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• Ruy Lopez All Variations Get Free PDF eBook
• The Answering Statistics to the Ruy Lopez Opening
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I. Ruy Lopez: Data and Description
Chess Opening Name: Ruy Lopez
Synonyms: Spanish Opening, Spanish Game
Type: Open Game [begins with 1.e4 e5]
Moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
ECO Codes: C60-C99
Today, the Ruy Lopez is one of the most popular openings in chess. The Ruy Lopez is also the most popular Open Game chess opening. It is beautiful and promising for White and Black. The Ruy Lopez has 184 variations. Some of them are very popular, many not. All the variations can be divided into 2 big groups.
The Group 1 variations are mostly new systems which start with 3... a6. Group 1 includes 131 variations. The Group 2 variations are mostly older systems which start with 3... other than a6 [Nf6, d6, Bc5, f5, Nge7, Nd4, g6, f6, Be7, Na5, g5, and Qe7]. Group 2 includes 53 variations of the Ruy Lopez.
The opening is named after Spanish priest Ruy Lopez de Segura. He made a study of the opening in 1561. The Ruy Lopez was developed by Wilhelm Steinitz, Carl Jaenisch, Mikhail Chigorin, Siegbert Tarrasch, Frank Marshall, Paul Keres, Vasily Smyslov, Isaac Boleslavsky, Alexander Alekhine, Max Euwe,
Igor Zaitsev (a trainer of Anatoly Karpov), Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov... Below you will find 7 videos on the Ruy Lopez (About, Answering Statistics, Main Variations, Exchange Variation, Morphy Defense Variation, Berlin Defense Variation, Schliemann Defense Variation) and a link to download PDF ebook "Ruy Lopez All Variations".
II. Ruy Lopez: 7 Videos to Play
This is Video 1 on the Ruy Lopez chess opening. The video name is "Ruy Lopez: Starting Out." The English term "to start out" stands for "to begin a journey." Let's begin our journey on learning the beautiful Ruy Lopez chess opening. To start Video 1 (it runs for 2:38), click the Play button below:
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Find Video 2 on another page, by clicking this link:
• Video 2: Ruy Lopez - The Answering Statistics
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• Video 3: Ruy Lopez - Main Variations
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• Video 4: Ruy Lopez - Exchange Variation
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• Video 5: Ruy Lopez - Morphy Defense Variation
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• Video 6: Ruy Lopez - Berlin Defense Variation
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• Video 7: Ruy Lopez - Schliemann Defense Variation
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• Free pdf eBook - Ruy Lopez All Variations
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