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Ruy Lopez: Bird's Defense Deferred
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4Nd4
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Ruy Lopez: Bird's Defense Deferred21k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
49%10k61%
20%4.2k59%
18%3.7k34%
9.3%2.0k61%
2.3%49762%
1.3%28753%
0.3%5852%
0.1%1966%
0.1%1563%
0.1%1354%
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- Ruy Lopez
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C70
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nd4
Classical
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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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