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Today on chess-openings-for-beginners.blogspot.com we will discuss the main variations of the Ruy Lopez chess opening. This page about the Ruy Lopez main variations includes the text and special Video on the above topic (this is video 3 on the Ruy Lopez on this site). You can read the description below and find the video at the bottom of this page.
The Ruy Lopez opening has 184 variations, and today we will study the names and designated moves of 14 main variations of the Ruy Lopez. First you are recommended to find the figure below depicting the initial Ruy Lopez position after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5. Use the next Ruy Lopez figure to learn 14 main variations (the variation moves are written in bold)...
I. Ruy Lopez: 14 Main Variations List
The list of 14 main variations of the Ruy Lopez follows:
• The Morphy Defense variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
• The Closed variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7
• The Exchange variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6
• The Open variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4
Note. The full name of the Open is the Open (Tarrasch) Defence variation.
• The Marshall Counter-Attack variation:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
• The Closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4 variation:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4
• The Berlin Defense variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
• The Berlin Defense, 4.O-O variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O
• The Old Steinitz Defence variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6
• The Classical (Cordel) Defense variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
• The Schliemann Defense variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
• The Cozio Defense variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7
• The Bird's Defence variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
• The Fianchetto [Smyslov/Barnes] Defense variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6.
Note. The above variations are shown in the order of play popularity.
II. Ruy Lopez: 14 Main Variations Video
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On this page of chess-openings-for-beginners.blogspot.com, we have learned information about the main variations of the Ruy Lopez. The Ruy Lopez opening variation list includes 14 main variations: the Morphy Defense, Closed, Exchange, Open, Marshall Counter-Attack, Anti-Marshall 8.a4, Berlin Defense; Berlin Defense, 4.O-O; Old Steinitz Defence, Classical (Cordel) Defense, Schliemann Defense, Cozio Defense, Bird's Defence, Fianchetto [Smyslov/Barnes] Defense.
