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Ruy Lopez: Noah's Ark Trap

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4b55.Bb3d66.d4Nxd47.Nxd4exd48.Qxd4c5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Ruy Lopez: Noah's Ark Trap47k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
85%40k26%
11%5.1k25%
1.3%62824%
1.3%60332%
0.9%41932%
0.3%13649%
0.1%508%
0.1%2929%
0%170%
0%70%
Famous games in this line9 master games
Tregubov, P. (2588) – Sek, K. (2446)20190–1Ruiz C, J. (2501) – Arizmendi Martinez, J. (2512)20190–1Garma, C. (2322) – Demchenko, A. (2611)20140–1Golubkov, Anton (2288) – Kravtsov, Sergey (2396)20080–1Kulkarni, Rakesh (2234) – Ziatdinov, Raset (2370)20120–1Fusthy, Zsolt (2300) – Vrona, Mihail (2265)1995½–½Rothe, Guido (2210) – Berry, Stephen (2345)20020–1Bruned Segura, Mario (2255) – Duran Albareda, Xavier (2290)19990–1
Heroes of this opening Sek, K. · Arizmendi Martinez, J. · Demchenko, A. · Kravtsov, Sergey
Family
Ruy Lopez
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C71
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 d6 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4 c5
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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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