Ruy Lopez

White plays 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5. The bishop on b5 pressures the knight that defends e5. Black chooses whether to drive the bishop with a6, to pin nothing and develop, or to counter in the center. The tree below is one of the largest in the book.

235 lines in the book · ECO C60 to C99 · 37,142 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Ruy Lopez

Play the next move in the line.

  1. e4
  2. e5
  3. Nf3
  4. Nc6
  5. Bb5

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from e7 to e5.
  3. White knight moves from g1 to f3.
  4. Black knight moves from b8 to c6.
  5. White bishop moves from f1 to b5.

Variations

Alapin Defense2 lines · C60Brentano Gambit1 lines · C60Bulgarian Variation1 lines · C60Cozio Defense3 lines · C60Fianchetto Defense2 lines · C60Lucena Variation1 lines · C60Nürnberg Variation1 lines · C60Pollock Defense1 lines · C60Retreat Variation1 lines · C60Rotary-Albany Gambit1 lines · C60Spanish Countergambit3 lines · C60Vinogradov Variation1 lines · C60Bird Variation2 lines · C61Steinitz Defense5 lines · C62Schliemann Defense9 lines · C63Classical Defense3 lines · C64Classical Variation8 lines · C64 to C65Berlin Defense31 lines · C65 to C67Halloween Attack1 lines · C65Closed Berlin Defense1 lines · C66Open Berlin Defense2 lines · C67Exchange Variation10 lines · C68 to C69Exchange1 lines · C68Bird's Defense Deferred1 lines · C70Morphy Defense39 lines · C70 to C80Noah's Ark Trap2 lines · C71 to C88Closed53 lines · C72 to C99Wormald Attack1 lines · C77Brix Variation1 lines · C78Central Countergambit1 lines · C78Rabinovich Variation1 lines · C78Steinitz Defense Deferred2 lines · C79Open33 lines · C80 to C83Marshall Attack9 lines · C89

Named gambits and traps

32 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 24.

Puzzles from this opening

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