page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 498  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Caravage vs Placais   0-1 23 1870 Postal C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 2. Wolgast vs Weissenfels   1-0 27 1871 Postal C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 3. B Fleissig vs Mackenzie   0-1 39 1882 Vienna it C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 4. A Solowzov vs Chigorin 1-0 33 1884 Moscow C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 5. Metger vs Tarrasch 0-1 39 1887 DSB-05.Kongress C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 6. Tarrasch vs Max Weiss 0-1 68 1887 DSB-05.Kongress C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 7. Mackenzie vs Max Weiss   ½-½ 67 1887 DSB-05.Kongress C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 8. Metger vs Max Weiss   ½-½ 27 1887 DSB-05.Kongress C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 9. Taubenhaus vs Max Weiss   ½-½ 38 1889 USA-06.Congress New York C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 10. Max Weiss vs Gossip   1-0 27 1889 USA-06.Congress New York C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 11. Max Weiss vs J Holzwarth   1-0 47 1890 Kolisch mem C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 12. Max Weiss vs Csank 1-0 24 1890 Kolisch mem C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 13. Tarrasch vs Chigorin 1-0 63 1893 Petersbrurg (Match) C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 14. Showalter vs Albin   0-1 49 1893 R7 12/19 New York C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 15. Taubenhaus vs Albin ½-½ 66 1893 New York C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 16. Tarrasch vs A Zinkl   ½-½ 74 1894 DSB-09.Kongress C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 17. A Zinkl vs P K Seuffert   1-0 51 1894 DSB-09.Kongress C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 18. Taubenhaus vs Teichmann 0-1 34 1895 London C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 19. Janowski vs G Marco 1-0 29 1896 R1 7/20 Nuremberg C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 20. K Walbrodt vs Janowski   0-1 61 1896 R10 7/30 Nuremberg C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 21. Janowski vs Tarrasch   0-1 68 1896 R5 7/24 Nuremberg C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 22. Pillsbury vs Albin   1-0 70 1896 4, Nuremberg C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 23. Janowski vs Englisch   ½-½ 59 1897 Berlin it C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 24. Janowski vs G Marco   ½-½ 40 1897 Berlin it C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 25. H Suechting vs G Marco   0-1 65 1897 Berlin it C82 Ruy Lopez, Open  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 498    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Secrets of Opening Surprises

May-04-05    notyetagm: Shirov demolishes the Open Ruy Lopez, from the recent 4NCL weekend: [Event "Birmingham 4NCL 2004/5"] [Site "?"] [Date "2005.05.01"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Flear, Glenn"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2475"] [ECO "C82"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2005.04.??"] [SourceDate "2001.09.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Re1 d4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. Nf1 Nxb3 18. e6 Bb4 19. axb3 Bxe1 20. Qc6+ Kf8 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Bc5 Bb4 23. Bxd6+ Bxd6 24. exf7 h5 25. Rxa6 hxg4 26. hxg4 b4 27. Ne3 Bxf7 28. Ra8 Re8 29. Nf5 Bh2+ 30. Kg2 Rxa8 31. Qxa8+ Be8 32. Qd8 1-0 May-04-05    notyetagm: And Sutovsky demolishes the Open Ruy Lopez as well, from the same 4NCL event as the Shirov game given above: [Event "Birmingham 4NCL 2004/5"] [Site "?"] [Date "2005.05.02"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Sutovsky, Emil"] [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2662"] [ECO "C82"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2005.04.??"] [SourceDate "2001.09.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Re1 Bc5 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. h4 d4 17. Bg5 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qd5 19. Nh5 Qc4 20. Nd2 d3 21. Qd1 Qd5 22. Ne4 Kf8 23. Nef6 gxf6 24. Nxf6 Qc4 25. Re4 Ncd4 26. Bh6+ Ke7 27. cxd4 Nxd4 28. Rc1 Qxa2 29. Rxd4 Rhd8 30. Rf4 d2 31. Rc3 Qa4 32. Ng8+ Ke8 33. Nf6+ Ke7 34. Nd5+ Rxd5 35. Rxf7+ Kd8 36. Rf8+ Ke7 37. Bg5+ 1-0 Feb-20-09    Marmot PFL: Both guys play 9.Nbd2 instead of c3. Is this to avoid the Dilworth Attack? (9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Bc2 Nxf2!?) Feb-20-09    MaxxLange: I tried the Open Ruy, it's pretty hard to hold Feb-20-09    chessman95: This opening is a bit risky for black. While white's position is solid and dosen't have any major weaknesses, black's position is hanging on a rope and one slip spells disaster, especially because the king is still not castled. The Closed Spanish or Marshall Attack are more solid options for black, although every once in a while I run into an opponent who dosen't know how to play the Open Spanish very well, and then white's in real trouble.

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