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With White having won the only game with the dreaded Berlin Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6) in the Carlsen – Anand match (and surprisingly Magnus Carlsen was White in this one) it could be that we’ll be seeing 1.e4, and the Ruy Lopez, making a comeback. If this happens then I’d recommend something Continue reading 'The Moller Defence To The Ruy Lopez'.

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Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer (C95)
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 h3 Nb8 10 d4
Number of games in database: 2207
Years covered: 1954 to 2020
Overall record:
White wins 34.2%
Black wins 22.4%
Draws 43.5%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White PiecesWith the Black Pieces
Mikhail Tal22 games
Efim Geller17 games
Viswanathan Anand16 games
Boris Spassky54 games
Svetozar Gligoric42 games
Krishnan Sasikiran38 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White WinsBlack Wins
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992
Tal vs Spassky, 1980
Smirin vs Beliavsky, 1989
Robert E Byrne vs Spassky, 1974
Tal vs Spassky, 1965
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page 1 of 89; games 1-25 of 2,207
GameResultMovesYearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Zagorovsky vs G Borisenko0-1551954URS-ch sfC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
2. L Rudenko vs V Borisenko-Belova1-04119542nd Soviet Team CupC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
3. Tal vs V Zurakhov½-½271955RigaC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
4. Ravinsky vs Lutikov0-1451955URS-ch sfC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
5. Boleslavsky vs Ragozin1-0411956USSR ChampionshipC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
6. Geller vs Filip1-0381956Amsterdam CandidatesC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
7. A Matanovic vs Smyslov½-½281956YUG-URSC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
8. I Ivanco vs J Kozma½-½231956CSR-ch sfC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
9. K W Behle vs S Wolk½-½411957FRG-chC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
10. L Shamkovich vs Ragozin0-1401957URS-ch sfC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
11. Kholmov vs Y Kots½-½741957URS-ch sfC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
12. P Clarke vs Blau1-0511957Hastings 1957/58C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
13. V Zurakhov vs Zamikhovsky½-½411958Kiev-chC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
14. A Bannik vs V Shiyanovsky0-1611958UKR-chC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
15. A Bannik vs M Levin1-0441958UKR-chC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
16. Geller vs Spassky1-0391958USSR ChampionshipC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
17. R Bogdanovic vs Ivkov0-1391958YUG-ch 13thC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
18. T Weinberger vs I Rivise1-0451959So. California ChampionshipC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
19. E Walther vs Unzicker0-1521959ZurichC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
20. Gufeld vs Zamikhovsky½-½481960Avantgard-chC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
21. Unzicker vs Tal0-1261960FRG-URSC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
22. G Chalkhasuren vs G Barcza0-1481960Leipzig ol (Men) qual-CC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
23. Lombardy vs A Matanovic½-½241960Leipzig ol (Men) fin-AC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
24. Unzicker vs J H Donner½-½291960Leipzig ol (Men) fin-AC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
25. Tal vs Unzicker1-0251960StockholmC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
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Aug-12-02refutor: the breyer has always seemed to be one of the strangest lines you can play in the closed lopez, moving the knight back to b8 just seems way too odd to me, but at least it doesn't get stuck on the side of the board like it does sometimes in the tchigorin lines. somebody once told me that the knight has already done his job on c6, so it's okay to move him back to b8 and i guess white's already lost some tempi with the bihsop moves but i don't think i could play it ;)
May-30-03Benjamin Lau: The closed Ruy Lopez in general has always been pretty weird to me- moving stuff back and forth for little reason. But it's still fun! I like the Breyer more than the others for some reason. I think that's just because it was one of the openings which helped me develop my positioning skills the most.
Feb-04-05John Meriwether: I think the Breyer is a solid opening that in the hands of an experienced chess player would serve him (or her) rather well. I rather enjoy playing it even with the backward knight move to b8.
Nov-17-05AlexanderMorphy: i have played this opening a few times and have drawn my 4 games..it's quite a drawish opening if neither side does anything too fancy, but white always has the better chance of winning/
Apr-19-07
gambitfan: GOD Thu 19/04/2007

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Aug-21-07get Reti: I'm still learning and I'm not sure how to respond to 1.e5 as black. I'm a positional player (I like the queen's gambit). I've gone all over the place, from the french to the sicilian dragon, but have had no luck. This opening seems to suit my positional style, as it focuses on putting pieces on their best squares, for example, the knight goes to d7, the light bishop goes to b7, the dark bishop tries to go to g7, and the rook goes to e8. Another exicting thing is that black can play ..d5 if prepared correctly. Would anyone recommend this or is it too much theory for someone like me?
Aug-21-07
Open Defence: <Would anyone recommend this or is it too much theory for someone like me?> well the Closed Ruy is great, there is a downside on the amount of theory but you can narrow it down to a few lines.. another alternative might be the Petrov Defence.. rather than memorize the theory. maybe you should just play many Ruy Games and note down your moves .analyse them against the theory moves and then narrow your lines down. once you have a feel for the Opening you sometimes dont need to memorize the lines and it just flows..
Jan-04-08
Open Defence: I see Mamedyarov playing the Breyer now and then.. maybe Aronian too ?
Nov-18-08Cactus: Many play it from time to time. It is very solid. Top level results lately favour black!
Aug-17-10rapidcitychess: <rather than memorize the theory. maybe you should just play many Ruy Games and note down your moves . analyse them against the theory moves and then narrow your lines down. once you have a feel for the Opening you sometimes dont need to memorize the lines and it just flows..> Wow! Good idea for any heavy theory opening, like Sicilian and Semi-Slav.
Aug-02-11wuvmuffin72: I've studied the Zaitsev back then with the idea that I could have a back up defense to the Sicilian. I ended up ditching the Sicilian because I had way too much theory to deal with with the my two defenses to 1. e4. Eventually I ditched the Sicilian to work on the open games because I was winning a lot of games as Black against weaker players and obtained equal positions against stronger players with 1. .. e5. After playing the Zaitsev for a year I studied the Breyer because I had an old copy of Chess Informant on the Breyer from the early nineties and was quite surprised that my prep work on the Closed Ruy has lessened significantly compared to the Zaitsev and that lines going past move 20-24 hasn't changed all that much in the past decade or two. I was quite surprised by this fact and did some updating on modern moves using chessbase.

The quality of the Breyer is almost equaled to the intuitive playability of the Nimzo-Indian.. I said almost. Breyer might require some intensive learning, but improvising when you forget some of the theory after move 15 tends to be more forgiving compared to some openings. I feel much worse about forgetting the theory to the (Max Lange or that Italian/Scotch gambit complex in general) attack compared to forgetting the theory to the Breyer.

Feb-10-12
Penguincw: Opening of the Day

Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.O-O ♗e7 6.♖e1 b5 7.♗b3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 ♘b8


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Jan-19-13Tigranny: Does Black have better chances of winning with the Breyer than with the Chigorin?
Jan-19-13Marmot PFL: Probably the Chigorin is better for complicating the game while the Breyer is very hard to beat.
Jan-19-13Tigranny: <Marmot PFL> Thanks!
Jan-19-13Marmot PFL: For a while I found the Breyer almost impossible to beat so I started playing it. I won a last round game against a player 200 points above me that we both wanted to win just by playing solid and letting him use up most of his time trying to find an attack. It can be hard to win for black though (at least quickly) as the game sometimes gets very closed with white having more space.
Mar-25-13WiseWizard: Why is this considered more solid than the Chigorin? I feel like Black's queenside play in the chigorin is more straightforward and flexible since he has the pawns side by side on c5 +b5. Whats black's goal/dream position out of these openings?
Aug-30-13Amarande: <WiseWizard> You can have your cake and eat it too in this case; Nb8 doesn't in and of itself commit Black not to adopt the Chigorin formation.

In any case, if you want to play c5 you're going to have to move Nc6, so the Chigorin and Breyer difference largely boils down to how you want to redeploy this Knight, which there are three choices in regards to (assuming that you aren't planning on moving Be7 anytime soon, and that if you plan c5 you also plan to wait to move the Queen until she can go to c7), namely a5 (Chigorin mainline), b8 (Breyer mainline), and a7.

Each has its merits and faults.

Na5 - The Chigorin move forces White to make a decision as to whether or not he wants to retain the Spanish bishop with Bc2 or permit it to be exchanged (which is actually not as bad as it seems; the exchange gives White an open a-file, and the Spanish bishop often loses its efficacy after the opening stages in the closed Lopez - this being particularly so if White decides to seal the centre with d5). On the downside, the Knight is the most out of play on this square compared to the other two choices, and in many variations it's going to get pushed to d8 (an especially poor square) or have to retreat via b8 anyway.

Nb8 - The Breyer move is a very flexible choice, on the other hand. From b8, the knight can easily come back into play at d7, after which it can assist in kingside action (via f8 to g6, eyeing f4) or in the centre or queenside (at b6 or, if Black foregoes the pawn advance, at c5). The lost tempi are not so crucial in a position like this one, where both players have castled, the centre is closed and positional manoeuvring begins to be the order of the day for the time being; besides, it's debatable whether Black has really made a net loss of time at all here, being that as noted before the knight's likely to have to move from c6 anyway, and in addition to this White has lost time as well (8 c3 is now a wasted move, serving no useful purpose as the Bb3 no longer needs a haven and no sane player of the Black pieces is going to play exd4 anytime soon, and on top of that it blocks a square for Nb1!). The Spanish bishop remains on b3, but this doesn't seem to matter much.

Na7 - An odd move; I'm not sure if this variation has a name. The knight's reentry point here is c8, after which it can go to b6 or later on through e7 to g6 eyeing f4; in this regard it seems likely to lead to strategies similar to the Breyer.

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The Ruy Lopez is an incredibly popular opening at all levels of chess; this is perhaps unsurprising given that it's recognized by most experts as White's greatest chance of obtaining a lasting advantage after the moves 1 e4 e5. Also known as the Spanish Opening, the Lopez is steeped in rich tradition, having provided the battleground for countless clashes between World Champions of past and present: Kasparov, Fischer, Karpov, Topalov, Kramnik, Anand – the list is endless! Given its immense popularity, one issue a prospective Lopez player has to face up to is the mountain of theory that has gradually developed over the years. In this book, however, Andrew Greet circumvents this potential problem by advocating a comprehensive and yet concise repertoire for White, one that can be assimilated into an opening armoury with relative ease. He also covers thoroughly the typical tactical ideas and strategies for both White and Black, arming the reader with enough knowledge to begin playing the Ruy Lopez with confidence in his or her own games.
*Written by a Ruy Lopez expert
*All black defences are covered
*Ideal for improvers, as well as club and tournament players
Andrew Greet is a young International Master, a former British Junior Champion, and is one of the UK's most rapidly improving players. In 2005 he scored a perfect 11/11 in the British National League, the first time any player had achieved this remarkable feat. He is also an experienced coach and writes regular articles for CHESS.
Product details
Paperback: 376 pages
Publisher: Everyman Chess; 1st edition (January 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1857444272
ISBN-13: 978-1857444278
Review by IM Jeremy Silman:
'At the beginning of my chess career, I first embraced the romantic Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4). However, over time I realized that the true joy of playing 1.e4 came from the evergreen Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5). Here we see stirring attacks against the enemy King, brilliant incursions into black’s queenside (usually down the a-file), and subtle positional struggles (often featuring a spatial plus and/or the battle for the squares d5 and f5). It has everything! I also learned to love the Ruy Lopez because Black can use many interesting systems, every one offering vastly different plans, structures, and ideas. It almost goes without saying that I would have never left 1.e4 for 1.d4 if I had been promised a Lopez each and every time.
Today, the Ruy Lopez is as rich as ever, offering fertile areas of investigation and endless vistas of creativity for both sides (my review of the excellent The Ruy Lopez: A Guide For Black by Sverre Johnsen and Leif Johannessen discusses some black ideas vs. the Ruy). In fact, it’s not unusual to see a player like Anand use it as White in one game and then face it as Black in the very next round.
Of course, such an important opening has seen many articles and books devoted to its secrets appear over the years. The newest in this line of Lopez studies is Play The Ruy Lopez by English IM Andrew Greet. However, this book isn’t a complete treatise of the Ruy; such a project could easily fill two thousand pages! Instead, Mr. Greet offers us a white repertoire vs. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 that’s up to date and eminently practical.
The cornerstone of Mr. Greet’s recommended handling of the Ruy Lopez is the Worrall Attack: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2. This system avoids theoretical landmines like the Marshall Attack and the Open Defense. If allowed, White will effectively follow up (after 5..b5 6.Bb3 Be7) with 7.0-0, 8.c3, 9.Rd1 with d4 to follow.
One might wonder if this line can be effective, since it seems that everyone would play the Worrall Attack if they could cut down Black’s options AND still be guaranteed an edge. However, it is indeed a serious weapon (it has bite and is easy to learn) and grandmaster Tiviakov has won one game after another with it in recent years.
Play The Ruy Lopez isn’t only about the Worrall, of course. It gives complete answers to every other black system. For example, nowadays the Berlin Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8), which was Kramnik’s main weapon in his successful match versus Kasparov, has become quite a pain in White’s ass. Greet’s book doesn’t want you to touch this thing, and instead simply recommends 4.Qe2 (avoiding ..Nxe4) when we end up back in Worrall-like positions.
Other lines (great and small) that are thoroughly explored from White’s perspective are: insane lines (3..g5, 3..d5, 3..f6, 3..a5, 3..Bd6, 3..Be7, 3..Qe7, 3..Qf6, 3..Bb4), oddities on the fourth move after 3..a6 4.Ba4 (4..Qf6, 4..Nd4, 4..Bd6, 4..Be7, and 4..Bb4), 4..g6, 4..Nge7 (the Cozio), 4..Bc5, 4..f5 (the Schilemann), 4..b5 5.Bb3 Na5 (the Norwegian Variation), and 4..d6 (the Steinitz Deferred).
If you are rated 1400 to 2200 and if you are a fan of the Ruy Lopez (from White’s perspective), Play The Ruy Lopez will prove very useful and is clearly an excellent value (376 pages for only $22.95).'