przepiorka vs Fahrni   ½-½ 46 1905 Barmen Masters B, GER C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 12. Gajdos vs E Cohn   0-1 33 1905 Barmen Main A, GER C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 13. Teichmann vs H Wolf   1-0 38 1906 Ostend C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 14. Przepiorka vs L Forgacs   0-1 27 1906 DSB-15.Kongress C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 15. L Szwarcman vs Rubinstein   1-0 29 1919 Warsaw City Championship C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 16. S Sery vs K Treybal   ½-½ 35 1921 Brno C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 17. Bogoljubov vs G A Thomas ½-½ 78 1922 Hastings C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 18. A Hodges vs Janowski   0-1 48 1923 9th American Chess Congress C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 19. A Brinckmann vs Yates   1-0 87 1927 pre-A C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 20. A Brinckmann vs Yates   0-1 26 1927 fin-B C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 21. Bogoljubov vs A Brinckmann   ½-½ 36 1927 Bremen GER C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 22. J O'Hanlon vs A McDonagh   1-0 24 1928 ? C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 23. A Brinckmann vs Rubinstein   0-1 27 1929 Rogaska Slatina SLO C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 24. E Steiner vs Przepiorka   0-1 90 1929 Budapest C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 25. J Balogh vs Kashdan   0-1 32 1930 Gyor it, HUN C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 403    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Oct-12-04    Knight13: Did Steintz played this opening the first time or what? Oct-12-04    refutor: <Did Steintz played this opening the first time or what? > i don't believe so...he pioneered the "old steinitz" line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 and this is a modern variation of that (with ...a6 and Ba4 inserted) Oct-12-04    e4Newman: The position/moves illustrated incorporate a few ideas. <refutor> correctly identifies the modern or deferred Steinitz as a slightly delayed ...d6, usually 4.Ba4 d6. But here we also see white trying to punish black with a deferred exchange as well, forcing the doubling of pawns using the b-pawn instead of the more efficient d-pawn. Black now also has another weakness in the isolated a-pawn! Oct-31-05    hayton3: Actually, the strategical intention of Bxc6 is to rob black of one of its strongpoint defenders of e5. When white follows up with d4, black is faced with either ceding his strongpoint defence with exd or he can shore it up with f6 (which is better). This however takes away black's best square for the development of his king knight. Thus black develops his knight to e7 en route for g6. This then allows white to initiate a kingside pawnstorm with h4 - aiming to gain a tempo by attacking the knight with h5. Therefore by Bxc6 white is creating an attacking strategical plan involving queenside castling with a pawnstorm on the kingside against the black king! Oct-31-05    e4Newman: thanks <hayton3> well said Dec-02-06    Ron: A line that can arise out of the Steinitz Defense Deferred: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Rb8 Chessbase has 6 games in their database, with 2 wins for white, 4 draws, and no losses for white. And one of the games had Alekhine playing black. A possible 8th move for white, b3, seems interesting. Here is a sample line: 8. b3 Bg4 9. Bb2 exd4 10. Qxd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne7 12. f4 f5 13. e5 d5 14. 0-0-0 Qc8 15. Rhg1 Qe6 16. Qa4 Ra8

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