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Ruy Lopez: Rabinovich Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4Nf65.O-Ob56.Bb3d67.Ng5d58.exd5Nd49.Re1Bc510.Rxe5+Kf8
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Ruy Lopez: Rabinovich Variation14 games · White to move
Only 14 games reach this position at this level — read it loosely.
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
29%40%
21%30%
14%20%
14%20%
7.1%1100%
7.1%10%
7.1%10%
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Deshmukh, Anup (2335) – Peng, Xiaomin (2624)- Family
- 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 b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. Ng5 d5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. Re1 Bc5 10. Rxe5+ Kf8
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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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