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page 1 of 34; games 1-25 of 841  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tarrasch vs Alapin 1-0 31 1892 Nuremberg C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. Winawer vs Alapin 1-0 38 1892 7th DSB Congress, Dresden C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. J Mason vs Blackburne ½-½ 28 1892 North of Ireland Congress C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. N van Lennep vs W Meiners   1-0 46 1893 ASC club C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 5. A Hodges vs G Bellingham   ½-½ 69 1897 2nd Anglo-American Cable Match C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. Maroczy vs H Wolf 1-0 40 1899 Kolisch Memorial 1899/00 C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 7. J Kotrc vs H Wolf   1-0 48 1899 Kolisch Memorial 1899/00 C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 8. D Mills vs A Hodges   ½-½ 61 1901 6th Anglo-American Cable Match C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 9. Teichmann vs Schlechter ½-½ 68 1902 Monte Carlo C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 10. H Wolf vs Schlechter 0-1 56 1903 Monte Carlo C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 11. O Bernstein vs M Brody   1-0 73 1904 14th DSB Congress, Coburg C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 12. Duras vs M Lange 1-0 37 1904 14th DSB Congress - Hauptturnier A C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 13. Gajdos vs E Cohn   0-1 33 1905 Barmen Hauptturnier-A C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 14. D Przepiorka vs H Fahrni   ½-½ 46 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier B C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 15. O Bernstein vs Von Bardeleben 1-0 28 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 16. Teichmann vs H Wolf   1-0 38 1906 Ostend C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 17. H Suechting vs Swiderski   ½-½ 17 1906 Ostend C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 18. D Przepiorka vs L Forgacs 0-1 27 1906 15th DSB Congress, Nuremberg C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 19. H Rosenfeld vs P Johner   0-1 33 1909 Johner - Rosenfeld m C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 20. R P Michell vs J W te Kolste   ½-½ 50 1910 London CC - Dutch Chess Fed C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 21. L Szwarcman vs Rubinstein   1-0 29 1919 Warsaw City Championship C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 22. S Sery vs K Treybal   ½-½ 35 1921 Brno C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 23. Bogoljubov vs G A Thomas ½-½ 78 1922 Hastings C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 24. R T Black vs Ed. Lasker   0-1 29 1923 9th American Chess Congress C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 25. Bogoljubov vs A Brinckmann   ½-½ 36 1927 Bremen C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense  page 1 of 34; games 1-25 of 841

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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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