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Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Kostić Defense
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5f54.Nc3fxe45.Nxe4Be7
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Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Kostić Defense147 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
40%5847%
21%3168%
21%3148%
13%1926%
2%333%
1.4%250%
0.7%10%
0.7%10%
0.7%10%
Famous games in this line8 master games
Pribyl, Josef (2420) – Dueckstein, Andreas (2420)Suetin, Alexey S (2405) – Dueckstein, Andreas (2375)Dvoirys, Semen I (2440) – Yandemirov, Valeri (2315)Singer, Christoph (2225) – Dueckstein, Andreas (2350)Kuporosov, Viktor (2355) – Yandemirov, Valeri (2200)Pichot, Alan (2300) – Villalba, Marcelo (2227)Rehak, Martin (2230) – Lamser, Jan (2275)Szalanczy, Emil (2237) – Lyell, Mark (2225)Heroes of this opening Dvoirys, Semen I · Dueckstein, Andreas · Kuporosov, Viktor · Villalba, Marcelo
- Family
- Ruy Lopez
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C63
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7
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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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