This defence has been known since the 1880s and was reintroduced in 1901 by Carl Schlechter. Nbd2Nd7 11. c3Nc5 12. axb5axb5 13. [13] It is considered inferior to the regular Schliemann, since White can answer effectively with 5.d4! (Sawyer's Gambit or Spanish Countergambit), This article includes text from David Wheeler's, This page was last edited on 8 January 2021, at 06:05. The Breyer Variation was recommended by Gyula Breyer as early as 1911,[42] but there are no known game records in which Breyer employed this line. This short article about a person or group of people can be made longer. She was ph... enomenal as Beth Harmon in the @netflix series The Queen’s Gambit. Next White plays 5.Nc3 protecting e4 and renewing the threat of winning a pawn to which Black responds with 5...Nf6. Their meetings – which also included Ceron – are sometimes considered the first international chess tournament. 15.Bg5#!) iliachess20 Starter Posts: 30 Joined: Sat May 16, 2020 1:17 pm Has thanked: 28 times Been thanked: 50 times. Their Zodiac sign is ♑Capricorn.They are considered the most important person in history born with the first name of Ruy. Black, by way of compensation, possesses the bishop pair and has no positional weaknesses, so it is difficult for White to exploit the structural superiority without opening the game for Black's bishops; all four of the games in the Kasparov–Kramnik match in which this line was employed ended in draws. The sharp Siesta Variation arises after 5.c3 f5, while a manoeuvring game results from the calmer 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4. Black generally plays 14...g6 to stop White's knight from going to f5. Black normally does not fianchetto the Queen's bishop, which would transpose to regular Arkhangelsk setups, but plays ...Bg4 to increase the pressure against White's pawn centre. [3] In 1559, while living in Zafra, López was called to Rome by Pope Pius IV on ecclesiastical business. The Zaitsev Variation (also called the Flohr–Zaitsev Variation) was advocated by Igor Zaitsev, who was one of Karpov's trainers for many years. The Smyslov Variation (ECO C93) is a plan similar to that of the Zaitsev Variation. Ruy López de Villalobos Monday, January 1, 1500 Ruy López de Villalobos is the most famous person named Ruy. Max Euwe gives the pure pawn ending in this position (with all pieces except kings removed) as a win for White. This line is considered to be a good practical weapon, but is positionally risky and bound to fail against a strong and prepared opponent. A rare but playable move is 5...Be6 (or 5...Be7), the idea being that if White plays 6.Nxe5, Black plays 6... Qd4, forking the knight and the e4-pawn. The Kholmov Variation, 9...Be6, was popular in the 1980s but is now rarely played. Opening Repertoire: The Ruy Lopez pls upload. Ever since Vladimir Kramnik successfully used the line as a drawing weapon against Garry Kasparov in their 2000 World Chess Championship match, the Berlin has experienced a remarkable renaissance: even players with a dynamic style such as Alexei Shirov, Veselin Topalov, Hikaru Nakamura, and Kasparov himself have tried it, and Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand both used it (Carlsen extensively so) during the 2013 World Chess Championship and 2014 World Chess Championship. López' final chapters are devoted to odds chess, again taking the time to criticize Damiano's approaches to these games. White's results were abysmal: +0−7=13. The filing status is listed as Inactive. After 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0, we have: The Pilnik Variation, named for Herman Pilnik, is also known as the Teichmann Variation from the game Teichmann–Schlechter, Karlsbad 1911. Posted @withregram • . Today's consensus is that Black will hold with accurate play in the Berlin Endgame, so players have moved on to the lines with 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.Re1, the modern main line, considered to be White's best try for an opening advantage, and advocated by Fabiano Caruana in his Chessbase Series on the Ruy Lopez opening. The more common continuation, 10.d4, is ECO C95. With the move order 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6, Black waits until White castles before playing ...d6. 9.Nxc6 Bxh2+! The Cozio Defence (part of ECO C60), 3...Nge7, is distinctly old-fashioned and the least popular of the defences at Black's third move. There are six ECO classifications for the Modern Steinitz. . Kasparov played the Smyslov Variation in a loss to the Deep Blue chess computer in Game 2 of their 1997 Man vs. Machine match. Kxf7 7.Nxe5+, which drives the black king out, has been played. This defence was published in 1843 in Paul Rudolf von Bilguer's Handbuch des Schachspiels and explored by Henry Bird in the late 19th century. White's main continuation is 7.a4 after which Black responds with the typical move 7...Rb8 reaching the starting point of this highly complex variation. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Bd7 8.Bf4 Nf6 9.Qd3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3[15]. The main replies for Black are 4...dxc6 and 4...bxc6, the latter of which is playable in the Berlin Defense, unlike the Exchange Variation in the Morphy Defense. With accurate play, however, Black can avoid any disadvantage while holding onto the extra piece. Most plausible White moves are playable here, including 5.c3, 5.c4, 5.Bxc6, 5.d4, and 5.0-0. The pin temporarily prevents White from playing d2–d4. Steinitz's opinion did not prevail, however; today, 3...a6 is played in over 65 percent of all games beginning with the Ruy Lopez.[6]. [19] White is objectively better here, but Black keeps some good practical chances owing to the sharp positions that occur. There is air conditioning, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. It has a restaurant, free WiFi and a terrace. After 4...dxc6, the obvious 5.Nxe5? [31] 6.d3 has gained wide popularity among the top players and has almost supplanted the Ruy Lopez main line with 6.Re1. It was originally a patronymic, meaning "Son of Lope", Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning "wolf".The surname is first attested in Old Castile in the heart of Spain, where the name originated in Visigothic times; however, the name is not of Germanic origin. @anyataylorjoy is the Chess Club Live Person of the Year. This famous opening enjoys a long and distinguished history and is still widely regarded as White's strongest choice after 1 e4 e5. Ruy López' contribution to chess was mainly to its opening theory; his analysis of the King's Gambit in particular went well beyond earlier writing such as Damiano's. In the Modern Steinitz Defence (also called Neo-Steinitz Defence) (ECO C71–C76), Black interpolates 3...a6 4.Ba4 before playing 4...d6, which was frequently played by Alekhine, José Raúl Capablanca and Paul Keres. Zafra’s shops, bars and restaurants can be found in the surrounding streets. He was likely born before 1534,[4] and lived until at least the 1574 contest. The Zaitsev can be considered to be an improved Smyslov in which Black tries to save a tempo by omitting ...h6. YOU BAD PERSON. [20] An analysis of the line had just been published in a Russian chess magazine, and Smyslov was able to follow it to quickly obtain a winning position. By far the most commonly played third move for Black is the Morphy Defence, 3...a6, which "puts the question" to the white bishop. Ba4Nf6 5. In C97, White proceeds from the diagram with 12.a4, 12.d5, 12.b4, or the main line 12.Nbd2 when Black responds with ...Be6, ...Rd8, ...Re8, ...Bb7 or ...Bd7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. and other less-common third moves for Black. The last significant use of the Russian Defence was in the 1950s when it was played by some Russian masters. If you play d3 instead then you lose a tempo if you still want to go for that plan. gives Black a good game. Bb3O-O 8. a4Bb7 9. d3d6 10. (10.Kxh2 Qh4+ 11.Kg1 Qxf2+ draws by perpetual check.) Traditionally, White's objective in playing the Ruy Lopez is to spoil Black's pawn structure; either way Black recaptures following the exchange on c6 will have negative features, though recapturing gains the bishop pair. 1530-1580 is commonly given without evidence. Steinitz did not approve of the move; in 1889, he wrote, "on principle this ought to be disadvantageous as it drives the bishop where it wants to go". A notable game is Adhiban–Nakamura from the 2013 FIDE World Cup.[9]. Ruy Lopez Trap:4. [1] López was also the strongest player in Spain for about 20 years.[2]. In response, White can either force d4 with 8.h3 Bh5 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.d4, or postpone d4 for the time being and play 8.d3 followed by manoeuvering the queen knight to the kingside with Nbd2–f1–g3. Created with Sketch. Other Black moves in this position are 11...Bb7 and 11...Nd7; the latter was adopted by Keres a few times in the 1960s. Confusingly 9...Nd7 is also called the Chigorin Variation so there are two variations of the Ruy Lopez with that name, but 9...Na5 is the move more commonly associated with Chigorin. In the main line, White normally retreats the bishop with 4.Ba4, when the usual continuation is 4...Nf6 5.0-0 Be7. White may also delay the exchange for a move or two: 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 or 5.0-0 Be7 6.Bxc6 (the Delayed Exchange Deferred), for example; at first glance this seems a waste of time, but Black having played ...Nf6 rules out defending the pawn with ...f6, and the bishop already being on e7 means that ...Bd6 would be a loss of tempo. O-O Be7 6. Game Type: Ruy Lopez, Closed Variation. One such game was recorded by Polerio, and was played during the contests between Italians and Spaniards before King Phillip II: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.b4 Bb6 6.a4 a6 7.Ba3 d6 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.d3 Nf6 10.Nbd2[14]. exd4 6.e5. White usually plays 9.h3 instead of 9.d4 (the Yates Variation) because after 9.d4 Bg4 (the Bogoljubow Variation), the pin of the white king knight is troublesome. He made great contributions to chess opening theory, including in the King's Gambit and the Ruy López (or Spanish) opening that bears his name. In C96, Black or White deviate after 10.Bc2, and do not reach the classical main line position 10...c5 11.d4 Qc7. "- Peter J. Monté, "At that time, the best players of modern-rules chess lived in Italy and Iberia. One of Black's more aggressive alternatives is the Marshall Attack: after 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 Black plays the gambit 8...d5, sacrificing a pawn. To the casual observer it might seem that Black has been careless and lost a pawn; however, the sacrifice has also stripped White's kingside of its defenders, given Black a lead in development, and rendered White's 8.c3 irrelevant. The name derives from White's play if Black captures the knight: 4...Nxe5 5.d4. After 6...d6 the e5-pawn is firmly defended and Black threatens to trade off White's Ruy Lopez bishop with 7...b5 and 8...Na5. White's most common reply is 4.c3, when Black may choose to play 4...f5, the Cordel Gambit, leading to sharp play, after which 5.d4 is considered the strongest reply. An uncommon reply to 4.d3 is 4...Ne7, which tries to set up the Mortimer Trap. It is more probable, however, that López visited Rome only once (in 1559) and that Salvio's chronology is incorrect. C74 covers 5...Nf6, but primarily focuses on 5...f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 with 7.d4 or 7.0-0. He admits that they might nevertheless be more instructive, since López gives a larger number of variations. Ruy Lopez, who was his favourite priest, went to Italy, the chess-playing capital of the modern world, to look for such a book, and while he was there defeated the two leading players of the time. Black may sacrifice a pawn with 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf4. The Møller Defence, 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 was already an old line in 1903 when Dane Jørgen Møller (1873–1944) analysed it in Tidsskrift för Schack. [10], In this work López presents sixty-six games, of which twenty-four were taken from Damiano's 1512 book. Each opening has a very different play style. Among the analysis Ruy López gives in his treatise is an example of the opening that bears his name. Yet to try and refute Black’s play, White may need to part with it in the first few moves. White will try to attack on the kingside via 17.Bg5, moving forces to the kingside. How Should White Meet the Gambit? White aims to play d4 followed by Nbd2–f1–g3, which would firmly support e4 with the bishops on open diagonals and both knights threatening Black's kingside. Karpov's move, 9.Nbd2, limits Black's options. After 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 the classical Black follow up is 11...Qc7, reinforcing e5 and placing the queen on the c-file which may later become open after ...cxd4. Black generally goes all-in with a massive kingside attack, which has been analysed to great depth (sometimes beyond move 30) with no definite conclusion as to the Marshall's soundness. ?, is a sharp line in which Black plays for a kingside attack, frequently sacrificing one or two pawns. Since White's third move carries no immediate threat, however, Black can respond in a wide variety of ways. dxe4 12.Qd8+! The Chigorin is divided into four ECO classifications. One of those players was Il Puttino, an epithet for a young Leonardo di Bona. Although d2–d3–d4 appears to lose a tempo compared to d2–d4, White may be able to omit h3 regaining the tempo, especially if Black plays ...Bb7. The delayed exchange 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 is C73. López and Ceron played before King Phillip II of Spain, impressing him enough for López to earn a benefice and a golden chain displaying a rook. He first presents several mythological origins of the game, and discusses its benefits, rules, and strategies while interspersing a number of quotes (in Latin) from classical authors. chamo2074 18 days ago #10 MISTER_McCHESS a écrit : chamo2074 wrote: bruhhh, e6 is illegal e5 was already played. Not many games can be confidently attributed to López, and those that can are incomplete. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it . The game usually continues 9...Be7 10.Rd1 followed by 10...Nc5 or 10...0-0. Another alternative is playing 4.Bxc6 immediately. In this book, Grandmaster Neil McDonald studies one of the most important openings of all, the Ruy Lopez. This line often leads to sharp positions in which Black wagers that the fianchettoed bishop's influence on the centre and kingside will offset Black's delay in castling. The older lines starting with 5.c4 and 5.d4 are not regarded as testing for Black, though the latter offers a tricky gambit. The variation 5.d4 (ECO C77), named after George Henry Mackenzie who employed it on a regular basis, is an old line which, according to modern theory, does not promise White any advantage, though is adopted as an alternative to the main variation 5.0-0. Tenant Screening. Arthur Bisguier played the Berlin for decades, but always chose the variation 4.0-0 Nxe4. GM Joel Benjamin suggests that 11...Bb7 is inferior due to 12.Qf3). The Ruy Lopez (/rɔɪ, ˈruːi/; Spanish: [ˈruj ˈlopeθ]),[1] also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterised by the moves: The Ruy Lopez is named after 16th-century Spanish priest Ruy López de Segura. Usually White defends the e-pawn with 6.Re1 which, in turn, threatens Black with the loss of a pawn after 7.Bxc6 and 8.Nxe5. White then usually tries to attack the Black queenside via 15.a4. people phone reverse address business Log In Sign Up. The Ruy Lopez is a popular chess opening that leads to interesting and complex games. The Arkhangelsk Defence (or Archangel Defence) (ECO C78) was popularized by Soviet players from the city of Arkhangelsk such as GM Vladimir Malaniuk. 10.Kh1! Ruy Lopez or Queen’s Gambit. He made great contributions to chess opening theory, including in the King's Gambit and the Ruy López (or Spanish) opening that bears his name. The usual continuation is 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 Nxb3, but the speculative sacrifice 6.Bxf7+?! An important alternative is 4.d3, dubbed the Anti-Berlin, which avoids the notorious Berlin endgame. He was considered the strongest player in the world in the 1560’s, achieving this status with stunning victories in Rome over Italy's finest players; Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona da Cutri, a Calabrian lawyer, and Paolo Boi. The Classical Defence or Cordel Defence (ECO C64), 3...Bc5, is possibly the oldest defence to the Ruy Lopez, and has been played occasionally by former world champion Boris Spassky and Boris Gulko. The logical retreat is 18.Be3, which is met by 18...Nc5. ♟ Chess Club Live. Another line is the more traditional 7.c3 d6 8.d4 and after 8...Bb6 Black's position is fine. [2][1], López only rarely presented variations that ended in checkmate. López was again able to best Ceron.[3]. The e-pawn is a proud soldier in White’s Ruy Lopez army and it is one the first player is loathe to part with. White plays 19.Qd2, forcing 19...h5. White's most direct approach is 4.d4 immediately challenging Black's pawn on e5, while 4.c3 and 4.0-0 remain viable alternatives. Ruy López de Segura invented the Ruy Lopez chess opening. [3] In modern practice, however, White does not always exchange bishop for knight on c6, preferring the retreat 4.Ba4 if chased by 3...a6. It is solid but slightly passive. The game is also sharp after 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 (ECO C73) or 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 h5 (ECO C72). He bought a book called Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti which was published in 1512, but he didn't think it was any good, so on his way home to Spain he wrote his own book. The main line begins with 9.exd5 Nxd5 (9...e4? In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Lasker had great success with 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4, most notable his famous win against Jose Raul Capablanca in the St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament. In Italy López encountered Pedro Damiano's treatise on chess, Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti, and did not find much value in it. (Rotary Defence or Albany Defence), 3...d5? The Modern Steinitz Defense (3...a6 4.Ba4 d6) offers Black a freer position and is more popular. Although it is still sometimes seen as a surprise weapon, no strong master since Bird has adopted it regularly. Posted @withregram • . Although it bears his name, this particular opening was included in the Göttingen manuscript, which dates from c. 1490. After 6... exd4 (6... Nxe4 and 6... b5 are viable alternatives) 7.Re1 b5 (7... 0-0 8. e5 Ne8 is a playable alternative) White can play either 8.Bb3 or the sharp 8.e5. Nowadays however, this variation is considered too passive,and players prefer to play the Berlin or the Petroff as they seem to equalise more easily. After 4...Nf6 5.0-0 Be7, the most frequently seen continuation is 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0, discussed in the next section. and now the endgame is considered to favour White after 15.Be3 or Nd2 (but not 15.Nc3 c5!, playing to trap the bishop). Fabiano Caruana: Navigating the Ruy Lopez - A World-Class Player Explains The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. Code C65 covers alternatives to 4.0-0, including 4.d3 as well as 4.0-0 Bc5. Qf3 Nxf2 16. The classical line starts with 9.c3 when Black may choose 9...Be7 (the main line) or the aggressive 9...Bc5. The Ruy Lopez, also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Today the theory in the Zaitsev variations extends beyond the middlegame, and it is rarely seen at the top levels because of the need to remember a lot of theory. Nf3 Nc6 3. He was a priest from Zafra in Estremadura and chess made him famous in the court of Phillip the Second. It is one of the most popular openings, with such a vast number of variations that in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO), all codes from C60 to C99 are assigned to them. I searched didn't find it. ♟ Chess Club Live. Artur Yusupov is one of the few grandmasters who has adopted the Dilworth repeatedly.[21][22][23]. thanks in advanced. Please flip the board to black side for the better view. The address on file for this person is 7670 Hooper Road Unit 12, Wpb, FL 33411 in Palm Beach County. This may transpose into the Anti-Berlin above if White continues with 5.d3, or in the case of 4...bxc6, to the main line with 5.0-0 Nxe4 or 5.d4 Nxe4, but White has other continuations to 4...bxc6, such as 5.Nc3, and Black has other replies to both 5.0-0 and 5.d4. Deep Blue, Man vs. Machine, New York (1997)", "Chessgames.com: Chess Games Database & Community", "Garry Kasparov vs. Vladimir Kramnik, World Chess Championship 2000, game 1", "Garry Kasparov vs. Vladimir Kramnik, World Chess Championship 2000, game 3", "Garry Kasparov vs. Vladimir Kramnik, World Chess Championship 2000, game 9", "Garry Kasparov vs. Vladimir Kramnik, World Chess Championship 2000, game 13", Opening Report. [5] The move became popular after it was played by Paul Morphy, however, and it is named for him. Black is threatening to win the e4-pawn via ...exd4 uncovering an attack on the pawn, so White plays 14.Ng3. Top. White has a variety of options at move nine, including 9.c3, 9.Be3, 9.Qe2 and 9.Nbd2. Latvian Gambit. Black will kick the bishop with 17...h6. Play normally continues 6...b5 7.Bb3 followed by 7...0-0 8.c3 and 8...d5 or 8...d6. but if i do play against the ruy lopez i play berlin. Paul Keres played this line against Max Euwe and Samuel Reshevsky at the World Chess Championship tournament 1948. !, the Herman Steiner variation, is considered weaker) 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 (Marshall's original moves, 11...Nf6, and 11...Bb7 are considered inferior, but have also yielded good results at top levels of play for Black. C76 is characterised by the Black kingside fianchetto 5...Bd7 6.d4 g6. An alternative to 6...d6 is 6...b5 7.Bb3 Bb7. The possibility of breaking the pin with a timely ...b5 gives Black more latitude than in the Old Steinitz Defence; in particular, in the Old Steinitz, White can practically force Black to give up the stronghold at e5, but in the Modern Steinitz, Black is able to maintain control of the centre. Few games have been played with this line, but there is no clear refutation for Black. These nuances seem to have little importance today, as neither the Steinitz Defence Deferred nor the Russian Defence have been popular for many years. [38], Currently, Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian is one of the main advocates for the Marshall Attack.[39]. ?, a move suggested by his trainer, Igor Zaitsev. López was also esteemed for his ability at blindfold chess. Jon Jacobs wrote in the July 2005 Chess Life (p. 21): "A database search (limited to games longer than 20 moves, both players FIDE 2300+) reveals the position after 7.Nxd4 was reached 20 times from 1985–2002. [34] It is often said that Marshall had kept this gambit a secret for use against Capablanca since his defeat in their 1909 match. The main line continues with 5...exd4 (5... Nxe4 6.0-0 transposes to the Open Defence) 6.0-0 (6.e5 Ne4 is harmless) Be7 (6...Nxe4 transposes to the Riga Variation of the Open Defence) which leads to the Centre Attack (ECO C84) of the Closed Defence. [49] The Berlin Defence was played in the late 19th century and early 20th century by Emanuel Lasker and others, who typically answered 4.0-0 with 4...d6 in the style of the Steinitz Defence. Andrew Soltis, This page was last edited on 7 January 2021, at 18:51. Ruy Lopez de Segura, born circa 1530, was the leading Spanish player of his day. According to J.H. After 4.0-0, Black can play either the solid 4...Nxe4 (the Berlin Main Variation) or the more combative 4...Bc5 (the Berlin Classical Variation). It is convenient to divide the possibilities into two groups based on whether or not Black responds with (3...a6), which is named the Morphy Defence after Paul Morphy, although he was not the originator of the line. Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Variation In this chess lesson we analyze the Ukrainian Immortal Game featuring the Steinitz variation of the Ruy Lopez. O-OBe7 6. Rodrigo (Ruy) López de Segura (c. 1530 – c. 1580) was a Spanish chess player, author, and Roman Catholic priest whose 1561 treatise Libro de la invención liberal y Arte del juego del Axedrez was one of the first books about modern chess in Europe. [24][25]This has been played at the top by World No.2 Fabiano Caruana among others, and he recommends this in his video series for Chessbase. Perhaps the most famous game in this variation is Smyslov–Reshevsky, 1945 USSR–USA Radio Match. The C98 classification covers 12.Nbd2 Nc6, while C99 covers 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4. After 3...a6, the most commonly played line is the Closed Defence, which goes 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7, discussed in the two following sections. Bird played it as Black at least 25 times, scoring +9 =3 −13 (nine wins, three draws, thirteen losses). The variation begins 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7. However, Black can also play 8...d5 for the Marshall Attack. Easy Guide to Ruy Lopez.pdf Identifier easyguidetoruylopez Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3fz55h8v Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Ppi 300 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 Series Cadogan/Everyman Chess "Easy Guide" Year 1999 The knight on f6 prevents Black from supporting the e-pawn with ...f7–f6, and the bishop is somewhat passively posted on e7. Although the favourite of the first world champion Wilhelm Steinitz, and often played by world champions and expert defensive players Emanuel Lasker, José Capablanca, and occasionally by Vasily Smyslov, it largely fell into disuse after World War I, as its inherent passivity spurred a search for more active means of defending the Spanish. The Chigorin Variation has declined in popularity because Black must spend some time bringing his offside knight on a5 back into the game. Alternatives to the Closed Defence described in this section are: In the Exchange Variation, 4.Bxc6, (ECO C68–C69) White damages Black's pawn structure, giving him a ready-made long-term plan of playing d4 ...exd4 Qxd4, followed by exchanging all the pieces and winning the pure pawn ending. The years of López' birth and death can be estimated only very approximately; a lifespan of ca. Re1 b5 7. It has a restaurant, free WiFi and a terrace. Black can exploit the weak squares on the queenside via 16...c4. [26] If Black takes the knight with 11...Qxg5 White regains the material with 12.Qf3. Re: Opening Repertoire: The Ruy Lopez . Here White can play 8.c3, but has other moves. [4][5], Around the year 1574,[6] López was still at the royal court in Spain when di Bona, then Paolo Boi, arrived on their tours of Europe. For black, a player should first learn the Sicilian Defense, French Defense, Scandinavian, and the Slav. @anyataylorjoy is the Chess Club Live Person of the Year. Following 4.d4, Black proceeds with 4...Bd7 which breaks the pin but also defends against White's threat of winning a pawn with 5.Bxc6 and 6.dxe5. Instead he concluded lines with comments such as how black must lose his queen[12], or that white has a very good game.[13]. 4.Nc3 and 4.d3 are the two most common moves and Black needs to do plenty of homework. In the Howell Attack (ECO C81), 9.Qe2, White aims for play against d5 after Rd1. The Ruy Lopez remains one of the most popular chess openings, both at club level and among top players. Examined in this section are the alternatives to the main line: The Delayed Exchange Variation Deferred (or Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred) (ECO C85), 6.Bxc6, loses a tempo compared to the Exchange Variation, though in compensation, the black knight on f6 and bishop on e7 are awkwardly placed. yes but you said you play the morphy. For example, consider the following: For example, consider the following: [Fen ""] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Bc5 Nf3Nc6 3. Reshevsky had not seen the analysis and he struggled in vain to solve the position over the board with his chess clock running. The opening remains the most commonly used amongst the open games in master play; it has been adopted by almost all players during their careers, many of whom have played it with both colours. [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C89"] 1. e4 e5 2. With 9...Bb7 Black prepares to put more pressure on e4 after 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8, when play can become very sharp and tactical. Each room at Casa Ruy Lopez has attractive traditional décor. Bb5a6 4. During his stay in Rome, López played chess with the locals. White normally continues with 7.c3 and after 8...0-0 White can choose between 9.Nbd2 or 9 Re1. White has several options, including attempting to build an ideal pawn centre with c3 and d4, defending the e-pawn with Re1 or simply developing. I HATE YOU. The variation was the choice of many top level players as White has had trouble proving an advantage against it. The Riga Variation, 6...exd4, is considered inferior; the main line runs 7.Re1 d5 8.Nxd4 Bd6! A very beautiful game played between Efim Korchmar and Evsey Poliak in the Ukrainian Chess Championship of 1937. Re1b5 7. After 4...Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 (5...Be7 is the Rio de Janeiro Variation) 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 (l'Hermet Variation), White is considered to have a small advantage from a somewhat better pawn structure and Black's awkwardly placed king. White's apparent threat to win Black's e-pawn with 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nxe5 is illusory—Black can respond with 5...Qd4, forking the knight and e4-pawn, which will win back the material with a good position. 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