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Ruy Lopez: Nürnberg Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5f6
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Ruy Lopez: Nürnberg Variation352k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
31%109k62%
28%98k53%
14%49k64%
11%38k61%
7.8%28k58%
4.5%16k56%
1.9%6.5k66%
0.7%2.4k56%
0.6%2.0k57%
0.3%98560%
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Galego, Luis (2475) – Cordovil, Joao Maria (2265)- Family
- Ruy Lopez
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C60
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f6
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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