Ruy Lopez
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
3...f5 Schliemann Defense
3...Nf6 o-o 4.Nxe4 Berlin Wall
4.Bc5 Classical Berlin
3...Bc5 Classical Defense
3...d6 Steinitz Defense
3...Nd4 Bird's Defense
3...Nge7 Cozio Defense
3...g6 Barnes (Smyslov) Defense
3...Bb4 Alapin Defense
3...a6 Morphy Defense
4.Bxc6 Exchange Variation
4.Ba4 4...d6 Deferred Steinitz
5.o-o
5.c3 f5 Siesta Variation
4...Nge7 Deferred Cozio
4...Bc5 Deferred Classical
4...f5 Deferred Schliemann
4...g7 Deferred Barnes
4...b5 5.Bb3 Na5 Norwegian Defense (Counterthrust Variation)
4...Nf6 5.Qe2
5.o-o 5...Nxe4 Open Variation
6.d4 6...exd4 Riga Variation
6...b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Qe2 Howell Attack
9.Nbd2 (modern)
9.Be3
9.c3 9...Be7 10.Be3 (side line)
10.Qe2 (White avoids main line)
10.Nbd2 10...o-o (Black avoids main line)
10...Nc5 (main line)
9...Bc5 10.Qd3 (side line)
10.Nbd2 o-o 11.Bc2 11...Nxf2 Dilworth Variation
11...f5
11...Bf5
5...b5 6.Bb3 6...Bb7 Arkhangelsk Defense
6...Bc5 modern Møller Defense
5...Bc5 Møller Defense
5...d6 Russian Defense (Delayed Steinitz Deferred)
5...Be7 6.Bxc6 Delayed Exchange Ruy Lopez Deferred (DERLD)
6.Qe2 Worrall Attack
6.d4 Center Attack
6.Re1 6...d6 Averbakh Variation
6...b5 7.Bb3 7...o-o 8.h3 Anti-Marshall 1
8.a4 Anti-Marshall 2
8.d4 Anti-Marshall 3
8.c3 d5 9.d4 Anti-Marshall 4
9.exd5 Marshall Attack
9...e4 Steiner Variation
9...Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5
11...Bb7 (side line)
11...c6 12.Bxd5 Kevitz Variation
12.d3
12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 (modern)
15.Be3 (old main)
7...d6 8.c3 o-o 9.d4 Bogoljubow Variation
9.d3
9.h6 Closed Variation (Main Line)
9...Na5 Chigorin Variation
9...Bb7 Zaitsev Variation
9...Bb8 Breyer Variation
9...h6 Smyslov Variation
9...Nd7 Karpov Variation
9...Be6
1.Black's rare 3rd Moves
1-1.Schliemann Defense
3...f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6 Qg5 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.f4 Qxf4 10.Ne5+ c6 11.d4 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Bc4 Be6
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1-2.Berlin Wall
3...Nf6 4.o-o Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Ne7 11.Ne4 Ng6
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1-3.Classical Berlin
3...Nf6 4.o-o Bc5 5.c3 o-o 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.a4 a5 10.Re1 exd4 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd4 Re8 13.Nd2 c5 14.Nc2
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1-4.Classical Defense
3...Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Ne4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 o-o 9.o-o d5
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1-5.Steinitz Defense
3...d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 Nf6 9.f3 o-o 10.o-o-o Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxb5
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1-6.Bird's Defense
3...Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.o-o Bc5 6.d3 c6 7.Ba4 Ne7 8.f4 f5 9.Bb3
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1-7.Cozio Defense
3...Nge7 4.o-o g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Bg5 Qd6 10.Re1+ Be6 11.Nbd2 o-o 12.Ne4 Qb4 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qc1 Rfe8 15.h3 Rab8 16.b3 Bf5
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1-8.Barnes (Smyslov) Defense
3...g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Nd2 c5 11.Qe3 o-o-o
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1-9.Alapin Defense
3...Bb4 4.o-o Nge7 5.c3 Ba5 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.b4 Bb6 8.b5 Na5 9.Nxe5 o-o 10.d4
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2.Exchange Variation
3...a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.o-o f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Bd7 10.Nbc3 o-o-o 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rd2 Bc6 13.Rad1 b6 14.f3
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3.Black's rare 4th Moves
3-1.Deferred Steinitz
3...a6 4.Ba4 d6
3-1-1. 5.o-o Variation
5.o-o Bd7 6.c3 Nge7 7.d4 Ng6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nbd2 o-o 10.Nf1 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.Ne3 Bg5
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3-1-2. Siesta Variation
5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.o-o Bd3 8.Re1 Be7 9.Bc2 Bxc2 10.Qxc2 Nf6 11.d4 e4 12.Ng5 d5 13.f3 h6 14.Nh4 o-o 15.Nd2 exf3 16.Nxf3 Rf7
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3-2.Deferred Cozio
3...a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Be3 Ng6 8.h4 Be7 9.g3 Bf6 10.d5 Nb8 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.c4
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3-3.Deferred Classical
3...a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.o-o b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.h3 Bb7 10.Re1 o-o 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.d5 Nb8
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3-4.Deferred Schliemann
3...a6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Bc5 7.Bg5 Nge7 8.c3
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3-5.Deferred Barnes
3...a6 4.Ba4 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.o-o Ne7 9.Nc3 o-o 10.Be3 d6 11.Bd4
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3-6.Norwegian Defense (Counterthrust Variation)
3...a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.o-o d6 7.d4 f6
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4.White's 5th rare Moves
4...Nf6 5.Qe2 Bd6 6.o-o o-o 7.c3 Re8 8.d3 h6 9.Nbd2 Bf8 10.Re1 b5 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1 Bb7
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5.Open Variation
5.o-o Nxe4 6.d4
5-1.Riga Variation
6...exd4 7.Re1 d5 8.Nxd4 Be6 9.Nxc6 Bxh2+ 10.Kh1 Qh4 11.Rxe4+ dxe4 12.Qd8+ Qxd8 13.Nxd8 Kxd8 14.Kxh2
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5-2.Main Line
6...b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
5-2-1.Howell Attack
9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 o-o 11.c4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Bc5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Qb8 15.Bb3 Na5 16.Nbd2 Qb6
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5-2-2. modern 9.Nbd2 Variation
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Qc2 o-o 16.Rad1 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Qc8 18.h3 Rd8
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5-2-3. 9.Be3 Variation
9.Be3 Nc5 10.Nc3 Nxb3 11.cxb3
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5-2-4. 9.c3 Variation
9.c3
5-2-4-1. 9...Be7 Variation
9...Be7
5-2-4-1-1. 10.Be3 Variation (side line)
10.Be3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Nd7 12.Re1 Ndxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bd4 Ng6 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Bxg6 Rxg7 17.Rxe6 hxg6 18.Re5 c6
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5-2-4-1-2. 10.Qe2 Variation (White avoids main line)
10.Qe2 o-o 11.Rd1 Nc5 12.Bc2
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5-2-4-1-3. 10.Nbd2 o-o Variation (Black avoids main line)
10.Nbd2 o-o 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Qd7
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5-2-4-1-4. 10.Nbd2 Nc5 Variation (main line)
10.Nbd2 Nc5 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 o-o 13.Nf1 Re8 14.h3 Bh5 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.Nf5
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5-2-4-2. 9...Bc5 Variation
9...Bc5
5-2-4-2-1. 10.Qd3 Variation (side line)
10.Qd3 o-o 11.Nbd2 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.a4 Rb8 14.axb5 axb5 15.Ng5 Ne5 16.Qg3 Qd6 17.Bc2 Bd7 18.Nb3 Bb6 19.Bf4 Rbe8 20.Nd4 Nh5
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10.Nbd2 o-o 11.Bc2
5-2-4-2-2. 11...Nxf2 Dilworth Variation
11...Nxf2 12.Rxf2 f6 13.exf6 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Qxf6 15.Nf1 Ne5 16.Be3 Rae8 17.Bc5 Nxf3 18.gxf3 Rf7 19.Kg2 d4 20.Bxd4 Qg5+ 21.Ng3 c5
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5-2-4-2-3. 11...f5 Variation
11...f5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.cxd4 f4 16.f3 Ng3 17.hxg3 fxg3 18.Qd3 Bf5 19.Qxf5 Rxf5 20.Bxf5 Qh4 21.Bh3 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxe5 23.Bd2 Qxb2 24.Bf4 d4 25.Bxc7 d3
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5-2-4-2-4. 11...Bf5 Variation
11...Bf5 12.Nb3 Bg6 13.Nfd4 Bxd4 14.cxd4 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nc1 a3 17.b3 f6 18.exf6 Qxf6
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6.Black's rare 5th Moves
6-1.Arkhangelsk Defense
5...b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.a4 o-o 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bd5
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6-2.Modern Møller Defense
5...b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.f4
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6-3.Møller Defense
5...Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.h3 Bb7 10.Re1 o-o 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.d5 Nb8
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6-4.Russian Defense (Delayed Steinitz Deferred)
5...d6 6.Re1 Bd7 7.c3 g6 8.d4 Qe7 9.Nbd2 Bg7 10.Nf1 o-o 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qe8 13.Bc2
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7.White's rare 6th Moves
5...Be7
7-1.Delayed Exchange Deferred
6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 o-o 9.Nc4 f6 10.b3 c5 11.Bb2 Nb8 12.a4 Nc6
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7-2.Worrall Attack
6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5
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7-3.Center Attack
6.d4 exd4 7.Re1 b5 8.e5 Nxe5 9.Rxe5 d6 10.Re1 bxa4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qf3 o-o 13.Nc6 Bxc6 14.Qxc6 Nd7 15.Nc3
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8.Black's rare 6th Moves
6.Re1
8-1.Averbakh Variation
6...d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Nd7 9.Be3 h6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 Bg5 12.Qe2 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 o-o
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9.Marshall & Anti-Marshall
6...b5 7.Bb3 o-o
9-1.Anti-Marshall
9-1-1.Anti-Marshall 1
8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Nd5
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9-1-2.Anti-Marshall 2
8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 Re8 10.Nc3
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9-1-3.Anti-Marshall 3
8.d4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.e5 Ne8 11.Qxd4 Bb7
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9-1-4.Anti-Marshall 4
8.c3 d5 9.d4 Nxe4 10.dxe5 Be6 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 h6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nc3 c5 15.f4 cxd4 16.Ne2 d3 17.Qxd3 Bc5+ 18.Nd4
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9-2.Marshall Attack
8.c3 d5 9.exd5
9-2-1. 9...e4 Steiner Variation
9...e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.Qxf3 Bg4 12.Qg3 Bd6 13.f4 Re8 14.d4
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9...Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5
9-2-2. 11...Bb7 Variation (side line)
11...Bb7 12.d4 Bf6 13.Re1 c5
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9-2-3. Marshall Main Line
11...c6
9-2-3-1. 12.Bxd5 Kevitz Variation
12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 Qf4 16.Re5 Qf6 17.Re1 Qg6 18.Kh1 Bf5
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9-2-3-2. 12.d3 Variation
12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qf5 16.Nd2 Qg6 17.Re1 f5 18.f4 Bxf4 19.Qf3 Bb8 20.Bxd5+ cxd5 21.Nb3
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12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3
9-2-3-3. 15.Re4 Modern
15.Re4 g5 16.Qf3 Bf5 17.Bc2 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Qe6 19.Bxg5 f5 20.Bd3
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9-2-3-4. 15.Be3 Old Main Line
15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 bxa4 19.Rxa4 f5 20.Qf1 Qh5 21.f4
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10.White's rare 9th Moves
10-1.Bogoljubow Variation
9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2
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10-2. 9.d3 Variation
9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 h6
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11.Closed Variation (Main Line)
11-1.Chigorin Variation
9...Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rd8 14.Nf1 exd4 15.Ng3 Nc6 16.Bf4 Be6 17.Rc1 Qb6 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Ra7 20.Bb1
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11-2.Breyer Variation
9...Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bg5 Be7 21.Ra3
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11-3.Zaitsev Variation
9...Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 f5 18.Nh2 Nf6 19.Rg3
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11-4.Smyslov Variation
9...h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.b3 Nc6 16.d5 Ne7 17.Be3 Ng6 18.Qd2 Nh7
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11-5.Karpov Variation
9...Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.d5 Ne7 15.Na3 Ba6 16.Nc2
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11-6. other Black's 9-th Moves
9...Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.axb3 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Ne4
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