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Ruy Lopez: Closed
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4Nf65.O-OBe7
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Ruy Lopez: Closed1.7M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
72%1.3M50%
11%185k51%
0.4%6.7k50%
0.1%2.2k47%
0%66249%
Famous games in this line60k master games
Carlsen, M. (2882) – Ding Liren (2805)Anand, V. (2804) – Carlsen, M. (2876)Carlsen, Magnus (2862) – Aronian, Levon (2813)Carlsen, M. (2870) – Ding Liren (2801)Carlsen, M. (2870) – Ding Liren (2801)Carlsen, M. (2876) – Aronian, L. (2780)Kasparov, Garry (2847) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2807)Anand, V. (2791) – Carlsen, M. (2863)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Ding Liren · Anand, V.
- Family
- Ruy Lopez
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C84
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
Classical
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From the archives
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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