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The Ruy Lopez Opening
The Ruy Lopez is named after 16th-century Spanish priest Ruy López de Segura. It is one of the most popular openings.
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8,2,4,16,32,4,2,8,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,129,129,129,129,129,129,129,136,130,132,144,160,132,130,136||The Ruy Lopez is named after 16th-century Spanish priest Ruy López de Segura. It is one of the most popular openings. It is also known as the Spanish. ||8,2,4,16,32,4,2,8,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,129,129,129,129,129,129,129,136,130,132,144,160,132,130,136|1,4,1,0,aimage.png,B,3,4,1,0,blank.png,B|The basic moves are: e4||8,2,4,16,32,4,2,8,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,129,129,129,0,129,129,129,136,130,132,144,160,132,130,136|6,4,1,0,aimage.png,B,4,4,1,0,blank.png,B|and black responds in kind with e5.||8,2,4,16,32,4,0,8,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,129,129,129,0,129,129,129,136,130,132,144,160,132,130,136|0,6,1,0,aimage.png,B,2,5,1,0,blank.png,B|White develops it's knight to attack blacks undefended pawn.||8,2,4,16,32,4,0,8,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,0,0,0,0,0,130,0,0,0,0,0,129,129,129,129,0,129,129,129,136,0,132,144,160,132,130,136|7,1,1,0,aimage.png,B,5,2,1,0,blank.png,B,4,4,0,0,green_f.png,0|Black develops it's knight with Nc6 to protect its pawn on e5.||8,2,4,16,32,0,0,8,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,129,0,0,0,0,0,130,0,0,0,0,0,129,129,129,129,0,129,129,129,136,0,132,144,160,132,130,136|0,5,1,0,aimage.png,B,4,1,1,0,blank.png,B,6,3,4,0,yellow_overlay.png,0,5,3,4,0,yellow_overlay.png,0,5,2,4,0,circle_red.png,0|Now if black were to develop it's d pawn to support e5 the knight would be pined to the king with Bb5.|3,6,3,5,yellow|8,2,4,16,32,0,0,8,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,129,0,0,0,129,0,130,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,129,129,0,129,129,129,136,0,132,144,160,132,130,136|6,0,1,0,aimage.png,B,5,0,1,0,blank.png,B|So you will usually see black respond with a6.||8,2,4,16,32,0,0,8,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,129,0,0,0,129,0,130,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,129,129,0,129,129,129,136,0,132,144,160,132,130,136||With that the variations start, white can pull the bishop back to a4 still keeping pressure on the knight.||8,2,4,16,32,0,0,8,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,0,0,0,129,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,129,129,0,129,129,129,136,0,132,144,160,132,130,136|4,1,1,0,aimage.png,B,5,2,1,0,blank.png,B,5,2,0,0,attackcross.png,0,6,3,4,0,green_overlay.png,0,6,1,4,0,yellow_overlay.png,0|Or White can go forward with an exchange with the knight and bishop, causing black to have doubled up it's pawns on the c file in the recapture. Black may recapture on c6 with either pawn; though 4...bxc6 is playable, 4...dxc6 is almost always chosen at master level games.|3,6,2,5,green,1,6,2,5,yellow|
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