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The Ruy Lopez (/ r ɔɪ, ˈ r uː i /; Spanish: [ˈruj ˈlopeθ]), [1] also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5. The Ruy Lopez is named after 16th-century Spanish priest Ruy López de Segura. It is one of the most popular openings, with many variations.
The Marshall Attack (also called the Marshall Gambit) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: . 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5. The Marshall Attack is an aggressive line in the Ruy Lopez, where Black sacrifices a pawn by playing d5 to gain initiative and a kingside attack.
The Berlin Defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5. 2. Nf3 Nc6. 3. Bb5 Nf6. The opening is a variation of the Ruy Lopez and is assigned codes C65–C67 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. [1] The code C65 covers White moves other than 4.0-0, such as 4.d3 (4.Nc3 is considered a variation of the Four Knights Game).
The Exchange Variation of the Ruy Lopez is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5. 2. Nf3 Nc6. 3. Bb5 a6. 4. Bxc6. Black may recapture on c6 with either pawn; although 4...bxc6 is playable, 4...dxc6 is almost always chosen at master level.
The gambits are organized into sections by the parent chess opening, giving the gambit name, ... Lopez Countergambit – C41 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 [203]
Fishing Pole (Chess) The Fishing Pole is a chess opening trap most common in the Ruy Lopez (especially in the Berlin Defence and Exchange Variations), however, the trap can be used in any opening or in the middle of the game. Its broadest definition is a move that sacrifices a knight or bishop on the g-file to open up the h-file, after the ...
Open Game. Synonym (s) MacLeod Attack. The Centre Pawn Opening[1] (or the MacLeod Attack) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e5. 2. c3. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. The opening was analyzed by Ruy López in his 1561 book, but has never been popular. It was played 17 times in the New York 1889 ...
Ruy Lopez, Noah's Ark Trap. The Noah's Ark Trap is a family of traps in the Ruy Lopez chess opening in which a white bishop is trapped on the b3-square by black pawns. [1] The origin of the name is uncertain. The shape of the black pawns on a6, b5, and c4 may resemble an ark, or the name may suggest that the trap is "as old as Noah's Ark".