Ruy Lopez: Closed, Keres Defense
C961. 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 c5 11. d4 Nd7
How it went
33
ours
· 674
masters
White wins 42%
Draws 15%
Black wins 43%
Continuations
This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.
Master games
- Kasparov, Garry — Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2-1/2 · 2002
- Hou, Yifan — Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 · 2018
- Kramnik, Vladimir — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 1/2-1/2 · 2003
- Anand, Viswanathan — Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 1-0 · 2006
- Anand, Viswanathan — Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 · 2007
Games in Spain
- Shirov,A (2665) — Moreno Tejera,E (2422) 1-0
- Shirov,A (2662) — De Silva,L M S T (2085) 1/2-1/2
- Anton Guijarro,D (2653) — Krejci,Jan2 (2517) 0-1
- Narva,M (2398) — Chigaev,M (2632) 0-1
- Zhu,Jiner (2478) — Chigaev,M (2631) 1-0
- Pichot,A (2625) — Chigaev,M (2631) 0-1
- Pichot,A (2625) — Romanov,E (2566) 0-1
- Koshulyan,Egor A. (2136) — Chigaev,M (2616) 1-0
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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7
- 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 c5 11 d4 Nd7
- e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Ba4 Nf6 O-O Be7 Re1 b5 Bb3 d6 c3 O-O h3 Na5 Bc2 c5 d4 Nd7
- e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, a6, Ba4, Nf6, O-O, Be7, Re1, b5, Bb3, d6, c3, O-O, h3, Na5, Bc2, c5, d4, Nd7