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Ruy Lopez Gajewski
Hello all, I think may be it is time again for a new update what is going on in this interesting line. If anyone has a good recent references showing what white/black has discovered it would be great....
Started 10/05/09 at 19:26:21 by MilenPetrov  |
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 05/13/12 at 11:45:37By: Claus Jensen |
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My Secrets in the Ruy Lopez by Portisch
A book by the legendary Lajos Portisch is certainly an event in chess literature. I've seen the PDF excerpt and it seems to me that it is in the form of reasonably deeply annotated games (not necessar...
Started 06/11/17 at 11:37:53 by grandpatzer « Pages 1 2 all » |
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04/10/18 at 15:43:47 By: Pingudon |
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Early three-fold repetition in the Zaitsev
You know the one
1 e4 e5, 2 Nf3 Nc6, 3 Bb5 a6, 4 Ba4 Nf6, 5 0-0 Be7, 6 Re1 b5, 7 Bb3 d6, 8 c3 0-0, 9 h3 Bb7, 10 d4 Re8, 11 Ng5 Rf8, 12 Nf3 Re8, 13 Ng5 etc. Does anybody know any examples of K... Started 05/19/12 at 13:32:22 by JonathanB « Pages 1 2 all » |
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07/22/12 at 22:11:40 By: JonathanB |
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Scant Zaitsev coverage.
Am I mistaken, or has there been very scant coverage on Chesspub of the Zaitsev Variation of the Closed Spanish? The pdf book contains little, and it's mostly about 12. d5. Concerning 12. a4, it say...
Started 07/09/07 at 16:55:53 by Markovich |
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07/13/07 at 17:22:42 By: GMTonyKosten |
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Karpov's Chigorin Line
I saw in a database that Karpov played this line four times as black:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 Bb7 He has a good sc... Started 06/20/14 at 19:58:51 by BobbyDigital80 |
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06/21/14 at 09:21:12 By: RdC |
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Marshall Gambit: A tempo down!?
OK, Gajewski has been a little unorthodox (Rb8 after 9.h3 as recently copied by Anand in rapid, against Topalov if I'm not mistaken), but this is way out there...
Anybody see this friggin game ye... Started 08/10/07 at 11:14:10 by ghenghisclown « Pages 1 2 all » |
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05/17/08 at 23:41:43 By: HgMan |
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Ruy Lopez Chigorin cd cd bd7
In this line seems a bit odd that Tal plays Black in a line where he destroyed Hjartarson 2 years earlier and gets an easy draw. Similarly Leko couldn't do anything v Short later. Anyone able to clari...
Started 09/03/08 at 12:13:17 by ANDREW BRETT |
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09/05/08 at 17:59:35 By: Paddy |
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Spanish, Closed, Zaitsev: is 10...Nd7 good?
Spanish, Closed, Zaitsev: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4
The big problem is 10...Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 and either Black accepts the draw... Started 05/09/20 at 22:41:29 by Marc Benford |
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05/10/20 at 10:15:44 By: Seeley |
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Ruy Lopez Keres Variation
In the Keres Variation of the Ruy Lopez after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Re1 b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 0-0 9 h3 Na5 10 Bc2 c5 11 d4 Nd7 12 Nbd2 exd4 13 cxd4 Nc6 14 d5 Nce5 15 Nxe5 Nxe5 16...
Started 11/20/07 at 03:34:16 by Anonymous (Ex Member) « Pages 1 2 all » |
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01/22/15 at 11:38:33 By: vallescure |
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Breyer move order
In a recent game, I was faced with an unusual move order.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 and now 8. .. Nb8 9. d4 Nbd7 I continued normally with 10. ... Started 09/05/15 at 14:11:44 by RdC |
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09/05/15 at 23:27:53 By: RdC |
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Gajewski Variation
Hi,
Was quickly looking at the new update, in particular the d5 pawn sacrifice in the Chigorin. I just wanted to point out I had a game in this line recently, against GM Thomas Luther from German... Started 05/23/08 at 14:13:22 by Gawain « Pages 1 2 all » |
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08/21/08 at 09:25:52 By: Strategy_Rules |
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[C97-99] Resources for Chigorin with 11...Qc7
I've recently became interested in this variation from black's point of view:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 ...and wa... Started 03/02/17 at 14:31:44 by Pantu (Ex Member) « Pages 1 2 3 all » |
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01/14/21 at 22:43:30 By: LeeRoth |
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8. in the lopez main line
is it any good?
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Ba4 Nf6 0-0 Be7 Re1 b5 Bb3 0-0 d4 what is the theoretical verdict? Started 08/25/08 at 11:06:28 by Chessmoby |
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08/25/08 at 17:58:10 By: CheckMate |
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Smyslov's other system
Perhaps superseded by the Zaitsev, but the Smyslov system 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9 h3 h6 is well known. The idea behind 9. .. h6 being to pre...
Started 06/16/18 at 11:31:56 by RdC |
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06/16/18 at 11:31:56 By: RdC |
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Chigorin Ruy Lopez: Panov Variation
Hello everyone, I was wondering if the panov attack in the chigorin ruy lopez is considered playable. The variation is:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7<br ... Started 01/12/07 at 15:55:30 by Daniel « Pages 1 2 all » |
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10/24/13 at 08:54:05 By: Keano |
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the new marshall?!?!?
what do people think about 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 and now 10...d5!!? Is this the new and improved Marshall or just a bad pawn move...
Started 03/03/08 at 06:21:32 by Zatara |
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03/04/08 at 05:46:08 By: OstapBender |
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Ruy Lopez Chigorin 12. d5
The British Championship is working up to a climax. The competition at the top is very close this year, with just three rounds to go. Normally at least 9 points /11 are needed to win the title. The cu...
Started 08/16/06 at 10:05:37 by Paddy « Pages 1 2 all » |
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05/26/10 at 09:54:47 By: Paddy |
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Keres Variation-is f5 really so bad?
In the Keres Variation of the Ruy Lopez after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Re1 b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 0-0 9 h3 Na5 10 Bc2 c5 11 d4 Nd7 12 Nbd2 exd4 13 cxd4 Nc6 14 d5 Nce5 15 Nxe5 Nxe5 16...
Started 02/16/15 at 01:02:58 by Anonymous3 |
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03/27/15 at 17:12:52 By: kylemeister |
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Breyer according to Monokroussos/ Avrukh?
If you guys don't know already, it may interest you to know that Monokroussos just completed his survey of the Ruy with this last installment on the Breyer - mentioned on his Blog:
http://www.th... Started 09/01/12 at 01:05:05 by ghenghisclown |
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11/27/12 at 10:48:23 By: Jupp53 |
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Status of Closed Ruy Lopez mainlines
I have not been keeping up with the theory of the Closed Ruy Lopez for the last few decades.
Could anyone please update me on the status of the mainlines? I am in principle interested in all the... Started 08/16/05 at 07:23:27 by tafl |
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09/14/05 at 15:54:04 By: Fernando Semprun |
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