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Ruy Lopez: Central Countergambit
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4Nf65.O-Od5
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Ruy Lopez: Central Countergambit8.2k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
61%5.0k69%
28%2.3k75%
5.7%46564%
2.3%18956%
1.4%11753%
0.9%7663%
0.2%1346%
0.2%1362%
0.1%850%
0.1%779%
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- Ruy Lopez
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C78
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d5
GambitClassical
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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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