Chess openings: Ruy Lopez, Open (C82)

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Ruy Lopez, Open (C82)
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 c3

Number of games in database: 1007
Years covered: 1871 to 2023
Overall record:
   White wins 38.2%
   Black wins 28.8%
   Draws 33.0%

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PRACTITIONERS

With the White Pieces

With the Black Pieces

Anatoly Karpov		12 games
Ljubomir Ljubojevic		11 games
Andrei Sokolov		9 games

Artur Yusupov		17 games
Viktor Korchnoi		17 games
Jan Timman		14 games

NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]

White Wins

Black Wins

Lasker vs Rubinstein, 1914

Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978

Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1945

Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978

B Lengyel vs Mikhalevski, 1993

Geller vs G Garcia, 1978

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Wolgast vs Weissenfels 1-0 27 1871 Postal C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

2. B Fleissig vs Mackenzie 0-1 39 1882 Vienna C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

3. F Cantoni vs F Zannoni 0-1 42 1883 4th Italian Championship, Venice C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

4. A Solovtsov vs Chigorin 1-0 33 1884 Chigorin-Solovtsov Match C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

5. Metger vs M Weiss ½-½ 27 1887 5th DSB Congress, Frankfurt C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

6. Metger vs Tarrasch 0-1 39 1887 5th DSB Congress, Frankfurt C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

7. Tarrasch vs M Weiss 0-1 68 1887 5th DSB Congress, Frankfurt C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

8. Mackenzie vs M Weiss ½-½ 67 1887 5th DSB Congress, Frankfurt C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

9. Taubenhaus vs M Weiss ½-½ 38 1889 6th American Chess Congress, New York C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

10. M Weiss vs Gossip 1-0 27 1889 6th American Chess Congress, New York C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

11. R Loman vs J F Heemskerk 1-0 52 1890 DCA Congress 18th C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

12. G Wainwright vs R Loman 1-0 28 1890 Match C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

13. M Weiss vs J Holzwarth 1-0 47 1890 Kolisch Memorial C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

14. M Weiss vs A Csank 1-0 24 1890 Kolisch Memorial C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

15. Taubenhaus vs Albin ½-½ 66 1893 Impromptu International Congress, New York C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

16. Tarrasch vs Chigorin 1-0 63 1893 Chigorin - Tarrasch C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

17. Showalter vs Albin 0-1 49 1893 1st City Chess Club Tournament C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

18. Showalter vs A Hodges 0-1 72 1894 Showalter - Hodges US Championship C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

19. Showalter vs A Hodges 1-0 38 1894 Showalter - Hodges US Championship C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

20. A Zinkl vs P Seuffert 1-0 51 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

21. Tarrasch vs A Zinkl ½-½ 74 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

22. V Tabunshchikov vs K Behting 0-1 18 1894 4th Shakhmatnyi Zhurnal corr C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

23. Taubenhaus vs Teichmann 0-1 34 1895 London C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

24. G Bellingham vs C E Ranken ½-½ 36 1895 Worcester C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

25. Schlechter vs M Judd 1-0 34 1895 Vienna Chess Society Masters C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

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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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