As White

Ruy López (Spanish Opening) · Basic

The classical opening par excellence. It puts immediate pressure on the centre.

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Lines

1. Opponent's mistake · 5...d5

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 d5 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nxe5 Be7 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Nxc6

2. Opponent's mistake · 4...d6

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Kf1 Bd7 8.Qa4 a5 9.a3 Nxd4 10.Nxd4

3. Opponent's mistake · 5...Nd4

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nd4 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Bxf7+

4. Opponent's mistake · 5...d6

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.d5 a6 9.Ba4 Nxe4 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Bxc6+

5. Opponent's mistake · 7...Bd6

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nf6 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Bd6 8.dxe5 Bxe5 9.Rxe5+

6. Opponent's mistake · 6...Qe7

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Qe7 7.O-O Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Qxe5 9.Re1 Ne4 10.Nd2 f5 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxe4 gxh5 13.Nf6+ Kf7 14.Rxe5

7. Open, Riga Variation

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 exd4 7.Re1

8. Berlin Defense, Beverwijk Variation

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 Nxe4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4

9. Morphy Defense

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Nxe4 7.Re1

10. Steinitz Defense · 4.d4 exd4

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Nxc6 Bxc6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.Nc3

11. Berlin Defense, Rio Gambit Accepted

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.Rxe5+

12. Steinitz Defense · 4.d4 Bd7

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.d5 Nce7 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3