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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. d4

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1,279 games · 1889-2013
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white wins - draws - black wins %

9...Bg4

1,224

36.7%

37.3%

26%

9...Bb7

42

54.8%

33.3%

9...exd4

25

52%

36%

9...Nd7

6

66.7%

16.7

16.7

9...h6

4

50%

50%

9...Na5

3

66.7%

33.3%

9...Re8

3

66.7%

33.3%

9...Bd7

2

50%

50%

9...a5

K Bachler vs A Marquez, 1996 1-0

9...Rb8

Ahues vs N Mannheimer, 1930 1-0

NOTABLE GAMES:
Fischer vs Korchnoi, 1962 (1-0)
Capablanca vs Bogoljubov, 1922 (1-0)
Tal vs Portisch, 1976 (1-0)
Bronstein vs Keres, 1950 (1-0)
W Watson vs J Littlewood, 1991 (1-0)

DEBUT: M Judd vs J W Baird, 1889 (1-0)
RECENT: L Lederman vs S Docx, 2013 (0-1)

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OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
C91: Ruy Lopez, Closed (1279)

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