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Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Nyholm Attack
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5Nf64.d4exd45.O-O
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Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Nyholm Attack23k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
34%7.9k40%
20%4.6k45%
18%4.2k37%
16%3.7k45%
9.1%2.1k42%
1.1%26043%
0.7%17140%
0.6%14219%
0.4%10041%
0.2%4929%
Famous games in this line151 master games
Carlsen, Magnus (2835) – Aronian, Levon (2825)Carlsen, Magnus (2837) – Karjakin, Sergey (2779)Gashimov, Vugar (2758) – Karjakin, Sergey (2723)Gashimov, Vugar (2703) – Eljanov, Pavel (2720)Fressinet, Laurent (2606) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2809)Gharamian, T. (2657) – Fressinet, L. (2708)Fressinet, Laurent (2654) – Bacrot, Etienne (2695)Mamedov, Rau (2652) – Matlakov, M. (2685)Heroes of this opening Gashimov, Vugar · Aronian, Levon · Carlsen, Magnus · Kramnik, Vladimir
- Family
- Ruy Lopez
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C65
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O
SolidAggressiveClassical
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Ruy López de Segura was a Spanish priest whose 1561 book set out 3.Bb5 as a system; the move itself is already in the Göttingen manuscript, written around 1500. The 'Spanish torture' has been a world-championship battleground ever since: slow pressure, forever.
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