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Ruy Lopez

Time Line

1530 Ruy Lopez born in Zafra, Spain.

1560

Ruy Lopez visits Rome and defeats all chess

players.

1561

Ruy Lopez proposes the 50-move rule to claim a

draw.

1561

Ruy Lopez writes his book on Chess and

introduces the word gambit (Alcala, 1561).

1572

Ruy Lopez defeats several eminent players in

Rome.

1574

Lopez loses to Giovanni Leonardo in presence of

King Phillip II.

1580 Ruy Lopez died.

Ruy Lopez Chess Openings

Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought

to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific

research. — W. _ Steinitz

C60-C99

C60

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5

Spanish:

3…Bb4

Spanish: Alapin

3…Qf6

Spanish: Frankfurt

3…Nge7

Spanish: Cozio

3…Nge7 4.Nc3 g6

Spanish: Cozio (Paulsen)

3…g5

Spanish: Brentano

3…f6

Spanish: Nürnberg

3…Be7

Spanish: Lucena

3…Na5

Spanish: Pollock

3…Qe7

Spanish: Vinogradov

3…g6

Spanish: Barnes

C61

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4

Spanish: Bird

4.Nxd4 exd4 5.d3 c6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Bg5

Spanish: Bird (Berger)

4.Nxd4 exd4 5.0-0 Ne7

Spanish: Bird (Paulsen)

C62

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6

Spanish: Steinitz

4.d4 Bd7 5.c4

Spanish: Steinitz (Semi-Duras)

4.d4 Bd7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bxc6

Spanish: Steinitz (Nimzovich)

C63

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5

Spanish: Schliemann

4.d4

Spanish: Schliemann

(Schönemann)

4.Nc3

Spanish: Schliemann (Berger)

4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6

Spanish: Schliemann

(Tartakower)

4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.

Nxc6 Qg5

Spanish: Schliemann (Classical)

4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.

Nxc6 Qd5

Spanish: Schliemann (Möhring)

4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 e4 6.Nh4

Spanish: Schliemann (Lasker)

C64

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5

Spanish: Classical

4.0-0 Nd4 5.b4

Spanish: Classical (Zaitsev)

4.c3 f5

Spanish: Classical (Cordel)

4.c3 d5

Spanish: Classical (Konikowsky-

Hardy)

4.c3 Bb6

Spanish: Classical (Charousek)

4.c3 Qe7

Spanish: Classical (Boden)

C65

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6

Spanish: Berlin

4.d4 exd4 5.0-0

Spanish: Berlin (Nyholm)

4.d3 Ne7

Spanish: Berlin (Mortimer)

4.d3 Ne7 5.Nxe5 c6

Spanish: Berlin (Mortimer Trap)

4.d3 Bc5 5.Be3

Spanish: Berlin (Kaufmann)

4.d3 d6 5.Bxc6+

Spanish: Berlin (Anderssen)

4.d3 d6 5.c4

Spanish: Berlin (Duras)

4.0-0 Bc5

Spanish: Berlin (Beverwijk)

4.0-0 Bc5 5.c3 0-0 6.d4 Bb6

Spanish: Berlin (Benelux)

C66

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0

Spanish: Closed Berlin

5.d4 Nd7

Spanish: Closed Berlin

(Chigorin)

5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 exd4

Spanish: Closed Berlin (Wolf)

5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7

Spanish: Closed Berlin

(Hedgehog)

5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bg5

Spanish: Closed Berlin

(Bernstein)

5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 0-0

Spanish: Closed Berlin

(Tarrasch Trap)

5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bxc6

Spanish: Closed Berlin

(Showalter)

C67

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0

Nxe4

Spanish: Open Berlin

5.d4 a6

Spanish: Open Berlin

(Rosenthal)

5.d4 Be7 6.dxe5

Spanish: Open Berlin

(Minckwitz)

5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 d5

Spanish: Open Berlin

(Trifunovic)