Ramon Rey Ardid
Number of games in database: 26
Years covered: 1921 to 1944
Overall record: +7 -11 =8 (42.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (2 games)

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RAMON REY ARDID (born Dec-20-1903, died Jan-21-1988) Spain [what is this?] Dr. Ramón Rey Ardid was born in Zaragoza. He was a psychiatrist and reputable professor at the Zaragoza University. He was Spanish champion from 1929 to 1942. Wikipedia article: Ramón Rey Ardid

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 26  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Lasker vs R Rey Ardid   1-0 45 1921 Simul Exhibition A03 Bird's Opening 2. Lasker vs R Rey Ardid   1-0 26 1921 Simul Exhibition D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 3. R Rey Ardid vs Alekhine 0-1 17 1922 Saragossa D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 4. D Daniuszewski vs R Rey Ardid   1-0 28 1924 Paris f-B E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 5. R Rey Ardid vs E Voellmy   ½-½ 33 1924 Paris ol (Men) prel-8 D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 6. R Rey Ardid vs Colle   0-1 36 1929 Barcelona E16 Queen's Indian 7. R Rey Ardid vs Tartakower   0-1 36 1929 Barcelona Int.Tourn. B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 8. Yates vs R Rey Ardid 0-1 29 1929 Barcelona Int.Tournament C78 Ruy Lopez 9. R Rey Ardid vs Menchik 0-1 34 1929 Barcelona D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. R Rey Ardid vs M Golmayo De La Torriente ½-½ 32 1929 Barcelona Int. Tournament B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 11. Capablanca vs R Rey Ardid 1-0 21 1929 Barcelona Int. Tournament A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 12. R Rey Ardid vs E Dyckhoff   1-0 33 1932 Germany-Spain Match D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 13. R Rey Ardid vs H Geiger   1-0 42 1932 IFSB Bundesmeisterschaft 3233 D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 14. N Johansson vs R Rey Ardid 1-0 47 1933 Match Spain x Sweden for Correspondence C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 15. Lilienthal vs R Rey Ardid   1-0 28 1934 Zaragoza, Spain D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. Tartakower vs R Rey Ardid 0-1 19 1934 Sitges Int. Tourn. D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 17. R Rey Ardid vs Koltanowski   ½-½ 42 1934 Sitges C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 18. J Sunyer vs R Rey Ardid   0-1 38 1934 Sitges A00 Uncommon Opening 19. B P Reilly vs R Rey Ardid   0-1 30 1936 Ostend A46 Queen's Pawn Game 20. S Landau vs R Rey Ardid   ½-½ 56 1936 Ostend A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 21. R Domenech vs R Rey Ardid   0-1 56 1936 Ostend B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 22. R Rey Ardid vs V Soultanbeieff   ½-½ 52 1936 Ostend D00 Queen's Pawn Game 23. R Rey Ardid vs Alekhine   ½-½ 59 1944 Zaragoza (03) E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 24. R Rey Ardid vs Alekhine   ½-½ 41 1944 Zaragoza (01) C48 Four Knights 25. Alekhine vs R Rey Ardid 1-0 23 1944 Saragossa m (02) C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 26

Dec-20-03    CapablancaRules: Chessgames, I am looking for a game of Rey Ardid often called the "Immortal something", I don´t remember... Can you or anybody else tell me if one of these games is the mentionated? Jan-31-05    meloncio: Dr. Ramón Rey Ardid (1903-1987, Zaragoza, Spain), psychiatrist and reputable professor at the Zaragoza University. Spanish Chess Champion from 1930 to 1942, but never was a professional player. Jan-21-06    BIDMONFA: Ramon Rey-Ardid http://www.bidmonfa.com/rey_ardid_r... _ Apr-26-08    Autoreparaturwerkbau: <CR> looks for N Johansson vs R Rey-Ardid, 1933 Sep-29-08    GrahamClayton: The Rey-Ardid variation of the QGD is 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. c3 c5 4. cd5 ed5 5. f3 c6 6. g3 c4 7. e4 Source: David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld "Oxford Companion to Chess", OUP, 1992 Jul-31-09    myschkin: . . . Ramon Rey-Ardid (blindfold) – NN Venue?, 1939 King’s Fianchetto Defence 1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 f4 e6 4 Nf3 Ne7 5 Be2 O-O 6 Be3 c5 7 c3 cxd4 8 cxd4 Nec6 9 Nc3 Qb6 10 Qd2 Qb4 11 g4 f5 12 gxf5 exf5 13 a3 Qb3 14 e5 Na6 15 d5 Ne7 16 Nd4 Qb6 17 Nc6 Qc7 18 Nb5 1-0 (Los principios del ajedrez, p. 181-182) Dec-20-11    brankat: A man of many talents. He drew against Alekhine 3 times. Had a win against Tartakower and Yates. Not shabby. R.I.P. Dr.Ardid. Apr-25-12    wordfunph: <Dr Ramon Rey Ardid (1904-88), a medical doctor from Zaragoza, was one of Spain's strongest players for three decades. He represented his country at the 1924 Paris Olympiad, won the Spanish Championship four times and in 1944 he played a short match with world champion Alekhine, losing only one game. Dr Rey only seems to have played CC for a brief period in the early 1930s.> taken from the book 64 Great Chess Games by Tim Harding. Dec-20-12    Kikoman: Rest In Peace Dr. Ramoy Rey Ardid. Dec-20-12    moronovich: Played him in Las Palmas 75.A very nice and gentle man. It was only later I realised that he played a match vs the great Alekhine.

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