The Ruy Lopez is an incredibly popular opening at all levels of chess, from the amateur player up to top level grandmasters. It is considered as one of the best openings for white after the moves 1.e4 e5. In the second video of the series, IM Andrey Ostrovskiy is sharing with you the Exchange Variation in the Ruy Lopez, also known as the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game. The main focus of this video is to show you the main strategies and plans for both sides in the different variations.
The Ruy Lopez opening is characterized by the following move order:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
If black attacks the Spanish bishop on b5 with the move 3…a6, white has several options here.
The variation covered in this video is the so-called Exchanged Variation which arises after white's move 4.Bxc6.
After the exchange 4...dxc6 the variation continues as follows:
3:55 Mainline, 5.0-0
After 5.O-O, black has several options here:
5:27 5…Bg4
After 6.Nf3
6:22 6…h5, Alapin Gambit
6:28 7.hxg4
7:59 7.c3
7:11 7.d3
After 7…Qf6
9:38 8.Be3
12:01 8.Nd2
After 8…Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6
12:52 10.hxg4
13:50 10.d4
14:05 10…exd4
15:58 10…Nf4
18:00 5…f6, Gligoric Variation
After white’s move 6.d4, black continues with
18:24 6…exd4
After 7. Nxd4 c5, white has two main options:
19:07 8.Nb3
19:58 11.Bf4
22:30 11.Nc3
After 11…Bd6 12.Be3 b6 13.a4
24:09 13…0-0-0
25:28 13…Kf7
26:35 8.Ne2
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O (5. Nxe5 Qd4 6. Nf3 Qxe4+ 7.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 Bf5) 5... f6 (5... Bg4 6. h3 h5 (6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3) 7. d3 (7.
c3 Qd3 8. hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ 11. Kh1 Bg3+ 12. Kg1 Bh2+ 13. Kh1
Bg3+) (7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Nxe5 (8. d3 gxf3 9. Qxf3 Qh4 10. Qh3 Qxh3 11. gxh3 Rxh3
∓) 8... Qh4 9. f4 g3) 7... Qf6 8. Nbd2 (8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6
11. Nd2 Ne7) 8... Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4!? (10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Nh2 Bc5) 10... Nf4
(10... exd4 11. e5 Qf5 (11... Qf4 12. hxg4 hxg4 13. Ne4 Qf5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Nh2)
12. hxg4 hxg4 13. Nh2 Qh5 14. Ndf1 +-) 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. g3 gxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne6
14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Nb3) (5... h6 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Nf3 Qxe4 8. Re1) 6. d4 exd4 (6...
Bg4!? 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3!? Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nfxe5
Be2 13. Re3 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Bc5 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3) 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 (8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 (11. Bf4!? c4 12. Nd4 O-O-O 13.
Nc3 (13. Nxe6 Rxd1+) 13... Bc5 14. Ne2 Ne7 15. Be3 Bf7 16. Nf5 Bxe3+ 17. Nxe3)
11... Bd6 12. Be3 b6 13. a4 Kf7! (13... O-O-O 14. a5 Kb7 15. e5 fxe5 16. axb6
cxb6 17. Ne4) (13... a5 14. Nb5) 14. a5 c4 (14... b5 15. Nxc5) 15. Nd4 b5) 8...
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. f3 Ne7
15. Nf4 Ng6 *
Presenter: IM Andrey Ostrovskiy
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