Re1 Ng4 14. h3 Qh4 15. In particular, Spassky's back to back wins over Mikhail Tal at Tbilisi in 1965 did much to enhance its reputation, and Spassky has a career-plus score with the Breyer. White's most direct approach is 4.d4 immediately challenging Black's pawn on e5, while 4.c3 and 4.0-0 remain viable alternatives. The Schliemann Defence or Schliemann–Jaenisch Gambit (ECO C63), 3...f5! In the Modern Steinitz Defence (also called Neo-Steinitz Defence) (ECO C71–C76), Black interpolates 3...a6 4.Ba4 before playing 4...d6, which was frequently played by Alekhine, José Raúl Capablanca and Paul Keres. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Lasker had great success with 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4, most notable his famous win against Jose Raul Capablanca in the St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament. The possibility of breaking the pin with a timely ...b5 gives Black more latitude than in the Old Steinitz Defence; in particular, in the Old Steinitz, White can practically force Black to give up the stronghold at e5, but in the Modern Steinitz, Black is able to maintain control of the centre. The Zaitsev can be considered to be an improved Smyslov in which Black tries to save a tempo by omitting ...h6. White can gain time after playing d4 as the black bishop will have to move, but this does not always seem to be as important as was once thought.[12]. The main line continues 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8. Game Type: Ruy Lopez, Closed Variation. White can also play 8.Nc3 with the idea of playing 9.Nd5 later. Black normally does not fianchetto the Queen's bishop, which would transpose to regular Arkhangelsk setups, but plays ...Bg4 to increase the pressure against White's pawn centre. With 9...Na5 Black chases the white bishop from the a2–g8 diagonal and frees the c-pawn for queenside expansion. Most plausible White moves are playable here, including 5.c3, 5.c4, 5.Bxc6, 5.d4, and 5.0-0. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. [40] White plays 9.d3 intending to later advance to d4 under favourable circumstances. White can reply with either 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.d4 or 7.c3 Bg4 (it is too late for Black to transpose into the more usual lines of the Closed Defence, because 7...b5 would allow 8.Bc2, saving White a tempo over the two-move sequence Bb3–c2 found in other variations). Ruy López was born in Zafra near Badajoz, probably of Converso Jewish descent, and he studied and lived in Salamanca. people phone reverse address business Log In Sign Up. An alternative to 6...d6 is 6...b5 7.Bb3 Bb7. YOU BAD PERSON. [4] The variations with Black moves other than 3...a6 are older and generally simpler, but the Morphy Defence lines are more commonly played. RUY LOPEZ DE SEGURA (born 1530, died 1580, 50 years old) Spain [what is this?] Usually White defends the e-pawn with 6.Re1 which, in turn, threatens Black with the loss of a pawn after 7.Bxc6 and 8.Nxe5. López also learned the term gambit from the Italian players. 1. e4e5 2. The classical line starts with 9.c3 when Black may choose 9...Be7 (the main line) or the aggressive 9...Bc5. This position was first reached in a high-level encounter between Viswanathan Anand and Michael Adams, Grenke Chess Classic 2013. Top. López was again able to best Ceron.[3]. Ruy Lopez Trap:3. Arthur Bisguier played the Berlin for decades, but always chose the variation 4.0-0 Nxe4. Steinitz did not approve of the move; in 1889, he wrote, "on principle this ought to be disadvantageous as it drives the bishop where it wants to go". The pin temporarily prevents White from playing d2–d4. This may transpose into the Anti-Berlin above if White continues with 5.d3, or in the case of 4...bxc6, to the main line with 5.0-0 Nxe4 or 5.d4 Nxe4, but White has other continuations to 4...bxc6, such as 5.Nc3, and Black has other replies to both 5.0-0 and 5.d4. The Chigorin Variation was refined by Mikhail Chigorin around the turn of the 20th century and became the primary Black defence to the Ruy Lopez for more than fifty years. The variation was the choice of many top level players as White has had trouble proving an advantage against it. Alternatives to the Closed Defence described in this section are: In the Exchange Variation, 4.Bxc6, (ECO C68–C69) White damages Black's pawn structure, giving him a ready-made long-term plan of playing d4 ...exd4 Qxd4, followed by exchanging all the pieces and winning the pure pawn ending. Black seeks counterplay in the centre via 15...c5. Nbd2Nd7 11. c3Nc5 12. axb5axb5 13. The Chigorin Variation has declined in popularity because Black must spend some time bringing his offside knight on a5 back into the game. However, Black can also play 8...d5 for the Marshall Attack. [11] Other authors have given varying opinions about the quality of López' analysis. The loss of a tempo with 9...h6 gives White enough time to complete the Nbd2–f1–g3 manoeuver, and the pawn move can also weaken Black's kingside. By playing 6.d3[30] White steers clear of the Marshall Attack and any of the Anti-Marshall lines. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for Ruy Lopez. Artur Yusupov is one of the few grandmasters who has adopted the Dilworth repeatedly.[21][22][23]. The last significant use of the Russian Defence was in the 1950s when it was played by some Russian masters. [33][failed verification], This gambit became famous when Frank James Marshall used it as a prepared variation against José Raúl Capablanca in 1918; nevertheless, Capablanca found a way through the complications and won. 1910) in Österreichische Schachzeitung in 1956 and in Wiener Schach Nachrichten in 1979, although it did not become popular until the 1990s. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it . White threatens 7.Bxc6 winning the e5-pawn leaving Black a choice of either 6...d6 or 6...b5. After 4.Bxc6, Black almost always responds 4...dxc6. I HATE YOU. The Breyer Variation was recommended by Gyula Breyer as early as 1911,[42] but there are no known game records in which Breyer employed this line. Ever since Vladimir Kramnik successfully used the line as a drawing weapon against Garry Kasparov in their 2000 World Chess Championship match, the Berlin has experienced a remarkable renaissance: even players with a dynamic style such as Alexei Shirov, Veselin Topalov, Hikaru Nakamura, and Kasparov himself have tried it, and Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand both used it (Carlsen extensively so) during the 2013 World Chess Championship and 2014 World Chess Championship. The Ruy Lopez remains one of the most popular chess openings, both at club level and among top players. The best moves are 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.0-0 Bc5 6.d3 c6 7.Ba4 Ne7. It is one of the most popular openings, with such a vast number of variations that in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO), all codes from C60 to C99 are assigned to them. The Arkhangelsk Defence is tactically justified by Black's ability to meet 7.Ng5 with 7...d5 8.exd5 Nd4! Bird's Defence (ECO C61), 3...Nd4, is an uncommon variation in modern praxis. ", After 5.Nc3, Black usually plays 5...f6 to defend the e-pawn. Alessandro Salvio writes that López travelled to Rome again, in 1572. He admits that they might nevertheless be more instructive, since López gives a larger number of variations. exd4 6.e5. [4][5], Around the year 1574,[6] López was still at the royal court in Spain when di Bona, then Paolo Boi, arrived on their tours of Europe. Black now threatens to win a pawn with 6...b5 followed by 7...Nxe4, so White must respond. Instead he concluded lines with comments such as how black must lose his queen[12], or that white has a very good game.[13]. The address on file for this person is 7670 Hooper Road Unit 12, Wpb, FL 33411 in Palm Beach County. Marshall Attack after 11...c6, the most common move in modern play. ♟ Chess Club Live. The Modern Steinitz Defense (3...a6 4.Ba4 d6) offers Black a freer position and is more popular. [35] The most common counterclaim is that Marshall had used a similar approach in 1917 against Walter Frere. The main line continues with 5...exd4 (5... Nxe4 6.0-0 transposes to the Open Defence) 6.0-0 (6.e5 Ne4 is harmless) Be7 (6...Nxe4 transposes to the Riga Variation of the Open Defence) which leads to the Centre Attack (ECO C84) of the Closed Defence. 8.Re1 d5 9.Nc3!, Bobby Fischer–Petar Trifunovic, Bled 1961[18]) 8.dxe5 Be6. Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Variation In this chess lesson we analyze the Ukrainian Immortal Game featuring the Steinitz variation of the Ruy Lopez. Wilhelm Steinitz scored many spectacular successes with it during his reign as World Champion. The main replies for Black are 4...dxc6 and 4...bxc6, the latter of which is playable in the Berlin Defense, unlike the Exchange Variation in the Morphy Defense. [7] Black gains good compensation, however, in the form of the bishop pair, and the variation is not considered White's most ambitious, though former world champions Emanuel Lasker and Bobby Fischer employed it with success. The Møller Defence, 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 was already an old line in 1903 when Dane Jørgen Møller (1873–1944) analysed it in Tidsskrift för Schack. Zafra’s shops, bars and restaurants can be found in the surrounding streets. The main line begins with 9.exd5 Nxd5 (9...e4? Play normally continues 6...b5 7.Bb3 followed by 7...0-0 8.c3 and 8...d5 or 8...d6. Other Black moves in this position are 11...Bb7 and 11...Nd7; the latter was adopted by Keres a few times in the 1960s. Ruy Lopez is listed as a President with Cecilia's Marble And Granite, Inc in Florida. In this video series, American super-GM... Add to Cart. An interesting gambit line 4.d4 exd4 5.c3 has also been recommended by Alexander Khalifman, although some of the resulting positions have yet to be extensively tested. The Ruy Lopez, also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Re: Opening Repertoire: The Ruy Lopez . He made great contributions to chess opening theory, including in the King's Gambit and the Ruy López (or Spanish) opening that bears his name. [34] It is often said that Marshall had kept this gambit a secret for use against Capablanca since his defeat in their 1909 match. After 4...dxc6, the obvious 5.Nxe5? It was later discovered that 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 gives White the advantage, and as such the variation is rarely played today. Each room at Casa Ruy Lopez has attractive traditional décor. A Karpov favourite, the Zaitsev remains one of the most important variations of the Ruy Lopez. Ba4Nf6 5. The Chigorin is divided into four ECO classifications. It is convenient to divide the possibilities into two groups based on whether or not Black responds with (3...a6), which is named the Morphy Defence after Paul Morphy, although he was not the originator of the line. I searched didn't find it. Casa Ruy Lopez is located in the center of Zafra and next to its main square. Although later named for German lawyer Adolf Karl Wilhelm Schliemann (1817–1872), the line Schliemann actually played in the 1860s was a gambit variation of the Cordel Defence (3...Bc5 4.c3 f5). C74–C76 all begin with 5.c3. The Riga Variation, 6...exd4, is considered inferior; the main line runs 7.Re1 d5 8.Nxd4 Bd6! With accurate play, however, Black can avoid any disadvantage while holding onto the extra piece. [44], Of the variations in this section, the Berlin and Schliemann Defences are the most popular today, followed by the Classical Defence.[45]. With careful play White is held to gain an advantage. 4.Nc3 and 4.d3 are the two most common moves and Black needs to do plenty of homework. [36] However, Edward Winter found no clear evidence of the date for Frere–Marshall; several games between 1910 and 1918 where Marshall passed up opportunities to use the Marshall Attack against Capablanca; and an 1893 game that used the same line as in Frere–Marshall. [10], In this work López presents sixty-six games, of which twenty-four were taken from Damiano's 1512 book. By far the most commonly played third move for Black is the Morphy Defence, 3...a6, which "puts the question" to the white bishop. Paul Keres played this line against Max Euwe and Samuel Reshevsky at the World Chess Championship tournament 1948. The Smyslov Defence, Fianchetto Defence, Barnes Defence, or Pillsbury Defence (part of ECO C60), 3...g6, is a quiet positional system played occasionally by Vasily Smyslov and Boris Spassky, becoming popular in the 1980s when it was shown that 4.c3 a6! He apparently acquitted himself well, although the only account of these games is given in a single sentence by López himself. Marshall Counterattack: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5, Unleash the Bull: 1...e5 - a full repertoire for Black, Lifetime Repertoires: Jan Gustafsson's 1. e4 e5, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ruy_Lopez&oldid=999043086, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with failed verification from November 2012, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2013, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 (Ruy Lopez Four Knights Variation), 4...Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 (Arkhangelsk Defence), 4...Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 (Modern Arkhangelsk Defence), 6.Bxc6 (Delayed Exchange Variation Deferred), 9.d4 Bg4 10.a4 (Yates Variation, Short Attack), 3...b6? Of which twenty-four were taken from Damiano 's approaches to these games is in. Nxd5 10 4.nc3 and 4.d3 are the two most common moves and Black needs to do plenty homework... Bxc6 is rarely played due to 12.Qf3 ) of either 6... d6 6. 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