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Ruy Lopez
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5. The bishop pressures the knight that defends e5, giving White long-lasting pressure on Black's centre. White usually follows with castling, c3 and d4, and later brings the queen's knight round to the kingside.
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All 84 lines in this opening
- Ruy Lopez
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, 4.Ba4
- Ruy Lopez: Closed Defense
- Ruy Lopez: Closed, main line
- Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Chigorin, 12.Nbd2 Nc6
- Ruy Lopez: Chigorin, 12.Nbd2 cxd4
- Ruy Lopez: Gajewski Gambit
- Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Breyer, 11.Nbd2
- Ruy Lopez: Zaitsev Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Karpov Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Kholmov Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Smyslov Variation (Closed)
- Ruy Lopez: Keres Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Yates Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Yates, Bogoljubow
- Ruy Lopez: Pilnik / Teichmann Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack
- Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, main line
- Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall, 8.a4
- Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall, 8.h3
- Ruy Lopez: Worrall Attack
- Ruy Lopez: Delayed Exchange (DERLD)
- Ruy Lopez: Averbakh Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Mackenzie Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Mackenzie Variation, 6.O-O
- Ruy Lopez: Anderssen Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Open Defense
- Ruy Lopez: Open Defense, main line
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical / Dilworth
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Italian Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Main Line 9.Nbd2
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Bernstein Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Riga Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Arkhangelsk Defense
- Ruy Lopez: Modern Moller
- Ruy Lopez: Modern Moller, main line
- Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense Deferred
- Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Deferred, Siesta Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Deferred, 5.c3
- Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Deferred, 5.O-O
- Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Deferred, Russian
- Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Exchange, 5.O-O f6
- Ruy Lopez: Exchange, 5.O-O Bg4
- Ruy Lopez: Exchange, 5.Nc3
- Ruy Lopez: Exchange, 5.d4
- Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense
- Ruy Lopez: Berlin Wall
- Ruy Lopez: Berlin, Rio de Janeiro
- Ruy Lopez: Berlin, Rio Gambit Accepted
- Ruy Lopez: Anti-Berlin, 4.d3
- Ruy Lopez: Anti-Berlin, 4.d3 Bc5
- Ruy Lopez: Classical Berlin
- Ruy Lopez: Berlin, Improved Steinitz
- Ruy Lopez: Berlin, 4.Nc3
- Ruy Lopez: Schliemann / Jaenisch Gambit
- Ruy Lopez: Schliemann, 4.Nc3
- Ruy Lopez: Schliemann, 4.d3
- Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Deferred
- Ruy Lopez: Classical / Cordel Defense
- Ruy Lopez: Classical, 4.c3
- Ruy Lopez: Classical, 4.O-O
- Ruy Lopez: Classical, Benelux Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Old Steinitz Defense
- Ruy Lopez: Old Steinitz, Nimzowitsch Attack
- Ruy Lopez: Bird's Defense
- Ruy Lopez: Bird's Defense, Paulsen
- Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense
- Ruy Lopez: Cozio, Paulsen
- Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto / Smyslov Defense
- Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto Deferred
- Ruy Lopez: Cozio Deferred
- Ruy Lopez: Classical Deferred
- Ruy Lopez: Graz Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Taimanov Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Alapin Defense
- Ruy Lopez: Lucena Defense
- Ruy Lopez: Spanish Countergambit
- Ruy Lopez: Nürnberg Variation
- Ruy Lopez: Bulgarian Variation