Ruy Lopez: A Closed Case

Submitted by GreenLaser on Sat, 07/05/2008 at 1:07pm.

Svetozar Gligoric was born in 1923 and became the greatest of all chess players born in Yugoslavia. He reached the position of being the highest rated player in Europe outside of the Soviet Union. In this game he plays a closed version of the Ruy Lopez which concludes with an attack on Black's kingside.

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by gdadson - 4 months ago
Aliso Viejo United States

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Thanks for posting the game... the King side attack was beautiful!

by knightking - 4 months ago
United States

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The kingside defence was completely demolished. Nice attack!!!

by maximus_dragon - 4 months ago
Iowa United States

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wow proves old games have more flaws in them

by NM GreenLaser - 4 months ago
Chester, NY United States

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mathijs suggests "21...Rxd5 22.Qh5 h6 23.Nxh6" regarding the note instead of the game's 21...g6. This is absolutely correct. 23.Nh7! was Gligoric's move which I checked as working and added subvariations. Gligo's idea of Nh7 is interesting, but Nxh6 deserves the ! more, as well as thanks with another !. One subvariation that I left out is 23.Nh7 Kxh7. Of course 24.Ne7+ wins, but 24.Nxg7+ Kg8 25.Qxh6 is much better. I clicked submit too early. I wanted to add WARNING: HUMAN ANALYSIS.

by mathijs - 4 months ago
Utrecht Netherlands

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A very nice game, beautiful moves in both the game and the analysis. I have one question about your (or Gligoric') analysis. In discussing the alternatives to 21...g6 you give a rather trivial win after 21...Nxb2 and a very complicated idea after 21...Rxd5. Why doesn't the simple idea work in that line too? I.e. 21...Rxd5 22.Qh5 h6 23.Nxh6. It seems like a mate in three after that.

by LDSSDL - 4 months ago
Tinton Falls United States

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Wow, those sacrifices were amazing

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