One of the advantage of Round Robin play is you cn prep for a specific opponent, or prepare a set of openings. Capablanca famously used to choose a set of openings to use in an event, usually sticking with those openings until the end.
In yet another game from the Looking For Gamers round robin, Harry Press chooses to push the d pawn in the Ruy Lopez, without playing c3 first. While this does not give White any particular advantage, it has the benefit of throwing off an equally well prepared opponent.
LFG, 18.08.2023
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4 exd4 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qe4 Rb8 13. c3 Bb7 14. Qg4 Nc7 15. Bh6 g6 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Nd2 c4 18. Bc2 Ne6 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Be4 Nc5 21. Bxb7 Nd3 22. Re3 Rxb7 23. Ne4 Nxe5 24. Qh4 Nd3 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Qxh7+ Kxf6 27. Qh8+ Bg7 28. Rf3+ Ke7 29. Qxg7 Kd8 30. Rxf7 Kc8 31. Rf8+ Kc7 32. b4 Qe6 33. Qf6 Qe2 34. Qd8+ Kc6 35. Rf6+ Kd5 36. Qg8+ 1-0
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