Ruy Lopez: Closed, Smyslov Defense

C93

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 h6

How it went

21 ours · 282 masters

White wins 43% Draws 29% Black wins 28%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Anand V — Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 · 2021
Karjakin, Sergey — Svidler, Peter 0-1 · 2008
Svidler, Peter — Azarov, Sergei 1-0 · 2011
Kavalek, Lubomir — Karpov, Anatoly 1/2-1/2 · 1980
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Azarov, Sergei 1/2-1/2 · 2010

Games in Spain

Shirov,A (2648) — Shtivelband,R (2065) 1-0
Estrada Nieto,J (2177) — Demchenko,A (2619) 0-1
Pichot,A (2606) — Azarov,S (2604) 0-1
Lindh,F (2278) — Arizmendi Martinez,J (2520) 1/2-1/2
Shuvalova,Polina (2510) — Garcia Martin,Marta (2308) 1-0
Korneev,O (2454) — Arizmendi Martinez,J (2507) 1/2-1/2
Kashlinskaya,A (2493) — Garcia Martin,Marta (2316) 1-0
Rey Martinez,Jaime (2380) — Rohith,Krishna S (2484) 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 h6
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 h6
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Ba4 Nf6 O-O Be7 Re1 b5 Bb3 d6 c3 O-O h3 h6
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, a6, Ba4, Nf6, O-O, Be7, Re1, b5, Bb3, d6, c3, O-O, h3, h6