Ruy Lopez: Closed, Zaitsev System
C921. 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 Re8
How it went
24
ours
· 524
masters
White wins 33%
Draws 54%
Black wins 13%
Continuations
This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.
Master games
- Caruana, Fabiano — Saric, Ivan 1-0 · 2015
- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 · 2016
- Caruana, Fabiano — Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 · 2016
- Shirov, Alexei — Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 · 2007
- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Ding, Liren 1-0 · 2019
Games in Spain
- Shirov,A (2673) — Erdos,V (2615) 1-0
- Shirov,A (2636) — Deac,Bogdan-Daniel (2655) 1/2-1/2
- Najer,E (2648) — Chigaev,M (2588) 1-0
- Ter Sahakyan,S (2640) — Chigaev,M (2588) 1/2-1/2
- Murzin,Volodar (2632) — Chigaev,M (2621) 1-0
- Erigaisi,Arjun (2567) — Chigaev,M (2630) 1-0
- Erigaisi Arjun (2567) — Chigaev Maksim (2630) 1-0
- Predojevic,B (2559) — Chigaev,M (2624) 1/2-1/2
This line is also written
- 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 Re8
- 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 Re8
- e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Ba4 Nf6 O-O Be7 Re1 b5 Bb3 d6 c3 O-O h3 Re8
- e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, a6, Ba4, Nf6, O-O, Be7, Re1, b5, Bb3, d6, c3, O-O, h3, Re8