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Ruy López openings

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 — the Spanish Game, the most deeply explored opening in chess. White pressures the knight defending e5 and spends the next fifteen moves building a slow bind, which is why it has been the main battleground of world championship matches for a century. The Berlin, Closed, Open, Exchange and Marshall each answer that plan in a completely different way.

5 openings

• Ruy López — Berlin (C67) — Solid and endgame-focused — the drawing weapon of champions
• Ruy López — Closed (C84) — Slow manoeuvring, long-term pressure on Black's position
• Ruy López — Exchange Variation (C69) — Wreck Black's pawns, trade everything, win the endgame
• Ruy López — Marshall Attack (C89) — Black sacrifices a pawn in the Spanish and attacks for the next thirty moves
• Ruy López — Open Variation (C80) — Grab the e4-pawn and take the Spanish somewhere White can't grind you